It was already late at night when the exchange gathering ended. After bidding farewell to Xue Yuchan and Wang Qiuyue, Liu Changxu returned to the Peach Blossom Pavilion.
After telling his father about his plans, Liu Changxu went to his room and began secluded cultivation.
He did not immediately eat the upper-grade second-tier blood bodhi fruit. Instead, he spent three days briefly reviewing his cultivation journey.
Attending this gathering for Foundation Establishment cultivators to exchange cultivation insights had benefited Liu Changxu greatly and given him many new insights. It had also brought home to him the importance of good mentors and friends.
After three days in seclusion, once his body and mind had both
reached their peak condition, Liu Changxu took the jade box containing the upper-grade second-tier blood bodhi fruit from his Storage Bag. He lifted the fruit, translucent as blood, out of the box and placed it in his mouth. A scorching current began flowing through his entire body.
Liu Changxu hurriedly circulated the Flood Dragon Body-Tempering Art to refine the spirit fruit's essence. As the art circulated faster, the potent medicinal power of the upper-grade second-tier Blood Bodhi began transforming the tissues and cells throughout his body, from his flesh and bones to his internal organs.
But this transformation felt anything but pleasant to Liu Changxu. It brought tremendous suffering instead. The intense pain turned the skin all over his body red, and beads of sweat the size of beans soaked him through. Even his facial muscles twisted somewhat from the pain.
To avoid interrupting the transformation, Liu Changxu gritted his teeth and continued circulating the Flood Dragon Body-Tempering Art to refine the spirit fruit's essence.
The transformation lasted three full days and nights before ending. With the potent medicinal power of the upper-grade second-tier blood bodhi