Chapter 69: Small Success, Strange Fragment

  The entire Fangyun Mountain's three factions were under a depressing atmosphere of impending doom, the shadow of the Yuan Ying period old monster covered the entire region, making the high-level officials of Fangyun Mountain tremble with fear.

  Zhang Heng was just an ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivator on the surface, even if the sky fell down, he wouldn't be the first to worry about it. All he needed to do was to continuously increase his strength.

  Inside the training room, an invisible and intangible flame of void floated in mid-air, unseen to the naked eye. Zhang Heng quickly took out a low-grade spiritual artifact he had obtained from "Luo Shan's Seven Evils".

  For Zhang Heng, a low-grade spiritual artifact was not very valuable in his hands.

  A burst of silver flames erupted from the void flame and landed on this low-grade spiritual artifact.

  In Zhang Heng's line of sight, this inferior spiritual instrument was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, emitting a series of "hissing" sounds.

  In an instant, a spiritual artifact vanished before Zhang Heng's eyes. Although it wasn't being refined using the Void Flame's true form, the speed was still terrifying nonetheless.

  In Zhang Heng's body, more silver particles appeared in the dantian area. These silver particles quickly merged into the silver light group at the center of the dantian and then flowed out a new batch of Lianxu Lingqi, continuously tempering Zhang Heng's physical body and divine consciousness.

  With a pat of the storage bag, Zhang Heng took out his last best lower-grade spiritual artifact, the Wu Ling Sword that had accompanied him for some time.

  After a brief moment of contemplation, Zhang Heng controlled the hovering silver flames of the Void Fire and retracted them.

  This time he intended to use the true body of the Void Flame to refine it and see if there was any difference in effect.

  After receiving Zhang Heng's command, the Void Flame happily pounced onto the Wuling Sword.

  A special wave beyond compare came through the air.

  Without a sound, the Wuling Sword that was originally by Zhang Heng's side suddenly disappeared from in front of him!

  It's okay, Zhang Heng had seen this phenomenon before, and he slightly sensed his physical condition.

  As a result, Zhang Heng found that he only got some silver particles in his body, which was roughly half of the spiritual instrument he had just refined.

  He used his divine sense to observe the Flame of Void on the side, which seemed to be rejoicing unceasingly, and found that it had actually grown slightly larger.

  Zhang Heng suddenly realized that the Void Flame was using this method to strengthen itself. Half of the spiritual energy of that artifact might have been siphoned away by it.

  However, this means that Zhang Heng's side has unknowingly raised a "baby", and just like how he needs external objects to cultivate his skills, this "baby" also needs them.

  Zhang Heng thought for a moment, and still decided to first improve his own strength before doing anything else. This Void Flame was now very abnormal, completely able to make anyone disappear at will. Zhang Heng believed that anyone who faced him would not be relaxed, so he didn't bother with it for now.

  Thinking of this, Zhang Heng took out the remaining Iron Ridge Mine Mother from his storage bag.

  A silver flame began to burn above the Iron Mother Mine with a "whoosh".

  However, the grade of this Tieliang mine mother is much higher than that of ordinary spiritual instruments. Under the burning of silver flames, although its volume is also decreasing, its speed is not as fast as before.

  After all, this Tie Ling ore is one of the materials for refining magic treasures. Generally, it requires the Triple True Flames of a Foundation Establishment cultivator to truly smelt it.

  About half a stick of incense later, this piece of Tie Ling mine mother also disappeared in front of Zhang Heng, and Zhang Heng retrieved the Silver Flame again.

  At this time, a large amount of silver particles had condensed in Zhang Heng's dantian.

  Suddenly, a premonition rose in Zhang Heng's mind.

  It's time to move on!

  Zhang Heng hastily withdrew the Void Flame into his Sea of Consciousness, sat cross-legged on the couch, and began to circulate the silver particles in his Dantian.

  In the depths of the dantian, a silver light cluster is still rotating ceaselessly, surrounded by large areas of dense silver particles that revolve around the silver light cluster without stopping.

  The high-speed silver particles gradually merged into a silver light group, causing it to undergo constant qualitative changes.

  At this moment, Zhang Heng was concentrating his attention on everything during this period and didn't dare to relax for a moment.

  Finally, when it reached a certain moment, all the silver particles merged into a silver light group.

  At this time, the silver light cluster was still in the depths of the dantian, motionless.

  Zhang Heng dared not breathe out as he gazed at the situation in his dantian, knowing that this was just the calm before the storm.

  One watch, two watches... a day and night.

  A silent cracking sound transmitted to Zhang Heng's soul.

  Only a silver light group in the dantian position suddenly split into four or five, and then turned into countless silver light points, rushing towards Zhang Heng's whole body.

  In this not very spacious practice room, countless silver light spots wrapped Zhang Heng's entire body, constantly flowing and penetrating his surface and interior, only a blurry shadow of him could be seen.

  These silver light spots did not even spare Zhang Heng's internal organs, and even his brain was not let off.

  The abnormal strengthening of his body didn't just stop at his skin, skeleton and organs, even the fragile parts like brain tissue and eyes were not spared.

  That is to say, Zhang Heng who cultivated the Perverted Hardship Technique had no weaknesses in terms of physical defense!!!

  It is said that in the secular world, there are also many methods for cultivating the physical body, but they will always leave a flaw for the practitioner, which is commonly known as "covering the door".

  In this way, as time passed, the silver light points slowly seeped into Zhang Heng's body, and the light points inside his body also gradually disappeared.

  At this moment, a brand new Lianxu spiritual energy emerged from his limbs and bones, and Zhang Heng clearly felt that this Lianxu spiritual energy was much stronger than before.

  Then, these refined spiritual energies began to condense in the Dan Tian, forming a new silver light cluster.

  And this silver light group is even more condensed and substantialized, giving people a thicker feeling.

  At this moment, Zhang Heng finally understood that every advancement in his Variable Body Technique was a process of breaking down and then rebuilding!

  It's unknown what changes will occur when this technique goes from the first layer to the second, but these are still beyond Zhang Heng's current reach, unless he has some unexpected encounters.

  If he's lucky, he can advance several levels in a row; if he's unlucky, it's hard to say how many times he'll have to plunder before his kung fu makes progress.

  After sitting cross-legged for several more days, Zhang Heng finally opened his eyes. His consciousness faintly swept outward and discovered that the area within a radius of one to two hundred meters was under his control.

  Zhang Heng's heart was delighted, his current spiritual awareness was even better than that of a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

  His cultivation had reached a small accomplishment boundary, and Zhang Heng finally took another step towards reaching the pinnacle.

  Zhang Heng believes that as he takes one step at a time, there will come a day when he no longer needs to humble himself in front of anyone.

  He then observed for a while in the storage bag and suddenly discovered a piece of unknown residue that he had bought last time at Dutiange Fort.

  Hurry up and take this thing out.

  This piece of debris is dark red in color, about the size of a palm, and does not show any unusual signs when held in hand. Only when one's consciousness touches it will they encounter a resistance.

  At this moment, Zhang Heng's spiritual consciousness was much stronger than before. When his spiritual consciousness touched the fragment, he encountered a resistance that was several times stronger than last time.

  This thing is completely useless and has no practical use.

  Anyway, it was just a fragment, Zhang Heng gritted his teeth and summoned the Void Flame.

  In an instant, a silver flame fell onto this dark red fragment.

  The silver flame burned quietly on this fragment, unexpectedly, the volume of this fragment did not decrease in the slightest, but a small amount of silver particles appeared in his body.

  Time passed bit by bit, and the dark red fragments didn't change at all. Zhang Heng's cultivation, on the other hand, had increased significantly.

  "What is this thing?" Zhang Heng couldn't help but feel interested, thinking to himself that perhaps this object contained infinite and boundless heavenly essence.

  The only regret is that the speed of refinement is not very fast, and at the current rate, it will take about two years to reach the first level of transformation.

  My old man won't believe I can't handle you! Zhang Heng manipulated the silver flame to burn this thing non-stop.

  Time passed bit by bit, and Zhang Heng's cultivation also increased slowly.

  One day, two days, three days, half a month...

  "Damn it!" Zhang Heng finally lost his patience. After half a month of "refining", his strength had increased significantly, but the volume of this fragment remained unchanged. This should have been something to be delighted about, but Zhang Heng's self-esteem was hurt.

  "It's better for Laozi to come once and for all!"

  Zhang Heng shouted a sentence and then retracted the Silver Flame, using his hand to hold the Void Fire, gazing at this broken piece for a moment: "You disappear for me..."