The Dongxu Gourd was the fellow who had been lingering in his dantian all this while. Back then, it had leaped out and swallowed the dragon blood that Sovereign Chen Ling had obtained from the ritual, leaving him so furious that he could explode. Yet, this time, instead of coming out earlier or later, it had swallowed a recovery pill!
Are you the reincarnation of a hungry ghost?
How could there be such an unreliable fellow in the world?
Zhang Xuan's body trembled in rage. Gritting his teeth, he roared, "Spit it out!"
Grabbing the slender center of the Dongxu Gourd, he exerted his strength relentlessly.
However, due to his severe injuries, his strength was limited.
"I've already eaten it, and I'm going to shit it out. Do you want to …"
The Dongxu Gourd wriggled its bottom.
"Shit your head!"
Zhang Xuan smashed the Dongxu Gourd onto the ground and kicked it twice before he finally calmed down. "I'm using a pill to recover from my injuries. If you cause any more trouble, I'll toss you into the cesspool right now!"
"You were injured by a spatial storm, and your body is riddled with spatial cracks. You want to use a pill to recover from your injuries? How long will that take? "
Hearing that Zhang Xuan wanted to recover from his injuries, the Dongxu Gourd snorted disdainfully.
"Are you saying that this pill isn't able to recover from my injuries?"
Zhang Xuan frowned.
The Library of Heaven's Path was unable to check his physical condition due to the fact that he was unable to drive his zhenqi. All he knew was that his injuries were severe, but he had no idea how severe they were.
"Ordinary injuries are fine, but those caused by a spatial storm … Even if you eat a whole basket of this pill, it won't be of much use," the Dongxu Gourd replied.
Knowing that the Dongxu Gourd wasn't lying to him, Zhang Xuan's rage subsided a little, and he asked, "Then … what grade of pill do I need?"
"I need a pill capable of treating spatial injuries. However, it's extremely rare and expensive, so it's impossible for me to find it anywhere. Why don't you bring me a few more of that pill? As long as I'm full, I'll tell you how to treat my injuries!"
The Dongxu Gourd said proudly.
But before it could finish its words, the young man before it suddenly struggled out of the chamber and shouted, "Dan Xiaotian, buy me a cleaver!"
"A cleaver?"
"Un. I have a gourd, and I want to make a ladle out of it. However, I'll have to use a saber to split it open... An axe is fine too!" Zhang Xuan replied.
"Alright, I'll tell you how to resolve it …" Seeing that the Dongxu Gourd was really getting serious about it, taking out an axe and swinging it around, the Dongxu Gourd couldn't help but say, "Actually, it's not because I'm a glutton that I'm asking you for pills. I'm just too weak at the moment, and I need to consume some pills to recover my strength. Only then will I be able to treat your wounds!"
"Don't try anything funny …" Zhang Xuan shouted as he placed the axe in his hand on the gourd.
"I won't play any tricks …" the Dongxu Gourd quickly nodded.
Zhang Xuan returned to the Ethereal Token and used the remaining 100,000 Ethereal Coins to purchase five Bluesun Pills.
After the Dongxu Gourd was done devouring, it burped in satisfaction before twisting its way over to Zhang Xuan. "Prepare a huge pot and place me in it. Two hours later, drink the water in it, and your injuries will recover …"
"Boil water with you?"
Zhang Xuan was stunned.
Was there such a treatment method?
"Mm!" The gourd lay on the ground lazily. "If you don't hurry up, I'm going back to rest …"
Zhang Xuan knew that Dan Xiaotian was a stubborn person, and there was a good chance that Dan Xiaotian would really follow him. Left with no choice, he turned to Dan Xiaotian, who was standing guard outside, once more.
Not long after, the tenth disciple brought in the pot and water.
As he picked it up, he was perplexed... Didn't teacher say that he was going to treat his injuries? A kitchen knife, an ax, and a boiler. Was he going to … eat hotpot?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, do you still want mutton and fish balls? If there's a need, I'll have someone prepare it … "
"…" Zhang Xuan.
After finally appeasing his disciple, Zhang Xuan boiled some water and threw the gourd in. This fellow floated on the surface of the gourd, swimming backstroke and diving. He was having a lot of fun.
Zhang Xuan rubbed his forehead as he looked at the other's cheerful expression. He didn't know if he had done the right thing by listening to it.
Back on the Master Teacher Continent, he had stood at the pinnacle of the Master Teacher Continent. Yet, in the Master Teacher Continent, he was being ordered around by a mere gourd …
Just thinking about it made him feel stifled.
More importantly … What in the world was this thing?
Other people's treasures would come and go at his beck and call, but this fellow actually dived right into his dantian, causing him to be unable to call it out, and as soon as it came out, it started eating … How could someone as reliable as him possibly have come up with something as unreliable as that?
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye. Without needing Zhang Xuan to fish it out, the gourd dived back into his dantian.
Zhang Xuan scooped out the water in the pot and drank a few mouthfuls. As expected, he felt a refreshing sensation in his body, and the excruciating pain from his injuries had subsided significantly.
"It's really useful!"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
He had thought that the other party was lying to him, so he readied his ax once more. Who could have thought that it would actually work?
"The Dongxu Gourd … is a spatial manipulation technique. Perhaps this might have something to do with it …"
Even though he knew that the Dongxu Gourd did not know about Dimension Sundering realm, he was still unable to figure out the reason behind it. Thus, he could only console himself.
It didn't take long for Zhang Xuan to finish the entire pot of water, and his stomach swelled up. At the same time, his injuries were also recovering at a visible rate.
In less than an hour, his body jolted, and the bandages on his body fell to the ground.
"I've recovered from my injuries, but I haven't recovered my strength yet."
The injuries he had sustained from traversing through the spatial passageway were perfectly fine, but his zhenqi had been completely depleted.
Sitting on the ground, Zhang Xuan carefully sensed the mercury-like aura in the surroundings. He opened his pores and began absorbing the mercury-like aura.
Tzzzzz!
As the energy gushed into his body, it caused his meridians to feel a little heavy, but there was no sensation of them being torn apart.
"I didn't think that my body would be able to adapt to this kind of energy after recovering from my injuries!"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
He was currently driving the Heaven's Path Divine Art instead of releasing his Zhenqi of Slaughter. Back when he was in the Kunxu Domain, he had been unable to withstand it at all. However, after recovering from his injuries, his meridians seemed to have become much more resilient.
Gugugugu!
As the spiritual energy flowed into his body, it did not take long for it to morph into zhenqi.
"I should be able to make a full recovery within three days …"
Feeling the rate at which he was absorbing spiritual energy, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief.
After becoming a Celestial Saint and the World's Teacher, the amount of zhenqi he had stored in his body had reached an astonishing level. Even with the Heaven's Path Divine Art, it would still take him at least three days to recover fully.
However, as long as he had enough zhenqi, even if it was just a few surges, he would be able to recover to Dimension Shatterer realm primary stage. With that, he would have nothing to fear in Xuanjiang City anymore.
After recuperating a little more, Zhang Xuan stored more than a hundred surges of zhenqi in his body before calling Dan Xiaotian in.
"Teacher, you have recovered?"
Seeing that the bandages on his teacher's body had been removed, Dan Xiaotian's eyes lit up.
"Un. Execute a punch for me so that I can determine the location of the gu so that I can kill it for you!"
Zhang Xuan chuckled softly.
Dan Xiaotian nodded as he executed a fist art.
After observing for a moment, Zhang Xuan confirmed the location of the gu, and he abruptly pressed his palm down.
Hu!
A surge of Heaven's Path zhenqi immediately surged into Dan Xiaotian's body.
It flowed through his meridians and into his body, and in the next moment, he arrived at the location where the gu was hiding.
Tzzzzzzzzz!
As if corrosive poison, the gu, which was lying comfortably on the ground a moment ago, suddenly sensed the surge of energy and fled in fright. However, before it could get far, another surge of zhenqi suddenly surged in and wrapped around it.
Not too long later, it was reduced to a puddle of water.
Hong long long!
As soon as the gu died, Dan Xiaotian's body began to swell up, as if a balloon being blown up.
"Teacher, what's wrong with me?"
Dan Xiaotian's face paled as he felt a surge of energy gushing out of his body, threatening to tear him apart at any moment.
"I have told you before that you have been cultivating diligently for the past ten years, but your cultivation hasn't grown at all. It's not that you haven't been working hard enough, but the spiritual energy that you have been absorbing has been devoured by this gu. It's easy to imagine how much spiritual energy you have absorbed over the past ten years!"
Zhang Xuan chuckled. "Now that I'm returning all of it to you, it's only natural for you to feel bloated. Don't hesitate. Cultivate according to this cultivation technique!"
With a tap of his finger, he infused the simplified Heaven's Path Divine Art into Dan Xiaotian's body.
Knowing that his teacher wouldn't harm him, Dan Xiaotian quickly drove his zhenqi through his body.
As soon as he absorbed the energy, he immediately noticed that something was amiss.
Normally, when one absorbed spiritual energy, they would have to convert it, purify it, and even adapt to it. However, the energy that flowed into one's body after the gu died did not require any of those steps!
It was as if the energy belonged to him in the first place, and he could easily control it and absorb it!
"This is the zhenqi that you have cultivated over the years. You should be able to control it like a fish in water. As long as you hurry up, you might be able to reach the realm that you deserve after ten years of hard work before nightfall!"
Noticing Luo Ruoxin's shock, Zhang Xuan chuckled.
"Yes!"
Dan Xiaotian hurriedly closed his eyes and began absorbing the energy.
Hong long long!
He drove his meridians swiftly, and the energy flowed through his body. His Saint 6-dan cultivation, which had stagnated for a moment, began growing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Saint 7-dan!
Saint 8-dan!
Saint 9-dan!
In less than an hour, he had already reached Saint 9-dan, and he was still progressing forward.
"He didn't undergo a heavenly tribulation?"
Zhang Xuan frowned.
On the Master Teacher Continent, reaching Saint 8-dan would trigger the Dimension Sundering Ordeal, and reaching Saint 9-dan would trigger the Macrocosm Ascendancy Ordeal. Even he had to put in a lot of effort to overcome it.
Yet, the tenth disciple before him had managed to achieve a breakthrough so easily, and there was no sign of it at all.
"It's likely that the heavens of the Azure are much stronger than the heavens of the Master Teacher Continent. His current cultivation isn't sufficient to trigger a backlash, just like the Zongshi realm and Zhizun realm cultivators back then …"
Zhang Xuan quickly came to a realization.
Even an ordinary cultivator of the Azure could reach Saint 9-dan at maturity. If a lightning tribulation were to occur at such a cultivation realm, wouldn't the heavens of the Azure die from exhaustion?
While Zhang Xuan's mind was still wandering, Dan Xiaotian had already achieved a breakthrough to Great Sage.
Following which, Introspective Convalescence realm, Aureate Body realm, Intuitive Impulse realm …
It was only at Great Sage 3-dan consummation that his cultivation slowly came to a halt.
Releasing all of the energy that the gu had devoured over the past ten years, he was actually able to raise his cultivation from Saint 6-dan by six realms, bringing him to the same level as Xue Qin, who had rushed over to cancel her engagement with Zhang Xuan.
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