Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 28: Three Yangs Refining the Golden Body
If one's cultivation had reached the foundation-building stage and one had condensed spiritual consciousness, one could engrave those secret symbols and divine patterns with just a thought. However, it was too mentally taxing for Gu Xiaoxing to engrave with only spiritual consciousness, and such a long spiritual rope was far beyond his tolerance, so he could only choose the second method.
The second method is the blood sacrifice method, which is engraved with essence and blood. The effect is actually similar, but it is a bit more blood-consuming. At the same time, there is a small disadvantage. It will be more like an innate magic weapon. After refining, it will be connected to his blood. If the Soul Binding Rope is damaged, he will also be injured.
However, Gu Xiaoxing could no longer hesitate at this time. His face turned grim and he forced his own blood and essence out from his fingers. He then used the Spirit Control Finger to condense the blood and essence into threads and quickly cut them. As soon as the blood threads touched the spirit rope, they instantly merged into it, leaving only strange bright red lines.
As secret symbols and divine patterns continued to appear, Gu Xiaoxing's expression became more solemn and painful. His blood and essence were rapidly consumed. This blood and essence did not just refer to blood, it also contained a large amount of essence, energy and spirit.
Gu Xiaoxing's cultivation was already very limited, and with the huge consumption of blood and energy at this moment, he was already very weak. His skin gradually turned a sickly red. In just a stick of incense, he lost a lot of weight and his pupils became dull. This was caused by the excessive consumption of essence and blood.
At the same time, Gu Xiaoxing's cultivation was almost gone, and he felt dizzy. If he had not been in this hot furnace, he would have fainted. In a daze, he continued to engrave almost relying on his survival instinct until the last stroke. Gu Xiaoxing had reached the limit in all aspects. Only the last thought flashed through his mind, and then he fainted.
And as the last blood-red divine pattern was completed , all the secret runes and divine patterns lit up at the same time, and the scarlet blood light formed a line, as if adding the finishing touch. The Soul Binding Rope suddenly shook and seemed to "come alive". The rope moved with the heart, and instantly wrapped around Gu Xiaoxing layer by layer, wrapping him up like a big dumpling.
Outside the alchemy furnace, the Fifth Elder had a strange look on his face. Naturally, everything inside could not escape his eyes. He had promised Lu Yatou that he would not really take this kid's life. He just wanted to refine him well and make him suffer more.
"But why do I feel that this kid's way of dealing with it is somewhat similar to the cocooning method of the Three Yang Alchemy Body..."
"Master, what did you say? Is there something wrong with my little brother?"
"What could possibly go wrong with him... Hey! Ling'er, you seem to have a much higher appetite in recent days!"
There was no sun or moon in the cave, and time passed like a flash. In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. In the Sanyang Soul Refining Furnace, the Soul Binding Rope still entangled Gu Xiaoxing, and there seemed to be no change.
But the Fifth Elder could clearly sense that although the person inside had a weak breath and fell into silence, he seemed to be in some kind of transformation. He gave him the feeling of a cicada that was about to shed its shell and emerge, or like a pupa that was about to become a butterfly, waiting for nirvana and rebirth.
This made the Fifth Elder even more puzzled. "Could it be that by chance, this kid really has cultivated the Three Yang Alchemy Body?"
Du Siyu came twice this month, but when she learned that Gu Xiaoxing was practicing a martial art, she had no choice but to leave.
As time passed, the breath of the lonely little star in the furnace became weaker and weaker, until one day, the breath disappeared completely, as if it had really passed away.
Inside the cave, the fifth elder looked at the alchemy furnace with a serious expression.
Boom——
At this moment, a heartbeat sound was heard from the Sanyang Spirit Refining Furnace. The sound was so sonorous and powerful that the entire furnace seemed to shake. Golden runes appeared and surrounded it, and then disappeared into silence with the heartbeat.
Boom——
The alchemy furnace shook again, and as the heartbeats became stronger and stronger, the furnace seemed to have turned into a heart. Runes appeared with every beat, and it was surrounded by golden light, which was amazing and magical.
Lu Linger was also shocked by this power, and ran over happily with joy in her eyes. She seemed to want to speak but was stopped by her master.
The Fifth Elder had a complicated look on his face, but now was the most critical moment. Since this opportunity had come about by accident, it was also the boy's good fortune, and if it could really happen, he would not obstruct it.
This state lasted for three days. Counting the days, it was exactly 49 days that it was being tempered by the alchemy furnace with the power of the three suns. If the initial ten days were added, it had been refined for nearly two months.
However, during the following period of time, Gu Xiaoxing was in a wonderful state, especially in the last three days. He could feel his own heartbeat, and the sound of his heartbeat was like waves of new life . Both his flesh and bones were being washed by the new life force.
As the Sanyang Soul Refining Furnace vibrated again, the runes that appeared on the surface of the furnace burst into an unprecedented golden light, and then suddenly converged, sinking into the furnace, passing through layers of soul-binding ropes, and merging into Gu Xiaoxing's body.
The alchemy furnace itself fell into complete silence.
In the furnace, the heat wave disappeared, and the red-gold soul-binding rope moved for the first time, slowly wriggling to reveal the body of Gu Xiaoxing inside. Gu Xiaoxing was naked at the moment, with a well-proportioned and slender body. He was not strong, but he could feel the amazing explosive power. Golden runes appeared on his body, and his hair was flying. As his eyes opened and closed, golden light flashed, and he looked like a god.
Feeling himself, Gu Xiaoxing felt very good. Although there was not a single spiritual power in his body, his condition was better than ever before. He opened his mouth and took a breath. Suddenly, a large amount of spiritual energy in the cave poured into the alchemy furnace and was absorbed by Gu Xiaoxing. After a moment, he directly transformed his spiritual power into clothes. With a slight movement of his mind, the Soul Binding Rope turned into a long dragon and was taken into his body.
Gu Xiaoxing's cultivation is still at the seventh level of Qi Condensation, without any improvement, but his physical body has already reached another level. Not only has it absorbed the essence tempered from the spirit fish bones, but the Three Yang Alchemy Body has also enabled it to complete a transformation. In terms of combat power, Gu Xiaoxing couldn't tell to what extent he had reached, but he felt that he could probably crush himself two months ago with just one finger.
With a light tap of his toes, he appeared outside the alchemy furnace.
“Little brother!”
Lu Linger exclaimed in surprise, her rosy little face seemed rounder than before and even more adorable.
Gu Xiaoxing waved and smiled at the little girl, wanting to hug her and pinch her face, but in front of the Fifth Elder, he held back and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Senior!"
The fifth elder nodded calmly, his face expressionless, but he was very unhappy in his heart. He felt that things had not gone well recently. The fish thief was not caught. He wanted to punish this kid but ended up helping him. He directly ordered him to leave. "I said, you are lucky to have this. Go down the mountain. With this good fortune, you can also compete for a place in the outer sect competition in two days."
Gu Xiaoxing was stunned and didn't react for a moment. Has so much time passed?
"What? Do you still want to stay in my cave as a guest?" Seeing that the other party was still staying there , the Fifth Elder's face immediately darkened. He raised his hand and blasted the other party out, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.
On the way down the mountain, Gu Xiaoxing flew on his sword, feeling more comfortable than ever before. He only felt the bright sunshine and pleasant air. The feeling of the fresh breeze on his face even made him want to cry. He had been caught in the alchemy furnace for two months and was almost driven crazy.
"Two whole months!" Gu Xiaoxing was angry again when he thought about it. He had only been in the Soul Devouring Sect for four months, but half of his days were spent in the alchemy furnace. "I saw a tendency to gain weight, but now I'm thin again. Damn it!"
He soon returned to Chaiyuan. There was no one there, and Gu Xiaoxing went straight to the kitchen without stopping. After a hearty meal, he took away 30% of the money that belonged to him in the past two months, which was about one thousand spirit stones. He had used up all the spirit stones before, and these one thousand spirit stones were all his belongings now.
When Gu Xiaoxing returned to the Chaiyuan again, Du Siyu had already returned and was standing quietly in the Chaiyuan.
