Twin-lotus Zen Heart (I)

Looking at his left hand, Li Yan pondered.

It actually failed to pierce all the way through?

His expression did not change—not even a crease appeared between his brows—as he stared unblinkingly at the bloody hole in his right palm.

As he lifted his left index finger, a faint silver gleam appeared within the wound. Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the flesh rapidly drew together amid the silver light.

Seeing this, Li Yan finally set his earlier worries aside.

Once my body recovers, the silver light's regenerative power will replenish itself too. The refined blood essence has completely fused with my flesh, rather than merely being "incorporated" into it and disappearing once exhausted.

His body's ability to regenerate was one of Li Yan's life-saving trump cards. Otherwise, with his foundation establishment cultivation and no one to back him, life on this continent would have been dangerous indeed.

Thus, as soon as his strength recovered, he immediately put it to the test. If the silver light within him was gone, he would have to consider spending more time refining some more blood essence from the Undying Underworld Phoenix to protect himself.

Had he merely made an ordinary cut, the silver light probably would not even have needed to act. The Qiongqi Purgatory Art alone would have been enough to heal the wound rapidly.

He could only bring himself to strike ruthlessly at his own body.

What he had not expected, however, was that even though he had completely abandoned his right hand's defenses, that seemingly effortless finger strike had actually used seventy percent of his spiritual power.

It had also been reinforced by the Qiongqi Purgatory Art, yet it still failed to pierce his right hand. That alone was enough to astonish anyone.

Li Yan could now