6 Upgrading Aptitude, Burning 10,000 Years of Lifespan in The First Try (2)

"Let's try 10,000 years first!"

After making up his mind, Li Changsheng began to activate the Meridian Reforging Technique.

He could feel some vitality seeping away from his reserves at a rapid pace, followed by a tingling and burning sensation all over his body.

The pain was so severe, as though he were being run over by a truck or slammed by a wrecking ball, but Li Changsheng resisted it without making any noise.

His fists clenched so hard that his nails dug into his flesh, making his blanched white palm turn red from the blood gushing out of the wounds.

Li Changsheng gritted his teeth, his handsome face contorting badly as he endured the excruciating pain when foundational transformation was happening within his body.

His meridian channels, which were originally only as thick as a strain of hair, started pulsing and expanding, making the flow of qi inside him faster and smoother.

The more he burned his lifespan, the wider his meridian channels stretched, and he could sense that the qi flow inside his body was akin to the flow of water in a small stream after the rain—swift, strong, and unhindered.

As the time passed, the pain was gradually lessening, and Li Changsheng became even more engrossed in his cultivation, unable to sense the passage of time or the number of lifespans he had burned.

Well, the reality was that he didn't actually care about it that much because, compared to his infinite lifespan, even if he were to lose thousands or tens of thousands of years of lifespan, he wouldn't even bat an eyelid at this degree of consumption.

A half of an hour passed fleetingly before he knew it; his brow knitted into a frown as he sensed that the technique was abruptly self-terminated.

"What's going on? Why is the exercise not working anymore?"

He opened his eyes and turned to Song Yuxuan with a questioning look to find that the man stood agape, staring at him with his eyes widened in horror and his expression horrified as if he saw a ghost.

"You, you...you actually burned a hundred years of life in one go! Are you trying to commit suicide!" Shouted Song Yuxuan, pointing his trembling finger on Li Changsheng.

"Brother Li! Are you alright?" Mo Tiesha, who was standing on guard beside him, also checked his body in panic. "You, you better restrain yourself, young man! If you burn 100 years of lifespan at once, how many lifespans do you want to burn in the future?!"

What if Li Changsheng's lifespan burned out? Who else would be able to extend his life? Mo Tiesha couldn't help cursing Li Changsheng's recklessness in his heart.

Li Changsheng rolled his eyes at both men and replied, "It's just a hundred years, you don't need to make such a fuss. C'mon tell me what's going on here?"

His tone was so casual that not only Song Yuxuan but also Mo Tiesha suddenly had an urge to punch him in the face.

If not for the fact that they couldn't afford to offend Li Changsheng, the boy might've already beaten black and blue right now.

Song Yuxuan took a deep breath to calm his anger and explained, "This technique is so heaven-defying that its usage will be limited to only burning a hundred years of lifespan every day at most. More than that, it will not give you any benefit."

Disappointment was clearly written on Li Changsheng's face when he listened to Song Yuxuan's answer, but he quickly got over it as it wasn't something that he could control.

He just needed to diligently perform this technique every day and burn a hundred years of lifespan every day, starting tomorrow.

Sooner or later, his profound meridian would be upgraded to a degree that no one would be able to compare with.

With that thought in mind, he ignored the two of them and began to practice "Peerless Heavenly Art."

After sacrificing 100 years of lifespan, Li Changsheng's low-grade profound meridian had transformed into upper-grade profound meridian.

When he started the practice, unlike the previous session, the exercise was running smoothly, as if he were born to practice this exercise. It was so natural that Li Changsheng even doubted whether he had wasted his time in the past.

His aura was getting stronger and stronger as time passed, and his cultivation base had also started to improve rapidly.

Li Changsheng forgot about time as he immersed himself in his session of cultivation.

***

After solving the aptitude problem, Li Changsheng had been practicing like a madman these days.

Like a habit, at the first time every morning, he would burn a hundred years of his lifespan to improve his profound meridian and then start practicing Peerless Heavenly Arts until the day changed and once again burn a hundred years of his lifespan before practicing again until the next day, rinsed and repeated.

He didn't know whether it was because of his innate ability, "true longevity," or any other reason, but he rarely felt tired and hungry.

In fact, his state was actually similar to that of a high-level cultivator such as Mo Tiesha and Song Yuxuan, who only needed to refill their true qi to reinvigorate their bodies without needing any food or sleep to sustain themselves.

Thus, he continued to practice without even taking a break.

Three days later, Li Changsheng broke through to the sixth level of body refining stage; five days later, he reached the seventh level of body refining; ten days later, he reached the eighth level of body refining.

One month flew by, Li Changsheng's profound meridian had turned into a top-grade profound meridian, and he finally broke through Body Refining realm and stepped into Pulse Opening stage!

During this time, Song Yuxuang finally revealed his true color and made a move on Li Changseng.

Taking advantage of Mo Tiesha's moment of inattentiveness, he tried to sneak attack on Li Changsheng only to fail miserably, experiencing for himself Mo Tiesha's horror that day when his lifespan was forcibly taken back by Li Changsheng, and he was left in that state of despair for almost a week.

In the end, to appease Li Changsheng's wrath, Song Yuxuang had no choice but to bleed once again, offering him another self-created forbidden technique, which was also his signature ultimate move—Blood Berserker Forbidden Art.

This technique allowed the user to sacrifice their lifespans in exchange for an instantaneous burst of power. It was said that if it were to be cultivated to perfection, one could spend tens of thousands of years at once to forcibly elevate one's realm to a level comparable to that of a saint!

This was exactly the kind of technique Li Changsheng craved!

After receiving this technique, Li Changsheng finally decided to put the matter to rest and let Song Yuxuang go.

Song Yuxuang, who was once again bestowed five years of lifespan by Li Changsheng, no longer dares to challenge Li Changsheng's bottom line, knowing that his life and death depended on his mood. He became as loyal as Mo Tiesha.

The next day, after breaking through to the first level of Pulse Opening stage, Li Changsheng was still cultivating diligently.

"Peerless Heavenly Art really lives up to its prestige as a supreme exercise. My qi became incredibly pure and powerful after breaking through to the pulse opening stage. I believe that no one in the same realm can compete with me in terms of raw power."

"If I perform the Blood Berserker Forbidden Art and burn my lifespans to forcibly boost my strength, even someone with a high cultivation level at Spirit Gathering or Profound Core isn't necessarily my opponent!"

As a supreme-level expert, Mo Tiesha could feel the true horror of this technique, and thus he also offered Li Changsheng advice. "Brother Li, now you've already become a Pulse Opening stage cultivator, you can start to practice my other move, Peerless Golden Body. Combined with this technique, you might not necessarily lose when facing an opponent who is just reaching the strength of a noble-level expert."

Li Changsheng nodded in agreement.

This Peerless Golden Body created by Mo Tiesha was almost similar to the Indestructible Diamond Body from the Shaolin Monk he knew back on Earth.

Even if he was just getting started with this technique, it was almost impossible for anyone in the same realm to put a scratch on his defense, let alone injure him.

Even a cultivator with one or two realms higher than him would find that it was easier to shatter a colossal rock than to break Li Changsheng's defense.

And that's not all there is to it.

Apart from granting him an unbreakable defense, as long as he improved in his practice of Peerless Golden Body, his strength would also increase accordingly.

This was why Li Changsheng had longed to learn this technique since the moment he obtained it from Mo Tiesha. Unfortunately, he was still only in Body Refining stage at that time and had no choice but to put his plan on hold.

Now that he had already met the requirements, there was nothing in this world that could prevent him from learning this terrifying technique.

Just as he was about to continue his training, he suddenly heard Song Yuxuan saying, "A rat is coming."

"It seems that his target is here." Mo Tiesha also showed a playful look.

Guessing who was the one who came, Li Changsheng smirked evilly and giggled. "It looks like someone can't wait any longer to make a move."