Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System-Chapter 245 - 159: Divine Comprehension (Part 3)

In his current state of pure consciousness, he was still unable to master the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear. However, upon reviewing the spear technique’s instructions, he now understood the training method. The same answer presented itself to him once more. Where he once questioned why that was the answer, he now felt it was the only possible one.

PHEW!

He continued to practice the Basic Thirteen Spear Techniques in the Blood-colored World.

As he transitioned between stances, he slowly began to practice the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear.

At this moment, Chu Lingguang could understand the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear. He could even perceive how, back in the tavern, Guo Wei had blocked Eunuch Liu’s Celestial Maiden Scattering Flowers with a single spear thrust. And yet, he remained completely unaware that his own form was merely a state of consciousness.

But it was this very confusion that allowed him to maintain this state, enabling him to rapidly improve his strength within a limited time, all with a completely different mindset.

’What a rare blessing, this confusion.’

「Outside.」

Guo Wei saw that Chu Lingguang, who had been unconscious and draped over the barrel with a faint breath, was now absorbing the medicinal essence. Color was gradually returning to his face, and his tightly furrowed brow began to relax.

To help Chu Lingguang soak more comfortably, Guo Wei had placed two wooden planks across the top of the barrel, allowing Chu Lingguang’s head to rest on them.

"How is he absorbing it so fast?"

There was a spigot at the bottom of the barrel. Feng Zhiwen drew a bowlful and saw the water was clear. After taking a sip, he could barely taste any medicinal power; even the scent was almost gone.

"Bring out your most prized medicinal ingredients," Guo Wei commanded. "Lin Guang’s vitality is severely damaged, and his flesh is torn. An injury like this could take years to heal."

"Fine," Feng Zhiwen said with a smile. "As long as he can absorb it, I’ll give him everything I have, down to my life savings."

He was both shocked and delighted to see Chu Lingguang absorbing the medicinal essence so quickly. Since he hadn’t been able to help Chu Lingguang awaken his Mortal Form’s Might, helping him with his Flesh and Blood Power was a way to make up for it.

"How are your injuries?"

Guo Wei smiled too, his gaze falling to Feng Zhiwen’s chest.

"If you hadn’t pulled back that last bit of strength, I’d be needing that life savings of mine right now. Here, let’s each have a bowl of medicinal soup. Drink up!"

Seeing the rare smile on Guo Wei’s face, Feng Zhiwen finally relaxed. He brought over two bowls of medicinal soup that had been simmering for hours, giving one to Guo Wei and keeping one for himself.

"Mr. Feng, I want some too," Hei Hu said, raising his hand.

"You want some? Fine. You can either let me strike you with my palm, or you can try channeling your own power and then retracting it at the last second to injure your own meridians. Do that, and you can have both my soup and your master’s," Feng Zhiwen said with a straight face.

"Uh... It looks like Junior Brother is sweating again. I’ll go wipe his brow."

Hei Hu immediately caught on.

Feng Zhiwen and Guo Wei exchanged wry smiles and drained the medicinal soup from their bowls.

As Guo Wei clenched and unclenched his fist, he seemed to absorb all the medicinal power from the soup in an instant. The meridians that had been twisted and even torn from forcibly retracting his strength were nourished by the soup, gradually regaining their vitality and beginning to flow smoothly once more.

As Chu Lingguang’s complexion continued to improve, Guo Wei’s anxiety began to subside. He watched over Chu Lingguang for an entire day, and only after seeing him through several changes of the medicinal bath did he finally entrust Hei Hu with the task of looking after him.

「Two days later.」

Chu Lingguang remained in the barrel, still not having woken up. If not for the fact that his body was continuously absorbing the essence of the medicinal bath, Guo Wei and Feng Zhiwen would have feared the worst.

Fortunately, they didn’t try to wake him. If they had, Chu Lingguang would have been pulled from the Blood-colored World, losing this precious and rare opportunity to train with such heightened mental clarity.

"Master."

Unexpectedly, on the third day of Chu Lingguang’s medicinal bath, Wang Chao hurried over from the Governor’s Mansion.

"Master, Senior Brothers Yang, Wu, and Li have official duties and are unable to leave the Governor’s Mansion. They have sent me to help our junior brother prepare for his fight against Samba," Wang Chao said, bowing to Guo Wei.

"What have Shaorong and the others found out?" Guo Wei asked.

"Our eldest brother has learned that Samba has already awakened twenty Bloodline Dragon Elephants. He has also mastered the Aika Tribe’s Divine Beast Breathing Method, reaching the stage of Great Success. At his level, nourishment from ordinary Beast Blood is no longer effective. The Aika Tribe is now searching for Demon Blood to help him awaken even more Bloodline Dragon Elephants."

Wang Chao relayed the information in detail.

After all, Yang Shaorong was a Captain in the Qiling Governor’s Mansion, a man of high rank and considerable power. Furthermore, thanks to the Turkic Mission’s deliberate rumor-mongering, the duel between Chu Lingguang and Samba had escalated into a small-scale contest between the Great Yuan and the Turkic tribes.

Yang Shaorong could obtain information on Samba effortlessly, as even the Governor of the Governor’s Mansion himself was helping to monitor Samba’s every move.

In fact, this was also the will of the Great Yuan’s leadership.

Otherwise, how could Du Juan have been carrying a Great Returning Pill?

Great Yuan would not allow someone from the Turkic Mission to defeat a person like Chu Lingguang on its own soil.

Thanks to the Turkic Mission’s deliberate propaganda, his status as the top-ranked candidate of the South City Martial Arts Examination was now inextricably linked to the honor of the Great Yuan Dynasty itself.

And so, with everyone reeling from the shocking news of Samba awakening twenty Bloodline Dragon Elephants, Wang Chao took two small boxes from his pocket.

He opened them.

One held a red elixir pill—a Great Returning Pill, identical to the one Du Juan had carried.

The other contained a black elixir pill, perfectly round with a glossy sheen.

Wang Chao explained, "Master, this red one is a Great Returning Pill. The Governor specifically asked me to give it to our junior brother. This black one is called a Frenzy Pill, which the Governor also wants our junior brother to take."