58: Blood Lotus disease, greatly increased body training strength

“Good thing my face isn’t disfigured.”

Gu Changsheng took out his portable sketchbook and began to sketch the portrait of the demonic beast.

A moment later, a new contemplation method appeared on his panel.

【Animal Husbandry Method. Turtle-Backed Camel (Profound)】

“As expected, it’s another demon from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

And it’s the Animal Husbandry Method, one of the one hundred and eight exotic beasts.

At this rate, I’ll collect all the Animal Husbandry Methods sooner or later…”

Gu Changsheng smiled.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened, falling upon the tumor on the demonic beast’s back.

He detected a trace of Innate plague Qi.

He formed a hand seal.

The art of refining disease seeds was activated.

The demonic beast’s turtle-backed tumor gradually shrank considerably.

A blood-colored disease seed, resembling a camel’s hump, landed in his palm.

“Tumor disease seed… flesh and blood mutation… no wonder this guy lost control…”

The essence of an exotic beast like the Turtle-Backed Camel lies in its turtle shell.

However, the Cultivator before him had an Innate tumor.

Initially, during cultivation, the two complemented each other, and the tumor promoted the body’s transformation into a turtle back.

However, as his cultivation advanced, the conflict between the human tumor and the exotic beast’s turtle back grew increasingly severe.

Loss of control was almost inevitable.

“But, if this tumor disease seed can be used well, it has some potential.”

Flesh and blood mutation.

If it could be directed to develop, perhaps it could evolve into limbs.

Regeneration of severed limbs would greatly enhance one’s life-saving ability.

Compared to offensive secret arts, Gu Changsheng was more enthusiastic about improving all means of self-preservation.

“However, how could a Foundation Building Realm Cultivator, who was almost out of control, suddenly attack me?”

Looking at the demonic beast before him, Gu Changsheng fell into deep thought.

He asked himself, in recent days, he had kept a low profile.

Besides sitting in the clinic to treat patients and selling paintings, he was at home eating meat and cultivating.

He hadn't offended anyone.

Wait… Gu Changsheng’s brows furrowed slightly, vaguely recalling a possibility.

The next moment, his palm formed a claw shape, pressing onto the demonic beast’s head.

Black Qi poured in frantically.

Technique—Soul Search!

Gu Changsheng’s eyes turned white, and images of the demonic beast’s memories began to flash in his mind.

A moment later, Gu Changsheng exhaled a turbid breath, a faint smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

“Ganlin Medical Clinic… hehe, a mere Mortal dares to scheme against a Cultivator… even a Cultivator who has lost control… if it were an ordinary person, they might have truly fallen into your trap.

Unfortunately, you ran into me.”

...Night.

Ganlin Medical Clinic.

Inside the room, the lamp flickered.

Shopkeeper Qian lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

For some reason, he felt a sense of unease in his heart.

‘That mad Cultivator, killing a doctor should be easy.

Why am I so restless…’

Suddenly, his eyes widened, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.

Under the flickering lamplight, a bizarre snake head shape was projected onto the wall by the bed.

Shopkeeper Qian suddenly turned his head, and a ferocious giant snake, formed from boundless black Qi, swallowed him whole, followed by muffled screams from within.

The black Qi serpent dispersed, leaving a pool of foul-smelling minced meat on the bed.

Outside the house.

“Oh, he died so quickly… he got off easy.”

Gu Changsheng learned from the demonic beast’s fragmented memories that Shopkeeper Qian was not the first to lure out-of-control Cultivators to eliminate rivals.

In fact, the meat he fed daily was mixed with many beggars he had abducted from the streets.

The next day, the maid who came to wake him up discovered the pool of minced meat on the bed and immediately screamed in terror.

Soon, government officials arrived.

The elderly coroner recognized at a glance that this method was not something an ordinary person could achieve.

It was ultimately classified as demonic mischief and left unresolved.

Shopkeeper Qian died, but countless people cheered behind his back.

They all said he deserved to die, that his death was fitting.

The demons had eyes.

Soon, infighting broke out in Ganlin Medical Clinic; house servants, doctors, and even maids all scrambled for gold and silver, then went their separate ways.

In less than two days, the huge Ganlin Medical Clinic completely disbanded.

On the other side, Gu Changsheng carried on as if nothing had happened, following his routine.

He sold paintings, sat in the clinic to treat patients, ate meat, and cultivated daily.

Occasionally, he would tease the little fox.

A year later, Gu Changsheng obtained a disease seed that aided cultivation: the Skin Hardening Disease Seed.

Its appearance resembled a piece of gray cowhide.

This disease seed came from a Jianghu artist who traveled the streets, making a living by performing silver spear throat piercing.

When activated, his skin became rough and its toughness greatly increased, as if he were wearing a layer of hundred-forged leather armor.

Two years later, an old man with a broken leg came to seek medical treatment, and Gu Changsheng obtained a Bone Hardening Disease Seed from him.

It resembled white bone.

When implanted into the body, it could devour metal minerals, refine their essence, and integrate it into the bones.

As the days passed, Gu Changsheng’s bone density greatly increased.

When he looked inward, his bones were as clear and lustrous as jade.

Two years later, he extracted a disease seed from a nine-foot-tall, lean man, whose appearance resembled a human figure.

When activated, his body would rapidly expand.

Just like the Divine Ability of Heaven and Earth Manifestation.

Therefore, Gu Changsheng named it the Dharma Idol Disease Seed.

In the following years, he obtained many disease seeds beneficial for Body Refining, in bits and pieces.

Such as the Enlarged Heart Disease Seed.

The larger the heart, the stronger the blood circulation, and the more abundant the energy supply.

And the Four Kidneys Disease Seed.

The kidneys are the source of essence.

When this disease seed was injected into his body, his original two kidneys immediately split into four, making him so energetic that he barely felt tired.

During the battle in Baihua Garden, he made the girls dizzy and plead continuously.

Fortunately, Gu Changsheng had changed his face, using Dan Chenzi’s skin to enter the fray.

Otherwise, Gu Changsheng’s reputation in this area would surely surpass his medical and artistic skills.

In addition, there were also the Bone Hyperplasia Disease Seed and the Excessive Hair Growth Disease Seed… However, the one that produced a qualitative change was the Blood Marrow Disease Seed, extracted in the tenth year.

This disease seed came from a young girl whose wounds could not heal.

However, it was not created by Dao techniques; its blood-producing ability was extremely strong, almost inexhaustible.

Therefore, before meeting Gu Changsheng, the girl constantly bled, appearing incredibly eerie.

Once the Blood Marrow Disease Seed was implanted into his body, it spontaneously connected with the Tumor Disease Seed and the Bone Hyperplasia Disease Seed, fusing into one.

It transformed into a brand new disease seed.

Its appearance resembled a blood lotus about to bloom.

Night.

Inside the room.

Gu Changsheng was shirtless.

On his back, at the third vertebra, a nine-petal blood lotus tattoo spontaneously appeared.

The eerie pattern spread from the center of his spine to his lower back.

“The Tumor Disease Seed corresponds to flesh and blood mutation… the Bone Hyperplasia Disease Seed corresponds to bone mutation… the Blood Marrow Disease Seed corresponds to spinal cord and blood mutation… so, what about the Blood Lotus Disease Seed, which is a Fusion of all three?”

Gu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

When his Qi and blood merged into the Blood Lotus Disease Seed, the nine-petal blood lotus on his back slowly unfurled, and as his flesh and blood wriggled, it felt as if a monster was about to burst out from his back.

Hiss—

Two fair, thick arms, wide enough for a horse to run through, extended from the nine-petal blood lotus, pointing towards the sky.

“The Blood Lotus Disease Seed… can actually evolve body organs…”

A hint of surprise appeared on Gu Changsheng’s face.

Just now, he had only conveyed the intention to evolve arms, and the Blood Lotus Disease Seed spontaneously transformed into two arms.

Unlike Guo Ju’s secret art of the Four-Armed Asura, that was an evolution of Dharma Idol energy, merely having the form, but not essentially flesh and blood.

At the same time, his Golden Body was spontaneously activated.

Beyond the outermost Asura Dharma Body, a thin layer of blood mist enveloped it.

In the ethereal sense, his Body Refining strength suddenly increased significantly.

Moreover, as the disease seeds in his body continued to act, his physical strength was improving at an extremely subtle yet steady pace.

Suddenly, the flow rate of black Qi within his body dramatically accelerated, transforming into drops of black liquid, showing signs of spontaneously condensing.

“This is… about to condense a True Core…”

Gu Changsheng was speechless, a look of astonishment on his face.