Chapter 215: 216. Chapter 216: Recultivation

216. Chapter 216: Recultivation

As the sky just began to brighten.

This operation, codenamed "Demon Extermination," could finally be considered completely over.

The good news was that the old city district had been successfully reclaimed, and all dangers had been dealt with. Only one building in the Wang Sect residential complex, which could not be destroyed, still stood there. However, that building had been sealed off, and through observation, it did not affect the safety of the surrounding area, so it would be ignored for the time being.

The bad news was that this operation had suffered significant losses; several Spirit Perception experts had died, and most people were severely injured and needed to recuperate. During this period, the strength of the cultivation circle in Tianchang City had dropped to its lowest point.

"Since the operation is over, everyone should go back and rest first. We can discuss anything else once everyone has recovered," Li Yi said at this moment.

Everyone nodded in deep agreement.

After a night of fighting, even if one wasn't injured, the mental fatigue was immense; they truly needed rest.

Although Li Yi looked fine at the moment, his condition was actually terrible.

He had been possessed by a fierce ghost, and his soul had suffered heavy damage. Even though he had managed to save his life, he was still in a bad way. As of now, Tianchang City had no method to recover from soul injuries, but fortunately, he had brought back Soul-Returning Pills from the Four Seas and Bazhou.

After everyone returned to the Peace Financial Building.

The others in the building breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Li Yi and the others return safely.

"It's great that you're all okay." Lu Jue, Kong Sheng, Zhao Xiaoxiao, and the others had joyful expressions on their faces. They had spent the whole night in fear, terrified of hearing any bad news.

"The matter in the old city district has been resolved. Now everyone is injured and needs rest. Fortunately, there were no deaths in the team this time. How is the situation on your end? Did you encounter any walking corpses attacking last night?" Li Yi shook his head and said. He felt his head becoming increasingly dizzy; it seemed that various side effects were manifesting after his soul injury.

"Everything is normal. No walking corpse attacks were discovered here," Lu Jue said.

"That's good," Li Yi said. "But we still cannot let our guard down. The cleanup work in the old city district is still ongoing for the next two days. You must continue to take turns on guard duty to prevent any stragglers from running over here."

"Li Yi, don't worry, just leave this matter to us," Zhao Xiaoxiao, who was standing to the side, said hurriedly.

Lin Yue said, "Li Yi, you should talk less. Your condition is very poor right now; you should hurry and rest, don't force yourself."

"Lin Jie, don't worry, I'm fine. I have medicine to treat this kind of injury. On the contrary, Lin Jie, you are covered in blood; it looks quite serious," Li Yi said.

"These are just flesh wounds; they didn't hit any vital points. They've already healed. I'll go back, wash up, and rest for a few days, and I'll be fine. Don't underestimate the physical constitution of a Spirit Perception Realm evolver," Lin Yue said.

"That's good. But Lin Jie is right, I do need to go back and get some good rest." Li Yi felt his dizziness getting worse and worse; he could pass out at any moment.

This wouldn't do.

Once he passed out, heaven only knew if he would ever wake up again.

After saying a few simple words, Li Yi didn't dare to delay. He quickly took the elevator to his room and then took out the Soul-Returning Pills, swallowing three of them in one go.

As soon as the three Soul-Returning Pills entered his stomach, a cool sensation rushed straight to his brain. Subsequently, the small figure within his consciousness began to rapidly absorb an invisible medicinal Qi. This Qi nourished the small figure, and its illusory body began to become solid again, while its shrunken form also grew larger once more.

Li Yi felt his condition improve quite a bit; at least there was no risk of passing out.

However, it still wasn't enough.

The three Soul-Returning Pills hadn't completely healed his soul injury, so Li Yi had to take two more.

It took a full five Soul-Returning Pills for him to barely recover.

This level of consumption was enough to prove just how dangerous his previous experience had been.

"Being possessed by a fierce ghost is simply a nightmare. If I didn't have the Soul-Returning Pills, even if I survived, I would be a cripple, living in a daze and falling into comas all day, unable to do anything." Li Yi opened his eyes at this moment and let out a long sigh of relief. The feeling of his head splitting with pain and his lethargy had finally improved.

But to fully recover, he still needed to rest quietly for a period of time.

"Moreover, in this mission, in order to deal with Yang Yi Long, I forcibly broke through to the Meridian Cultivation Realm without having fully accumulated the Qi and blood in my nine major meridians. This greatly affected my subsequent martial arts cultivation. Since Yang Yi Long is now dead and most cultivators are in a state of recuperation, I might as well take advantage of this period of the Blood Burning Art to abolish my martial arts cultivation and recultivate."

Subsequently, Li Yi's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of ruthlessness.

This ruthlessness was directed at himself.

Because among the martial artists of the Four Seas and Bazhou, few dared to do this.

Martial artists of the Four Seas and Bazhou had short lifespans, and their peak period of Qi and blood passed easily. Once they recultivated, they might never be able to break through to Meridian Cultivation in their entire lives.

But it was different here.

Cultivators had long lifespans, and their martial arts realm progressed quickly. Coupled with the period of the Blood Burning Art, his Qi and blood were still constantly rising. Li Yi felt that he could return to the peak of the Blood Cultivation Realm within two days. As for whether he could break through to Meridian Cultivation again, he wasn't sure; he could only say he would try his best.

"The faster the martial arts recultivation, the better, so as not to affect subsequent cultivation. Although doing this will cause my strength to drop significantly in the short term, it is worth it from a long-term perspective."

Li Yi thought about it seriously and finally made up his mind.

He was going to abolish his martial arts cultivation.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and began to mobilize his Qi and blood, self-destructing his meridians, and dispersing this Qi and blood throughout his body to nourish it.

"Ah!"

However, when Li Yi attempted to self-destruct one meridian, a violent pain immediately surged from the depths of his body. Subsequently, his whole body let out a wail, and he collapsed to the ground, twitching constantly, while blood flowed uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth.

Just at the very beginning, Li Yi felt inhuman torture. At this moment, he felt that his internal organs had already been damaged.

It seemed the price of abolishing his martial arts cultivation was high.

If he weren't an evolver, he would already be severely injured.

It had to be said that he had made a very crazy decision.

"Again!"

Li Yi gritted his teeth. Since he had already started, he couldn't stop halfway, otherwise, all his previous efforts would be wasted.

"Ah!"

Accompanied by bursts of painful sounds echoing in the room, Li Yi's process of self-destructing his martial arts began.

It took a full half an hour.

He was covered in wounds, drenched in blood, and his body couldn't stop twitching. Moreover, after self-destructing his cultivation, he could no longer control his Qi and blood, and his whole body was in a state of blood loss. If he didn't find a way to deal with it, he would die from excessive blood loss right now.

However, Li Yi had long been prepared for this situation.

He immediately took out the last bottle of Extraordinary Water and drank it in one gulp.

Extraordinary Water was a divine medicine for treating physical injuries. As long as one drank it, the pain in the body would quickly disappear, and at the same time, the medicinal effect would repair one's injuries in a very short time, and could even allow one to burst out with strength beyond the usual in a short period.

What Li Yi needed now was not an explosion of power, but treatment.

As the medicinal effect of the Extraordinary Water began to take hold, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. His whole body began to feel comfortable, the bleeding stopped, and his body was developing in a positive direction.

"It seems my arrangement was fine. Abolish martial arts cultivation, recultivate, and use Extraordinary Water to compensate for physical damage, followed by sufficient nutritional supplements; it should be possible to make up for it," Li Yi thought to himself.

As his body gradually recovered, coupled with a large amount of nutritional supplementation, and being in the period of the Blood Burning Art.

Only two hours later, his condition stabilized.

Although it was called abolishing martial arts cultivation, martial arts recultivation didn't mean that all realms had to be practiced again. At least he didn't need to practice skin, tendons, or bones; his tendons, bones, and skin were still there, so he could start directly from marrow cultivation. And because his previous foundation was still there, recultivation was much simpler than before.

Only half an hour passed, and Li Yi had already completed the Marrow Cultivation Realm and began to reach the Blood Cultivation Realm.

Because of the Blood Burning Art, another hour passed, and the Qi and blood he had consumed when he abolished his cultivation were replenished, and then he logically reached the peak of the Blood Cultivation Realm.

After that, it was time to mobilize Qi and blood and store them in the meridians again.

This process was familiar and easy, with no difficulty; it just required some time to accumulate.

Li Yi rested while accumulating Qi and blood.

However, at this time, the brewing of Qi and blood slowed down.

He checked the time and found that it was already past noon. The peak of the Blood Burning Art had passed, and at the same time, his body began to develop a sense of fatigue. Moreover, as time passed, this fatigue became heavier and heavier. At first, he could still hold on, but later on, this fatigue caused his body to enter a state of self-protection.

His body was gradually losing sensation.

Obviously, the side effects of the Blood Burning Art began to appear.

"The remnant thoughts in the Dao coin didn't say that the body would lose sensation after the Blood Burning Art, and the duration wasn't as long as imagined. Once the peak of Qi and blood passed and the side effects appeared, I would be paralyzed in at most two days."

Li Yi's eyes flickered, and he felt a sense of being deceived.

In fact, the remnant thoughts in the Dao coin hadn't lied to Li Yi.

It was just that for him, the physical constitution of the Inspiration Realm was still too poor to resist some of the side effects of the Blood Burning Art. This secret technique wasn't meant for cultivators at Li Yi's level, but for more powerful cultivators.

Feeling the abnormality in his body.

Li Yi hurriedly got up and drank his fill of golden nutritional liquid. He was worried that after his body became unable to move, the Blood Burning Art would still be running and exhaust him alive. Subsequently, he told Lin Jie about his situation to ensure that someone could look after him when the time came.

After doing all this, he lay on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

Soul injury, physical damage, martial arts recultivation, the appearance of the side effects of the Blood Burning Art—all these combined, any other cultivator would not be able to withstand it, let alone Li Yi.

Fortunately, not long after Li Yi fell asleep, Lin Yue, who had received the message, rushed to Li Yi's room.

To ensure Li Yi was okay, Lin Yue still had Zheng Gong immediately contact the Investigation Bureau, preparing to send him to the training base hospital of the Investigation Bureau for recuperation. After all, the medical conditions there were better, and even if something really happened, the doctors there could deal with it in time. ===== CHAPTER 216 =====