Chapter 18 (1/2)
Eternal Life (永生) Ch. 18
The World
“Tiger Dragon Flying Step!”
The fight earlier had caused a large portion of the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ to be melted into his bloodstream, and now, Fang Han took the opportunity to digest it fully. Standing, he stomped on the ground, and glided across the floor. He had just learned the ‘Tiger Dragon Flying Step’.
Out of the Yu’hua School’s three basic martial styles, Fang Han already knew the ‘Calm Crane Longevity Fist’. As for the ‘Flying Spirit Soft Body Enhancement’, it was a method of training ones body. It would cause one’s body to become as soft as if they were boneless, as soft as silk.
As for the ‘Tiger Dragon Flying Step’, it was a very mysterious kind of footwork not below the ‘Seven Star Step’ of the ‘Seven Star Fist’. Currently Fang Han was fusing with the medicinal power released from the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’. Thus, he resealed the books on the school’s basic Immortal martial styles, and began to condense the experiences he had gained today from his battle with the ‘G.o.dly Strength Puppet’ and from watching other people’s fights.
Today, he had benefitted greatly.
“Pouncing Tiger Roaming Dragon!”
With a long howl, he quickened his feet, a green dragon appearing on his head, looking from afar like a white tiger, tiger and dragon entering the abyss. His body was like a dragon, his aura was like a fierce tiger. The Qi in his body circulated, his inner organs beginning to emit a kind of rhythm.
Dragon’s absorption!
Tiger’s swallowing!
Dragon’s essence!
Tiger’s ferocity!
Amid his gliding around, Fang Han fell into a trance, his consciousness transcending his surroundings and himself, his inner organs seemingly contracting, contracting, and contracting again, condensing into one clump after another.
His inner organs, they had become as hard as iron!
Pu! Suddenly, his Qi surged, and he felt a wad of viscous phlegm become lodged in his throat. It was greatly uncomfortable. Thus, he immediately coughed and a large wad of b.l.o.o.d.y phlegm came out.
Upon coughing the b.l.o.o.d.y phlegm out, he immediately felt much more comfortable.
Fang Han’s tongue touched his palate, and immediately, his mouth was filled with saliva with similar flavor to ‘Qiong Jiang Yu Se’. With every movement of his tongue, this ‘Qiong Jiang Yu Se’ flavor would surge out, like clear Qi, intertwining with his body, and causing his inner organs to feel refreshed.
[TL: Qiong Jiang Yu Se is a saying which describes a concoction made using jade that was believed to bestow immortality upon drinking it. It tastes kind of sweet.]
Upon reaching this realm, one prolonged their life, and became resistant to various diseases.
Is this the Inner Strength level? It’s recorded in the book that if one’s inner organs become strong, ‘Qiang Jiang Yu Se’ will constantly flow into their mouth. The impurities between one’s organs will all be washed out! It seems that I have raised the level of my physique, and have reached the next level! The seventh level of the Mortal Realm, Inner Strength!
Faintly feeling out his body, Fang Han immediately knew, he had advanced another step.
The ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ in my heart seems to have shrunk a lot. It seems like I have pretty much refined most of its medicine now. Perhaps after advancing another level, its medicine will be fully absorbed into my body. When that time comes, I will have to rely on only my own training.
Feeling the differences in the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’, Fang Han licked his lips.
Afterwards, he opened another book, ‘Yu’hua School, School Rules’.
“These school rules only affect the lower disciples. Towards true disciples like first lady Fang Qing Xue there is no effect. Rules and laws are always made to restrict the weak and to be trampled upon by the strong. Let’s not read this book right now, and read the other book that describes the world.”
Amid his talking, Fang Han dropped the school rulebook, and opened the other jade book, ‘The World.’
In the necessities that the school had bestowed to him, there were a total of five books. Three of them were on basic martial styles, one was on school rules, and one was ‘The World’. From these three words, the vastness and boundlessness of the world appeared.
[TL: In Chinese, the book t.i.tle is Zhu s.h.i.+ Jie, three words]
This book, upon being opened, projected images like the others. Row upon row of categories appeared in front of Fang Han’s eyes.
“Ten Immortal Schools!”
“Seven Devil Clans!”
“Five Demon Sects!”
“Heretic Schools!”
“The Underground Abyss!”
“s.p.a.ce!”
“The Infinite Seas and Oceans!”
“Ancient Legends!”
“Legendary Treasures!”
“Dynasties of the World!”
“Entrances to the Void!”
Etc. There were thousands of categories flowing downwards, causing Fang Han’s eyes to become unfocused. He never would have thought that the world would be so full of wonders. Settling down his heart, he opened the book to its main page.
“The world is vast. Even after entering the Longevity Realm, one will not have seen more than a glimpse of it. For the purpose of educating Yu’hua outer court disciples about the world, to increase their knowledge, someone wealthy and powerful must have transferred their experiences to this book about the world.”
From reading the beginning, Fang Han could tell that the Yu’hua School’s headmaster had written the book, engraving it in jade so that disciples of the Yu’hua School could read about the world.
In this book, it mentioned the Immortal Path, Devil Path, and Demon Path schools, various powerful figures, various magic treasures, as well as a great number of heretic schools, empires, seas and oceans, deserts, and the underground abyss. It also mentioned the rumored entrances to the void, the mysterious secrets of s.p.a.ce, and possible mysterious worlds on other stars. Finally, it identified various kinds of herbs and treasures.
Everything one could think of could be found in this book.
To completely read the book, perhaps three years, even five years, wouldn’t be enough.