Li Changzhou didn't argue but listened intently.
"The Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique" is a law passed down by saints, emphasizing a solid foundation; how could it be as crude as the Iron Sand Palm technique from fantastical tales that injures one's own body?
"Qi-Blood flushing is only the first step in cultivating the internal organs. Once one reaches a certain realm, one will use special techniques to remove the five organs from the body and, with another special technique, forge the organs, turning the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys into the Five Great Grotto Heavens, endowed with an endless supply of Qi-Blood."
To remove internal organs from one's body?!
What kind of Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique is this? Are you sure it's not some evil technique?
Li Changzhou was stunned. No wonder this cultivation method was passed down by a saint; who else but a saint could invent such a technique? Removing the organs would quite literally result in one's death.
Only a saint, with their superior perspective, could extract and temper organs without harming the body, granting ordinary people this technique.
After swallowing another meteorite, Li Changzhou posed himself, guiding the Qi-Blood to flush through his five organs.
[Divine Body] The Qi-Blood was vast and surging like a mighty river. Without the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique," this shifting river would be enough to break Li Changzhou's five organs, plunge his abdomen into chaos, resulting in serious injury.
But under the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique," the five organs were like rocks in water, akin to clothes being washed by the river's edge, gradually becoming vibrant and bright.
Unable to see Li Changzhou's physical condition and bored by the Universe Void, Guanyin began reading a modern novel in her mind.
After glancing at it twice, she gave up.
For a Bodhisattva accustomed to classical Chinese and reading only the finest Buddhist scriptures and Daoist laws, the vernacular of casual web novel authors was like spent fireworks from New Year's—worthy of nothing but a kick when passing by, devoid of value.
Half a day later, Li Changzhou's internal organs shone like five Immortal Stones, emitting a layer of translucent radiance.
His Qi-Blood was unimaginably powerful. Among those with physically cultivated bodies, he was at the Supreme Immortal level. The organs refined by such powerful Qi-Blood were extraordinary.
He breathed with unprecedented ease, feeling the same sense of vitality throughout his body as one does upon recovery from a serious illness. Li Changzhou knew that the duration of [Divine Body] had increased.
"Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!" Li Changzhou laughed joyously.
Seeing his smile and hearing his laughter, Guanyin couldn't help but smile—not because the child was cute, but rather because Li Changzhou's joy at discovering the Dao tugged at her memories.
"Bodhisattva, please teach me the third style quickly! Hurry!"
"You, little one, don't forget about the Black Fog." She chided him with a smile and pointed at him.
Li Changzhou scratched the corner of his eye somewhat sheepishly – he had actually forgotten the main issue at hand.
As he transformed into Black Fog and devoured the meteorite, Guanyin began to teach the third style:
"Qi Blood Cauldron Lifting Technique" consolidates the thickened and deepened Qi-Blood from the first style into a great cauldron, lifted by the entire skeleton, until one can easily lift it. Only then, when the bones are strong, can one begin to cultivate the external body."
Without even thinking, Li Changzhou knew that once the third style was mastered, the duration of [Divine Body] would increase again!
Just as he couldn't wait to practice the third style, the Black Fog had already devoured the meteorite, which was bigger than the first two—he had prioritized the smaller ones.
He had thought the "Hunger Method" was effective, but upon reflection, Li Changzhou realized that while the "Hunger Method" did indeed work, the first layer of the Black Fog Visualization also helped. However, the real reason was that the Black Fog devoured similar materials with astonishing speed.
Conversely, devouring the same material had virtually no benefit for enhancing the Black Fog.
Well, that's all irrelevant now. Li Changzhou cast aside this trivial matter and eagerly began to practice the "Qi Blood Cauldron Lifting Technique."
With each pose, the Qi-Blood was mobilized, and his body grew increasingly heavy.
A massive Qi-Blood vortex swirled above his head, like threads, like fabric, like molten iron, solidifying into a nine meters tall blood-red cauldron.
The blood-red cauldron, merely twenty-seven meters in height, was as minuscule as dust in the cosmos, but at that moment, it was filled with an immense presence.
This sense of presence stemmed from the unimaginable strength it contained!
Boom!
The blood-red cauldron pressed down!
Li Changzhou's body seemed as though it would be crushed as he pressed down with red-faced effort. Just from that moment, had he not tempered his five organs, he would have definitely spat blood by now.
Once blood was spat out and one's breath became erratic, it would be impossible to support the Qi-Blood Cauldron.
"This thing... could be used... to smash people with!" Li Changzhou said haltingly.
It was an odd sensation—the weight of the Qi-Blood Cauldron on his shoulders felt like it was all on his bones; he felt like his bones were about to be dislocated!
"Straighten your legs slowly. Once you've practiced bone, skin, limbs, and strength, there will be a special combat technique." Guanyin said slowly.
This excursion was meant to enhance Black Fog's journey, but Li Changzhou's focus had completely shifted to the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique."
Guanyin noticed but didn't point it out; instead, she cooperated with him.
It's rare in life to be fully invested in something; miss this chance and it might never come again. That's also why Li Changzhou clung tightly to 'Concentration', unwilling to switch to an offensive skill.
And his current state was even deeper than 'Concentration'. He wasn't in a hurry to restore his mana, so why not immerse himself in this deep state?
That strange state, 'Concentration', 'Wisdom Pearl', combined with Li Changzhou's natural talent in physical cultivation, allowed him to progress at a breakneck pace in practicing the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique, unhindered line by line.
Gradually, his lean and delicate body radiated divine radiance, sweeping across the starry sky with oceanic, terrifying fluctuations.
Li Changzhou's control over [Divine Body] grew stronger and stronger!