My health recovery is incredibly fast.

“Good idea.” Serites picked up the metal box and ran up the stairs.

Approximately 1 hours later.

Serites returned to the first floor, holding a piece of white paper covered in writing.

He found his companion meditating on the sofa and said:

"New intelligence has arrived from the inner palace. Let's confirm it one last time before confronting him."

Rexol glanced at the words on the paper. "Leave it to me."

...

At 13 a.m. that day.

Xia Zuo meditated for 5 hours and woke up feeling refreshed.

After washing up, I made myself a delicious lunch, ate it all, washed the dishes, and then took a cup of fragrant homemade milk tea to my study to sit down.

This morning, the communication rings in the alchemy pocket received many messages.

Captain Dunke sent a message saying that...

[I was busy all night. The city's police stations received over a dozen reports of murders. After checking them all, we discovered that every single victim was a transformed individual who had been sacrificed…]

Hmm...seems pretty good. Saves me from having to search for the shapeshifters lurking in the crowd.

The Vickers manager sent a message saying that...

There are changes to next week's work schedule. Please see Monday's research plan for details.

Xia Zuo guessed that he should be transferred to study high-level blood demons.

Next message.

This time, the bald-headed Rexor finally stopped making empty promises.

Come learn advanced hand seals from me. If you have time, or if I do.

When the bald guy says he's free, does he mean he's not playing Gwent or isn't drunk?

Xia Zuo chuckled, finding it hard to believe that someone who had lived for so many years would still be interested in card games.

The last few messages came from Anruer.

Are you awake?

Are you awake?

Are you an idiot, meditating for so long?

Xia Zuo's lips twitched, and he replied, "[I'm awake, reading a book.]"

After a while, I didn't receive a reply.

Xia Zuo glanced at the wall clock; it was 1:30 PM. An Ru'er should be at work.

He shrugged, strung the rings on the table together, put them back in his alchemy pouch, and got up to draw the curtains.

Today I'm going to test out the [Flesh and Blood Control] perk.

The first effect is the regeneration of its own flesh and blood.

This is easy to understand and easy to do.

Xia Zuo placed his right hand on the table, stared at his index finger, and imagined his index finger shortening after activating [Flesh and Blood Control].

His index finger was then shortened precisely to the length he desired.

It doesn't hurt at all during this process, just a little itchy.

What if we increase the adjustment range a bit?

Xia Zuo tried to expand his forearm.

The muscles in my forearm bulged out like they were being inflated, and they felt soft and squishy to the touch, like a slightly deflated ball.

Xia Zuo stood up, walked into the bathroom, and adjusted his face in front of the mirror.

A few minutes later, a face from a previous life appeared in the mirror.

Yellowish skin tone, high nose bridge, and slightly small eyes (likely due to wearing glasses too often), which also accentuates the dark circles under her eyes…

Xia Zuo looked at his character template.

The fact that the real-time health regeneration data has not changed indicates that the adjustment is still within the body's tolerance range.

On a whim, he stretched out his right hand toward the study door, extending his arm further and further.

When the arm length exceeds 1 meter, the real-time blood return data begins to decline.

For every additional centimeter, the real-time health regeneration rate decreases by approximately 1 point per hour.

Xia Zuo stretched out his long arm, grabbed the water glass on the desk, pulled his arm back, and the water glass followed his right hand into the washroom.

Extending your arm will not affect the power exertion or swinging motion.

Now it's time to try the second effect of [Flesh and Blood Control] - containing things.

Xia Zuo manipulated the Life Alchemy Stone and poured a small amount of healing potion into his palm.

A ripple appeared on the skin of the palm, and the medicine was absorbed into the hand.

"The host has been found to contain some resuscitation agents, which can drive the body to digest the potion to achieve a continuous blood regeneration effect."

Uh?

Is storing resuscitation agents equivalent to implanting a blood vial in the body?

A second life-alchemy stone?

For every function that alchemy can perform, blood magic also has a corresponding function.

No wonder blood magic is considered an independent mage system.

Xia Zuo felt the medicine in his palm, as if a small blister was buried under his skin.

He turned off [Flesh and Blood Control].

The medicine seeped out from the skin, turning into a puddle of water in the palm of the hand.

That's amazing.

Xia Zuo activated [Flesh and Blood Control] again.

This time, he chose to accept a bar of soap.

Dense ripples appeared on the skin of my palm as the soap slowly sank into the skin. After it was completely submerged, there was no visible change on the surface, but I always felt a slippery lump of flesh under my skin.

"A bar of soap has been detected in the host, which can drive the body to digest the soap to achieve severe bodily damage."

I must be crazy to let my body suffer like this…

Xia Zuo rolled his eyes, took the soap out of his hand, and put it back on the edge of the pool untouched.

He ran to the kitchen and tried out some vegetables, fruits, and raw meat cubes one by one.

The feedback received was largely the same: it drove the body to digest what it contained in order to achieve effects such as satiety, thirst quenching, and bodily injury.

As long as the contents do not exceed the size of a fist, it will not affect the real-time health regeneration speed.

For every cubic centimeter exceeding the limit, the real-time health regeneration rate decreases by 1 point per hour.

After completing a series of tests, Xia Zuo returned to his study, sat down, and stared blankly at the books on the table.

Could we use the special properties of containing foreign objects to test for poison?

For example.

To contain standard doses of elemental toxins in the body.

It compels the body to contain it.

Once the poison takes effect, immediately deactivate [Flesh and Blood Control].

Will the poison's effects be interrupted at this point?

What would be forcibly expelled?

Xia Zuo became curious.

He took a metal box out of his pocket, opened it, and poured half of it into his palm.

The jet-black powder settled into the palm of the hand.

Ignoring the warnings from the cheat system, Xia Zuo forced his body to digest the black lump beneath his skin.

My vision went black instantly; the effects of the elemental toxins had kicked in.

Xia Zuo quickly shut down [Flesh and Blood Control].

A strange thing happened!

He could feel a pinch of poison powder in his palm, but he did not wake up.

Upon summoning the character template, it was discovered that the duration of the poison effect had been reduced from 3 hours to 10 minutes.

In other words.

The so-called driving the body to digest does not mean digesting everything all at once, but rather doing it in batches and in stages.

This is fantastic!

In the past, oral administration could achieve all the toxic effects, but one had to endure the entire process.

Things are different now.

As soon as the poison's effects are confirmed in the test, immediately turn off [Flesh and Blood Control].

This can greatly reduce the time spent on poison testing.

After the effects of Xia Zuo's elemental toxins wore off, he came up with another cunning plan!

If the skin outside the body can hold things, can the inside of the body, such as the nasal cavity, oral cavity, and esophagus, also hold things?

Xia Zuo poured a mouthful of healing medicine into his mouth.

Sure, sure!