txolops Chapter 14 Ancient Scripture, Body Tempering Realm
Chapter 14 Ancient Scripture, Body Tempering Realm
In the woods not far away, more than a hundred emaciated figures huddled together, shivering.
When Lao Tie saw Huang Chen come out, he knelt down with a thud. The others followed suit and knelt down, forming a dense, dark mass.
"stand up."
Huang Chen's voice was hoarse as he glanced at his fellow clansmen, who were covered in wounds.
"My benefactor..." Old Tie's eyes were red and his voice choked with emotion.
"This place is no place to stay any longer, come with me."
Without wasting words, Huang Chen determined the direction. He led the way into the deep night, heading towards the outer edge of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
The group moved very slowly. These people had been tortured by the demon race for too long, and their physical strength was severely depleted. Many of them collapsed to the ground as they walked.
Huang Chen had to slow down. He walked at the front of the group, holding the bloodstained bone knife in his hand, and casually killed several low-level demonic beasts lurking in the shadows along the way.
As dawn broke, the thick fog gradually dissipated. They finally reached the deep valley.
This is the location of the human sanctuary, "Torchfire." The concealment array rippled almost imperceptibly in the morning light.
Ashi was patrolling the valley entrance with several young men. When he saw the large crowd emerging from the mist, he was completely stunned.
"grown ups!"
When Ashi saw the leader, a figure covered in blood, he excitedly ran over.
"This is Ah Shi. Buddy, you take your men and go in with him."
Huang Chen pointed to his old friend beside him.
Looking at his fellow clansmen, who were barely clothed and emaciated, Ashi's eyes instantly reddened. He nodded vigorously and quickly called the young people behind him to come forward and help them up.
"Distribute the food and water from the valley to them first, and place the seriously injured separately in the cave on the east side."
After giving his instructions, Huang Chen turned and walked into his private stone cave. Once inside, the injuries he had suppressed in front of his clansmen erupted like a flood.
The fierce battle with the Azure Python Demon General had nearly drained all the life force from his body, leaving him covered in deep, bone-revealing lacerations. His right hand was particularly hard; the sleeve of his right arm had been reduced to dust in the raging demonic energy, the flesh twisted and turned outwards in a pitiful state, and several pale bone fragments had even pierced through the skin, exposed to the air. The insidious azure demonic energy gnawed and eroded deep within the wounds like maggots clinging to bones, causing his right hand to hang limply at his side, constantly oozing black blood, teetering him on the verge of complete crippling.
Huang Chen gritted his teeth, dragged his heavy steps to the cold stone bed, and sat down cross-legged with difficulty.
Immediately bring up the system panel.
His eyes quickly searched through the shop list and finally settled on a healing potion.
"【Creation Bone-Generating Pill】, 5000 Karma Points".
As his karma points were instantly deducted, a pill emitting a rich medicinal fragrance and a lustrous green light appeared out of thin air in his palm. Huang Chen tilted his head back and swallowed the pill.
The elixir melted upon entering the mouth, instantly transforming into a powerful yet gentle torrent that surged wildly through the parched meridians, reaching every part of the body.
"hiss--"
Huang Chen gasped, veins bulging on his forehead. His nearly crippled right arm convulsed violently, sending waves of excruciating numbness and stinging pain through him. The ruptured fascia was forcibly mending itself, and the shattered bones were rapidly reforming. Visibly, the venomous blue python coiled at the wound was forced out by the potent medicine, dissipating as wisps of foul-smelling black smoke. The necrotic flesh quickly scabbed over and fell away, giving way to tender new flesh growing intertwined.
In just half an incense stick's time, all those shocking and fatal wounds had healed completely.
Huang Chen slowly clenched his right fist, feeling the powerful force returning to his fingertips. His chest heaved as he exhaled a long breath of turbid air mixed with blood stasis.
Once he was back to his peak condition, a thought crossed his mind.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several heavy wooden crates appeared out of thin air on the flat ground.
Huang Chen stepped forward and lifted the lids of the boxes one by one with one hand. In an instant, an extremely rich spiritual energy mixed with the lingering pungent smell of blood rushed out.
More than 50,000 low-grade spirit stones were piled up like a mountain in the wooden box, shimmering with a heart-stopping spiritual light.
Beside the spirit stones were large chunks of blood spirit ore radiating a dark red glow, their eerie light casting a crimson hue over the dim cave.
Huang Chen brought up the system panel.
This time, by wiping out the mine and killing a large number of demon soldiers, his karma has accumulated to a very considerable amount.
His gaze swept quickly across the store list, finally settling on an ancient and simple book.
[The Ancient Body Tempering Scripture (Volume 1): Price: 20000 Karma Points.]
"exchange."
Twenty thousand points of karma were deducted instantly, and the system issued a crisp notification sound.
An ancient and vast aura descended from the void, directly entering his brow. A massive flow of information exploded in his mind.
Countless mysterious runes flashed as Huang Chen closed his eyes and began to guide the flow of qi and blood within his body according to the cultivation method.
"Click-clack..."
A sickening grinding sound emanated from within his body. Then, the sound grew louder and louder, echoing like muffled thunder within the cave.
The surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be drawn by something, rushing towards him frantically. Huang Chen casually grabbed a handful of low-grade spirit stones and crushed them forcefully.
The pure spiritual energy transformed into a tangible white mist, seeping into his body through his mouth, nose, and pores.
excruciating pain.
Indescribable pain instantly overwhelmed his senses.
The first step of the Ancient Body Forging Scripture is to cleanse the marrow and remove impurities.
Huang Chen's skin cracked open inch by inch, and dark red blood mixed with black impurities seeped out.
Muscles are constantly in a cycle of tearing and rebuilding.
With each remodeling, the muscle fibers become stronger.
It felt as if my bone marrow was being scorched by a raging fire, and my meridians were being forcibly widened by a powerful force.
He gritted his teeth, and veins bulged on his forehead.
Blood trickled down the corner of his mouth, but he didn't utter a sound.
Time passes little by little.
The low-grade spirit stones on the ground turned to ashes at a visible speed, losing all their luster.
One thousand yuan.
Three thousand yuan. Five thousand yuan.
The tearing pain only gradually subsided after consuming a full eight thousand low-grade spirit stones. In its place came a sense of power like a volcanic eruption.
"boom!"
A deafening roar erupted from Huang Chen's body.
A violent shockwave swept out from him.
The empty wooden crates on the ground were blown away and smashed into pieces against the wall.
Countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the walls of the cave.
Body Tempering Realm, Level One, Success! Officially embarking on the path of cultivation.
Huang Chen opened his eyes. The blood that had covered his body had solidified into a hard shell. He shuddered slightly, and the blood shell shattered and peeled away inch by inch.
Below, bronze skin was revealed. His seemingly unassuming physique now contained a terrifying explosive power capable of tearing tigers and leopards apart.
Bring up the system panel to view the latest status.
[Host: Huang Chen]
[Realm: First Level of Body Tempering (Combat power comparable to late-stage Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation)]
[Physicality: Basic Witch Clan Battle Physique (Potential Initial Development)]
Huang Chen clenched his fist, and the air was squeezed so hard that it produced a sonic boom.
This overwhelming, violent power finally gave him real confidence in this chaotic world of gods and demons.
He stood up, took out a black robe from his storage space, and casually draped it over his shoulders.
Huang Chen squinted and stepped out of the stone cave.
In the open space not far away, Ashi and Laotie were distributing meat soup to the new survivors. Hearing the noise, the two turned around at the same time.
The moment Lao Tie saw Huang Chen, the wooden bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud," spilling scalding hot meat soup all over the floor.
A chillingly fierce aura was emanating from Huang Chen without reservation.
The feeling was like facing an ancient, ferocious beast that had just awakened.
Several timid survivors couldn't control themselves and their legs went weak, causing them to collapse to the ground.
The surroundings fell silent instantly, with only heavy breathing remaining.
Ah Shi swallowed hard and braced himself to go forward.
"Sir, everyone is settled in."
Huang Chen nodded, his gaze sweeping over the clansmen in the distance who were holding wooden bowls and looking on with reverence.