"The five elements push one another and return to one; three and five merge their qi through nine-times-nine joints."
Ren Qing had experience inscribing earth and wood talismans, so he had no misgivings. He drew the metal, water, and fire talismans together, and could clearly feel the temperature of his bone marrow soar.
As the Five Elements Immortal Art was perfected, the collapse of his fleshly body actually eased.
The cave abode was utterly silent, and the swarm of rats returned in order, sinking into sleep.
Mouse True Person had completely degenerated into a mottled field mouse. His appearance was a little like a scene-killer's punk style: the fur on his body was earthy yellow, only to gradually shift to fiery red, emerald green, and deep blue at his limbs, while above the shoulders and neck it turned into eye-stabbing glittering gold.
Ren Qing found it somewhat familiar, especially the golden hair atop Mouse True Person's head.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable."
Ren Qing's expression was subtle. Although his fleshly body no longer collapsed, his organs had all come to a halt. His vital signs seemed frozen at the instant the Five Elements Immortal Art was completed.
He could faintly sense that the final step lacked only the feedback from Mouse True Person taking the pill.
"Mm?"
Ren Qing had originally planned to continue sitting quietly, but he noticed a trace of strangeness.
He confirmed it again and again, and discovered that the rear courtyard's area had unknowingly increased by one foot.
"Strange."
Ren Qing's figure flickered, and he walked straight through the wall out of the rear courtyard.
The Five Elements Escape Art seemed as common as weeds in the classics of his previous life, but in truth, that was not so. Most things in the world belonged within the five