Chapter 9: Physique Upgrade! Huo Ling’er’s Decisiveness!
The moment Huo Ling’er left the courtyard, the paleness on Chen Xuan’s face instantly vanished.
His complexion turned back to normal, and his coughing ceased.
A faint smile crept across his face.
"This disciple is too gullible. I have the responsibility to teach her a lesson as her Master."
"In the future, she will look back and come to thank me for today’s lesson."
Chen Xuan let out a long sigh, thinking that he had sacrificed himself for his disciple’s sake. If Huo Ling’er became successful one day, he would have made a great contribution!
Of course, he understood that Huo Ling’er was not really stupid.
The Jade Pure Sect had collected the information of all those who participated in the Disciple Ceremony.
Since Huo Ling’er became his disciple, her information naturally ended up in his hands.
Chen Xuan knew of Huo Ling’er’s identity.
She was the youngest daughter of the Huo Patriarch—the head of a small family in the Tianxuan Domain.
Because of this status and her relatively fast cultivation speed, she had been sheltered from a young age and had little contact with the outside world.
Therefore, she didn’t understand the ways of the world yet.
Although Chen Xuan’s status and his appearance as a savior certainly played a role, Huo Ling’er wouldn’t have so easily believed him if she had prior experience.
Chen Xuan felt that he had to teach this disciple of his a serious lesson. Otherwise, she might be tricked by a bad man in the future.
Secretly satisfied with his wit, he resumed going through the System’s rewards.
He concentrated on the first grid, and a glass bottle materialized in his hand shortly after.
Three golden drops were floating inside, each separated from the others.
They were the Blood Essence of the Yin-Yang Holy Body.
As soon as it appeared, Chen Xuan sensed a faint yearning emanating from his body. The Yin Yang Technique started to operate on its own and absorbed the surrounding Spiritual Energy.
"No wonder the System claimed that it is helpful for those practicing Yin Yang-based techniques."
"I can sense that my cultivation speed would increase even if I were to just keep it on me."
Of course, this was a waste of a precious resource.
Knowing this, Chen Xuan unscrewed the glass bottle.
A powerful aura erupted. The Blood Essence was activated and caused a disturbance.
Fortunately, he had expected it and had already activated the formation around the courtyard.
The extraordinary phenomena were suppressed within his room, and no one noticed anything.
Despite this, such an intense reaction was quite shocking.
It made Chen Xuan even more excited.
Turning the glass bottle upside down, he let one of the three drops fall on his palm.
Then, he parted his lips and tossed it into his mouth.
His body trembled. A scorching feeling arrived, as if he had been thrown into a volcano.
A sharp pain assaulted Chen Xuan’s senses.
Thankfully, he had been mentally prepared.
He didn’t hiss or let out a groan. He allowed the Blood Essence of the Holy Body to temper his Physique and transform it.
He secretly summoned the System and paid attention to the Physique column.
The column constantly flickered.
Until suddenly, the "High-Grade" within the brackets blurred.
When it became visible again, it had turned into "Ultimate-Grade".
It was just a change of a single word, yet its impact was massive.
Chen Xuan instantly felt his affinity with the surrounding Spiritual Energy increase several times.
The bottleneck that had previously troubled him seemed to no longer be an issue.
It was as if only a single thought separated him from the Middle Stage of the Core Formation realm.
Unfortunately, this was merely an illusion.
That feeling vanished the moment the Blood Essence was exhausted, leaving a bad taste in Chen Xuan’s mouth.
He quickly suppressed this annoyance.
"Just one drop of Blood Essence has allowed my Physique to transform from High-Grade to Ultimate-Grade. It’s already impressive enough."
One had to know that upgrading one’s Physique was extremely difficult.
Even he, the Peak Master of a major sect, would have to search everywhere for precious resources to accomplish this.
If it were in the past, it would have taken him decades, if not centuries.
Yet now, he had achieved this in just a couple of minutes.
Moreover...
"Beyond the Ultimate-Grade Physique is the Spirit Body."
"I still have two more drops of Holy Body Blood Essence. Can they help my Physique transform further?" he wondered.
He found it increasingly difficult to retain his composure.
Before long, he stopped restraining himself.
The glass bottle shattered as he clenched his fist, and the two remaining drops shot into his mouth.
While doing his best to suppress the pain, he also operated the Yin Yang Technique to absorb the Spiritual Energy and attack the bottleneck.
It didn’t take long for Chen Xuan to become immersed in this state.
He no longer paid attention to the outside world, deciding to enter seclusion.
"I’ve already given Huo Ling’er the Vulcan Immortal Scripture. As for resources, the Elders of the Peak will allocate them accordingly."
"No one will come to trouble me in the foreseeable future," he judged and closed his eyes.
However, a thought always emerged at the back of his mind.
For some reason, he always felt as if he had forgotten something important.
"It should be a minor matter," he shook his head, "Su Ying can deal with everything during my leave."
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By the time Chen Xuan closed his eyes, Huo Ling’er had already visited the Peak’s Elders, collected her allocated resources, and returned to her residence.
As she shut herself inside her room, she took a deeper look at the pills and items bestowed by Chen Xuan.
"The Master told me that I should disperse my cultivation before I begin practicing the Vulcan Immortal Scripture," she recalled as she sat cross-legged and looked inward.
"Fortunately, I’m only at the Qi Refining realm and doing so is quite easy. If I were a Foundation Establishment expert, it would have been much more troublesome."
The moment she finished that thought, her Qi rioted.
It erupted within her Dantian and struck at its walls.
Huo Ling’er’s face grew pale.
Her cultivation fell rapidly.
3rd Level of Qi Refining, 2nd Level, 1st Level...
It didn’t stop there and continued even further.
With a bang, she fell to the Body Transformation realm, and with another, she turned back into a mortal.
The backlash she faced was severe.
Blood continuously flowed from her mouth and dyed her face red.
Huo Ling’er was not an ordinary person, though.
Her expression remained calm as she watched this process with a detached attitude, showing no signs of pain.
It was only when her strength was completely drained that she moved again.
She didn’t wipe the blood away.
Instead, she closed her eyes and began operating the Vulcan Immortal Scripture she had just obtained.
A funnel of Spiritual Energy formed. It poured into her body like a rioting sea.
If any expert were here, they would realize that the rate at which she was absorbing it was only slightly inferior to a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
However, Huo Ling’er was far from happy upon noticing this. If anything, she was deeply saddened.
"This is further proof that my talent is terrible!
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