nyslfriends Chapter 10: Absorbing the Blood Essence
Chapter 10: Absorbing the Blood Essence
Chapter 10: Absorbing the Blood Essence
"The martial way is different from spiritual cultivation. There is no Qi Gathering, instead beginning at the Foundation Establishment realm. There are six stages in the martial Foundation Establishment: Skin Toughening, Muscle Strengthening, Tendon Reinforcement, Bone Refinement, Marrow Enhancement, and Organ Fortification.
Following a cultivation method you will take in qi to alter your skin, making it become more elastic and tougher than bronze.
Then you alter your muscles, making them dense and tough capable of exerting incredible strength and able to store qi within.
Afterwards by changing the tendon so it becomes more durable and flexible enough to absorb all stress.
The next phase would be to strengthen the bone, making resilient yet flexible, stronger than steel.
After the bones have been altered the marrows will be changed, and this is the most difficult and dangerous process. Once your marrows have changed, new blood that can absorb and retain qi will be circulated throughout the body.
Once the body introduces the new blood, through circulating the blood through all the organs they will all be altered. This is the most arduous and time consuming process, but once this is done the body will enter a perfect state that is comparable to an early stage Core Formation realm cultivator.
However if there is a mistake in the alteration process, the body will be imperfect and your path will be impossible using the martial way."
Tianyi listened intently as his mother spoke about the early stages of the martial path, her insights greatly deepening Tianyi's understanding on how to cultivate the Dragon Emperor Fist.
"The Dragon Emperor Fist at the early stages is not that outstanding and also requires the blood essence of a dragon after completing the Foundation Establishment, the higher the realm of the dragon the better.
After you finished the Martial Foundation Establishment, the process can be simply referred to as refining the blood within you to become purer and purer with the end goal of eventually attaining blood similar to the Primordial Dragon. After each refinement of blood you will alter your body once more so that it eventually becomes a dragon's, making the cultivator a human shaped dragon.
You were fortunate enough to attain the blood essence of the Dragon Emperor even though the essence had weakened considerably. The Dragon Emperor's body could be said to be unequaled even compared to True Dragon and there is no better blood to use to cultivate the Dragon Emperor Fist.
If it was a normal cultivator of the Dragon Emperor Fist they would need to seek out numerous treasures to refine their blood, there is a shortcut and that is to directly take the blood essence of higher rank dragons. But that is nearly impossible in this day and age, not to mention the chance that your body cannot contain the pure blood essence of a dragon resulting in it exploding. So until you reach the Dragon Emperor's level you will not need to worry about treasures or attaining dragon blood until then.
Tianyi held his chin. Did that youth know about the blood essence contained within the fragment?
If the situation was reversed and Tianyi had been the one who had the blood essence taken away by the youth, he was afraid that he would curse all nine generations of youth. But even if the blood essence was partially the motive, that did not explain why he knew what Tianyi's surname was.
Tianyi frowned. I shouldn't let my thoughts wander to him. If he knew that I lost some details and made a huge mistake in the future because I was analyzing him, I'm afraid he would laugh himself to sleep. Better focus on mother's speech right now.
Tianyi continued to listen to his mother speak of martial cultivation, benefiting greatly.
Now not only did it feel like he had needle lava for blood but there thousands of tiny termites biting into his bones and each bite felt like a ferocious demon had bitten his body in two!
Tianyi really regretted agreeing, what was wrong with slowly cultivating? Although it was slow, it would be stable and there wouldn't be any pain that would make one want to be killed instead of suffering.
But Tianyi looked up to see his mother looking at him. Although her face was expressionless as usual, Tianyi saw the look in her eyes. It was a look of absolutely confidence, not confidence in Mengfei but confidence that her son would overcome the trial before her.
As a child Xi Mengfei did not receive the love of her Emperor-father and her Consort-mother only had her Emperor-father on her mind all day without a single shred of concern for Xi Mengfei. She did not understand love, not even the love of parents' because she received none.
Had it not been for her half brother, Xi Mengfei would have long died before the elder from the Buzhou Immortal Sect took her in.
But now although Xi Mengfei did not realize it, she was showing Tianyi a parent's love. A love that manifested as faith that her child was special and able to accomplish anything.
"That's cheating." Tianyi muttered to himself. His usual aloof and expressionless mother was showing that much confidence in him, Tianyi could only grit his teeth and endure the pain and slowly absorb the blood essence that had dissolved in the pond.
Each second felt like an hour to Tianyi as his senses had sharpened to the extreme in order to carefully guide the blood essence into the center of his bone and alter his bone marrow.
Slowly the Jade Clear Spring Water became clearer and clearer with the red coloring disappearing. Tianyi didn't know how long he was absorbing the blood essence just that it felt like an eternity.
When the pain completely disappeared Tianyi dazedly looked around only to see that the Jade Clear Spring Water returned to its previous crystal clear state. His brain felt like mush after extended use while resisting against the pain.
The Immortal Lotus Throne rose above the water by itself and Tianyi could see that the Jade Clear Spring Water, although crystal clear, now had a golden aura and glow to it.
But Tianyi didn't dwell on it as he looked around to find his mother walking towards him by stepping onto the water's surface.
"Congratulations, you absorbed over ninety percent of the blood essence." There was a slight hint of pride in Mengfei's words that even she did not realize.
"Hehe" Tianyi made a foolish face as he laughed. He stood up but before he could even take a step he stumbled. Luckily his mother was already nearby and caught him. Tianyi, who was being held by Mengfei discovered that her hands were especially cool.
Without warning Tianyi shook away her hand and wrapped his hands around Mengfei's waist in a great bear hug. He looked up and gave a foolish smile and giggled.
Mengfei was at a loss, ever since Tianyi had been born unless she had been careless and allowed Tianyi to get injured, he would usually never cry. As he grew up he seemed to be far more mature than children his age never needing her to worry and always behaving like a miniature adult. She had never seen her son show such a childlike expression before.
But now for the first time her child was hugging her and being clingy with her while giving her a foolish laugh. And now Xi Mengfei discovered the destructive power of cuteness.
Her hand couldn't control itself and began to rub Tianyi's head like a pet.
Days later when Tianyi recovered his mental faculties he would seal away that piece of memory deep into his soul. That foolish little boy who was giving a stupid laugh and clinging onto his mother definitely wasn't him!