"I now have an astounding reputation. I can't let that Zhou Xinqi surpass ." From that mont, Yan Xiaobao resolved to keep working hard until he achieved his secret goal of proudly announcing to everyone that he is the Pharmacist Tortoise.
Despite his slow progress on the second batch of plants and vegetation, his cultivation of the Immortal Eternal Life Skill was rapidly approaching the level where he could achieve a complete small circulation.
Although the pain only continued to worsen, Yan Xiaobao remained entirely focused on "immortality" and "living forever."
"Three more days. According to the description of the Immortal Eternal Life Skill, I will complete a small cycle in three days." Yan Xiaobao took a deep breath, clenched his teeth, and continued to pace quickly in the courtyard while studying the second volu of plants and vegetation.
Three days passed quickly. On the evening of the third day, it began to snow, covering the Spiritual Flow Sect in a glittering silver.
As a tremor coursed through him, Yan Xiaobao was running when he suddenly stopped in place. The pain he had endured for the past eighty-one days suddenly vanished.
A surge of heat exploded within him, converging on his skin, feeling as if he were being baked in an oven.
Snowflakes lted before they could even reach him, instantly turning into a white mist.
"It worked!" Despite his parched throat, he exclaid jubilantly. Though he felt as if he were on fire, when he looked down, he saw a black light flowing through his skin, circulating around him and then disappearing.
Then he poked his arm with his right hand, marveling at how resilient it had beco. His eyes glead, and his limbs quivered slightly. He could imdiately tell he was much faster than before. He started to run forward and then appeared several ters away in the blink of an eye, causing an astonishing noise.
His speed now may be twice what it was before. Overjoyed, Yan Xiaobao ran back and forth to test his new speed, feeling very satisfied.
Without further hesitation, he used the mnemonic of the Immortal Eternal Life Skill to continue practicing cultivation. This new thod involved closing his mouth and nose and attempting to breathe through his skin. Inhaling and exhaling counted as a minor cycle. He needed to practice eighty-one small cycles a day for eighty-one days to complete a small circulation.
If he could manage that, then along with the painful small circulation he had already completed, he would achieve preliminary success in obtaining the Immortal Skin.
After practicing a few tis, Yan Xiaobao got the hang of it and strived to complete a small cycle. Afterwards, his body appeared even more gaunt.
He also felt extrely hungry, with a rumbling sound coming from his stomach. He ignored this, continuing to breathe, causing his body to beco thinner. After inhaling and exhaling fifteen tis, his body looked like nothing more than a bag of bones.
It seed as if all the nutrients within him had been sucked away. However, his skin looked more elastic than before.
Yan Xiaobao could no longer bear it. His vision was gradually fading, and his eyes had turned greenish from the indescribable hunger consuming him. He was so ravenous that he felt he could eat an entire elephant.
"This isn't working, I'm starving!" He looked around, drooling, only to realize there was nothing to eat except the lush bamboo he was growing, which suddenly looked appealing in this mont of desperation.
Driven by overwhelming hunger, he rushed toward the winter bamboo of the Spirit and took a bite from one.
A crunching sound could be heard as he tore off a large chunk and started devouring it. After swallowing, his face contorted, and he shuddered from the bitter taste.
"Too bitter... I need to eat so real food...." He suddenly missed the oven more than ever before. He had never been this hungry in his life, so famished that he felt as though he might faint. His eyes beca even greener, and he gasped for breath. Finally, he hurriedly left the courtyard.
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