Chapter 23 Fang Ge: Why isn't it leaking? Is it a bug?
Gripping the doorknob, Fang Ge began to modify his room.
Without consuming reward points, the maximum radius of a Reincarnator's room is one kilometer.
But it was too large for convenient travel, so Fang Ge simply conjured a villa and placed an Ice and Fire Dual-Polarity Eye next to it.
This kind of uniquely blessed spring eye is dual-born, one yin and one yang, one cold and one hot, two polarities mutually opposing yet intertwined.
Of course, this was just a free, superficial replica, far from the power of the original.
For Fang Ge, however, it was just enough, perfectly suited for their cultivation.
There wasn't an abundance of spiritual energy in the Reincarnator's room; Reincarnators who wanted to accelerate their Cultivation still had to rely on heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Fang Ge wasn't a masochist. He first took the painkiller, and after confirming the medicine had taken effect, he shed his clothes and entered the cold spring.
Then, with a resolute heart, he swallowed the fatal fruit, marrow cleansing pill, and ten-year vermillion fruit all at once!
The fatal fruit was unremarkable but exuded a dangerous aura.
The marrow cleansing pill was like a luminous pearl, crystal clear, emitting bursts of fragrance.
The vermillion fruit was smooth and crimson, with a peculiar aroma.
The three dissolved upon entering his mouth, and immediately, streams of hot energy began to flow throughout his body.
Blazing hot!
His meridians, which had solidified after adulthood, were like dry riverbeds, and the hot energy from the medicine was like magma. As streams of magma surged through the dry riverbeds, Fang Ge's meridians were forced to rapidly increase in elasticity and vitality!
The medicinal power was simply too strong. Along with the scorching, burning sensation that swept through his entire body, a surge of force caused his meridians to tear open, and then repair themselves again!
A metabolism one hundred times that of an ordinary person made all of this even more intense and rapid!
Tearing... repairing... tearing... repairing...
His mind was empty and clear, maintaining just enough lucidity to control the energy circulation, leaving the rest to the medicine to freely exert its effects!
The method of circulating energy recorded in the Sunflower Manual seemed to be an instinct within his body; what he gained from the Main God's anointing was truly extraordinary.
Every part of his body began to absorb the medicinal power. His muscles became more vibrant, their potential increased, and the vitality of his tendons and bones also rose accordingly!
Fang Ge's meridians, which were originally just like dry ditches, now rapidly transformed into streams and rivers!
A warmth emerged in his Dantian, and a scorching, supremely yang and rigid energy gradually condensed—this was the Sunflower Inner Force he had cultivated!
However, it was precisely with the generation of this Inner Force that he instantly achieved the feat of a rigid erection, his entire body burning with heat, which even soaking in the extremely cold spring water could not suppress!
—Damn it, can this really be practiced?
He realized the situation was somewhat unusual.
According to common sense, no matter what kind of heavenly materials and earthly treasures or spiritual elixirs, only a very small portion could be absorbed; most of the energy would dissipate into the room. And the rooms in the Main God Space were completely enclosed, so it could be slowly reabsorbed later, preventing waste.
But this time was different; he had no signs of this 'leaking'!
In the past, players did indeed leak much less compared to ordinary Reincarnators, but it was only the difference between 3 points and 1 point.
Logically speaking, this was a good thing.
Fang Ge didn't know if it was a bug in the game, or if this was just the mechanism of the new version...
Because all along, Orthodox Cultivation and Inner Force had been complained about as weak, and General Manager Zhang, as the chief person in charge of game development, had always wanted to strengthen these two systems.
So, it wasn't impossible for players in the new version not to leak, after all, numerical balance could be slowly adjusted.
—Then why didn't you write it clearly in the update log! Just writing 'strengthen the Inner Force system,' who knows how it's strengthened!
—Who balanced this? Won't this 'eating' style fly into the sky?
At this moment, with the fatal fruit's significant boost to metabolism and digestion, he now had 100 points of energy to absorb completely!
If it were all converted into Sunflower Inner Force by him, it would really lead to an Explosion!
—Next time, I must find some heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can lie dormant within the body. A ten-year vermillion fruit and one marrow cleansing pill have already done this to me; who can withstand this!
Fortunately, things hadn't reached the point of no return; Jin Xi could lend a helping hand.
He felt a cool, small hand press against his chest. From the palm, an invisible vortex seemed to emit a strong suction force.
The Sunflower Inner Force Fang Ge had just generated was drawn out, like a mud ox entering the sea, disappearing without a trace...
That was just Fang Ge's perception. From Jin Xi's perspective, things were completely different.
The Cultivation method she inherited from Fang Ge was innate knowledge, and since Jin Xi's body had just formed, there was no meridian solidification, so the cultivation technique flowed smoothly.
The scorching supreme yang Inner Force followed the absorption route of the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian she cultivated, directly entering the girl's Ren Meridian, and then slowly transformed by the energy circulation method of the Northern Darkness Divine Art.
"So hot... and so much..."
Although Jin Xi felt no pain, she could still feel that the Sunflower Inner Force was very overbearing and difficult to handle.
No matter how high her physical strength, the Sunflower Inner Force couldn't harm her in the slightest, but there was also 'no energy circulation' within her body.
This was the first time.
North Darkness True Energy belonged to both yin and yang. At this moment, only yang-attributed Inner Force was absorbed into her body, making the transformation quite difficult.
It took a full major circulation for the Sunflower Inner Force to transform into North Darkness True Energy and be stored in her Dantian.
The efficiency was too low; 'traffic jams' would occur!
This was also Fang Ge messing up; who knew there would be no leaking? Otherwise, he would have prepared yin-attributed medicines to neutralize it.
"Mmm..."
With too much Sunflower Inner Force retained in her body, Jin Xi was already starting to experience dry mouth and tongue, and her limbs gradually went limp.
It was like spending too much time in a sauna, over-steaming.
Jin Xi felt her rationality burning away.
The instincts belonging to 'Dragon' and 'Human' began to invade this newly formed body.
These two creatures didn't have many commonalities, but one reproductive instinct was exceptionally strong in both.
If one channel wasn't efficient enough, then only more channels could be opened.
As Fang Ge tried every means to resist the blazing evil fire within him, a slender, jade-like arm, like a lotus root, suddenly wrapped around his neck.
A soft, boneless body, like a water snake, clung to him in his embrace, and a delicate fragrance wafted into his nose.
A wisp of fragrance, the softness in his arms, was like dynamite igniting a fuse, causing Fang Ge's bloodshot eyes to snap open instantly, his barely maintained rationality completely destroyed.
Within the spring eye, a heartwarming spring warmth quietly permeated.
...
Fang Ge found it difficult to describe what he had experienced.
Logically speaking, it should have just been a CG.
—Could it be a perk of the beta version? Or did previous mods still work in the new version, and because of the enhanced immersion, the realism also increased?
He didn't know. But the Main God called him a player, and his physical attributes were indeed set as 200 immunity during character creation. It couldn't be a real transmigration, could it?
In any case... it was incredibly satisfying.
The Art of the Bedchamber wasn't learned for nothing; both of them had remarkable proficiency, so the experience was naturally geometrically enhanced.
There was a strong sense of fatigue. The remaining Sunflower Inner Force—which should only be D-rank—posed no threat to Fang Ge, who had entered 'sage mode'.
As for Jin Xi...
Roughly estimated, she should have absorbed an amount equivalent to C-rank.
With a little conversion, it was equivalent to a year's worth of pure North Darkness True Energy, achieved in a single night.
—Find another yin-yang balanced heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can lie dormant in the body, then return to the real world for Chu Xuan and practice for a period of time.
He was confident that by then, the Inner Force in both of them could reach B-rank or higher, and simultaneously possess the characteristics of a cultivation technique, far surpassing ordinary 'high-level Inner Force'.
...It's time to get up; time waits for no one.
Fang Ge found himself already in the warm spring water, presumably Jin Xi had moved him there so he wouldn't catch a cold.
He breathed softly, letting the air flow through his lungs and Inner Force circulate through his meridians.
"Did I wake the charioteer?"
The silver-haired girl calmly brushed her ponytail by the shore, appearing gentle and submissive.
The mist rising from the hot spring made the beauty in Fang Ge's eyes hazy and unreal, but even so, the feeling of fatigue on his body vanished instantly.
The urge to fight to his heart's content couldn't help but emerge.
—This won't do; I must go to Zhang Jie's place on time.
Fang Ge's rationality told him that once the serious business was done, this gentle embrace only cost 10 reward points for a full day.
The speedrun elements were more important.
Sunflower Inner Force swept through his body; that long-lost sense of power wasn't strong, but it re-energized Fang Ge's body.
He had the Gene Lock, martial arts, and battle experience honed through countless trials.
With the energy circulation restored, he could be considered a powerful first-tier warrior. Dealing with the abstractly strengthened Zheng Zha from the original text would be a piece of cake.
And this was just the beginning.
Seeing him rise from the hot spring, Jin Xi put down what she was doing and changed his clothes. The girl lowered her head, using her slender fingers to fasten each button for Fang Ge...
She truly looked like a serene wife.
—There's nothing wrong with the game world; finding a partner like this in reality would be incredibly difficult, to be honest.
Fang Ge prided himself on his good financial condition, but he still wouldn't dare to hope for such a partner.
—Since the experience is so good, after completing this save file, I can take a break for a while.
Fang Ge pushed the door open, Jin Xi obediently following behind him.
Chu Xuan was more receptive to advice than expected and had indeed gone back to rest.
The Main God Plaza was empty, and it wasn't yet the agreed-upon meeting time.
By his calculations, it was around 'five in the morning'.
He skillfully arrived at Zhang Jie's room door, knocked thirteen times forcefully, then hid to the side of the door.
"Bang bang bang!"
As expected, the response to the knocking was three desert eagle bullets.
Only then did Zhang Jie open the door, grumbling.
"Which damn idiot—the Main God will fix him..."
He had some acting skills; Zhang Jie seemed genuinely surprised that he hadn't hit anything.
But Fang Ge wasn't buying it.
"Before opening the door, you can use a Mental Power Scan so you won't miss."
In Zhang Jie's eyes, this somewhat neurotic, handsome teammate again revealed his white teeth, his words sending shivers down one's spine.
"What did you just say?" The scar-faced man chose to play dumb first.
"Ah... if you don't want to use Mental Power, you can also try your favorite Telekinesis."
Fang Ge stood face to face with Zhang Jie; he enjoyed this... feeling of having things under his control.
"Wouldn't you say so, dear Central Continent Team leader?"