I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

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Xue Jing's face showed surprise.

"This is...life force?"

This power gave him a vibrant, upward-looking feeling, which should undoubtedly be what is called 'vitality'.

It was as if it were a manifestation of one's own lifespan, health, vitality, and the blazing fire of life.

"Health Preservation Lv8... Has your vitality become so vigorous that it can be perceived by my inner spiritual vision?"

Xue Jing thought for a moment, then sat up from his lying position, stretched out his right hand in front of him, and spread his five fingers.

With a thought, he used the power of his mind—the power of visualization—to influence reality and turn the pages of the book, attempting to drive his own life force.

The flame of life that was quietly burning throughout the body began to flicker, as if blown by a gentle breeze.

"It's difficult... but not impossible."

Xue Jing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Driven by spiritual power, the vitality began to move slowly, like a snail crawling.

Gradually, he concentrated his life force on his five fingers.

At the fingertips of the five fingers, the flame of life gradually burned brighter.

Subsequently, the fingernails on the long, slender fingers began to grow longer at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In no time at all, it grew from bald to two or three centimeters.

Newly grown nails have a texture like jade, pure white, smooth without any lines, and are incredibly clean, exuding a strong and powerful sense of hardness.

The tips of the fingernails are sharp and pointed, like the claws of a fierce beast.

"What Inuyasha?"

Xue Jing shook his head and made a grasping motion in the air with his fingers.

He opened the bedside table, found a nail clipper, and began trimming his long nails.

however……

"Kaka——"

He pressed the nail clippers to their limit, and the steel handle bent under the weight, but the jade-like nail on his index finger... was almost completely unharmed.

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow: "This..."

How can fingernails grown with the fire of life be so hard?

Xue Jing put the nail clippers back in the bedside table, got up, walked to the corner of the wall, picked up the Futu Knife that was there, and drew it from its sheath.

With a burst of energy, he channeled it into the blade, and a flash of light streaked across the surface.

The five sharp fingernails were instantly severed at the root, the cuts were perfectly smooth, as if they had been carefully polished.

"Not bad." Xue Jing nodded in satisfaction.

"Oh, right, let's test the recovery ability too..."

He took the Futu Knife and slashed it across his arm. The sharp blade immediately cut a large gash in his arm, and thick, viscous blood, as clear as rubies, slowly flowed out.

Then, with a thought, he activated his life force, which concentrated and burned at the wound.

Immediately, the wound began to wriggle and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. In less than a few seconds, it was completely healed, leaving the skin smooth and flawless, without a single scar.

If it weren't for the bloodstains on it, it would look as if nothing had happened.

"Impressive, super-fast regeneration." Xue Jing's eyes lit up.

"As long as life force is concentrated and burned, injuries can be healed in a very short time."

"In that case, even if my throat is slit, I probably won't die... Even if my head is cut off, as long as it's put back on in time, I can probably recover."

He looked inward and saw the still vibrant life force within his body.

"Assuming I have enough vitality, as long as I'm not instantly killed, I reckon I can recover."

"He's practically immortal!"

Xue Jing looked at the [Health Preservation Lv8] on the panel with satisfaction.

As expected, it's one of his most valued regular skills; it's indeed very useful.

Given that the conditions for advancement have already been triggered for [Fitness] and [Charm], it's likely that health preservation can also be advanced.

I wonder how powerful the upgraded skills will be; I'm really looking forward to it...

……

Around noon, Xue Jing finished his meal and was sitting on the sofa, petting his cat and looking at his skill panel.

[Possessing Divinity: 702]

First, he looked at the stats related to eyesight, then turned his attention to [Plant Contract].

Should we upgrade the Planting Contract by one or two levels and see the effect?

At level 1, a Divine Skill only requires 100 points to upgrade, while at level 2 it requires 300 points.

It only adds up to four hundred points...

Having gained another way to acquire divinity, Xue Jing felt he could be more generous with his spending.

Just as I was thinking of adding it, there was a soft knock on the door.

He turned off the panel, released his mental consciousness, and visualized the scene outside the door.

It was Xue Wan, carrying a black bag, knocking on the door.

Xue Jing interrupted his visualization and controlled Shadow Flame to activate a black arm, which opened the door.

Xue Wan had just contacted him by phone to say she was coming over; the visualization was just to confirm.

The door opened, and Xue Wan walked in. Her eyes immediately lit up as she looked at the cat curled up next to Xue Jing.

"Feng Wan, my little Feng Wan, Mommy's here!"

Xue Wan pounced on the cat, hugged it tightly, and rubbed her face against it repeatedly.

"Meow~"

The cat looked at Xue Jing with a face full of anthropomorphic helplessness, as if pleading for help.

"Meow meow meow meow~" Xue Wan cutely acted cute towards the cat.

"That's enough. Can't you see how unhappy it is?" Xue Jing said, pouting.

"Which eye of yours heard that was unhappy? Little Fengwan is so happy to be loved by her mother, isn't she?"

As Xue Wan spoke, she rubbed against the cat again, then buried her face in its belly and began to pet it.

"Smell... You smell so good."

"Meow……"

Faced with the cat's pleading gaze, Xue Jing could only shrug helplessly.

"The kitten must want a kiss from its mommy, mua~mua~"

By the time Xue Wan was satisfied, the cat was lying on the sofa, looking utterly hopeless, its paws in the air and its pupils unfocused.

"this is for you."

Xue Wan, with a bright, pleased expression, handed the black bag in her hand to Xue Jing.

"What is this?" Xue Jing asked curiously.

He reached out and took the bag, glancing inside.

Inside were several dark green... vines?

“This is my mentor’s hair, and it’s also her ‘stigmata’.”

Xue Wan said.

"Didn't you say that absorbing the things in the Holy Mark that cause pollution and mutation would be good for you? This should work, right?"

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow.

He talked to his older sister for a long time yesterday and specifically mentioned this matter.

Unexpectedly, Xue Wan got it for him today.

He reached into the bag and took out a few dark green vines.

[Divine matter detected; absorbing divinity...]

"How did you get it?" Xue Jing asked.

"Uh... the mentor felt guilty about forcibly trying to recruit you into the cult, so he cut his hair as an apology to show his remorse?" Xue Wan said innocently.

Xue Jing glanced at the messy, broken ends of the vines.

It was clearly torn off forcibly.

"Are you a liar?"

Xue Wan said discontentedly, "Just take it, why ask so many questions!"

Xue Jing smiled and said nothing more, only saying, "Thank you, sister."

After saying that, he looked at the vine in his hand.

Stigmata are parts of the recipient's body that resemble the deity they worship.

So this is what the hair of that sage of a thousand reds and ten thousand beauties looks like—if He has hair at all.

It didn't take long; a few dozen seconds later, the panel notification lit up.

[Divinity absorption complete]

The divinity value, however, changed from 702 to 1028.

"These few vines should only be a small part of Professor Lü's holy mark, yet they already provide more than three hundred points of divinity?"