novelraw Chapter 254 171: Transforming Mortals into Demons, A World-Shaking Method! (3)
Chapter 254 171: Transforming Mortals into Demons, A World-Shaking Method! (3)
Transforming Mortals into Demons!
The Five Animals Qigong, in the previous life created by Divine Doctor Hua Tuo, was a health-preserving imitation of tiger, deer, bear, ape, and crane; to break the shackles of the past Five Animals Qigong, one must pierce through its origin.
Tracing the origin, it was with the five beasts as blueprint that Divine Doctor Hua Tuo created it, but now Su Mu is about to evolve it from common birds and beasts to the level of Demon Beasts.
Master Zhao Ju once said Inscriptions originated from Ancient Demon Beasts, and Demon Beasts are born enlightened in cultivation methods, their bodies overwhelmingly superior to human Martial Artists of the same level—true-born Martial Artists.
"That's right, to transform mortals into demons. If Ancient Demon Beasts are born initiated on the Martial Path, inherently Martial Artists, why can't humans become innately powerful existences like Demon Beasts?"
"The earliest Blacksmiths discovered strange patterns in the bones, sharp claws, and flesh-and-blood of Demon Beasts, and from this created the path of Inscriptions."
"If the path of Inscriptions can be fused with the Martial Dao, with the Martial Artist's flesh as weapon, and Demon Beast Blood and Inscriptions as medium, merging the corresponding Demon Beasts of Five Animals Qigong... perhaps one could wield the power of Demon Beasts. This might be the next-level progression for Five Animals Qigong—by a single thought transforming into five mighty Demon Beasts, and with a human body truly mastering the power of Ancient Demon Beasts!"
Sitting in the wheelchair, Su Mu opened his eyes, a gleam of light flashing in them. Even exhaustion from the ceaseless inference failed to conceal the joy surging in his heart.
The dying Pharmacist had pointed out two ways for Su Mu to recover: one, Elixirs refined from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; two, to attain the Little Vajra.
The former was rare even in Qingzhou, so Su Mu held little hope. He intended to rely on himself to break out of this predicament.
So before Su Mu was the path of advancing his Pill Force further, to the Fifth Refining Force. Back when he achieved the nineteenth Path of Power, he faintly touched the bottleneck of the fifth Refining Force.
If he could successfully infer the next stage Martial Dao of Five Animals Qigong, surely it would give birth to new Power.
Then perhaps, he could use that to challenge the Fifth Refining Force and break into the Little Vajra Secret Realm.
That very day, Su Mu began a deeper inference based on 'Transforming Mortals into Demons.'
The Five Animals Qigong divides the common beasts into tiger, deer, bear, ape, and crane. Among them, tiger, bear, and ape are too fierce, ill-suited to Su Mu's current state of severed meridians; that only leaves the gentle deer and crane.
Deer were auspicious in his previous life, with myths like the Nine-Color Deer and idioms such as 'Hunting for the Deer in the Central Plains.' In both past and this world, deer-type Demon Beasts are extremely rare and powerful.
"Deer-type Demon Beast Blood is hard to obtain... Then let's start with the crane."
Su Mu's eyes flickered, recalling the Flame Fire Eagle Essence Blood used in forging the Red Flame Spear and Red Feather Saber. The crane, too, is a bird. Since Hongmen Martial Arts Hall could get Flame Fire Eagle Essence Blood, obtaining this type of Demon Beast Blood should not be difficult.
To unify Martial Arts, Demon Beast Blood, and Inscriptions—such a cultivation method is completely wild and unimaginable. Should it succeed, even ordinary humans could wield the power of Demon Beasts in their flesh and blood. If this were to spread, one would only invite ridicule.
This shocking method defies all common sense, yet with Su Mu's Dragon-and-Phoenix Level Enlightenment of over a hundred points, he believed it could be done.
Others cannot do it, but that does not mean Su Mu cannot!
Moreover, at this moment, Su Mu's meridians were severed and he had nothing else to do. Already at rock bottom, nothing could be worse; he might as well give his all and try.
In the days that followed, in Qinghe's eyes, sir no longer rose each morning to practice boxing, nor did he teach her literacy. He seemed truly crippled, spending every day but for eating just sitting in his wheelchair under the locust tree, eyes shut as if in meditation.
But soon, Qinghe found something amiss: as days passed, sir on the wheelchair seemed to merge completely with the locust tree and the entire courtyard, in both form and aura.
Many times when she returned from the outside market, she couldn't even sense sir's presence, though he was so near at hand.
In a blink, more than half a month had passed.
"Screech!"
A piercing crane's cry echoed through the courtyard, suspending the snows and winds of Spring Rain Street above for several breaths.
"What just happened?"
Qinghe stared in shock at the sir in his wheelchair, eyes tightly closed—this crane's scream was even mightier than the Tiger Roar a month before that had cowed all beasts on Bailu Mountain!