Chapter 74: Vital Life Force

A pill went down, and its medicinal power gradually dissipated, thread by thread.

A cool feeling slowly spread throughout the body, and the internal pain eased a little.

Master Liaoru gave him an unknown healing pill; after taking it, within just ten breaths, his internal injuries improved somewhat.

After circulating his spiritual power again, the pain was no longer unbearable.

"Help me guard the law! I need to recover my injuries!" Wang Ping said.

"Here? That might not be good!" Tie Lanshan hesitated a bit.

Wang Ping calmly sent a voice transmission: "Rest assured, as long as I sit down openly to recover my body! Even if they see it, they won't dare come over to test; they might even think I'm doing this on purpose, luring them in."

He paused, then continued the voice transmission.

"The most important point is that my injuries would collapse if I moved even a little; just now I didn't dare move at all, and without the master's pill, I would have likely fainted right away."

Tie Lanshan and the others nodded upon hearing this, and immediately sat cross-legged around Wang Ping.

Wang Ping also sat down openly, and began circulating the Qingdi Changsheng Gong to recover his injuries.

His internal injuries were mainly due to an unstable breakthrough, plus the damage from his forceful strike.

The result was that not only was his internal spiritual power disordered and his meridians damaged, but even his body-refined great perfection physique suffered heavy damage.

Otherwise he wouldn't even be able to stand steadily.

Thinking of this, Wang Ping gave a bitter smile; he had rarely used his body-refinement cultivation in combat.

This time, moreover, the injuries caused by breaking through to the Qi Refining Great Perfection also affected his body-refinement cultivation.

This made his body-refined great perfection seem somewhat useless, but it's not Wang Ping's fault; the Diamond Body he cultivates is equivalent to the entry-level grade of Qi Refining techniques and seems to be primarily a defensive art.

Moreover, although his talent for body-refinement cultivation exceeds that for Qi Refining, he seems not very skilled in close-quarters combat.

Thinking this, Wang Ping sighed, forget it, from now on he'll treat body-refinement as merely auxiliary; at least his body can withstand a few more bursts.

He closed his eyes, and the Qingdi Changsheng Gong circulated slowly.

Tie Lanshan and the others were originally guarding the law, but now they noticed tiny green lights drifting toward them from all around.

At first they thought someone was trying to sneak attack, so they all put up spiritual power shields, blocking those green light dots outside.

Just then, Wang Ping sent a voice transmission, telling them not to worry, this is what he uses to heal his injuries.

They all looked astonished; those tiny green light dots, though small, contained rich vital life force.

Around them, at this moment actually gathered over a hundred green light dots, which seemed to be on a pilgrimage, flowing into the body of fellow cultivator Lan Ming.

"I remember now." Wu Yue whispered.

Tie Lanshan and the others all turned to look at him, and Wu Yue continued speaking:

"These light dots are vital life force; once, I chatted with fellow cultivator Zhang, who said that besides spiritual qi, there are nine other kinds of elemental energy in the world, and vital life force is one of them. That's exactly what we're seeing now! It is also the most special kind."

Ouyang Hua asked, puzzled: "I've also heard of vital life force; what's special about it? It seems that any living thing has it!"

Wu Yue nodded and said: "Indeed, as fellow cultivator Ouyang said, we all possess this elemental energy, but its greatest difference is that it exists even without spiritual qi."

"I want to ask you all, fellow cultivators: if one day the heavenly and earthly spiritual qi dissipates, will all living beings in this world go extinct?"

This question is obvious; Tie Lanshan and the others all shook their heads.

Wu Yue nodded and said: "Yes! I don't know what the other eight kinds of elemental energy are, but I believe that if one day the heavenly and earthly spiritual qi dissipates, they will absolutely no longer appear in the cultivation world! But as long as life in the world does not cease, vital life force will not cease!"

"Amitabha! Hearing fellow cultivator Wu's words, the poor monk also recalled that back in the temple, several uncle masters had also discussed this kind of elemental energy."

It is said that ancient body-refinement cultivators actually absorbed this vital life force! That's why ancient cultivators had tremendous vitality; it is said that a first-stage body-refined great perfection cultivator, when fully circulating his qi and blood throughout his body, raises the temperature within a radius of a hundred zhang to that of boiling water.

Even if an arm is cut off, as long as it is reattached within a short time, it only takes seven days to recover fully; this mighty vitality truly leaves one in awe.

"Oh! So mighty? But from what I observe, whether it's fellow cultivator Lan or fellow cultivator Wang, they don't seem to give that feeling!" Tie Lanshan asked.

"Amitabha, because this cultivation method has already declined!"

"Why?" Ouyang Hua asked.

Liaoru shook his head, indicating he didn't know; Tie Lanshan instead speculated:

"I think the world might not have that much vital life force for them to absorb; according to Master Liaoru, a first-stage body-refiner is already that terrifying—what about a second-stage body-refiner's strength? I can't even imagine it, and what about third or fourth stage? How vast would the heavenly and earthly elemental energy they absorb be?"

They all nodded, apparently approving Master Lan Zhen's statement.

Wu Yue said enviously: "Nowadays in the cultivation world, heavenly and earthly elemental energy is no longer abundant; most of it is contained in the seeds of spiritual plants and trees, and the method to extract it has been lost. I never expected fellow cultivator Lan to actually possess such a method!"

Ouyang Hua shook his head and said: "It's probably not that fellow cultivator Lan mastered this method, but rather it's an innate ability of the Qingdi Changsheng Gong; don't forget, it is the number one wood-element technique in the cultivation world!"

Tie Lanshan nodded and said: "That makes sense; I expect fellow cultivator Lan, having heavenly and earthly elemental energy to heal his wounds, will recover soon!"

Time quietly passed; two hours have passed since the great battle of Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the cultivators of the merchant city can no longer see the situation of the battle above, because there the heavenly and earthly spiritual qi is boiling, and with all kinds of spells and collisions of magical treasures, that area has become a blur.

At this moment, Tie Lanshan and his group have already been staying in Cautious Garden for nearly an hour; many cultivators passed by on the way, but none dared to linger, and even those with ill intentions, upon a glance, ultimately feared Wang Ping's strength and chose to leave.

Just then, a red flower blossomed in the west of Cautious Garden!

Tie Lanshan and the others, upon seeing this, all changed their expressions.

That is the direction where Master Zhang Zuo is in seclusion refining Foundation Establishment Pills!

"Master Liaoru, Fellow Cultivator Ouyang, Fellow Cultivator Wu, you three go support quickly! I will stay here to guard fellow cultivator Lan!"

"No need! Let's go together!" Just as Tie Lanshan's words fell, Wang Ping's voice was heard.

Wang Ping rose, looked toward the place where the signal rose, and said: "My injuries have partially recovered; I can strike two or three times without problem, and should be able to suppress some minor foes."

Tie Lanshan and the others were overjoyed; they immediately stopped talking, employed the Wind Riding Technique, and rushed with all speed toward Fluffy Willow Court.

The Foundation Establishment Pill concerns their foundation establishment; this is a top-priority matter, allowing no loss whatsoever.

When they arrived here, they found that at the gate of Fluffy Willow Court there were gathered no fewer than fifty Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivators.

Wang Ye had already summoned his beast— a first-stage late-stage demon beast, the Hunting Wind Leopard— and was confronting them with his group.