Sitting cross-legged, Chen Xuan activated the Swallowing Heaven Technique to absorb the spiritual energy emitted by the three corpses. The true energy in Chen's dantian grew rapidly, reaching the peak of the sixth rank.
"Kid, don't absorb the spiritual energy into your dantian. Instead, integrate it into your body to temper your physical strength. Only with a strong body can you bear more spiritual energy from the heavens and earth," reminded Old Li when he saw Chen continuously absorbing spiritual energy into his dantian.
Chen immediately stopped absorbing into his dantian and instead integrated the gathered spiritual energy into his body. The violent spiritual energy ravaged Chen's body, causing yellowish liquid to seep out of his pores. This was the impurities in his body being cleansed by the spiritual energy.
"Ahh!"
Chen felt like thousands of knives were cutting into his flesh, almost fainting from the pain.
"Why didn't you remind me earlier? It hurts so much!" Chen complained to Old Li through his spiritual consciousness.
"Don't be ungrateful, kid. You'll understand later. The stronger your physical body, the faster you'll absorb spiritual energy, and your dantian will also become broader and more resilient. Unfortunately, without a physical cultivation technique, if you want to master the Swallowing Heaven Technique to its highest level, your body must keep up. What is Swallowing Heaven? It means swallowing the heavens into your belly. If your body isn't strong enough, it might burst when absorbing the energy," explained Old Li.
After listening to Old Li's explanation, Chen calmed down. He fully activated the Swallowing Heaven Technique to cleanse his body. He knew that Old Li's reminders were always for his own good.
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Old Li had brought Chen from Earth, and although Chen was initially wary, after six months of being together, they had become teacher and friend. Chen sometimes marveled that without Old Li's guidance, he would have taken many detours in his cultivation.
An hour later, Chen opened his eyes. His skin had a layer of grayish dirt on it. Using his true energy, he expelled the impurities, leaving his skin fairer than before. Standing up, his body made crackling sounds, feeling extremely comfortable.
Chen lightly scratched his arm with his steel knife, but it didn't cut through, leaving only a white mark. His physical strength had doubled, which would aid him in his future cultivation.
"Body refining!"
"Kid, I sense a faint spiritual power fluctuation on the left arm of the guy you cut off. Check it out," Old Li said.
Chen walked over to the severed arm and found nothing special until he saw a ring on the ring finger of the left hand. He took it off.
"Old Li, there's no spiritual power fluctuation as you said, only a ring on the dead man's hand," Chen reported.
"Focus your mind and use your spiritual consciousness to penetrate the ring," instructed Old Li.
With interest, Chen gradually penetrated the ring with his spiritual consciousness. He saw a bright gate ahead. What was this place? He delved deeper with his spiritual consciousness and crossed the gate.
Suddenly, Chen felt a buzzing in his brain and found himself in a room filled with various monster inner cores, several boxes of gold and spirit stones, and shelves with some unknown herbs scattered around. There were also several books on a stone table.
Going over to look, they were various martial arts and techniques, with the best being of middle-grade mystic level. For Chen, who was practicing a ground-level martial art, these were no longer attractive.
"What is this ring, and how can it hold things inside?" Chen wondered.
"Do you have any idea why I didn't want to pass on the Seven Killings Blade to you? Using the Seven Killings Blade to kill, you would find killing to be enjoyable. Each strike wouldn't bring any pain to the victim; it would be an instant death. In the past, I created these techniques through countless killings," Old Li said.
"There's fighting ahead!"
Chen activated his true energy and flew toward a large tree, hiding among the dense branches to observe the battle below. He saw two groups fighting—one with five or six people and the other with fifteen. Looking closely, he recognized them as disciples from his own Chen family fighting with those from the Wu and Li families.
"How dare you, Wu Family, join forces with the Li Family to attack the disciples of my Chen Family! When we return to Hongling Town, I won't spare you!" yelled Hao Ge, Chen's second uncle's son.
Chen jumped down from the tree and flew towards the battle below.