Refining Qi starts from repairing the panel.

Chapter 219 Cold Wave, Totem Replacement

With the furnace, the efficiency of smelting spiritual ore has increased several times, and a large number of talisman weapon embryos have gradually been forged.

During this period, Chu Zheng passed on the most basic types of formations to the weaponsmiths of the Wangshan tribe.

This is a subtle influence that paves the way for future magic arrays.

Since the speed of refining talisman weapons increased greatly, Lie took the time to go to the market alone and exchanged for a large amount of blood food and spiritual medicine.

Chu Zheng returned to the tribe less and less frequently. He was used to moving around in the wilderness, searching for relics and treasures, and then studying the bone book he had obtained from the market.

These bone books record the history of a certain tribe in the Dongyuan Realm. The records are very general, but some of the information is very valuable to Chu Zheng, including information about the methods of copying totems.

Totems are the representation of all things in the universe, and animal spirits are just one of them. Their essence is still a force that comes from the universe, and there are traces to be followed.

With the repair panel on him, he was not afraid to try. However, before that, he still had to make some preparations. His current level of cultivation could not support him to explore new totems. He needed to spend some time and energy to study them diligently.

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In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed.

One of the three big suns in the sky disappeared at some point, which was a prelude to the coming cold wave.

In half a year at most, the three big suns in the sky will all disappear, and a cold wave will follow.

The low-level wild beasts that were once very common in the vicinity all disappeared without a trace, and each returned to their underground caves, preparing to enter a long hibernation period to reduce their own energy loss.

The heat in the air gradually began to dissipate, and the wind was no longer scorching hot, but had a hint of gentleness.

The atmosphere between heaven and earth quietly changed. Everyone in the Wangshan tribe became extremely serious and began to gradually move underground.

It was not until this moment that Chu Zheng realized that the entire Wangshan tribe, thousands of feet underground, had long been hollowed out. The corridors were intricate and spread out like a spider web. Many stone chambers had been opened up, spiritual springs had been brought down, and many spiritual medicines were stored.

For some tribesmen who are still in their childhood and adolescence, they cannot survive in the stone halls and wooden houses on the surface under the cold wave environment, and they can only move underground.

Moreover, being exposed on the surface, it can easily be smelled by some top predators, leading to disaster.

Even some large tribes have to hide underground during cold waves, otherwise they will easily be attacked by wild beasts and encounter disasters.

Under Lie's dissuasion, Chu Zheng no longer went out. He stayed in a stone chamber under the Wangshan tribe and devoted himself to seclusion.

As his cultivation level improved, he felt the existence of destiny more and more clearly. Practicing Qi in the Dongyuan Realm was completely different from that in the Cangyun Realm.

The destiny did not have much impact on him, but it did not give him much help either. The destiny of the Dongyuan Realm was extremely scattered, drifting everywhere, and there was no trace of the existence of the Taoist tradition at all.

Strictly speaking, the way of totem is not a complete path of cultivation. It is more like a coat of spiritual objects from heaven and earth covering the human race, so that they can draw the power of heaven and earth from the totem.

The power belongs to the totem, not to the human race itself.

Chu Zheng even doubted whether the power of the totem could continue to exist after leaving this world.

Such a path is undoubtedly good for the whole world. After death, everything will return to heaven and earth and will not have any impact on the world.

But for practitioners, the meaning of this may need to be considered.

However, considering this method of self-cultivation that relies entirely on totems, it is difficult to call these Dongyuan people practitioners.

Before the issue of racial survival is resolved, these totem monks probably don't have the energy to think about these things.

For more than a year, the innate Qi in the child's body has not dissipated. Coupled with the nourishment of a large amount of spiritual medicine, Chu Zheng's cultivation has steadily entered the perfection of the spiritual transformation realm and is about to achieve jade bones.

The increase in his cultivation made Chu Zheng's physique grow a lot, his appetite became much bigger, and he could digest more beast blood.

The large amount of beast blood he drank every day caused his physique to undergo an astonishing transformation. His strength now exceeded 200,000 kilograms. Even without relying on Qi training, he could now kill a second-level wild beast with no effort at all.

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The sun and the moon cannot be seen underground, and time cannot be told. Chu Zheng can only record time by running the Great Circulation of Heaven here.

Being underground and unable to see the sun caused some trouble for his practice, and slowed down his pace a lot.

About half a year after entering the underground palace, Chu Zheng cultivated jade bones.

Since then, he has been in Dongyuan Realm for more than two years, and this growth rate is not slow.

hum-

Lie pushed the door open and stepped into the stone chamber. He shaved off his beard and looked a lot younger, only about thirty years old. His body was like a tower made of diamond. His face was a little solemn at the moment:
"Zhengchu, follow me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the depths of the underground palace.

Chu Zheng was a little confused and stood up to follow.

As he walked in the corridor, he quickly realized that something was wrong.

The temperature underground was originally very high, and the heat from smelting the spiritual ore could not dissipate in a short period of time. It gathered here, and because it was airtight, it was like a steamer.

After just a few steps, I started sweating profusely and couldn't stop the water loss at all.

Nowadays, the temperature around has returned to normal, even a little cold, and a layer of frost has formed on the walls of the corridor.

"Uncle Lie, where are we going?"

Seeing Lie keeping his head down and moving forward, Chu Zheng couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Just follow me."

Lie did not give a clear answer. He turned left and right and entered the deepest part of the underground palace.

Soon, the two entered a hall supported by a dome.

The hall was brightly lit and warm like spring. Wu and Ying were waiting in the hall.

In front of the witch, there was a jade table, on which were some unknown medicinal powders, pottery jars, short knives, and the totem stone slab he had brought back.

[Totem Slate: From the Red Bear Tribe, engraved with the method of engraving a first-class totem. The totem has magical powers: absorbing spirits, great strength, moving mountains, avoiding water and fire, and being indestructible.]

A totem with five magical powers is already a first-class powerful totem.

Chu Zheng looked at Wu and had some guesses in his mind.

"After the last time I was in danger, I injured my vitals. I had never planned to take the risk of replacing the totem. Who could have expected that it would be able to recover as before."

Lie spoke in a deep voice, then slowly walked to the witch, took off the animal skin on his upper body, revealing his broad back, and sat on the ground, motionless as a mountain:
"Zhengchu, I brought you here today just to let you watch carefully. You are still young, and if you rashly change the totem, it will easily affect your life and hurt your future. I will pave the way for you this time."

Hearing this, Chu Zheng's breathing tightened slightly. His understanding of the totem was no longer as half-understood as before. Although the branded totem could be replaced, it was extremely dangerous and was like passing through the gates of hell.

Especially for a witch, it is the first time to carve a totem of such a high level, and there is a huge risk.

More importantly, Wu's physical condition has become quite bad.

Drawing a high-level totem is extremely energy-consuming. Now that Wu is approaching the end of his life, he doesn't know if he can hold on to the end. "Watch out, Ying, I may only be able to draw this once in my life. Carve this time deep into my mind and imprint it in my soul." Wu said in a deep voice.

Ying, who was standing aside, had a tense face and nodded heavily.

During this period, Ying's pressure has been visibly increasing. Despite her young age, her brows are always furrowed, and her former bright smile is no longer visible.

At this moment, she didn't dare to move her eyes away at all, and didn't even look at Chu Zheng.

Wu threw away the cane in his hand and picked up the short knife on the jade table. The blade suddenly glowed with silver light:

"Bear with it."

As the blade gradually approached Lie's back, the strange beast totem that looked like a dragon seemed to sense the crisis and began to swim and struggle around.

goo—

The blade entered the flesh with a slight sound, leaving a silver-colored scar without any trace of blood.

Lie groaned, sweat pouring down his face. It was obvious that this was not a simple knife wound, and it was unbearable for him with his endurance.

Under the pressure of the blade, the strange beast totem quickly retreated to Lie's shoulder.

The witch seized the fleeting opportunity, and with a flash of thunder, he swung his sword and marked out an area, completely cutting off the totem's retreat.

swoosh-

In the blink of an eye, the witch attacked again and tore off a whole piece of flesh from Lie's shoulder.

The totem that had accompanied Lie for hundreds of years was thus stripped from his body.

The next moment, Lie's whole body began to twitch, and streams of blood gushed out from the knife wound and all his orifices. Even though he clenched his teeth and closed his lips and teeth, he still couldn't stop the gushing blood.

His vitality was fading away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chu Zheng was frightened as he watched from the side and wanted to step forward to save Lie's life, but seeing the calm look on Wu's face, he did not dare to disturb him rashly.

Ying's eyes were red, but she didn't dare to blink. She memorized every move of Wu and stored them all deep in her mind.

The witch grabbed the clay pot and poured out streams of spiritual liquid filled with a strange fragrance from it. He poured it on top of Zi Lie's head and quickly stopped the gushing of his blood and essence.

Then, she took out the medicine powder and smeared it evenly on Lie's body. The knife marks left before soon began to close gradually.

She didn't waste any time to catch her breath. She cut her forehead with the dagger, stained it with the blood that seeped out, and began to carve mysterious runes on Lie's back.

Chu Zheng felt a chill in his heart as he sensed an extremely terrifying divine thought rising from within that old and decayed body, like a vast ocean, its depth impossible to guess.

The runes drawn by the witch did not have the slightest pattern, but after falling on Lie's back, they began to entangle and intertwine on their own, gradually forming a pattern.

A huge bear with a burly figure gradually took shape.

At this time, Wu's movements became very slow, as if he intentionally slowed down the pace so that Ying'er could see clearly.

But this was undoubtedly a very heavy burden for her. She was sweating profusely, and the blood gushing from her brow made her look hideous and terrifying.

After half an hour, a complete giant bear was finally formed.

Lie lowered his head and had fainted.

Wu staggered backwards uncontrollably. It was obvious that he had lost all his strength and could not keep his body steady.

Ying Fei stepped forward and supported her, his eyes full of anxiety: "Wu..."

Chu Zheng hurried forward and checked on Lie's condition. Fortunately, he had only lost too much blood and essence, and his life was not in danger. He just needed to rest quietly and he would be fine in the future.

The totem under the brand was already operating at this moment, absorbing the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth to heal his injuries.

Chu Zheng had mostly healed Jiang Lie's injuries. He looked up at Wu and his heart suddenly sank.

[Luan: A great witch in the spiritual realm, whose spiritual power is greatly damaged, whose life essence is exhausted, and who is beyond repair.]

This is the exhaustion of the essence of the soul. Even if the panel is repaired, it is powerless at this moment.

Wu's life is almost coming to an end. Her body has long since entered the underworld. She is only supported by her powerful soul, forcing herself to stay in this world.

She was already in her old age, and had forced herself to carve such a powerful totem. If she hadn't been obsessed with it, she would have died on the spot.

Repairing the panel could not make up for the loss of lifespan. He already knew this when he first met Geng Yiyang.

"Ho...ho..."

Wu's heavy breathing echoed in the hall. She calmed down for a moment and looked at Ying beside her with hope in her eyes: "Have you remembered everything?"

"I wrote it all down, not missing a single moment."

Ying nodded repeatedly. She had already recorded all the scenes in her mind and could look them up at any time.

This is the benefit brought by the witch's unique powerful soul, he can remember everything he sees.

"Remember to read it often in the future. If you don't understand it now, you will understand it in the future."

Wu breathed a sigh of relief, then sat down on the ground somewhat powerlessly, staring at the void in front of him, his eyes dull and in a trance.

After a while, she turned her head and looked at Chu Zheng: "Zhengchu, you go back first."

Chu Zheng hesitated slightly, then nodded in agreement:
"Okay, take care of yourself."

Until Chu Zheng's back disappeared in the hall, Wu turned his head and looked at Ying:
"Go wake up your father."

Ying trotted to Lie's side and took half a minute to wake him up.

The moment he opened his eyes, a divine light suddenly flashed in Lie's eyes. The totem behind him lit up slightly, emitting a layer of blood light, and was completely activated.

He could already feel the power of the totem behind him, which was dozens of times stronger than the totem he had before.

"strong."

Hearing Wu's call, Lie suppressed the shock in his heart and looked up.

"Regarding Zhengchu...I have something I want to tell you."

Wu took a deep breath, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes:
"I always felt familiar with it until I carved the totem for you just now. My mind was in turmoil and I remembered a lot...

"This child is very unusual. I have seen someone like him before..."

"The same person?" Lie was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What does this mean?"

"Nearly a thousand years ago, I met a man who was full of ominous aura. He gave me a feeling that was very similar to Zhengchu..."

Wu's expression became more solemn: "That is an evil ghost from a foreign land, not a creature from the Eastern Origin Realm."

(End of this chapter)