Only My Way

A month later.

Time—early morning.

A river with a relatively rapid current, its surface shrouded in a pale, thick fog, making it impossible to see the depth of the water.

Ling Wuyuan was standing in the river, leisurely taking a bath and rinsing the lingering taste of blood from his mouth.

Several years had passed.

Since completing his tooth replacement at the age of eleven, he had once again entered a period of tooth replacement in the past month.

To be honest, just like in his previous life where humans typically only replaced their teeth once in childhood, in this world, as far as he knew, humans normally only replaced their teeth once as well.

The only exceptions were those who consumed special medicines or practiced special cultivation techniques.

Ling Wuyuan did not fit either of those categories.

At least, the cultivation techniques he practiced and the medicines he had taken should not have had the effect of causing tooth replacement.

So, in the beginning, Ling Wuyuan inevitably felt surprised and bewildered when faced with his automatically falling teeth.

However, fortunately, during this sudden second round of tooth replacement, the growth rate of the new teeth was extremely fast.

They would usually grow back completely in a day or two.

This did not cause Ling Wuyuan any actual negative impact.

And until today, all of Ling Wuyuan's teeth had finally successfully completed the entire replacement process.

While becoming whiter and harder than before, even their shape and number had changed to some extent.

Their growth arc became more perfect, making them more rounded, symmetrical, and seamless.

The number of teeth increased, reaching twenty-two on both the upper and lower jaws, for a total of forty-four.

Making the teeth thinner and more densely packed.

Besides the teeth.

In the past month, other changes had also been occurring in Ling Wuyuan's body.

For example, the color of his hair and pupils was gradually shifting towards colors other than black.

As of today.

His hair and pupils had completely turned dark gray.

Even through a mirror, Ling Wuyuan had noticed that his pupils had unknowingly become somewhat narrow, gradually evolving from round pupils into vertical slits, becoming similar to those of a snake, becoming sharper and colder.

Moreover, in this month, Ling Wuyuan had often heard subtle cracking sounds coming from within his body, accompanied by a strange, internal, and external feeling of intense pain.

Through his own 【Inner Vision Ability】, Ling Wuyuan could clearly see that his bones, which could easily withstand the force of thousands of tons, were being automatically broken to achieve automatic repair and reconstruction.

The whole thing was as if something that had already been built did not quite meet the standards and expectations, so the engineer decided to dismantle part of it, and then carry out in-depth transformation through the damaged areas.

First the bones.

Then the muscles.

Then the internal organs…

To be honest.

In the past month, Ling Wuyuan felt like he was being repeatedly subjected to slow slicing.

After all, slow slicing was just a round of a thousand cuts.

He felt that it was not a big deal, just a small matter.

But who's slow slicing is repeatedly executed and from the inside out?

Occasionally, facing that twenty-four-hour torment, even he had to frown, especially when the self-transformation progressed to the brain and heart.

It was as if someone was holding red-hot steel needles and constantly stabbing his brain and heart, and from time to time, they would take a blender and frantically stir it a few times.

If he hadn't endured a higher level of tempering in the space-time tunnel when he had just transmigrated, he might not have been able to maintain his composure…

However, when all the self-transformation was over, in addition to his height reaching 1.7 meters, his weight reaching 220 pounds, and his body becoming taller, stronger, more agile, more symmetrical, and more adaptable to various extreme environments… the most important change was that a certain power was naturally and smoothly derived within his body.

That was the power called—【True Qi】!

Everything was as if it was a natural thing.

Early this morning.

With the successful completion of the self-transformation, Ling Wuyuan immediately noticed that the newly born True Qi within his body was wandering on its own.

Although it was unfamiliar.

He did not feel any unfamiliarity when manipulating it.

Moreover, he could clearly feel that the True Qi within his body was constantly growing automatically.

It was as if it was something that would grow automatically.

The Qi and blood in his body were being automatically converted into True Qi according to a ratio.

That ratio was about half.

That is to say, from now on, for every two parts of Qi and blood that are born in his body, one part will be automatically converted into True Qi.

As for why not all of it?

The reason is very simple, Qi and blood represent the most basic power inherent in the physical body, symbolizing the vitality of the physical body, its existence is very beneficial to muscles, bones, organs…

Unless Ling Wuyuan intended to abandon his body, intending to age prematurely and die early, otherwise he could not give up all of his Qi and blood.

If you use the terminology in the game to simply describe it.

Qi and blood = health bar, hit points.

True Qi = mana bar, magic points.

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Although this is just a not-so-accurate way to describe it, you can understand it according to this idea.

And with the birth of that True Qi in his body, Ling Wuyuan also instantly understood that he had finally successfully crossed the 【Body Refinement Four Realms】, this cultivation barrier that traps ninety-nine percent of cultivators for a lifetime, and entered the so-called 【Qi Nourishing Realm】, reaching a brand new realm!

Next.

According to the various descriptions in the books.

When the True Qi in his body accumulates to a certain level, allowing him to successfully connect to the spiritual energy of the outside world, and be able to transform the external spiritual energy that lingers outside the body into his own True Qi, he can be called the 【Origin Gathering Realm】.

The most important difference between these two levels is that the source of True Qi in the 【Qi Nourishing Realm】 is very singular, usually only the Qi and blood in one's own body, which to some extent belongs to overdrawing the vitality of the physical body, which is a kind of helplessness in a certain sense, and belongs to the transitional stage that must be experienced.

And the 【Origin Gathering Realm】 can directly draw spiritual energy from the outside world to transform it into True Qi in the body.

The birth and accumulation of True Qi will no longer have a negative impact on the body, it will only become a purely good thing.

Qi and blood and True Qi will become complementary things, and no longer will True Qi have to rely on Qi and blood.

At that time.

Even without talking about the quantity and quality of True Qi, the convenience and practicality of the two sides are already not at the same level.

Thinking about these things.

Ling Wuyuan quickly finished washing up.

Before long.

When he put on his clothes.

The horse automatically walked to his side, showing him a flattering smile, already ready to set off at any time.

Recently.

With the continuous transformation of his body.

Ling Wuyuan could clearly feel that this horse he had snatched was becoming more and more obedient.

It was not because his taming skills were high enough.

The slave-path killing move he mastered—Heart-Stomping Kick and the slave-path killing move—Neck-Choking Hand, although powerful, were not that powerful.

The wildness of animals is difficult to tame, it is not just talk.

The obedience of the other party.

It was purely due to fear.

Fear from the life level above.

Ling Wuyuan could feel that, after the previous multifaceted transformation, some aspects of his life characteristics were different from humans, at least different from normal humans.

When facing him.

This horse was simply like facing some high-level demon beast.

The sense of fear originating from the instinct of the life form naturally made it obedient.

Regarding this situation, Ling Wuyuan expressed that he couldn't quite understand it, but he could gladly accept it.

He didn't quite understand whether this was his own unique situation, or whether certain special physiques, those high-level special physiques that could be recorded by the 【Azure Lake White Stream Palace】, actually had similar manifestations…