Chapter 47: Stealing True Qi

  Although Shuǐ Shēng was unwilling, he didn't even have the strength to stand up and could only let things unfold as they would. Facing Hè Lián Qīng Chén's body, which emitted a chilling aura all over, Shuǐ Shēng felt as if he was going to be frozen stiff, his blood seemingly ceasing to flow within him. His small body trembled uncontrollably, and he could only grit his teeth and force the circulation of his spiritual energy within him to resist the biting cold that pierced through his bones.

  Fortunately, He Lian Qingchen didn't intend to "freeze" Shui Sheng to death at all, he only released a bit of his magical power and watched with an unblinking gaze as Shui Sheng suffered. If this cold was unbearable for Shui Sheng, He Lian Qingchen's stone-carved-like face without any emotions and his straight, piercing gaze made Shui Sheng's hair stand on end!

  Since arriving at the cave, Helian Qingchen has not shifted his gaze away from Shuǐshēng even once, occasionally flashing a hint of excitement, as if Shuǐshēng were a rare treasure!

  Just as Shuǐshēng was about to exhaust his internal energy, Hèlián Qīngchén's hands on his knees began to move. Strands of faint white light shot out from Hèlián Qīngchén's fingers and entered Shuǐshēng's body. The true energy flowing through Shuǐshēng's body was instantly blocked by a strange, icy force, causing his entire body to feel like it was being pierced by needles. As the light strands entered Shuǐshēng's dantian, he felt an intense, tearing pain in his abdomen.

  This pain was several times more intense than when Wu Mu Dao Ren infused his spiritual power into Shui Sheng's body, and when Shui Sheng broke through the first layer of "Kan Yuan Gong". Unprepared, Shui Sheng instantly fainted, but fortunately, a faint white glow enveloped his body, so even though he was unconscious, he didn't fall to the ground.

  Just after the aquatic coma, a faint black light began to float out of the surface of the water. He Lian Qingchen's heart suddenly burst with excitement, and his stone-like face revealed a stiff smile as he muttered to himself: "Pre-heavenly true energy, self-controlled body protection, haha, it's truly heaven helping me! With this powerful body, entering the Hua Shen realm stage will be easy as turning my hand over! Qin Zheng, Kui Ji, you two really are blind to good fortune!"

  When He Lian Qingchen first saw Shui Sheng, his heart moved. Because He Lian Qingchen also practiced the "Kan Yuan Gong", he knew that this water attribute method was wonderful, but it wasn't a method that should be practiced during the Qi Refining stage. So what was Shui Sheng's purpose in practicing this method? Of course, the "Kan Yuan Gong" also had an important function, which was to hide the depth of the practitioner's strength. Shui Sheng was so young and didn't need to hide his strength from others, so what did he need to hide?

  Right after that, when he cast his divine mind secret technique to interrogate Shuǐ Shēng, a force automatically emerged in Shuǐ Shēng's divine sense to resist the invasion of his divine mind. On his face, a layer of faint black light also floated up. Qin Zheng and Mei Ji did not recognize the origin of this "black light", but He Lian Qingchen's heart skipped a beat as he recognized at a glance that this black light was actually one of the heavenly true energy's killing intent.

  For more than two years, he had been guarding the outside of "Food Mountain", wasn't it just to extract a few strands of rare "Gangxi Qi" from that thick white fog? Now, with Shuǐ's appearance in front of him, possessing the Gangxi body, how could he not be overjoyed.

  The icy aura of the Water Birthmark had been stirred up, and He Lian Qing stretched out his hands, grasping the acupoints on Shui Sheng's hands. With a thought, a surge of cold energy burst into Shui Sheng's body. The scattered spiritual energy within Shui Sheng immediately retreated, and in an instant, a mighty True Qi had reached Shui Sheng's Dantian and began to forcefully strike it. As expected, under the stimulation of this external True Qi, a repulsive force slowly began to form in Shui Sheng's Dantian, attempting to expel the True Qi that He Lian Qing had infused into him.

  Shuǐ Shēng woke up again, dazed and confused. This happened four or five times, with the force bursting out of his Dantian growing stronger each time. Half a time unit passed, and He Lian Qing Chen had already infused one-tenth of his true energy into himself. The force in Shuǐ Shēng's Dantian was still able to resist it. At the same time, not only did Shuǐ Shēng's Dantian rapidly expand, but his entire body, including all four limbs and eight joints, were filled with true energy. Unfortunately, the two streams of true energy in Shuǐ Shēng's body simply grew wildly without being able to flow freely. Slowly but surely, Shuǐ Shēng transformed into a big, plump ball of flesh. This time, Shuǐ Shēng didn't wake up for half a time unit.

  One hour later, He Lian Qingchen had already injected 20% of his true energy into Shuǐshēng's body. At this time, Shuǐshēng's body was swollen to the same height as He Lian Qingchen, and his clothes were torn to shreds. The skin on the outside turned transparent, revealing two forces, one black and one white, colliding with each other inside his body. Shuǐshēng's face, distorted by pain, coldness, and swelling, looked like a ferocious beast.

  At this moment, the black and white energies under the aquatic skin began to churn violently, and the lower abdomen was contracting with increasing force.

  He Lian Qingchen knew that if he continued, not only would Shuixing's Dantian and meridians shatter, but even his body might explode. Although Shuixing's life was worthless in He Lian Qingchen's eyes, if it really came to that, the Lingsha Qi would disperse into the world, never to be obtained again. He Lian Qingchen didn't dare hesitate, switching techniques, instantly drawing the true qi from Shuixing's body back into his own. The wildly raging true qi in Shuixing's body was like a dam about to burst, finding an outlet and rapidly surging towards He Lian Qingchen's body.

  He Lian Yīng Chén's method was no different from Wū Mù Dào Rén's rescue of the great ox, except that both He Lian Yīng Chén's own true energy and the water-born body's gāo xiè energy were many times stronger than Wū Mù and the great ox back then.

  As true energy flowed into He Lian Qingchen's body, the water-like flesh that was like a leather ball began to slowly shrink.

  He Lian Qingchen clearly felt that in his body's true energy, there was an additional strange and unusual force that was distinctly different from his own true energy. As this force flowed through his entire body, the pores on his skin simultaneously transmitted a feeling of extreme comfort, and even his entire network of meridians seemed to have become much more spacious. He Lian Qingchen's heart was greatly excited, and he secretly thought that the innate true energy was indeed as legendary, capable of transforming tendons and washing marrow, recreating the body.

  Unfortunately, this strange power has been acting on its own in the body, not merging with the true energy cultivated within. As this strange power gathers more and more in the body, Hua Lian Qingchen's two parallel true energies have become increasingly distinct.

  He Lian Qingchen thought to himself, Shui Sheng was still young and had only cultivated his Qi to the fourth layer, yet he could already force out a powerful aura equivalent to 20% of his own True Qi under pressure. If Shui Sheng were to cultivate to the Yuan Ying realm, just how abundant would his True Qi be? If that were truly the case, not only would early and mid-stage Yuan Ying cultivators be no match for him, but even late-stage Yuan Ying cultivators might struggle to defeat him. He Lian Qingchen couldn't help but think of Yu Xuan's past victories against countless ferocious demons and beasts, and his heart swelled with excitement!

  If there is an increase of two percent of true energy in the body, let alone congenital true energy, even if it is acquired true energy, wanting to break through the bottleneck of the middle stage of Yuan Ying may be easy. Thinking of this, He Lian Qingchen couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. Unconsciously, he increased his suction power.

  Who knew that as the strange energy in his body grew stronger, the two true energies began to devour each other, and when the strange energy entered He Lian Qingchen's dantian, it not only lingered there unwilling to leave but also tried to expel the self-cultivated law power stored in the dantian. At the same time, the law power that He Lian Qingchen was currently running began to stagnate and become dull, and a layer of black light threads floated on his skin, with the rapid movement of the light threads causing a series of sharp pains like knife cuts between his muscles.

  He Lian Qingchen was shocked, hastily urging his magical powers, wanting to let that true energy flow out of the dantian. Unexpectedly, under the impact of the two forces, the true energy throughout his body suddenly surged forth, and his dantian as well as his four limbs and eight joints instantly felt a sharp stinging pain.

  He Lian Qingchen's face, like jade, flushed with a crimson hue as he spat out a mouthful of blood. With a fierce determination, he channeled all his energy towards his dantian. The yuan infant residing in the dantian also joined hands to stimulate the flow of true energy. Finally, after several powerful impacts, the strange and malevolent force occupying the dantian shattered with a loud "bang" into over ten strands, bursting out of the dantian and dispersing throughout his meridians. Only then did He Lian Qingchen breathe a sigh of relief, channeling his energy to try and assimilate the scattered strands of dark energy into his true qi.

  Just as He Lian Qingchen focused on urging his own spiritual power to absorb and merge with the strange energy, the true energy that was constantly flowing out of Shuǐ Shēng's body suddenly retreated back in. He Lian Qingchen didn't bother with it, letting that flow of true energy pour back into Shuǐ Shēng's body. Unexpectedly, after the true energy returned to Shuǐ Shēng's body, it began to rapidly circulate within on its own. In the blink of an eye, it had already circulated through Shuǐ Shēng's entire network of meridians over a dozen times. As the true energy flowed smoothly within his body, the two types of true energy that were fundamentally unable to merge together in He Lian Qingchen's body suddenly merged together quickly in Shuǐ Shēng's body, as if there was no difference between them at all.

  This true energy accounts for about one-tenth of He Lian Qingchen's body, but it is countless times more than the pitifully small amount of true energy that Shuǐshēng originally had. Once it freely circulates in Shuǐshēng's body, his magical powers suddenly rise sharply.

  The water-born Dantian was originally filled with He Lian's light dust and the same amount of evil energy, which almost burst it. Now, in the Dantian that is about to burst, there is only a quarter of the total true energy, which is naturally unobstructed, and instead makes Water very comfortable. If such a large amount of true energy were to be cultivated by Water himself, who knows how many years it would take.

  After a cup of tea, He Lian Qingchen, who was suppressing the turbulent energy in his body, suddenly felt a strong suction force coming from Shuǐ's body, as if it wanted to suck him away. As the suction force gradually increased, the dozen or so strands of strange true energy that had been temporarily suppressed by He Lian Qingchen began to violently shake and desperately tried to rush into Shuǐ's body. He Lian Qingchen's entire body's Fa Li (mystical energy) erupted again, his heart and spirit were stirred up, and even the Yuán Yīng (primordial infant) in his body began to feel uncomfortable, with piercing pain like needles and knives coming from all over his body.

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