Chapter 394 395 Pine Pattern Four

Several more minutes passed.

A gaunt, blood-soaked figure silently appeared at the edge of the carriage, gazing intently in the direction Li Cheng颐 left, his eyes filled with apprehension.

"What's with that guy!?"

That bizarre power directly caused people to kill each other, and ultimately commit suicide.

This unprecedented power perfectly matched the concept of legendary sorcery.

He was the messenger sent by Linghui Valley to接洽the newcomers this time. Having heard of the red-eyes appearing in New Alliance Town, the valley sent people to investigate. He never expected to encounter such a strange person so unexpectedly.

"Perhaps it's also some kind of special red-eye?" Another slender female figure in black appeared behind him, speaking in a shrill voice.

The two, Xue Tan and Xue Ying, were originally a poor brother and sister. After unexpectedly becoming lurkers, they joined Linghui Valley to suppress the development of their condition.

Red-eye patients are also known as blood-eyes. Many of them are unwilling to continue deepening their condition because once they do, their minds will completely deteriorate as the disease progresses.

Although they would gain unimaginable terrifying power, they would no longer be themselves.

But in the latent stage, at least they could have some moments of clarity every day.

After taking the medicine from Linghui Valley, at most they would just commit a few murders.

"Speaking of which, I heard that Huanggu Pavilion also sent people over a while ago. They're even closer than us. Why haven't we seen them?" Xue Ying wondered.

"Perhaps, it's related to that strange person just now..." Xue Tan said in a deep voice.

"Then should we chase after him and kill him?" Xue Ying asked softly.

"No, we're only in the latent stage. We might not be able to deal with that person. If we're forced to deepen our condition for too long and can't control our power, it'll be meaningless to us." Xue Tan shook his head.

Even blood-body organizations like Linghui Valley and Huanggu Pavilion wouldn't absorb mindless beasts.

Inside the abandoned village.

Li Cheng颐 returned to the courtyard with the bag, seeing that the dirty boy was still standing there, not leaving.

"You're still here?" He would be leaving here sooner or later, so he naturally didn't want to leave any emotional entanglements behind.

"I... I have nowhere to go." The boy named Liu Mingyang replied.

"Then don't stay here," Li Cheng颐 said.

"I'll die if I go out. Please take me in!" The boy knelt down and kowtowed.

"I can help you clean up, run errands, anything I can do! Just give me something to eat!"

"..." Li Cheng颐 ignored him, turned around, and left with the bag.

These unexpected gains needed to be washed in the stream to avoid the stench of blood affecting their use.

As for this little boy, leaving him here in the wilderness, he would soon be unable to bear it and leave.

Leaving the village, Li Cheng颐 began to improve and adjust the Pine Pattern Qi in his mind again.

In his view, the practice of Pine Pattern Qi was a way to regulate one's own breath and heartbeat, fuse with the power of consciousness under a specified state, and then absorb a trace of inexplicable aura from the outside world to form a special power.

Essentially, the source of this true qi should be a fusion of three things.

First, one's own essence (jingqi), second, the power of consciousness, and third, the special power that seeps in from the outside world.

Imagining oneself as a stag, making various movements, was, in Li Cheng颐's opinion, more like a trick.

Transforming oneself into the same kind as a certain type of mysterious aura from the outside world, thereby attracting them into oneself.

This was the so-called mental cultivation method (xinfa).

He slowly walked along the lane, occasionally passing a few ox carts and donkey carts.

Without the red-eye attackers, the lane had returned to its original normal traffic.

'So, to increase the speed of cultivation, I must start by improving these three aspects.'

'First, I have absolutely enough energy, even far exceeding what's needed.'

'Second, my power of consciousness is also strong enough. The accumulation brought about by the Seven Intent Saint Spirit Art is far more profound than that of ordinary martial artists here.'

'What truly restricts me from accelerating the cultivation of true qi again is only the third factor. That mysterious power from the outside world seeps into my body too little.'

Returning to the Wang family, he closed his door and began to study the special nature of true qi on his own.

In the memories engraved by Death Energy, there were many techniques for making simple experimental devices.

Although there weren't many, combined with the慧剑削砍(Huijian Xuekan), during this time, Li Cheng颐 had also used scrap iron ore that he had collected everywhere to create a small isolation array.

An array constructed with Death Energy as its main body, capable of isolating and preserving different types of power separately.

This type of array was generally not very useful, mainly used to preserve things that were not easy to directly contact.

Because of the extremely strong bluntness of Death Energy, as long as its high-density sealing was maintained, it could isolate many powers that ordinary people could not imagine.

For example, the blood-colored true qi of the lurkers.

The countless black spots that had troubled Li Cheng颐 last time had now transformed into a small black ball, slowly placed in a small porcelain bottle.

The white porcelain bottle was placed in the center of the isolation array, surrounded by strands of gray Death Energy, unable to move.

'True qi is not strong enough. Although other attributes can suppress the enemies here, true qi will also cause me uncontrollable damage. I must be careful and cautious. Only when the total amount of true qi is sufficient can I be slightly safer.'

Li Cheng颐 picked up the porcelain bottle and checked the changes in the black ball inside.

After confirming that there were no problems, he returned it to its original place.

At the same time, he stretched out his hand, pointing remotely at the mouth of the porcelain bottle.

Channeling qi.

Immediately, a wisp of white true qi spurted out from his palm, turning into mist, and poured into the porcelain bottle.

A large amount of white true qi touched the black ball at the bottom of the porcelain bottle, and a violent hissing sound immediately occurred, as if the two were reacting to each other.

The quality and density of the black ball were obviously much higher than that of the white true qi. After consuming a lot of white true qi, the black ball only shrank slightly.

Li Cheng颐 shook his head in disappointment.

'The quality and power of this Pine Pattern Qi is indeed not enough. After corroding for so long, it has only consumed half of the black ball. This is just the true qi left by a lurker. No wonder martial arts experts like Wang Yifeng can only play defensively when they encounter red-eyes. The gap is too big.'

Thinking of this, he turned his attention to the mysterious power that seeped into the Pine Pattern Qi from the outside world.

'If imagining something in the mental cultivation method will attract a comparable power, then if I imagine other powerful existences, will I be able to attract their power?'

He did what he thought of, and immediately got up and tried to imagine himself as a shadow dragon.

Compared to other creatures, the shadow dragon was undoubtedly the one he was most familiar with.

But unfortunately, it seemed like something was missing. Just thinking about it didn't attract any mysterious substances from the outside world.

'Perhaps it requires corresponding movements and postures to cooperate. I don't have time to explore slowly, it seems I can only start from the martial arts itself.'

Li Cheng颐 then tried several other visualizations, trying to discover possible mysterious substances in the outside world, but unfortunately, none of them worked.

Standing in the room, he put away the stone plate of the isolation array and placed it in the bottom drawer of the closet.

Sitting on the chair, he pondered again in detail.

'Either change martial arts, or dig deeper and improve the martial arts. If I change martial arts, the true qi may have to be completely changed, the sunk cost is too high, it seems that there is only one way to improve.'

'First of all, it must be determined whether that mysterious substance comes from this dead corner, or from other places.'

His heart moved slightly, and his entire body was automatically covered with a thick layer of Death Energy.

Death Energy had extremely strong isolation properties, enough to isolate most intangible energy and matter.

Under these circumstances, Li Cheng颐 began to practice Pine Pattern Qi again.

Sure enough, in less than two minutes, new true qi appeared again.

'Obviously, that mysterious substance does not come from the surrounding air, but from a deeper place. Either Death Energy cannot isolate it, or it simply comes from outside this place.'

'So, is it from the Black Sea?'

Li Cheng颐's heart stirred.

He was a breaker who had already opened the Non-Gate, and also had his own imprint generated. In addition, he possessed the bloodline of a shadow dragon. In essence, he was already considered a genuine Black Sea creature.

Immediately, he closed his eyes and began to use the sixth sense that all Non-Gate breakers had to feel that special mysterious substance.

This time he faintly felt it.

When he practiced Pine Pattern Qi, subtle mysterious substances would spontaneously seep in from the surrounding void.

These mysterious substances seemed to be a radiant white, like countless dust particles. Under Li Cheng颐's perception of the sixth sense, they emerged from the air and merged into his body surface.

Looking at the constantly pouring mysterious substances, a flash of inspiration struck Li Cheng颐's mind.

The purple light of the Evil Flower on the back of his hand slowly lit up.

"1+1=2."

He said slowly in a low voice.

In an instant, all the air within a thirty-meter radius around him suddenly emerged with invisible, radiant white substances.

These substances crashed down, seeping into the ground, fixed and motionless.

'... It actually works this way!?' Li Cheng颐 looked stunned.

The power of language, Flower Language, could even affect this intangible substance!?

He clearly perceived that all the mysterious substances within a thirty-meter radius around him were controlled, sinking into the ground, waiting for his control.

What was there to wait for!?

His mind raced, and he quickly spoke again.

"If you don't want to die, get over here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, in an instant, all the mysterious substances within a thirty-meter radius simultaneously leaped up, rapidly approaching him, and seeped into his body like lightning, disappearing without a trace.

Ugh!

As a large number of mysterious substances poured in, Li Cheng颐's power of consciousness and essence blood were rapidly consumed, fused, and combined into portions of Pine Pattern Qi.

In just a few minutes, the amount of Pine Pattern Qi synthesized in his body was equal to the amount he made in the previous ten days.

But soon, such rapid refinement of true qi also made his body unable to withstand it.

As the Radiant Force Field automatically expanded, Li Cheng颐 began to rapidly restore his body's essence blood.

This state lasted for more than half an hour. Finally, even the Radiant Force Field gradually couldn't hold on any longer.

Too many nutrients in the body were consumed, and even the Radiant Force Field could not create something from nothing.

Li Cheng颐 opened his eyes, feeling that the Pine Pattern Qi in his body was much more than before.

In this short while, the true qi he had fused had reached more than twice the previous total amount.

According to the Pine Pattern Qi's patterns, he raised his hand and released true qi.

Fluorescence covered his palm, revealing the faint gray patterns on it.

A total of six and a little more.

'Equivalent to six years' worth of total amount.'

However, although the attack just now was very powerful, his body's essence blood was exhausted at this time, and his power of consciousness was also greatly depleted, requiring immediate rest and replenishment.

'This method is strong, but it can't be used continuously in a short period of time, and it still needs to be tested later.'

He didn't expect that the Flower Language's power of language would be useful for true qi cultivation.

In this way, the time for accumulating true qi could be shortened a lot.