Chapter 139: Starlight Body Tempering (Fourth update, requesting everything)

Knock, knock~

As night approached, a knocking sound echoed at the courtyard gate.

After opening the gate, Li Zhangsheng discovered it was Instructor Ning's housekeeper, who held a circular tray in her hands with a Jade Slip resting upon it.

This Jade Slip contained the inherited content of the Azure Dragon Constellation Demon Taming Art!

"Young Master Changsheng, this is what you wanted!" The elderly woman handed the tray to Li Zhangsheng, along with his student badge.

"Thank you for your hard work, ma'am. Would you like to come inside and rest for a while?"

"It's no trouble, this old one's body is still sturdy enough; I shall head back now!"

"Safe travels, ma'am!"

After the elderly woman left, Li Zhangsheng returned to his bedroom impatiently, pressed the Inheritance Jade Slip against his forehead, and then submerged his consciousness into it.

The next moment, as if he had been enlightened by a divine infusion, a massive amount of information surged into Li Zhangsheng's mind, and he quickly absorbed it.

After a long while, Li Zhangsheng slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was dazed at first, then quickly regained its clarity. Unexpectedly, besides the cultivation content for the Azure Dragon Constellation Demon Taming Art, this Jade Slip also recorded a vast amount of experience and insights from predecessors, which could allow Li Zhangsheng to avoid many pitfalls.

Li Zhangsheng did not begin cultivating immediately. He sat quietly on his bed, constantly pondering the key points of this Demon Taming Art; the more he pondered, the more profound and unfathomable he felt it was!

The Azure Dragon Constellation Demon Taming Art was, after all, one of the four major branches of the Star Demon Taming Art, and in some aspects, it naturally far surpassed ordinary Intermediate Demon Taming Arts, even possessing the ability to open Star Apertures.

What is a Star Aperture?

According to the classics, for every Star Aperture opened, a Monster Tamer's physical strength would increase by a small margin, and in times of crisis, one could activate the Star Apertures to use the Starlight Power stored within them for defense.

Simply put, Star Apertures could significantly increase a Monster Tamer's survival capabilities.

Of course, while there were many benefits, there were also quite a few corresponding drawbacks.

First, the process of drawing in Starlight Power to temper the physical body was incomparably painful; if one's will was not firm, one simply could not persist.

Second, during the process of drawing in Starlight Power, one's Mental Power would also undergo a certain degree of tempering; although this was a gradual process, it was definitely not pleasant.

In short, during the cultivation process, both the mind and body would suffer torture, which could be called self-abuse. Only those with a firm will could achieve success.

A newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, and Li Zhangsheng, who held himself in high regard, did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately set about cultivating.

Li Zhangsheng specifically went to the backyard. There were no clouds in the night sky tonight; a full moon hung in the vast sky, and the stars were scattered like a chessboard, setting off the bright moonlight and emitting a dim starlight toward the earth.

Li Zhangsheng did not mind the dirt; he sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes slightly closed, his five centers facing the sky, concentrating his mind and calming his breath, clearing away all distracting thoughts.

Soon, wisps of obscure, wondrous light emerged from all around and poured into his Consciousness Sea in an endless stream.

In the boundless Consciousness Sea, a dim ball of light hung at the center, and 31 tiny specks of starlight slowly rotated around the ball of light like planets.

Li Zhangsheng began to circulate the method of the Azure Dragon Constellation Demon Taming Art, replacing the basic Demon Taming Art to temper his Mental Power.

Switching to a new Demon Taming Art was not as difficult as he had imagined; it could even be described as a natural progression. This had to do with the nature of the basic Demon Taming Art—although it was not as profound as the Azure Dragon Constellation Demon Taming Art, it was the foundation of foundations and was extremely suitable for transitioning to other Demon Taming Arts.

While cultivating, the 31 specks of starlight began to shine brilliantly, and wisps of intangible Mental Power began to vibrate.

Hum~

Accompanied by a barely audible light sound, Li Zhangsheng's whole body trembled involuntarily. His aura flickered in and out, ethereal and unfathomable, difficult to grasp. In an instant, a mysterious and profound connection emerged, vaguely establishing a link with the Azure Dragon Constellation in the sky.

To be precise, it was the Horn Wood Flood Dragon within the Azure Dragon Constellation!

The seven mansions of the Azure Dragon were the Horn Wood Flood Dragon, Kang Metal Dragon, Di Earth Badger, Fang Sun Rabbit, Xin Moon Fox, Wei Fire Tiger, and Ji Water Leopard. These were also the seven levels of the Azure Dragon Constellation Demon Taming Art; for every level successfully cultivated, one could draw in more Starlight Power, and the cultivation and body-tempering effects would be even better.

Hum~

After initially communicating with the Horn Wood Flood Dragon constellation, Li Zhangsheng began to draw in Starlight Power. In the night sky, the two stars representing the Horn Wood Flood Dragon lit up slightly, and wisps of starlight began to fall.

The next moment, the shimmering starlight rained down, clinging to Li Zhangsheng's body surface and bathing him in starlight.

There were many stars in the sky; their Starlight Power appeared the same, but their essence was similar yet different. For example, Taiyang Xing was extremely Yang, Taiyin Xing was extremely Yin, Ziwei Star was noble beyond compare, and some stars were sometimes Yin and sometimes Yang, making them difficult to measure and impossible to generalize.

Even within the same Azure Dragon Constellation, there were certain differences; each constellation had its own attributes and representative objects, and the number of stars also differed.

Among them, the Horn Wood Flood Dragon in the Azure Dragon Constellation belonged to the Wood element and was the head of the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon. The two stars representing it were like the two horns of a azure dragon. The Dragon Horn was the head of battle and killing, hence it was often ominous; the Kang mansion dragon belonged to the Metal element and was the second mansion of the Azure Dragon, serving as the neck of the azure dragon. The dragon neck had the protection of the dragon horn, and its movement affected the whole body, hence it was often auspicious...

In the process of drawing in starlight, the originally intangible and formless Mental Power began to be tainted with Starlight Power, vaguely showing a tendency to transform. This was a gradual process that would take a long time to complete.

At the same time, wisps of killing intent began to affect Li Zhangsheng's mind.

As more and more starlight was drawn in, Li Zhangsheng seemed to be in a sea of stars. Amidst the dazzling starlight, his figure became blurred.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng's expression became solemn. He circulated his Mental Power with all his might, and the Starlight Power clinging to him began to change, as if transforming into tangible yet formless silver needles, slowly piercing into the pores all over his body.

The moment the starlight entered his body, Li Zhangsheng's body trembled visibly. His brows were tightly locked, a painful expression appeared on his face, and he could not help but let out a groan of pain.

Even though he was prepared, the pain of Starlight Body Tempering still exceeded Li Zhangsheng's expectations. The Starlight Power was savage and overbearing, as if ten thousand needles were piercing his body, darting around inside him. This pain that went deep into his bone marrow was something he would never forget.

Wisps of blood seeped out from every pore, and within a few breaths, his clothes were dyed bright red, becoming a blood-stained garment.

Li Zhangsheng did not give up on his cultivation!

Although the process was extremely painful, the Starlight Power was also constantly tempering his physical body, washing his tendons and cutting his marrow, and smoothing out his limbs and bones.

During this process, Li Zhangsheng could vaguely perceive that his physical strength was slowly increasing, which greatly boosted his spirits and filled him with high morale, making him forget the pain to a greater or lesser extent.

(End of this chapter)