Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System-Chapter 243 - 159: Spiritual Communion

The Dragon Elephant Dharma Aspect consisted of six levels: Skin, Flesh, Tendons, Bones, Qi, and Spirit.

At the academy, Chu Lingguang had already unlocked the Majestic Skin Aspect through his Blood Dragon Elephant. He had thought that two packs of Heart-Devouring Powder might give him a chance to unlock the second level of his Dharma Aspect.

But unexpectedly, while enduring inhuman torture, Chu Lingguang used Introspection and saw a response from within his tendons. In that moment, he successfully unlocked the third level of the Dragon Elephant Dharma Aspect: the Tendon Aspect.

This breakthrough was earned through arduous effort and excruciating pain, a natural culmination of everything he had built.

After all, Chu Lingguang had cultivated three different Breathing Techniques on his journey: the Basic Breathing Technique, the Tidal Breathing Technique, and the Day and Night Breathing Technique. He had mastered all three to the level of Perfection.

The meridians throughout his body flowed unobstructed.

He also possessed the Turtle Breath Technique, which allowed him to commune with the heavens and the earth.

Not only had he mastered Introspection, but his external senses had also reached a state of lightning-fast reflexes. He could even perceive the flaws in the Shadow-Following Form, the second technique of Lian Junmiao’s Xuanming Spear Technique, and defeat him using only the most basic of spear skills.

With the foundation of three perfected Breathing Techniques, Chu Lingguang should have heard the response from his flesh and blood long ago. Unfortunately, in both his past life and his present one, he was a Lower-class Youth, and his natural aptitude had never been remarkable.

Fortunately, after his Enlightenment, he had gained a new level of understanding. Not only had his senses evolved, but his mind had also grown sharper.

Now, as the complete pattern of his meridians manifested within the Blood-colored World of his Sea of Consciousness, Chu Lingguang instantly perceived the resonance points between his skin, flesh, tendons, and the Dragon Elephant, allowing him to successfully unlock the third Dharma Aspect.

Guo Wei, who was standing guard nearby, knew none of this. He was not even aware that Chu Lingguang had already unlocked the Mortal Form’s Might.

This was because the signs of him unlocking the Flesh and Tendon Aspects had not yet manifested on his body.

Right now, Guo Wei only wished for the inhuman pain wracking Chu Lingguang’s body to disappear.

Unlocking both the Flesh and Tendon Aspects was completely unexpected for Chu Lingguang. He had already been on the verge of giving up after awakening the Flesh Aspect. Now, after the Tendon Aspect awakened, the brief flash of excitement was swiftly consumed by overwhelming pain.

He stopped circulating the Day and Night Breathing Technique.

Chu Lingguang simply gave in, letting the agony ravage his body. He was already content and had no will left to resist or to focus on converting the pain.

Before, when he hadn’t even unlocked the second Dharma Aspect, he could still grit his teeth and put up a final resistance. But now, with his goal accomplished, his spirit completely broke.

He drifted in and out of consciousness.

By dawn, the effects of the powder gradually wore off.

Chu Lingguang finally passed out completely, his face only twitching occasionally as a few wretched cries escaped his lips.

Two hours after the powder’s effects faded, Guo Wei carefully carried Chu Lingguang and placed him in a large wooden tub, allowing the medicinal bath to nourish his flesh and blood.

Feng Zhiwen sighed, unable to shake his guilt.

He had learned from Hei Hu that Chu Lingguang had spent nearly the entire time in a daze, hovering between consciousness and passing out. ’In that state,’ he thought, ’even if his flesh and blood did respond, it would be impossible for him to perceive it, much less successfully unlock the Mortal Form’s Might.’

And so, filled with remorse, the only thing he could do was try to compensate Chu Lingguang with a better medicinal bath.

He hoped the nourishing bath could effectively increase Chu Lingguang’s Flesh and Blood Power, or perhaps even his Qi Blood Power.

The prescriptions he wrote grew increasingly expensive. He sent people to the county seat, and even as far as South City, to purchase medicinal ingredients, preparing to have Chu Lingguang soak in the bath for several more days.

Guo Wei watched over Chu Lingguang, his own aura fluctuating restlessly. He started to speak several times but always stopped himself. In the end, he could only let out a long sigh, hoping Chu Lingguang would gain something from the medicinal bath, so his inhuman suffering wouldn’t be for nothing.

"It looks like Chu Lingguang didn’t manage to unlock the second Dharma Aspect."

"Such a pity."

"I just hope his mind is still intact when he wakes up."

"Whether he can defeat Samba or not, we have to give him this Great Returning Pill afterward."

When Xue Bingsheng, Yuan Zeng, and the others heard the news, their faces were filled with sympathy. If Chu Lingguang had actually awakened the Flesh Aspect, they would have felt pressured and envious, perhaps even becoming eager to try two packs of Heart-Devouring Powder themselves.

But now, seeing him suffer so terribly only to gain nothing, they couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. They thought about his upcoming fight with Samba; if he lost, the honor of Great Yuan would be tarnished. The group felt it was deeply unfair to Chu Lingguang.

Inside the medicinal tub, Chu Lingguang appeared to be unconscious.

In truth, it was more like he was dreaming. His consciousness was still inside the Blood-colored World within his Sea of Consciousness. There, he watched as a black torrent surged from the cracks that marred the world. The torrents acted like forces pulling on one another, mending the fissures.

The once-pitted landscape, covered in countless cracks, gradually smoothed over. This was accompanied by the sound of steady, deep Breathing and Exhaling.

It was the sound of his flesh and blood devouring the external energy. As this power continuously flooded into him, a metamorphosis began.

Within the Blood-colored World, a crimson Long Spear materialized in Chu Lingguang’s hands. He instinctively began to practice the Basic Thirteen Spear Techniques.

Instantly, he activated the Potential Energy stored within his flesh and blood.

Each thrust and every form was immensely powerful, as if he were borrowing the Potential Energy of the entire world. Eventually, phantom images of a Dragon Elephant began to trail his Spear Technique, and his own condition started to change without him realizing it. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Outside, Guo Wei saw the black medicinal liquid in the tub was clearing at an astonishing rate.

"He’s absorbing the medicinal power!"

Feng Zhiwen was overjoyed.

He had felt deeply guilty for tempting Chu Lingguang to take the Heart-Devouring Powder, only for it to seemingly fail in helping him unlock the second Dharma Aspect. If he could at least help Chu Lingguang increase his flesh and blood’s Qi Power, it would be some small form of atonement.