Chapter 237 My fate is in my own hands, and it will take billions of years to turn the elixir into gold!
Looking at the skyrocketing attributes on the panel, Chen Jue couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
The perfection of this [Seven Star Life-Extending Technique] has brought him unprecedented attribute growth. Even the several types of standing exercises that caused him to be reborn could not reach this level.
In addition, a new status bonus has been awakened on the panel:
[The Mystery of Life and Death]: My fate is in my own hands, and it will take billions of years to turn the elixir into gold!
Status level: Level 9
Status description: Once one acupoint is opened, all acupoints will be opened, breaking through the mysterious gate of life and death, connecting the bridge between heaven and earth, and taking control of the universe of living things; can greatly increase the speed of practicing acupoint-type skills.
Status linkage: This status and [Inner Vision] [Insight into the Mysterious World] [Sacred Heart] [Only the Eternal One] and [Sword Qi] can trigger unexpected linkage effects, which the character needs to explore on his own.
Chen Jue looked at the description of the state of [Mystery of Life and Death] and knew that it was a verse taken from a Taoist classic. Then he thought of Liu Bowen, who had extended his life by twelve years. This ancient sage had indeed achieved the initial stage of "my destiny is in my own hands, not in the hands of God."
As for the other sentence "It will take billions of years for the elixir to turn into gold", Chen Jue saw the innate Qi that had formed crystals within the hundreds of orifices in his body through [Inner Vision].
Those Qi crystals, emitting golden light, spread throughout the body, centered around the Shangqu point in the Dantian, and merged with the cellular universe that Chen Jue saw through his [inner vision], like a starry universe that had been opened up for billions of years.
"Connecting the bridge between heaven and earth, taking control of the universe of living things... the mysterious gate of life and death... I have truly broken the limitations of life and death!" Chen Jue sighed in his heart, and took another look at the value in the lifespan column which had skyrocketed by 72 years.
This number is the upper limit of the life span of an average person. Those with poor health and many diseases in old age may not .
In addition to these, what Chen Jue cares most about is the newly appeared status linkage prompt.
This is a new element added to the attribute panel, just like the original combination of [Tiger Roar] + [Dragon Roar], which promoted Chen Jue to rely on horizontal training to force the elixir from the outside to the inside, stimulating him to be reborn.
Since then, Chen Jue knew that the awakened states on the panel were not dead things, but could be used in combination to trigger unexpected effects.
These states linked to [The Mystery of Life and Death] are obviously the advanced states that Chen Jue awakened to after entering the microscopic realm. They are equivalent to pointing out a relatively vague guiding direction for his subsequent practice.
Having just made a breakthrough, Chen Jue still needs to sort out his own situation. He doesn’t have any idea about the linkage of these states yet.
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By observing the internal conditions of his body through [inner vision], Chen Jue discovered that his internal organs had become stronger, his blood flow and oxygen supply had increased, and his mind had become more alert and clear.
Bone density increases, muscle cells become stronger, and even ordinary cells become plump and round, as if you have eaten a tonic soup.
But when he saw the third eye on his forehead, Chen Jue couldn't help but let out a light exclamation.
Because he found that the Sky Eye Crystal condensed by the magnetic field of his mind had become dim and even the surface of the crystal showed tiny cracks, as if the energy had been drained away by the siphon effect just now.
Looking more closely, he saw that the mental magnetic field emitted by the cerebral cortex was replenishing the energy of the Sky Eye Crystal bit by bit, just like a battery whose power was released all at once and needed to be recharged in time.
When Chen Jue was studying "Theory of Relativity" and quantum physics at the base, he had initially pondered the theory of why the two special energies, the mental magnetic field and the innate qi, could form physical crystals.
That is: "Energy can be regarded as the fluctuation of space. It is subject to certain restrictions and is temporarily confined in a certain space, thus forming mass."
The [Seven Star Life-Extending Technique] he had just practiced was equivalent to transforming this theory into a practical technical method. He successfully combined the two energies and triggered a transformation of his body.
"All things carry the Yin and embrace the Yang, and the collision of Qi makes them harmonious."
"Mind...true qi...these two are one yin and one yang...when they merge together, they are called 'spiritual qi'...When the universe was first created, yin and yang were not yet separated, it was primordial chaos, and everything was in its most primitive state."
"The energy of spiritual energy should have been in an undivided state at that time, just like the entropy increase theory mentioned in the Big Bang. After the explosion and expansion from the singularity, dark matter and dark energy were separated from the known ordinary matter energy. Evolution is not just physical evolution. The mind must also undergo transformation and evolution in order to control the physical universe."
At this moment, Chen Jue was affected by the enhanced intelligence he gained during the breakthrough. His mind was opened up and his thoughts were racing. Coupled with the linkage between the states of [Holy Heart] and [Mysterious Gate of Life and Death], he immediately understood the principle of the combination of the spiritual magnetic field and the innate Qi.
However, just as he was deep in thought, the little parrot beside him was influenced by Chen Jue's actions and also began to transform and evolve.
I saw that its body grew nearly twice as large in a short period of time, as if it had been injected with some kind of growth hormone, which accelerated the secretion of growth hormone.
You know, the concentration of the innate Qi inside this mountain is dozens of times higher than the area outside the invisible barrier.
Coupled with the siphon effect caused by Chen Jue's practice, the Qi that seeped out from the rock wall began to turn into a torrent, stimulating the growth and development of the little parrot.
By the time Chen Jue came to his senses, the little guy had grown into a size comparable to that of an adult large bird of prey on Earth.
I saw it shed its down, revealing a body of gray-green feathers. Its pair of half-meter-long wings flapped, creating a strong gust of wind. It chirped twice and actually flew up in panic on the spot!
When Chen Jue saw this, he was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the acceleration of his cultivation would also affect the exotic bird beside him.
Now that it has gotten rid of its fledgling form, it should have entered a stage of rapid development, especially its feathers and wingspan, which clearly show that it already has the initial ability to fly.
"The environment of this strange planet is extremely favorable for the growth of these exotic beasts."
"The little guy has only been hatched for less than a day, and he has already skipped the fledgling stage... If humans begin to enter this planet on a large scale, the evolution should be accelerated, and more extraordinary people should be born..." Chen Jue couldn't help but sigh.
"Da da!" The little parrot was probably evolving and transforming, and had consumed energy. Although it had Qi to replenish itself, the hunger in its stomach and intestines could not be compensated by energy, so it made an anthropomorphic cry towards Chen Jue.
Chen Jue smiled slightly when he saw this, and took out a few human nutrients from the supply box, intending to feed it. He found that this guy just sniffed it, and shook his head at the human nutrients.
"Is the food unpalatable?"
"You are also a picky eater and difficult to serve." Chen Jue touched the little guy's head, swallowed a few nutritional pills, and took the guy out of the base.
After getting dressed neatly and putting on the pair of artificial wooden wings, Chen Jue sent a mental wave of "Follow me" to the parrot, then flapped his arms, activating the [Spreading Wings of the Great Peng] and flew into the sky.
The little parrot also flapped its wings. In the beginning, it was not used to flying, and it flew up and down in the air. Finally, it slowly caught up with Chen Jue, chirping happily. Like the adult parrots, it learned to fly with the help of air currents and soar into the sky.
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The man and the bird flew at high speed hundreds of meters above the forest. After flying hundreds of kilometers and passing through the invisible light curtain, Chen Jue changed direction and flew towards the river.
Originally, it would take several hours to walk this distance on the ground, and one would also have to be on guard against the strange beasts in the forest.
But after acquiring the ability to fly, the whole journey took less than ten minutes.
After using his [Clairvoyance] to lock onto the occasional silver carp that jumped out of the water, Chen Jue sent a signal to the little parrot that was flying beside him. The man and the bird began to circle sideways and slowly landed on the river bank.
After spending five minutes squatting by the river and hunting two half-meter-long carps with a javelin, Chen Jue found a flat piece of land to set up an earthen stove and went to the woods to fetch some firewood.
During this time, seeing that the little parrot was afraid and resisting the flames in the earthen stove, Chen Jue wanted to comfort the little guy, but he didn't expect it to open its mouth and sing, and a sound wave shock visible to the naked eye and about the size of a bowl was emitted from its red beak, which directly extinguished the fire that had just been ignited in the earthen stove.
"You've mastered sonic attacks so quickly?"
“It really is a unique gift!”
Chen Jue's face darkened when he saw this, not knowing whether to be happy or sad. He scolded it, asked it to behave itself, and lit the fire again to continue grilling the fish.
After the two mullets were grilled until they were charred and fragrant, the little guy finally understood Chen Jue's intention. Knowing that the flame was used to grill food, he chirped happily at Chen Jue twice.
After the man and the bird finished sharing the grilled fish, Chen Jue sat by the river and let the parrot generate the same sonic impact several times.
Through careful observation, Chen Jue discovered that the sonic impact of this parrot is actually the result of the compression of the air sacs in the body, which drives the syrinx in the throat, forming a mixed impact of airflow and sound.
The principle is somewhat similar to that of air guns on Earth, but the sonic shock emitted by the parrot is also mixed with ultrasonic waves with extremely high vibration frequencies, and its destructive power is far greater than that of ordinary air guns.
When I think of the little parrot's parents, which are giant birds of seven or eight meters in length, it is no longer appropriate to describe them as air guns. They should be considered real air cannons.
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After replenishing their food and resting for a while by the river, Chen Jue and the parrot flapped their wings and took off again when they saw the strange sun above their heads begin to move westward.
After learning to fly, this little guy has become dependent on the sky. When eating by the river, he was not at all restless and flapped his wings several times to fly into the sky.
If Chen Jue hadn't tried hard to keep him, he would have probably flown away to have fun by now.
Thinking of its age, Chen Jue couldn't help but sigh: "It's just a child! It's normal for it to be active!"
But as soon as the man and the bird flew into the sky, the little parrot began to fly away from the route, but turned around and flew along the river towards the swamp filled with clouds and mist hundreds of kilometers away. It was chirping happily, as if something was attracting it over there.
Seeing this, Chen Jue didn't say anything, but silently flapped his artificial wings and followed.
Chen Jue had noticed the swamp emitting blue light when he was looking down at the earth from the sky before. He wanted to wait until tomorrow to explore it, but when he saw that the little parrot seemed to have some biological instinct, he had to change his itinerary on a whim.
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After flying over the river for more than half an hour and covering more than 200 kilometers, Chen Jue found that the woods below became more sparse as they got closer to the swamp.
Even the color of the land slowly changed from being covered with green vegetation to being wet and muddy.
Occasionally, you can still see some dark green moss and some charred soil, and even the traces of minnows in the river are becoming fewer and fewer.
It was as if I had gone from a vibrant place into a dark, dark and silent place.
As they got closer to the thick fog, Chen Jue became more and more alert. He was about to slow down and circle in the sky nearby to wait and see.
But the little parrot ignored Chen Jue's call and dived into the white smoke.
Seeing this, Chen Jue felt helpless about the naive mind of the young bird, and also flapped his wings to chase after it.
Fortunately, the white smoke was not highly toxic. It was simply water vapor formed by the high humidity in the air. Chen Jue took a few breaths and didn't find any problems.
Not long after flying into the misty swamp, Chen Jue heard bursts of explosions as if stimulated by electric currents, and cries of strange beasts like bulls. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw flashes of lightning dancing in the blurry quagmire, and a burnt smell of electric current piercing flesh was in the air.
And in the thick white fog, Chen Jue, with the enhanced vision of [Clairvoyance], could vaguely see several huge black shadows as big as heavy trucks.
Those black shadows seemed to be fighting for some food, and the lightning emitted from their bodies tore through the clouds, revealing their true appearance.
It was a kind of strange beast without horns, the size of an ox, with a body covered in green scales. The lightning emitted from its body was like a wild silver dance, constantly whipping each other's bodies, and also electrifying the water flow in the swamp, causing steam to rise.
When Chen Jue saw this strange beast, the description of it in the Classic of Mountains and Seas instantly popped up in his mind: "It looks like an ox, with a blue body and no horns... When it enters or leaves the water, there will be wind and rain. Its light is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder. Its name is Kui."
“It’s actually Kuiniu!”
"The extraordinary power that inspires thunder and lightning?"
"Was the blue light I saw before emitted by them?" Chen Jue was excited when he saw this. There are also animals on Earth with similar extraordinary abilities, which are the well-known electric eels.
However, the electric eel's power generation principle is to use up to tens of thousands of muscle sheets on both sides of the body to generate electricity. A single muscle sheet can generate a voltage of 150 millivolts, and when connected in series, the excited voltage can reach more than 800 volts.
Moreover, electric eels generate electricity through water, but the electricity generated by the Kuiniu in front of them formed arcs in the air, like lightning transformed into long whips. The energy contained in those jumping arcs was so great that even Chen Jue, a super-human, could see his eyelids twitching.
"throat!"
"Moo!"
Those Kuiniu probably sensed something flying in the sky, so they stopped fighting each other, roared at the sky, and emitted flashes of lightning into the sky.
Normally, this kind of electric arc would not propagate too far in a normal air environment, but the humidity in this swamp is high, and the water vapor in the air condenses into mist.
Those flickering electric arcs, along with the transmission of the water mist, rose straight into the air like thunder whips and shot towards Chen Jue!
