354: Chapter 354 Has Rong'er gotten stronger?

Qingsong Daoist Academy.

Early morning.

Two maids dressed in light gauze pushed open the carved wooden door of the courtyard.

The maid on the left held a white jade tray in both hands.

On the tray sat a small crimson-gold tripod.

As soon as the lid of the tripod was lifted...

A blood-scented aroma, so thick it was nauseating, mixed with the medicinal fragrance of a century-old ginseng, overbearingly dispersing the morning mist in the courtyard.

This was a medicinal meal brewed from the heart-blood of a Second-order Yao Beast, the Crimson Flame Pig, combined with three-hundred-year-old Purple-leaf Blood Ginseng.

Never mind a six-year-old child.

Even a regular Cultivator at the Middle Stage of the Qi Refinement Stage would have their Meridians burst on the spot from the violent medicinal power if they swallowed this tripod of medicinal meal in one gulp.

This was Master Cangbai's method.

He wasn't teaching a Disciple at all.

He was clearly using the crudest and most reckless method to forcibly expand the capacity of this Heavenly Spiritual Root Physical Body.

Strengthening the foundation of the tripod furnace to the extreme.

Ye Rong wore a loose green silk shirt and squatted barefoot in the mud of the courtyard.

He was poking an ant nest with a twig.

The moment he smelled the medicinal fragrance.

He threw away the twig, moved his short legs, and rushed toward the white jade tray, crawling and rolling.

"Meat! I want to eat meat!"

The tender, childish voice carried the coarseness and greed characteristic of a peasant child.

Ye Rong didn't use a jade spoon at all.

He reached his small, mud-covered hands directly into the scalding tripod.

He grabbed a piece of still-dripping Crimson Flame Pig meat and stuffed it into his mouth in large gulps.

Grease flowed down his chin, dripping onto the expensive silk shirt.

He chewed extremely fast, his bones crunching as he wolfed it down, with no table manners to speak of.

The two maids turned their heads away in disgust and retreated outside the courtyard gate.

They didn't dare to take another look.

For the past six months, this peasant boy had been consuming top-quality resources every day that even Inner Sect Disciples would envy.

It was a complete waste of precious things.

In the clouds high above.

Master Cangbai's Purple Mansion Divine Sense transformed into an invisible net, tightly enveloping the entire courtyard.

The old monster was waiting.

Waiting for the moment when this Physical Body was on the verge of collapse, unable to withstand the massive medicinal power.

The tripod of medicinal meal was licked clean by Ye Rong.

He let out a loud burp and patted his round belly.

Only three breaths later.

The violent medicinal power exploded in his stomach.

Crimson hot currents surged wildly through his Meridians.

Ye Rong's small face instantly flushed red, and steam rose from his entire body.

"Hot! It's so hot!"

He let out a shrill scream and slumped to the ground.

His hands tore frantically at his clothes as he rolled wildly in the mud.

The scalding medicinal power almost ignited this fragile mortal frame.

He rolled and then scrambled up.

He ran aimlessly and frantically around the courtyard barefoot.

Chasing the colorful spirit butterflies attracted by the Spiritual Qi, he shouted and screamed, appearing as if he had gone mad.

This was the most authentic reaction of a six-year-old child experiencing intense pain.

There wasn't a trace of pretense.

In mid-air.

Master Cangbai's Divine Sense swept through Ye Rong's entire body with extreme secrecy.

A cruel smile spread across his gaunt face.

The Wood Dao Body of the Heavenly Spiritual Root was being forcibly washed by this violent blood Qi.

The Meridians were being stretched open bit by bit, and the bones became increasingly resilient under the soaking of the medicinal power.

Without any Cultivation Technique to guide it, he relied purely on physical instinct to digest these massive resources.

Once the Divine Sense confirmed that the medicinal power hadn't breached the heart Meridians, the old monster decisively withdrew his probe.

He let Ye Rong thrash about in the courtyard.

In the mud.

Ye Rong stepped into a puddle, splashing mud all over his face.

He gasped with his mouth open, tears and snot smeared together.

But in the deepest part of the spiritual terrace.

Gu Changsheng's wisp of Divine Soul was as indifferent as ten-thousand-year-old ice.

The violent medicinal power rampaged through the body.

The Divine Soul didn't mobilize any magic power to suppress it at all.

Instead, it allowed this power to tear through the Meridians, which were then rapidly repaired by the vitality of the Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Destruction and Rebirth.

This was the most perfect cycle for tempering the Physical Body.

But Gu Changsheng would never let this Physical Body truly become what Master Cangbai expected.

Just at the moment when the medicinal power was about to fully merge into the bone marrow.

An extremely weak, purely refined wisp of primordial wood Qi.

Silently detached from the depths of the Divine Soul.

The Qi transformed into countless Blue-gold Chains that were hard to see with the naked eye.

They decisively wrapped around the deepest part of the spine.

All the medicinal essences that had been refined to the extreme were completely locked and intercepted.

On the surface, this Physical Body was being assimilated by Master Cangbai's medicinal meal.

In reality, the core foundation was already firmly held in Gu Changsheng's own hands.

Wanting to use him as a tripod furnace?

We'll see who devours whom when the time comes.

Days passed by.

A full six months.

Three meals a day, every single one a top-quality medicinal meal personally prepared by the Purple Mansion True Person.

Ye Rong's height shot up quickly; the once thin and weak peasant boy had now become fair-skinned and sturdy.

The Spiritual Qi accumulated in his body had reached an incredibly dense level.

An early summer afternoon.

Sunlight filtered through the lush leaves of the Spirit Trees, spilling onto the cooling couch in the courtyard.

Ye Rong lay sprawled on the couch, sleeping soundly.

The massive medicinal power in his body, with nowhere to go, finally reached a critical point.

Gu Changsheng quietly watched all this from the spiritual terrace.

Suppressed for half a year.

It was time to give that old monster a little taste of sweetness.

He decisively removed the last invisible obstacle in the Meridians.

Boom!

The Dao body instinct of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, built up by the massive resources, exploded.

No breathing formulas were needed.

No circulation of the heavenly cycles was required.

The surrounding free-floating wood-attribute Spiritual Qi was like sharks smelling blood.

They frantically converged toward the child on the cooling couch.

The Spirit Trees in the courtyard shook violently, their leaves rustling.

The Spiritual Qi transformed into a physical green vortex, pouring rapidly into Ye Rong's Dantian as the center.

The barrier of the Qi Refinement Stage was kicked to pieces by this overbearing force.

A layer of dense green spiritual light overflowed from Ye Rong's body.

As the light flickered, it turned the surrounding air into a shade of verdant green.

Outside the courtyard.

Two Outer Sect Disciples responsible for sweeping were knocked to the ground on the spot by this Spiritual Pressure.

They stared in bewilderment at the Spiritual Qi funnel forming above the courtyard.

They couldn't believe this was the commotion caused by a child who hadn't even practiced a Cultivation Technique.

No risk of Qi Deviation.

No pain during the Breakthrough.

Everything happened naturally and smoothly.

Having freeloaded on the top-quality resources of the Qingsong Daoist Academy for half a year, Gu Changsheng didn't even lift a finger to let this Physical Body steadily step into the Early Stage of Qi Refining.

The Void Realm suddenly distorted.

Master Cangbai decisively tore through space and appeared out of thin air in front of the cooling couch.

The old monster's breathing was extremely rapid.

His gaunt fingers were like iron pincers, gripping Ye Rong's wrist.

Violent Purple Mansion magic power pierced into those slender Meridians without any hesitation.

Probing.

The deepest level of investigation.

Master Cangbai's magic power traveled rapidly through Ye Rong's body.

The Meridians were as wide as rivers and incredibly tough.

The green Qi cyclone that had just condensed in the Dantian was pure, without a single trace of Impurities.

Six months of force-feeding medicinal meals had not only failed to destroy this Dao body but had instead excavated its potential to a shocking degree.

Perfect.

This was a top-quality tripod furnace, perfect and beyond reproach.

"Hahahaha!"

Master Cangbai suddenly let go and laughed wildly toward the sky.

The laughter shattered a few floating clouds above the courtyard.

Feverish greed completely spread across the old monster's wrinkled face.

"Heavenly Spiritual Root!"

"Truly, heaven favors my Qingsong Daoist Academy!"

The old monster was so excited his whole body shook violently.

The growth speed of this Physical Body far exceeded his expectations.

As long as he poured in more resources for another decade or so...

It would definitely meet the True Lord's harsh requirements for reshaping a Physical Body!

At that time, the heaven-reaching Opportunity bestowed by the True Lord would be enough for his old bones to touch the long-dreamed-of Great Dao of the Golden Core!

Ye Rong was awakened by the wild laughter.

He rubbed his bleary eyes and let out a big yawn.

Looking at Master Cangbai, who stood before the bed looking like a madman.

There was no fear on the child's face.

He scrambled up from the cooling couch.

Moving his short legs, he lunged forward and tightly hugged Master Cangbai's thigh.

"Revered Master!"

Ye Rong looked up, revealing an innocent and brilliant smile.

"Revered Master is so good! Rong'er feels like he has endless strength!"

"Has Rong'er become stronger?"

The tender, childish voice was full of attachment and admiration for his elder.

Master Cangbai looked down.

Looking at this peasant child hugging his thigh.

His gaunt hand slowly rose, gently stroking the top of Ye Rong's head.

The movement was extremely gentle, as if he were stroking a rare treasure.

"Yes, Rong'er has become stronger."

The old monster spoke with extreme gentleness, his face full of kindness.

"As your Revered Master said, I will use the best Spirit Medicine to let you grow up quickly."

"In the future, your Revered Master will give you more and better things."

Ye Rong nodded vigorously.

"Thank you, Revered Master! Rong'er will definitely honor you well in the future!"

One old, one young.

In this sun-drenched courtyard, they performed a nauseating scene of deep teacher-disciple affection.

Gu Changsheng's Divine Soul was deep within the spiritual terrace, coldly looking down on all this.

Old man, pour in your resources to your heart's content.

The more you pour in, the thicker the foundation of my Clone will be.

When the day comes to pull in the net...

I will not only drain your marrow but also chop the roots of your Qingsong Daoist Academy into pieces, one by one.

Night fell.

Calming sandalwood incense was lit in the courtyard.

Ye Rong lay sprawled on the wooden bed, snoring lightly.

After the Breakthrough during the day, this Physical Body indeed needed deep sleep to stabilize the Realm.

Outside the courtyard.

Dressed in a wide, pine-patterned Daoist robe, Master Cangbai stood quietly in the moonlight.

The surrounding chirping of insects was overbearingly blocked out by the Purple Mansion pressure.

The old monster stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze piercing through the carved wooden window and fixing tightly on the sleeping Ye Rong.

The kindness and gentleness of the day had vanished without a trace.

Only bone-chilling indifference and greed remained.

Master Cangbai slowly rubbed his fingers together.

"Three more years..."

The old monster's words were extremely light, yet they carried a hair-raising chill.

"When the bones are fully grown, it will be time to send him to that place..."