Chapter 348: Chapter 140: Qi and Blood Ten Transformations Forge the Furnace! Heaven and Earth Blade Force! (10,000-Word Mega Chapter)_3
As the winter snow melted and spring arrived, the cusp of summer neared.
Having completed a set of Guiding Techniques, Su Changkong felt as if he could sense the flow of air around him, his pores opening and relaxing to an extreme level of comfort, as though he were soaking in a hot spring.
“I’ve made a breakthrough,” Su Changkong knew that his Guiding Technique had ascended to a new tier!
Guiding Technique (7th-tier Profound Mastery 1%)
In seven to eight months, Su Changkong had devoted most of his energy to the Guiding Technique, training it to the transcendental 7th-tier, a level that common people couldn’t achieve even in a cycle of sixty years, nearly a century!
Lifespan: 200 years
Potential Value: 37 points
His lifespan had also increased to an extent of 200 years, and his potential value had risen to 37 points!
This progress was quite exaggerated; the longer the lifespan, the more difficult it was to extend by even one or two years. The closer one was to the limit, the harder it was to advance even a tiny bit!
To live to a hundred years old was already to be considered a long-lived person.
A lifespan of 200 years, that would mean living across two centuries! Witnessing the changes of the ages, the rise and fall of dynasties!
“In the next few days, I will complete a Blood Refining, stepping into the realm of the Qi-Blood Furnace!”
Besides, over the course of these seven to eight months, Su Changkong had taken and assimilated Dragon Blood Pills daily, and the strength of his Qi and Blood had grown rapidly, reaching a bottleneck. He needed to break through in one go, to achieve a Qi Blood Metamorphosis!
Adjusting his condition to its peak, in a spacious, quiet room, Su Changkong once again took a Dragon Blood Pill and began to assimilate it in silence, determined to break through this bottleneck.
Qi and Blood began surging around Su Changkong, and from his pores, a mist of blood-colored Qi emerged. Above his head, a blood-colored Dragon manifested, incredibly solid, with Dragon Scales, Dragon Head, and Dragon Claws all clearly visible, vivid and lifelike, with a spirited look in its eyes, as though it were truly alive.
This was a sign of reaching the peak of the Nine Transformations!
As the Qi and Blood ascended, the blood-colored Dragon coiled into a circle, with a fierce flame rising from its body. The blood-red flames burned the Dragon’s body, refining and condensing it for metamorphosis!
Hot! Scorching hot! So hot that the body seemed as if it were about to burn away!
Su Changkong felt as though he were inside a furnace, hot enough that his body might turn to ash. The moment sweat flowed from his pores, it was incinerated into mist, and his skin turned a reddish hue. If someone dared to touch it, their flesh would likely be burned to charcoal.
Without uttering a word, Su Changkong sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, quietly enduring. He knew this was his Qi and Blood undergoing metamorphosis, a transformation from within and an essential threshold to endure. If he couldn’t even withstand this pain, how could he talk about becoming a Martial Arts powerhouse, pursuing the elixir of immortality?
Time ticked by, and after an indeterminate period, the scorching sensation that felt like it would burn his body away gradually receded, or rather, Su Changkong’s body had undergone a transformation and had become accustomed to this fiery heat.
Above Su Changkong’s head, the coiled blood-colored Dragon had been re-refined and transformed into a blazing furnace, with the design of a Divine Dragon carved on its surface, majestic and mysterious. In the furnace, the flames ascended without cease.
“Sigh… I’ve made the breakthrough…”
Su Changkong took a deep breath, allowing the surging hot Qi and Blood inside to gradually cool down, and a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes.
Refining into the Furnace! The realm of the Qi-Blood Furnace!
The Qi-Blood Furnace represented the fourth tier of the twelve transformations of the Qi and Blood fourth-tier!
Among martial artists in the Qi-Blood realm, it was rare to find one in a hundred who could reach the Qi-Blood Furnace, signifying the pinnacle of strength in that realm.
Body as the furnace, blood as the fire! Unleashing full power was like the explosion of a furnace, with boiling flames and awe-inspiring might!
Whether it was the strength of his physique, or his speed and power, everything had been enhanced a level compared to the Nine Transformations.
“Let’s see my lifespan and potential!” What concerned Su Changkong the most was how much his lifespan and potential had increased.
With each set of three transformations in the twelve Qi-Blood Transformations forming a tier, inducing a qualitative change and metamorphosis of the physique, the lifespan would also increase to a certain extent, hence martial artists usually had considerably longer lives than ordinary people!
Lifespan: 215 years
Potential Value: 40 points
The lifespan had increased by a full 15 years, breaking through the milestone of 200 years, and the potential value had reached as high as 40 points!
It might seem like the current Su Changkong had only increased his potential by 7 points compared to half a year ago, but in reality, a qualitative change had occurred.
At the level Su Changkong had reached, every point of potential increase was extremely difficult and represented a massive gap, just like the difference between an athlete and a world champion. The difference may seem tiny in terms of data, but the actual gap is between professional and world-class!
“The world… seems clearer in my eyes now, the wind is about to rise!”
Stepping out of the Cultivation Room, Su Changkong breathed in the air, looking at the clear sky, he took a deep breath and, sensing something, murmured to himself.
Whoosh!
Just as Su Changkong had predicted, a breeze blew after a few breaths, causing the flowers and plants in the manor to sway.
This sensation was miraculous! Even in the most mundane things, Su Changkong could gain insights as if by enlightenment.
This was the change brought about by the increase in potential value. If the original Su Changkong was a genius among Martial Arts prodigies, the current him was a monster! Both his natural talent and insight underwent a dramatic transformation!
“Knock knock knock!”
There came a knocking at the door.
“It’s Hong Zhenxiang.”
Despite being far away, Su Changkong could tell from the forceful and heavy knocks that it was Hong Zhenxiang.