Dashing Student Chapter 978: Adding Insult to Injury

As he completed the movements of the "Heavenly Fox Form" one by one, even Chen Nan’s strong physique was drenched in sweat.

He took out the Blood Gourd, intending to extract some blood from the demon beast corpses for cultivation.

But when he opened the Blood Gourd, Chen Nan was dumbfounded.

"Where are my demon beast corpses? Where are all those demon beast corpses?!"

Inside the Blood Gourd, all the demon beast corpses had disappeared, leaving only a dozen or so round, blood-colored pills.

Chen Nan poured one blood-colored pill into his hand, his face full of regret.

"Blood Spirit Pill?"

Initially, because all his storage bags were full, he had placed all the demon beast corpses into the Blood Gourd.

But he never expected the Blood Gourd to autonomously refine Blood Spirit Pills without his control!

Yet soon, Chen Nan’s expression changed as he held the blood-colored pill up for closer inspection.

This pill contained traces of demonic aura, completely different from the previous Blood Spirit Pills.

The Blood Spirit Pills were refined from accumulated resentment, while this pill had no trace of resentment at all.

Moreover, the King of Ten Thousand Gu seemed completely uninterested in this pill, showing no reaction.

Previously, the King of Ten Thousand Gu couldn’t wait to devour the Blood Spirit Pill.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Nan decided to consume the blood-colored pill, after all, he couldn’t waste so many demon beast corpses.

That would be a huge amount of Spirit Stones!

As the pill entered his stomach, its potent effects quickly spread, causing Chen Nan’s pupils to suddenly contract, blood vessels bulged on his forehead, and his skin turned red.

It was as if a force was scouring his body, though that force felt like blades, bringing intense pain.

But Chen Nan also felt that his body, which had already reached its limit, seemed to have strengthened once more.

Although faint, it was genuine!

"I didn’t expect such an effect; I can’t let it go to waste!"

Chen Nan muttered to himself and quickly began training the "Heavenly Fox Form" again.

As he performed each anti-human action, the medicinal power within was digested more swiftly, with faint white smoke rising from Chen Nan’s body, as if he were being steamed.

A whole day’s time passed before the medicinal power of one blood-colored pill was completely digested.

Chen Nan sank to the ground, drenched in sweat as if he had been pulled from water.

The day’s exertion had squeezed out all the power within him.

But the benefits were clear; his physique, which couldn’t be enhanced further, had broken through its limit.

Or rather, he hadn’t actually reached his limit; it was merely his personal limit.

"If I continue honing my body, perhaps I won’t need to worry, even against Golden Core Stage cultivators."

Though he appeared utterly exhausted, Chen Nan’s heart brimmed with delight.

He looked at the Blood Gourd in his hand with a sense of absurdity.

Earlier, he had despised it, but now it had come in handy.

Moreover, these Blood Pills were refined from demon beast corpses, and should be called Demon Spirit Pills; consuming them posed no mental burden.

Chen Nan took out recovery pills and swallowed them, slowly recovering while continuing to train.

Although suppressed by the power of laws, he could cultivate without issues; he just couldn’t increase his cultivation temporarily.

He took out a large heap of Spirit Stones to aid his cultivation.

This wasn’t a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, the nature’s spiritual energy was very thin, utterly insufficient for Chen Nan, leaving him no choice but to rely on Spirit Stones.

One by one, the Spirit Stones turned to dust in his hands; Chen Nan noticed nothing, and even absorbed at an increasingly faster rate.

Two hours later, Chen Nan finished this round of cultivation, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and opened his eyes.

But when he saw the thick layer of dust settled around him, he was suddenly startled.

Judging by the dust, he could guess that he had used about ten thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones during this cultivation session!

The rate of this resource consumption was terrifying, though Chen Nan was somewhat prepared mentally.

Upon enhancing his Spirit Root to the All Things Spiritual Root, he knew his cultivation resource consumption would be a multiple of before.

Each additional attribute to the Spirit Root meant an extra percentage in cultivation resources.

Chen Nan’s cultivation was like a gold-devouring beast!

At such a rate of consumption, the Spirit Stones he had obtained from the Ancient Realm Secret Realm wouldn’t last long.

"Is it really time to worry about Spirit Stones already? This is not a good sign."

Chen Nan sighed helplessly; now he could only take one step at a time.

After cultivation, Chen Nan took out another Demon Spirit Pill and began practicing the "Heavenly Fox Form."

This diligence was relentless; if other cultivators knew, they’d be ashamed, yet Chen Nan reveled in it.

But as he finished this round of training, he suddenly began coughing violently, his skin turning paler, resembling the state of Sick Scholar Miao Tianwen.

The power of laws ultimately did affect Chen Nan, putting his body into an "injured" state, which would remain until it wore off completely.

"Cough cough, it’s really adding insult to injury. Wang Family old dog, I will settle this debt in the future!"

Chen Nan could only rest helplessly now; he didn’t want to forcibly cultivate and exhaust his body, leaving hidden ailments behind.

For the following ten days, Chen Nan adhered to this routine.

He would cultivate the Scripture of the Hidden Talisman, then practice the "Heavenly Fox Form," followed by resting for a few hours and repeating the cycle.

On this day, Chen Nan took out the Blood Gourd, intending to consume a Demon Spirit Pill for more training, only to find the Blood Gourd empty.

"Out of Demon Spirit Pills?"

Chen Nan raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised.

Living alone in the mountains seemed to make time fly by.

"I guess I need to go out and hunt for demon beasts."

The Blood Spirit Pill was extremely useful for Chen Nan, so he wasn’t about to give up.

Nearly two months later, Chen Nan finally stepped out of his cabin, raising a hand to shield his eyes.

The sunlight seemed exceptionally harsh today.

At that moment, a human-sized red-eyed rabbit suddenly hopped over and lunged aggressively at Chen Nan.

"Heh, let’s start with you then."

Chen Nan’s mind moved, and the Void Breaking Sword shot out, silently piercing through the rabbit’s head.

Its massive body plummeted heavily to the ground.

The Blood Gourd hovered overhead, and a suction force swept the demon beast corpse inside.

Back then, Chen Nan had absorbed over ten Foundation Establishment ninth-layer pinnacle demon beast corpses to refine about ten Demon Spirit Pills.

Evidently, he needed more demon beast corpses now.

Fortunately, though the area was sparsely populated, there were plenty of demon beasts and poisonous insects, so Chen Nan didn’t need to worry about the supply of demon beast corpses.

The wooden hut reverted back to a divine tree, merging into Chen Nan’s body.

Chen Nan found a clean Daoist robe to change into, slung the Demon Suppressing Sword on his back, and wore the Iron Mask he had casually bought earlier.

Satisfied with his appearance, he delved into the mountains.

From that day on, the demon beasts in the mountains faced calamity.