Essence-Devouring Ghost, Thunder Subdues the Waves

[Essence-Devouring Ghost: Having fought countless battles and killed countless people throughout his life, he devoted himself to serving only me. After death, his resentment lingers, and he devours the essence of others to nourish his soul.]

Characteristics: It can fly and roam freely, unaffected by sunlight. It can absorb the vital energy of those it encounters from mid-air, using the dissipated yang energy of the masses to infiltrate and disrupt the yang energy of martial artists, thus facilitating its absorption.

On a bright and sunny morning, Chu Tianshu checked his token once again.

The Evil Spirit that Chen Zuqi transformed into after his death was truly of extraordinary quality.

If this were in Chu Tianshu's hometown, a Evil Spirit that is not afraid of sunlight, roaming around causing trouble, would definitely cause quite a stir.

However, Chu Tianshu always suspected that even Essence-Devouring Ghost could exist in this world.

If it doesn't find a good place to stay in time and is instead sucked into the Mist and Rosy Clouds Realm Layer, it won't last long.

Given the depth of Chen Zuqi's resentment, the abundance of his distracting thoughts, and the fact that he no longer had a physical body to practice the cultivation techniques he had developed in his previous life, it was difficult to determine the outcome.

If one were to enter the Mist and Rosy Clouds Realm Layer, one would likely have to endure the constant assault of hundreds or thousands of waves.

There was no vital energy for him to absorb in that Mist and Rosy Clouds Realm Layer, so his attempt to use the method of borrowing power to push back the Yanxia was unlikely to be effective for long.

However, Chu Tianshu had already read the annotations on the Essence-Devouring Ghost.

He summoned his token this morning, still wanting to check the Fortune column.

In the past few days, the progress of the Fortune column has been increasing.

If this were Chu Tianshu's first time traveling through time, his current Fortune would be enough to send him back to his hometown.

However, the stronger he is, the more life Fortune he consumes to travel through time.

The current progress in the Fortune column has only reached about 60% of the standard for crossing over.

If Chu Tianshu grows stronger fast enough, it feels like he could have a race with the Fortune progress bar.

However, in the past few days, his rate of growth has lagged far behind the rate at which his Fortune has increased.

"In these worlds, I only need to reach the standard for three days before I have to return, so it's fine."

"But back in my hometown, they give me ten days each time I meet the crossing standard."

"If I make some major breakthrough during those ten days, and the original standards are no longer sufficient for me to transcend, I wonder how the token will react..."

Chu Tianshu sat at the stone table, picked up the large bowl with both hands, drank the sweet porridge, and let his mind wander for a while.

First, the milk is simmered with ingredients to remove any fishy smell, then sugar is added and cooked to make a milk porridge that is full of milky flavor.

When Chu Tianshu went to get the porridge, he went a little early. The rice in the porridge wasn't fully cooked yet, and each grain was still distinct.

When you chew it a little, you can also feel the aroma of the grains.

He likes to drink this kind of porridge with a thick broth but not mushy rice.

Xiahou Feishan walked into the courtyard and saw the large bowl in his hand, so he sighed softly.

Chu Tianshu glanced at him sideways. "Haven't you regained your appetite yet?"

Xiahou Feishan said listlessly, "I still don't really want to eat anything."

That day, Chu Tianshu exchanged a move with Chen Zuqi, separated by Xiahou and Miaofan.

Although the power of the "Sky-Spanning Divine Art" had been tempered to be very gentle, Chen Zuqi was still trying his best to cause damage.

In that fierce battle, Miaofan was severely injured, and his internal organs were displaced.

Xiahou Feishan also suffered minor damage to his stomach, intestines, and the meridians in his hands.

"Your prescription is quite effective."

Xiahou Feishan sat down at the stone table. "These past few days, I've only felt a bit of an appetite when I drink the medicine you prescribed."

"This is the first time I've ever discovered that medicinal soup can be sweet and sour."

Chu Tianshu slurped up a mouthful of porridge and exhaled, "That's also because the medicinal herbs themselves are of good quality."

"If I hadn't intervened that day, Miaofan would have died. Even if it were just Miaofan fighting Chen Zuqi alone, he would still have died."

"Your injury played a crucial role in saving the abbot, and the monks took great care in selecting medicinal herbs for you."

Xiahou Feishan watched him eat with relish and asked with a hint of envy, "And what about you?"

"You vomited several mouthfuls of blood later that day, what injury did you sustain?"

Chu Tianshu put down the porridge bowl and wiped his mouth.

"I'm injured all over."

What he said is true.

That day, he used his palm strike to penetrate Chen Zuqi's bones and meridians.

Like drawing a knife to cleave water, the knife is sharp and fast, and although it hits the target, the water still rushes over.

However, Chen Zuqi's bones weren't that tough; he couldn't withstand the damage after a while.

Chu Tianshu's bones were very hard, and his skin was very tough.

Even though the damage he absorbed by turning to his feet wasn't much due to the intense fighting, it was still distributed throughout his body.

As a result, many of his capillaries ruptured.

Those few mouthfuls of blood were actually him controlling his body, circulating his stagnant blood, concentrating it in his mouth, and spitting it out in one go.

Therefore, the quantity appears quite large, which is quite alarming.

However, he was still able to go down the mountain afterwards and take away the head of the Japanese pirate steward.

This shows that his injury was not particularly serious.

These past few days, he has been giving himself acupuncture every night and has also made a set of pills coated with sugar powder, which he takes three times a day. His injuries have almost fully recovered.

Chu Tianshu pointed his left hand like a sword, tapped his chest twice, then moved it down his right shoulder to his right wrist.

The internal energy accelerated within the meridians, and several twisting blue streaks of light gradually appeared on the right palm.

The flashes of light were silent and the light and shadow were both bluish, unlike real lightning.

Xiahou Feishan's eyelids twitched involuntarily. "It's not surprising that internal energy can strike someone as if they've been struck by lightning, but to actually unleash lightning? I've never heard of such a skill before. What kind of skill is this?"

"This is the Sky-Spanning Divine Art, the Palm Thunder, and the Indra Claw."

Chu Tianshu pondered for a moment and said, "The most important thing is still the Sky-Spanning Divine Art, which can be considered a complementary move that I created for the Sky-Spanning Divine Art."

The Sky-Spanning Divine Art is an internal skill, and it doesn't contain much information about specific moves.

Feng Jianhua himself only used Xingyi Bagua Saber Technique as a foundation, and honed his sword skills in actual combat.

The specific method is to feel that in actual sword fighting, you should exert force in a certain area, and then channel your internal energy to that area to increase the force.

It's a very simple, yet enviable way of using it.

It is precisely because the internal energy of the Heaven-Hating Art is of high purity that, when practicing it, one must follow a fixed route.

But when it's actually used, it can fill any meridian or part of the flesh.

Ordinary internal martial arts, when practiced and used, can only be limited to certain meridians.

"This move of mine is something that no other practitioner of the Indra Claw technique in Shaolin can replicate at all. It seems it should be given a new name."

Chu Tianshu thought for a moment, "Let's call it Thunder Qi Subdues the Waves."

The Kunpeng lies hidden in the abyss, yet it has not yet revealed itself to the world, but already a great wave is rising.

Thunderous energy first lurked within the waves.

"You're so leisurely, you even have time to name your own moves!"

Xiahou Feishan sighed, "I see you're a fine young man in the prime of your life, don't you find it strange that you spend every day with these bald guys?"

"Sigh, I only killed a dozen or so Japanese pirates in the Tianshan, and you beheaded the strongest one."

"I'm so far from the goal outlined in the contract. How much longer am I supposed to stay in this monastery?"

Chu Tianshu laughed and said, "What's your hurry?"

"The Eight Min region has been largely pacified, but the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions remain."

Xiahou Feishan asked, "When will we deal with the Japanese pirates in those areas?"

"The timing is quite good now."

Chu Tianshu's eyes flickered slightly, and he stood up. "Alright, come with me to see that imperial envoy first."

(End of this chapter)