Chapter 16: Breakthrough
The quiet night, the stars are dotted, and the bright moonlight shines on the earth, setting off a faint white light, like a silver plate, whitewashing the night.
Xu Que was carrying a large cauldron on his back, larger than his person, and a package hung in his hand, filled with countless precious medicinal materials, all of which were bought from the pharmacy in Wuhou City.
Under the shocked gaze of the pharmacy owner, he carried these things and walked out of the city with a relaxed face, all the way into the mountains.
Xu Que was also happy in his heart, feeling that after he stepped into the first layer of the Blood Bath Realm, his body was much stronger, and he crossed two mountains in two hours, and returned to the mountain forest before.
This is the place that he will never forget in his life, he has been bitten by thousands of poisonous insects, and he has also been bitten by poisonous insects, if he can, Xu Que is unwilling to come back, but the last "wash with secret water" recorded in ancient books made him have to return here.
In addition to the precious medicinal materials, he needs countless poisonous insects and poisonous herbs to match in order to form a perfect pot of secret water.
At the same time, what worries him is that after the water boils, the whole person has to step in, this step is recorded in detail in ancient books, and it also shows that this is the most dangerous moment to step on the second floor of the Blood Realm, and people who are too weak in physique cannot survive this level.
But once it succeeds, it is a kind of transformation, a new life, the body is more tenacious and pure, the more essence of heaven and earth is absorbed, and the stars will be brighter.
Xu Que didn't know what other cultivation methods were, but he always felt that this was the stage that a monk must go through.
So he didn't hesitate, he didn't have a choice, he carried the cauldron and began to chop wood to burn the fire, the water is the water in the river, although it is not clear, but it can also be used, the poisonous insects and poisonous weeds are what he has already prepared, and at this moment they are all thrown into the pot, and in the end, looking at the countless precious medicinal materials in the package poured in, he gritted his teeth in distress.
The money that Si Wen borrowed from him was at least hundreds of taels, plus the silver taels he scavenged from the young man, all of which were bought into medicinal herbs, and there was nothing left, and now these things were used to take a bath, and he felt that this might be the most expensive bath in his life.
After all the ingredients and water were boiling, he added some firewood, then got up and reached out to stir it in the pot, and instantly gasped for cold air, and his whole arm suddenly pulled out, red and hot, emitting white smoke, almost half-cooked.
"It's really going to be dead. Xu Que shook his arms and stared at the cauldron and muttered to himself.
He began to doubt the ancient book, and every step seemed like it was killing him, but he had to do it again.
In the past, he was deceived by the black bone pit of the crazy old man, but now he took the initiative to do this, not only to become stronger, but also for the trip to the imperial city in three years, no matter what, he has to go on a trip, if Ji Ling'er is not willing to stay there, he will take her away.
Of course, he didn't think that he had the strength to go to the Imperial City in just three years to dignitaries, and he also had a small abacus in his heart, which was to cultivate to the third layer of the Blood Bath Realm, and then follow the words of the crazy old man to urge the dragon elephant jade in his body, worship their mountain gate, and then use the power of the mountain gate to drive directly to the imperial city.
Although he now knows that Wuhou and those people are very strong, he always feels that the crazy old man will be stronger, and the mountain gate is naturally not much worse, it is much stronger than going alone.
"That Siwen said that I can't stop this marriage, I can't change your fate, but I think I can, so I have to do what I can. Xu Que looked at the night sky, muttered to himself, and immediately took off his clothes and stepped directly into the cauldron.
Phew!
There was an instant sound in the cauldron, as if something was being scalded, Xu Que almost jumped out of it, and his whole body was in severe pain, and he almost fainted in front of his eyes, but it was mentioned in the ancient books that he must not faint.
He bit the tip of his tongue, cheered up, and sat down in the cauldron.
The sharp pain came and went quickly, and Xu Que soon felt that the pain was gone, and he wondered if it was because his meat had been cooked, so he lost consciousness.
He didn't look down, he closed his eyes slightly, and his spiritual consciousness began to concentrate, converging on the Dantian Star Mansion.
That little star reappeared, different from the stars in other people's dantian star mansions, his star mansion was very monotonous, there was only such a star,
The blood tumbled in his body, transpired by the heat, turned into blood and sweat and flowed out of the body, mixed with a little black impurity, but new blood was constantly being created to replenish the body.
This night, he sat in the cauldron and never moved. The firewood under the pot gradually burned out, but he still didn't move.
He died as if he were dead, as quietly as night......
The next day, when the sun rose as usual, the sun fell on Xu Que's body, whitewashing his body into a golden yellow, and it was rejuvenated like the surrounding green mountains and forests.
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound, a crack appeared on Xu Que's stiff cheeks, like a crack on the surface of a stone, and the lines gradually crawled all over his face, followed by his neck, and then his whole body!
He awoke with a startled snap, his eyes suddenly opened, and the swarthy skin on his eyelids was propped up, and then fell off, revealing new flesh that was extremely white.
"Succeeded?" Xu Que looked at the bright earth in front of him, and with joy in his heart, Huo Ran stood up from the pot.
The dander kept peeling off, and he jumped out of the foul-smelling cauldron, turned into a phantom, and ran towards the clear river, and with a pop, leaped into it, and the whole river was flooded with a splash, as if in protest against his actions.
When the epidermis faded, he walked back to the shore, his skin was tender, white and clean, even a little crystalline, there was no longer the slightest wound or toxin, and he was rejuvenated.
Feeling the pores all over his body breathing, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth all the time, and even a trace of faint starry from above the heavenly dome, this is the second layer of the True Blood Realm mentioned in the ancient books, and the second layer of the Blood Bath Realm that he understands is more true.
But in Xu Que's opinion, this seems to be no difference, anyway, he succeeded, the second layer of the Blood Realm! It is exactly the same realm as Si Wen.
He gathered his spiritual consciousness again in the Dantian Star Mansion, and saw the star again, it became more and more bright, the starlight illuminated the darkness around him, and in the corner, he suddenly made a new discovery.
The dragon elephant jade pendant that disappeared in his body that day actually appeared. In other words, there was zĂ i at the beginning, but now it only appears when it is illuminated by the stars.
Before he had time to observe the jade pendant, Xu Que found that a black qi gushed out again, scurrying around in the Star Mansion, as if patrolling in his own territory, always entwining the jade pendant.
The aura of black gas, he felt very kind!
But Xu Que couldn't be happy, because this black gas was most likely the evil gas that the crazy old man said, and it was also mildew, which made him unlucky for himself and bad for others.
He remembered the stargazing conference that day, the coercion on his body was inexplicably broken, and Si Wen punched the meteorite and was beaten by him, which may be due to this black qi.
"Alas, but if it comes to this point, will it also have something to do with this bad luck?" Xu Que was a little melancholy, after becoming a monk, he found that his life seemed to have changed little, everything seemed to have become boring, he spent every day and night in cultivation, and he hadn't even eaten roast chicken for a long time.
So on this day, he sat by the river and started to stay, and only in the evening did he slowly touch his clothes, take out the book "Bloody Deviation" and look at it again, it's time to see the breakthrough method of the third layer of the Bloody Realm.
It's just that after reading the first paragraph above, his face suddenly changed, Huo Ran got up, pulled his legs and ran into the distance.