Chapter 1926: Shan Xiaotian's Promotion

This gourd was exactly the one that had been clinging to his dantian and refusing to leave. Last time it jumped out and swallowed the dragon blood obtained from the sacrifice to the Chenling Emperor, nearly driving Zhang Xuan mad with rage. Now, it chose neither early nor late to come out and swallow the healing pills again!

Are you a starving ghost reincarnated?

How could he have such an unreliable thing?

Trembling with anger, Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth: "Spit them out!"

He grabbed the narrow middle of the gourd with both hands and squeezed hard.

But with his severe injuries, his strength was limited.

"Already eaten. If I shit them out, do you want them..."

The gourd wiggled its bottom.

"Shit your sister..."

He picked up the gourd, slammed it hard on the ground, and stomped on it a few times before calming down enough to warn: "I need those pills to recover from my injuries. If you mess with me again, believe me, I'll throw you into a cesspool right now!"

"You were injured by a spatial storm, and your body is filled with spatial cracks. Using this pill to recover? How many years will that take?"

Hearing him talk about recovery, the gourd snorted disdainfully and wiggled even more vigorously.

"You mean this pill can't heal my injuries?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

The library couldn't examine his own condition, and since he couldn't use his true qi, he only knew his injuries were severe, but not exactly how severe.

"For ordinary injuries, sure, but for those caused by a spatial storm... even a basketful of these pills would have little effect!" said the gourd.

"Then... what level of medicine do I need?" Knowing that this thing wasn't lying to him, Zhang Xuan's anger subsided a bit as he asked.

"You need pills that can treat spatial injuries. But they're extremely rare and expensive, impossible to find. How about this: give me a few more of those pills you just had. Once I'm full, I'll tell you how to treat yourself..."

The gourd said proudly.

Before it could finish, the young man struggled out of the meditation room and shouted: "Shan Xiaotian, go buy me a kitchen knife!"

"Kitchen knife?"

"Yes, I have a gourd I want to turn into a ladle. I need to split it open with a knife... An axe would work too!" said Zhang Xuan.

"Fine, I'll tell you how to solve it..." Seeing he was serious and had actually brought an axe to chop at it, the gourd couldn't hold back anymore: "Actually, asking for pills wasn't greed. I'm very weak right now and need medicine to recover some strength before I can help heal your injuries!"

"Don't play tricks..." Zhang Xuan pressed the axe against the gourd.

"I won't play tricks..." The gourd quickly nodded.

Zhang Xuan went back to the Divine Communication Jade Talisman and used the remaining hundred thousand points to buy five more Qingyang Pills, all of which he handed over.

After the gourd finished swallowing, it belched, then wiggled over: "Prepare a big pot, put me in it and boil me. After an hour, drink the water, and your injuries will recover..."

"Boil you and drink the water?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned.

Was there such a treatment method?

"Yes," the gourd said lazily, lying on the ground. "If you don't hurry, I'll go back to rest..."

Knowing this thing was extremely willful and might really go back, Zhang Xuan had no choice but to instruct Shan Xiaotian, who was waiting outside.

Soon, the tenth disciple brought in a pot and water.

As he set them down, he wondered... Wasn't the teacher supposed to be healing? Why did he need a kitchen knife, an axe, and now a pot? Was he making hotpot?

Thinking this, he couldn't help asking: "Teacher, do you need lamb and fish balls? If so, I'll have someone prepare them..."

"..." Zhang Xuan.

After finally calming his disciple, Zhang Xuan boiled water and threw the gourd in. The thing floated on the surface, swimming backstroke and breaststroke, having a great time.

Watching it frolic, Zhang Xuan rubbed his forehead, unsure if listening to it was right or wrong.

On the Master Teacher Continent, he had commanded the wind and rain, standing at the pinnacle. Here, he was being bossed around by a gourd...

Just thinking about it was frustrating.

And most importantly... what exactly was this thing?

Other people's treasures came when called and left when dismissed. This thing burrowed into his dantian and wouldn't come out when called, only emerging to eat... utterly improper. He really didn't know how someone as reliable as him could have produced such an unreliable thing.

An hour passed in a flash. Without needing to be scooped out, the gourd burrowed back into his dantian.

Zhang Xuan took the water from the pot and drank a few mouthfuls. Sure enough, he felt a refreshing sensation inside, and the previously sharp pain from his injuries eased considerably.

"It actually works..."

His eyes lit up.

He had thought the gourd was tricking him and had even prepared the axe again, but it turned out to be effective.

"The Voidspace Gourd... is itself related to space. Maybe that's why..."

Although he knew this Voidspace Gourd was definitely not just at the Voidspace realm, he couldn't figure out the principle after much thought, so he had to console himself.

Soon, he finished the entire pot of water, his stomach bloated, and his injuries visibly healed.

In less than half an hour, his whole body shook, and the bandages scattered to the ground.

"The injuries are fully healed, but my strength hasn't recovered yet..."

The injuries from crossing the spatial passage were now completely gone, but his true qi was depleted and not yet restored.

Sitting on the ground, Zhang Xuan carefully sensed the surrounding mercury aura, opening all his pores to absorb it slowly.

Zizi zi!

As power poured into his body, his meridians felt somewhat heavy but not torn.

"After recovering from the injuries, my body has adapted to this power?"

Zhang Xuan's eyes brightened.

He was now circulating the normal Heaven's Path功法, not releasing killing aura. When he had cultivated like this in the Kunxu Realm, he couldn't bear it. Now, after healing, his meridians seemed much sturdier. Though still heavy, it was no longer a problem.

Gugu gugu!

Spiritual energy entered his body, circulated rapidly, and soon transformed into true qi, flowing through him.

"I should be fully recovered within three days..."

Feeling the speed of absorption, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

After becoming a Saint and a Teacher of Heaven and Earth, his true qi reserves had reached astonishing levels. Now depleted, even with the Heaven's Path功法 absorbing mercury spiritual energy, it would take at least three days to fully recover.

But as long as he had some true qi, even just a few strands, his cultivation would be restored to the initial Broken Void realm, and there would be nothing to fear in all of Xuanjiang City.

After adjusting a bit more and storing over a hundred strands of true qi, he called Shan Xiaotian in again.

"Teacher, you've recovered?"

Seeing the teacher free of bandages and no longer listless, the young man's eyes lit up.

"Yes. Throw a punch for me, so I can locate the parasite and kill it for you."

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly.

Shan Xiaotian quickly nodded and performed a set of punches.

After watching for a while, Zhang Xuan pinpointed the location, pressed his palm down, and pointed in the air.

Whoosh!

A strand of Heaven's Path true qi surged into the other's body.

Following the meridians, it reached the parasite's hiding place.

Zizi zizi zi!

Like a corrosive poison, the parasite, which had been lying comfortably, felt the power and fled in terror. But before it could get far, another strand of true qi enveloped it.

Soon, it dissolved into a pool of pus.

Rumble!

With the parasite dead, Shan Xiaotian's body involuntarily swelled like an inflated balloon.

"Teacher, what's happening to me..."

Feeling the surging power that threatened to tear him apart, Shan Xiaotian's face turned pale.

"I told you before: for ten years, you never stopped cultivating, yet your cultivation didn't advance. It wasn't lack of effort, but because all the spiritual energy you absorbed was devoured by this parasite. Imagine how much power it consumed over ten years!"

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Now it's all being returned to you, so naturally you feel swollen. Don't hesitate—use this technique to refine and absorb it!"

He pointed again, sending a simplified version of the Heaven's Path功法 into the other's body.

Without time to examine it, Shan Xiaotian knew his teacher wouldn't harm him and immediately began circulating the true qi.

As he absorbed the power, he noticed something strange.

Normally, absorbing spiritual energy required conversion, purification, and adaptation. But the power flowing into him after the parasite's death needed none of these steps!

It felt as if it were his own, easily controlled and absorbed!

"This is the true qi you painstakingly cultivated. Naturally, you control it like a fish in water. Hurry up—by nightfall, you might reach the realm you should have attained after ten years of hard work!"

Seeing his shock, Zhang Xuan laughed.

"Yes!"

Without another word, Shan Xiaotian closed his eyes and absorbed rapidly.

Rumble!

His meridians opened quickly, power flowing through his body at will. His stagnant cultivation at Saint Domain Sixth Layer grew visibly.

Saint Domain Seventh Layer!

Saint Domain Eighth Layer!

Saint Domain Ninth Layer!

In less than half an hour, he reached Saint Domain Ninth Layer and continued advancing.

"He has no tribulation?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

On the Master Teacher Continent, reaching Saint Domain Eighth Layer triggered the Voidspace Tribulation, and Saint Domain Ninth Layer triggered the Universe Void Tribulation. He had struggled through them himself.

Yet this tenth disciple broke through easily without any disturbance.

"It must be because the Heavenly Dao of the Upper Firmament is stronger. These realms are like the Grandmaster and Sovereign realms on the Master Teacher Continent—not enough to provoke backlash..."

He quickly understood.

If ordinary adults in the Upper Firmament reached Saint Domain Ninth Layer and triggered lightning, the Heavenly Dao would be exhausted to death.

As he mused, Shan Xiaotian broke through to the Great Saint level.

Then, Indestructible Body, Golden Body Realm, Heart's Blood Surge...

He finally stopped at Great Saint Third Layer Great Perfection.

The power the parasite had consumed over ten years, released all at once, had elevated him from Saint Domain Sixth Layer by six major realms, making his strength exactly equal to Xue Qin, who had come to break off the engagement!