Chapter 94

The roar and anger of flesh and blood surged like mountains shouting and seas roaring, wave after wave crashing into Feng Mu's body. Skin swelled with pain as if about to split open, bones ached as if about to snap, internal organs buckled under the crushing pressure, as if they would burst into blood plasma the next second.

Yet, the bizarre trembling was like an invisible binding net, winding between skin and bone, tightly restraining the rampaging flesh and blood, maintaining their proper shape. Agony stimulated the nerves, draining color from the eyes, sound from the ears, taste from mouth and nose, until finally even pain gradually numbed, losing all sensation.

All five senses lost, the body seemed to become a silent black prison; divine sense had nowhere to hide, becoming the sole existence. Feng Mu vaguely sensed the "Divine," that existence between the illusory and the real. If the body were likened to the universe, the Divine seemed infinitely small, merely a mote of dust, sought but unseen; yet also seemed infinitely vast, permeating every corner, tangible at a touch.

A thread of realization surfaced in Feng Mu's soul: "Martial Dao connects to the Divine; the Divine is oneself, I am my own Divine!"

The instant the realization surfaced, light appeared in the silent darkness.

White skeletons upheld the dark universe like the vault of heaven; palace after palace of bizarre design stood within, breathing and exhaling like living things, a crimson sea of flesh flowing and swelling among them, squeezing everything.

"This is the body mapped by the Divine!" Feng Mu marveled inwardly. "The crimson sea of flesh is the rampaging flesh and blood, roaring in fury, wanting to devour everything. It has been liberated; the Divine must tame the sea of flesh, turn this liberated power to its own use, weaving it into new palaces."

"But how does the Divine tame the sea of flesh?" Feng Mu pondered.

The answer lay in the breathing and trembling of the entire universe.

Feng Mu used his Divine Sense to perceive his bodily universe, realizing that the bizarre trembling frequency was precisely the whip that tamed flesh and blood — precisely the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 his master Li Guishe had imparted to him.

"Use the Divine to memorize this breathing and trembling, then bit by bit brand it into the flesh and blood, making this frequency an instinct."

Feng Mu knew he had comprehended correctly, because at the center of this universe a line of text suddenly flickered past in a bizarre manner: 【You have comprehended the Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art!】

【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art · First Stage (1/2000)】

The slightly eerie flesh-and-blood universe instantly became not so terrifying.

The hardest barrier had been crossed; the rest would follow naturally.

"Add Points." The divine pronouncement resounded through the entire universe.

【You have comprehended the Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art; this is a heterodox technique, extremely dangerous. The slightest carelessness in cultivation and you might bloom on the spot into a flower.】

【All who obtain this heterodox art must maintain intense mental focus while cultivating; it is hard to operate the Liberation State for long periods in a day.】

【But you are different; from the moment you got this heterodox art, you cultivated it as if possessed.】

【You can go without food or drink, without sleep or rest, spirit forever at one hundred percent focus.】

【You know no fear or dread, operating the Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art twenty-four hours a day; in just one month you cultivated the Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art to the second layer.】

【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art · Second Stage (1/5000)】

【Remaining General Skill Proficiency: 15280】

Stopping at just the Second Stage, Feng Mu paused for now, not daring to continue adding points — not because he begrudged the Skill Points, purely because he feared startling Li Guishe outside.

One second the sea of flesh in the bodily universe was raging violently; the next it was as if leashed, quieting down, beginning to vibrate at a bizarre and special frequency.

Beside the Heart Gong Dian, tendrils of flesh condensed into a Tree-Shaped Gong Dian, breathing in and out.

If Feng Mu went to the Hospital now for a CT scan, the Doctor would tell him that a fist-sized flesh tumor had grown beside his heart, already late-stage cancer, with cancer cells already spread throughout the flesh and blood of his whole body.

Feng Mu himself operated the First Stage state of the Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art, and outside Li Guishe's frequency-control needles lost their effect.

Li Guishe sensed it immediately; just as he thought something had gone wrong, he saw Feng Mu open his eyes on his own.

"Master, I've succeeded; you can remove the needles." Feng Mu's tone was calm.

A look of shock flashed across Li Guishe's face; hearing this his hand trembled and he pulled out the needles, not even wanting the thread, casually flicking them — *chi chi chi* — they lined up in a row, punching dense holes into the stone block beside him.

He reached out and gripped Feng Mu's nape, internal force coursing a circuit through the latter's body; this time he could no longer stay composed, crying out involuntarily: "Not only comprehended it, but directly reached the Second Stage?!!"

Back in the day, I was inducted into the 【Bizarre Fusion School】 by my own master, praised by all my martial uncles as a once-in-a-century genius, yet I still took a full month and a half to cultivate the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 to the Second Stage.

How long has Feng Mu taken? Just the time for a meal, right under my eyelids, and he's at the Second Stage?

I only wanted to show him the door!

Feng Mu realized he had probably truly startled Li Guishe, but he showed no panic, his face resuming that wooden expression.

"This is only the Second Stage; although perhaps a bit startling, it shouldn't scare Master to death directly," he mused inwardly.

"Master transmitted a heterodox true art to me; I return the favor, appropriately displaying some heterodox talent. This way, as the last disciple to enter the sect, I can attract more attention, thereby gaining more resource allocation and focused cultivation from the sect."

Feng Mu calculated inwardly; since he was not walking the Righteous Path, he didn't need to over-conceal. A Righteous Path good-for-nothing and a heterodox genius do not conflict; such an arrangement is perfectly reasonable, no problem at all.

At this moment, Li Guishe stared at Feng Mu with blazing eyes, as if looking at a peerless treasure. His sparse eyebrows twitched, revealing his inner excitement and amazement.

"Good, good; worthy of a disciple delivered by the Ancestral Masters; good thing I didn't dissect him. This kid is a heterodox monstrosity encountered once in five hundred years by my 【Bizarre Fusion School】." Li Guishe rejoiced inwardly.

"One extraordinarily gifted Li Bashan isn't enough; now there's also a heterodox monstrosity Feng Mu." He sighed with boundless emotion.

"My 【Bizarre Fusion School】 is going to flourish; just wait for the two of them to grow, plus once I master the 【Bizarre Demon Technique】... hee hee hee!" Li Guishe couldn't help revealing a trace of cold laughter.

Although his heart was already blooming with joy, Li Guishe still strove to maintain a dignified face, making meaningful glances at Feng Mu, thinking with satisfaction: "This kid is a heterodox genius; perhaps he'll soon advance the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】. When that time comes, I might as well teach him the 【Bizarre Demon Technique】 too."

"No, I must also seize the time, and thoroughly research the 【Bizarre Demon Technique】 as soon as possible." A thought moved Li Guishe; he resolved to redouble his efforts, to advance further on the future road to flourishing.

Li Guishe's heart stirred, and he couldn't sit still for even a moment.

He took out a booklet from his bosom, which recorded in detail the various problems that might be encountered during cultivation of the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】.

He directly tossed the booklet to Feng Mu, saying with a pleasant expression: "You study it yourself first; come ask Master if anything is unclear."

After pondering a moment, Li Guishe returned inside, emerging with several martial arts manuals, stuffing them all into Feng Mu's arms: "Since you've already reached the Second Stage of 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】, cultivating these arts will be no problem; go on."

See, the benefits of displaying talent are immediate.

Holding the manuals, Feng Mu rejoiced inwardly, turned and returned to his own room, and began researching on his own.

He first opened the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 booklet, read it cover to cover, gaining a comprehensive understanding of this heterodox art.

Simply put, the principle of this martial art is to liberate flesh and blood, replacing bone quality, using flesh and blood to do what bone quality cannot.

Inferior bone quality locked in place? No matter; flesh and blood can be kneaded at will — whatever bone-quality shape the martial art requires, I knead the flesh and blood into that shape.

The main selling point is just one thing: can't knead bones, can't I knead flesh and blood?

It follows the concept of substituting a civet cat for the crown prince; fundamentally it is deception — the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 is a martial art specifically designed to deceive other martial arts.

Ordinary people cultivate martial arts; the so-called Righteous Path is to gradually change the shape of bone quality through step-by-step tempering, resonating with the martial art being cultivated.

The 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 instead, on the surface of the bone quality, uses flesh and blood to disguise a "bone-frame outer garment," thereby deceiving the martial art, even deceiving oneself, passing false for true, achieving the legendary "Martial Dao Divine Body."

Naturally, cultivation of martial arts then progresses by leaps and bounds, a new appearance every day.

Of course, where there are benefits there must be drawbacks, and the drawbacks are enormous; otherwise the heterodox would have long since replaced the Righteous Path.

First, Blood Flesh Liberation liberates cancer cells, meaning it replaces the normal cells in flesh with cancer cells; the danger goes without saying.

Second, to control flesh with divine power is nothing but using one's will to suppress and manipulate cancer cells; just thinking about it is ridiculous, and only a madman would dare attempt it.

Finally, given that cancer cells spread faster and faster, it means that for 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】, the cultivation time for each stage is constantly shrinking.

The first stage gives you nine years of cultivation time, the second is shortened to eight years, the third to seven years... until the final ninth stage, which leaves you only one year to complete the cultivation advancement.

The difficulty of each stage increases exponentially, while the cultivation time requirement decreases exponentially; anyone who understands a bit of math will realize how terrifyingly difficult this problem is, and those who can complete it entirely are absolutely one in ten thousand.

The other drawbacks need not be mentioned for now.

In short, the cultivation process of 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 is the cultivator's lifelong battle against cancer; to say that pain and death constantly accompany one is no exaggeration.

Feng Mu's heart was like still water; as a "hundred-year-old man," he never feared the danger of martial arts, he only feared being unable to enter the gate.

As long as he could enter the gate, he would guarantee that no matter whether the road ahead was a heavenly chasm or an abyss, he would tread it day after day, year after year, into a bright and open path.

Just as the great sage Gu Pi once said, there was no land in the world, but once he leveled the mountains and filled the oceans, there would be land.

"This is also my path!" Feng Mu's eyes flickered with determination; he took a deep breath: "Add Points!"

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