The spiritual liquid kept surging in his body, and it wasn't until it circulated for two small weeks that the swelling and pain all over Chen Mo's body eased.
Chen Mo did not dare to cut corners in the process of digesting the vital energy in his body. He had no other option but to spend time and grind hard.
Several days passed before Chen Mo's body shrunk back to its original size. At this time, he used his spiritual sense to check again and found that the covered cyclone under his dantian was exactly the same as the original green crystal core.
"It seems that my life should not be cut off..."
Chen Mo muttered silently in his heart. Thinking back to what happened in the past few days, he was still afraid for a while. He really didn't dare to try this kind of game where every breakthrough would cost all his wealth.
However, from the perspective of hindsight, Chen Mo himself felt that there were at least three things wrong with him.
First of all, he did not find a senior with high cultivation level to take charge, so he could not freely control any consequences that occurred.
Assuming that he is being cautious and does not want to expose the secret, then the second point cannot be justified in any case:
Without studying what would happen if the two spiritual powers collided in advance, I just tried to cross the river by feeling the stones in my first attempt, using myself as a test subject. It was okay to succeed by luck, but what if I failed?
In the end, he didn't think much about the possible outcomes.
Plan for failure before success, and be prepared for danger in times of peace. He has done this well before, but perhaps due to various recent reasons, Chen Mo has even forgotten the basic common sense of the world of cultivation.
"It's not too late to make up for it before it's too late." Chen Mo really criticized himself, and after summing up his experience, he thought to himself.
As the quality of spiritual power in his body improved, Chen Mo discovered another fact that he had not noticed before.
The spiritual energy floating between heaven and earth seemed to be too complicated for him at this moment. According to the method of absorbing vitality spiritual energy, the transformation step alone was enough to waste several hours of his efforts.
"Spiritual power is successfully transformed, but the overall cultivation level has been reduced by 10%... If you continue to practice at this rate, even if you don't eat or drink, it will take a conservative estimate of a hundred years to barely reach the middle stage of foundation building."
Chen Mo was already slow in building the foundation at the age of thirty. The longer each subsequent realm was delayed, the slimmer the chance of forming the core in the end. Regardless of the instability of the Dao foundation in his body, the goal he set for himself It was two Jiazi who formed the elixir before.
"In this case, finding a large number of vitality objects or refining elixirs myself to transform my cultivation will be my top priority in the future."
The first time Chen Mo used his vitality and spiritual power was a green bead he accidentally obtained while robbing a tomb. He only had three chances after careful calculation. He didn't dare to try many things rashly. Now that he has a steady stream of spiritual power in his body, Chen Mo doesn't have to control it as much. If you talk more, you will naturally become stronger and stronger.
In Chen Mo's eyes, the rarity of the technique "Forbidden Life and Death of All Things" is at least at the level of the God Transformation Stage. The two talents brought by the vitality spiritual power alone are enough to surpass the characteristics of the Yin Spirit Power. .
'Assist' can increase the tenacity and strength of all spells, and 'Spread' can communicate with grass and trees to accelerate their growth to entangle and imprison the opponent.
The vitality technique 'Overwhelm the River and the Sea', one move to shape life and the other to transform into a pupa, can be used to fight across levels in an environment with rivers and seas. And just now, Chen Mo understood another technique, called 'Dragon Fighting in the Wild', according to " "Forbidden of the Creation and Destruction of All Things" describes that it can exert its greatest power on solid ground.
But Chen Mo hasn't had the chance to test out the specifics of this technique.
In addition, the vitality spiritual power itself has extremely fast healing and recovery effects, as well as the forbidden methods 'Landslide', 'Call the Wind', 'Sky Fire', etc. Chen Mo, with his cultivation in the early stage of foundation building, even the first forbidden method The "Landslide" has not even been used yet, so one can imagine how terrifying the subsequent forbidden methods will be.
"Now, I am more than able to protect myself among the monks in the early stage of foundation building, but it is a bit unreasonable to forcefully challenge the monks in the middle or even late stage of foundation building."
After Chen Mo weighed his own strength and determined that there was no big problem, he became more urgent about going to the Demonic Island.
After getting up and putting on a new set of clothes, Chen Mo took out a mirror and looked at it. He was surprised to find that the scar on his face had disappeared.
Not only that, but the scars on his body over the past ten years have also been restored to their original state under the nourishment of vitality and spiritual power.
Chen Mo looked at the mirror and said to himself: "This time, he finally looks like a human being."
An hour later.
"Tap tap tap..."
The sound of footsteps came from far and near. Lin Yuqin was awakened from her eyes closed to relax. When she opened her eyes, she saw a familiar figure walking slowly behind her.
"Oh my god! You...you are a man! You actually took a beauty pill?!"
Lin Yuqin looked at him dumbfounded. The longest scar on her face was gone. The skin exposed on her sleeves was white and rosy. It was much better than her skin. How could she not scream?
be cheated! Deceived! Lin Yuqin once again felt the taste of frustration. The retreat to refine the vitality stone was just a lie to children. It was true that Chen Mo secretly retreated to improve his appearance!
"Why...why does he suddenly care about this?"
The more Lin Yuqin thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, but Chen Mo didn't think anything was wrong. When he reached the door, he found her dazed in place, and asked, "Why don't you leave?"
Upon hearing the greeting, Lin Yuqin woke up from a dream and hurriedly chased after him. With a wave of his hand, the wooden door closed lightly.
"You just said that I took the beauty pill, why can't male cultivators take it?" Chen Mo asked curiously.
His question confirmed Lin Yuqin's suspicions. She hesitated and said: "The beauty pill... that's for women! Male practitioners take it... take it for a while... ..."
"meeting......"
Seeing her hesitation, Chen Mo interjected: "Will she become neither a man nor a woman?"
"It's more serious than what you said."
"Then I know what will happen." Chen Mo waved his hand with a smile and said: "Don't worry, I didn't eat, but it's probably because of the skill that it's like this now. It may only be useful to me. I'm afraid you are. no."
Although she was still skeptical, Lin Yuqin still said "Oh" and didn't want to talk about this sensitive topic anymore.
"By the way Yuqin, how many days have I been in seclusion in total?"
"It should be a little more than nine days, okay."
"Thank you for keeping watch outside. Has the Lin family come to see you for anything recently?"
"I told my grandfather. He said that everything will focus on your retreat. If there is an emergency, he will send someone here."
Chen Mo thought for a moment: "How long do you want to stay at home?"
"...are you about to set off?"
Mentioning this matter, Lin Yuqin suddenly became nervous:
"Brother Chen, there is still one year left before we leave the Devil's Island. Three months is enough time for the journey. I...oh, I haven't fully fulfilled my friendship as a landlord. Besides, you promised me before that we would go to the town together. This matter has not been realized yet.”
"Having said that, I think it's better to be prepared in advance for everything. Just like when I came back this time, all the borders of the seven countries were banned from flying. In the end, I spent a lot of money to go around in circles and wasted all my time. The calculation is just right, if something goes wrong it will be too late.”
Although Lin Yuqin didn't want to hear it, she had to admit that what Chen Mo said was very reasonable. Seeing that he was determined, she had to settle for the next best thing:
"Then what Brother Chen means is that we can find a place to wait there?"
After leaving the Refining Pavilion, there were rows of low houses on both sides of the valley. In a seemingly very spacious courtyard, seven or eight children from the Lin family were using stones to catapult a scarecrow several feet away.
"Take another three months of rest and then set off. Plans will never keep up with changes. Just listen to me."
"Okay, hit, hit!"
"Second brother, how can you aim so accurately!"
"Oops, my arms are so sore after practicing all afternoon..."
The children's voices gradually faded away. Chen Mo turned to look at Lin Yuqin again and added a few words:
"And I'm still thinking that if someone has the same idea as me, they will appear at a similar time period. If we can get to know each other, it may be unexpectedly helpful for the next trip to the Demonic Island. Maybe."
Lin Yuqin nodded with deep approval: "Well, what Brother Chen said still makes sense. I have no objection. Then I will do everything as you say."
Behind the low house was an open-air square about fifty feet long and wide. Three injured monks were being bandaged by their tribesmen under the willow tree: "Do you know them?" Chen Mo glanced at Lin Yuqin and asked.
"Anyway, we're not from the same lineage." Lin Yuqin looked over there and looked away: "It's really strange. I haven't heard of any war happening recently. How could someone be injured for no reason?"
Along the way from the Refining Pavilion, the number of monks floating in the valley gradually increased. Lin Yuqin would greet those he knew with a smile, while those he didn't would pass by like strangers.
When Chen Mo saw this scene, he couldn't help but think, in this kind of spiritual family, apart from relying on the blood relationship of the old patriarch to connect the family, there is no communication at all between peers. Can such a family also have cohesion?
The valley is not big, so I wandered around and returned to the residence where Chen Mo was placed: "We're here, you can rest first. I'll come see you in a few days and let's go to the town to play together!"
"Don't forget to practice." Chen Mo also said something sincere before leaving.
"What a shame! I'm leaving!" Lin Yuqin waved her hand carelessly and quickly disappeared from sight.
Chen Mo entered the room, closed the door, and slowly sat down with his back against the door frame. At this moment, he didn't know what he was thinking.
...
Chen Mo cultivated in the room for seven days. The cultivation of vitality and spiritual power was as strenuous as he thought. Even if he kept running day and night, he could only extract a small amount.
"This is a troublesome situation when a monk is defeated by an enemy... He can't replenish his spiritual power at the critical moment!"
Chen Mo frowned. The Millennium Spiritual Liquid can only nourish him for a short period of time. Besides, taking it like this is too wasteful. Moreover, his Vitality Stone has been used up. When such an item becomes available again, he should keep it for future use. When needed.
"Counting the days, Lin Yuqin should have come to see me a long time ago. Since it was unexpected, she must be in trouble."
Chen Mo thought to himself that he might as well take this opportunity to go out for a walk. The home he was most familiar with was Lin Yuqin's home. He went straight to find Lin Xiao's residence. Lin's father seemed to be talking about something with the monks of his clan. Everyone was in a different mood. That's right, the room was full of people.
Chen Mo briefly scanned the area with his consciousness and then exited. It was not until half an hour later that he saw the crowd disperse, and Lin Xiao who came out to see off the guests also saw him.
"Hey? Fellow Daoist Chen, what are you doing here?"
Chen Mo said: "I'm looking for Yuqin, where has she gone?"
Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Isn't that right? She didn't tell you?"
"what happened?"
"Yuqin left for the Daxue Mountains two days ago. It was a mission assigned by the family. There is one of our fluorite mines there. In recent days, the monsters in the Daxue Mountains have been rioting frequently for some unknown reason, and many miners have died. , if this continues, it is likely to affect the mining of ores, so..."
"Assigned by Mr. Lin, right?" There is no need to pretend to be confused when talking to a smart person. Chen Mo understood the outline of the matter as soon as he thought about it: "Who else went with her?" Chen Mo suppressed his emotions and asked as calmly as possible. .
Lin Xiao thought to himself, such an alert boy could figure out the truth in just a few words, so there was no need for him to hide it:
"He is a friend of Yuqin's who has known him since he was a child. He has been worshiping in the Snow Mountain for about ten years. He is also a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. His fourth sister is the daughter-in-law of a distant branch of our Lin family. Counting it all, He should also call me uncle."
Chen Mo cursed in his heart. This cunning old guy would only do it if he didn't take action. Once he did, he would be in chaos. In this situation, should he go or not?
Not going to the Snowy Mountains is the beauty of adulthood, which indirectly proves the importance of Lin Yuqin in his heart, making it easier for the old guy to carry out the next analysis.
Going to the Snowy Mountains was undoubtedly a way of showing his true feelings, and by the way, he could lend his hand to solve a big problem for the Lin family for free.
No matter what, the old man is sure of victory. Chen Mo calmed down and pursed his lips. Indeed, this was also an opportunity for him. If he really didn't care about her, what would it matter if he didn't go?
"Fellow Daoist Chen, Friend Daoist Chen?"
Lin Xiao stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Chen Mo's eyes: "You seem to have something on your mind?"
"Uncle Lin, give me a map and I'll go too."
Although Chen Mo didn't want to admit defeat, in front of such an old guy who had lived for too long, his little thoughts were still clearly revealed.
