“Qi Rushing to the Disease: Flipping Illness (99.96%)”
Wang Sheng saw the number on the progress bar and knew that today was the day he would complete the Qi Rushing to the Disease phase of Finding Disease.
It had been three days since he went to Lijiang Town to buy the seeds for medicinal herbs, during which Wang Sheng had devoted most of his attention to advancing his progress in Inner Core Skill and the Eight Section Brocade.
Finally, today he had pushed the progress bar for Qi Rushing to the Disease to the very last bit.
Another half hour later, the progress bar for Qi Rushing to the Disease changed.
“Qi Rushing to the Disease: Flipping Illness (1%)”
The Qi Blood Power had circulated through Wang Sheng’s body for several months, completing all the processes of the Finding Disease stage and returning to the original starting point.
During this period, Wang Sheng “relapsed” with countless illnesses.
Whether external injuries or internal ones, all had been discovered by the Qi Blood Power under the control of the Inner Core Skill, with over 90% of the disease foci being broken through.
Wang Sheng didn’t feel how much his strength had increased, but he did feel a lightness throughout his body, as though all of his chronic illnesses had vanished overnight, providing a sense of comfort.
However, this comfort was mixed with a strange sensation.
He was well aware that this was because the first circulation of Qi Blood Power had not been strong enough to break through all the disease foci, and the remaining ones were still affecting him.
“The improvement of Inner Core Skill is making my perception of my body deeper and deeper!” he thought.
Previously, these disease foci had been present, but his awareness of them had not been as keen, barely feeling any discomfort.
This discomfort was like wanting to say something, but then suddenly forgetting upon reaching your lips, unable to recall it no matter how hard you tried, leaving a heavy stone settled in your heart that you couldn’t dislodge.
That was what Wang Sheng was experiencing at all times now.
“The Flipping Illness stage might be somewhat tough!” he contemplated.
He had never anticipated that the Flipping Illness stage would present such a challenge.
All he wanted now was to quickly get through this stage.
Theoretically, the stronger his own Qi Blood Power was in this stage, the faster the breakthrough.
Therefore, Wang Sheng now had two main tasks.
One was to continue to strengthen his Qi Blood Power, and the second was to start attacking the major disease foci that had been left behind.
Thanks to the advancements in the Eight Section Brocade, his Qi Blood Power had greatly increased, and he hadn’t encountered any extremely powerful and stubborn disease foci like Martial Artist Plague again, so the major disease foci remaining in his body were only four.
Aside from the Martial Artist Plague, which Wang Sheng felt needed another increase in Qi Blood Power before he could be confident in breaking through, the other three could be attempted.
Especially the first one; he had encountered a similar level of disease focus towards the end of the Finding Disease stage, and it had taken two days for his Qi Blood Power to break it open.
So with the four remaining disease foci, this first one certainly could be directly targeted.
Furthermore, during the Finding Disease phase, he had familiarized himself with all his meridians and could control his Qi Blood Power, so in the Flipping Illness stage, he didn’t need to wait for his Qi Blood Power to automatically circulate to the disease focus.
Therefore, without hesitation, Wang Sheng began to control his Qi Blood Power, making it roam within his body toward the location of the first disease focus.
“Why does my blood feel ‘thicker’?” he wondered.
As his Qi Blood Power advanced, Wang Sheng noticed his blood seemed to become thicker.
However, this was only a subtle sensation, and he didn’t pay too much attention to it, still controlling his Qi Blood Power to advance.
Soon, the Qi Blood Power arrived in front of the first disease focus.
The assault began!
The Qi Blood Power controlled by Wang Sheng seemed to transform into a battering ram, striking directly against the “blood clot” that formed the gate of the disease focus.
With each strike, Wang Sheng felt a not too heavy thud in his chest.
There was also something in his throat that seemed unable to be suppressed, wanting to surge out.
“Pfft—”
A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out, staining the ground red, yet this blood seemed to carry a tinge of pitch black.
Wang Sheng was not panicked; this wasn’t the first time he had experienced such a thing.
Spitting out some tainted blood was no big deal; in fact, he felt more relaxed after doing so.
After spitting blood, upon observing the diseased area again, one would notice that the “blood clot” had shrunk a bit—the initial impact of the Qi-Blood Power had been effective.
“Not bad, this time the impact should take less than a day.”
His Qi-Blood Power was continuously improving—what previously took two days should not take that long now, otherwise it would be strange.
Wang Sheng continued his assault.
He was determined to shatter this diseased area in one go!
The assault began around noon, and as evening approached, the “blood clot” had finally reduced to just a speck. All that was needed was one more effort to completely break open the diseased area.
However, the cost was that Wang Sheng spit blood several times that afternoon. If it weren’t for replenishing some Qi-Blood Power with Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills, he would have doubted whether the light-headed feeling after spitting blood indicated he was about to bleed out and perish on the spot!
After another half-hour of effort, Wang Sheng spat out the last mouthful of dirty blood.
The first diseased area was breached!
“Huff!”
Wang Sheng took a deep breath, expelling the accumulated turbid Qi from his body, and felt significantly revitalized.
Feeling the persistent discomfort reduce considerably, he felt somewhat relieved inside.
Indeed, it was better to eliminate such diseased areas sooner rather than later.
Besides feeling more at ease, the elimination of a diseased area also greatly increased his progress.
“Qi Rushing to the Disease: Flipping Illness (25%)”
Just with the elimination of a single diseased area, the progress bar increased by a quarter.
This is why the stronger the Qi-Blood Power during the Flipping Illness stage, the faster the progress.
If his Qi-Blood Power were strong enough to breach four major diseased areas in one day, then he could enter the third stage of Qi Rushing to the Disease, reducing the disease, right there and then.
Thinking of this, Wang Sheng felt a surge of excitement, and he glanced at the scale marking time on the hourglass.
“Forget it, let’s save the time spent reading and see whether the second diseased area can be broken through!”
Since the Flipping Illness stage heightened bodily sensations, he only wanted to rapidly clear all diseased areas.
After all, the process of assaulting diseased areas didn’t mean he couldn’t stop once he’d started; it was a long, drawn-out process in itself. If he found that it would take a long time, he could simply stop then and there, as there would be no risk involved.
So Wang Sheng began directing his Qi-Blood Power towards the second diseased area.
The assault began swiftly.
It did not take long for him to understand the condition of this diseased area.
The good news was that his current Qi-Blood Power was indeed capable of breaking through; the bad news was that it would still take three days for the Qi-Blood Power to work its way through on its own, and not much less even if he personally directed the flow.
Though Wang Sheng wasn’t exactly short on time, he realized a problem from this.
During the Finding Disease stage, as time passed, the Qi-Blood Power would become increasingly strong, and more diseased areas that could be breached would emerge.
However, this also meant that the remaining unbreached diseased areas later on would be even stronger.
If the second one already required so much time, what about the Martial Artist Plague diseased area?
Ultimately, Wang Sheng reached a conclusion.
“The Qi-Blood Power is still not strong enough!”