Perfection: I have a Tree of Ten Thousand Paths

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The booming sound of the bronze cauldron echoed throughout the square, and bursts of blood-red light emanated from within it. Qi Shi'an had been sealed inside the cauldron for nearly an hour.

The lid of the cauldron shook violently, and several times it almost fell off, but the old man in purple robes covered it tightly and sealed it firmly.

Qi Shi'an closed his eyes tightly inside the cauldron, receiving the baptism, while the seed within his body quietly revived, silently absorbing the medicinal liquid.

Qi Shi'an noticed the changes within his body and, upon investigation, discovered that the seed had sprouted a tender shoot!

Moreover, the tender buds were emitting a faint golden light, a change that greatly surprised him.

The germination of the seeds also accelerated his absorption of the medicinal liquid, and he wanted to know what kind of surprises these seeds would bring him.

Qi Shi'an remained calm and composed, his flesh and blood glowing, enveloped in a crimson divine light.

Each drop of the medicinal liquid was a rune, which he refined into his flesh and blood, melting into radiant light, transforming into divine radiance, and nourishing himself.

The black Hou spirit rushed towards him, guided by the golden light of the seed, transforming into strands of radiance that melted into his body.

Qi Shi'an was also worried that such an unusual phenomenon would be noticed, which would cause unnecessary trouble, and he once wanted to stop absorbing it.

But the seeds were beyond his control, and instead absorbed them faster and faster.

The nineteen people inside the cauldron, like him, felt the medicinal liquid rapidly dissipating and opened their eyes to see who it was.

However, as he continued to absorb the seeds, Qi Shi'an's spiritual sense was enhanced, and he sensed the abnormality of everyone, and at the same time opened his eyes.

So the twenty people inside the cauldron looked at each other with wide eyes.

The seed seemed to know his inner thoughts and deliberately concealed the strange phenomenon. No one could find the root cause and had to give up.

The strange phenomenon was concealed, but the rumbling of the bronze cauldron continued. Qi Shi'an returned to his cultivation state, and the black beast made the bronze cauldron shake even more violently as it rammed into it.

At this time, the seed sprout grew into a small seedling resembling a tea tree, and two leaves also emerged.

The seedlings exuded a mysterious aura, and the black beast began to tremble, its roars so loud they made the eardrums of the people in the square ache.

Two golden runes shot out from the seedling's leaves, passing through the black Hou's spirit body and then transforming into chains that pulled the Hou towards them.

The black Hou struggled incessantly, but no matter how it struggled, the two chains tightly pulled at the Hou's spirit.

It finally crashed into Qi Shi'an's body, then disintegrated into beams of blood-red light, melting into his flesh and blood.

Everything returned to calm, and the rumbling of the cauldron could no longer be heard from the outside world.

"Phew, finally it's quiet."

"That was really scary. How could this baptism be so intense?"

"I think it must be because it was infused with the spiritual blood of that ancient remnant that it is like this."

The servants were all talking amongst themselves; the roaring sound from the dozen or so cauldrons just now was truly terrifying, the roar was awe-inspiring.

"Elder, the spiritual blood of this ancient remnant is truly extraordinary."

The commotion just now had even made this middle-aged man, who was as strong as a tiger or leopard, feel terrified. He was already at the Cave Heaven Realm, but he was still filled with fear.

"Heh, let's see if a few geniuses emerge. If a few do, the Kun clan might even offer a reward."

The old man in purple stood with his hands behind his back. The Kun clan was currently recruiting geniuses on a large scale in order to help them seize opportunities in the Hundred Broken Mountains.

As loyal dogs of the Kun clan, they would be happy if another genius with the strength of the young clan leader emerged in the clan, so that they could follow behind the young master of the Kun clan and enjoy a few more sips of soup.

For a full day and night, the blood-red medicinal liquid boiled, and Qi Shi'an's whole body turned crimson as the liquid continuously entered his body.

Then some impurities are brought out from the pores, and this cycle repeats itself, constantly being cleansed.

This process is extremely terrifying and brutal. The blood-red liquid is not a simple baptism, but rather it seeps into the body and violently impacts it, causing pain that penetrates deep into the bone marrow!

Qi Shi'an gritted his teeth and remained unmoved, drawing the blood-red medicinal liquid to cleanse his body. As the seedling absorbed the liquid, a few drops of golden sap slid down and dripped into its abdomen.

The crimson liquid and golden juice continuously tempered his body, making him glow.

Although the pain penetrated to the bone marrow, and his tendons and bones were broken and then reassembled by the golden sap, his spirit became increasingly vigorous.

The two precious medicines aggressively impacted every part of the body, nearly tearing apart the internal organs, yet they continued to recover under the nourishment of the medicinal liquid.

Through repeated cycles, it becomes even more solid and radiant, with both the physical body and the divine consciousness undergoing unimaginable transformations.

After nightfall, the last drop of medicine in the cauldron completely dried up, and everyone opened their eyes, looked at each other, and examined one another.

A child shouted first, "Elder, the medicinal liquid in the cauldron has dried up!"

After the sound reached the ears of the old man in purple, he removed the runes from the lid of the cauldron and then had someone open the lid.

The twenty people inside the cauldron were all radiant, their skin glowing.

Qi Shi'an's seedlings can conceal their unusual phenomena, making it difficult for others to see through his situation.

His skin had shed its old skin, and his body shimmered with a radiant glow. If the clan elders saw this, wouldn't they be forced to become loyal dogs?

"Excellent, everyone is full of energy. We'll test your strength later, and then you can disperse and meditate on your own. The library contains the clan's cultivation techniques and bone inscriptions; you can freely comprehend the first floor."

"Only those at the Cave Heaven Realm or above are allowed to enter the second level. Anyone who trespasses will be punished according to clan rules!"

The old man in purple spoke his last sentence with a hint of murderous intent in his voice.

"I will obey the elder's order!"

"Qi Wei, take them to the strength-measuring monument."

"Yes, all of you, come with me."

Qi Wei, a middle-aged man as strong as a tiger or leopard, led the twenty of them to the Strength Testing Monument, which could test the extent of their physical strength in the Blood Transformation Realm.

They were the first twenty people to finish absorbing the power. Qi Shi'an could clearly feel that the strength of their physical bodies was exceptionally strong, with a single swing of their arms carrying 40,000 jin of divine power!

The initial stage of the Blood Removal Realm requires at least 8,000 jin of destructive power, while the middle stage requires as much as 20,000 jin.

Now, he can swing his arms with a force of 40,000 jin. With his physical strength alone, he has already surpassed the mid-stage of the Blood Transport Realm and is only 10,000 jin away from the late stage.

Qi Shi'an didn't intend to go all out with this force-measuring monument; a little force of eight or nine thousand jin would be enough.

In front of the force measuring monument,

"Let's take it one at a time, starting with you."

Qi Wei pointed to a six-year-old child, while Qi Shi'an was the third person to be tested.

The six-year-old child who was called out stepped forward and punched the strength test monument with all his might.

"Not bad, five thousand eight hundred jin of divine strength."

Having just undergone baptism, he could already achieve the divine strength of 5,800 jin with a single swing of his arms, which was considered a passing grade in the Qi clan.

Moreover, it used the spiritual blood of an ancient remnant species, so it should weigh at least seven or eight thousand catties to be considered qualified.

"Less than six thousand? Looks like I need to adjust my strategy."

Qi Shi'an muttered to himself, seeing that the divine strength was less than six thousand jin, he would have to hold back even more.

"Six thousand two hundred catties, next one."

The person in front of Qi Shi'an threw a punch of 6,200 jin, so he had a rough idea of ​​what to expect. How much force he could hold back depended on his acting skills.

In front of the strength-testing monument, Qi Shi'an mobilized the power of his physical body and threw a punch with all his might. With a "bang!", the strength-testing monument displayed his result.

"Seven thousand one hundred catties! Not bad."

Qi Wei saw that Qi Shi'an had reached this level of strength after just undergoing a physical baptism, which was barely passable, and there was still a lot of room for improvement.

After the test was completed, he could leave on his own. Qi Shi'an didn't linger for a second longer and rode quickly to the library.

He planned to stay indoors and cultivate for the next few months, and then secretly leave the Qi clan at most!

The first floor of the Qi clan's library contains only relatively weak bone inscriptions and some accounts of the Great Wilderness, but these are exactly what Qi Shi'an needs right now.

He needs to have a certain understanding of the wilderness in order to survive there.

Qi Shi'an picked up a bone book to study. He could roughly remember the runes on the book after just one glance. "Could it be the effect of the golden sap from the seedlings?"

The seedling inside his body underwent a strange change. He looked at the seedling inside his body and saw a black mythical beast carved on one of its leaves. Its appearance was just like that of a living mythical beast.

Golden runes appeared on another leaf, and these runes kept changing.

"Could it be that this seedling can help me comprehend runes and magical techniques?!"

Qi Shi'an quickly flipped through the bone book to see if it was really true.

After flipping through several more bone books, he discovered that the runes on the leaves were more profound and changed more frequently, which further confirmed his idea.