My Apprentice Is Too Diligent

Chapter 71: Fulfilling Dreams (Seeking Subscriptions)

The Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill, once ingested, immediately transforms into a burst of scorching hot energy, exploding violently.

Without any warning, the sudden eruption of overwhelming energy rampages through the body like a rampaging dragon, causing varying degrees of damage to the meridians, bones, and flesh.

This is the result of Chen Wuji's numerous physical tempering.

If it were during the Body Refining Realm period, just this wave of energy impact would have severely injured him, causing him to spit out blood.

If an ordinary person without cultivation were to consume it, they would most likely explode and die on the spot.

The information is incorrect.

Even Qi Zongshan only has a rough understanding of the specific effects of the Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill.

The shocking energy released in an instant cannot be assimilated by a normal True Qi Realm Martial Master.

Fortunately, Chen Wuji is not an ordinary True Qi Realm cultivator.

His mental power is stronger than that of a Ninth Layer True Qi Realm cultivator.

At this moment, when the overwhelming energy of the Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill erupted without any defense, he was initially impacted by the first wave. However, in the next instant, Chen Wuji used his powerful mental power to suppress and forcefully control it.

Then, the Dragon Gate Primordial Origin Technique went into a frenzy, absorbing and refining wave after wave of explosive energy.

In the dantian space, the Qi Sea churned, giving birth to new Primordial Origin True Qi, which quickly merged with the existing True Qi, pushing his cultivation level to rise all the way.

On the first day, his cultivation broke through from the Fourth Layer of the True Qi Realm to the Fifth Layer.

On the third day, his cultivation broke through to the Sixth Layer of the True Qi Realm.

On the seventh day, his cultivation broke through to the Seventh Layer of the True Qi Realm.

On the fifteenth day...

[Name: Chen Wuji (Hidden Dragon Gate Sect Master)]

[Lifespan: 30/85]

[Cultivation: Eighth Layer of the True Qi Realm]

[Cultivation Technique: Dragon Gate Primordial Origin Technique (Ninth Layer), ..., Three Souls and Nine Spirits Illusory True Technique (Perfected)]

[Martial Arts: Three Yang Force (Perfected), ..., Dazzling Thirteen Swords (Perfected), White Crane Dance in the Sky (Perfected), Locking Space Arrow (Perfected)]

[Talent: Sudden Inspiration]

[Disciples: Seven (Expandable)]

...

In half a month, his cultivation broke through four small stages, rising from the Fourth Layer of the True Qi Realm to the Eighth Layer.

And this is only the transformation brought about by the energy of a single Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill.

During this half month, Chen Wuji neither ate nor drank, his aura was intense, like a furnace, and his vigorous energy stirred up the surrounding air, causing distortions.

Not to mention insects and birds, even fierce beasts and wild animals didn't dare to approach.

Within a ten-zhang radius of the mountaintop platform, not a single ant could be found.

"Hoo..."

Finally, after absorbing all the energy, Chen Wuji opened his mouth and exhaled a white mist, which turned into a white ribbon floating in the air for a while before slowly dissipating.

"Extend lifespan? Taking one can extend life by thirty years?"

"Damn nonsense!"

Chen Wuji, who personally experienced the effects of the Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill, couldn't help but curse.

The medicinal effect is so domineering, it's almost like shortening one's lifespan.

The prerequisite for extending lifespan is that the body can withstand the explosive energy impact.

The same goes for Martial Masters. If they want to improve their cultivation, their physique also needs to be strong enough.

Only by enduring it can they remove impurities, open up the dantian, and condense the Qi Sea.

In simple terms, the Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill has extremely high requirements for the physical aptitude of the person taking it.

If the aptitude is not good and it is forcibly taken, even if they can endure it, the process of absorbing the energy will be extremely painful.

Of course.

Swallowing the entire Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill at once, with its explosive energy, will cause more pain. Splitting it in half, into quarters, or eighths and taking it multiple times will reduce the pain, or even eliminate it.

But in that case, the effectiveness will also be greatly reduced.

To maximize the effect of the Ascending Cloud Good Fortune Pill, it must be swallowed whole at once.

Deadlock...

Chen Wuji adjusted the qi in his body and consolidated his improved cultivation.

He didn't plan to take the second pill in a short period of time.

One pill was enough to fill him up, and it needed to be slowly digested.

In this way, he stayed on the mountaintop for another three days.

On the fourth day, in the morning...

Chen Wuji stood up and gazed at the nearby mountains and the vast blue sky in the distance, taking a deep breath.

He picked up his package and leaped off the mountaintop.

In mid-air, True Qi swept over his body and condensed into a pair of translucent wings on his back.

At first, they wobbled unsteadily, but quickly stabilized, resembling the wings of a real bird, carrying Chen Wuji as he glided through the air!

The Eighth Layer of the True Qi Realm, Shape Transformation!

Reaching this level of cultivation allowed one to control True Qi, condensing and transforming it into various forms that were both real and solid.

True Qi wings were one of these transformations.

Compared to transforming into weapons or beasts, True Qi wings required a higher level of mental power. Not only did one need to strengthen oneself, but also to sense other factors such as wind resistance, air resistance, and gravitational force.

Only by achieving these could one glide through the sky.

As for true flight, regardless of the quality or quantity of True Qi, the Eighth Layer was temporarily insufficient.

Even so, Chen Wuji was satisfied.

Flying with one's own body was almost every human's dream.

Today, it could finally be realized!

Gliding all the way from the mountaintop of Eagle Horn Mountain, descending and moving forward, feeling the vastness of the world, with the mountain wind swirling around, Chen Wuji's mind and heart suddenly opened up, an indescribable sense of extreme joy from the inside out.

Hoo!

Hoo~

The sound of the wind whistled in his ears as the scenery beneath him receded.

When he landed from the air and stopped on the ground, Chen Wuji had already left the boundaries of Eagle Horn Mountain.

He didn't return following the route on the map.

The original path was too troublesome.

Chen Wuji crossed two hills and prepared to take the official road to the county town.

Although the official road was a long journey, it was less physically demanding.

If he was lucky, he might encounter a merchant caravan and hitch a ride.

This time, it was just like that.

As Chen Wuji walked out of the forest and was about to step onto the official road, he saw a group of people on the road from a distance, appearing from around the bend.

Chen Wuji couldn't help but feel delighted and wanted to go over.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of horse hooves, gradually getting closer.

Looking up, he found that this group of people was not slowly traveling, but running and fleeing.

The group was quite long.

One horse-drawn carriage after another rushed out from the bend.

There were only a few people riding horses, while most of them were running on the ground.

Chen Wuji focused his gaze and looked at this group of people from a distance.

He saw panic, fear, and even despair on each person's face.

The long line was not from a single merchant caravan, but at least three or more caravans converging together.

The number of people gathered together already exceeded a hundred, just from those who had come out from the bend.

Among them, one-third were Martial Masters.

But including the Martial Masters, everyone had an unpleasant expression, pale faces, and nervous fear.

As if there was a great terror chasing after them.

"Boom~!"

The sound of horse hooves grew louder.

The ground trembled, and dust filled the air.

The long line, the carriage drivers whipping their horses' reins swiftly.

Just as Chen Wuji stood on the hillside, gazing from a distance, a group of black-clad, black-armored, masked riders on horseback charged out from the bend and appeared in his field of vision.

As soon as these cavalrymen appeared, the fleeing caravans became even more frantic, wishing they could fly.

But two legs could never outrun four.

Those who were left behind by the group were caught up to by the cavalrymen in a few breaths.

Then--

"Spurt!" "Spurt!" "Spurt~"

Flashes of blades, heads flying.

Blood bloomed like flowers, one after another.

"The Black Wind Iron Cavalry!?"

(End of this chapter)