Water Dragon Mountain peak.
Lin Sheng expelled the Devouring Heart Pill toxin from his body and carefully felt the changes within his muscles.
The second stage of Bone Exchange relies on using potent poisons and rare medicines to stimulate the blood and qi within the body, thereby promoting the transformation of the surrounding muscle tissues.
The principle is simple, but the actual cultivation process is extremely difficult and highly dangerous.
Even a slight mistake could result in death by poisoning before one's own transformation can occur.
The first time he attempted it, the blood and qi reaction within his body was intense, but there was still a significant gap to reach the level that could trigger muscle transformation.
"However, this method of stimulating blood and qi with potent poison has quite a few similarities with the Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm."
Lin Sheng muttered, recalling the insights from his cultivation just now.
The Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm also uses potent poison to stimulate blood and qi, allowing the blood and qi to fuse with the poison, thereby enabling one's internal force to carry a poisonous effect.
Of course, the method of stimulating blood and qi in Heavenly Serpent Bone Exchange is much more complex and profound than the Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm; the two cannot be compared.
"But having the cultivation experience of the Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm can greatly shorten the process of stimulating my blood and qi, and there are two difficulties in this second stage: first, a suitable potent poison, and second, whether I can withstand the invasion of this potent poison."
"After all, the efficiency of stimulating blood and qi is directly proportional to the toxicity of the potent poison consumed. If the toxin is not enough, the progress of stimulating blood and qi will inevitably be extremely slow. If the toxicity is too strong, there is great danger, and one could die from poisoning with a slight mistake."
"For others, whether they can withstand the invasion of potent poison is the biggest difficulty, but for me, finding a suitable potent poison is the troublesome part. However, having this Devouring Heart Pill is completely sufficient."
Lin Sheng looked at the deep purple pill in the brocade box before him and thought to himself.
"With my Physique and recovery efficiency, having a suitable poisonous pill makes cultivation not that difficult."
Among all his attributes, the strongest was Physique.
In the Divine Transformation Realm, at least so far, he had not seen any God-Form Martial Artist whose Physique could surpass his, except for the contaminated Gongsun Yuanzhou.
After all, he had already exceeded the scope of a human, and that strange vitality was truly formidable.
After a brief rest, and haphazardly consuming a few pieces of Spirit Beast jerky, he prepared to continue taking the poisonous pill and cultivating.
Suddenly, he seemed to sense something. His movements paused, and his gaze shifted to one side of the mountain peak.
He saw that a small figure had appeared on the mountain peak, which had been empty just moments ago.
"Sister Lan, you're back. Are things taken care of?"
Seeing the person who arrived, Lin Sheng said seriously.
When he and Qi Ning and the others returned, he did not choose to go to the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect with them, but instead returned directly to Yan County.
Now that three days had passed, he had been a little worried, but seeing her return, he also relaxed a lot.
"Yes, the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect directly disbanded the Sect. Wanjun only took a few dozen elites from the Sect and, under Sister Qi's arrangement, went to Fulong City."
"Fulong City!?"
Hearing this, Lin Sheng was stunned, not expecting Dark Star to directly arrange the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect Disciples in Fulong City.
Northern Yan has three roads and fifteen prefectures, and Volong Road is one of the three roads.
One road governs five prefectures, and the two prefectures of Tiannan and Linjiang both belong to Volong Road.
And Fulong City is the central city of Volong Road.
As the central major city of a road, Fulong City is not as grand as the Grand Capital, but it is far from comparable to a Fu City.
Fulong City is a crucial heavy city in the entire Northern Yan.
As far as he knew, in a giant city like Fulong City, Dark Star would have at least one Dark Star Envoy stationed there.
"That's right. Although I agreed to take in the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect Disciples for Wanjun, they cannot be arranged easily. They still need to go to the city for testing."
Lan Man nodded, looking at Lin Sheng and blinking her eyes, pausing on his strong, bare-chested figure before continuing.
"But, Lin Xiaodi, your cultivation is a bit too diligent, isn't it? You've just gone through a fierce battle, and as soon as you returned, you buried yourself in hard cultivation. Tsk tsk, cultivating so hard like this is quite boring."
Not paying attention to the other party's gaze, Lin Sheng changed the subject.
"Where's Sister Ning? Didn't she come back with you?"
"No, something big happened again in these three days. Tiannan Prefecture is very lively."
"Big event?" Lin Sheng's heart stirred. "Is it Gongsun Yuanzhou?"
"It's that guy. I just received the news not long ago. I didn't expect that after we shook off Gongsun Yuanzhou that day, that guy actually returned directly to the Fu City."
Lan Man spoke with a sigh, but her tone carried a hint of sarcasm.
"After Gongsun Yuanzhou returned to the Fu City, he immediately went on a killing spree. Not only did he drain all the beast-transformed Martial Artists dry, but the garrison and constables in the entire Fu City suffered seventy percent losses. If it weren't for Lu Chuan resisting with the Ice Ghost Great Formation and many hidden cards, the entire Fu City would probably have been destroyed by Gongsun Yuanzhou."
"Hmph, the Beast Suppression Army created by Tianhong Pavilion has also reaped what it sowed this time. Such losses are quite rare in the history of the entire Northern Yan Kingdom."
"Something like this actually happened. Where did that Gongsun Yuanzhou go now?" Hearing what Lan Man said, Lin Sheng frowned and asked.
Thinking of Gongsun Yuanzhou's strange appearance back then, his tracking of them was naturally due to Wan Shuang's reason. It was clear that the contaminated Gongsun Yuanzhou had the ability to sense similar contaminated bodies.
Wan Shuang's strength back then was not weak. Although she couldn't cause any trouble under his sneak attack, her formidable vitality combined with her strange attack methods was completely comparable to a Divine Transformation Realm Martial Artist.
There were definitely many more contaminated bodies like this in the Fu City, or to put it more directly, those beast-transformed Martial Artists were all considered contaminated.
Although it was impossible for all of them to be comparable to Divine Transformation like Wan Shuang, the number of Beast Suppression Army in the Fu City was not small.
Gongsun Yuanzhou wouldn't target those contaminated individuals without a purpose. It was clear that there was something he needed on those contaminated individuals.
Lin Sheng immediately thought of that strange black single eye.
A vague sense of unease rose in his heart. By consuming a large number of contaminated individuals, what kind of changes would occur in Gongsun Yuanzhou?
Most likely, he would become increasingly powerful, which was definitely not a good thing.
"Not clear."
"However, after Gongsun Yuanzhou left the Fu City, when he appeared again, he was at the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect."
"Fortunately, at that time, the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect had already disbanded, and Wanjun had already led people away. It's just a pity that some Disciples who remained at the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect were not so lucky."
"This Gongsun Yuanzhou is unstoppable in Tiannan Prefecture, but he won't be rampant for long. Sister Qi has already reported the situation in Tiannan Prefecture, and the higher-ups should make arrangements. Moreover, the Imperial Court should take action soon. This matter has become increasingly big, and the Imperial Court cannot let the situation continue to develop."
"That's right."
His heart relaxed a lot. When the sky falls, there are taller people to hold it up. Regarding this matter of Gongsun Yuanzhou, the Imperial Court should be the most anxious.
"Speaking of which, although this operation ended in failure, the current effect is even better than successfully killing Gongsun Yuanzhou. The commotion caused by this incident is so big that the news cannot be sealed. Those aristocratic families and Sects will definitely notice the strangeness of the Beast Suppression Army."
At this point, Lan Man continued, a smile on her lips. The black umbrella in her hand, which had been severely deformed, had recovered, but clear marks of external impact were still visible.
"Alright, I need to go and resolve the issue of the new Station. This time, thanks to you for Jin Qianbao's matter, otherwise the entire Tiannan stronghold would probably have been wiped out."
Saying that, Lan Man was about to leave. Suddenly, her gaze fell on the brocade box in front of Lin Sheng. She felt a sense of familiarity and quickly remembered something, saying in surprise.
"This thing... You're cultivating that Heavenly Serpent Bone Exchange technique!?"
Lin Sheng nodded, not intending to hide it.
"That's right. This secret technique is quite profound and ingenious, and since it was that person's intention, I naturally have to try cultivating it."
Hearing this, Lan Man showed an understanding expression and nodded.
"That's right. Speaking of which, this secret technique used to be very famous in the organization. I also tried to cultivate it against all odds, but it's a pity that the so-called great blood and qi circulation is too difficult."
"This secret technique is a complete evil technique. Lin Xiaodi, you can just take a look at it. Don't worry if you can't get started. This is actually a good thing. In my opinion, this is clearly that person intentionally making things difficult. That person has never accepted Disciples. Sister Qi Ning is just trying her luck... After this matter is resolved, I will introduce you to other Dark Star Envoys."
"Uh..."
Lan Man didn't notice anything unusual. Her gaze fell on the brocade box, showing some curiosity.
"Speaking of which, what's in this box? Since it came from that person's hand, it shouldn't be anything ordinary."
Saying that, she lifted her black skirt, revealing her fair and slender calves, and opened the brocade box.
"Huh, it's actually a pill. The appearance is quite peculiar. I've never seen it before."
Looking at the deep purple pill in the box, the curiosity on her face grew even stronger. She noticed some powdered pill skin that had been artificially scraped off the surface of the pill.
"Lin Xiaodi, you were cultivating by taking a pill just now."
"Well, this is the Devouring Heart Pill that assists in cultivating the second stage of Bone Exchange."
Looking at Lan Man's actions, Lin Sheng replied with some worry.
"Oh... I knew it. So it's Devouring..." Lan Man subconsciously nodded and twitched her nose, but the next moment her eyes suddenly widened, as if startled, and she immediately dropped the brocade box in her hand.
Lin Sheng caught the pill and put it back in the brocade box.
"Lin Xiaodi, what did you just say? This is the Devouring Heart Pill!?"
Lan Man stood several feet away, her eyes wide.
"That's right, Devouring Heart Pill."
"Damn, it's actually true. That's right, since it came from that old guy's hand, it must be true. It's over, it's over, I won't be poisoned, will I?"
Lan Man kept shaking her hands and coughing heavily, as if trying to spit out what she had inhaled.
After fussing for a while, seeing that she had no signs of poisoning, she finally stopped.
Seeing that Lin Sheng was still holding the brocade box, she quickly spoke.
"Lin Xiaodi, stay away from that box. This Devouring Heart poisonous pill is something even Late Stage Divine Transformation Realm Martial Artists can't withstand. Eating it is certain death..."
Speaking of this, she paused again, her body trembling, staring at Lin Sheng with some confusion and shock.
"You just said you were cultivating by taking a pill, and you took this Devouring Heart Pill!!?"
"Uh... That's right."
"It's bad, it's bad, it's bad..."
Hearing this, Lan Man showed a speechless expression and rushed back to Lin Sheng's side, poking his eyelids and carefully examining his mouth.
Lin Sheng couldn't help but feel speechless, grabbing the fair little hand that was constantly poking his face.
"Sister Lan, I'm fine."
"Are you sure? Do you feel uncomfortable, severe pain all over, itching..."
"No..."
"Are you sure?
"Absolutely!"
After confirming repeatedly, Lan Man finally relaxed and let out a long sigh.
At this moment, she only noticed that her current actions seemed a bit intimate. She lightly coughed and slowly got off him.
But soon she realized something, tilting her head and looking at Lin Sheng in disbelief.
"Cultivating with a poisonous pill? The second stage of Bone Exchange? You've already started cultivating the second stage!?"
"Well, I was lucky enough to complete the great blood and qi circulation a few days ago."
"Damn it!!" Hearing this, Lan Man couldn't help but curse, pinching her forehead, and then widening her eyes to carefully examine Lin Sheng from head to toe.
"How many days has it been? You've already gotten started, no, you've already completed the great blood and qi circulation and started cultivating with poison..."
Lan Man's face showed a look of being quite struck. When she tried to cultivate this secret technique back then, she spent more than a month trying the great blood and qi circulation. Not only did she not succeed, but it also greatly damaged her vitality, and she never dared to try cultivating it again after that.
Even some of the unyielding geniuses in the organization only had slightly better cultivation results than her at most, and there were almost none who could complete the great blood and qi circulation.
And now, Lin Sheng had completed the great blood and qi circulation in just a few days.
She knew that Lin Sheng's talent was exceptional, but she didn't expect it to reach this level.
"Is this still a human!?" This thought couldn't help but pop into her mind.
It took a while for her to calm down the chaotic thoughts in her heart.
She looked at Lin Sheng with a complicated gaze.
"I didn't expect you to complete the blood and qi circulation so quickly. I'm afraid even the two people who successfully cultivated it in the Former Dynasty didn't have your speed."
"It was just luck."
Lan Man was a little speechless, and couldn't help but complain in her heart.
Lin Xiaodi is good in every way, but he's just too pretentious.
She had already seen it when he killed Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjiang.
"Alright, but Lin Xiaodi, this secret technique is extremely evil. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that you've gotten started with it, after all, quite a few people have died from this secret technique."
Lan Man sighed lightly, as if afraid of affecting Lin Sheng, and quickly changed her words.
"However, with your talent, Lin Xiaodi, I think you might be able to successfully cultivate it."
"Let's hope so."