The jade marrow spirit liquid tasted rather bland, with a faint sweetness and fragrance. After drinking a bowl, Liu Changxu immediately accelerated the circulation of the Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Scripture to refine it.
When the jade marrow spirit liquid entered his dantian, a cool energy arose, immediately soothing the heat that practicing the Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Scripture had left in his body.
As he circulated the technique faster, the cool energy flowed through the meridians throughout his body. Liu Changxu instantly felt incomparably refreshed.
But that refreshing sensation did not last long. Pain and itching spread throughout his body, as though countless ants were biting into him, leaving him in unbearable agony.
Liu Changxu knew this was the jade marrow spirit liquid cleansing his meridians and marrow, transforming his body, and improving his aptitude. He had to endure this suffering!
He gritted his teeth against the pain and circulated the technique faster, but the agony only grew harder to bear.
When the jade marrow spirit liquid penetrated his marrow and began transforming his bones, the bone-deep pain muddled all six of Liu Changxu's senses. Drenched in sweat, he passed out.
When Liu Changxu slowly awoke, the world suddenly seemed perfectly clear, and his entire body felt open and unobstructed. His ability to sense and absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had greatly accelerated.
However, grayish-black matter now coated his body, giving off an intensely sour stench. It must have been the impurities expelled after his meridians and marrow were cleansed.
Liu Changxu was overjoyed. The jade marrow spirit liquid truly worked wonders. Still, recalling the pain filled him with lingering dread. He wondered how his parents and clansmen had endured it.
It seemed that, tempted by cultivation and immortality, most cultivators could still endure such suffering.
In fact, many clansmen