Becoming an immortal from a canal worker

Chapter 104 Target

Then Chen Ping took out the porcelain bottle containing the Purple Gold Meridian-Smoothing Pill, uncorked it, and a faint medicinal fragrance wafted out, carrying a hint of coolness.

He poured out a pill, placed it in his palm, and examined it. The pill was entirely purple-gold in color and was smaller than ordinary pills, but when he held it in his hand, he could faintly feel a warmth seeping into his palm.

Chen Ping put the pill in his mouth and swallowed it.

The next moment, the feeding process begins.

The medicinal power entered the stomach, but instead of spreading slowly like ordinary pills, it was rapidly broken down by the stomach. The essence sank down and spread throughout the body with the flow of qi and blood. The remaining impurities were peeled off and adhered to the skin and flesh. A burst of heat followed, even more intense than when drinking the black deer blood, as if someone had placed a red-hot iron sheet under the skin and moved it slowly.

Chen Ping remained silent, closing his eyes and concentrating on feeling the medicinal effects circulating within his body.

With the help of the medicine, his Qi and blood began to become more vigorous, even more abundant than during his usual cultivation. Chen Ping took the opportunity to mobilize his Qi and blood, sending it rushing towards the Yongquan point on the soles of his feet. It traveled upwards along the outer meridian and stopped at the Weizhong point. The Qi and blood collided with that acupoint, and a muffled thud came from behind his knee.

The left wing of the Venezuelan government has opened.

A thin stream gushed out from there, traveled up the leg, and merged with the thin stream from the spring, its power becoming noticeably stronger at that moment.

Chen Ping didn't stop, continuing to surge upwards. The medicinal effects were still there, and his blood and qi were still abundant. The Weizhong point on the right was also opened, followed by the Huantiao point, one on each side. The four acupoints were opened one after another. Chen Ping felt the increasingly abundant power in his body and was somewhat shaken.

The medicinal power of this Purple Gold Meridian-Smoothing Pill was actually purified by ingestion.

Normally, it takes time for the medicinal power of a pill to dissipate, usually half an hour. But after he took one, the medicinal power was completely digested in less than half an hour, and the poison was also peeled off and tempered in his flesh. The number in front of his retina jumped once.

[Melting Bones into Gold (Beginner's Guide)]

Current progress: 16/100

[Eating (Beginner)]

Current progress: 2/100

Chen Ping stared at the two lines of numbers, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

As the effects of the medicine wore off, he felt an emptiness inside his body, a bit hungry, as if his stomach had been hollowed out.

He got up, went out of the side courtyard, summoned a servant, and asked a maid to bring him food.

A maid brought over a bowl of rice and a dish of vegetables. Chen Ping sat down and finished eating. After putting down his chopsticks, his stomach was still empty, as if he hadn't eaten anything. The food was being processed silently. As the food entered his stomach, its essence was extracted. In less than ten minutes, the bowl of rice had been completely digested, and his blood and energy were extracted and circulated throughout his body.

Chen Ping frowned and asked the maid to bring another bowl.

I'm still hungry even after eating.

They brought me another bowl, but after I finished it, I was still hungry.

The maid stood at the door, holding a tray, watching Chen Ping eat bowl after bowl, her eyes filled with surprise, but she didn't say anything, just silently served more rice.

Chen Ping ate four bowls of rice before he felt something in his stomach, but the feeling of fullness only lasted for a moment before dissipating as blood and qi circulated throughout his body, washing away the feeling of fullness completely.

He sat there, and he understood.

When the body is eating, ordinary food provides too little blood and energy, and digestion is too fast, so it can't sustain it. In the future, if it wants to eat its fill, it will probably have to find medicinal herbs, animal meat, or even demon flesh that contain a lot of blood and energy.

He recalled the contents recorded on the rubbing of the Bone-Melting Gold Body technique. The founder of this technique's ultimate expectation for this martial art was to be able to directly eat the flesh and blood of various demons and monsters, and even directly devour the crystal cores of evil spirits, truly achieving the ability to devour everything.

However, judging from the later records, this person obviously failed. Even after reaching the fifth level, he could only eat the flesh and blood of demons raw. The contents of the evil spirit crystal core were too mixed and evil, and he could not separate the dregs after swallowing it.

The founder of this technique eventually died a tragic death after swallowing the crystal core of a great evil spirit, which corrupted him with evil energy.

Chen Ping's eyes flickered.

He possesses the ability to eat, so he may well be able to truly devour everything in the future. If he doesn't eat enough, he can transform into an even stronger ability.

He calmed himself down, took out the Purple Gold Meridian-Smoothing Pill again, poured out the second one, and put it in his mouth.

As he ate, the medicinal power was purified, the elixir was removed, and his qi and blood became vigorous again. Chen Ping took the opportunity to break through the key points. This time, he only opened one key point, the Gate of Life. With the accumulation of elixir, his proficiency in the Bone-Melting and Gold-Melting Body technique jumped another notch.

The third one, the fourth one, the fifth one.

With each pill taken, the body's digestion process proceeds silently, and the medicinal properties are digested more than twice as fast as those of an ordinary person. The erysipelas is peeled away, the skin and flesh are tempered time and time again, and the proficiency in transforming bones and melting the body gradually increases.

After finishing a bottle of five Purple Gold Meridian-Smoothing Pills, Chen Ping opened his eyes.

The six acupoints in the body have been opened: Yongquan, Weizhong (left and right), Huantiao (left and right), and Mingmen. The six acupoints resonate with the skin and flesh, and the energy flows throughout the body. Its strength has reached a new level, and it is a whole circle thicker than before taking the medicine.

The line of numbers in front of my retina stopped there.

[Melting Bones into Gold (Beginner's Guide)]

Current progress: 76/100

[Eating (Beginner)]

Current progress: 20/100

[Efficacy: It digests food easily, allowing all flavors to enter the body, retaining the essence while eliminating the waste]

Chen Ping looked at the two lines of numbers and smiled. He had really made the right choice in choosing this external martial arts technique.

He thought for a moment and decided to buy ten more bottles of Purple Gold Meridian-Smoothing Pills tomorrow. Merit points were gone, but cultivation level was real. His priority now was to improve his cultivation and reach the Transformation Realm as soon as possible in order to deal with the various crises he might encounter in the Southern Ridge Demon Hunt a month later.

Since we're going to keep our achievements anyway, we might as well stake them all on this.

He then remembered something else. Today, he had flipped through nearly a hundred superior martial arts manuals on the third floor of the armory, but only the Bone-Melting Golden Body and Instinct manuals were available. He actually wanted more similar martial arts manuals. He didn't know if there were any on the fourth floor of the armory, but only inner court students were allowed to enter the fourth floor, and he couldn't go in now.

Chen Ping frowned, looked up at the moon outside the window. The moonlight was cold and clear, illuminating the courtyard in a silvery white.

It seems we have no choice but to enter this inner courtyard.

He calmed his thoughts, took out a rubbing of the Blood Fiend Blade, stood up and walked into the courtyard. Following the path on the rubbing, he mobilized all his qi and blood, poured it into the blade, and unleashed a slash.

boom.

The blade struck the ground, cracking a thin line in the bluestone slab that stretched for over three zhang from his feet before stopping. Chen Ping sheathed his blade, stood still, and felt the emptiness within his body. His limbs felt slightly weak. He took out a pill from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and sat down on the stone bench, waiting for his qi and blood to recover.

[Blood Fiend Blade, Proficiency +1]

【Blood Fiend Blade (Beginner)】

Current progress: 1/100 (Beginner)

With one strike, he was reduced to his original form.

But he knew the power of that strike.

After waiting for about half an hour, his energy and blood had mostly recovered. Chen Ping got up again, made a second slash, then sat down, took his medicine, and waited.

After unleashing the third strike, Chen Ping sat on the ground, feeling the depleted blood and qi within his body. He was panting heavily, though the energy expenditure was great, the power was immense. He calmed his breathing. The Blood Fiend Blade was not a conventional weapon, so there was no need to rush. He could practice it twice a day, morning and evening.

That day is now completely over.

Chen Ping asked the maid to boil water, and he soaked in the hot bath. The steaming water slowly dissipated the soreness and swelling that had accumulated throughout the day.

He pinched the skin on his arm. He had just entered the basics of the Bone-Melting and Gold-Refining Body technique, and he couldn't tell if it was just his imagination, but the skin on his arm felt more resilient than before, as if there was an extra layer of something under the skin.

He soaked for a while, dried himself off, lay down on the bed, and closed his eyes.

A night breeze blew through the window, and the two trees in the yard rustled a few times before falling silent again.