Chapter 2203 - 2200: Halfway to Success

Chapter 2203: Chapter 2200: Halfway to Success

A breath of energy emanates from the Imperial Jade Seal, resonating with Miss’s True Qi. Seeing such a situation, Lin Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, it seems your guess was correct, Miss has succeeded." The Sword Spirit, being more sensitive to energy, perceives it more clearly.

"It can be considered half a success, but whether she can comprehend something depends on her ability. I can only help to this extent." Lin Tian said lightly.

In this cultivation session, Miss was completely immersed, while Lin Tian instead felt a bit bored.

"Master, since you have some free time, why not continue to open up the meridians in your legs? You can’t walk anyway, so might as well go the extra step." The Sword Spirit urged again.

"What do you mean I can’t walk, I’m just temporarily unable." Lin Tian pouted, quite displeased, but upon thinking over what that guy said, he saw some sense.

Since these legs wouldn’t heal anytime soon, he might as well continue to open them up, otherwise, next time, he’ll be numb again.

Lin Tian was also decisive; he started immediately, lying flat on the bed, and according to the third part of the Beast Skin Cultivation Technique’s internal meridian diagram, he carefully recalled the path of the meridians.

Because the meridians in the legs are somewhat unique, running through the bones and joining at the Hui Yin, energy must start from the Hui Yin and penetrate the bones in two paths, thus creating double the pain.

This was also the reason for Lin Tian’s first failure; energy penetrating the bones easily exhausted him, the pain was already unbearable, yet it had to double.

Considering the suddenness and swiftness of last time’s failure, Lin Tian did not rush into gathering energy but first absorbed the Moonlight Energy. The Moonlight Energy flowed in continuously and then was drawn into the meridians of his arms.

These two already opened meridians exhibited a mystical effect where Moonlight and Solar Essence blended within the meridians, Yin and Yang united, seemingly reverting to chaos, spawning a new kind of energy.

This new-born energy slowly diffused into muscles and bones, strengthening the zombie’s body, a reinforcement far exceeding mere Moonlight.

According to the Sword Spirit, this new energy is of a higher quality, a higher-tier energy.

Since the reinforcement process was slow and the new energy did not deplete immediately, Lin Tian drew a portion from it, gathering it in his palms.

The new energy accumulated more and more, eventually forming a fist-sized energy ball. The brilliance of the new energy ball was less dazzling than a Moonlight Energy ball, and its energy fluctuation was very small.

This energy is extremely stable, condensed, reserved, like something divine quietly nurtured in the chaos.

"Such pure energy..." The Sword Spirit’s voice sounded covetous, and had it had a physical form, it might have swallowed countless times.

"Don’t worry, once I open up the meridians, you’ll certainly get your share." Lin Tian said calmly, though this guy was slightly annoying, a bit of an entertainer, and perhaps even had ulterior motives, Lin Tian had never shortchanged it.

"Really? Thank you, Master. Master, you are awesome." The Sword Spirit was overjoyed, a joy so apparent that Lin Tian could clearly perceive it, akin to a child receiving a beloved toy, a kind of pure joy.

Sometimes Lin Tian pondered, its nature as a Sword Spirit, absorbing energy and evolving might just be its instinct. Though it had existed for hundreds and thousands of years, was it truly not that scheming and still pure?

A simple ancient monster? Thinking of this, Lin Tian also chuckled.

He no longer paid attention to this guy but instead focused his mind on controlling the energy ball, entering the bones from the Hui Yin position.

The painful torment arrived as scheduled, even more painful than being struck by the Zhang Family’s thunder array. This pain emanated from the bones, making people wish to tear open the flesh to see if some creature was gnawing at the bones.

"Mast... Master, hold on!" The Sword Spirit had no sense of pain, but even it seemed to empathize, stammering in its speech.

Lin Tian couldn’t spare any strength to chat with it because he had to concentrate all his power to withstand this severe pain. He couldn’t cry aloud or cause a disturbance; otherwise, it would affect Miss.

People scream and shout in pain not because of fear but because it can lessen the pain. However, Lin Tian couldn’t do this; he could only quietly lie down, clearly feeling each wave of pain assail him.

Perhaps having experienced it once yesterday, now facing the pain, he did not faint. Lin Tian didn’t know whether to be happy or resigned.

Fainting would spare him the pain, but it would also mean failure.

Lin Tian controlled the energy ball, splitting it into two, guiding the energy deep into the bone marrow. Bit by bit, he moved the energy, bit by bit, he opened up the meridians, more precisely carving out new meridians.

At this moment, the power of fire couldn’t assist him; Taiyin Xuan Qi couldn’t; the Ksitigarbha Order couldn’t; he had to rely on himself.

Energy passed through the leg bones, through the knees, into the shin, a fine meridian slowly extending within the bones. This process lasted unknowingly long because Lin Tian had lost sense of time; his single thought was to advance further.

Maybe it took a few minutes, maybe a few hours, Lin Tian didn’t know, nor did he know whether it was daylight or dawn outside.

He was wholly absorbed in battling pain and controlling energy, losing awareness of the outside world. At this point, he had no defenses, and if a Demon Exorcist came to hunt him, he’d have no power to resist.

After an uncertain amount of time passed, the energy finally reached its endpoint, the toe bone, and suddenly dispersed; the energy vanished without a trace. The pain was like that energy, suddenly also disappearing.

Lin Tian immediately felt as though he had returned from Hell to Heaven. This exquisiteness was more miraculous than the joy between man and woman and almost led him to lose control.

"Succeeded." The Sword Spirit whispered, seemingly also sharing in the joy of success.

Lin Tian laughed, having undergone suffering before harvesting, a joy from the heart, so genuine.

"Succeeded, but my legs have completely lost sensation." Lin Tian tried to move his legs, yet he couldn’t feel their existence at all.

"No worries, so long as the third leg is fine." The Sword Spirit revived its unrestrained habit, a little schadenfreude.

Lin Tian showed it the middle finger in his mind, expressing contempt.

A surge of fatigue overwhelmed him, like not sleeping for three days and nights, suddenly lying on a comfortable bed, with only one thought, sleep. Just before falling asleep, Lin Tian lifted his heavy eyelids and vaguely saw that the sky was still dark, Miss still meditating, and then he completely fell asleep.

That sleep was extremely deep, unaware of time or the world, and after a while, Lin Tian noticed a faint fragrance. The fragrance lingered around his nose, feeling familiar.

His lips felt itchy, with a slight warmth. Lin Tian instinctively extended his tongue, licked lightly, and a strange sensation quickly pulled back his consciousness.

Lin Tian suddenly opened his eyes and saw a fair, beautiful face close at hand, with strands of hair brushing past the face, falling beside his own.

The beautiful eyes widened instantly, followed by the charming face drawing away, and Lin Tian finally saw clearly, it was Miss.