Looking at Tang Cheng lying on the bed, Li Xingkong did not immediately start making a move.
Before taking any action, he had to examine Tang Cheng's body to see if there were any problems.
Minor ailments are fine to ignore, but the real problem is neglecting serious physical conditions that could lead to failed modifications, which would be a real loss.
I used a simple Restoration Technique to examine his body. There was nothing unusual. He was healthy, developing normally, and was a healthy adult in his prime.
After examining his body, Li Xingkong began to construct the Qi Refining Method for Tang Cheng.
He didn't intend to directly transform Tang Cheng to his current Qi Refining realm in one step, as that would be difficult for him now. It had taken him a long time to reach his current Qi Refining level, and it was clearly impossible to transform someone else to the same level in a short period of time.
His goal was simply to achieve the same level of skill he had when he first began Qi Refining in the Prisoner Continent.
By absorbing solar energy through Qi Refining Method, one can simply construct the Mana Circuit in the main parts of the body, allowing Magic Power to circulate. This would already be considered as achieving Li Xingkong's expected goal.
Before officially starting, Li Xingkong's first step was to build Qi Sea for him, which is the core for storing Magic Power. Without Qi Sea, everything else is just empty talk.
Controlling the Spiritual Qi to circulate within Tang Cheng's body, it quickly located the opening of his Qi Sea.
The location of the Qi Sea is not always fixed at the Dantian; it depends on the individual. Li Xingkong chose to locate the Qi Sea at the Dantian mainly because he was influenced by some the Myth stories, and also because the abdomen is safer. Being located in the center of the body, energy can be mobilized quickly.
He had only opened his Qi Sea once before; this was the second time Li Xingkong had performed this Qi Sea.
Having chosen the location, his Spiritual Qi began to circulate rapidly. Compared to the cautious process he used when building his own Qi Sea, he was now doing it much faster.
On the one hand, my control over Spiritual Qi has become more refined; on the other hand, this is the second time I've done this, so I'm quite familiar with it now.
"If you feel pain, tell me right away."
As Li Xingkong controlled the Spiritual Qi to begin the transformation, he spoke to Tang Cheng, who was lying on the bed in a daze.
"Oh, ah? Has it started?"
Seeing Li Xingkong standing right in front of him, without taking out any strange props or even touching his body, Tang Cheng thought Li Xingkong hadn't started yet.
"Of course we've started. Did you think I needed to give you anesthesia first?"
Li Xingkong was still in the mood to joke with him. Now that the location for constructing the Qi Sea had been determined and the Spiritual Qi had begun to build up the Qi Sea, Li Xingkong's mind could relax a bit.
Building Qi Sea is a tedious and repetitive task, and Li Xingkong wouldn't be happy to do it multiple times.
Fortunately, when Spiritual Qi is used for highly repetitive tasks, he doesn't need to control it with his whole being; he only needs to check on the progress from time to time.
"I thought this would be the kind where someone comes in with a scalpel to perform surgery."
Tang Cheng didn't feel anything; he just felt a slight itch on his stomach and scratched it.
But the itching sensation seemed to originate from within his body, and no matter how much he scratched, it didn't help.
As the itching sensation became more and more pronounced, he finally couldn't stand it anymore.
" Brother Li, my stomach is so itchy."
Upon hearing his words, Li Xingkong quickly took a look and discovered that during the opening of the Qi Sea, the Spiritual Qi had piled up all the Qi Sea wall materials collected by Tang Cheng in one place, pressing down on a series of nerves.
With the completion of the Qi Sea construction, all these materials were put to use, and his itching sensation disappeared.
The Qi Sea constructed for Tang Cheng was clearly smaller than Li Xingkong's own. Seriously, how long had he been cultivating? If he could open such a large Qi Sea from the start, would he have needed to cultivate so slowly?
After completing the construction of the Qi Sea, the second step is to construct the Mana Circuit.
This time, Li Xingkong doesn't plan to make it exactly the same as when he constructed it himself. When he constructed it, he started from the neck to build the Magic Power structure for absorbing solar energy in the Qi Refining Method. But this time, if he's going to build it for Tang Cheng, he plans to start directly from the hands.
Constructing a full-body Mana Circuit is a very troublesome task, and it's best to do it yourself. Designing Mana Circuit for others is not only very laborious, but also makes it difficult to know in time if there are any problems.
The problem can only be discovered when the Magic Power is activated.
Therefore, Li Xingkong only planned to build one Mana Circuit for them, which was the one from the Qi Sea to their hands.
With this Mana Circuit, they no longer have any problem using simple spells.
If building Mana Circuit for oneself is like drawing a figure sketch, then the Mana Circuit created for Tang Cheng is like a stick figure drawing.
It doesn't take into account all the details; it only provides a rough circuit that runs through the main parts of the body.
Given their current situation, the simpler things are, the easier they are to control. Giving them something too complicated could lead to a lack of control and potentially result in injury.
Building Qi Sea ultimately involves only one modification, but building Mana Circuit involves various parts of the body.
During the process of opening the nerve, it's not always possible to avoid all nerves in time, so occasional pain is inevitable.
So Tang Cheng felt a little uncomfortable.
He felt as if a worm had crawled inside his body, wriggling and thrashing about.
Most of the time there's nothing happening, but occasionally a sharp pain will shoot up and down my body.
"Bear with it, it'll be done soon."
Li Xingkong naturally noticed the problem as well, but there was nothing he could do. If it were his own body, he could manipulate it to avoid pain, but this body belonged to someone else, and he couldn't block out their sensory perception.
It took about half an hour for Tang Cheng to finish his Qi Refining Method.
Compared to Li Xingkong's original cultivation method, his is a super-simplified version.
The enhancement effect was basically nonexistent; Tang Cheng's physical strength remained the same as before.
Its only purpose is to allow Tang Cheng to "photosynthesize" like a plant. If Li Xingkong provides him with Spell Seed later, he can use this simplified version of the Qi Refining Method to cast spells.
"Alright, get up."
Once Li Xingkong finished and uttered the words "Get up," Tang Cheng finally climbed off the kang (a heated brick bed).
He was drenched in sweat; there was no way around it, the intermittent pain from constructing the circuit in the latter half was quite torturous.
To describe it, it's like being stung by a scorpion, but the wound spreads all over your body, causing a sharp pain every few seconds.
It wasn't extremely painful, but the sensation was very noticeable because it directly affected the nerves.