Chapter 499 - 204: Desolate Cloud Heavenly Venerable, 3 Great Holy Lands! Form of the Star Sea
Chapter 499: Chapter 204: Desolate Cloud Heavenly Venerable, 3 Great Holy Lands! Form of the Star Sea
For a moment, he was stunned.
It wasn’t until Su Bai closed the lid of the wooden box with his right hand that Ye Yangfeng snapped out of it.
"A weakened body cannot handle potent nourishment. Right now, you might look like you have a physique of steel, but your foundation is actually quite weak. You need to take things slow."
"Only after you’ve replenished your losses can you advance by leaps and bounds."
As he spoke, Su Bai took a deep breath. The Pill Qi drifting in the air coalesced into two milky-white streams of vapor that he inhaled into his abdomen.
BUZZ!
The moment the Pill Qi entered his abdomen, Su Bai felt a torrent of heat, like a great river, erupt within his organs.
It surged wildly in all directions throughout his body!
Pill Qi is a gentler vapor than Spiritual Qi.
However, if the amount of Pill Qi is large and the body is weak, there is still a possibility of one’s body exploding.
But Su Bai’s control over his body was exquisitely precise. With just a twitch of his finger, he forced the rampaging Pill Qi back into his organs.
The warm current heated his organs. It was as if a furnace had been lit in his abdomen, spreading a pleasant, comforting warmth.
It soothed the exhaustion in his muscles and bones while simultaneously strengthening his organs and flesh.
His body was severely injured and also critically depleted.
Although he had been recuperating daily, it couldn’t compare to the immediate, tangible results of absorbing Pill Qi.
’No wonder those Sacred Lands rarely appear in the world, yet still control it.’
Su Bai slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. His gaze was much clearer than before.
The Eastern Continent was a vast territory.
And the Celestial Martial Country was just a small nation, one of many in the Eastern Continent.
There were hundreds of other nations like it in the Eastern Continent, but the ones who truly held power were not these Secular Dynasties.
Nor was it the Major Sects of both the righteous and demonic paths, such as the Taiyi Sect, the Prison Suppression Pavilion, Celestial Yang Mountain, the Divine Sword Sect, or the Destruction Dao, which on the surface seemed to dominate their respective regions.
Instead, it was the Jin Yun Sacred Land, the Li Tian Sacred Land, and the Netherworld Sacred Land!
These three ancient Sacred Lands were rumored to have existed for over several hundred thousand years.
These Three Great Sacred Lands controlled all the Spirit Fields in the world, as well as the Elixir Recipes for the Solidification Pill, Spiritual Image Pill, Melting Furnace Pill, and others!
Although the many sects in the world had numerous other Elixir Recipes that could be used as substitutes, and some even had better ones...
...the only elixirs truly acknowledged by all Cultivators were these.
These elixirs were the sole currency used for resource exchange among Cultivators, and even between sects.
It reached a point where the names of these elixirs even corresponded to Cultivation Realms.
These small secular nations governed the mortal world!
While the Three Great Sacred Lands governed the world’s Cultivators!
Of course, this was something Su Bai had deduced from the information he gathered in Chishui City.
Whether it was actually true, he himself had no way of knowing at the moment.
"The Three Great Sacred Lands control the world?"
Ye Yangfeng was a little surprised. He had heard similar words before.
They had been spoken by the founder of the Destruction Dao.
In the end, that founder of the Destruction Dao was seemingly impaled and killed atop Demon Mountain by a spear thrown from a hundred thousand li away.
His blood flowed for ten days and ten nights, staining thirty thousand li of Demon Mountain red.
It was truly a terrifying sight!
But that seemed to be just a legend.
After so many years, it seemed no one believed it besides the people of the Destruction Dao.
"Just because they don’t seem to vie for power doesn’t mean they truly aren’t."
"The Three Great Sacred Lands are mysterious and unfathomable."
Su Bai gave Ye Yangfeng a deep look. "In the future, if you encounter people from these Sacred Lands, just be careful."
The vast majority of people in the world only saw the domineering might of the Major Sects, reigning majestically and controlling the lives of the masses.
But they couldn’t see how the Three Great Sacred Lands had the world’s sects in a death grip.
However, he had no concrete proof.
So, he didn’t explain further. He just made a casual remark and changed the subject.
"Don’t overthink it. For now, take a Solidification Pill to nourish your Physique and recover from your injuries."
"You’ve already grasped the Dharma Gate of the Great Sun True Form Map. Condensing your True Form is only a matter of time."
Ye Yangfeng nodded and then sat down cross-legged.
Cultivating a new True Form Technique was, naturally, not something that could be done easily.
Besides, his injuries were quite severe, so he could only take it slow.
Su Bai, on the other hand, opened a crack in the lid of the wooden box.
Amidst the ethereal Pill Qi, he slowly assumed a stance and began practicing the Fist Scripture.
WHOOSH!
Su Bai pushed his arms forward at a steady pace. His fragile muscles and bones made soft cracking and grinding sounds.
’He hadn’t practiced his fists in such a primal way for a long time. Performing the forms now, he felt a new kind of understanding dawn on him.’
To this day, the Fist Techniques he had learned were already innumerable.
And this Fist Scripture, which fused tens of thousands of Fist Techniques, seemed ordinary but in fact contained the profound ultimate principles of the Fist Dao.
Su Bai slowly moved his limbs. Under the stimulation, the pores all over his body gradually opened.
The Pill Qi drifting out of the wooden box quickly entered his body.
Of ten parts of Pill Qi, he absorbed nine. The final part was then split evenly between him and Ye Yangfeng.
It was a good thing Ye Yangfeng had his eyes closed in concentration.
Otherwise, if he had seen it, his Mental Realm would have become unstable again.
However, the amount of Pill Qi one could absorb also depended on talent.
CRACK, CRACK!
Amidst the faint sounds, Su Bai also slowly closed his eyes.
Visibly, his once slightly pale hair became coated in a layer of silver light. From his open pores, the faint sound of flowing blood could be heard escaping his body.
His flesh, skin, bone marrow, and organs were all undergoing a transformation at the same time.
He had yet to even consume the elixir itself; just its Pill Qi alone had already produced a tremendous effect beyond ordinary imagination.
’Now I think I understand why the people of this world value these elixirs so highly.’
’I might as well observe the starry sky.’
The transformation of his Physique did not draw much of Su Bai’s attention.
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, a wisp of his Divine Thoughts suddenly erupted before his eyes!
BUZZ!
With just a soft hum, a stream of light had already exploded into a Star River!
Then, a vast starry sky manifested before Su Bai’s eyes.
With the power of Su Bai’s Divine Thoughts, the starry sky he manifested at this moment was just like the real thing.
At this moment, it was as if Su Bai’s body had truly stepped into the Star Sea.
Observing the form of the Star Sea, feeling its intent.
WHOOSH!!
An unknown amount of time passed before Ye Yangfeng felt a bloating sensation in his body. Unable to cultivate any further, he slowly came back to his senses.
At that moment, he suddenly heard the sound of waves crashing against a shore, the sound of a great river rolling on.
He opened his eyes, and with a single glance, he was stunned. "This is?"
Ye Yangfeng’s pupils shrank.
He saw that inside the room, wisps of Pill Qi swirled like clouds and mist.
Amidst the swirling mist, Su Bai was slowly practicing his fists. It was a Fist Technique he had never seen before, one that seemed to contain the endless ultimate principles of fist arts.
As Su Bai slowly threw a punch.
Streams of Divine Light seemed to emerge from the surface of his body, filling the small room.
The room was already small to begin with.
But at this moment, he didn’t feel it was cramped at all.
In fact, in his daze...
...he thought he saw a vast, deep, and brilliant starry sky!
Su Bai was at its center, and the wisps of Pill Qi were like Star Rivers, slowly revolving around him.
As he slowly threw his punches...
...he seemed even more magnificent than the Star River, even vaster than the Star Sea.
Ye Yangfeng stared at the scene before him and murmured:
"Could this be what Senior was talking about..."
"The river and the sea!?"
’Is this the True Form he wants me to condense?’
’Using the Star River as the form and the Star Sea as the intent?’
’That’s... even possible!?’