The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 176 Reborn
The ten days passed quickly with care and rest, and Wu Chengyu was finally able to rebuild his foundation.

At this point, the Bald Eagle was already able to barely get down on the ground, proving its powerful physique befitting a rare and powerful beast.

It was able to struggle and resist when Wu Chengyu harassed it, but its fighting strength had not recovered; otherwise, it would have fought Wu Chengyu to the death long ago.

Wu Chengyu left it enough food and medicinal wine, then turned back to his shelter. He sprinkled powder outside the shelter to repel snakes, insects, and rodents, then sealed the entrance to the shelter with stones inside. He then jumped up and sealed the skylight above with the prepared wooden planks, leaving only a few ventilation holes.

At this moment, the remaining Bodhi snakes in Snake Valley dare not come out for a while. The bald eagle is currently recuperating and is still very weak. After the previous battle between the snake eagles, all the animals within a few miles have been frightened away, and the external environment is currently very safe.

Next, Wu Chengyu took off his clothes, drank the snake king gall that had been soaking for ten days along with medicinal wine, then sat cross-legged, allowing the energy of the snake king gall to spread throughout his body, and restarted the evolutionary process of silkworm transformation.

Soon, Wu Chengyu lost consciousness, allowing the immense energy within him to transform his body under the command of the silkworm transformation.

During this process, he could vaguely feel changes in his body. His bones seemed to be compressing, his tendons were shifting, and there seemed to be groundhogs scurrying around in the blocked meridians. His heartbeat was faint, and his other organs seemed to have stopped functioning, or perhaps they were gestating something.

Throughout the entire process, Wu Chengyu did not feel any pain. He only felt like a seed, buried deep in the soil, waiting to sprout. The driving force that supported his sprouting was a vigorous life force.

If someone were nearby at this moment, they would notice that countless white lines had appeared around Wu Chengyu again. These white lines were more active than when they were at the bottom of the river. They faintly glowed and then intertwined, forming a white human-shaped cocoon once more.

Time passed slowly, and Wu Chengyu slowly woke up. This time, he was no longer wrapped in a cocoon. Last time, the silkworm transformation process was interrupted due to lack of energy, and he forcibly broke out of the cocoon. This time, the entire process was completed flawlessly.

The silkworm cocoon outside Wu Chengyu's body first lost its fluorescence, then slowly turned black, and finally turned into dust and scattered around Wu Chengyu's body.

The moment Wu Chengyu opened his eyes, a white light suddenly flashed in the dimly lit cave.

A phrase immediately came to Wu Chengyu's mind: "An empty room gives birth to light, and auspiciousness dwells there." This comes from "Zhuangzi: The World of Man".

The original text uses the analogy of clutter blocking light indoors. Once the clutter is removed, the light will naturally return. The underlying meaning is that by clearing one's mind of distracting thoughts and desires and maintaining a clear and tranquil mind, wisdom and good fortune will naturally manifest.

This phrase originally referred to the Taoist realm of self-cultivation, but when applied to cultivation, it best reflects Wu Chengyu's current state. All the impurities in his body, the toxins inevitably produced from eating grains and cereals since childhood, the hidden injuries caused by improper martial arts practice, and the damage caused by taking the elixir last time, all left him at this moment.

Wu Chengyu's body is now comparable to that of a newborn baby. The innate energy within him is still there and has not been polluted by acquired energy.

Wu Chengyu used his internal vision to observe his body. His bones were stronger than steel, his marrow was like a golden soup, his blood was like mercury syrup, his meridians were strong and unobstructed, and even some of the smaller meridians had been expanded. The connection between the hidden meridians and the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians was more solid, and his five internal organs were strong, and the five elements of his body had reached a perfect balance.

The bamboo slips described the host as having an innate physique and a body created by nature, allowing the host's body to evolve and reach the level of ancient sages.

The Silkworm Transformation was indeed a heaven-defying technique granted by a cheat code. This time, Wu Chengyu's transformation was not simply a matter of rebuilding his foundation, but rather an evolution towards a higher level of life.

There are no immortals in this world, so it's impossible to cultivate immortality, but as the bamboo slips say, it's comparable to the ancient sages. After examining his body, Wu Chengyu was beyond satisfied with his current condition. He slowly stood up and stretched his body, which hadn't moved for who knows how long, only to immediately discover that the changes in his appearance were even more astonishing.

His body, which was originally as thick as half a wall, has become much thinner due to the compression of his skeletal structure during the silkworm transformation. He is no longer the burly man with the boyish face he once was. He is no different from people of normal build, and is even thinner.

Not only that, his height was also compressed. He was originally nearly 1.9 meters tall, but now he is only about 1.8 meters tall. Moreover, during the silkworm transformation, he broke the restrictions of cultivating the ox and horse stance, and his bone spurs were basically closed. He will only grow two or three centimeters at most in the future.

Wu Chengyu was very satisfied with this. Just like Aku didn't want to be too bulky, unless a man is into fitness, who would want to be really big and burly?

Originally, Wu Chengyu practiced the Ox and Horse Stance only to make up for his poor innate talent. After practicing, his martial arts skills improved rapidly and he became incredibly strong. But who doesn't want a model's figure that is muscular when undressed, slim when dressed, and tall and slender?

The change in his physique did not reduce Wu Chengyu's strength. His body was simply compressed, not actually thinned, so Wu Chengyu's weight remained heavy. Moreover, because the effects of the Snake King's Gallbladder were so strong, Wu Chengyu's strength broke through again, directly reaching the level of a thousand jin of force.

This was the power that Wu Chengyu briefly possessed when he took the elixir and fought desperately, and it was also the power that the Golden Wheel Monk was most proud of when he reached the tenth level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill after decades of cultivation. Now, Wu Chengyu has easily reached that level.

The only thing that Wu Chengyu found somewhat uncomfortable was that his skin was now too white—a healthy, delicate, and radiant white, but still a bit too white.

However, this skin was white and delicate, yet incredibly tough. When Wu Chengyu exerted a little force on his arm, tiny, almost imperceptible white scales appeared on his skin.

Wu Chengyu slowly sensed the changes within himself, but suddenly found himself unbearably hungry. He hurriedly asked the bamboo slip how long he had been cultivating.

The bamboo slip replied, "Forty-nine days."

Forty-nine holds extraordinary significance in Taoism, as the Great Expansion Number is fifty, and its application is forty-nine.

Taoism believes that the universe and all things are imperfect and will never be perfect, so forty-nine represents the highest realm and the completion of the cycle of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

But Wu Chengyu paid no attention to this. He hadn't eaten a single grain of rice for forty-nine days. If it weren't for the powerful energy of the Snake King's Gallbladder and the transformative power of the silkworm, he would have starved to death long ago.

Fortunately, there was medicinal wine soaking snake gallbladder in the wine vat next to him. Wu Chengyu quickly poured it into his mouth. Snake gallbladder and snake king gallbladder are only one level apart, but they are worlds apart, representing different levels of evolution. However, it is enough to replenish the energy he needs now.

After swallowing three snake gallbladders and drinking half a jar of medicinal wine, Wu Chengyu finally recovered. Moreover, the internal energy in his meridians was stronger than ever before. He walked to the cave entrance and waved his palms, immediately knocking away the stones blocking the entrance. The sunlight outside shone on Wu Chengyu's face.

After nearly becoming a cripple in the assassination attempt on Shi Miyuan, Wu Chengyu was finally reborn and returned to the world.

(End of this chapter)