Chapter 33: Sweat Pouring Like Lead, Entering The Dao
After obtaining the Auxiliary Cultivation Method, Fang Shu only spent a moment’s effort to use the Dao Talisman to fully memorize it in his mind.
But he did not return the Cultivation Method in time, instead dragging it out until the final day before finally visiting to return the book.
Time passed.
This Cultivation Method from Shao Wei Guan was indeed of the same quality as the Insect Skill from Du Gu Guan, even more difficult to comprehend by a few degrees.
Even with the support of the updated Dao Talisman, Fang Shu spent over a month to fully analyze it and master it completely.
Although he had mastered the Cultivation Method, refining it onto his body still required a great deal of hard effort.
And《 Lead and Mercury Blood Treasure Seed Vessel Secret Technique》 compared to the Insect Skill, the cultivation steps were also somewhat more complex.
In the early stage of cultivation, the improvement to himself was still limited, but fortunately, after he became familiar with it, the two Cultivation Methods intersected, one fast and one slow, complementing each other perfectly, and his cultivation speed immediately improved!
In addition, he still had Precious Medicine like Purple Lead Mica Milk in his hand.
The main reason Fang Shu chose this method initially was this Precious Medicine in his own hand.
He thought to himself that Purple Lead Mica Milk could provide Nourishment to the Physical Body and enhance the Bone, while《 Lead and Mercury Blood Treasure Seed Vessel Secret Technique》 precisely required using lead and mercury to stimulate the Physical Body, in order to refine a body of Black Lead Blood.
The two might just promote each other.
Even if not,《 Lead and Mercury Blood Treasure Seed Vessel Secret Technique》 would surely improve his absorption efficiency of Purple Lead Mica Milk.
As expected, Purple Lead Mica Milk was one of the auxiliary Medicinal Herbs extremely suitable for cultivating Black Lead Blood as recorded in the Lead Skill.
Using Purple Lead Mica Milk to nourish and refine the body could greatly reduce the toxic damage to the human body after black lead enters the body.
Without Precious Medicine like Purple Lead Mica Milk, cultivating the Lead Skill would require spending a lot of additional time consuming things like cow’s milk and egg whites to reduce the toxicity of lead and mercury.
But even if consuming things like cow’s milk, if the daily cultivation time was long or the amount of lead and mercury consumed was large, it would still damage the human body, causing the cultivator’s thinking to become sluggish or even lose fertility.
To completely solve this problem, either consume Precious Medicine or Pills like Purple Lead Mica Milk, or extend the cultivation process to reduce the toxicity.
Of course, if the cultivator’s constitution was naturally immune to the toxicity of lead and mercury, or had previously cultivated the corresponding Detoxification Secret Skill to assist Lead Skill cultivation, there would be no need for such trouble.
Although Fang Shu had not cultivated the corresponding Detoxification Secret Skill, the Insect Skill he cultivated could also enhance his own poison resistance.
The vitality of his Physical Body was more vigorous than ordinary people, making it more suitable for the Lead Skill.
With the Precious Medicine, the combination of the two produced remarkable effects in his Lead Skill cultivation.
With the two skills intersecting, he became even more immersed in cultivation than before.
Such cultivation continued for one month, two months, three months…
Finally, this day arrived.
For once, Fang Shu did not rush to the cultivation hall to squeeze in cultivation with the other Disciples.
He spent Talisman Money to buy a lot of Insect Blood and Ant Spirit Paste from the Dojo masters, and rented a Quiet Room, entering it to begin a Seclusion.
Such Seclusion actions were not uncommon among the Disciples.
Those Disciples with wealthy backgrounds, to avoid disturbance from others, even rented a Quiet Room every day to refine their Cultivation Methods and Magic on their own.
Fang Shu did the same this time.
In the one-zhang-square bluestone Quiet Room, he simply set up an Altar, then followed the ritual recorded in the Lead Skill, repeatedly walking and practicing in the Quiet Room.
After sorting it out properly, Fang Shu sat cross-legged in the center of the Quiet Room, and lit eight tallow candles around it, each producing a fist-sized flame, more like torches than candles.
Slowly, the temperature in the Quiet Room rose, causing fine sweat beads to appear on Fang Shu’s chest and back.
But he still sat motionless, only the muscles on his body slowly wriggling like snakes and insects, trembling slightly.
The Insect Face Secret Script on his body also emerged one by one, giving him an overall ferocious aura.
Crack!
When the tallow candles burned halfway, the temperature in the Quiet Room reached its peak, and a scorching medicinal fragrance smoke filled the entire Quiet Room.
At this time, Fang Shu finally opened his eyes, his gaze sharp.
He suddenly stood up, first assuming the Insect Skill stance to activate Qi and Blood, then assuming the Lead Skill stance.
This stance was strange; his entire body’s Bone seemed disassembled, posing in a twisted, twisted-like manner, standing on one foot in the Quiet Room.
This pose only lasted a short moment, and his skin began to heat up and redden, like a boiled shrimp.
The sweat on his body also evaporated, forming mist above his head.
Even the expression on his face showed a ferocious and terrifying color.
What Fang Shu was doing now was the Muscle and Bone Transformation method recorded in the Lead Skill.
This method could once infuse a large amount of lead and mercury into the human body, then consume a large amount of Qi and Blood to burn the Tendons and Bones, thereby achieving the degree of transforming the Spiritual Root.
This step was extremely important for Lead Skill practitioners; it could even be said that all previous Lead Skill cultivation processes were prepared for this step.
And according to the Lead Skill, only after enduring this stage could the cultivator truly achieve “lead and mercury coexisting,” where the human body no longer regards lead, mercury, and other metal and stone substances as poison, but as food.
Only after enduring this stage could one truly attempt to cultivate Black Lead Blood.
Otherwise, without the corresponding transformation of the Spiritual Root, even forcibly refining Black Lead Blood would only lead to a short life and premature death, which was seeking quick success and instant benefit.
However, this Muscle and Bone Transformation process was not only painful and hard to endure, but more importantly, one needed to perfectly master the Lead Skill Secret Script, control the Physical Body, and best have the assistance of spiritual objects to balance the lead and mercury into the Tendons and Bones with the Physical Body.
And Fang Shu possessed all three factors!
After enduring for the time of several cups of tea, Fang Shu suddenly felt a big drum beating in his chest, bang bang bang!
Upon careful examination, it turned out his heart was beating like a drum, with his veins bulging like earthworms or spider webs, and his body surface oozing blood-like red sweat!
Enduring the surging Qi and Blood impact, Fang Shu suddenly threw his head back and spat fiercely towards the top of the Quiet Room.
Puff! A jujube pit spat from his mouth pierced into the pig bladder at the top of the Quiet Room.
Immediately, a thick silver-gray Liquid, like molasses, fell from the pig bladder, slowly covering Fang Shu’s head and body.
Even more miraculously, as Fang Shu moved slightly, his muscles shook, evenly spreading the Liquid over his entire body, covering every pore and skin, without missing places like armpits, soles of feet, eyelids, etc.
This Liquid was the lead and mercury medicinal liquid he had people in the Marketplace refine, containing nearly seventy percent Secret Refinement lime, twenty-seven percent lead powder, and three percent mercury juice.
Such Liquid, for ordinary people, was poison rather than medicine; even touching it might burn the skin, and inhaling a breath could harm the body.
But falling on Fang Shu’s body, it only seemed slightly stimulating, burning him all over with heat.
This was not only because Fang Shu had long-term Lead Skill and Insect Skill refinement, but also because he added sufficient Purple Lead Mica Milk, harmonizing as much Precious Medicine as possible into it.
This Muscle and Bone Transformation ritual was carried out with complete preparation and full determination!
After his whole body was wrapped in the medicinal liquid, Fang Shu’s body gradually stopped moving.
Because the silver-gray on his body surface became more pronounced, the medicinal liquid condensed into a shell, turning him into a lead-gray terracotta figure.
In an instant, even his breathing became low and almost inaudible.
The Quiet Room was quiet, with only the eight tallow candles still burning fiercely.
And this silence lasted for an unknown time.
Until another drum-like sound rose from inside Fang Shu’s body and penetrated outward, making the eight candle flames around jump along.
Thump thump thump!
At this time, Fang Shu’s chest and abdomen also vibrated; like waking from a big dream, he murmured or low-roared, chanting the Lead Skill incantation:
“At the Zi hour, Kan position activates the mysterious furnace, flames rise from eight directions to steam the mercury pearls.
Bone shakes, tendons tremble to generate Kan and Ji, sweat flows like lead to refine the mortal body.”
Crack crack crack!
While chanting, the solidified medicinal liquid on his body surface cracked piece by piece and peeled off one by one; after falling to the ground, they lost all spirituality and medicinal properties, like ordinary white-gray pottery shards.
And Fang Shu’s body was like a peeled egg, smooth and white, exposed in the candlelight of the Quiet Room.
Bang!
Fang Shu completely broke free from the cocoon shell’s restraint; he stepped the Gang steps and fought in the Quiet Room, with purple-gray sweat surging from his body surface, practicing faster and faster, looking quite astonishing.
After practicing the Lead Skill stance, he finally stood on one foot and quietly sat cross-legged in the Quiet Room.
His face was serene, seeming joyful yet not, eyes with lowered lids; with a gentle breath, he simultaneously extinguished the eight surrounding tallow candles without missing any.
At this moment, Fang Shu had Ripen and Fall-like succeeded in Muscle and Bone Transformation, with his physique greatly enhanced.
His Qi and Blood stirred, sweat flowed like lead, Bone like iron, tendons and membranes also firm, only one final kick left to Entering the Dao, Refining Essence, and ignite the Qi and Blood essence smoke!
And in his mind, text also floated and changed:
【Realm: Eligible for Entering the Dao（99%!）】
