Chapter 268 Radiation distortion, concern
With the cultivation of [Suzaku Guiding Technique], Chen Jue felt that his body's hematopoietic function seemed to have been enhanced by dozens of times.
In particular, the bone marrow responsible for blood production in the body, after absorbing some of the energy transmitted by Suzaku, became like boiling oil in a raging fire, continuously accelerating the production of large numbers of blood cells.
The fusion of the original qi would consume a lot of blood and spiritual energy.
Now, one of these two shortcomings is made up by the spiritual crystals in Bai Ze's nest, combined with the continuous replenishment of the practice of [Bai Ze Guiding Technique]. The other is made up by the energy transmitted from Suzaku to promote the transformation of the bone marrow.
Coupled with the true Qi crystals accumulated in his body, Chen Jue felt that his body had turned into a furnace, inputting the three energies of blood, Qi, and spirit to continuously produce this martial arts energy.
Until all the acupoints in the body, including the Dantian Qi point, are filled, this huge martial arts energy will begin to penetrate and fill the meridians and cells.
Chen Jue's body began to radiate incredible heat energy, as if he had turned into a small scorching sun, standing in this nest.
As for the blood surging in his body, just like the change that Suzaku encountered, it also began to appear partially semi-energy and semi-material.
Of course, the part that tends to be energized is mainly the plasma in the blood. This part is originally composed of water and non-protein organic matter and is used to supply energy. Now it is replaced by the surging Qi.
The originally highly differentiated blood cells in the blood, such as platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells, have undergone varying degrees of metamorphosis and are beginning to tend to return to a higher level of stem cell form.
Under Chen Jue's [inner vision] observation, these originally highly differentiated blood cells are undergoing self-division and accelerating proliferation.
"So this is how Suzaku's hematopoietic function is enhanced!"
"The blood cells are also reset to the state of hematopoietic stem cells? Can they divide infinitely?" Looking at the transformation at the cellular level, Chen Jue was shocked and recalled the scene when he was practicing the [Bai Ze Guiding Technique] again.
The same thing happened to his brain tissue at the beginning, and some brain cells showed signs of reverting to neural stem cells.
However, this time the mutation in the blood was far more beyond his expectations than the changes in the brain.
Because he could feel his blood being infected by the nuclear radiation energy from Suzaku. Every blood cell produced was no longer as vibrant as before, but instead was tainted with a hint of destruction.
This feeling is extremely contradictory!
Just like the star, the Sun, which is clearly a product of thermonuclear fusion. The entire star emits high temperatures inside and outside that are high enough to destroy everything, but the sunlight it radiates can nourish many living things on Earth.
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This long transformation took a full three natural days.
Yun Xiaomei, who was standing by, was always worried, because in her perception, Chen Jue's body was like a volcano on the verge of erupting.
The astonishing heat radiating from his body continued to scorch the air around him.
If Bai Ze and Zhu Que had not kindly reminded her that Chen Jue was fine, Yun Xiaomei would probably have been unable to resist and forcibly interrupted Chen Jue's body transformation, which was of no good or bad.
When Chen Jue opened his eyes and stopped practicing, the burning sensation on his body gradually faded away and retracted into his body.
"Brother Chen Jue, are you okay?" Yun Xiaomei asked with concern.
"It's nothing serious. You just absorbed too much energy and your body is slowly adapting." Chen Jue smiled at her, but a barely perceptible worry flashed in his eyes.
Because just when he stopped practicing, he subconsciously glanced at the attribute panel.
Although his physical attribute was increased to 12.62 by the [Suzaku Guidance Technique], a new negative status [Radiation Distortion] appeared after his lifespan column.
The lifespan attribute directly dropped to a value of 351, which directly shortened the lifespan by more than 100 years!
[Radiation distortion]: Your body is undergoing unpredictable mutations due to long-term exposure to high concentrations of radiation.
Status level: Level 9
Status Effect: Under the influence of this status, the human body's organs, tissues, cells, DNA, and genes will experience uncontrollable symptoms such as destruction, recombination, collapse, and regeneration.
Looking at this negative effect, Chen Jue's heart moved: "Sure enough, my previous guess is correct. Suzaku's illness is caused by long-term exposure to large doses of radiation."
"The reason why it can suppress this kind of distortion is that it relies on the continuous replenishment of the blood-forming function, and the interference of the mind's will on the body, which gives the energy form an extra layer of outline boundary, so that it can tend to be stable."
"Once this boundary is lost, overflow will occur... What overflows is not only the body's energy, but also tissue cells and so on..."
At this moment, Chen Jue finally understood what "too much is as bad as too little" meant. This is the price paid on the road of cultivation, and it is also the so-called going astray.
Just like the founder of Jeet Kune Do who used electric shocks to stimulate muscles, which eventually led to heart failure and his untimely death.
Whether it is the Kuiniu Daoyin Technique, the Bai Ze Daoyin Technique, or the Suzaku Daoyin Technique, they are all cultivation techniques of these strange beasts with special body structures.
Once humans try to imitate cultivation, although their physical fitness will be rapidly enhanced in the early stages, the ultimate result is an imbalance between the body and the mind, plus the intake of negative energy such as nuclear radiation, which will cause physical deformation.
“It’s troublesome!”
"It seems that this kind of radiation is not so easy to eliminate..." Chen Jue sighed inwardly.
Fortunately, this time, although he paid the price of more than a hundred years of life, his strength increased by leaps and bounds.
The amount of martial arts energy stored in the body has increased by more than ten times compared to before the transformation!
This is a qualitative change caused by quantitative change!
The Gang Qi energy begins to form a semi-solid form in the body from a gaseous state, greatly improving its storage efficiency.
In addition to the improvement of hematopoietic function and spiritual energy, the efficiency of converting qi when the body practices [Pure Yang Gong] also increases significantly.
Chen Jue felt that with his current combat ability, it should be particularly easy for him to face Bai Ze who was out of control before.
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After exiting the state of cultivation, Chen Jue glanced at the two divine beasts that were lying down and sleeping.
Bai Ze is now using the spiritual crystal in the nest to repair its broken horns.
According to Yun Xiaomei's description, Bai Ze had been communicating with Zhuque constantly over the past few days and had found a preliminary solution to his mental disorder.
Zhuque also swallowed a large amount of spiritual crystals, and completely consolidated his half-material, half-energy body. He also fell into a deep sleep.
Of course, Yun Xiaomei has not been idle during these few days. She has been holding the Bai Ze map and constantly observing the true forms of the strange beasts on it, constantly perfecting her own way of all beasts.
Seeing that the aura emanating from Sister Yun was much stronger than before, Chen Jue felt relieved: "Little sister, I plan to return to Earth."
"Is it because something went wrong with the previous training?" Yun Xiaomei's eyes showed concern.
"Something went wrong! Little sister, do you still remember the level of cultivation I mentioned before?" Chen Jue asked.
Little Sister Yun nodded and responded, "Remember, it's the tenth level of body forging to the extraordinary level, and then it's the void level where the physical body travels across space."
"These three levels are my initial ideas when I just left Earth. There is nothing wrong with the direction of cultivation, but some details still need to be improved."
"Currently, there are two routes to the extraordinary level, one is physical extraordinary, and the other is spiritual extraordinary. Both routes can reach the level of manifestation of the saints. However, there are still some doubts that need to be resolved in the transition from manifestation of the saints to stepping into the void." Chen Jue explained truthfully, and at the same time stretched out a finger, bit it, and squeezed out a drop of red-gold blood from it.
After the blood was squeezed out of the finger, it took on a jelly-like form. The blood emanated red-gold energy and was wrapped in a simple outline.
Sister Yun was also very smart. When she saw that Chen Jue's blood had turned into this special form between energy and matter, she quickly recalled Chen Jue's previous question to Suzaku, blinked her eyes and said, "Brother Chen Jue, are you the same as Suzaku, both of you have entered the Half-Step Void Level?"
"This form of the body tending to be energy-based has a great impact on lifespan. I am not sure yet whether it is the true Half-Step Void Level. It is also possible that my cultivation method is wrong and I have gone astray."
"The Taoist classics mention the concept of refining the void and merging with the Tao. I have to go back and study it carefully so that I can fill in the blank area between the Manifestation Level and the Void Level." Chen Jue explained.
Sister Yun was thoughtful after hearing this, and finally smiled sweetly at Chen Jue: "Brother Chen Jue, don't worry and go back! You have been away from Earth for such a long time, you must be missing home."
"Brother Sun Wu and Sister Luo Qiong are at the base, and there are so many people, so there will definitely be no problems. I have Bai Ze, Zhu Que, and Xiao Wu to accompany me here, and I have to continue to look at this Bai Ze map and use these spiritual crystals to perfect my true meaning of martial arts."
"I also have to work harder. I can't always leave all the problems to you, Brother Chen Jue, to solve. This will only hold you back!" Yun Xiaomei said this with an attitude of encouragement.
Chen Jue nodded with satisfaction when she said that, and said with a smile: "Many hands make light work. My own strength alone is definitely limited. Little sister, you are already at the forefront of human evolution. Only if we verify each other's practice and constantly improve the theory can we go further on this road."
"By the way, where did the little parrot go ?" Chen Jue turned his head and looked around the nest that was emitting seven-color light, but there was no trace of the little guy.
"The little parrot went to get water and look for food. The food in the backpack has been eaten up. It has been hunting these days." Yun Xiaomei explained.
"Ming-ming!" Just as he was speaking, he saw the little parrot flapping its wings and flying in from outside the nest at a low altitude.
After not seeing it for a few days, it had grown a lot bigger. Its two huge claws each held a bundle of dry firewood and a strange beast, and its beak held a special water cup, looking exhausted.
"It seems that you have tamed this little guy well. He now knows how to get supplies." Chen Jue couldn't help but praise it when he saw it returning with a full load.
"It's not about taming! It's about teaching! The little parrot is actually very smart, just like the children in the village." Yun Xiaomei hugged the little parrot lovingly and whispered a few words in its ear.
"Da da!" Probably knowing that Chen Jue was about to leave, the little parrot put down its supplies, spread its wings, and wrapped Chen Jue in its arms with a reluctant look on its face, rubbing against him constantly as if it was acting coquettishly.
"Little guy, remember to listen to your mother after I leave." Chen Jue patted its thick body and touched its feathers.
"Oh~" The little parrot nudged Chen Jue with its head. This little guy has been staying with Chen Jue since birth, and now it feels reluctant to part with him temporarily.
As the masters of this planet, the alien beasts also have their own emotions and desires, just like the reasonable fairies in myths and legends.
They are intelligent life forms different from the animals on Earth, and in some emotional aspects they are no less than humans.
Seeing this heartwarming scene, Yun Xiaomei's heart was also moved. She picked up the sun wheel from the side and handed it to Chen Jue: "Brother Chen Jue, Bai Ze said before he fell asleep that he wanted to give this thing to you."
"It said you helped it get rid of the chaos, and before it had a chance to repay you, it took this sun wheel as a thank you gift."
Chen Jue took the sun wheel and felt that it had become much heavier than before. The red-gold halo on it seemed like it was being charged.
Although he couldn't figure out the purpose of this thing for the time being, Chen Jue still planned to take it back to study it: "When Bai Ze wakes up, thank it for me."
After saying that, Chen Jue tied the roulette wheel to his body, spread out his folded alloy wings and tried to fly away from the nest, but was stopped by Yun Xiaomei.
"Brother Chen Jue...wait..." Yun Xiaomei's face suddenly turned red, as if she wanted to say something, but she hesitated.
Chen Jue sensed a strange wave of spiritual fluctuations emanating from her, and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
"Nothing... nothing... I just want you to come back soon! I'm afraid Xiaowu will miss you too much..." Yun Xiaomei's face was as red as an apple, her eyes darted around and she didn't dare to look directly into Chen Jue's eyes.
Her whole face is like a ripe red apple, and there is a shyness between her brows, making her look like a young wife sending her husband to work.
"Okay! I'll come back as soon as possible!" Chen Jue nodded and agreed.
Just as he finished speaking and was about to turn around and leave, Chen Jue felt something approaching quickly, and it felt like something warm was touching his left cheek quickly.
Looking back, Yun Xiaomei, who had just succeeded in the sneak attack, had now used her body skills to quickly retreat behind the little parrot.
The little parrot flapped its wings and kept chirping happily: "Mommy! Kiss! Dada!"
At this moment, Chen Jue realized that the elf girl he met in the old forest of Gongshan was no longer as innocent and naive as before, but had reached the age of 20 when she was just beginning to fall in love.
Touching the warm trace on her cheek and feeling the girl's budding love, Chen Jue didn't say much, just smiled slightly and shouted to her: "Little sister Yun, wait for me to come back!" Then he spread his wings and flew out of the nest. He felt that in this world, besides his grandfather, he finally had one more person who was in his heart.
