Chapter 73 Cultivating Blood in Three Realms (Seeking Followers and Monthly Tickets)
Two days later, at the county government office of Yinyue County under the Sky Extreme Star.
In the early morning sunlight, Lin Rui's entire body suddenly crackled like popping soybeans, as a surge of True Qi erupted from within him, generating a breeze around him.
Lin Rui's expression brightened, and a trace of joy appeared on his face.
"I've finally made it through!"
He had indeed managed, within three days, to open up the last meridian channel, clearing all eight meridian channels!
Without hesitation, Lin Rui then began to perform the 'Thunder Extreme Divine Radiance Stance.'
As he moved and posed, Lin Rui's blood, in conjunction with his own meridians, swirled like mercury in his veins, drawing in massive amounts of ether elements from the surroundings, gradually compressing and refining them into his blood.
At this moment, Lin Rui's body ignited with a faint layer of flames, with streaks of lightning crackling through.
—This was the third realm of blood cultivation!
While performing the stance, various cells in Lin Rui's blood would gradually transform in a high-density ether environment.
In particular, a type of 'Ether Cell' in the blood, unique to the bodies of Sky Extreme Star denizens.
Normally, these cells had little function, but upon absorbing massive amounts of ether elements, they could mutate into 'Prime Cells.'
In the future, these cells would not only be fundamental to the source of his vital energy but would also further assist in transforming and strengthening his bone marrow and physical body!
Prime Cells were also the main component of synthetic serum, which would mingle into the serum upon coagulation.
Lin Rui's eyes gradually lit up with excitement.
He had not expected the 'Thunder Extreme Divine Radiance Stance' to be so effective.
Lin Rui had mastered the Grandmaster-level 'Thunder Extreme Divine Radiance Stance' three days ago, but apart from combat, this stance had not found its use.
At the Ninth Base, his main body had no blood to cultivate, and his alter-body didn't need such an advanced stance.
It wasn't until now, with all the meridian channels in his alter-body unblocked, that the 'Thunder Extreme Divine Radiance Stance' had a place to shine its tremendous effects.
Lin Rui could be certain that his blood cultivation efficiency was among the highest in the alter-body practitioners.
He had only lightly tried it and already felt his blood rapidly transforming.
"No, the efficiency of the Grandmaster-level 'Thunder Extreme Divine Radiance Stance' is indeed strong but should not be to this extent.
According to publicly available data on the Internet, the fastest known blood cultivation efficiency among alter-body practitioners is a 0.3% increase per complete stance cycle, 3% in an hour with 10 stance cycles, and yet I'm achieving at least 0.4% per cycle now!
This is even without taking any blood cultivation drugs. Could it be related to that unawakened complete Sacred Body? It's incredible! What exactly is the blood Lin Xi gave me?"
Unfortunately, to open up his channels, Lin Rui had already spent a good half hour practicing the Lightning Fire Stance earlier.
After that, he only managed two more cycles of the 'Thunder Extreme Divine Radiance Stance' before his body reached its limit and began rejecting the ether elements.
Lin Rui then switched to practicing the 'Purple Blaze Thunder Palm.'
He had been training in this palm technique for two days now.
With the foundation of the Purple Blaze Thunder Blade, his progress on this palm technique was indeed rapid, and he was already quite skilled.
Lin Rui felt he was reaching a level of mastery. Compared to the martial arts that he had directly copied, what he lacked was the muscle memory formed after hundreds and thousands of repetitions. In high-intensity combat, this might cause his movements to distort.
—So, he still needed more practice!
As Lin Rui adopted the posture of the palm technique, the aura around him slowly flowed under the push of an invisible force.
Lin Rui's palms gradually turned red, as if entwined with purple flames, which were not ordinary flames but contained traces of thunderous power.
The flames leaped on his palms like playful purple dragons, crackling loudly, enough to startle the listeners.
Joy gradually appeared in Lin Rui's eyes as well.
Although his blood cultivation progress was only 0.8%, having cultivated just a bit of blood, he was truly in the realm of blood cultivation.
The power of the Purple Blaze Thunder Palm he now wielded was indeed different from before.
His True Qi cycled faster, more efficiently, and he recovered his energy quicker; his True Qi was also more condensed.
Especially when True Qi mixed into his blood, Lin Rui not only gained great strength but could also generate more thunder flame internally.
Just at that moment, a voice as elegant as a pipe organ reached Lin Rui's ears.
"Have you already mastered the Thunder Extreme Divine Radiance Stance to a great extent?"
Lin Rui stopped the Purple Blaze Thunder Palm, squinting as he looked toward the direction of the wall.
There, a red-dressed girl with a svelte and brisk stance stood looking down at him.
The girl in red's eyes held a trace of surprise and a touch of crimson.
She had watched Lin Rui practicing the Extreme Lightning Glory Stance and felt that Lin Rui's achievement in this stance was very high.
It wasn't until she saw the astonishing power of Lin Rui's Purple Lightning Palm that she was certain Lin Rui had mastered the Extreme Lightning Glory Stance beyond perfection!
But Lin Rui had been under her watch all these three days.
Initially driven by curiosity, curious that this young man could see through her Escape Skill and sensing his fresh aura, she had followed Lin Rui. Yet this young man had continually surprised her.
Unwittingly, this Lin Twelve had become an exceedingly delicious treat in her eyes.
Now, the girl in red felt a deep, growing craving to devour this person!
This young man's blood must be extremely delicious.
The girl in red had no choice but to fully suppress this desire, but for a demon, this was torture akin to being slowly dissected.
"Perfected? It must be," Lin Rui noticed the girl's abnormal pupil and the veins that stood out on her originally fair skin, feeling somewhat creeped out.
However, his face remained expressionless, "You seem to be struggling to control an impulse? Restraining your demonic nature? A craving for blood?"
At this, the girl in red's gaze sharpened suddenly.
In an instant, an extremely strong, fierce, and dominant blade intent pressed down on Lin Rui.
Lin Rui did not flinch; he countered with a distant stare, "Don't be like this, I mean you no harm. I see you're in pain, you—want to die!"
The girl in red remained indifferent.
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She of course wanted to die, for death would bring her release.
Lin Rui squinted his eyes and continued to inquire, "But you dare not die, what exactly are you worried about?"
The girl in red's blade intent surged nearly double in an instant, and her entire body ignited with tangible flames.
This caused Lin Rui to frown slightly, halting his words; this woman's blade intent and spiritual power were excessively strong, beyond his expectations.
Just as the two were locked in a mental power clash, Lin Rui felt his badge on his waist growing hot.
Could it be the County Magistrate?
Lin Rui, unable to move initially, soon realized the Blood Blade had withdrawn some of her blade intent. He didn't dare delay and pressed the beast head button on the badge.
Sure enough, the next moment, the County Magistrate's voice came from within the badge, "Deputy Arrest Officer Lin, please come to my study at once, I have a task for you."
Lin Rui found this slightly surprising.
As the County Magistrate was required to be stationed at Zuihua House nightly to suppress the city's demons, he had been spending the days sleeping inside the government office and only appeared in the afternoon.
Lin Rui was instinctively wary of the County Magistrate; he believed that the Magistrate was a person of extraordinary capabilities, unfathomable and not to be underestimated.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
However, he had now reached the Third Realm, possessed several mid-tier Grandmaster level martial arts techniques, and had a certain ability to protect himself.
Lin Rui's thoughts raced as he quickly responded, "I follow the order. I'll just change my clothes and be there."
As he communicated with the County Magistrate, the girl in red took it upon herself to withdraw her blade intent.
Lin Rui couldn't be bothered with her anymore, hurriedly returned to his room to change into a fresh official uniform, and attached his waist saber.
Just as Lin Rui was about to leave, he saw Wang Sen enter through the door.
"Are you heading out? Where are you planning to go?" He asked, while handing Lin Rui a bag with a skeptical look, "This is the hundred refined steel needles you requested, along with nine hundred top-grade yellow talismans and cinnabar, thirty-six low-grade Yuan stones; the question is, do you know how to use these things? Don't waste money."
Wang Sen had gone out early in the day just to gather these items for Lin Rui.
The bag also included eight needle-equipped blood bags from the coffin shop and some drugs from the Federation, which Wang Sen found it inappropriate to mention directly as they were at the government office.
These were all acquired at great cost from a Federation agency site.
"If I don't know, I can learn," Lin Rui grinned, slipping the bag into his sleeve.
His expression then shifted, and he stared at Wang Sen with a look of surprise, "Look at you, your aura's not bad, you're almost ready to open your Six Meridians!"
Wang Sen could only respond with a bitter smile.
He had received instructions from the gold medal martial arts coach and Fei Yunlai, which had improved his stance, thus greatly increasing his meridian opening efficiency in recent days.
However, it all depended on who he was compared to; compared to Lin Rui's training speed, he was as slow as a snail.
Wang Sen knew Lin Rui was about to breakthrough today.
They had just arrived in this foreign body a few days ago, and this guy had already started training his blood, which was awesome to the max.