Chapter 14: Vitality Quenched Body

"How should we deal with this Qing Senior Sister?" Qin Mu struggled to stand up and glanced at the frightened girl beside him.

"Maybe..." Granny Si's eyes lit up, and she nudged Qin Mu's shoulder with her own, almost knocking the young boy back down. She smiled maliciously and said, "Let's keep her as a little wife for you? You were so cute when you were young, but now that you've grown up, you're not as cute as before. But if you have a chubby baby with this little girl, it will surely be cute. Granny still likes children..."

Qin Mu glanced at the pig-headed Qing Senior Sister and hesitated, "Granny, let's not do that..."

Splat.

The cripple, who knows when, appeared behind Qing Senior Sister. He raised his hand and stabbed the girl through, leaving her with a chilling wound. His face still carried a simple and honest smile. "Then let's kill her."

Qin Mu was dumbfounded and stammered, "Grandpa Cripple, why did you kill her?"

"You said you didn't want her anymore, so of course I killed her," the cripple replied, pulling out his knife. His smile became even more simple and honest, as if he didn't quite understand.

Qin Mu felt resentful. He never had the intention of having children with Qing Senior Sister. But after all, he was just an eleven or twelve-year-old boy. He usually only saw eccentric folks like Uncle Ma and Granny Si, and the people from the neighboring village were all ferocious characters. He rarely had peers of the same age.

He had no playmates, but his heart was still that of a young boy.

"Let's go back," the Village Chief spoke and turned to look at the ruins in the gorge.

Pharmacist smiled at Qin Mu and said, "We are all missing limbs, so no one will carry you. You'll have to walk back on your own. By the way, there are four spirit bloods here. Since you didn't come home last night, we've prepared them for you."

Qin Mu nodded and took four white porcelain cups, drinking the four spirit bloods. He struggled to move forward, activating the "Bati Three Elixir Technique" to dissolve the power of the spirit bloods. Meanwhile, he told them about the strange things he encountered in the ruins of the gorge.

Granny Si's expression flickered, "Gods and demons? Dark-faced figure, skeletal girl? Interesting..."

The other villagers also found it interesting but didn't have much more to say.

Qin Mu couldn't help but ask, "Granny, aren't you curious about the stories inside the ruins of the gorge?"

Pharmacist sighed, "The once prosperous divine nation, now in ruins and dust. The divine bones dance in the night. Could it be that they harbor unwillingness in their hearts?"

The deaf man stared at his lips and said, "Even if they have unwillingness, they're still dead. What's the use? So being curious about the stories here is probably useless."

"Deaf man, are you really deaf?" Pharmacist looked at his ears, which were a pair of iron ears made of pure white iron, with even the earholes blocked. He curiously asked, "Why?"

The deaf man pulled out the two iron ears from his head, revealing three-inch-long iron bolts. These iron bolts were inserted into his earholes to hold the iron ears. He coldly said, "If I insert these two ears into your earholes, you'll know if I'm deaf or not!"

Pharmacist smiled slightly and stopped speaking.

The deaf man, with a splat, inserted the two iron ears back into his earholes and gestured to the mute blacksmith, "These two ears have been a little uncomfortable lately. Can you help me adjust them?"

The mute blacksmith nodded.

Qin Mu was speechless about his family. The curiosity of Pharmacist and the others about the deaf man's earholes was even greater than their curiosity about the ruins, which he couldn't understand.

Granny Si smiled and said, "Mu'er, there are too many secrets in this Great Ruins. Besides the Gorge Divine City, there are countless other secrets. If you spend all your curiosity on these secrets, you won't have time to do other things."

The group walked towards Canglao Village, and the Village Chief said in a deep voice, "I see that your knife skills are not weak. With a blade length of one foot and three inches, you can match that young man's precious sword. You have made progress in this experience."

Qin Mu's heart stirred, and he expressed his confusion, "Why can't my Yuanqi control and manipulate objects like theirs? My Yuanqi can only penetrate the willow branch to a length of one foot and three inches, but I can't go any further."

He envied the ability to control a sword with Qi, but he couldn't achieve it himself.

Pharmacist silently shook his head. The Yuanqi cultivated by ordinary people doesn't have attributes and therefore cannot control and manipulate objects because there is no technique that allows ordinary Yuanqi to do so.

For Qin Mu, as an ordinary person, being able to support a willow branch for one foot and three inches and withstand the strikes of a martial artist like Brother Qu with a sword without being cut off was already remarkable.

The Village Chief remained calm and said, "Your Bati hasn't completely awakened, and your Spiritual Womb is yet to be fully explored. Don't be in a hurry. Before awakening your Bati, you can already defeat martial artists at the pinnacle of the Spiritual Womb Realm. When you awaken your Bati, your strength will far surpass your peers."

Granny Si and the others were also very satisfied with Qin Mu's performance. Brother Qu was already at the pinnacle of the Spiritual Womb Realm and could control the sword with Qi, indicating that he was not far from the Five Planet Realm.

But Qin Mu, without awakening his Bati, was able to beat him to death with a small wooden stick. It was obvious that Qin Mu indeed possessed the unheard-of and unseen "Bati." The Village Chief had not deceived them!

Pharmacist's eyelid twitched, and he thought to himself, "It won't be long before Mu'er's ordinary physique can no longer be hidden. At that time, these guys, feeling discouraged and frustrated, might turn the world upside down... However, it is indeed strange that Mu'er was able to kill a peak martial artist with a small wooden stick. Could it be that he really possesses the Bati? Or is it the effect of the Spiritual Blood?"

Being knowledgeable and experienced, Pharmacist was also a bit puzzled and felt a sense of confusion.

As he consumed the Four Spiritual Blood, the Yuanqi inside Qin Mu's body became more lively, and its circulation speed gradually increased. This allowed his swollen muscles and fascia to slowly recover, and the speed of blood and Qi circulation also accelerated. The feeling of fatigue in his body gradually faded away, and unconsciously, his footsteps quickened, and his speed increased.

Mr. Ma, Lame, and the others looked surprised but remained silent, always following him.

While running, Qin Mu practiced the "Bati Three Elixir Technique," and his cultivation progressed even faster. This was Qin Mu's new discovery. With the supplement of the Four Spiritual Blood, the speed of his cultivation advancement would reach new heights. Therefore, Qin Mu unconsciously increased his running speed, becoming somewhat lost in the process.

He quickly forgot about the soreness in his muscles. His speed continued to increase, and the Yuanqi circulation in his body became faster, flowing through his limbs, permeating every part of his body, and gradually seeping into even his hair, nails, and the texture of his skin.

Gradually, his speed surpassed his previous maximum, but even so, Qin Mu was unaware of it. He only felt more and more exhilarated and enjoyed the run.

Sweat started to seep out of his skin pores. The sweat was not transparent but rather turbid, carrying black impurities and white fat particles. However, Qin Mu didn't notice the changes in his body.

Pharmacist, the Village Chief, and the others exchanged surprised glances in silence.

"Mr. Ma, when did you start tempering your Yuanqi with your body?" Pharmacist suddenly asked.

Mr. Ma's voice was deep as he replied, "At the peak of the Spiritual Womb Realm. While practicing boxing, I suddenly unleashed my first divine power. My first divine power was the tempering of my body with boxing techniques, where my Yuanqi resembled a coiling green dragon."

Pharmacist looked at Lame, and Lame said, "I also reached the pinnacle of the Spiritual Womb Realm. One day, while running in the wind, I tried to catch up with the strong wind and thought of stepping on the tip of the wind to walk in the sky. That's when I discovered the mysteries of tempering Yuanqi with the body. My Yuanqi became like the wind blowing through every pore. However, in my excitement, I fell off the tip of the wind and almost died."

Pharmacist sighed and said, "I had a similar experience. I wanted to use the Spiritual Womb's hidden treasure as a medicinal cauldron and refine myself into a medicine using my own Yuanqi. That's when I discovered the mysteries of tempering Yuanqi with the body, where my Yuanqi resembled burning flames enveloping the flesh. But Mu'er hasn't broken through yet, and he's already started tempering his body."

Lame laughed, "The Bati is indeed formidable, something we, with our Spiritual Bodies, can only envy."

Pharmacist's expression became strange, but he didn't say much.

Bati?

If it really is the Bati, he wouldn't be so surprised.

Lame and Mr. Ma could attribute all of this to the Bati, but he knew the truth. Qin Mu, with his ordinary physique, achieved the tempering of Yuanqi before even attaining a Spiritual Body, which truly amazed him, a knowledgeable and powerful individual.

"Mu'er hasn't awakened the Bati yet. If he does awaken it, with the Bati's ability to control and manipulate Yuanqi, hehe, I'm afraid even the Great Master Yan Kang might not be as formidable as him," said Sipo excitedly.

Pharmacist's heart sank as he glanced at the Village Chief.

The Village Chief remained silent as well.

In this world, there was no inherent Bati, and naturally, there was no Bati Yuanqi. Ordinary Yuanqi couldn't control and manipulate objects. When Qin Mu realizes that he can't control and manipulate objects, his secret will be exposed.

However, before that happens, Qin Mu must first achieve the so-called "Bati Awakening" by breaking through the barrier and reaching the Spiritual Womb realm.

How can an ordinary person break through the barrier?

The Village Chief frowned, contemplating. Would continuing to drink the Four Spiritual Blood be of any use? How long could he hide it?