Chapter 53: Ape King’s True Form
Seeing this.
Ning Qi was amused and couldn’t help but tap White Ape’s head, scolding:
“You naughty monkey.”
White Ape chuckled foolishly.
He naturally knew Ning Qi wouldn’t harm him, but facing the unknown always brought some fear, yet also some anticipation, because Ning Qi had told him that perhaps this method could prematurely activate his bloodline.
Whether an exotic beast’s strength was powerful or not depended on the intensity of its root cause heavenly beast bloodline and the degree to which it was developed.
The former determined the exotic beast’s upper limit, while the latter determined its current strength.
Ning Qi thought this way.
He then placed his palm on White Ape’s shoulder, and inner strength far more solid than before immediately probed into White Ape’s body.
Before this.
Each time Ning Qi’s inner strength probed in, it would dissipate at an extremely fast speed, leading to exhaustion, but now it was different; the inner strength had ample follow-through, currently traveling continuously through White Ape’s meridians, membranes, and blood.
Ning Qi had already roughly explored several times and made various assumptions through medical arts.
Now, after the inner strength’s breakthrough, it was like a fish in water.
“Tiansheng’s muscles and bones are indeed different from a human’s. When I created Ape King Stance for him before, I had deduced it, and now probing with inner strength makes it even more intuitive. However… the biggest difference should still be in the blood!”
Ning Qi closed his eyes and tried his best to perceive, a strange look in his eyes.
The inner strength clearly felt more viscous and blocked in the blood, and not only that, he vaguely sensed a sense of oppression from it.
“Tiansheng’s bloodline is indeed extraordinary!”
This further confirmed Ning Qi’s guess.
He had previously thought that Yuan Tiansheng’s heavenly beast bloodline in his body was perhaps too powerful, which prevented awakening, and now it seemed nine times out of ten that was the case.
He couldn’t help but feel some anticipation; if one day Yuan Tiansheng’s bloodline awakened, combined with cultivated martial arts, how powerful would it be—surely an existence like a king among exotic beasts.
Inner strength flowed slowly.
The joy in Ning Qi’s eyes grew denser, and rays of spiritual insight flashed in his mind.
For the first time probing clearly the situation inside White Ape’s body, this body completely different from a human’s gave him much inspiration.
“The secrets deep in the bloodline cannot be touched for now, but the secrets of the flesh can be inquired into!”
Ning Qi slowly withdrew his inner strength and opened his eyes.
At this moment.
The inner strength in his body was basically depleted; probing inner strength into another’s body was not an easy task—perhaps even a general Gang Yuan Realm expert couldn’t do it.
White Ape was also somewhat fatigued.
But he had been sitting respectfully the whole time without any resistance; he said he was afraid, but in reality he cooperated fully, knowing Ning Qi was doing this for his own good.
Seeing White Ape’s expectant gaze, Ning Qi laughed heartily:
“Good little monkey, now you’re looking forward to it.”
White Ape’s face showed a fawning expression as he hurriedly respectfully pounded Ning Qi’s legs and shoulders.
Ning Qi chuckled:
“Don’t worry, a few more times should clarify it, then I can tailor a secret technique for you, perhaps with hope of prematurely activating part of the bloodline power.”
White Ape was immediately overjoyed and couldn’t help flipping several somersaults.
Excitedly scratching his ears and cheeks.
Ning Qi watched with a smile.
Somewhat emotional.
The little monkey who had shamelessly insisted on following him back years ago was now gradually growing up, even possessing strength far surpassing the previous Iron Arm Ape.
Three years of companionship.
Ning Qi already regarded White Ape as family; probing his bloodline clearly was both helping him and satisfying his own curiosity, enhancing his knowledge and foundation, and of course, seeing if there was anything to reference.
Thinking this way, Ning Qi suddenly thought of Divine Sword Sect’s little fatty Zhuang Chen.
“If I can probe clearly the principles of innate sword bone, tsk tsk, perhaps in the future there’s hope to create a batch of ‘acquired sword bones’ through postheaven methods?”
Ning Qi smiled faintly.
In the following days.
True Martial Sect’s turmoil had completely subsided.
However, patrols were still not relaxed, especially around Scripture Depository, even more so.
Luo Wentian and others finally had some time to visit Ning Qi, and Seeker’s Courtyard once again had more coming and going figures.
They were also worried that the recent unrest in True Martial Sect had made Ning Qi anxious in mind.
“Little Nine, just wait until Master comes out of seclusion, and everything will return to normal. You don’t need to worry.”
Senior brothers and senior sisters all asked with concern.
Ning Qi just chuckled and said he wasn’t affected.
Luo Wentian and others naturally didn’t know.
Every night, Ning Qi would patrol True Martial Mountain once, to prevent Gang Yuan Realm experts from sneaking in.
Even, without their knowledge, he had dealt with several batches of powerful intruders, including White Mist Realm experts, as well as Inner Yuan Major Accomplishment or Inner Yuan Perfection Realm masters.
Besides this.
Ning Qi still diligently followed his own cultivation rhythm.
Inside his body, on one hand proceeding step by step to continue linking inner strength and flesh.
On the other hand using inner strength to continuously probe White Ape’s body situation, and also constantly searching in Scripture Depository for records and descriptions about exotic beasts and heavenly beasts.
Over a dozen days passed.
The accumulation of spiritual insights in Ning Qi’s mind grew denser.
“Heavenly beasts are legendary beasts favored by heaven; they are born with all sorts of powerful abilities and can control heaven and earth power, while exotic beasts have heavenly beast bloodline heritage. No matter what kind of beast, more or less they have a trace of heavenly beast bloodline in their bodies.”
“If heavenly beast bloodline awakens, they gain all sorts of powerful abilities, thereby becoming exotic beasts. Bloodline awakening forges exotic beasts’ power, so conversely, if the exotic beast itself becomes powerful, can it further awaken the bloodline?”
Ning Qi was thinking about how to activate the bloodline in White Ape’s body.
He already had some clues.
At this moment.
“If the existing flesh is insufficient to activate the bloodline, then make the flesh powerful enough!”
“This way, it forces bloodline awakening, forming a positive cycle, and Tiansheng’s strength will usher in a leap!”
In Ning Qi’s mind.
Rays of spiritual insight intertwined, martial arts involving flesh secrets flowed through his mind, and the clearly probed situation of White Ape’s flesh these days also surged into his mind.
He closed his eyes.
Deep in his mind, vaguely visible was a sky-covering ancient ape roaring toward the heavens.
All spiritual insights bore fruit, and a secret technique had formed.
“Call it Ape King True Body!”
Ning Qi opened his eyes, full of joy, brimming with achievement.
He was already impatient to see what White Ape would be like after cultivating Ape King True Body.
“Tiansheng, I’ll teach you a secret technique.”
Hearing this.
White Ape hurriedly stopped his stance technique and trotted over excitedly, eyes showing anticipation.
Over these many days, he had cooperated with Ning Qi’s probing, from initial readiness to die at first to later enjoying it sweetly, all because Ning Qi said it might let him prematurely awaken his bloodline!
