bathroom.
Ni Kun stood by the bathtub, activating the new ability of "Water Spirit Bloodline" he had acquired after his rebirth. With a slight hook of his finger, a stream of water rose from the tub, wrapping around him like a snake, starting from his neck and spiraling downwards, giving him a bath.
"This ability is quite convenient. I can give you a bath in the future... Bah! This ability is so useless! I have plenty of girls to give me a bath. What do I need this ability for?"
Ni Kun muttered something and controlled the water flow to rub off the dry and broken skin left on his body. He then took a ball of water from the bathtub and poured it over his head to rinse his whole body. Then he jumped into the bathtub, without breathing or holding his breath, and directly submerged his entire head in the water.
With his whole body submerged in water, Ni Kun suddenly felt a cool breath seeping into his blood vessels from his skin, making him feel not suffocated at all.
"So this is the 'breathing underwater' ability?
"Instead of breathing like fish, they directly use their skin to absorb oxygen from the water and absorb it into their blood?
“It feels more efficient than breathing with your lungs!”
Ni Kun felt it for a while and was quite satisfied with the underwater breathing ability.
He then tried to activate other abilities of his water spirit bloodline, and suddenly discovered that when he wanted to move underwater, he could make the water near his hands and feet become "solid and solid" at will.
This allows the hands and feet to exert full force as if they were "down to earth" on land.
At the same time, the body will be covered with an invisible "film", greatly reducing the resistance of water flow.
The originally strong resistance of water flow becomes almost the same as that of air on land.
"So you can 'swim at high speeds' underwater?
“I wonder if I can be as fast as Aquaman… maybe I can?
"The water becomes as solid as the land near my limbs, and the resistance is only about the same as that of air. If I perform the 'Speedy Water Without Trace' light skill underwater, won't I be able to fly?"
The water spirit blood obtained in this transformation, like the wood spirit blood, is more auxiliary.
It can also work wonders in certain circumstances.
In particular, this water spirit bloodline can give a certain degree of bonus to the wood spirit bloodline, enhancing the ability of the wood spirit bloodline.
For example, now, when Ni Kun presses his hand on the bathtub, sprouts and branches and leaves will grow directly on the wooden board of the bathtub.
He would not have been able to do this in the past.
Before, he could only bring vitality to dead branches that were not completely dead yet.
Wood that has long lost its vitality and has been made into tools does not have the ability to be stimulated to life.
Not only has the ability of the wood spirit bloodline improved to a certain extent.
The Fire Spirit bloodline was also enhanced to a certain extent due to the improvement of the Wood Spirit bloodline's ability.
Ni Kun raised his right hand, and with a thought, there was a bang, and a three-foot-five flame rose above his palm.
Then the flames spread rapidly from his palm to his shoulder, turning his entire arm into a flaming arm.
He then raised his left hand, and flames burst out from his entire left arm.
In the past, his flames could only be three feet high, and he could control them freely within a three-foot range around him.
Now the flame height and control distance have been increased by half a foot.
In the past, when his hands were angry, only the palms were on fire, but now both arms, from the fingertips to the shoulders, were covered with flames.
As Ni Kun's mind moved, the flame compressed and condensed on the surface of the skin on his arms, making his arms look as if they were condensed from flames, giving a bit of a "Thunderfire" feeling.
"The three bloodlines coexist without conflict...
"The spiritual source of the fire spirit bloodline is in the heart, the spiritual source of the wood spirit bloodline is in the liver, and the spiritual source of the water spirit bloodline is in the kidneys. Each is in its place, and has it achieved a small cycle of water giving birth to wood and wood giving birth to fire?"
Ni Kun pondered in his heart:
"The five internal organs, the five elements, the five qi return to the origin...
“So if I can gather all five bloodlines of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, wouldn’t I be able to fly to the sky?
"For example, fuse the five bloodlines into 'Five Elements Bloodline', then upgrade it to 'Innate Five Elements', and play with the five-color divine light?
"Well, that's interesting!"
If he hadn't obtained the Reincarnation Watch, Ni Kun would never have had such a luxury.
But now that we have the reincarnation watch, all our ideas may be possible.
After briefly testing the abilities of the "Water Spirit Bloodline" and the benefits it brings to the Wood Spirit and Fire Spirit, Ni Kun closed his eyes and meditated, sensing the changes in his own body.
The water spirit bloodline also improves physical fitness to a certain extent.
What is mainly strengthened is his digestive system, the blood's self-purification ability, and the ability to transport nutrients and energy.
The strengthening of the digestive system will allow him to absorb more nutrients.
The improvement of the blood's self-purification ability can make his body renewed day by day, and harmful substances will not accumulate day by day.
As for the improvement of blood's ability to transport nutrients and energy, it can improve his physical fitness in all aspects.
Strength, endurance, flexibility, etc. have all been greatly improved.
Moreover, the spiritual source of the "Water Spirit Bloodline" is in the kidneys, so the ability of Ni Kun's kidneys has naturally increased explosively.
This improvement is undoubtedly what makes Ni Kun most satisfied.
In fact, the initial level of Martial Saint in the Human Immortal Martial Arts is to "train the marrow and replace the blood", making the bone marrow as white as frost and the blood as white as mercury, producing powerful new blood and providing the body with stronger energy.
Ni Kun is still far from reaching that realm, but he has partially possessed the characteristics of "blood like mercury slurry" by borrowing the spiritual power of the "Yuanpin Dzi Bead".
This time, he was reborn, and his blood was further strengthened by the "Water Spirit Bloodline".
Not to mention martial arts, at least in terms of pure physical fitness, he is one step closer to becoming an initial-level martial saint.
After a comprehensive examination of the changes in his body, Ni Kun raised his wrist again, looked at the reincarnation watch, and prepared to take stock of the "Taoist"'s legacy.
By the way, when Zhu Yuyan prepared hot water and asked him to take a bath, he did not deliberately cover his watch.
However, Zhu Yuyan turned a blind eye to the watch - it was not because she was a mature woman and would not ask questions that she shouldn't ask, so she pretended not to see it, but she really treated the watch as air.
So Ni Kun speculated, could this reincarnation watch only be seen by those who have undergone reincarnation?
Even the reincarnators may not be able to see the watches of other reincarnators?
Do we have to wait until the reincarnator dies before we can see the watch on the corpse?
Otherwise, if one could see it at a glance, then wouldn't it be possible to recognize the identity of the hostile reincarnationist at a glance in any missions such as team competition or faction fighting?
Ni Kun felt that his guess was reasonable.
Every reincarnationist should only be able to see his own reincarnation watch and the watches of deceased reincarnationists.
Even if the reincarnator is dead and his body falls into the hands of a native of the reincarnation world, the reincarnation watch should not be seen.
Otherwise, wouldn't the Moon Worshiper, who originally possessed the "secret treasure trove", have already become a reserve reincarnation?
Obviously, the Moon Worshiper was not qualified to be a reincarnator, so he could not see the reincarnation watches on the five corpses.
As for why this is the case...
It should be due to the difference at the soul level.
My thoughts wandered a little.
Ni Kun gathered his thoughts and said silently:
"Check the relics."
The LCD screen of the Samsara watch lit up slightly, and a holographic image popped up.
It was an image of a strange-looking black horse, skinny and like a skeleton.
At the same time, a cold electronic voice sounded in my mind:
"Reincarnator 1546411 once spent reincarnation points and origin crystals to open up a pet space × 1 in the reincarnation watch, which can carry three units of living creatures and mounts.
"The current mount in the pet space is: Nightmare Demon Horse x 1.
"Nightmare Horse: A demon species. A black horse with double pupils, four hooves, and a tail burning with hellfire. It is powerful and tireless. It can run on the water and in the air. It has an aura of fear. Any creature with a weak will dare not fight it, or even approach it. It is immune to fire, loves to eat fresh flesh and blood, and can devour ghosts and spirits.
"Be careful, if you want to ride the Nightmare Horse, you'd better have an unyielding will and a heart that ignores fear. Otherwise, not only will you be impacted by the aura of fear and exposed, but you will also be tortured by the most terrifying nightmares when you fall asleep at night.
"But if you can conquer it, it will let you drive it and take you anywhere in the world. It can even take you across the boundary between life and death and reach the netherworld purgatory...
"Status: Near death.
"Do you want to destroy the dying Nightmare Horse: [Yes/No]."
What? Destroy?
What a joke!
Although I don't understand why the Taoist's mount is not an ethereal crane, white deer or something like that, but riding a majestic nightmare horse with flaming hooves is at least very cool and classy, ​​right?
How can we destroy it just because it is dying?
Maybe I can use Blood Bodhi to rescue him?
Anyway, Ni Kun quickly chose "No".
"You give up destroying the dying Nightmare Horse. Please treat the horse within 24 hours, otherwise the pet space will be contaminated by the dead Nightmare Horse and lose its function."
24 hours?
There is plenty of time, so don't rush. Look at other relics first.
However……
there is none left.
The only relic that the Taoist kept in the reincarnation watch was this nightmare horse placed in the "pet space".
Of course, the Taoist also has other relics, such as a few broken "Green Bamboo Swords" in the secret treasure house, a floor full of cinnabar paper talismans, and a broken "Broken Illusion Compass".
The most intact "Green Bamboo Sword" has now fallen into the hands of Ni Kun.
"Don't you even have a manual on cultivating immortality?
"So the Taoist's skills were all learned directly through the initiation method after exchanging them with the Lord God?
"Well, the time of reincarnation is tight, and the time of practicing immortal cultivation techniques is extremely long. It is reasonable that they don't have time to practice slowly on their own."
Having failed to obtain the immortal cultivation secrets he wanted, Ni Kun could only express his helplessness and took out the "Green Bamboo Sword" to study it.
This sword is now ownerless. Ni Kun only needs to refine it to be able to use it.
"The sword has two minor damages, but it does not affect its use... Let's see if I can use the wood spirit bloodline to repair it..."
Ni Kun grasped the hilt of the sword and activated the wood spirit bloodline.
However, after a long time, the two damaged parts of the sword showed no changes.
Ni Kun pondered for a while, scratched the tip of his index finger with his fingernail, activated the wood spirit blood, and dripped a drop of blood that was faintly flashing with green light onto the sword. He then used the "blood sacrifice technique" to use blood as ink, concentrated his spirit, and wrote blood sacrifice runes on the sword.
He had already mastered the process of sacrificing blood to the sword, and could draw complex and abstract runes with one stroke.
The sword body flashed with green light, and the runes written in blood slowly seeped into the sword body. One of the damaged parts immediately showed slight signs of healing.
Ni Kun cheered up: "It's possible!"
Continue to use the method of blood sacrifice to constantly stimulate the wood spirit's blood and use blood as ink to write runes.
As his energy, blood and spirit were rapidly consumed, Ni Kun gradually developed a strong and clear mental connection with the green bamboo sword.
The two defects on the sword body are also being repaired.
With his physique now strengthened by the Yuanpin Dzi Bead and Shuiling bloodline, he no longer suffered from blood loss and mental fatigue after writing a hundred blood sacrifice runes as before.
Now he wrote more than three hundred runes in one breath, and only when he refined the Green Bamboo Sword to the point where he could make it fly with his mind did he feel a little tired.
At this point, the two gaps on the sword had been completely repaired, without any trace of damage.
After the gap was repaired, the sword became lush and green, like Hsinchu.
Moreover, a faint golden light occasionally flashed on the green sword, and when the fingertips touched it, there was a slight feeling of numbness.
Ni Kun knew that this was the "Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder" contained in the Green Bamboo Sword.
This green bamboo sword can produce a divine thunder that can ward off evil spirits approximately every seven days, and can store up to three divine thunders.
As for the power, it should be no problem to kill the tiger clam's soul, or even the tree demon, with one blow.
"After all, it's only a three-star flying sword. It can only store three divine thunderbolts...
“So the Taoist priest refined several green bamboo swords. This is called quality is not enough, but quantity is enough.
“Although the remaining Green Bamboo Swords in the secret treasure house are too badly damaged, my Wood Spirit bloodline should still be able to repair them. Next time I enter the secret treasure house, I will bring out those broken flying swords.”
Ni Kun would never use "reincarnation points and origin crystals" to exchange for things in the secret treasure house.
Not to mention that he has no money now, even if he had money, he would use it to exchange for more precious consumable rare treasures, such as the "Yuanpin Dzi Bead".
By now, the harvest has almost been counted.
Next, Ni Kun prepared to revive the nightmare horse.
He stood up from the bathtub, activated his fire spirit blood to steam off the water stains on his body, then Ni Kun put on his clothes, left the cabin barefoot without putting on shoes, and came to the deck.
It was late at night, and there was still an hour or two before dawn. The ship was anchored in a bay, dozens of feet away from the coast.
When the sailor on night duty saw Ni Kun, he bowed and greeted him.
Ni Kunwei nodded without saying anything, walked to the side of the ship, jumped down, displayed the "Fast Water Without Trace" light skill, stomped his foot on the sea surface, splashing a wave the size of a washbasin, like a white lotus in full bloom.
As the water splashed, Ni Kun used the force to spurt out until he was several feet away. Then he stepped on the water again, splashing out a wave like a white lotus, and continued to fly with the force.
The sailors on duty saw him walking on the water with "lotus steps", and they were all in awe and bowed to him from a distance.
But Ni Kun was not satisfied with his Qinggong.
"Hasumi no trace" means to step on the water without even a ripple, just like walking on a glass plate.
But now he has created such huge waves, which shows that his Qinggong is still far from being perfected.
Not to mention comparing with Zhu Yuyan, she can't even compare with Kankan.
At least when Miss Qian walks on the water, she won't create such big waves.
Ni Kun ran to the shore in one breath, looked back at the big ship in the dark, found a depression, and with an idea, he contacted the reincarnation watch and released the dying nightmare horse in the "pet space".
This demonic warhorse has become so thin that its bones are visible, and its shape resembles a skeleton. Its body has shrunk to the size of a donkey. It has long lost the majestic power it had in its heyday.
After coming out, he lay directly on the ground, dying.
The flames on the four hooves and tail had long been extinguished, and there were only two dim flames in the eye sockets, like dying embers.
As for the inherent aura of fear, Ni Kun didn't feel it at all.
"It looks like he's really going to die."
Ni Kun clicked his tongue twice, took out a blood bodhi and was about to feed it to the nightmare horse.
However, even though this nightmare horse was about to die, it was still a bit stubborn and didn't even open its mouth.
Ni Kun was not used to it either. With a bang, his arm burst into flames and turned into a flaming arm. He used his palm, which was powerful enough to melt gold and iron, to grab the nightmare horse's mouth and squeezed it.
Nightmares are originally immune to fire and are not harmed by the high temperatures of ordinary flames.
But Ni Kun's flame is the branch bloodline of the Fire Kirin, which has the ability to kill demons and destroy monsters. And Nightmare is a demon species, and when Ni Kun's fire palm pinched it, the horse's mouth suddenly squeaked, and green smoke and bubbles came out.
As a demon, Nightmare Horse cannot be "converted by love".
This demonic creature responds to hard tactics and does not respond to soft tactics. Only by being stronger and more ruthless than it can it be subdued.
Under the fierce burning of the demon-subduing fire, Nightmare trembled all over, kicked his four hooves, and was pinched open by Ni Kunpo, revealing a mouth full of ferocious fangs and sharp teeth.
Well, this is a demon that loves to eat fresh flesh and blood. Although it looks like a horse, its teeth are like the fangs of a carnivorous beast.
Ni Kun forcibly pinched the nightmare's mouth open, threw the blood bodhi into its mouth, looked into its eyes and said with a smile:
"Take the medicine obediently, it will be good for you."
Looking at Ni Kun's kind and friendly smile, the intelligent Demon Warhorse, even though he was already in a dying state, instinctively developed a sense of crisis. He quickly used the last bit of his strength, rolled up his tongue, and reluctantly swallowed the Blood Bodhi.
Nightmares are, after all, a kind of living thing.
The Blood Bodhi does not have the ability to slay demons or monsters. It can only fill the stomach of any living creature, heal serious injuries, and increase its strength.
Therefore, after taking this blood bodhi, the condition of the nightmare horse improved immediately. Its skinny skeleton-like body gradually became fuller, and the two points of fire in its eyes that were about to go out also began to expand and become active.
However, it had been hungry for an unknown amount of time after its previous owner died. If it were not a species of demon with a long lifespan, it would have starved to death long ago.
In such a bad state, a blood bodhi is not enough to restore it to its full glory——
Blood Bodhi can save people. One blood bodhi can bring the dead back to life.
However, the size of the nightmare horse is much larger than that of a human. Although it looks as thin as a donkey now, it has been starved to this point.
It was originally quite tall and powerful .
In addition, he has demon blood, so one blood bodhi is really not enough.
Seeing that the Nightmare Horse had regained some vitality but still looked sick, Ni Kun thought for a moment, took out two more Blood Bodhis and fed them all to the beast.
Nightmare ate a blood bodhi. Although it was not its favorite fresh blood and flesh, the improvement in its physical condition made it realize that this was a real good thing.
So this time, Ni Kun didn't need to use force, it opened its mouth and swallowed the two blood bodhisattvas.
The first blood bodhi only pulled it back from the brink of death, leaving only a little spiritual power to fill the deficit and nourish its body.
This time, the two blood bodhisattvas were all used to nourish its body which had been hungry for a long time. Immediately, its physical condition improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Not only did the shriveled muscles swell rapidly and become as strong as copper and iron, but the dry fur also recovered quickly, becoming shiny, glossy and dark.
The double pupils, four hooves and horse tail also burst into flames with a bang.
The donkey-like skinny body also expanded like air, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a majestic black horse with a shoulder height of 1.8 meters.
roar!
With a low roar, the nightmare horse leaped up, its eyes burning like charcoal fire, staring at Ni Kun, its mouth grinning, showing its fangs and drooling with sticky saliva.
The saliva fell to the ground, making a hissing sound and emitting burnt green smoke, which was as terrible as strong acid.
Ni Kun raised his eyebrows:
"Hey, showing your teeth to me? What, do you think you are good enough again and want to challenge me?"
The nightmare roared again, and a wave of air burst out from its body, expanding and instantly sweeping Ni Kun in.
It is the "aura of fear" of the nightmare horse.
This is Nightmare's innate ability. Just like the heat naturally emitted by the human body, it will take effect immediately once Nightmare's physical condition recovers.
only……
Ni Kun folded his arms across his chest, remaining indifferent.
What is fear for a man who has died a thousand times ? None.
Seeing that the fear halo was ineffective, Nightmare roared again, spread out his four hooves, and charged towards Ni Kun.
Then, when it was still several feet away from Ni Kun, it braked suddenly, and its four burning hooves made a hissing sound, plowing four deep charred marks on the ground. Its pair of hind hooves sank more than two feet into the ground, and it finally stopped its charge.
Well, it’s not that it had a change of heart, but that both of Ni Kun’s arms were now burning with blazing red flames that could ignore its fire immunity and hurt it.
And a sword appeared in each of his palms.
It was a small yellow sword, only one foot and three inches long, circling around his left arm.
The other was a three-foot-long green bamboo sword, which was held in his right hand. On the green sword, there were strands of golden lightning that frightened the Nightmare Horse.
That was the same golden lightning that had tortured it severely when its former master had subdued it in the past.
Looking at the two swords and the raging flames on Ni Kun's body, a hint of horror was revealed in the Nightmare Horse's charcoal-like eyes in a very human way.
"I'll give you two choices. First, serve me until I die, or you die. The benefit is that if I achieve enlightenment, you can also ascend with me. Second..."
Ni Kun moved his mind, and pointed the tip of the clear yellow flying sword at the nightmare horse, ready to strike:
"I will kill you right now, then skin you and eat you to my heart's content! Now, you have a choice."
choose?
Are there any choices?
The nightmare horse didn't hesitate. It snorted, spewing out two streams of black smoke mixed with flaming sparks. Then it stepped forward with its right front hoof, and a hexagram magic circle made of flames appeared on the ground.
Ni Kun has never studied mysticism.
But as soon as he saw the flame array, a mysterious message came from the array, making him understand the function of the array.
This is a magic circle for concluding a contract.
After the contract is signed, the Nightmare Horse will serve him, and he must also provide for the Nightmare Horse.
However, a demon species like the Nightmare Horse cannot be fed simply by the flesh and blood of ordinary livestock.
If you don't want it to devour human flesh, blood, and soul, you can only feed it with your own qi, blood, and spirit.
"So... in addition to using my blood and spirit to feed my flying sword, I also need to raise a big horse?"
Ni Kun grinned and smiled:
"Fortunately, I am strong enough!"
Without hesitation, he cut his fingertips and dripped a drop of blood into the magic circle.
Boom! Flames exploded, the magic circle converged, and turned into two points of fire, one of which penetrated into the center of Nightmare's eyebrows, and the other penetrated into the center of Ni Kun's eyebrows.
At this point, the contract was formed, and a "spiritual channel" appeared between Ni Kun and Nightmare.
From then on, Ni Kun could directly use his mind to communicate and control nightmares. He could also use this spiritual channel to feed nightmares with his own blood and spirit.
This nightmare was not polite either. As soon as they formed an alliance, it began to absorb his energy, blood and spirit.
But fortunately, it is not a siphon, but just a slow absorption.
Ni Kun calculated silently. According to the speed at which Nightmare absorbed energy, if his naturally generated energy, blood and spirit were 100 points per day, then Nightmare would only absorb two or three points at most per day, a little less than the flying sword, but he could definitely afford it.
This is the case now, and as his physique becomes stronger and even reaches the initial stage of Martial Saint level, it goes without saying that it will be even better.
"The contract has been signed, and you are now in good health. Now it's time for me to experience the feeling of riding a nightmare!"
Ni Kun raised his hand and patted the tall shoulders of Nightmare, then pushed himself up with his palm and jumped onto the horse's back.
No saddle.
A demonic warhorse like Nightmare would not allow itself to be restrained by a saddle or bridle.
But Ni Kun doesn't need .
He sat firmly on the horse's back, holding its long mane with one hand and pointing toward the sea with the other, and said with a smile:
“Let’s run!”
roar!
Nightmare roared, stood up, and kicked the air a few times with his two flaming iron hooves. With a bang, the ground cracked, and mud and rocks flew everywhere. In an instant, he accelerated to a speed of over 120 kilometers per hour, carrying Ni Kun towards the sea.