157 Post Tribulation Threa (1/2)
After dealing with his lightning burn injuries, Cao Mao jumped out of the abyss and landed next to the cleaved crystal ball. He picked it up to inspect the remaining of the Heaven Will.
KQ and White Album flew back to Cao Mao's sides to check what he had obtained.
'What's that?'
”No clue. Should I eat this?”
Before Cao Mao or KQ could decide what they could do to the broken crystal ball, it disintegrated into particles and sank into his hand. The particles entered his dantian and became food for the heavenly fate fragment, which was hidden inside.
The lightning element Qi reappeared again around Cao Mao. A black and white cloud condensed around him as if they were low-altitude fog. This time, they floated around him as if he was the eye of the storm.
Cao Mao frowned as he had no idea what the Qi fog was doing. They didn't attack him nor benefit him.
Meanwhile, KQ laughed and absorbed a strand of the floating Qi fog.
BZZ
'OUCH!'
Unfortunately for KQ, she couldn't absorb the energy. The lightning Qi ejected her out of the field. White Album, who had done nothing wrong, also got booted out of the fog.
The cloud of lightning Qi descended and orbited around Cao Mao, waiting for something.
Cao Mao was perplexed. He didn't know what he should do with this remnant energy, and he was afraid that the Will of Heaven had done something to them.
Then, Cao Mao heard Jia Shan's voice.
”Brat, start comprehending the lightning element and absorb those Qi strands before it disappears! They're the rewards of your tribulation! You have about a day to seize it!”
Hearing his mentor's voice, Cao Mao recalled some of the cultivation novel plots. After Heaven Tribulations, the main characters usually got stronger. Each novel had a unique way of presenting how a protagonist leveled up, and they either gained insight or obtained new power.
Inspired by novel plots, Cao Mao sat cross-legged and began meditating. He also absorbed a strand of lightning element Qi into his dantian, testing his theory. Since he survived the onslaught, he thought that his dantian should be able to resist a bit of thunder Qi.
The experience was not pleasant. The lightning Qi burned his blood vessels. He had to drink another mouthful of spring water to heal himself.
Ding
\u003cYou have absorbed one strand of lightning element Qi.\u003e
\u003cYour compatibility with lightning element Qi is 0%. You cannot digest lightning Qi.\u003e
\u003cThe Qi strand has been ejected from your body.\u003e
Cao Mao failed, but he didn't give up. He still had trump cards for this situation, when he needed to boost his brainpower.
Cao Mao popped one into his mouth. Within a few seconds, his mind was clear. He stared into the lightning cloud as if he was in a trance. The flashback memory of physics knowledge during the high-school days came back.
Life Essence pool within Cao Mao's dantian rumbled, reacting to the fundamentals and characteristics of electricity, magnetic force, and basic physics.
At first, Cao Mao only understood the lightning characteristic in theory. After he combined what he had learned from the wood element and Hopea's memory fragment, he had an inspiration.
Putting his theory to a test, Cao Mao absorbed a strand of lightning Qi. But instead of taking it to his dantian right away, he let the Qi circulate through his meridians and blood vessels.
After the element Qi went through all core meridians - stomach, small intestines, large intestine, kidney, liver, spleen, gall bladder, urinary bladder, lungs, heart, and pericardium. Once it went through all 11 parts, Cao Mao directed it to his dantian, the 12th meridian.
Again, the Qi burned everything it passed through. Without the spring water and his resistance against Yang Flame, Cao Mao would have died a thousand times today.
Ding
\u003cYou have absorbed one strand of lightning element Qi.\u003e
\u003cYour compatibility with lightning element Qi is 0.01%.\u003e
\u003cYour life essence tries to assimilate the lightning element Qi.\u003e
\u003cThe Qi digestion has failed. The Qi strand has been ejected from your body.\u003e
The attempt failed, but Cao Mao could see the progress. Moreover, he had another idea of how he could exploit this situation.
Cao Mao summoned an item, which he had stored in the ring for a long time.
It was the magical wet banana.
Cao Mao ate the rotten soggy banana that he had been keeping in the spatial ring for almost a year. It tasted horrible that he wanted to puke, but he had to because he needed the banana's effect.
”I'm going to have diarrhea after this! Bleh! I wanna puke!”
Ding
\u003cYou have eaten a magic wet banana.\u003e
\u003cYour Yin and Yang acquisition rate has increased by 10,000%. The effect lasts 24 hours.\u003e
\u003cYour meridians and dantian have been temporarily enhanced. The effect lasts 24 hours.\u003e
\u003cYour intelligence and cognitive abilities have temporarily increased by 10,000%. The effect lasts 24 hours.\u003e