95: Chapter 95 Taking stock of the gains, mastery of flesh and blood

Since he was currently in Xia Qingchuan's underground base, he had full control over the entire facility and didn't have to worry about any unknown "neighbors" peeking in.

Thus, Qin Feng boldly boiled several times the usual amount of blood crystal rice porridge.

He used an experimental material storage barrel from the warehouse of Xia Qingchuan's underground base.

At first glance, this barrel...

...looked just like the soup barrels used by street stalls selling duck blood vermicelli soup.

It was much larger than the one back in the Raccoon Apartments.

After boiling the blood crystal rice porridge...

...the aroma wafted everywhere.

It filled the entire underground base.

At the same time...

...Qin Feng also took an Advanced bathtub already present in the base to take a soak.

After putting in a small piece of titan blood crystal, the bathwater instantly turned into crimson, thick blood crystal water.

As bubbles gurgled and surged, energy poured into his skin pores in wisps and strands following the rhythm of his Breathing, continuously tempering his "Tough Skin" skill.

"I've practiced the White Ape Health-Preserving Secret Pile for ten Breathing cycles; that counts as completing the basic cultivation homework and warming up."

"Next, I'll practice the Dragon Tiger Secret Pile."

"I'll condense the nine types of Acupoints contained within the Dragon Tiger Secret Pile."

Inside the bathtub...

...Qin Feng's body posture shifted.

Like a dragon, like a tiger.

Between each breath...

...came a sound like a dragon's roar.

...and a tiger's howl.

It added a touch of dominance and prestige to his entire being.

Especially...

...when he reached the part of the Dragon Tiger Secret Pile related to the "Dragon Secret Pile," Qin Feng actually felt his heart beating with extreme rhythm following the pace of his Breathing.

With every beat...

...the resonance with the dragon bead fused into his heart grew deeper.

Vaguely...

...Qin Feng felt a door emerge in his vision—an ethereal yet abyss-like acupoint gate that carried a thick aura of dragon prestige!

"Oh?"

Seeing this, a hint of pleasant surprise appeared in Qin Feng's eyes:

"The cultivation method related to the 'Dragon' in the Dragon Tiger Secret Pile can actually resonate more deeply with the acupoint gate hidden inside the dragon bead?"

"In that case, opening the acupoint gate inside the dragon bead—that 'Dragon Acupoint'—will be much easier, and the time required will be significantly shortened."

A strong sense of anticipation welled up in Qin Feng's heart.

He wondered what could be hidden within that mysterious "Dragon Acupoint."

The emotional fluctuation didn't last long.

Soon...

...Qin Feng's thoughts calmed down again.

He entered the Deep Sleep Fetal Breath state.

He immersed himself in the cultivation of the Dragon Tiger Secret Pile.

Using the thick energy contained in the blood crystal rice porridge, he condensed one new acupoint after another...

...

Early morning.

Golden sunlight overflowed from the ethereal clouds.

It spilled across the land.

Although Xia Qingchuan's base was underground...

...and hidden from the sun...

...the cutting-edge technology System built inside could simulate day and night.

When sunlight spread over the ground and was captured by the "invisible mimetic nerve fibers" placed in the soil, the base's semi-circular dome immediately rotated like a Bagua plate. With a series of clicks, the surface opened, revealing various extremely precise and tiny components within.

In the next moment...

...these exquisite components emitted a crystalline and brilliant light.

The light intertwined...

...and in an instant, it transformed into a clear blue sky, ethereal white clouds, and a soft, warm, non-glaring sun.

"In the past, every day when I looked up, the first thing I saw wasn't the sun, but that high-and-mighty Upper City."

"Now, I'm not forced to look at that Upper City anymore."

"This feeling is truly good."

Qin Feng expressed his strong approval...

...of this little design by Xia Qingchuan.

Although yesterday had been extremely exhausting...

...under the powerful effect of Deep Sleep Fetal Breath...

...his sleep was still fully replenished.

Right now...

...he could be said to be in high spirits.

His eyes were as bright as two small suns.

"There's still some time before work. I'll use this free time to inventory and organize last night's harvest."

Qin Feng looked at the panel of the crimson cheat:

Skills:

1. Anatomy: Perfection

2. Breathing: Perfection

3. Tough Skin: mastery (15%)

4. Hide: Perfection

5. White Ape Health-Preserving Secret Pile: skilled (39%)

6. Armored Spear Technique: skilled (82%)

7. Dragon Tiger Secret Pile: beginner (52%)

8. Demon God Meditation Method: beginner (1%)

9. Flesh and Blood Technology Basics: mastery (1%)

Martial Arts Foundation:

1. Deconstruction of All Things: Dissecting Reality into Void (62%)

2. Heavenly Breathing: Deep Sleep Fetal Breath (18%)

3. Divine Hidden Treasury: Hidden Body (12%)

In just one night...

...the changes to the panel were extremely extensive.

In the skills column, the biggest harvest was naturally the "Hide" skill reaching the Perfection level. During the battle with the Whispering Syndrome Aberrant, the "Armored Spear Technique" had also gained a lot of proficiency.

Besides that...

...he had learned two new skills—"Demon God Meditation Method" and "Flesh and Blood Technology Basics."

The former came from the demon god.

The latter...

...came exactly from Xia Qingchuan's gift of Flesh Technology knowledge.

"I have to say, Xia Qingchuan really wants to teach me. The Flesh and Blood Technology Basics he gave me actually started at the 'mastery' level."

"It's just a pity that my current brain capacity for knowledge is limited and needs to be increased gradually. Otherwise, Xia Qingchuan might have pushed me straight to Perfection."

Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

This way...

...the skills he was currently closest to reaching Perfection in were "Tough Skin" and "Flesh and Blood Technology Basics."

He also wondered, once these two reached Perfection,

what kind of Martial Arts Foundation would be derived?

"The 'Tough Skin' skill has a clear path; the derived Martial Arts Foundation should be related to strengthening defense. But this 'Flesh and Blood Technology Basics'..."

Qin Feng fell into deep thought:

"Strictly speaking, this is scientific knowledge, not martial arts, right?"

"How can scientific knowledge give birth to a Martial Arts Foundation?"

Besides the gains in his own abilities...

...there were also some mysterious and powerful external items.

Qin Feng lined up the items he had harvested:

1. ether dragon essence, which can assist in condensing and upgrading Acupoints.

2. Mutated defiled dragon eye with "living" characteristics.

3. The shining three-colored red emblem, which is the demon god emblem.

4. An astral spirit bead from the world's "Astral Layer," containing a "demon god ritual slice." It can open a Domain and assist one in perceiving their own astral body; it is a treasure for martial arts cultivation.

5. A spiritual crystal brain dissected from the Ghost Moon Demon Spirit. It is equivalent to a titan blood crystal in the occult field, containing pure spiritual energy and seemingly effective for meditation.

6. 108 dead eggs of the demon god.

The seventh...

Qin Feng looked at the Fox Demon Egg that had already half-hatched and was currently locked in a high-strength transparent storage container in the base, and he rubbed his chin.

Hmm.

This fellow barely counted as one.

The third part of the demon god emblem's energy was still hidden within this Demon Egg.

Although the remaining energy would no longer grow and was unlikely to pose a threat, it would still take some effort to dissect the Demon Egg properly to collect it.

Xia Qingchuan's base warehouse had many good things. The container sealing the Fox Demon Egg was previously used specifically to seal limbs of behemoths that possessed powerful defiling energy and destructive capabilities, and it even had an active anesthetic effect.

For some high-Rank powerful behemoths...

...even just a limb...

...was extremely dangerous.

And according to the instructions...

...the storage containers in the base could even seal the fragmented flesh and limbs of a Titan Behemoth at the highest level!

Therefore...

...given the strength of this container, there was no need to worry about the Fox Demon Egg causing trouble or creating chaos and bringing another threat to him.

When his gaze moved to those over a hundred dead eggs of the demon god emitting a Rank, fishy smell...

A trace of gloominess...

...couldn't help but flicker in the depths of Qin Feng's eyes.

"These dead eggs of the demon god were obtained by farming Whispering Syndrome Aberrants multiple times in the Raccoon Apartments. And according to that fox demon's memories, every person in our Lower City actually... has dead eggs of the demon god hidden inside their bodies!"

"I don't know where the dead eggs of the demon god are hidden in my body; I must find an opportunity to dissect them out."