I rely on my body to push the weird world

Chapter 5: Horrible and Depressing Times
Qinghe County.

A dark room.

An old Taoist with white hair and beard was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, with his eyes closed and his head lowered, muttering and chanting Taoist scriptures.

"The Taoist said: At the beginning of heaven and earth, the mother of all things, the desires of the human heart are hard to fill, so there is a mother tree of desire that rises from the ground..."

The murmuring, frenetic, and eerie tone of voice echoed around the room.

There was a cold wind swirling around, making the old Taoist's clothes rustle, and making the oil lamp and candle on the table flicker, casting dim shadows all around.

The figure belonging to the old Taoist on the wall gradually began to distort, his limbs squirmed and swelled, and black tentacles spread and grew, which was terrifying.

Bang!
The door was suddenly blown open by the strong wind, and the night rain swept in, with cold water vapor spilling all over the ground.

The old Taoist suddenly opened his eyes.

The murmurs, frenzy, and eerie tones all disappeared, and the distorted and terrifying reflection behind him instantly returned to normal, as if it were an illusion.

He listened attentively, and his eyes immediately became gloomy.

"Is the bloated ghost dead?"

"Who can hurt it, who can kill it in Qinghe County?"

"It seems that I have to make plans as soon as possible..."

……

inside the house.

Li Ji wiped the rain off his face and placed the lit oil lamp on the wooden table to dispel the darkness around him.

He then let out a light breath, and the swollen muscles on his body gradually relaxed. His entire burly and domineering body was like a deflated ball, gradually returning to its original thin appearance.

Li Ji's frown also slowly relaxed.

His current form seems a little too strange.

The Eagle Claw Iron Shirt has been completed, and the changes it has brought are truly tremendous.

The muscles in the body can be controlled at will, and can be restored to the expanded and huge form anytime and anywhere, and both strength and speed can be comprehensively improved.

To be precise, it is his current thin body that limits his ability to exert his strength. Only when he is in a state of expansion and enlargement can he exert all his strength without restraint.

But considering various factors, returning to this thin appearance is the best option.

Li Ji opened the panel again and looked over.

"Ok?"

A look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

The panel changed again. The words behind the Eagle Claw Iron Shirt turned into [Modifiable].

Name: Li Ji

Martial Arts: Eagle Claw Iron Shirt (80 years later) [Can be modified]

...

"How did it suddenly change from [Uneditable] to [Editable]?"

Li Ji's eyes flickered.

He immediately concentrated his mind and lightly tapped the words on the back of the Eagle Claw Iron Shirt.

Swish!
The writing on the panel began to become distorted and blurred again.

boom!
A tingling electric current burst out from the spine and instantly spread to every part of the body.

Li Ji groaned comfortably, and his thin body returned to its two-meter-tall sturdy appearance. Then his whole body began to change with the tingling electric current.

First, the hardness of the skin is increased again. You can see that the surface of the skin is already covered with a raw iron color, as if you are really wearing an iron shirt. Then the bones, muscles, and internal organs in the body are also strengthened unprecedentedly, changing from a fleshy texture to a raw iron texture.

The most obvious thing is the improvement in blood. Now the blood in his body is flowing and circulating rapidly. New blood replaces old blood, greatly increasing the speed of nourishing flesh and blood.

At the same time, a primitive and wild dangerous aura naturally emanated, like a golden-winged roc hovering in the sky, carrying the clouds of the sky down, and its eagle claws attacked with terrifying and fierce force. Bang!
Subconsciously, he raised his five fingers and pressed, and the wooden table in front of him suddenly exploded. The flying wood chips and oil lamp porcelain fragments hit his body with a loud clanging sound, as if hitting pig iron, and could not cause even the slightest damage.

Eagle Claw Iron Cloth (One Hundred Years Later) [Uneditable]

Li Ji felt the surging power in his body, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Is this equivalent to practicing Eagle Claw Iron Shirt for a full hundred years?
He looked at the panel again.

Name: Li Ji

Martial Arts: Eagle Claw Iron Shirt (One Hundred Years Later) [Unchangeable]

...

"Both the strength and speed have increased greatly, almost tenfold."

"To put it in a simpler and easier-to-understand concept, I am now about ten times stronger than I was when I was dealing with the swollen monster just now!"

"If I were to deal with the swollen ghost again, I wouldn't have to be so troublesome and passive. I could kill it with just one move!"

While Li Ji was delighted, he was also constantly thinking.

Why did the Eagle Claw Iron Shirt, which was clearly [unmodifiable], suddenly become [modifiable]?

He vaguely felt that he had grasped something extremely crucial.

As long as we grasp this key, Eagle Claw Iron Shirt can continue to be modified.

If it is so powerful after a hundred years, then what about three hundred years, five hundred years, or even a thousand years? How terrifyingly powerful would it be?

"I only did two things tonight."

"One is to crush the swollen ghosts alive, and the other is that when I breathe heavily, the essence of the swollen ghosts' dead Yin energy turns into a trickle of black water and is unconsciously inhaled into my nose..."

Li Ji muttered to himself.

Kill the swollen ghost? Of course it's impossible.

So the only possibility is - the essence of Yin energy!
"I accidentally absorbed the essence of the swollen ghost's dead Yin energy, which caused the abnormality of the panel."

Li Ji's eyes were firm.

Not bad!

That's all!

That's the only way!
Only then can it explain everything that is happening now and explain the inexplicable changes in the panel.

In other words, if you kill these strange evil spirits in the future and absorb the essence of Yin energy, you will have the opportunity to modify your martial arts again.

"I thought I was just venting the depression and anger I'd been feeling for the past few days, but I didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise."

Li Ji whispered, his eyes sharp.

Subconsciously, his five fingers rubbed together, making clanging sounds, just like the collision of iron blocks.

After thinking all this through, his depressed heart gradually felt relieved. In this strange and evil world, he finally saw a glimpse of hope.

Rumble!
Muffled thunder rolled through the dark clouds, and tree-branch-shaped lightning illuminated Li Ji's suddenly changed face, and also illuminated every corner of Qinghe County in this storm.

“You saw me!”

"If you see me, I can eat you..."

Madness, secret joy, whispering, indescribable.

Screams mixed with crying and biting came from every household in Qinghe County, dogs barked, chickens crowed, flames shot up into the sky, mixed with the wind and rain, and lingered in the night sky.

"So I'm not the only one who has it."

Li Ji looked out the window at the deep rainy night with the sound of rustling winds, his clenched fists bulging with veins, and after a long time, he slowly and weakly let go.

He knew that this night would be extremely long.

(End of this chapter)