"Damn it … Damn it … Damn it …" In the boundless darkness, all that was left in Ren Baqian's mind was his resentment towards the group of simple-minded guards and that brilliant bolt of lightning …
During this period, he would occasionally curse the metal chain and then continue to curse the group of guards and that bolt of lightning.
He had just broken through to the Earth Wheel level and was struck by lightning before he could even have a bite of meat … Was there anyone more miserable than him?
After cursing in the darkness for an unknown period of time, Ren Baqian suddenly felt that the surrounding darkness was a little different.
It was a very subtle difference. There seemed to be a trace of purple pulsating in the darkness. It was just that the trace of purple was too small and hidden in the darkness, so he didn't notice it.
"What is this?" The new discovery in the endless darkness made Ren Baqian suddenly raise his spirits and search for that trace of purple.
For an unknown period of time, Ren Baqian had been trying hard to find traces of that trace of purple. However, he only found it twice, and both times were fleeting. This made him even more curious.
However, at this moment, he felt himself being pulled by something. Following which, he felt dizzy. The feeling of hunger and pain all over his body surged into his mind again.
"Am I back?" This thought emerged in Ren Baqian's mind.
The eyeballs under his eyelids moved, and he tried hard to open his eyes. He saw the empress's cold and concerned face above him. When he turned his gaze again, he realized that he seemed to be in the empress's bedroom.
"You are finally awake!" The empress heaved a sigh of relief. Following which, she said softly, "You are lucky. If it were someone else, they would have been in danger this time."
"It was dangerous enough for me …" Ren Baqian thought to himself.
He was very conscious and could even feel the presence of three people in the hall. Two of them were very weak, Qing Yuan and Hong Luan. The last one was at the Earth Wheel level, but he didn't know who it was.
"Your Majesty, Sir Ren should be fine. It's just that he has consumed too much energy and needs to replenish his body," an old voice said from the side.
"I understand," the empress replied.
Following which, the sound of that person's footsteps could be heard.
"Water, meat!" Ren Baqian's lips trembled. He was about to go crazy from hunger.
"Drink this first." The empress got Hong Luan to help him up and got Qing Yuan to feed him a bowl of black juice. Just as it entered his stomach through his esophagus, it turned into a warm current that spread throughout his body. What followed after was an even crazier and crazier sense of hunger.
"Meat … Meat …" Ren Baqian felt so hungry that he could eat an entire fork-horned cow.
Although he used to think this way when he was hungry, he usually only managed to eat a tail. But this time, he really felt that he could eat a cow.
"Inform the imperial kitchen," the empress instructed. Following which, she stuffed a fruit into Ren Baqian's hand and said, "Eat it first."
Ren Baqian raised his hand and finished the fruit in two or three bites. When he was about to reach for another one, he suddenly froze.
In the past, people used to describe people's skinny hands as chicken claws.
But he felt like he was stretching out a chicken's claw.
The skin was sticking to the bones, and there was almost no flesh left. Only the blue veins were moving up and down on the back of his hand.
He stretched out his other hand and did the same thing.
Ren Baqian suddenly remembered that the guard couldn't recognize him previously.
"What have I become now?" Ren Baqian asked with a strange look on his face.
"Hong Luan, bring me the mirror," the empress instructed faintly.
Following which, Ren Baqian saw in the mirror a skinny skeleton with almost no flesh under the skin! Ren Baqian originally weighed 100 kilograms, but now, he looked like he was only 25 to 30 kilograms … The loose clothes hung on his body as if they were wrapped in a piece of cloth.
His exposed skin was full of cracks, making him look even more terrifying.
Also, there was a trace of purple in his eyes.
"This is me?"
"I didn't expect that your breakthrough this time would be so dangerous. You actually transformed a large amount of flesh and blood into essence and circulated it in your five viscera. If it was any worse, I'm afraid you would have become a dried corpse, "the empress said softly with a trace of lingering fear in her voice.
If it wasn't for the fact that Ren Baqian had eaten a lot of natural treasures, used the best medicinal herbs for cultivation, ate the best food, and was in peak condition, he would have become a dried corpse during this breakthrough.
"However, you will be able to recover after you eat more," the empress said again.
Ren Baqian nodded, grabbed a fruit, and stuffed it into his mouth.
After finishing all the fruits in the empress's bedroom, Ren Baqian didn't know if it was because of the effects of the drink or the fruits, but he felt a little more strength in his body.
"I can't wait for them to finish cooking. I'll go to the imperial kitchen." Ren Baqian propped himself up and said.
The empress grabbed Ren Baqian's collar and went to the entrance of the bedroom in a flash. After a while, they arrived at the imperial kitchen. The empress put Ren Baqian on the ground and said, "You're too light!"
Ren Baqian didn't reply and staggered into the imperial kitchen. When he smelled the aroma of food being cooked, his eyes turned green. Amidst the cries of the imperial kitchen cooks, he picked up a piece of cooked meat and started gnawing on it.
"Do what you need to do! Hurry up! "the empress followed behind Ren Baqian and said to everyone.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone did what they needed to do.
Ren Baqian was like a hungry ghost that had been starving for thousands of years. He ate a piece of meat in a few bites and immediately grabbed another piece of meat. In no time, he had finished the meat that the empress had prepared.
However, his hunger didn't seem to be alleviated at all.
Ren Baqian looked at the vegetables again. After eating a few mouthfuls, he couldn't take it anymore. He picked up a piece of raw meat and started gnawing on it.
When he had eaten more than half of the horned beef and jumping lamb in the imperial kitchen, he took the freshly prepared food and poured it into his mouth.
He ate this meal from the time he woke up until the sky turned dark. The cooks in the imperial kitchen were so busy that they were drenched in sweat. They finished everything in the imperial kitchen and asked the imperial court to send a batch of meat over before Ren Baqian was satisfied.
"Phew!" Ren Baqian heaved a long sigh of relief. The strength that he hadn't felt in a long time had finally returned. Furthermore, it was even stronger than before. Ren Baqian felt that he could beat up the little lolita now!
At the same time, his body expanded from being a bag of bones to being inflated like a balloon.
Although he hadn't reached his original size, he at least looked like a human instead of a skeleton wrapped in a layer of skin.
The most important thing was that the crazy hunger was finally gone.
"I'm finally alive!" Ren Baqian patted his belly and sighed.
Ren Baqian ate for the whole day while the empress sat by the side and waited for the whole day. During this period, she even sent someone to her bedroom to bring her manga over.
The empress raised her head and asked, "How do you feel now?"
"Very good. I feel like I can smash a mountain!" Ren Baqian clenched his fists. His knuckles were cracking. The feeling of being full of strength was really great.
Ren Baqian looked down at his arm. It was covered in patches of dead skin that had been stretched open, revealing the new skin underneath.
He casually tore a few times on his arm. The dead skin that was previously charred by the lightning fell off in large chunks, and the new skin underneath looked more tender than before.
"It's good that you are fine. I'm also tired and will go back to rest." The empress closed the manga, took a step forward, and disappeared without a trace.
Although the empress didn't do anything, she had been waiting for Ren Baqian to wake up and had been worried about him. Now that Ren Baqian was fine, she could finally relax.
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