Chapter Eleven: Crystal of Life

  "Hmm..."

  Xu Hua let out a deep breath, looking at Luo Cheng who was standing guard beside him. He said seriously: "Next, I'm going to transform your physical body. No matter how painful it is, you need to endure it. Only by going through this can you make up for the years of wasted time."

  Although the vital energy can nourish the physical body, making the warrior's physique stronger, everything requires taking one step at a time. If you want to take a shortcut, you must endure pain that ordinary people cannot bear.

  Xu Hua's physical body became incredibly powerful under the nourishment of life energy, even more terrifying than those born with innate divine power. However, he also spent two years to achieve his current physique. Luo Cheng wanted to increase his physical strength by tens of times in a short period, so he had to endure the pain of new flesh growing under the massive nourishment of life energy.

  "Come on! Young master, Luo Cheng is not afraid of any pain. If it's not successful, I won't be able to help you, then I'll die!" Luo Cheng's heart had long been as firm as a rock, reaching the level where evil spirits dare not invade and gods and demons avoid.

  Xu Hua didn't say a word either, and with both hands directly stuck to Luo Cheng's back, a large amount of life energy surged into Luo Cheng's body.

  As a large amount of life energy entered his body, all the cells in Luo Chengquan's body began to greedily absorb the life energy, constantly strengthening themselves. Luo Cheng also felt extremely comfortable and became addicted to it, unable to extricate himself.

  As a large amount of life energy was lost, the grass and trees within a radius of thirty feet withered rapidly. Due to Xu Hua's physical body absorbing life energy reaching a bottleneck! After Xu Hua absorbed some life energy today, his physical body stopped absorbing life energy, and the excess life energy drifted in his body, eventually dispersing out of his body through his pores. Since he could no longer absorb life energy himself, Xu Hua began to channel the absorbed life energy into Luo Cheng's body.

  Within the thirty-zhang radius, Xu Hua absorbed more than half of the life energy. The remaining energy was slowly infused into Luo Cheng's body by Xu Hua. Although it was only a small portion, it was still too much for Luo Cheng, an ordinary person, to absorb. Initially, when Luo Cheng met Xu Hua, his life energy was thin. After Xu Hua transferred some of his life energy, Luo Cheng became comparable to an average person. If an ordinary person were to absorb so much life energy, the consequences would be dire - it would lead to instant death. Fortunately, Xu Hua transmitted the energy slowly, which saved Luo Cheng's life.

  "Kala Kala"

  Twenty or so gasps later, Luo Cheng was already drenched in sweat, the intense pain making him ache all over, but he only gritted his teeth, not making a single sound, however the scraping of his teeth made a clear noise that could be heard by others.

  Feeling Luo Cheng's pain, Xu Hua slowed down the transmission of life energy. Luo Cheng was very important to him and had a great use, so he couldn't let anything happen to him.

  Suddenly, a thought flashed through Xu Hua's mind: If I can transfer excess life energy to others, why can't I condense the excess life energy inside my body into crystals? That way, the life energy won't be lost!

  As soon as this idea flashed through his mind, Xu Hua was extremely excited and waited for the delivery to Luo Cheng to be completed before starting the experiment.

  "Ah...... Ah......"

  It's been dozens of breaths again, and Luo Cheng finally couldn't bear the pain and cried out loud. However, in just a few dozen breaths, Luo Cheng's physical body became incredibly powerful after absorbing a large amount of life energy, and a large amount of new flesh grew out. This kind of tearing pain of blood and flesh made Luo Cheng unbearable again.

  Finally, Xu Hua stopped supplying him with life energy, and Luo Cheng collapsed to the ground, trembling uncontrollably, while Xu Hua began absorbing the surrounding life energy into his body once again.

  The grass and trees here were almost withered, the flowers and grass had all lowered their heads, the leaves had fallen to the ground, leaving only bare and withered trees that seemed to be dead. Xu Hua walked forward for dozens of feet, countless life energies surged into his body, at this time his physical body no longer absorbed life energy, these life energies swirled around in his body before overflowing out through his pores, at this moment Xu Hua controlled all the life energies inside his body to gather in one place, these countless life energies converged and under Xu Hua's compression began to slowly condense.

  Under the enormous pressure, a large amount of vital energy condensed and shrunk, as the massive vital energy continued to shrink to the size of a peanut. Xu Hua's forehead was already covered in sweat. Although this step seemed simple, it was extremely difficult for Xu Hua, after all, he was only a pre-warrior martial artist, with very little true energy in his body. In just over a dozen breaths, his true energy had been depleted by one-tenth, and before long, his true energy would be completely exhausted.

  However, under that enormous pressure, Xu Hua's absorption of the essence of life accelerated significantly, and the surrounding plants withered rapidly, all being absorbed into Xu Hua's body.

  Another two breaths of time passed, and the life energy in Xuhua's body, which was as small as a peanut, shrunk several times again, only slightly larger than a grain of rice. The true energy in his body had decreased to one-sixth...

  Five breaths of time had passed, and Xu Hua's life force had dwindled to a size smaller than a grain of rice. The true energy within him was now only one-tenth of what it used to be...

  Ten breaths of time had passed, and Xu Hua's true energy was depleted. His face turned deathly pale, and he could no longer withstand the immense pressure. Just then, the life essence in his body finally condensed into a crystal smaller than a sesame seed. Xu Hua could clearly feel that it contained a vast amount of life essence. At this moment, although Xu Hua's face was deathly pale, he still revealed a somewhat frightening smile.

  "Finally succeeded, from now on I don't have to worry about my physical body not being able to absorb the essence of life..." With a heavy sigh, Xu Hua sat down suddenly, earlier he had spent a lot of mental energy, and as soon as he sat down he felt a bit tired, so he dozed off for a while.

  "Ah..."

  It was unknown how long had passed when Xu Hua stretched and opened his eyes, at which point the sky was almost dark and the sun only showed half its head.

  "Master, you're awake!" Luo Cheng sat upright on the ground, looking at Xu Hua with a delighted expression.

  "I've actually slept for so long, it seems that gathering my life energy earlier was really exhausting." Xu Hua muttered to himself, and then immediately looked at Luo Cheng and asked: "Do you feel any changes in yourself?"

  Luò established Mǎ station stood up, played several fist flowers, excitedly said: "Gōng zǐ, I can feel that my power has increased a lot, and it seems like there is endless power."

  "This is the wonder of nature, the subtlety of life's vital energy. You will gradually discover it later on," Xu Hua explained.

  "So this mysterious thing is called the essence of life? That's right, these withered trees have lost their vitality, no wonder my physical body has undergone such a huge change..." Luo Cheng muttered to himself.

  He had fully adapted more than an hour ago, first he was stunned by the changes in himself, he became even more majestic than before, his height also increased a bit, looking almost as tall as Xu Hua, although Xu Hua is still one year younger than him, but two years of nourishment from a large amount of life energy made him look several years older, like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth, now Luo Cheng was about the same.

  After the thrill of increased strength, he immediately found the young master lying on the ground not far away, and rushed over to find that the young master was only asleep before putting his mind at ease and patiently waiting by his side until Xu Hua woke up.

  "Luò Chéng, what do you think about me extracting the life essence from plants and trees, causing them to die?" Xú Huá suddenly asked.

  Luo Cheng said firmly: "To be used by the young master is their honor."

  Xu Hua revealed a satisfied smile, gazing into the distance. After a moment, he said to Luo Cheng: "From now on, every afternoon after you come out from Chun Mei and Qiu Ju's place, you can come find me here! You should have felt the benefits of the vital energy of life by now."

  "Thank you, young master. However, aren't you afraid of being exposed here? Although no one comes here, it's not safe. What if someone investigates and finds out about you in the future..." Luo Cheng's words were self-evident.

  "Alright, alright... I'll just have to expose myself then! At this point, I'm not afraid. There aren't many strong warriors in Qing Shan Town... unless they make a move, I think it won't be hard for me to protect myself! However, it's better if they don't discover us... Two months from now is the Luocheng Imperial Exam, and one month from now you'll come with me. Hopefully, one month of cultivating your vital energy will give you some ability to protect yourself!"

  "Don't worry, young master. From the first day on, I've felt that my strength has far surpassed that of ordinary people. As long as I'm not a warrior, there shouldn't be many who can match me. And with another month's time, I won't necessarily be inferior to warriors." Luo Cheng was filled with confidence in his heart.

  "Don't underestimate others, your strength is stronger than ordinary people, but it's still not comparable to a formal martial artist. After all, you haven't experienced killing, nor have you cultivated any martial skills. You're still very weak. In this month, you'll not only cultivate the 'Naqi Jue', I'll also teach you a martial skill. Only then will your body, nourished by life's vital energy, have the power to protect itself."

  Xu Hua, although he had never been to Qing Shan Town, didn't mean he was ignorant. He was fond of reading and as the third young master of the Xu family, he still had some understanding of things around him. On his way from Qing Shan Town to Luo City, they would have to pass through many desolate mountains and wild ridges, where they would inevitably encounter strong enemies. Although Xu Hua's strength was already very powerful, he still didn't have confidence that he could definitely protect Luo Cheng, so before this, Luo Cheng had to possess some means of self-defense, only then could he be at ease.

  "Yes, young master! Luo Cheng will definitely cultivate well and won't let you down!"

  "Don't be so reserved, you should learn from Chunmei and Qiujie in this aspect. Alright, it's getting late, let's head back!"

  Under the sunset's reflection, the two people's shadows stretched out very long.

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