Chapter 6: The Undying Martial Soul

  The Duan Chang San slipped into his stomach through the digestive tract, and Shi Yan only felt a dull ache in his intestines. It was as if a slow-acting sulfuric acid had been poured into his intestines, slowly corroding them bit by bit. The pain inside him was also increasing bit by bit.

  "The poison of Du Cang is extremely potent, but it doesn't take effect immediately. Instead, it progresses slowly. For a normal person, within two days, their internal organs will rot completely, and in three days at most, the decay will spread throughout their entire body, leading to death from total decomposition." Karu narrowed his eyes and spoke calmly: "No rush, let's wait one more day and see what happens."

  "Alright, let's see him again at this time tomorrow night." Mo Yan Yu nodded and cast a pleased glance at Shi Yan before walking off shoulder to shoulder with Ka Lu.

  "Haha, kid, your good days are over." Johnson grinned, bursting into loud laughter for a couple of seconds. Just thinking about how Shi Yan would soon rot to death made him feel much lighter, as if a stone had dropped from his heart.

  Shi Yan lowered his head, his eyes cold and gloomy.

  The medicinal properties of the Duan Chang San have already begun to take effect in his stomach and intestines, which he can clearly feel. At this moment, it seems as if there are billions of ants competing for territory inside his stomach and intestines, gnawing away at them.

  The fine vital energy in his lower abdomen circulated quietly and flowed into his intestines, the vital energy was like a warm stream that quietly cleansed the toxins in his intestines under his control. Wherever the vital energy passed, the speed at which the medicinal properties of the poison in his intestines increased was slowed down, Shi Yan also secretly let out a breath of relief.

  A humid breeze blew over, Shi Yan greedily took a breath, without avoiding the strong Yang beside him, and sat down on the spot, concentrating all his attention to operate the essence to resist the corrosion of the poison.

  That strand of essence that had grown significantly in recent days became Stone's lifesaving medicine, constantly flowing through his intestines and stomach. Every time the essence flowed through a cycle, the potency of the poisonous medicine in his intestines seemed to be reduced by a fraction, and the speed at which the poison corroded his intestines never accelerated.

  At this moment, Shi Yan finally realized the wonders of Jie Dan, and his determination to cultivate Jie Dan into an extremely powerful warrior became even more resolute.

  It's already so beneficial to have just the essence, then what about the "Martial Spirit" that warriors regard as a divine gift from heaven? If one could possess a "Martial Spirit", wouldn't they become even stronger and avoid many troubles?

  Shi Yan suddenly felt a surge of resentment towards the master of this body for not being able to inherit the Shi family's "Petrification Martial Soul". If he had, he might have been able to take a risk and use the "Petrification Martial Soul" to resist Mo Yu's "Lightning Martial Soul", and thus escape with his life, without having to swallow the deadly Disintegrating Powder.

  Time flies, the moonlight is getting cooler, and it's already midnight. The warriors who have been rushing on the road all day are also quiet now, each finding a comfortable place to cultivate their essence, seeking to break through the physical shackles, enter a deeper realm, and gain stronger power.

  The drug slaves gazed up at the sky, and on quiet nights, they were more likely to think of their distant loved ones, and also more likely to feel fear. Every time they thought that maybe tomorrow they would become test subjects for drugs, becoming a new corpse, despair overflowed from their bodies, with a chill running through them.

  Under the moonlight, Shi Yan sat cross-legged on the ground, his calm face gradually becoming more solemn.

  Five hours of intense operation, controlled the rapid spread of broken intestines in the body, however, he found that his vitality had consumed a third and was still continuing to consume!

  The efficacy of the broken intestine medicine that can stay in the intestines and stomach, but there is no sign of disappearance, on the contrary, it still has a strong vitality.

  Duan Chang San seems to be waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the moment when his vital energy is exhausted, and then suddenly counterattacks!

  Suddenly, Shi Yan felt an icy chill spread throughout his body.

  Once his vital energy is exhausted, he will have no more support. At that time, with no other means at his disposal, he will be like an ordinary person, and his body will start to rot from the intestines and spread throughout the whole body.

  He has no other way out.

  In this case, he is also unable to gather more spiritual energy through cultivation because once he neglects the medicinal power of his intestines, the scattered fragments attached to it will only intensify and hasten his death.

  So, knowing that continuing like this is also a dead end, he can only continue on.

  Another two hours have passed.

  The medicinal power of Du Cang San did not show any signs of weakening, but instead was gradually increasing, and the speed at which his essence was being consumed was accelerating, he could feel it clearly!

  He seemed to see himself getting closer and closer to death...

  Once his vital energy is exhausted, his intestines will rot, and at that time, he will not die immediately. The rotting will continue to spread to the five internal organs, lasting for about five or six days, and then he will die like other drug slaves, with his whole body rotten.

  Shi Yan's face was gloomy, his eyes cold as ice, shining on the distant ancient tree where Mo Cang Yu stood.

  Under the bright moonlight, Mò Yán Yù Duān sat on a thick tree trunk, her skin as white as frost, her face serene, and her long hair gently swaying in the wind like a spirit in the dark night. She didn't notice Shí Yán's sinister gaze, quietly cultivating, using her vital energy to nourish the spiritual pulse that contained the "Lightning Martial Soul" within her body.

  Karu stood at the back of the team, his left hand tucked into the loose sleeve, leaning against another old tree, his right hand holding a volume of poisonous scriptures to read with relish.

  From time to time, Kalu would glance in the direction of Shi Yan, a cold smile playing on his lips.

  This won't do, Shi Yan furrowed his brow deeply, while continuously operating the essence to resist the invasion of the medicine's poison, he was also thinking extremely fast for a solution.

  At this rate, Jingyuan will be exhausted before dawn, and once his energy is depleted, he will surely die! The poison in his body, even if he escapes, it won't change anything. The only solution is Kalu!

  Karu can refine the Duan Chang San, and he must have an antidote in his hand. Only by getting the antidote from Karu's hands can he avoid the fate of physical decay. However, apart from being a master alchemist, Karu is also a martial artist at the Xiantian level, so trying to take the antidote for Duan Chang San from him is almost like committing suicide.

  Shi Yan observed quietly for a moment and discovered that although Kalu was looking at the scriptures, he would occasionally glance in his direction. It was clear that Kalu was not completely off guard and might have even guessed what he was going to do, perhaps waiting for him to fall into his trap.

  One thought after another flashed through his mind, Shi Yan understood that although the chances of success were almost non-existent, he had to make a move on Karu and do it as soon as possible. Otherwise, once all the spiritual energy in his body was exhausted, his chances of survival would be even smaller.

  Shi Yan quietly adjusted his breathing, temporarily ignoring the medicinal poison in his abdomen, and gathered all of his vital energy to prepare for a final, desperate battle.

  As expected, after the Jingyuan was recalled, the medicinal power of Duan Chang San suddenly increased, and the speed of the spread of the medicine's toxicity also accelerated immediately. The pain in the body naturally surged with it.

  Just as Shi Yan was about to take action, the part of his intestines that had already festered suddenly underwent a drastic change!

  The ulcerated part of the intestine, cells suddenly became active, weak and subtle forces wrapped around the ulcerated area, as if an invisible hand was holding a needle and thread to repair the ulcerated intestine, the already ulcerated part slowly healed...

  Shi Yan suddenly froze.

  He didn't rashly rush out, but instead immediately calmed down and concentrated all his spiritual energy to introspect the strange changes in his body!

  The cells were incredibly active, as if they had suddenly come to life. The festering flesh was slightly wriggling, and the festering areas gradually healed. Within a short half-hour time, those festering areas returned to their original state, and he couldn't feel any pain at all.

  A surge of electricity seemed to flow through his body, Shi Yan's heart was filled with wild joy, but his face didn't reveal a single hint, still calm as water, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.

  All extraordinary talents that don't require precise control are a special kind of "Martial Soul"!

  A sentence about the definition of the characteristics of "Martial Soul" suddenly flashed into his mind, and Shi Yan only carefully comprehended it for a moment before realizing that the change in his body was indeed the effect of a special kind of "Martial Soul".

  Physical self-healing, this is a special innate ability, seemingly still an unexplored kind of mysterious "martial soul"!

  The poison of the Duan Chang San is wreaking havoc again! It has started to take effect in his intestines and stomach, and without any spiritual energy to defend against it, the poison quickly caused a portion of his intestines and stomach to rot.

  It's incredibly amazing that those ulcerated intestines have changed once again under the activation of cells, and the ulcerated parts have healed in a short time!

  The medicinal properties of the medicine continued to take effect, corroding the stomach and intestines of the stone rock again and again. However, every time his stomach and intestines were corroded by the medicine, the self-healing "martial soul" would take action, and before the medicine took effect again, it had already repaired the rotten places.

  "The Martial Soul" will be enhanced with the improvement of the martial artist's realm, and even undergo special changes. The higher the martial artist's realm, the stronger the special talents displayed by the "Martial Soul".

  Another sentence about the characteristics of "Martial Soul" flashed into his mind, Shi Yan was overjoyed. From the talent displayed by this self-healing "Martial Soul", as his realm improved, even if his body was damaged, he could quickly recover. Who knows, when his realm reached the Heavenly or Divine level, a terrifying realm, this self-healing "Martial Soul" might be able to restore his severed limbs to their original state.

  If it can reach this point, even if someone is stabbed in the heart with a knife, wouldn't they be able to use this "martial soul" to recover as before and avoid death?

  If it's really like this, one day reaching the realm of true divinity, wouldn't that mean being able to live forever?

  A string of thoughts flashed through Shi Yan's mind, and after careful consideration, he silently named this "Martial Spirit" as the "Immortal Martial Spirit".

  He silently endured for a while, and after confirming that the "Undying Martial Soul" could withstand the poison of the Duan Chang San, Shi Yan finally put his mind at ease, dispelling the idea of risking his life to snatch the antidote from Karu's hands. He continued to sit still in his original position, ignoring the repeated struggles within his intestines, and quietly recovering his vital energy.

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