Chapter 8: The Ways Of The Extraordinary
This was obviously wrong.
Li Weiyi wanted to stop, but his right sole felt like it had turned into a volcano, uncontrollably erupting with scalding hot qi flow like lava.
At the same time, a silver vein grew from his right sole, like a vine sprouting from a seed, guiding the qi flow to spread upward along with it.
Along the calf, to the thigh, through the five viscera and six bowels, over the neck…
“Hua!”
The moment Li Weiyi opened his eyes, the silver vein and qi flow converged there, making his pupils emit a faint silver light.
His entire world became clear, colors more vibrant, details more intricate.
Above his head, the rust stains and finger marks on the iron sheet of the medical tent were clearly discernible, allowing him to deduce the sequence and process of its assembly.
In the air, tiny imperceptible dust particles moved with the airflow from his rapid breathing.
Strands of eerie mist outside the tent were like fine gauze with faint colors, omnipresent, seeping everywhere, drifting with the wind.
“This is… what happened?”
Li Weiyi was shocked and uncertain, his heart pounding like a drum. The world he saw now was completely different from before! His previous eyes had been covered by a layer of blurry lens, living in a daze for nineteen years.
Now there was a feeling of jumping out of the cage and mud swamp.
The silver light in his pupils faded.
But his eyes seemed reshaped, vision far superior to before.
Looking at Professor Xu on the adjacent bed, Li Weiyi could even perceive his inner emotions from the subtle changes in his facial muscles, wrinkles, pores, and hairs.
After a long time to recover calm, he began to think seriously.
“Could this be what Master mentioned, the wonders of the supernatural?”
“Master said my physical body was already near the critical point, but because I was born at the wrong time, in the wrong era, I couldn’t go further. Now, falling into the microscopic world, the environment changed, so I instantly broke through the critical point?”
Multiple guesses and thoughts arose in Li Weiyi’s mind, but he felt that the current condition in his body, though unknown, was definitely not bad, so he began to actively explore.
He performed the Jade Void Breathing Technique again.
As the scalding hot qi flow surged from his right sole, he consciously guided this qi flow to his left arm, which had been severely injured by the bear-like creature.
“Hua!”
A second silver vein grew, leading the scalding hot qi flow along another route, extending to his left arm, all the way to the palm.
When the scalding hot qi flow passed the wound, the originally fiery pain immediately eased a lot. Then it became sore and itchy, like the feeling of flesh growing when healing.
The injury was developing in a good direction.
“The silver vein should be a passage opened up ahead of the qi flow, thin as a hair, winding route, channeling qi flow to some parts of the body. Wherever the qi flow passes, it nourishes and renovates flesh and blood, tendons and bones, five viscera and six bowels… and eyes, the whole body is transforming.”
“Perhaps it won’t be long before the left arm injury heals under the nourishment of this scalding hot qi flow. And it should also undergo inconceivable supernatural changes like the eyes.”
Li Weiyi felt like he had opened a mysterious door connecting heaven and earth, ecstatic, then fully immersed in the exploration of the supernatural realm.
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“Haha, Weiyi, Weiyi…”
Zhao Meng strode quickly, excitedly rushing into the medical tent, covered in dust and dirt.
After finishing his tasks, he had just learned the news of Li Weiyi’s awakening and immediately hurried over.
Li Weiyi temporarily stopped exploring the supernatural realm, propped up his body, sat leaning against the bed frame, no longer looking as weak and feeble as before, full of energy and spirit.
After examining him thoroughly for a while, Zhao Meng was even more delighted: “Haha, amazing, really amazing, your condition is too good, face ruddy, eyes bright, looks like no problems at all! Doctor Qi’s medical skills are admirable whether you like it or not.”
“Doctor Qi’s medical skills are certainly impressive, but Doctor Cai’s fish soup has even stronger medicinal effects.” From the bed deepest in the medical tent came a light, ethereal voice.
It was that short man who liked telling mythological stories, with wooden splints bound on his neck and right arm, eyes numb, staring straight at the tent ceiling.
His name was Gao Huan, one of Professor Xu’s students.
But at this moment, he was neither happy nor joyful.
Cai Yutong feeding Li Weiyi fish soup was enviable, but earlier his two classmates brought fish soup for Professor Xu and forgot him, adding insult to injury.
Outside the medical tent, a large wave of hurried footsteps sounded.
Zhao Meng’s expression changed slightly, quickly leaning to Li Weiyi’s ear, whispering: “After you passed out, some things happened. I hid the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish, and the Buddha’s sarira is on it too. But later, if they ask, you must pretend to know nothing.”
Captain Gao Xin, Director Yang, Xie Tianshu, Xie Jin… In moments, over a dozen people crowded into the medical tent, surrounding Li Weiyi’s bed tightly.
“Just woke up, body still very weak, needs to heal injuries properly. Lie down quick!”
Zhao Meng turned his back to the crowd, supporting Li Weiyi’s neck and back, laying him flat back on the bed.
Xie Tianshu couldn’t wait, asking: “Little Li, since you’re awake, we have an important matter here, need to question you a bit.”
Zhao Meng turned around, displeased: “Didn’t I already say, the Buddha’s sarira fell into the sea under the attack of the bear-like creature and Nine Infants. What happened later, I don’t know, my junior disciple brother knows even less.”
Zhao Meng was not good at pretending or lying, his words too absolute, instead arousing doubt.
Xie Tianshu smiled: “But someone saw through the cabin window at the time, the green glow and red light that led us to fall onto the bronze ship were released from Little Li’s body. The treasure capable of producing such miraculous phenomena can only be the Buddha’s sarira.”
Zhao Meng said: “I was so close and didn’t notice. You were flipped into the Arctic Ocean by Nine Infants at the time, situation so dire, did anyone really see clearly?”
“The truth, the first mate knows in his heart.” Xie Tianshu responded calmly.
Many present doubted Zhao Meng’s words.
Director Yang cared a lot about the Buddha’s sarira, saying: “Mr. Zhao, don’t get agitated first! Our situation was dire then, and so was yours. You can’t guarantee you absolutely didn’t miss some important details, right? The Buddha’s sarira concerns whether we can return to the macroscopic Earth, better to ask clearly.”
Li Weiyi had understood, naturally following his senior disciple brother’s line of thinking, so he spoke weakly: “About the Buddha’s sarira, I just asked Professor Xu, it’s really too inconceivable, did we really fall into the microscopic world? What is the origin of the bronze ship? Where is this ship sailing to?”
No one present could answer these questions.
Because many things they also couldn’t confirm.
“Find the Buddha’s sarira and we can go back? But what connection does the Buddha’s sarira have with the bronze ship? Will they be under our control?” Li Weiyi asked again.
Xie Tianshu said: “At least the Buddha’s sarira wouldn’t disappear for no reason. If it’s on you, Little Li, better hand it over, let everyone study and analyze it. Even if we can’t return to Earth, at least in this strange world we’ll have more assurance.”
Li Weiyi understood, what returning to Earth was just talk, they had no confidence at all. Seizing the Buddha’s sarira treasure to increase their capital in the strange world was the truth.
If the Buddha’s sarira hadn’t returned to the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish, Li Weiyi wouldn’t mind giving it back, returning it to its owner.
What wasn’t his, he disdained to occupy.
But if the Buddha’s sarira itself was one of the fish eyes of the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish, wasn’t it truly returned to its owner now? How could he hand over the Chan Sect sect leader’s token to others?
Zhao Meng was angered: “My junior disciple brother has been unconscious for three days, if the Buddha’s sarira was really on him, you would have taken it already.”
“Not on the body, but inside… who can say for sure?”
Xie Tianshu could say this because he had long considered directly swallowing the Buddha’s sarira.
Treasure entering the body was true possession.
Zhao Meng said: “You want to cut open his belly?”
“I’m just stating a possibility.”
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“Stop arguing! The Buddha’s sarira is after all the treasure carrying the bronze ship, very likely it’s really still in the macroscopic world.” Gao Xin as captain, though advanced in age, had authority, stopping Zhao Meng and Xie Tianshu who were about to fight.
After the crowd quieted down.
Li Weiyi was the first to speak: “Senior disciple brother, others’ real purpose isn’t the Buddha’s sarira at all. They want to use the Buddha’s sarira as a pretext to turn everyone on the ship against us, thereby isolating us.”
“The freezer room is damaged, most of the food carried on the research vessel will soon spoil. Ten days later, whoever controls the distribution of the remaining food will have a greater chance to survive.”
“The captain and various leaders are advanced in age, the only one who can threaten him is you, so naturally they need a reason to deal with you.”
The words of Gao Xin and Li Weiyi successively made everyone present fall into contemplation.
Obviously, the real problem of “food” was far more important and urgent than the ethereal treasure of the Buddha’s sarira.
The crowd successively exited the medical tent, upon leaving, some politely, some hypocritically, instructing Li Weiyi to rest well.
Xie Jin caught up to Xie Tianshu, whispering: “Brother Shu, see anything?”
“Zhao Meng’s little junior disciple brother is much harder to deal with than Zhao Meng, seems simple and kind, but actually ruined our big plans inadvertently. Luckily he was severely injured by the bear-like creature!” Xie Tianshu said.
Xie Jin’s eyes cold: “After that kid’s reminder, Zhao Meng will definitely be alert. Should we act ahead of time?”
Xie Tianshu shook his head: “There are three guns on the ship total! The rifle has three bullets left, in Zhao Meng’s hands. The shotgun is with those people in lab 705, should still have bullets. Gao Xin has a pistol… None of the three guns are in our hands, this matter can’t be rushed, once we act, must ensure foolproof.”
Xie Jin sneered disdainfully: “Zhao Meng’s biggest weakness is that kid Li Weiyi. As long as we control that kid, Zhao Meng will obediently hand over the rifle. As for those sick and weak in lab 705, leave them to me.”
Xie Tianshu frowned slightly, seriously: “Don’t act rashly! Still follow the original plan, first pull in head chef Kong Fan, he is the key to us winning without bloodshed.”
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（Saw the book reviews, some readers saying they entered the sarira… um, no! The sarira is on the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish, turned into one of its fish eyes. Precisely because the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish became complete, the later events happened.
Chapter six wrote it, the bronze ship flew out from the sarira, it set sail…）
