Chapter 803

Crackle, pop.

On the southern bank of Jishui Pool, there seemed to be meta-magnetic agitation, and heavy rain poured down. Endless water droplets leaped and splashed, and a dense patch of water flowers floated.

A majestic pillar of essence shot straight into the sky!

Unlike blood pillars which had form and color, the essence pillar was formless and colorless, yet everyone whose gaze swept over it knew it clearly.

It stood right there!

"Essence, Qi, and Spirit merged into one, Opening the Mysterious Light... there is such a strange phenomenon?"

"When Qi is prosperous, Essence is full; when Essence is full, Qi is flourishing. When the Baron of Baron Xingyi first entered Hunting Tiger, his blood pillar was once 120 zhang high, rare in the world. Feeding back into his spirit, it naturally wouldn't be bad. This is a deep foundation."

"Why can he be fast and yet possess a deep foundation?"

"Fast does not mean hasty. Entering Perfected Form, entering the Sky Dragon—which predecessor was not a brilliant and talented person? Being this fast already explains a lot."

On Jishui Pool, elders leaned on railings with their juniors, watching and perceiving, witnessing a thing or two.

There were also martial arts heroes gathering at foot-shops, either boasting, sighing in admiration, or feeling envious.

Ordinary people might only reach Galloping Horse in their lifetime even with opportunities, and Wolf Smoke would be the limit, yet some people in their twenties were Hunting Tiger complete...

"Junior Sister, I told you that coming to the Imperial Capital could broaden one's knowledge! It's really very different. What a powerful Baron of Baron Xingyi; a great man should be like this!" The young man pulling the donkey waved his fist excitedly.

"Why don't you weigh yourself? How can you be embarrassed to compare yourself with the Baron of Baron Xingyi?" The Junior Sister on the donkey mocked.

The young man was not annoyed and opened his mouth to laugh.

"Hahaha, a person must have dreams, right?"

People from foreign lands stopped on the long street, marveling at the prosperity of the Great Shun and the flourishing of the martial path.

It had not been five years since the King of Xu Yue conquered the world, and it was rumored that the Vajra King had attained the fruit of an Arhat.

But those were all rumors, all heard by ear. Only today, truly seen with one's own eyes, a twenty-one-year-old Hunting Tiger complete, Opening the Mysterious Light, with surging Essence and Qi—everyone knew it!

The palace gates were towering, with double towers over ten thousand zhang high.

The center of the world, the prosperity of the Great Shun.

Like a scroll, it unfolded in an instant, placed on the table, visible at a glance.

It's just that...

The sun moved from the center to the west, and from the west to the horizon.

The sun and moon alternated.

April stepped into May.

Clusters of curled lotus leaves emerged from the pool, dissipating the gradually rising summer heat.

Seeing the lotus leaves emerging, standing tall and upright, the crowd began to mutter.

Opening the Mysterious Light...

Does it take that long?

"Wait, is that kid still soaking in Jishui Pool? Doesn't he need to change his air? Is someone really secretly changing his pig's bladder?"

The Holy Emperor was surprised.

The Chief Eunuch bowed. "Does Your Majesty remember the Louguan Terrace?"

"What does this have to do with this matter?"

"The Louguan Terrace has a supreme internal cultivation technique called the 'Wan Sheng Holding Origin Technique'. In the past, the Master of Louguan Terrace personally gifted it to the Duke of Wei. The third son of the Duke of Wei is the Earl of Marquis Guanying, and the Earl of Marquis Guanying has a personal guard named Yang Yang Dongxiong, with whom he has a life-and-death friendship. His direct disciple is the Baron of Baron Xingyi."

"Related to this technique?"

"Your servant cannot guarantee it, but the 'Wan Sheng Holding Origin Technique' is divided into four levels: Stabilizing Spirit, Internal Vision, Preserving Spirit, and Steel Refinement, progressing layer by layer.

However, in actual cultivation realms, there are only the first three levels. The fourth level is less of a realm and more of an opportunity, which can only be triggered at special nodes."

"What opportunity?"

"It varies from person to person. Not many people practice this method. According to records, some cut meridians and wash marrow; some reshape their natural talent; some have sudden enlightenment in martial arts; some reflect on themselves.

Lord Liang took the Innate Pure Yang Elixir and did not change his air for more than ten days. Your servant speculates that he should be affected by this elixir, and encountering the Opening of the Mysterious Light, it inspired the Steel Refinement, returning to the Innate Fetal Breath Realm, completely reshaping himself."

The so-called Innate Fetal Breath is when an infant is soaked in amniotic fluid, naturally free from the trouble of breathing.

The world is vast, and with the accumulation of time, there are more divine techniques and wonderful methods than hairs on an ox. The Wangyue Tower has collected even more mysterious ones than this.

The Holy Emperor tapped the table.

"What is the impact?"

The Chief Eunuch thought for a moment. "A good thing. The Baron of Baron Xingyi was a grieving child when he was young, and his family was poor, so his martial bones were hidden, and he had innate deficiencies. This reshaping will just happen to make up for it."

At the bottom of the pool.

Liang Qu was in the shape of an infant holding his knees, as if trapped in chaos, but his spirit was incomparably clear.

The Three Elements returning to one is not the complete fusion of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, but mutual complementation and assistance.

Qi should be surging, Spirit should be restrained, leaving no defects, no bumps, no interruptions.

Like divine abilities, previously they relied entirely on spiritual drive; now they can rely on partial spirit and partial blood energy, greatly relieving the pressure. No wonder Grandmasters use divine abilities without the heavy burden he has, where a few full uses would completely overdraw his spirit.

Like martial arts, it is enough to attach spirit, leaving strong killing intent on the opponent's flesh and blood, extinguishing their vitality.

Besides that.

His grasp of Qi energy is even clearer, with a feeling that as long as he marks it, he can perceive it even from hundreds of miles away.

The only problem.

"Why is my Steel Refinement opportunity like this..." Liang Qu was depressed.

South of Jishui Pool.

Long Long Eying blinked her eyes.

The fat catfish and other beasts circled around, repeatedly communicating through the spiritual link to confirm they hadn't recognized the wrong person.

The two- or three-year-old child holding his knees and floating before them was the Heavenly God!

White and tender.

The fat catfish flicked its long whiskers, wanting to touch him, but Long Long Eying waved her palm and slapped it away.

The Opening of the Mysterious Light had been going on for half a month. Long Long Eying was naturally worried and went underwater to search, just in time to see Liang Qu reverse-grow from a young man in his twenties into an infant less than a foot tall, and then grow back in the following days!

The fat catfish and other beasts learned the news and put down their fin-head work, running from Jianghuai to see the novelty.

Repeated observation.

It takes about two days to grow one year older, and he should be able to fully grow back by midsummer.

Truly mysterious.

Liang Qu could guess the reason.

The Opening of the Mysterious Light stimulated the "Wan Sheng Holding Origin", and the Innate Pure Yang Elixir happened to act as a primer. On the basis of this primer, the Steel Refinement went directly to a higher level, helping him completely regenerate once!

Wan Sheng Holding Origin holds a person's Essence, Qi, and Spirit, preventing internal consumption and external escape, keeping them full in the body for a long time, holding the form and body as one. It is truly powerful.

Heaven and earth become the hotbed, and water meridians act as the umbilical cord.

A good thing.

His realm did not fall, and his innate nature was supplemented.

Before practicing martial arts, he was black, thin, and small; he indeed hadn't grown well.

Many things, if incomplete when young, are hard to make up for when grown.

Spirit clear, flesh and blood chaotic.

Communicate with the Ze Tripod.

【Water Wang Yuan fusion degree increased, obtained Heaven and Earth's spiritual resonance, River Favor +1.0714】

【River Favor Degree: 11.6843】

【Tripod Master: Liang Qu】

【Refined Ze Ling: Water Wang Yuan (Purple) (Fusion Degree: 130‰)】

【Water Marsh Essence: 302,000】

【Seed of Creation: 3】

【Comprehended Talent: Vortex Armor】

【Vortex Armor: Condense vortex acupoint water into Vortex Armor, condense vortex palace water into Vortex God Armor】

【Evaluation: Born with a divine seed, resonant with heaven and earth, enough to dominate a vast marsh, summoning wind and rain, those who see it bow. A small amount of fusion gradually unveils the veil of the Overlord of the Vast Marsh.】

Using 800,000 Water Marsh Essence, the fusion degree almost skyrocketed by half!

The favor degree was even more than one point!

Advancing by leaps and bounds!

Hunting Tiger complete, Mysterious Light opened, Melting a Hundred Scriptures not yet achieved, but relying on the "Body Consciousness Method", he had walked nine-tenths of the way. Once one is understood, all are understood; it would only take a few days to transform.

Three steps to promotion, only Qi-eating remains!

300,000 essence is more than enough to transform the spirit fish, just waiting for the time worm to completely fuse and grow...

Oh.

The third divine ability seed hasn't been buried.

The Heaven, Earth, and Man three buildings were built and thus "complete". Taking advantage of the "completeness" of the realm, Liang Qu opened the Mysterious Light in one breath, and hadn't had time to bury the third divine ability seed...

"What's good to bury?"

Thoughts flashed in his mind one after another.

The azure dragon's flesh and blood gradually grew, and its facial features gradually became clear.

Late June.

In Pingyang Prefecture.

Xu Xu Yuelong touched his chin. "Why hasn't that kid come back yet? Can it take two months to collect a Great Elixir? Even if he swallowed and refined it in the Imperial Capital, he should have come back by now, right?"

Ran Ran Zhongshi urged, "Don't worry about him; he deserves to get no credit."

"Forget it, deduct his salary for two months first!"

Jishui Pool.

Lotus leaves spread out, lotus flowers bloomed, tourists boated on the lake, a scene of rippling waves.

The world's wind and clouds gathered in the Imperial Capital.

Merchants and travelers came and went, covering the inside and outside of the city. As the first capital of the Great Shun, every twelve hours, all kinds of strange anecdotes emerged one after another.

Today the eldest daughter gets married, tomorrow the Marquis's son gets beaten like a spinning top, and the day after tomorrow, perhaps a great victory will emerge from the Northern Court or Southern Frontier, and the death row prisoners in front of the vegetable market will be able to live a little longer. Fresh things came in waves.

Except for those who cared, no one remembered the matter of the Baron of Baron Xingyi Opening the Mysterious Light in April. Only occasionally would there be arguments about whether the Baron of Baron Xingyi had come out of the water or not.

Whoosh.

The water waves stirred by the oars rippled the lotus leaves, and the dappled sunlight illuminated the bottom of the water.

Long Long Eying was practicing in a cross-legged position, suddenly feeling something.

Her long black hair grew like water algae. There was no disturbance of water flow, no explosion of bones. With a relaxed and comfortable movement of tendons and bones, her long arms stretched out, opening in a line.

Liang Qu opened his eyes suddenly.

His pupils contracted slightly under the stimulation of the light, and a faint golden glow spread out.

The shadows of the lotus leaves swayed, and the circular edges diffused halos of light.

Serene.

Peaceful.

As if breaking through the fetal membrane, coming to the human world for the first time.

A big dream, too comfortable, so much so that Liang Qu didn't want to get up for a while. In the past, breaking through realms always brought pleasure, always wanting to destroy, always wanting to vent heartily.

Only this time.

The heart realized, the Dao was achieved, no need for the Dragon Lady to show her power.

Comfortable~

Waves of light flowed.

Small fish swam between the algae.

Long Long Eying was not in a hurry to ask or speak, sitting quietly by his side.

Wandering for a long time.

Spiritual will re-injected into his limbs and bones.

The algae retracted, startling the small fish. Liang Qu sat up, but the first thing he saw was not Long Eying, but himself.

"Boss, look!"

The little Mirage Dragon held the silver mirror, whipping its dragon tail.

Eh?

Looks changed?

Liang Qu rubbed his face.

The person in the mirror was still "Liang Qu", still handsome, but there were many changes in the details, more like the "original" him.

People who were not familiar might not care, or even notice, at most thinking he looked a little better, but acquaintances who spent time together could feel a difference.

"Did I really return to 'Innate'?"

Half-floating in the water.

Qi followed the mind, spirit merged with the realm.

Tendons, bones, flesh, and blood, all flowing, all comfortable.

Like a steed, pure Yang, strong, bright, enthusiastic.

And like a sculpture of heavenly craftsmanship, the pale hands held the carving knife, chiseling out a flawless shell with skill reaching the Dao, regaining his original appearance!

The so-called natural perfection, this is probably it, right?

"Half-born, half-raised!"

Pure Yang Steel Refinement, happiness upon happiness, Liang Qu was in a great mood, looking at Long Long Eying.

"How is it? Returning to Innate, regenerating once, do I look better?"

"The Elder is handsome."

"Hey!"

Liang Qu grinned, opening his arms to hug.

Long Long Eying raised her hand to press against his chest.

"Put on some clothes."

"Cough, forgot!"

Liang Qu turned his arm, grabbed the Dragon Spirit Gauze, and draped it over himself.

Turning back into a child, all his clothes fell off. He was too happy in the water and had no feeling at all.

However...

The Dragon Spirit Gauze changed to fit his body.

Liang Qu noticed another major event.

My potential is actually that great?

(End of chapter)