113: Enhanced Yuan Yang Qi

Soon, Lu Yang flew to the Wuling Immortal Cave he had established.

The Immortal Cave's Restriction silently opened and closed, isolating everything from the outside world.

Since he didn't see Mu Wanqing, he guessed she might have gone to purchase supplies.

Lu Yang went directly into the meditation room.

Sitting cross-legged on the Cold Jade Cushion in the center, he quickly cleared all distracting thoughts, his mind sinking into a state of emptiness, as calm as a rippleless ancient well.

He was in no hurry to take out the flood dragon blood; instead, he first began to slowly circulate the spiritual power within his body according to the introductory mantra of the "Flood Dragon Transformation and Essence Art."

The profound paths of the Cultivation Technique were traced within his body, and his spiritual power flowed like a stream thawing in early spring—slightly jerky, yet firmly following the specific meridian routes.

A faint warmth rose from his Dantian, gradually spreading to his four limbs and hundred bones.

This was to mobilize his own blood and Qi, laying the groundwork for the external force he was about to introduce, and also to activate his Physical Body's initial adaptability to the power of the flood dragon blood.

As the Cultivation Technique's operation became more proficient, the warmth grew more apparent. Lu Yang felt his blood and Qi being awakened and organized, and a faint red light, belonging to his own life Origin, subtly emanated from his body's surface.

This was the sign that his Physical Body had initially entered the blood-induction state.

Now!

The time had come! Lu Yang's eyes suddenly became as sharp as an eagle's. He quickly and cautiously took out the Spirit-Locking Cold Jade Bottle and placed it before him.

A wisp of pure spiritual power condensed at his fingertip and landed precisely on the complex Seal runes at the bottle's mouth.

"Pop!"

A slight sound, like a bubble bursting, was heard, and the Seal on the bottle's mouth dissolved.

Instantly, an extremely dense aura, carrying intense life essence and a faint, fishy aquatic pressure, spread out, filling the entire meditation room and making the air feel several degrees heavier.

Inside the bottle was a dark red liquid as thick as glue, its color deep. Under the soft light of the meditation room, it seemed to flow slowly as if it were alive, emitting the majestic energy fluctuations of a Tier 3 Peak Yao Beast's essence blood.

Lu Yang did not hesitate or pause for a moment. Maintaining the Cultivation Technique's operation, his spiritual power turned into the most precise guiding threads, cautiously reaching into the bottle and accurately wrapping around a wisp of the thick, dark red essence blood.

As this wisp of Heart Essence Blood from the Green Flood Dragon, containing violent energy, left the Jade Bottle, it was pulled by the spiritual power threads and slowly approached Lu Yang's Ancestral Aperture—the designated gateway for blood induction in the "Flood Dragon Transformation and Essence Art"!

At the very moment that wisp of dark red essence blood touched the skin of his brow and was about to be drawn into his body by the power of the Cultivation Technique—

Sizzle—!

It was like a red-hot iron suddenly pressed onto ice! A tyrannical and scorching torrent of energy, far exceeding the strength of his own blood and Qi, surged violently through that contact point!

"Ugh!" Lu Yang's body jerked violently, and he let out a muffled groan!

Pain! An indescribable agony erupted instantly!

It felt as if countless red-hot needles were madly stabbing throughout his body along his Meridians! It was also like scalding, heavy lead and mercury being forcibly poured into a stream that was only meant for clear spring water! A powerful burning and tearing sensation emanated from his brow!

Lu Yang's skin instantly turned crimson, and the veins on his forehead, neck, and arms bulged one by one like twisted earthworms.

Fine beads of sweat, mixed with the minute Impurities being forcibly squeezed out of his body, quickly covered him.

Lu Yang could clearly feel the tearing, throbbing pain in his Meridians under the impact of the violent energy. His bones emitted faint creaks as they struggled under the burden, and his muscle fibers convulsed and tore in extreme pain, only to instinctively repair themselves... What was even more unbearable was that as the violent, scorching torrent of energy followed the specific meridian paths designated by the "Flood Dragon Transformation and Essence Art," it surged downward overbearingly, eventually converging like a hundred rivers and pouring fiercely into his lower abdomen!

Boom!

An extreme burning sensation, as if his entire lower abdomen was about to be ignited and melted, erupted violently without warning!

This feeling was even more intense and concentrated than the stinging in his Meridians! It was as if scalding lava had been poured directly into the depths of his abdominal cavity, burning and boiling violently among his internal organs!

The muscles, fascia, and even deeper tissues of his lower abdomen twitched and convulsed violently under the wash of this terrifying high temperature and energy!

The heat wasn't just on the surface of his skin; it went deep into the tissues, as if it were going to incinerate his flesh and bones together!

This intense burning and agony originating from the core of his lower abdomen made Lu Yang's vision darken, nearly causing him to suffocate!

Lu Yang felt as if his entire lower body had fallen into a blazing sea of fire, and even the operation of the "Flood Dragon Transformation and Essence Art" became sluggish and difficult due to the violent reaction in this core area!

It seemed that the tyrannical force wanted to break through the constraints of the Cultivation Technique and wreak havoc within his body!

"Steady!" Lu Yang roared in his heart! The lower abdomen was the key location where the body's blood and Qi converged and power was concentrated, and it was also one of the core areas for Body Refining and tempering! If this power were allowed to spiral out of control, the consequences would be unimaginable!

This pain was far beyond that of ordinary cultivation; every breath felt like being in the core of a flaming furnace!

But Lu Yang's eyes were exceptionally firm, even carrying a hint of madness. He gritted his teeth tightly, blood seeping from the gaps between them and dripping down mixed with sweat.

Lu Yang frantically pushed the "Flood Dragon Transformation and Essence Art," throwing all his mind and will into guiding and restraining the violent heat current raging in the core of his lower abdomen.

Following the profound paths of the secret method, he forcibly pushed it through the transformative tempering, even though the process was like walking on burning coals, with every step being heart-wrenchingly painful!

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One hour later.

Just as Lu Yang felt he was about to reach his limit, his will like a taut bowstring on the verge of snapping—

A change arrived quietly.

The violent heat current that had been rampaging through his body like an unbridled horse finally began to show a hint of being tamed under the persistent guidance and refinement of the "Flood Dragon Transformation and Essence Art."

Like surging lava gradually finding a channel to discharge, the terrifying high temperature burning his internal organs slowly, bit by bit, subsided.

In its place was an indescribable warmth, like being soaked in a gentle spiritual spring, shifting from violent destruction to nourishing mildness.

At the core of his lower abdomen, the furnace-like burning sensation that had nearly made Lu Yang collapse underwent an earth-shaking transformation!

It was as if the violent flames had been tamed, compressed, and settled, finally turning into a stable and warm energy source that pulsed slowly.

With every pulse of the source, it emitted pure and majestic life energy, but within this energy was an unprecedentedly masculine, pure, and condensed aura!

This was the change in the Primal Yang Power!

One of the core Profound Truths of the "Flood Dragon Transformation and Essence Art" was to use the essence blood of creatures as extremely Yang and rigid as the flood dragon as a catalyst to temper the Cultivator's own Primordial Yang Origin!

At this moment, Lu Yang clearly felt that the Primordial Yang Qi at the very core of his life was like refined iron cast into a divine furnace and forged repeatedly, removing the dross and retaining the essence, becoming more pure, condensed, and vigorous than ever before!

An irresistible warm current of Yang harmony, originating from his life Origin, rose from the depths of his lower abdomen like the rising sun—warm but not burning, filled with vibrant vitality and a powerful foundation!