Chapter 24: Heaven's Wrath and Killing Aura

  His belly suddenly swelled up, his whole body felt like being pierced by thousands of steel needles at the same time, his ears buzzed loudly, and his brain throbbed with a loud crash. He instantly lost consciousness, his body went limp, and he was about to fall to one side.

  Wu Mu Dao Ren had already released his full-body technique, closely observing every move of Shui Sheng. He sensed the intense turmoil of Qi and blood within Shui Sheng's body, as if his Dantian was about to burst open. His face suddenly changed color. Before Shui Sheng could fall, Wu Mu Dao Ren swiftly stretched out his right palm, sticking it onto Shui Sheng's Zhongzhuan acupoint. A cluster of yellowish-brown light mist gushed out from the center of his palm and entered Shui Sheng's body. His left hand formed a claw shape, landing on the Baihui acupoint three inches above Shui Sheng's head. A powerful suction force was transmitted from the center of his palm.

  The water birth, who had fallen asleep, sat upright on the futon with his eyes tightly closed, allowing Wu Mu Dao Ren to cast his spell. A stream of pure and harmonious energy flowed through Shui Sheng's Qihai acupoint and rapidly entered his Dantian. The chaotic true energy that had originally gathered in his Dantian scattered in all directions like a defeated army, chaotically rushing into the various meridians throughout Shui Sheng's body.

  A steady stream of true energy burst out from the dantian, and wherever it passed, the originally narrow and blocked meridians instantly became unblocked and widened. The Ren and Du channels were thoroughly connected. Strands of true energy that had dispersed and opened up were unable to resist, and they all burst out of the body through various acupoints. Moreover, a large amount of true energy had just passed through the baihui point when it was sucked in by the powerful suction force emitted from the top of the head, leaving no trace behind.

  A moment later, the chaotic true energy scattered inside Shui Sheng's body was completely forced out of his body. Only then did Shui Sheng slowly wake up from his coma. Just as he wanted to take action, he heard Wu Mu Dao Ren's low and solemn command in his ear: "Withdraw your spirit, calm your energy, sit and forget yourself!" Shui Sheng quickly gathered his mind, stopped all his thoughts, and let Wu Mu Dao Ren cast his spell. Before long, with the circulation of true energy, the piercing pain like needles all over his body gradually disappeared, replaced by a kind of empty hunger in his abdomen, as if he hadn't eaten for several days. His limbs felt weak and his heart was panicked, making it hard to bear.

  Wu Mu Dao saw Shui Sheng's complexion gradually recovering to normal, and he let out a sigh of relief in his heart. Just as he was about to release his right hand and withdraw his true energy, a sudden surge of suction force burst forth from Shui Sheng's dantian, forcefully drawing back Wu Mu Dao's true energy, as if reluctant to let it leave. Wu Mu Dao's eyes lit up once again, and not only did he not withdraw that strand of true energy, but instead increased the intensity of his infusion.

  The true energy surged back into the Water Birth Dantian, and the feeling of hunger in the body slightly alleviated. In the blink of an eye, the true energy filled the Dantian again and flowed to the four limbs and eight meridians, slowly circulating throughout the body for a cycle before returning to the Dantian, after which it circulated through the body once more.

  The time for lunch had passed, and the true energy infused by Wumu Dao had circulated through Shui Sheng's body dozens of times. The meridians in his body became increasingly unobstructed, and the feeling of hunger in his abdomen gradually disappeared. However, the suction power in his lower abdomen grew stronger without him realizing it, causing Wumu Dao's true energy to flow into Shui Sheng's body at an increasingly rapid speed. At the same time, a thread of fine black light appeared on the surface of Shui Sheng's skin, and the direction of its movement was consistent with the path of his meridians.

  The suction force emanating from the aquatic Dan Tian grew stronger, and upon seeing the dark light threads on the aquatic skin, Wumu Dao's heart skipped a beat as he quickly cut off his true energy input. Without Wumu Dao's true energy support, the true energy circulating within Shui Sheng's body stopped flowing out after circling back to the Dan Tian.

  Shui Sheng felt the abundant true energy in his dantian, and was overjoyed. The pain he had just endured was already forgotten. He slowly opened his eyes to see Wu Mu Dao Ren's icy face, rubbed his head, and said with embarrassment: "Dao Zhang, I don't know why the true energy in my body isn't listening to me, it didn't follow your instructions to expel the previous true energy from my body!"

  Wudao Daoren coldly snorted and said, "I was just about to ask you, do you think that just because you can condense a thread of true energy, you feel very proud and can ignore my instructions and act recklessly?" Shuixin's heart skipped a beat, and he hastily replied, "No, no, disciple dare not disobey Daozhang's instructions, it's just that this true energy won't listen to my control!"

  Wu Mu Dao stared intently at Shui Sheng's face, as if checking whether he was telling a lie. Shui Sheng felt a wave of unease in his heart, but also knew how to defend himself.

  It took a good while, the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, before Wu Mu's expression eased slightly. "Alright, you don't seem to be lying, so I'll let you off this once. Go and change your clothes, get some rest. That's all for today, stay in your room and don't go anywhere. Starting tomorrow, you'll move into my quarters to cultivate, and we'll talk again when you can fully control the true energy within you."

  Wu Mu saw that Dao Ren didn't blame him and let out a sigh of relief, only to discover that his clothes were already soaked through, cold as ice.

  As Shui Sheng left, Wu Mu Dao Ren suddenly jumped up from the couch like a little kid, his fists clenched and waving wildly in the air. His ugly face was even more excited than usual. He muttered to himself: " Innate True Qi, it's really Innate True Qi! I didn't think that there would be someone in this world who is born with Innate True Qi!"

  After the emotions calmed down from excitement, a mouth opened and a dark light flew out of it, landing in the hand and transforming into a three-inch-high, square black jade pot. The jade pot was tossed into the air, both hands were pinched together, and words were muttered as fingers flew back and forth, striking the jade pot repeatedly. A true energy entered the jade pot, which slowly flew to the cloud bed above, turned upside down with its mouth facing downwards, and hung quietly in mid-air. A layer of black light slowly emerged from the jade pot, within which could be seen white symbols about the size of sesame seeds, flashing on and off.

  As the law force continued to be injected, the jade pot began to slowly grow larger, and the black light outside the jade pot also gathered more and more. When the jade pot transformed into a length of four feet, a faint "ding" sound came from the mouth of the pot. With the sound, it seemed as if an invisible lid had been opened, and a wisp of black smoke quickly burst out of the jade pot, encircled the cloud bed once, and then disappeared without a trace.

  On the vast cloud bed, a large pile of various objects suddenly appeared, including small knives, swords, flags and so on. Each one shone brightly, but most were books of different thicknesses and styles, with over a thousand volumes piled up, almost filling the entire cloud bed.

  Wu Mu Dao Ren took big strides to the front of the cloud bed, stretched out his hand and rummaged through a pile of Buddhist scriptures, searching for dozens of books until he opened a slightly damaged book, a smile appeared on his face, slowly opening the pages, reading intently.

  It took him a whole hour to finish reading the book, and the look of excitement on his face turned into deep concern. He muttered to himself: "Tian Gang Sha Qi? I didn't expect this kid to have such a powerful innate true energy!" As if he couldn't believe it, he reopened the book and read it again. Only then did he let out a long sigh, throwing the book onto the cloud bed. With his hands behind his back, he began pacing around the room.

  "Why is it precisely the Tianxia Sha Qi?" Wu Mu Dao Ren sighed again, muttering to himself. The Tianxia Sha Qi is one of the most notorious "evil spirits" in the Xiantian Zhen Qi, and if a powerful demon or fierce beast can transform the postnatal Sha Qi within their body into Tianxia Sha Qi, they can refine an unparalleled demonic body. However, if a human possesses Tianxia Sha Qi, it's not necessarily a good thing - one careless move could affect their heart and lead them to fall into the demonic path.

  According to legend, the heavens have six realms and thirty-six layers. The Three Pure Ones created the six realms and determined the fate of the universe. When the six realms took shape, most of the primordial true energy scattered throughout the six realms was collected by Yuqing Grand Emperor Yuan Shi Tian Zun at the top of the Daluo Xian Realm. A small portion remained in the San Qing Sheng Realm and Wu You Realm. The heavens, earth, and human realms have very little primordial true energy, with the human realm having the least. Even if there is a tiny bit, it is usually hidden deep in the mountains and forests where no one knows about it.

  As for humans, beasts, insects, and birds, it is even more difficult to obtain a wisp of innate true energy. If someone can possess even a tiny bit of innate true energy and have the good fortune to enter the ranks of cultivators, after their magical powers are able to control the innate true energy within their body, they will be able to become one of the top existences in the mortal world. Even if they leave the mortal world and ascend to a higher plane, it is still highly possible.

  Yu Ding Men's ancestor, Yu Xudaoist, was able to cultivate great spiritual powers in the Jade Cauldron Mountain and establish the Jade Cauldron Sect, which has dominated the Taiyue Mountains for over 1,800 years. It is said that during his youth, while traveling the world, he obtained an ancient demonic beast skeleton containing a strand of pre-heavenly true energy in an underground ice cave. He refined and absorbed the pre-heavenly true energy from the crystal nucleus left behind by the skeleton's remains, thus cultivating great spiritual powers.

  The innate true energy is the crystallization of the original source of the world. According to ancient records, in the past, when the six realms were not yet fully formed, many great and virtuous people were born with innate true energy in their bodies. However, this was only recorded in books. In today's cultivation world, no one has ever seen a cultivator who possesses innate true energy. As time passed, this matter gradually became a legend. Even someone like Yu Xuan Dao Ren, who coincidentally obtained a strand of innate true energy, is extremely rare and cannot be replicated.

  A long time had passed, and Wu Mu Dao Ren was still pacing back and forth in the room, his initial ecstasy having turned into deep worry. His ugly face was furrowed with concern.

  "A moment later, he muttered to himself: "The Jade Cauldron Sect has finally found a rare talent, and Iron Wing was actually able to help them find this thousand-year-old good seedling!" A moment later, his face filled with worry as he said: "No, if the old stubborn ones in the Jade Cauldron Sect have malicious intentions, this kid's life will be in danger!" A moment later, he shook his head and said: "If we don't let him go to the Jade Cauldron Sect, where else can we send him? We can't... Forget it, keeping him at Cloud Platform Temple might bring him danger and hinder his future instead?"

  Suddenly, he thought of something and started searching through the books again. He flipped through more than a dozen volumes, until one thick book caught his eye. After carefully flipping through the entire book, he shook his head in disappointment and continued to search through another set of classics.

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