Chapter 43: Breakthrough Again! Nighttime Incident!

Night.

In the dim forest.

Fang Yi swallowed another Strong Blood Pill, his qi and blood blazing throughout his body, as if he were engulfed in flames, red light bursting from his blood, exuding a powerful aura.

His body moved freely, fists and feet flying, performing various strange motions in this forest, the whole process agile yet graceful.

At times he waved his hands, blood-red poison flames blazing like burning clouds.

At times he bent his ten fingers like dragon claws, drawing countless afterimages.

At times he suddenly switched to fist techniques, each punch breaking the air with a booming sound.

At times his body swayed, in an instant a haze of afterimages appeared, blood-colored poison gas surging everywhere.

In a short moment, Fang Yi directly switched over a dozen martial arts on his body.

Some were ordinary martial arts, some were entry-grade martial arts.

Various martial arts cycled in his hands, turning as he wished.

Any martial art that reached his hands suddenly erupted with tremendous power, wind howling, poison gas rolling, shocking to behold.

His blood and qi surged all over his body, his blood glowing.

Within him it seemed as if a fiery red sun was bursting forth.

As his techniques grew faster, his qi and blood grew denser, this vigorous sun also emitted ever stronger energy; finally it seemed a cluster of blood-colored flame wrapped around his body. After several hours, with a boom, blood light burst outward, his aura surged, and his strength increased severalfold.

Hu!

Fang Yi finally stopped again, slowly exhaling a mouthful of turbid qi.

The blazing blood light on his body finally began to slowly retract, as if being compressed, growing weaker and smaller until it fully retracted into his physique.

Qi Blood Fifth Layer Realm!

He lowered his head to look at his hands and body, his heart surging.

Finally he broke through successfully!

Qi Blood Fifth Layer, also known as Qi Blood Return to Origin!

As the name suggests, in this realm all qi and blood gather inward, all yuan qi condenses within oneself, and at this stage one's control over one's own qi and blood has reached the utmost.

The blood is thick and heavy; a single drop can crush an ordinary bowl, and wounds heal visibly to the naked eye.

Even control over one's own moisture and sweat has reached an exquisite level.

Can stay submerged for three days without drowning!

Can endure ten days in the desert without thirst!

Even going half a month without food makes starvation unlikely.

Because his blood contains immense yuan qi, it can replenish consumption at any time.

Fang Yi's thought moved, and he summoned the interface.

Name: Fang Yi

Cultivation: Qi Blood Fifth Layer Early Stage

【Skills: Poison Fire Diamond Armor (Minor Mastery 78%), Poison Dragon Claw (Major Mastery 49%), Sever Pulse, Destroy Soul Finger (Minor Mastery 89%), Overlord Poison Fire Palm (Perfected), Poison Shadow Haze (Perfected), Hundred Poisons Lion's Roar Technique (Perfected), Poison Origin Technique (Perfected), Iron Poison Technique (Perfected), Bone-Corroding Fist (Perfected), Eclipse Shadow Step (Perfected), Poison Shadow Demon Blade (Perfected), Poison Slayer Iron Body (Perfected), Bone-Shrinking Poison Technique (Perfected), Soft Cloud Poison Palm (Perfected)】

【Effect: Deadly Poison Secondary Mutation, capable of affecting even Copper Bone Realm experts at most!】

"My internal deadly poison seems to have undergone a new change."

Fang Yi pondered.

The black substance originally within his body had all turned into a crimson luster.

But during this time, this crimson luster kept growing and multiplying, turning into an eerie red light that gradually spread to cover his heart; after several days, this red light enveloped most of his heart, like a mass of divine rosy clouds.

"The heart belongs to fire, and this red light is also fire—could it correspond to the heart?"

Fang Yi muttered to himself.

He did not know whether this change was good or bad.

But for now he could only observe its changes.

Seeing that it was late, Fang Yi's body flickered, vanishing instantly from this place as he rushed toward the city.

Next morning.

Inside the Hall of Hundred Herbs.

Once again a group of physicians gathered together, discussing heatedly.

"Doctor Fang, you've come."

Yesterday's Su Xingyun walked over.

"What's wrong?"

Fang Yi was suspicious.

"Old Li didn't come to work today; not only Old Li, but Old Zhang as well—it seems they've both disappeared."

Su Xingyun whispered.

"They're missing?"

"Yes, just now our apprentice went to their homes to look for them, but their families also said they hadn't seen them, thinking they had come to work early this morning."

Su Xingyun whispered.

"What did the shopkeeper say?"

Fang Yi inquired.

"The shopkeeper has already gone to file a report, saying they were likely kidnapped; the city's situation is growing more chaotic, and it's said many seriously wounded warriors from Cloud Yang City are hiding here, avoiding the light, perhaps they would secretly abduct physicians to seek treatment."

Su Xingyun said in a low voice.

"Is that so?"

Fang Yi thought: "I hope they are safe."

Yeah, I don't know when the chaos in the city will end.

Su Xingyun sighed lightly.

Others also sighed one after another.

Soon they dispersed again and began to busy themselves.

Fang Yi seemed lost in thought.

Has the situation now become this severe?

Some outlaws have started abducting physicians?

I don't know if those abducting them are the same faction or different ones.

Fang Yi suddenly sensed something and turned his head to scan.

He saw only the window not far away.

A red‑clad woman hurried past there, her back blurred, as if she had just been watching.

It's her.

Fang Yi's eyes flickered.

A few more days passed, and Fang Yi kept a low profile, working silently at the pharmacy.

The situation in the city began to change again.

Every day various different news spread.

The most circulated news was still about the constables of the magistrate's office.

During this period, deaths among the constables increased; after a few days, several gold‑rank constables were killed, and silver‑rank constables also died miserably on duty, sparking widespread discussion.

Everyone realized that a mysterious force was deliberately targeting those constables.

Otherwise, they couldn't have suffered such damage.

Even the magistrate's office was shocked.

Prefect Zheng Zhiqiu continually contacted experts, swiftly investigating all this.

Night fell.

Inside the room.

Fang Yi sat cross‑legged on the bed, carefully sensing the changes within his body.

After several days, the red substance in his body had completely turned into a blazing red light, dazzling like divine rosy clouds, enveloping his heart.

One could clearly feel that the toxicity of this red light was now even more overbearing than before.

Interesting.

He murmured softly, manipulating the red light so it appeared at his fingertips.

He felt a hissing sound at his fingertips, the corrosive air faintly twisting, emitting a scorching odor.

Suddenly, Fang Yi retracted the red light, lay down on the bed, and pretended to sleep.

A faint movement came from outside the door, like a gentle breeze, yet he could not be fooled.

Right here.

Don't waste time; seize him quickly and send him out.

Two faint women's voices sounded.

With a crack, the door bolt was shattered from outside.

Two shadows moved at extreme speed, almost instantly appearing before Fang Yi, sealing his major acupoints in an instant, then grabbing his body and rushing out of the room, vanishing without a trace.

In his feigned sleep, a glint of cold light flickered deep within Fang Yi's heart.

It's them!

The green‑clad woman and the red‑clad woman!

Are they the maidservants beside Miss Su?

What do they intend to do?

Without resistance, Fang Yi let them take him out, wanting to see their purpose.

(End of chapter)