Chapter Seventeen: Metamorphosis

  The six-footed bronze tripod, which is extremely rare, exudes an ancient charm. Zhang Yi had once heard Mo Wenfeng say that this six-footed bronze tripod was a precious cultural relic from the Shang Dynasty, with historical value that cannot be estimated.

  "Master, if I absorb all the spiritual energy contained in the bronze cauldron, will it have any impact on this precious cultural relic?" Zhang Yi asked.

  Mo Wenfeng said: "If it's taken out for sale, the price will be affected, but as for its historical value, there is no impact. It's just an inanimate object, and here it's just on display. So don't have any worries, try absorbing it."

  Zhang Yi nodded slowly. He knew that his master regarded money as dirt, and no matter how much this precious cultural relic was sold for, he wouldn't care.

  Zhang Yi took over the six-footed bronze tripod and sat down cross-legged on the couch.

  Following the "Hui Chun Jue" cultivation route, controlling the vital energy to surge into the meridians, starting at the fastest speed, after just a few seconds, Zhang Yi keenly felt that his hands holding the six-legged bronze tripod slightly cooled down, and instantly two streams of spiritual energy flowed out from the six-legged bronze tripod, following his own hands, arms, flowing into his body.

  "Vital energy enters the Vital Spring, transforming into vital fluid. The amount of vital fluid in my body is increasing..."

  A look of joy appeared on his handsome face, but Zhang Yi didn't stop, after all, the vital fluid was very important to him, and being able to increase some more would ultimately be beneficial to himself.

  A few minutes later.

  "The spiritual energy contained in this six-legged bronze cauldron is much more abundant than that contained in the meditation mat, and the vital fluid within his body has increased by more than double. Moreover, there is still spiritual energy flowing into his body. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to further refine his body?"

  The thought flashed through his mind, and Zhang Yi no longer hesitated.

  Light green vital energy flowed through the meridians, and the strands of vital energy were also under Zhang Yi's control, slowly merging into various parts of the body, nourishing muscles, tendons, internal organs, skeleton...

  The hidden greyish-black impurities in his body were being expelled bit by bit, and his physical strength was constantly increasing.

  Mo Wenfeng standing in front of Zhang Yi suddenly became stunned.

  As a foul odor wafted from Zhang Yi's body, Mo Wenfeng clearly saw that on Zhang Yi's neck, face, back of his hands, and other exposed skin, a layer of grayish-black substance slowly emerged, and the foul smell was emanating from this grayish-black substance.

  He is a renowned national medical expert and a master of traditional Chinese medicine.

  Seeing this situation, where can't you understand what's going on? This is Zhang Yi expelling the impurities from his body!

  "Incredible! It's really too unbelievable!"

  Mouth lips squirming, Mo Wenfeng muttered to himself.

  In the blink of an eye, two hours had already passed. In these two hours, Zhang Yi was transforming and strengthening at a speed that ordinary people could hardly understand.

  When Zhang Wei opened his eyes, he smelled the foul odor on his body. He had experienced this situation before, so he didn't feel any surprise at all. He quickly jumped up and after glancing at Mo Wenfeng, he said hastily: "Master, I'll take a bath first, we can talk later."

  Mo Wenhua's shocked expression had disappeared, and upon hearing Zhang Yi's words, he waved his hand and said: "Go quickly! You expel the impurities from your body, it will be beneficial to you without any harm."

  It hurt so much, but it felt great to take a bath and even use soap to wash thoroughly three times. Then I put on the clean clothes that Mo Wenfeng had brought over from his house for me to change into before walking out of the bathroom.

  "Xiao Yi, how is it? How's the absorption effect?"

  Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Very good, the six-legged bronze cauldron contains ten times more spiritual energy than the spiritual energy contained in the couch. I used some vital fluid... that is, the shallow green nourishing and refining body, now there are still many left inside."

  Controlling the vital energy flowing through his meridians, Zhang Yi felt that every corner of his body was filled with strength, and he now had a feeling that he could knock out an adult elephant with one punch.

  "Master, I want to try out my current strength."

  Mo Wenfeng was surprised: "Test strength? Do you feel your strength has increased?"

  Zhang Yi nodded and said: "Yes, a very strong sense of power."

  Mo Wenfeng turned around and walked towards the door: "Follow me, outside the courtyard gate there is a pile of large stones, the heaviest one weighs several hundred catties, it should be enough for you to test."

  When the two arrived outside the courtyard, Mo Wenhua's gaze swept over a pile of stones by the side of the road and pointed to one that weighed about 70 or 80 kilograms, saying: "You try lifting it."

  Zhang Yi walked over with arrow steps, stood in front of and behind the big stone, grasped it with both hands, and instantly lifted up the 70-80 jin heavy stone with a light and effortless motion.

  "Master, it's too light."

  Zhang Yi casually threw it aside and said with a surprised smile.

  Mo Wenhua saw Zhang Yi's relaxed appearance and was secretly surprised. His gaze shifted to a large stone weighing nearly 200 pounds, and he said, "Then try lifting it."

  "Good!"

  Zhang Yi walked up to the large stone, grasped it with both hands and lifted it up with a burst of strength. Instantly, this nearly 200-jin heavy stone was raised by him.

  "Master, still... it's still quite light, I feel like... I can probably lift even heavier stones." Zhang Yi was also shocked by his own strength, and spoke with a stutter.

  Mo Wenhua's face was shocked, and he gritted his teeth a few times before pointing to the largest stone inside, which weighed around 400-500 catties, and said: "Then try it again, see if you can lift it up?"

  Zhang Yi walked up to the giant stone and grasped it tightly with both hands.

  "Drink..."

  With a loud roar, Zhang Yi lifted up this massive boulder weighing around 400-500 catties again with both hands.

  "Master... Master, I still have some strength left."

  Zhang Yi held up the giant stone, as if in a dream, and said blankly.

  Mo Wenhua's old face showed a bitter smile, and he waved his hand, saying: "Give up! I've only heard that the strength of both arms is worth a thousand pounds, now I've seen it for myself. I'm afraid your whole body's strength doesn't reach a thousand pounds, but it's not much different either. Shengji Spring... Shengji Liquid... it's too amazing."

  "Bang......"

  Zhang Yi threw away the boulder and walked up to Mo Wenfeng with a smile on his face, saying: "It's quite amazing, from now on I'll become a great warrior."

  Mo Wenfeng said with a hint of meaning: "It's good to have more strength, the weight on your shoulders is heavy."

  Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.

  Night falls, and lights turn on in every household.

  In the old tile house, a strong aroma of food wafts through the air.

  Zhang Pinchao took off the apron tied around his waist, sat down at the dinner table, looked at Zhang Yi and said: "I heard from Old Mo that you've already bought a ticket to Jingnan City?"

  Zhang Yi picked up his chopsticks and nodded: "I've already bought it, train ticket for the day after tomorrow."

  Zhang Pinchao's face was somewhat downcast, and he nodded and said: "I know that our family conditions are not good, and we can't afford to send you to college. You're very resentful in your heart, and for the past few years, you've always wanted to go to university to further your studies. Now that the opportunity has come, you must seize it and study hard."

  "Dad, I will study hard."

  Zhang Pinchao hesitated for a moment and said: "Xiao Yi, your mother..."

  "Dad, let's eat! I'm starving."

  Zhang Pinchao's words were interrupted, and his expression became even more gloomy. He shook his head helplessly and didn't bring up the topic again.

  The warm sunshine shines all over the land, and the cool breeze floats gently.

  Fengcheng County Bus Station.

  Zhang Yi got out of the taxi with his luggage and saw Li Xiao Zhi leaning against the door of his Cadillac SUV, smoking a cigarette and smiling at him.

  "How did you get here?"

  Zhang Yi walked over with a smile and asked.

  Li Xiaoqi smiled and said: "Come over and see you off, and also tell you something big."

  "What's going on?" Zhang Yi asked in confusion.

  Li Xiao Zhi's face was smiling, but his eyes had a few more degrees of coldness: "Qin Da Biao is unlucky, and his father's days are not going well either. My dad used his connections to suppress the Qin family business. Moreover, Qin Da Biao has been keeping a secret account book for many years, which records Qin Tou Long's large-scale tax evasion, bribery, and illegal operations. That secret account book was sent to the Public Security Bureau director's office desk two nights ago."

  Zhang Yi was stunned and stared blankly at Li Xiaoqi, saying: "Is Qin Tudragon finished?"

  Li Xiao Zhi flicked the cigarette butt away with his finger, nodded and smiled: "It's all over, Qin Da Biao won't have a good day from now on. Before this, Qin Da Biao had offended too many people, I'm afraid he can't stay in Feng Cheng County anymore."

  Zhang Yi smiled faintly and said, "Good deeds will be rewarded with good fortune, evil deeds will be punished with evil fortune. It's not that there won't be retribution, it's just that the time hasn't come yet! Never mind, let's not mention them again. My time is almost up, I'll look for you to drink when I come back."

  Li Xiao Zhi's face showed a playful expression as he looked at Zhang Yi and said, "Alright, I'll wait for you to come back. But are you in such a hurry to go in because of Jiang Hongyan? I just saw her going in not long ago. Are you two planning on going to Jingnan City together?"

  Zhang Yi gave Li Xiaoqi a cold stare, picked up his luggage and turned to walk towards the bus station gate, with his back to Li Xiaoqi, waving his hand with a few casual swings.

  He sat in the passenger car, Zhang Yi looked out of the window with a sideways glance. He had never left Fengcheng County since he was young and was about to go alone to the prosperous metropolis of Jingnan City, which made him feel a little excited and a little lost.

  As the bus started and slowly drove out of Fengcheng County, Zhang Yi took out a medical book from his travel bag and began to read it quietly.

  Time!

  Spent in haste and reading.

  As night fell, almost all passengers on the bus had fallen into a deep sleep.

  "Creak..."

  The sudden screeching of brakes woke up everyone in the car.

  Zhang Yi slowly lifted his head and found that the bus had stopped, while the driver had already gotten off.

  "What happened? Why did the car stop?"

  "Really? Is it a traffic jam? It shouldn't be rush hour at this time!"

  "Up ahead, isn't that Hongyingtan Bridge? Did something happen?"

  “……”

  The people in the car began to discuss it one after another.

  A few minutes later, the bus driver returned and stood at the front, saying loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. There has been a major traffic accident ahead, with 7 or 8 cars colliding, and one of them even crashed down the Red Eagle Pond Bridge. As a result, the road ahead is completely blocked. Everyone, please remain calm and wait patiently until the police arrive to deal with this traffic accident. If anyone feels stuffy in the car, they can get out and stand outside for a bit. However, everyone must remember not to wander off too far. Once traffic resumes, we will need to set off immediately."