Although Killua could not understand those mysterious runes, he could keenly sense that the aura of the man in the bathtub was undergoing a fundamental change.
Before, Lin Yan had felt like a priceless ancient sword hidden in its sheath-sharp, but brittle.
Now, that aura was transforming from a "sword" into something far larger and more terrifying.
Like a ferocious beast lying dormant.
Several hours later, as dawn began to break, the medicinal liquid in the bathtub had turned completely clear, as though it were merely ordinary warm water.
Lin Yan slowly opened his eyes.
He rose slowly from the bathtub.
Crack...
A faint sound rang out.
The layer of blood-red dead skin formed by the medicinal tempering cracked inch by inch like dried cicada wings, then peeled away in sheets.
Beneath it lay new skin, warm and smooth as creamy white jade, yet brimming with explosive strength.
Not only had his injuries healed completely, but the impurities left behind by his earlier Marrow-Washing and meridian cleansing had also been purged.
His cultivation had even benefited from the disaster. Through this chance to rebuild himself after being broken, he had fully stabilized the late stage of Refining Essence into Qi and could faintly sense the threshold of its peak.
"Whew..."
Lin Yan let out a long breath of stale air.
That breath lingered in the air without dispersing, carrying a faint golden tint.
He opened his eyes, and a flash of lightning seemed to streak through them before they swiftly returned to stillness, clear and luminous, their radiance held within.
His entire bearing had undergone an indescribable transformation.
If he had been aloof and otherworldly before, he now seemed to have returned to his natural essence, with an added air of seamless perfection.
Gon and Killua stared, dumbfounded.
"Wow... Lin