Inside the secret chamber.
He had only consumed a few dozen units of Yin Qi. Lu Sheng had traversed an unimaginable gap in time.
The intense tremors made it impossible for him to focus his thoughts. He could only sit upright and endure the torturous pain in his internal organs.
Lu Sheng could clearly feel that the density of his body was becoming denser and more powerful amidst the inexplicable vibrations and power.
He did not release his Yang Extreme Mode. Instead, he maintained his original state and endured the pain as if his internal organs were on fire. The immense pain lasted for more than an hour before it slowly weakened and subsided.
"Phew …"
Lu Sheng exhaled fiercely. It was as if a gentle breeze had swirled around the entire secret chamber.
Where he sat, the ground was covered with bloody sweat and dead skin. In such a short time, he had shed a layer of skin from head to toe!
"That's it?" Lu Sheng looked at the Modifier tiredly.
There was indeed a new change on the column for Yang Extreme Mode.
"Yang Extreme Mode: Level 1 Yang Extreme Mode. Special Effect: Level 8 Strength Enhancement, Level 5 Rebound, Level 6 Defense Enhancement, Level 1 Burn … "
"Level 1 Yang Extreme Mode? In other words, the Modifier has acknowledged that this Yang Extreme Mode can be further strengthened? "Lu Sheng's mind lit up.
This meant that the Modifier could sort out the subsequent levels of advancement based on the existing martial arts foundation.
In this way, he did not have to worry about the future of Yang Extreme Mode.
With a series of crackling sounds, Lu Sheng stood up. His whole body exploded with a crisp sound like beans being fried.
He raised his hand and clenched it lightly. An incomparable feeling of power came back from his palm, filling him up.
"Although I don't know how much stronger my body has become, this much Yin Qi won't go to waste. This way, my Inner Qi can be further liquefied. "
He adapted to the further changes in his body. He quickly went to a secret compartment and took out the Golden Fragrance Ointment and a few types of refined body-tempering pills.
After taking the pills, he took off his clothes and stepped into a wooden tub of medicinal soup, soaking his whole body in it.
These medicinal soups were specially made to alleviate the hidden injuries left behind after his physical body had been strengthened, so that he could greatly reduce the time between the second strengthening.
Otherwise, even Lu Sheng would find it hard to endure the continuous strengthening. The consumption of Yin energy was simply too great. Even with the support of Yin energy, Qin Ye was still worried that it wouldn't be enough.
* Hiss … *
As soon as it entered the water, white steam rose from the wooden barrel, and a strong medicinal smell wafted out, filling the entire secret room.
The strengthening and modification of Lu Sheng's body consumed too much energy, to the point that the residual heat generated caused the potion in the barrel to quickly evaporate.
After soaking for a while, Lu Sheng got up and dried his body. He sat down to regulate his breathing for a while and took out an exquisite white medicine box from a secret compartment.
Inside the box was a fourth-grade Tiger Cloak Pill. It was a top-grade nourishing pill concocted using an ancient recipe by alchemists and apothecaries in the sect.
Gently opening the box with a click, Lu Sheng immediately smelled a faint medicinal fragrance wafting out, refreshing his mind.
Compared to the Golden Fragrance Ointment he usually consumed, this medicinal fragrance was even clearer and lingered for a long time, undisturbed by the wind. It was as if the fragrance could penetrate his lungs straight into his heart. After taking a few breaths, Lu Sheng felt a cool and comfortable sensation.
From the box, he gently pinched out a pill the size of a longan as white as jade.
'Just one pill like this has used up eighty percent of the sect's most precious Yin-nourishing medicinal herbs. I can't find any new ingredients in the market … this is all the medicinal herbs we've saved up in the Northern Lands for the past ten years …'
In terms of value, this fourth-grade Tiger Cloak Pill was practically priceless. In order to concoct this pill, the alchemists and apothecaries in Crimson Whale Sect had put in all their effort. Bags after bags of aged ginseng, deer antler, caterpillar fungus, dendrobium and whatnot had been used up.
After countless failures, they had finally succeeded in concocting this one pill.
Lu Sheng sighed softly. Stuffing the pill into his mouth, he began chewing it slowly.
The taste of the fourth-grade Tiger Cloak Pill was similar to the licorice mints he had eaten in the past. It was sweet, but it contained many different kinds of medicinal flavors.
The pill mixed with his saliva and melted into a thick medicinal liquid, which slid down Lu Sheng's throat.
The heat in his body gradually subsided. The process was neither fast nor slow. At this moment, Lu Sheng retrieved another large box from a secret compartment.
It was a large black box.
Casually opening the lid, he saw a clump of white hair lying messily inside. Bits of flesh and blood still clung to the hair, and an intense stench of blood wafted out.
Lu Sheng held his breath. Biting down hard on his finger, he pressed it against the clump of hair.
This was the hair of the Ashoka Manor Officiator whom he had killed this time. One look was enough to tell that the Officiator had relied on hair as a weapon. After killing him, Lu Sheng discovered that the hair still carried thick Yin Qi. Without hesitation, he wrapped it around his waist and brought it back to the sect.
"Szzz …"
There was no smoke, only the sound of something being corroded.
Lu Sheng felt huge amounts of Yin Qi rush into his index finger, which he had pressed against the hair.
This feeling lasted for a dozen breaths before vanishing quickly. The Yin Qi also faded quickly until it was completely gone.
Retracting his finger, Lu Sheng felt a tinge of regret.
'If it's like that thing from before, I guess it won't work. That amount of Yin Qi doesn't seem like something ordinary objects can carry.' Previously, he had suspected that the piece of metal was a Divine Weapon shard. But because he had no way to determine it, and did not dare to take it out for identification, he had left it in the secret chamber.
'I've used up all my Yin Qi previously. Even if there's some left, it won't be much. And this time, there are about twenty units of Yin Qi in the hair. That's not bad. '
Feeling the surge of Yin Qi in his body, Lu Sheng found a silk handkerchief and wiped his finger clean. His gaze returned to the Modifier.
In the light blue frame, he looked directly at the Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill column.
'While my body's strength has improved, I'd better upgrade my Yang-attribute cultivation skill first. I killed the Officiator in Twin Eagle City but didn't see anyone from Scarlet District. If Scarlet District discovers that I'm the culprit, things will get troublesome.' Lu Sheng was inexplicably worried.
'Although Shangyang Jiuli doesn't care about Ashoka Manor, she won't bear such a huge grudge for me for no reason. Two Officiators and a few Emissaries. This debt is already a blood feud. I must prepare myself. Only then can Ashoka Manor misjudge my strength. Even if I'm discovered, I'll be able to deal with it easily. '
He really wanted to upgrade Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi, but the current situation forced him to do so as quickly as possible.
'Luckily, I've already adjusted the balance of Yin and Yang in my body. As long as I can find more Yin Qi, I can upgrade Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi quickly and balance the cultivation skill's inner Qi.'
He comforted himself, then slowly looked at the Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill column.
The three drops of liquefied Qi in his body revolved slowly, absorbing and exhaling large amounts of thin inner Qi. It seemed to have the effect of purifying his inner Qi.
'Three drops of liquefied Qi … if only I had a little more, I'd be able to last a little longer with my explosive strength,' Lu Sheng calculated carefully.
In Yang Extreme Mode, he could sustain liquefied Qi for five minutes. One drop of liquefied Qi could raise his strength by one or two levels. Two drops of liquefied Qi at the same time could easily bring him to Six Vein to Seven Vein.
It was the same when he killed the Officiator. But after two drops, his body could no longer take it. His meridians were damaged, and his injuries were severe.
And after this round of body-strengthening, Lu Sheng had a vague feeling that two drops of liquefied Qi at the same time would no longer be able to harm his body.
'Three drops of liquefied Qi is, in fact, enough … my body's still a shortcoming. It can't take too much liquefied inner Qi,' he hesitated. If he upgraded his Yang-attribute inner Qi at this rate, his body might not be able to take it again.
An inexplicable intuition told Lu Sheng that upgrading Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill now might not be a good thing.
'Yin and Yang need to be balanced. Twenty or so units of Yin Qi can only upgrade Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill by one level at most. Upgrading Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi might be able to upgrade it by two levels. Perhaps I can cultivate Yin Extreme Mode … '
After a moment's hesitation, Lu Sheng made up his mind. His thoughts finally landed on Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi's column.
'Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi: Level Seven. Special Effect: Rapid Qi Replenishment, Enhanced Poison Resistance, High-Speed Self-Healing, Yin and Yang Suppression, Qi Transfer, Assimilation. '
His gaze landed on the Modify button behind Aquarius Qi and he lightly pressed it.
The Modifier blurred slowly. Immediately, threads of ice-cold tentacle-like tendrils extended out from Lu Sheng's heart and began to spread throughout his body.
At the same time, the effects of the Grade Four Tiger Cloak Pill he had taken earlier were triggered. Two cold and refreshing sensations swiftly engulfed Lu Sheng's entire body.
"Hiss."
The temperature of his skin rose rapidly. Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill instinctively resisted the cold.
Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi ignored Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill. Instead, it minded its own business as it spread its tentacles to every inch of Lu Sheng's muscles and skin.
The cold and the scorching heat mixed and fought against each other. As time passed, they slowly began to balance each other out.
After an indeterminate period of time, Lu Sheng closed his eyes and entered a meditative state. He could vaguely sense that this breakthrough seemed to be extremely important to Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi. Perhaps it was a qualitative upgrade.
He dared not tarry. Holding his breath, he waited and observed silently.
Gradually, he realized that something was amiss.
Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi's tentacle-like tendrils were actually becoming more solid and solid.
It was as if a brand new inner Qi network was being built in his body from scratch.
'No … it's not just an inner Qi network. This is more like … new meridians and meridians!' At this thought, Lu Sheng's body trembled slightly.
Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi was a mutated martial art that combined life-force skills and Yin-attribute inner force skills. Its main effect had always been to repair the body. But what Lu Sheng did not expect was that this martial art would gradually become more sinister as it progressed.
The two new special effects of inner Qi assimilation and Qi transfer had already puzzled him. And now, the inner Qi that had appeared to reconstruct a network of meridians was even more bizarre.
As this Yin-attribute inner Qi network of meridians formed and solidified, Lu Sheng felt as if there was a brand new meridian network in his body. This network was extremely well connected to his body, as if it had always been there. There was no hesitation at all.
Large amounts of cold Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi surged into the new meridian network, rapidly strengthening and solidifying the inner walls of the meridians. The medicinal effects of the Rank Four Tiger Cloak Pill permeated the meridian network, becoming nutrients to replenish the inner Qi's depletion.
Finally, the blurring on the Modifier disappeared. Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi's frame became clear once more.
Lu Sheng hurriedly looked at the frame.
'Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi: Level Eight. Special Effect: Yin Crane Web, Yin Extreme Mode. '
Of all the previous special effects, only these two were left.
Of the previous special effects, such as Rapid Qi Replenishment, Enhanced Poison Resistance, High-Speed Self-Healing, Yin-Yang Suppression, and so on, only these two seemed to be integrated.
Lu Sheng sensed it briefly. After all, this was a new realm derived from his knowledge system. He quickly figured out what Yin Crane Web was.
This was a network of meridians formed purely from Yin-attribute inner Qi. The previous Enhanced Poison Resistance, High-Speed Self-Healing, Qi Transfer, Assimilation, and most crucially, Yin-Yang Suppression were all integrated into this special effect.
'This is completely avoiding the congested roads and building its own flyover!'
After understanding the function of this thing, Lu Sheng's face was full of amazement.
This Modifier had actually applied the creativity of flyovers to inner Qi circulation.
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