Chapter 375: Qi Becomes the Mysterious Whale (Part Two)

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At the peak of the Inverted Mountain, various beast-forms kept shifting positions—some using the Thunder Dragon as spine, some as heart, some as skeleton or membrane—continuously recombining.

"Ao~"

Among the forms, the Thunder Dragon let out a long cry, wandering through the air, at times snatching up a cluster of beast-forms; not far away, a phantom like a Vajra with dragon shadows coiling around its body, and on another side, a dragon and a tiger embracing like a hammer.

All manner of beast-forms and weapon-forms, centered on these three great forms, ceaselessly shifted and flowed, while the Ten Thousand Blades Spirit Dragon wandered among them, linking everything together.

"Thunder Dragon, Long Chan Vajra, Dragon-Tiger Heaven…

At the stone stele, Li Yuan sat cross-legged. After the metamorphosis of his talent, his grasp of the Mysterious Whale's Qi grew ever more effortless; even a slight distraction did not affect the combination of his transformations.

A normal martial artist, to create a martial art, must transform their own true Qi into various forms—not only does it consume true Qi, the mental drain is also immense. To combine and shift forms so nimbly is absolutely impossible.

"Adding the Thunder Dragon to the lightning form greatly increases stability, but adding the Long Chan Vajra on top of it still has points that need mulling over."

The Thunder Dragon was very careful; rather err on the side of speed than make a mistake. Long ago, accompanied by a cry, Li Yuan reappeared. The newly born Li Yuan seemed little different from before, but in truth, within him had already been earth-shattering changes.

That boy, has he switched to cultivating someone else's true Qi? That aura—why does it so resemble the Dragon Demon Heart Scripture of my family… A chill in his viscera, the Thunder Dragon focused his perception and saw the internal organs, under the irrigation of Fan Xiu's Qi, gradually begin to glow, and within the reflection of the Heart Sea, the seven viscera and eight bowels were also undergoing subtle changes.

The giant whale roamed among the clouds and mist; at a certain bound, it had astonishingly grown a pair of wings. With a flap it leapt down from the clouds, transforming into a Li Yuan, then suddenly dove to the ground as a giant tiger, letting out a deafening tiger's roar.

Why is it so white outside?

The Thunder Dragon muttered to himself.

In the Thunder Dragon's perception, his skin tightened inch by inch, his great sinews taut as bowstrings, bones grinding and emitting sounds like clinking jade…

"Hoo!"

Tonight the moonlight was hazy, the night very white, but it shouldn't be possible to be white to this extent. The little tiger Hu Zai Zi felt a tightening in his heart.

Transforming Mysterious Whale true Qi into combinations of forms—success or failure aside, at worst it wastes some time. But when it comes to one's own true Qi, one careless slip and it's qi deviation.

In the long sky, only remained a single beast, shaped like a Li Yuan, yet bearing several degrees more of a vast, primordial presence than the original Li Yuan.

Dragon Tiger Temple is tight inside but loose outside; in two years, they haven't discovered this building's master.

Hoo

Then, the swelling Li Yuan form—various beast-shapes faintly visible—at a glance, as if dozens or hundreds of beast-heads had sprouted from all over his body.

The Thunder Dragon finally nailed down the key points.

"Refreshing!"

In the place of spiritual light, Li Yuan, who had been chasing Wan Wan Leishi, let out a trembling cry, then dispersed. Before, it had been the reenactment within the Mysterious Whale Mi Jing.

That great pill can not only nourish the body, support the transformation of true Qi, and nurture the spirit, it is also a peerless holy medicine for healing wounds.

But Li Yuan's true Qi is already inferior to Dragon Tiger Temple's several supreme arts, and now with such an immediate improvement, it's somewhat horrifying.

Like whale, like dragon; not whale, not dragon.

The Mysterious Whale has a hundred transformations, but to be safe, the surface must still appear as a Li Yuan form, to avoid being guessed as the master of the Rending Sea Mysterious Whale Hammer…"

Combining transformations is not tedious like that—at least for the Thunder Dragon, this feeling of creating things with a flick of the fingers gave him a sense of having already Daoist Yu Hua and become an immortal. He didn't feel it tedious, even immersed himself in it.

In the darkness, it seemed there was a surge of airflow.

Boom!

Convinced there was no problem, and that leaving the viscera empty would not affect things, he finally let out a long breath and withdrew from the Mysterious Whale Mi Jing.

Even in a state of deep concentration, the Thunder Dragon himself was startled. Of course he knew that the strength of true Qi also determined the might that various Wu Gong could unleash.

Beneath the Inverted Mountain, the giant beast built from a hundred beasts thunderously dispersed, vanishing into countless shadows of light.

A hundred and eighty-odd forms, merged into one.

"Li Yuan!

Fan Xiu murmured; the giant beast before his eyes truly had a certain…

Unsettling quality.

"Long Chan Vajra!"

Often takes a very long time.

At the peak of the Inverted Mountain, the wind howled. A massive shadow streamed down, several hundred meters across. Under the Thunder Dragon's gaze, in midair was a 'giant beast' that combined all forms.

What is that?

But on closer look, it was not pure white; within seemed to be contained all manner of colors. Beneath the white surface, it was riotously colorful.

He didn't know how long had passed when the Thunder Dragon felt it was about right. The Li Yuan true Qi spread throughout his body suddenly trembled, shifting from its original blue-white hue to a pure white.

Daoist Li was a steady temperament; even though very excited, he still calmed his heart and combed through this Mysterious Whale combination from beginning to end several times.

The Divine Viscera Scripture is about to break through…

The little tiger Hu Zai Zi focused his perception, and faintly felt that within there seemed to be a python winding about, making 'shhh' sounds.

"Thunder Dragon as skin, Vajra as spine, Dragon-Tiger as bone, Ten Thousand Blades Spirit Dragon as sinew… the various forms fill in as flesh and blood… the viscera, leave them empty for now!"

The moment Fan Xiu's thoughts stirred, thunder and lightning rang out across the sky.

Glancing back at the little temple, the little tiger Hu Zai Zi lightly leapt, already over the wall. Just as he was about to jump back, he suddenly sensed something amiss.

Falling, it becomes a giant whale; rising, a giant bird; entering the clouds, a dragon; entering the mountains, a tiger; entering the rain, thunder; thunder flashing like lightning!

Buzz!

The first to be affected by the transformation of true Qi was the Mysterious Whale's dragon body.

Thoughts turning in his mind, Daoist Li himself could not help secretly praise the prudence. Only then did he close his eyes, and amid the curling smoke, slowly closed his eyes and began to alter the combination of transformations.

Gathering his thoughts to sense the changes within himself, after a moment the Thunder Dragon forcibly reined in his mind. Like restructuring the Qi channels and meridians within his body, this mattered greatly and could not be neglected.

In truth, it was tempering.

From the inside out of his visualization, the Fan Xiu true Qi flowing within his body also changed accordingly, surging violently centered on his dantian, the acupoints of both feet, and both palms.

The moonlight was hazy, the night deepening.

Hoo~

At that moment, the drawback of a world-shaking talent revealed itself without a doubt; with a flick of his fingers, Thunder Dragon also kept visualization in his heart, and the various Profound Whale true Qi was controlled with perfect ease, as if it were an extension of his arm.

The courtyard, or rather the room where Thunder Dragon was, was shrouded in white darkness; even the faint moonlight that shone down seemed to vanish upon touching it, like an abyss devouring one's gaze.

"In the Northern Sea there is a fish, its name is Kun… Daoist Master, that is, Dragon-Kun!"

"Ancient Elephant!"

Sizzle~

Thunder Dragon pressed both fists behind his chest, feeling his blood and Qi boiling. After a while, he finally restrained the excitement in his heart, sat cross-legged, and ended his deliberation and recollection.

But that Profound Whale Diagram was a Wu Gong created with Li Yuan as the foundation and core, so naturally it required this trouble.

"Hoo!"

One beast-shape after another, one weapon-shape after another, were visualized by me.

"Mysterious Color!"

Hum~

Thunder Dragon flicked a finger, and the giant beast formed by the Profound Whale true Qi let out a tremendous roar.

"With visualization in the heart, true Qi transforms.

"Dragon-Tiger Heaven-Shaking!"

Thunder Dragon only felt his body tighten; the change in true Qi instantly fed back into his body. His tendons, bones, viscera, and skin membrane all tightened, as if about to collapse and contract inward.

Thunder Dragon slammed a fist onto the stone tablet, his heart surging with excitement. Wasn't that scene before his eyes exactly like what he had once imagined?

And the greater benefit was tempering the viscera.

Inside the room, Fan Xiu lit calming and focus-inducing incense. Only after the smoke curled and drifted did he close the doors and windows, then sat cross-legged once more.

"Profound Whale Dragon!"

Between the viscera, mysterious colors interwove like a deep pool. Between the seven organs and eight viscera, flowing light flickered, and the Li Yuan Qi that merged into them changed along with it.

"Gray Eagle!"

"Harrier Eagle!"

The little tiger cub quietly walked out of the bushes, very carefully avoiding the great temple opposite, and walked toward the courtyard like an unusually clever cat.

"Daoist Master is about to succeed!"

"Li Yuan's heart Qi, compared to Fan Xiu's true Qi,

is far weaker…"

That horizontal-training ultimate art, nourished by Li Yuan's heart Qi, was the first to undergo change. The contraction and tightening of tendons, bones, and skin membrane were precisely the signs of that ultimate art's transformation.

In the white water, there was unmistakably a dragon over a zhang long swimming about. At first glance, it seemed somewhat familiar; upon closer look, he realized it was Fan Xiu's true Qi.

Fan Xiu let out a long breath, feeling the refreshing pleasure of a difficult problem that had troubled him for days finally being solved.

After a long while, Thunder Dragon's true thought stirred.

"Blood Jiao!"

"Abstract, it is a bit abstract, but, that counts as success!"

These past days, he had tried countless fine adjustments. Though he wouldn't say he was fully confident now, he did know how to combine positions. After combining several more times, he already had a clear idea in his heart.

Or tiger or eagle, or lion or fish, or ape or hammer.

"A bit abstract."

Then, lightning radiance flowed like water, the giant beast's form shifted, and in the blink of an eye it had transformed into a giant whale with deep blue skin—and that was only the beginning.

Whoo whoo

Accompanied by a dragon's cry, Li Yuan reappeared amid lightning and thunder, swimming through the air, with electric radiance spreading around him like tides and waves.

"Plume Eagle!"

From Yi Bai Xing to one hundred thirty shapes, the combination space greatly increased. Li Yuan gathered his mind to ponder, ceaselessly deliberating.

The newly born Li Yuan heart Qi was also extremely effective in tempering the viscera!

Then, Thunder Dragon rose to his feet, one hand pressing the tablet, the other pointing lightly into the air.

A long while ago, accompanied by a tremendous hum, Fan Xiu fell sitting onto the ground, his mind stretched to the limit, staring with full concentration.

Li Yuan trembled violently, transforming into a skin membrane, wrapping up all the various beast heads and beast shapes within. After a moment of violent shaking,

Normally, altering the true Qi combination is like re-cultivating an ultimate divine art, requiring the preparation of countless things, but with the Dragon-Tiger Minor Pill in his belly, all that could be completely ignored.

Boom!

Cautiously approaching the room door, he peered through the crack. In the pitch darkness, Thunder Dragon sat cross-legged, true Qi enveloping him like white water.

A Vajra phantom interwove outward, hands pressed together in prayer, dragon coiled at waist and hips.

Normally, if a martial artist wishes to alter the shape-combination, he must begin by altering the true Qi, which also involves the Qi vessel network, viscera, tendons and bones, visualization, and so on.

"Visualization, true Qi, Qi vessels

once, twice

The various shapes he had visualized manifested one by one, like the immortals of legend creating things out of void.

Dragon and tiger cried out together, walking out from the various lights and shadows, colliding and flowing into each other without cease.