For the various countries, it was not difficult for the Nine Saints to ask for the country artifacts. The countries did not dare to refuse. It was just a matter of saying the word.
But who to give it to was a problem. Eight artifacts, but nine Saints. It was a bit "uneven."
For him now, it was not suitable to hold all eight artifacts in his hands at once. It would cause too much commotion, and he could not hide it. It would arouse suspicion. With his current strength, he could not fight against the other eight Saints. He had to be careful.
According to the records in Li Ge's letter, there was no need for him to hold all eight artifacts in his hands. Why would he hold them all? Was he going to break the Five Regions Stellar Formation?
He could not do something that would be shooting himself in the foot.
What he needed to do now was to confirm the authenticity of the letter.
So he had to get the Heaven Swallowing Ring and Mountain River Cauldron first, and find the entrance to the fifth region according to the letter.
Based on his judgment of the handwritten letter, the handwritten letter should not be fake. But if it was real, all the more he had to do it.
The Heaven Swallowing Ring and Wei had been destroyed. He could secretly control it.
As for the Mountain River Cauldron, he could secretly borrow it from the State of Han. Han would not dare to refuse. He could return it after confirming.
If he could confirm that the Heaven Swallowing Ring and Mountain River Cauldron were real, then the Star Token in the destroyed State of Zhao would be extremely important. As long as he had the Star Token, he would have the method to open the formation eyes of the other four worlds.
Now that he had nothing to worry about, he could afford to wait and take his time to plan.
…
In the dead of night, there was finally no one to disturb him.
Yuan Gang kicked off the blanket. Enduring the pain in his body, he pushed with his abdomen and sat up. He looked at his hands and feet wrapped in white gauze.
His body was also wrapped in white gauze to cover his wounds.
After staring for a while, he raised his hand and used his teeth to tear the gauze off his palm. He waved his hand to get rid of the bandages. When he got to the last layer, the gauze stuck to the flesh of his wound. The pain made his cheeks tighten.
For people like him, pain was nothing. He could endure it.
But the last layer of gauze was stuck to his flesh. He could not get rid of it. He bit the gauze again, took a deep breath, and tore it off.
This time, it was so painful that his facial muscles twitched.
She tore off the gauze, and the clotted wound started to bleed again.
Yuan Gang's Adam's apple bobbed for a while as he looked at his bony fingers that were devoid of flesh. He raised his other hand and did the same.
In the end, he tore it again, and fresh blood flowed out. The pain made his face twitch.
As for his feet, the skin, flesh, and tendons of his ten fingers were damaged. He could no longer use his fingers to undo the wrappings on his feet.
He lifted his heavily wrapped feet and landed on the ground. He placed his palms on the edge of the bed and pressed them against the blood stains. Then, he slowly stood up.
However, the moment he exerted strength on his legs, he felt a bone-piercing pain. His entire body was on the verge of collapsing.
However, he gritted his teeth and held on. He didn't want to become a cripple, and he didn't believe that he would become a cripple. He tried his best to balance himself and endured the pain as he slowly took a few steps forward.
After adjusting his position and body balance, he slowly squatted down, placed his palms on both sides of his waist, and got into a horse stance.
Balance, stabilize, balance again, stabilize again.
When he stabilized his horse stance, he closed his eyes, and his breathing gradually became longer. After a few breaths, his abdomen slowly bulged into a hemispherical shape, rolling up and down his abdomen. As the hemispherical shape rolled, his breathing gradually became heavy, like bellows. A faint mist of blood gradually exhaled, and then returned as he inhaled.
As he rose, a cyclone gradually appeared in the acupoints all over his body, and he squatted with the wind.
It was as if something was spurting out from the surface of his body, or as if something was summoned from the unseen world, and it drilled into the surface of his body.
With the eyes of a cultivator, the thing that was constantly gathering and seeping into his body from the unseen world was the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.
It was also different from the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth that ordinary cultivators absorbed. It didn't come from the world, but from the unseen world.
It wasn't absorbed evenly like ordinary cultivators either. Instead, the speed at which it entered his body became faster and faster.
The blood mist cycled back and forth between his breaths. After an unknown period of time, the color of the blood mist gradually darkened. It was darker than any time before.
When the color of the blood mist darkened, the blood on his hands stopped dripping, and something else seemed to be seeping out.
It was more like there were many ants crawling out of his body and entangling around his flesh wound.
They weren't ants, but tiny granulation sprouts that grew out of the wound. Because there were so many granulation sprouts, it looked like a group of ants crawling.
The ant-like granulation sprouts constantly intertwined and crawled, slowly expanding toward the white bones, as if they were pulling at the flesh to expand.
The feeling of expansion seemed to be very painful for Yuan Gang. It was so painful that all his muscles were trembling.
He opened his eyes and saw the condition of the wound, which was what he hoped to see.
He had suffered external injuries before, but when he practiced the Hard Qigong, the external injuries could be healed, and even the scars could not be seen.
This time, he had high expectations and wanted to give it a try. Sure enough!
He immediately endured the pain with all his might, slowly closed his eyes, and continued to breathe …
At dawn, Feng Guaner pushed the door open and entered, holding a tray in his hand. When he saw Yuan Gang squatting in the horse stance, he said somewhat anxiously, "Why are you up?"
When he quickly stepped forward, it was as if he had seen a ghost. "Ah!" With a scream, the tray fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Yuan Gang, who seemed to have fallen into silence, instantly opened his eyes and looked at Feng Guaner's reaction. His gaze fell on his hands. His half-squatting posture remained the same, but his face had an uncontrollable excitement.
A figure flashed outside the door, and Zhao Xiongge flashed into the stone room. He was startled by Feng Guaner's scream and the sound of things falling to the ground.
"What's wrong …" Seeing that both of them were fine, Zhao Xiongge had just spoken when his gaze touched Yuan Gang's hands. His eyes were filled with disbelief as he stared blankly. His gaze then shifted to Yuan Gang's, and slowly to Yuan Gang's head.
Outside the door, another person heard the sound and quickly walked in. It was Nantian Wufang. Not knowing what the three of them were doing, he walked forward to take a look and did not find anything unusual. He asked, "What's going on?"
No one paid attention to him, but he realized that everyone's eyes were staring at Yuan Gang's hands. He suddenly realized something and his mouth opened wide as if he had seen a ghost.
His ten fingers, which were almost only left with white bones, were gone. Yuan Gang's hands were a pair of normal people's hands. The ten fingers looked strong and powerful.
How was this possible? Nantian Wufang found it hard to believe. Even if they could recover, how could they recover to their original state overnight?
Staring at the ten fingers, she could not see any signs of injury.
Could it be fake? However, with a closer look with the Dharma Eye, she could not see any signs of it being fake. If it was fake, it was too fake.
She looked at Yuan Gang's head again. Although his hair had not recovered to its original state, a layer of stubble had grown on his bald head.
"This is …" Nantian Wufang pointed at Yuan Gang's hands and did not know what to say.
Yuan Gang, who looked cold on the surface but was actually very excited on the inside, calmed his emotions and slowly stretched out his hands from his waist.
Suddenly, he clenched his fists, and the joints of his fingers made a crisp sound.
The eyelids of the three onlookers twitched. They still could not believe it. Was this real?
He looked at his powerful hands repeatedly, loosened his fists, and stretched his fingers for a while. Then, he stared at his feet, bent down, and grabbed the bandage with both hands. With a tug, he tore it apart.
A pair of normal people's feet were revealed from the torn bandage. His feet had also returned to normal!
Under the shocked gazes of the others, Yuan Gang paced back and forth, squatted and jumped a few times. Finally, he turned around and stood in front of the stone wall.
The three stared at him. They did not know why he was facing the wall. In short, they looked at Yuan Gang as if they were looking at a monster.
"Hai!" Yuan Gang suddenly exhaled and threw a punch at the stone wall. The punch broke through the air.
Bang! Gravel flew everywhere. The punch stopped in the eye of a hole.
A hole was punched in the hard stone wall, and the furnishings in the room next door could be seen.
All the rooms in the Devil Palace were directly cut out of this stone mountain. Every room was actually a stone room.
After the sound of gravel falling to the ground stopped, Nantian Wufang and Zhao Xiongge looked at each other. He had been seriously injured yesterday, and this morning, he punched through a stone wall that was more than a foot thick. How did this look like he had been injured?
The two of them could naturally see that this was not caused by a spell, but by the brute force of a punch made of flesh and blood.
Feng Guaner stared blankly.
The fist that had stopped in the eye of the hole was withdrawn. Yuan Gang looked at himself. He was fine. Not only was he fine, but he also felt that his strength seemed to be stronger than before!
Because of this punch, because of his previous encounter, and now, he suddenly felt a sense of compatibility, a sense of compatibility with the Body Hardening Technique that he cultivated.
No fear, no fear, stronger the opponent, and fight to the death!
This was a feeling of heroism that arose spontaneously from the bottom of his heart, and it actually caused him to be unable to restrain himself from spreading out his arms. The joints in his entire body emitted crackling sounds that sounded like a string of explosions, and the muscles on his back revealed lines that were as hard as rocks.
The moment he stretched out his arms, his emotions gushed out along with his physical body. In his consciousness, he seemed to see a strong person looking at him. He could not see his face clearly, but it was as if that person was standing in the ancient past and looking at him. It was as if they were looking at each other. He seemed to be connected with that person's mind, and he seemed to be able to feel the majesty that came from ancient times.
After feeling this person, he actually had the impulse to shout out the two words "Chiyou".
But in the end, he did not shout it out.
After suppressing his emotions, he turned around and walked towards the three of them. He walked in front of them and nodded slightly to greet them.
Feng Guaner was still looking at him in a daze.
Nantian Wufang looked up and down at Yuan Gang, and the expression on her face was indescribable.
Zhao Xiongge's Adam's apple moved a little. He took a step forward and stretched out his hand. "Let me see your injury."
Yuan Gang raised his hand and blocked his outstretched arm. He shook his head slightly. "No need, I'm fine!"
The sentence "I'm fine" was said so easily, but it made the expressions of the three people a little interesting. He was injured like that yesterday, not only his hands and feet, but also his broken bones and serious internal injuries. Was he fine just like that?
PS: Thank you to the new leader "Tie Zhongtang 66" for your support.
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