The Legend of Fangren

Calming himself down, Fang Shi silently sank into his consciousness.

The process of energy entering the body was slowed down by several minutes, and with the experience of the previous internal vision, he immersed himself in it very quickly.

Behind him, Qian Shaoyun didn't know why he suddenly sat down to meditate, but she noticed that the boy's breathing had become steady.

"His cultivation level is what? He uses the method of internal vision."

As she descended the mountain, she noticed that the boy's profound energy remained as dormant as ever. In the previous first-month examination, the other elders had all said that he had reached the peak of the Nourishing Realm, and it seemed that this was indeed true.

I thought this kid's profound energy was dormant and he must have been stuck in the Nourishing Realm for a long time, but now it seems that's not the case.

"cough……"

Yun Yue coughed softly in her arms, finally showing signs of waking up. Qian Shaoyun quickly regained her composure, patted her chest, and helped her catch her breath.

The wound on his waist was bleeding a lot of dead blood, the wood poison had been diluted, and his condition was improving rapidly.

"Senior Sister Qian... what are you doing here? Where am I? I remember being trapped at the bottom of a valley..."

"It's alright now."

Qianshaoyun patted her gently, then looked at Fang Shi and said, "He rescued you."

"Him?" Yun Yue followed the gaze and looked over. "I remember he's from the Heaven and Earth Pavilion..."

"Yes, this kid is no ordinary person." Qian Shaoyun straightened her collar and wiped the moisture from her lips.

Yun Yue felt her strength return, the poison had been expelled, her wounds were healing quickly, and she could easily get up.

"I'm sorry, Senior Sister Qian, I drank quite a bit of your... Xuan Qi again."

"Hey, it's okay, I'll get my revenge next time!"

Yun Yue blushed instantly, but did not refute: "Let's hurry back. The situation is complicated, and we need to return to the city to report as soon as possible."

But her words reminded Qian Shaoyun of something: "It's strange, I asked my junior brother to find the Grand Elder, but he hasn't come yet."

Yun Yue said worriedly, "My junior brother was attacked by thieves before me, so I told him to go back to the city to seek help. Could it be that his injuries were too serious and something happened to him?"

Qianshaoyun shook her head: "No, the wood poison you were poisoned with wasn't very strong. With the Grand Elder here, it's impossible for you to lose your life. Perhaps... he was unconscious and didn't have time to explain what happened."

"In that case, let's hurry back," Yun Yue said.

She was worried about her junior brother and the disciples who had been kidnapped. The sooner they returned to the city, the sooner she could arrange for people to be found.

"But he's still meditating... We shouldn't disturb him while he's meditating." After considering for a moment, Qian Shaoyun pressed Yun Yue down. "Junior Sister, you've just woken up from your coma and still need to regulate your qi. Don't rush to fly. The Grand Elder already knows about what happened to me and, seeing that Junior Brother is seriously injured, he will contact the sect. As for the thieves, we can talk about it when we get back."

"Hmm, that works too."

So the two of them turned their attention to Fang Shi.

Yun Yue suddenly became curious about the junior brother who had saved her. She had met this strange person a few days ago, but she couldn't see anything about him in the team today. Several times she thought she had embarrassed herself, but when she turned around, she found out it was this guy.

It can be said that Fang Shi's anti-radar physique is truly a natural enemy of many cultivators.

"I think his qualifications are definitely not that simple. Although Elder Qu of the Heaven and Earth Pavilion is carefree, his cultivation is not bad. He is not a bad person."

Yun Yue said this, and Qian Shao Yun also said, "But his profound energy is... huh?"

As she was talking, she glanced at Fang Shi again and discovered that there were signs of Xuan Qi flowing in his body, and it was quite abundant, even somewhat strange.

Ordinary disciples in the Nourishing Realm have clearly defined primary and secondary meridians throughout their body, but this kid's meridians are... everywhere?

It was like a spider web, crawling all over the body, quite fine and dense.

"Strange, strange," the two exclaimed.

Returning to Fang Shi's side, his consciousness sank into his body, not into the Lesser Four Directions Realm, but just like the first time, he saw his own meridians and vessels in a state of chaos.

This time, he discovered that his body was not completely invisible; it had become a semi-transparent form, as if wrapped in a thin membrane, radiating a pale green and smooth glow.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the thin membrane layer was actually woven from many fine threads, inseparable from the epidermis. In addition, there were even more delicate tentacles extending into other body tissues.

If this were a horror movie, he would be a dying man being parasitized. Thinking about this, he initially felt a chill run down his spine.

But when he calmed down and went a step further to feel his body,

But they discovered that... these threads were not living things.

Or, to be more precise, it is not an external object.

These fine threads seemed to have merged with his body, becoming a part of it. When the matter and profound energy within his body circulated, they were neither plundered by them nor deliberately rejected.

On the contrary, the amount of profound energy absorbed from killing the bandits earlier was too much for his physical body to fully withstand. The unbearable profound energy was instead gathered into the membrane and stored away.

Could he use this profound energy?

He tried to sense and control this profound energy, but the result was... he couldn't move.

He then thought that since this thin film was attached to his body, his body might need to move in order for it to function.

From this perspective, this thin film seems more like an outer sphere than an inner sphere.

With his eyes closed, Fang Shi drew circles in front of his chest with both hands and then thrust out with a bang.

Splat~

Huh? What's going on? Why does the air feel so solid and yet so soft?

With these questions in mind, Fang Shi opened his eyes.

"Oh, Elder Yun, you're awake."

"When... do you plan to put your hands down?" Yun Yue asked, her face tense.

She had only squatted down to see what her junior brother looked like, but she never expected to be taken advantage of first.

"You brat, how long are you going to keep catching me?" Qian Shaoyun quickly stepped forward and pulled away the silly junior sister who didn't even try to dodge, while also slashing Fang Shi on the forehead with a chop.

The force was moderate and wouldn't hurt his brain, but it knocked Fang Shi backward to the ground, and his forehead was accidentally scratched by a sharp stone on the ground.

Bo~

Suddenly, a mushroom sprouted from his small wound.

The three people: "..."

Fang Shi was already used to this and calmly picked the mushroom. Sure enough, the wound healed again.

The two people opposite each other fell into deep thought again.

"What kind of magic is this?"

"How interesting!" Elder Yunyue exclaimed with surprise and delight.

Fang Shi thought for a moment and then made up a story: "Perhaps the wood-elemental profound energy in my body was dormant and had merged into my flesh and blood. The bleeding from the wound just happened to activate the power of the profound energy, and by chance, some effect was achieved."

Essentially, it works on the same principle as other cultivators using their Qi to accelerate wound healing.

Fang Shikouhu, who had been tormented by thesis defenses in his previous life, had no reason to complain about this.

It sounded so reasonable that the two believed it.

The mystical arts are incredibly diverse; there's no need to be constantly alarmed.

After Fang Shi finished speaking, he realized something was off.

"So, am I considered a mushroom person now?"

Oh... no, maybe it should be called a Moo Mushroom Man.

It is said to be a tribute to the legendary creature Mooshroom in Minecraft.