Hong Yuntong sat cross-legged in the cave, looking at his body with a look of astonishment on his face. The mountain black ape stood beside him, and the figure of the immortal cultivator was reflected in his dull eyes.
Hong Yuntong's body became completely different from before. The once strong muscles in his naked upper body had disappeared, and the whole person became extremely thin.
The ribs on his chest were clearly visible, and the skin of his arms was close to the bones. His complexion also became very pale, without a trace of blood, like a refugee who had been hungry for a long time.
"Why does the body become like this after the energy and blood magic becomes liquid? Those monsters and demons with powerful bodies are extremely strong, but now I look not even as good as an ordinary mortal."
Hong Yuntong forced himself to calm down and fell into thinking.
It is now his fifth year of cultivating the magic power of Qi and Blood. After learning the Yuntong Body Refining Art, he has devoted himself to hard training while looking for some ways to improve his cultivation.
In the end, he discovered that those herbs that nourished Qi and blood were of great help to the Yuntong Body Refining Technique.
Although in Lu Kun's view, the role of these herbs is only to replenish the power of qi and blood and not greatly improve the physical body itself, but for Yuntong Body Refining Art, the herbs that nourish qi and blood greatly speed up the cultivation of qi and blood magic.
That's why Hong Yuntong entered the foundation building stage of Yuntong's body training in just five years.
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Hong Yuntong touched his thin face and looked at the equally thin body of the mountain black ape. His eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly activated the magic power in his body.
Under the surge of energy and blood magic at the foundation-building stage, Hong Yuntong's body rapidly expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye. He returned to his original strong figure in just one breath, and his body exuded a powerful force.
With a "bang", Hong Yuntong punched the cave floor. The gravel flew and a pit several feet wide appeared in its place. However, Hong Yuntong's fist was protected by the blood-red aura and remained unscathed.
"Haha, the body is just an appearance. My physical body has indeed improved. The Yuntong Body Refining Technique is indeed correct."
Hong Yuntong felt the surging power brought about by the circulation of qi and blood magic in his body, and laughed.
"I understand that the magic power of qi and blood itself has a certain inertia and cannot be used to cast spells. Moreover, if it is not activated, it is almost hidden in the body. It condenses the essence of my body and naturally makes my body look very thin."
Lu Kun saw this scene through the eyes of the mountain black ape and was a little amazed.
According to his estimate, the force of Hong Yuntong's blow just now was close to 20,000 kilograms, which was similar to the brute strength of several of his disciples during the bone-hardening stage.
"It's a pity that this power is brought by the magic power of Qi and blood, not the power of the physical body itself."
Naturally, Hong Yuntong didn't know Lu Kun's emotion. After laughing for a while, he calmed down. He seemed to have thought of something, showing a bit of sadness, and sighed:
"What's the point of building the foundation successfully? I'm almost two hundred years old now, and my remaining lifespan is only about ten years."
"I have practiced Yuntong Body Refining Technique to the foundation-building stage. The sect must pay more attention to it. I am afraid that a group of disciples will be specially found to practice it. More people will test this technique. There is no guarantee that others can practice it to the end.
In the Dan stage, we can even derive the techniques of the Nascent Soul stage.”
"And by that time, I was already a pile of dirt."
Hong Yuntong's eyes flashed with reluctance.
"Brother, he has entered the elixir formation stage. His route also has a chance of success. I can't just die like this!"
Hong Yuntong's expression became a little ferocious. He stood up and paced back and forth:
"The magic energy of blood enters the liquid state, and then it takes time to cultivate the physical body of magic power, so that it can reach the peak of foundation building and form elixirs."
"A mere ten years of life is simply not enough. Even my offspring has not yet condensed the qi and blood magic elixir!"
Hong Yuntong turned his head and looked at the mountain black ape next to him, with a slight red light in his eyes.
"If I want to enter the elixir formation stage, I have only one path to choose."
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Hong Yuntong did not tell anyone the news that he had entered the foundation building stage. He only activated the magic power around the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and made it circulate in his body.
This allows him to keep his body normal. Similarly, others can only see the magical power of his Qi Refining Dzogchen and the hidden ability of his Qi and Blood Magic, which are the magical powers after Yuntong Body Refining Art enters the foundation building stage.
Even his enigmatic ancestor didn't notice the breakthrough in his cultivation.
On this day, Hong Yuntong got a token from his ancestor on the pretext of trying to break through the foundation building period, and then led the Mountain Black Ape into a heavily guarded cave filled with restrictions.
The cave is empty, only about ten feet in size, and filled with extremely strong demonic energy. There is only a pale silver shield covering the ground in the middle. Through the shield, you can barely see a purple-black dense
Foggy pool water.
Lu Kun saw the shield through the eyes of the mountain black ape and knew it was a real magic pool at the first glance.
He had seen the water of the True Devil Pond more than once. He had even soaked in the water of the True Devil Pond when he was in the Dead Sea Cave, so he recognized it at a glance.
Hong Yuntong felt the rich magical atmosphere of the cave and showed a satisfied look.
"This environment filled with the essence of demonic energy is the perfect place for demonic power to form a pill. My body is only one step away from forming a pill."
Hong Yuntong's eyes flashed with desire, and he looked at the mountain black ape beside him. His eyes seemed to be looking at a pill to improve his cultivation, which made Lu Kun feel chills.
"The greatest effect of the Phantom Demon Child-Mother Skill lies in the breakthrough of the realm. The annexation of the mother body to the child body can greatly reduce the bottleneck of breakthrough."
"Although I, as a mother body, have very weak energy, blood, and magic power, the power of my spiritual consciousness has reached the level of the early stage of pill formation after more than eighty years of practicing the Illusion Demon Child and Mother Skill."
"Only by taking the risk of annexing the cultivation base of the sub-body, I have a high chance of directly entering the elixir-forming stage."
After gritting his teeth and growling a few words, Hong Yuntong controlled the mountain black ape to sit cross-legged in front of him, took out a pile of materials, and began to set up the magic circle.
Lu Kun was possessed in the body of the mountain black ape. Hearing Hong Yuntong's soliloquy, he immediately understood.
"The mother body of the Phantom Demon Child Mother Skill annexes the cultivation of the child body, thereby reducing the bottleneck and making a breakthrough. Hong Yuntong wants to use this method to try to condense the qi and blood demon elixir."
"In this case, what will happen to the child body..."
Lu Kun couldn't help but feel the soul of the mountain black ape, and found that it was still the same as before, unresponsive to everything in the outside world, and it seemed that the soul had died long ago.
About an hour later, Hong Yuntong arranged a mysterious magic circle under the mountain black ape's body, and then sat cross-legged opposite the mountain black ape.
Hong Yuntong took a deep breath, and his spiritual consciousness produced a special wave, activating the magic circle at his feet. Thanks to his practice of the Phantom Demon Sub-Mother Skill, otherwise he would not be able to cast basic spells if he only had energy and blood magic in his body.
The magic circle emitted a different light, penetrating into the body of the mountain black ape, and Lu Kun felt the energy and blood magic in his body tremble, unconsciously flowing to the formation at his feet, and then entering Hong Yuntong's body through the formation.
And the surrounding essence of demonic energy, under the inexplicable guidance, enveloped Hong Yuntong and Shanyue Black Ape, wrapping them in the rich black energy.