37: Chapter 37 Breakthrough Night Wanderer

After the radiant glow of the enhancement faded, Lu Siye couldn't wait to pick up the Cultivation Technique and flip directly to the back to read it.

The content of the fourth layer of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art did not disappoint Lu Siye; it explicitly recorded the method for controlling the Yang Qi within the body to ignite the Yang Fire.

Furthermore, the sign of Major Achievement for the fourth layer of the Cultivation Technique is the external release of Qi and blood, and the ignition of the Yang Fire on the right shoulder, which represents the Youjing, one of the three souls, commonly known as the human soul.

The one soul among the one soul and seven souls of a Ghost refers to the human soul, the Youjing.

In other words, after successfully completing the fourth layer, Lu Siye would be one hundred percent able to step into the Night Wanderer Realm.

However, Lu Siye did not start to Cultivate immediately; instead, he first spent 900 Fear Points to enhance the remaining 5 blood replenishing pills twice, turning them into blood spirit pills.

Afterward, he grabbed a handful of red ginseng slices and spent over 300 Fear Points to restore his Qi and blood to their Peak state.

Finally, picking up the Cultivation Technique one last time to ensure he hadn't misremembered any of the fourth-layer content, Lu Siye picked up a blood spirit pill and swallowed it.

Lu Siye focused his mind and actively refined the gentle Qi and blood energy of the blood spirit pill.

As the Qi and blood energy was refined, he felt his Qi and blood becoming increasingly scorching and viscous, gradually exceeding the limits of what his body could withstand.

"Ah~" Lu Siye let out a painful low growl.

He felt as if his blood were boiling hot water about to erupt, with waves of Yang Qi rising from his blood like high-temperature steam.

Every inch of his body was in excruciating pain, and it felt as if every cell was about to explode.

That was the human seven souls actively converting the excess Qi and blood energy under the operation of the Cultivation Technique, transforming it into Yang Qi, a source energy closer to the physical body.

As the Yang Qi continuously increased, his blood vessels could no longer withstand such a large amount of Yang Qi, and more and more Yang Qi seeped out, sweeping through his whole body like a tide.

Every cell in his body, upon touching the Yang Qi, began to devour it crazily, like a glutton that had been starving for three days and three nights.

During this process of devouring, the cells began to gradually become tough and strong, and the original excruciating pain slowly disappeared, replaced by an itch that penetrated deep into his bone marrow.

He felt as if tens of thousands of tiny ants were crawling on every inch of his skin, flesh, and bones, teasing every nerve of his and constantly assaulting his sanity.

Lu Siye gritted his teeth, the veins on his forehead bulging, his face twisted.

His whole body trembled continuously, yet he guarded the last shred of sanity in his heart, maintaining the operation of the Cultivation Technique.

A large amount of sweat gushed out from his pores, rapidly evaporating on his crimson skin and turning into clouds of white mist.

He did not know how much time had passed before that deep-seated itch vanished, and the cells stopped devouring Yang Qi; the remaining Yang Qi, under the influence of the Cultivation Technique, began to move rhythmically around the seven positions of the seven souls.

Lu Siye's twisted face gradually relaxed, and his skin slowly returned to normal, no longer a solid crimson.

Poof!

The three Yang Fires on Lu Siye's shoulders and top of his head instantly manifested, though they were slightly transparent, making them look somewhat unreal.

The Yang Qi within his body, after being baptized by the seven souls—the Corpse Dog, Fushi, Queyin, Tunzei, Feidu, Chuhui, and Choufei—gathered together toward the Yang Fire on his right shoulder.

As the Yang Qi converged, the Yang Fire became increasingly real, no longer so illusory.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

Suddenly, seven muffled sounds like drumbeats echoed continuously within Lu Siye's body.

As the last drumbeat sounded, the Yang Fire on his right shoulder suddenly erupted with a golden light, enveloping Lu Siye.

For a moment, Lu Siye felt his range of perception expanding rapidly, from the original ten-meter radius to one hundred meters, and the things he perceived were much clearer than before.

He perceived a child in a room on the second floor being spanked by his mother for being covered in mud; he also perceived an office worker on the third floor working overtime while eating; and he perceived a young couple on the twelfth floor acting like dry wood and fire, with scattered clothing on the bedroom floor and two naked figures rolling on the bed...

"Cough, cough... Do not look at what is improper! Do not listen to what is improper!"

Soon after, the light vanished, leaving only that clearly visible Yang Fire on his right shoulder.

Lu Siye opened his eyes abruptly, a flash of golden light passing through his pupils. He turned his head to look at his shoulder and saw the flame, which was only the size of a thumb.

Clearly, he had stepped into the first Realm of the Night Wanderer!

With a thought, the Yang Fire disappeared; from the outside, he looked no different than before.

In fact, the Yang Fire had not disappeared; it had simply been hidden by Lu Siye.

Lu Siye stood up, closed his eyes, and carefully felt the changes within his body.

His Qi and blood were nearly three times more abundant than before the Breakthrough, and he felt that he could now control his own Qi and blood and Yang Qi as he wished.

Opening his eyes, Lu Siye assumed the starting stance of the Five Tiger Soul-Slaying Saber Technique. He gripped the air with his right hand, and the Qi and blood in his body surged out, transforming into a Tang Hengdao in his hand, styled exactly like the blazing blood saber.

Raising his hand, Lu Siye looked at the blood saber formed by the condensation of Qi and blood, running his fingers over it, as if it had a physical form.

This was an ability brought by the fourth layer of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art—a feat that could originally only be performed after reaching the third Realm of the Night Wanderer and fully mastering the Qi and blood and Yang Qi within the body: Qi and blood solidification.

Dissipating the blood saber, Lu Siye moved his mind to check the System panel.

Host: Lu Siye

Fear Points: 3078

Cultivation: 196 years (External Skill: 175 years; Internal Skill: 21 years)

Martial Arts: Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art (Fourth Layer); Body Forging Art; Five Tigers Soul-Severing Saber Technique (Proficient); Bei Ming Divine Art (Introductory); Lingbo Microsteps (Introductory)

Special Items: evil-exorcising fruit knife; blazing blood saber +1; Special Briefcase (PS: Martial arts manuals will not be repeated in the future)

His Internal Skill had been restored by converting excess Qi and blood energy into Internal Energy before the Breakthrough, and the limit had been increased by 6 years.

Although the Cultivation of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art had only increased by 20 years, Lu Siye's strength was more than three times greater than before.

After closing the panel, Lu Siye took out the briefcase, opened the latch, and let Fang Lanyue out again.

With a flash of white light, Fang Lanyue fell out of the jade amulet, scrambling away from Lu Siye and huddling in the corner, with obvious tear stains on her face.

It seemed she had frightened herself quite badly inside.

"Alright, I was just breaking through. Not letting you out was for your own good; otherwise, you would have been burned to ashes by the Yang Qi I was emitting." Lu Siye explained, but Fang Lanyue did not respond.

It seemed she hadn't recovered yet.

Lu Siye stopped paying attention to her, sat cross-legged, poured out a blood spirit pill into his mouth, and began to Cultivate.

After the Breakthrough, his control over the Yang Qi in his body had greatly improved. While Cultivating, as long as he didn't want to, he would no longer release waves of surging Yang Qi.

A long time later, the medicinal power of the blood spirit pill was exhausted. Lu Siye opened his eyes and looked toward the bedroom, smiling slightly.

The briefcase on the floor was gone, the bedroom door was tightly shut, and in his perception, Fang Lanyue was sitting cross-legged on the bed, Cultivating.

Taking another blood spirit pill, Lu Siye continued to Cultivate.