Chapter 262: Qilin Body Refining

Gulp!

Liang Qu sat cross-legged, tilted his head to take the pill. The entire beast-head great pill was very heavy, falling into his stomach along the esophagus.

A bit stuck in the throat.

An eyeball-sized pill, if not chewed, would choke when swallowed.

Liang Qu swallowed twice to relieve the discomfort, calmed his breath and spirit, and operated his technique.

The great pill had no movement at first in his stomach. About a quarter of an hour later, gastric juices eroded the great pill, the medicinal power slowly spread, and a heart-refreshing warmth surged from his abdomen to his limbs and bones.

Liang Qu had only eaten dinner before acting last night and hadn't eaten since.

Half a day of running around left his stomach empty. The moment the medicinal power surged, the hunger disappeared, and the satisfaction after eating surged into his heart.

However, as the Qilin Great Pill continued to digest, the strands of medicinal power gradually became surging and turbulent.

Liang Qu actually felt a sense of "abdominal distension"!

Hot!

So hot!

The dog days of summer were already scorching, and all things were restless.

The efficacy of the Qilin Pill lay more in the further transformation of the physical body. It was so hot around him that it felt like being wrapped in boiling water, and all the pores on his body contracted tightly.

Liang Qu felt that he had stepped into a furnace, turning into precious gold being hammered, with fire burning fiercely in heaven and earth.

Scorching Qi erupted from the tightly closed pores, and heat waves surged in the small room!

Awei let go of his wrist, curled into a blue ball, and rolled into the corner. The boat wood under the baking gradually turned black, emitting gray smoke. Liang Qu smelled this scorched smell and his thoughts moved.

The vortex orifices opened, and water liquid flowed.

A thin film of water spread in all directions, turning into a sphere wrapping his whole body, absorbing all the heat emitted.

However, in just a moment, the entire water film fluctuated violently, dense bubbles floated up and burst, and a whistling sound rang out in the room.

The water film was boiled!

How could taking a great pill that could hammer the physical body have no danger?

Having no choice, Liang Qu opened the vortex orifices again, and a brand new, firmer water film appeared.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Hot air sprayed from his mouth and nose.

Liang Qu's heart tide was like hot oil, igniting a fierce fire, burning his internal organs, flesh, bones, and tendons.

Under the surging medicinal power, his blood seeped out from his pores at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into blood beads the size of beans, and then quickly dried on his body surface, forming a thick, scaled blood cocoon.

The air waves in the air were scorching, slowly emitting strands of exotic fragrance.

Just when Liang Qu's blood was drained, his face was pale, and his whole body was weak.

The medicinal power of the Qilin Great Pill turned direction, surged into the spine, and continuously created new blood.

Fourth blood exchange!

Liang Qu broke through the Four Gates and had already exchanged blood three times. Now the Qilin Great Pill made him start the fourth blood exchange!

The fourth blood exchange was the key to the birth of Qilin Bright Spirit Strength!

The newly born blood had an even stronger fragrance, full of spiritual opportunity, surging like a living thing to fill the shriveled blood vessels, making the withered physical body moist and radiant!

The flow of blood further pushed the changes in the entire body shell.

Tendons, bones, skin, flesh, internal organs—further hammered.

Every half a quarter of an hour, the vortex orifices reopened, and the water film gathered again.

Inside the water sphere, Liang Qu, this piece of raw iron hammered by the big fire, became more and more compact, tough, and solid.

If someone could withstand the high temperature at this time and stick to Liang Qu's body, they could hear faint beast roars inside his body.

Qilin roar!

Heaven and earth agitated, its sound like thunder.

Every tremor would further wash the physical body!

At the same time, the original solid Galloping Horse Fifth Orifice—Jiaji Pass—was also constantly loosening under the bombardment of qi and blood.

There is a saying among ordinary martial artists: three years to open a meridian, ten years to reach a realm; the Galloping Horse realm is a place of wasted time, and by the time one reaches it, half of one's life is already gone.

It implies that wanting to reach the peak in galloping horse requires consuming most of one's life.

Unless someone carries them, or there is another opportunity.

But Liang Qu was clearly not among the ordinary martial artists; not only him, but everyone he knew around him was not an ordinary person.

Impurities mixed in the blood cocoon were discharged from the body, and the tide of qi and blood washed the whole body wave after wave.

Boom!

A wild wind blew in the room, and twisted vortexes appeared on the water film wrapping Liang Qu.

Qi and blood were like a broken bamboo, and the tightly closed Galloping Horse Fifth Orifice—Jiaji Pass—suddenly opened!

"Wansheng Baoyuan" and "Dragon Subduing Tiger Subduing Diamond Sutra" connected the fifth orifice one after another like a dragon and snake entwined, deriving more complex and varied qi-traveling routes.

For a time, Liang Qu's entire mental outlook changed greatly!

An indescribable "momentum" arose spontaneously, like a Kunpeng swallowing the sea!

Compared to before, it was more robust and brighter!

If the Upper Dantian is the center of "intention," the core of life activities, guarding it prolongs life and wards off disease, losing it leads to aging and decay.

The Middle Dantian is the center of "form." Opening this orifice opens the chest, stretches the form, and smooths the meridian qi.

The Lower Dantian is the center of "qi." If qi does not return to the center, it scatters and floats, and strength has no root.

The Weilü Pass is the center of "strength." Opening it makes the top and bottom smooth, strength reaches the limbs, and a consistent overall strength is exerted.

Then the Jiaji Pass, located between the shoulder blades and parallel to the "Middle Dantian" in the spine, is the center of "momentum"!

It is at the connection point of the two shoulders. Ordinary people's shoulder blades protrude, which not only affects the stretching of momentum but also hinders the operation of the Du Meridian.

If a person can pull the back and arch the arms, the shoulder blades will retract, the spine will be round, the arms will spread, and the Du Meridian will be clear.

Therefore, opening this orifice has the momentum to contain everything!

Click!

Accompanied by the opening of the Galloping Horse Fifth Orifice, the blood cocoon around Liang Qu shattered, breaking like pine cones, and the medicinal power of the Qilin Great Pill finally dissipated and stopped.

Liang Qu closed his eyes and listened.

Blood surged like a big river.

While practicing, the physical body trembled at all times, like a tuning fork after being plucked, faintly hearing fierce beast roars.

The Qilin roar, the same as the tiger and leopard thunder sound!

Reaching out to grasp, the strength was better than before. As muscles and bones connected and moved, subtle changes occurred, extending a unique strength—Qilin Bright Spirit Strength!

Unprecedented vitality flowed in his body, and the qi was so vigorous and eruptive that it was comparable to the first spring thunder heard at the time of Jingzhe!

How long can I live now?

Liang Qu had a question.

The lifespan of all things is determined by heaven; one hundred and twenty or thirty is already the limit of a mortal's life.

Below Grandmaster, all are mortals, unable to escape death.

But mortals are also different.

After galloping horse, martial artists have vigorous vitality, which can avoid the suffering and disasters of a hundred years within their lifespan; even at eighty or ninety, they are like in their prime at thirty or forty.

Yang Dongxiong looks like an old man, but in fact, his vitality is vigorous, no different from when he was thirty or forty. He only looks old to accompany Xu Shi.

And according to Master Yang himself, he practices "Wansheng Baoyuan," holding the essence, qi, and spirit of a person, not consuming internally, not leaking externally, long-term fullness in the body, and his lifespan can be around one hundred and forty.

Liang Qu also practices "Wansheng Baoyuan." If his cultivation doesn't advance an inch from now on, he guesses his lifespan will also be around one hundred and forty.

But he feels that his lifespan is far more than that. In the dark, perhaps two hundred years...

Excluding various life-prolonging treasures, looking at the entire Great Shun, it should be a unique existence.

Because of fusing with the Ze Rong?

Liang Qu feels that this is the only possibility. Now he seems unable to fully belong to the ranks of "humans." ===== CHAPTER 263 =====