“Master’s meaning is…”
“To Cultivate the Six Viscera and Eight Bowels, you must use a sharp blade to cut open your chest, place a sharp stone inside your body, and then apply the Flying Whirlwind Spirit to make it spin within, until all five viscera and six bowels are shattered. During this time, you must continuously activate the Blood Healing Spirit to recover from injuries, allowing your five viscera and six bowels to regenerate repeatedly. Supplement this with Immortal Flesh, guiding your body to grow new internal organs, repeating this cycle until the Six Viscera and Eight Bowels are formed.”
Upon hearing this, even Changqing couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.
He couldn’t help but think of Prometheus, punished in mythology. This method of Cultivating the Six Viscera and Eight Bowels was even more terrifying than Prometheus being bound to a rock and having an eagle constantly peck at his internal organs.
It was simply torture.
He composed himself, but still did not back down.
Since he had already chosen to Cultivate the Blood Law, there was no turning back now. Even if it wasn’t for the plan, strengthening himself by even a fraction would not be a bad thing given his current situation.
He understood the general method of Cultivation, but what exactly was this Immortal Flesh?
“Disciple is dull, may I ask Master what this Immortal Flesh is?”
Dan Ji explained.
“So-called Immortal Flesh is flesh and blood extremely rich in Blood Qi spiritual power. This item is of little use to ordinary Cultivators, but for us Blood Arts cultivators, it is a great tonic. When combined with special Spell Cultivation, it offers immense benefits to Cultivation.”
“As for where the Immortal Flesh you need comes from.”
She smiled.
“Am I not it?”
Changqing was stunned, then understood, and said, “Then Disciple will offend you.” He picked up the dagger, preparing to step forward.
“Foolish Disciple, if this Immortal Flesh is cut off, the Blood Qi and spiritual power within it will quickly dissipate in no time, and its efficacy will be greatly reduced.”
Changqing wasn’t foolish; hearing her words, he naturally understood that Dan Ji wanted him to absorb it on the spot.
He considered his own acceptance ability to be strong enough, but this…
Although he was already accustomed to the strange and terrifying female demons in this world, and the perversion and Weird of this world had deeply ingrained itself in his heart, having a living person stand there and letting him absorb her on the spot still somewhat challenged his sanity.
Sensing his hesitation, Dan Ji was about to offer some comforting words, but Changqing had already stepped forward and placed his hand on Dan Ji’s thigh.
“How much does Disciple need to eat, and where should I start? Is this spot acceptable?”
Listening to his calm voice, Dan Ji didn’t expect him to become so composed so quickly, and said with some appreciation.
“Good, good, you truly are a good seedling for the Evil Path. Just pick a spot to start. Eat a small mouthful each time your five viscera and six bowels shatter. My Immortal Flesh is too rich in Blood Qi for you, so do not be greedy, otherwise there is a danger of your body exploding.”
The conversation between these two would be extremely bizarre anywhere. One was about to personally shatter his own five viscera and six bowels, then gnaw on human flesh, while the other was watching herself being eaten, not forgetting to remind the other not to be greedy, as if she was very confident in her own taste.
But neither of their voices had any ripples.
Changqing had already picked up the dagger, its tip resting on his chest.
Without any hesitation, he made a cut, opening a deep wound.
“Do not be hasty in activating the Blood Healing Spirit to heal the wound. Endure it. First, pour the sharp stone into the wound, then activate the Flying Whirlwind Spirit.”
Dan Ji reminded him from the side.
Changqing gritted his teeth and complied, enduring the intense pain, his hands trembling slightly as he untied the cloth bag and poured the sharp stones into the wound, then activated the Flying Whirlwind Spirit.
Instantly, his intestines were ruptured, and his heart and lungs were shattered.
“You must endure, activate the Blood Healing Spirit.”
The intense pain instantly blurred his consciousness. Vaguely, he heard Dan Ji’s voice, and he almost instinctively activated the Blood Healing Spirit, healing his shattered internal organs.
However, such an extremely severe injury almost instantly drained the Blood Qi from his body. The blue light emitted by the Blood Healing Spirit quickly dimmed, and the half-recovered injury continued to worsen.
Sensing Changqing’s life rapidly ebbing away, Dan Ji quickly urged.
“Eat the Immortal Flesh, quickly.”
Changqing immediately pounced on Dan Ji like a zombie, disregarding everything else. An extremely strong desire to eat and an instinct for survival drove him.
Dan Ji’s flesh was not like ordinary flesh; its interior was not blood-red, but like a warm, pure white jade, with only the blood vessels scattered within forming red patterns in the white jade.
Changqing felt the taste was incredibly sweet, and a warm current nourished his damaged body from top to bottom, instantly bringing a feeling of comfort.
But in a short while, this feeling completely vanished, replaced by intense pain once again.
This made him act like a greedy infant sucking on nutrients, absorbing Dan Ji’s Immortal Flesh again.
Round and round.
He didn’t know how long passed, until he had stopped thinking. The several sharp stones inside him and his bones continuously rubbed and were ground into powder, which he spat out with a mouthful of fresh blood, before he completely fainted.
Dan Ji was still as she was when they first met, her skin delicate and smooth. Aside from the countless threads piercing her body, no wounds were visible.
Although Changqing had been gnawing on her continuously, her recovery speed far exceeded Changqing’s eating speed.
“What a pity. If not for being in such a desperate situation, this boy would be worth cultivating well. In just three days, he has Cultivated the Earth Palace Viscera, already surpassing me in my time.”
“Moreover, he is also…”
The reason the Evil Path is the Evil Path is primarily because its methods of Cultivation are evil. Often, these Evil Paths have incredibly fast initial Cultivation speeds and do not at all value the Cultivator’s talent; what they require are other things.
For example, in Cultivating the Blood Law, the most important things are sufficient Blood Qi for assistance and the Cultivator’s own strong will.
Dan Ji had Cultivated to her current Realm step by step, so she naturally knew the difficulty of Cultivating the Six Viscera and Eight Bowels.
The biggest test among them was that, before successful Cultivation, the Cultivator must actively activate the Flying Whirlwind Spirit and not stop, allowing the sharp stones to continuously destroy their internal organs until success.
This was simply a hundred times more tormenting than personally taking a knife and continuously cutting one’s own flesh.
But in the face of such torment, a struggle between life and death, very few people can persevere, maintaining their sanity at all times and steadily activating the Flying Whirlwind Spirit.
Either they would retreat, or their will would scatter. There has never been anyone like Changqing who could persevere to the end in one go.
Originally, Dan Ji only successfully Cultivated the Earth Palace Viscera when she was in the Instant Realm. To prepare enough Blood Qi, she slaughtered a small Cultivator Family and refined a piece of fleshy Ganoderma lucidum, which she consumed as Immortal Flesh.
But she still tried several times before she persevered to the end and successfully Cultivated.
That Changqing could Cultivate one Earth Palace Viscera in the mere Chana Realm was, of course, primarily due to the Immortal Flesh and almost infinite Blood Qi provided by Dan Ji’s assistance.
But it also could not be separated from Changqing’s almost terrifying willpower.
It is no exaggeration to say that the process of Cultivation was no different from taking a trip through the eighteen layers of Hell. And stopping the activation of the Flying Whirlwind Spirit would immediately end this pain. In such a situation, how many people could persevere to the end?