Gou cultivates martial arts and seeks immortality in the world of cultivation.

Chapter 88 Condensing the Fiery Crane Blood Qi (Please Subscribe)
The first thing Lu Lin noticed was the cultivation time; a full thousand years had suddenly appeared out of nowhere!

"Could it be that after the Martial Arts Furnace absorbed the mid-grade spirit stones, Xuanjin, and demon cores, it not only upgraded but also converted the spiritual energy within into cultivation time? But the amount doesn't seem to match up..."

Lu Lin's mind raced as he quickly estimated: thirty-six mid-grade spirit stones, a thousand catties of Xuan gold, and three second-tier demon cores, if exchanged at the normal rate, would yield a cultivation time far exceeding a thousand years.

He immediately shook his head, suppressing the thought.

It was my own greed that got in.

Recalling the last upgrade, the Martial Arts Furnace did not return any cultivation time after absorbing the items. In comparison, this extra thousand years is already an unexpected surprise.

"At least it wasn't too wasteful." He felt a little relieved.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Lin focused his mind on the inner space of the Martial Arts Furnace.

An unprecedentedly vast space suddenly appeared before his eyes.

It measures one zhang in length, width, and height (approximately 3.3 meters), and its volume far exceeds that of previous structures, making it comparable to a small bedroom.

"With such a large space, storing items will be much more convenient in the future." Lu Lin smiled with satisfaction.

Besides the extremely large monster corpses, everyday weapons, magical artifacts, and various materials can all be easily stored.

"Try that magic weapon fragment."

With a slight thought, the fragment of the magical artifact he obtained from the Yinming Mine appeared in his hand.

[High-level spiritual energy has been discovered. It can be exchanged for nine hundred years of cultivation time. Would you like to exchange it?]

A notification message appears.

"Only nine hundred years?" Lu Lin frowned slightly, feeling somewhat disappointed.

But then I thought, it's just a fragment after all, and who knows how many years it's been buried, so it's normal for it to have lost some of its spiritual essence.

Being able to exchange for nine hundred years is already quite good; even ordinary top-grade magic artifacts cannot be exchanged for that many.

"exchange!"

Without hesitation, once the decision was made, the fragment in his palm instantly lost its spiritual light and turned into a piece of ordinary iron.

His cultivation time reserves also surged to 2,296 years and two months.

"More than two thousand years of cultivation time... is enough to exchange for two 'Martial Essences', which will surely help me condense the 'Flaming Crane Blood Qi'!"

With this in mind, Lu Lin no longer hesitated and immediately prepared to break through.

To be on the safe side, he did not invest all of his time at once. Instead, he first used up a thousand years of cultivation time to exchange for a martial essence and tried to break through the bottleneck. If he was still not strong enough, he would then replenish his strength.

"Flaming Crane Blood Qi, condense for me!"

Lu Lin let out a low shout, guiding the precious "Martial Essence" into the bones of his left arm, while simultaneously pouring a massive amount of cultivation time into the "Flaming Crane Blood罡 Technique".

As time passed, his blood and qi surged and converged towards his left arm as if summoned, merging, compressing, and condensing with that martial energy... Gradually, a scorching, pure "Flaming Crane Blood Qi" with a unique crane's cry was born from the depths of his bones!

"Wow!"

From within the left arm, it seemed as if a clear, melodious crane's cry emanated, drawing even more blood and energy forward in succession.

The number of newly born Flame Crane Blood Qi continued to increase, like streams converging into rivers.

However, just as the momentum was at its strongest, the speed of the blood and qi surged suddenly slowed down, and the remaining strength seemed to be waning.

"One Martial Essence is indeed still a bit lacking?" Lu Lin's expression darkened, and he sighed inwardly before preparing to exchange for a second Martial Essence.

At the critical moment, a sudden change occurred!

A ferocious roar of a demonic ape suddenly erupted from the "Demon Ape Blood Qi" within his right arm.

The dark red blood energy boiled like magma, acting on its own, surging out from the right arm, rushing along the shoulder blade into the chest, and sweeping across half the body...

Driven by this domineering force, Lu Lin's blood and qi surged into his left arm with unprecedented speed and momentum, transforming rapidly into the Flaming Crane Blood Qi.

The newly generated Flame Crane Blood Qi then nourishes the physical body, stimulates its potential, and generates even more fresh blood and qi... This cycle repeats endlessly!

Five years of spiritual practice passed in the blink of an eye, filled with intense focus.

“Cry—!” Another, even louder and more melodious crane cry rang out from the left arm.

In an instant, his entire left arm turned crimson, and nine clear and mysterious blood-red lines appeared, coalesced, and finally stabilized on the surface of his skin.

The Realm of Nine Patterns!

Just like when the Demon Ape Blood Qi was first formed, the Flaming Crane Blood Qi reached nine patterns as soon as it condensed. In terms of quality and power alone, it was comparable to the peak level of an ordinary early-stage innate martial artist!

Moreover, Lu Lin clearly felt that his physical strength had increased by another 30,000 jin!
This improvement comes purely from the muscles, bones, qi, and blood, without relying on any external release of blood energy.

The fact that condensing a second type of blood essence can bring such an additional boost to the physical body is unmatched by other martial artists at the Innate Realm.

"Just as I thought! I must cultivate multiple martial arts simultaneously to truly differentiate myself from other martial artists and close the gap with those unpredictable cultivators!" Lu Lin clenched his fists, his eyes gleaming with excitement and certainty.

Even without the enhancement of his blood essence, he could unleash the power of seventeen elephants with his brute physical strength alone.

Ordinary late-stage innate martial artists have at most ten elephants.

Moreover, he possesses two mysterious blood essences, making his foundation exceptionally profound, a quality rarely found among those of the same level.

"Let's see the power of combining the two!"

With a thought, Lu Lin leaped up and pounced on a reclining blue stone a few feet away like an eagle swooping down on a rabbit.

He attempted to guide the nascent Flaming Crane Blood Qi from his left arm to his right arm, merging it with the nineteen-patterned Demonic Ape Blood Qi to unleash a combined attack.

However, the two blood essences, with their vastly different properties and origins, immediately repelled each other upon contact in the meridians of the right arm.

The Demon Ape Blood Qi was wild and arrogant. When it sensed the intrusion of the alien energy, it was as if it had been provoked. It suddenly shook, and its wild power almost shattered the relatively weaker Flame Crane Blood Qi on the spot!
"Uh!"

Lu Lin let out a muffled groan, his body trembled violently, and his face turned pale instantly.

A tearing, stinging pain shot through his right arm, and fine beads of blood even seeped from the skin.

"Two different blood essences cannot coexist?" Lu Lin steadied his breathing, his expression turning somewhat grim.

If they can only be used separately and cannot be used together to unleash their combined power, then the significance of cultivating multiple blood essences is greatly diminished.

Certainly, this can enhance physical strength and allow one type of blood essence to continue fighting when it is exhausted, greatly increasing endurance.

But this... fell far short of his expectations.

He envisioned a fusion of various blood essences, resulting in a qualitative change and a multiplied increase in power.

"It seems that we must take things one step at a time. For now, I should focus on raising the Demonic Ape Blood Qi to its current peak before considering raising the Flaming Crane Blood Qi." Lu Lin quickly adjusted his mindset and analyzed the situation calmly.

He took out a healing pill and swallowed it. A gentle medicinal power spread throughout his body, eventually converging on his injured right arm, relieving the burning pain considerably.

Then, he took out the storage bag he had obtained from Jiang Lingfeng.

He circulated his blood energy, easily erasing the faint spiritual energy imprints remaining on it. Soon, he took out all the items from the bag and laid them out on the ground.

Jiang Lingfeng's wealth is indeed not considered substantial. Apart from the superior-grade magic sword that Lu Lin has already acquired, all his other magic weapons are of mid-grade, which Lu Lin doesn't value. He simply put them all into the martial arts furnace and exchanged them for cultivation time.

In addition, some scattered low-grade spirit stones, talismans, pills, and miscellaneous materials were also exchanged.

After a series of actions, his cultivation time increased by several hundred years, reaching a total of 1,656 years and two months.

Lu Lin kept the mid-grade spirit stones for the time being, without exchanging them, in case of unforeseen circumstances.

In addition, there was a piece of Xuanjin weighing about 100 jin in Jiang Lingfeng's storage bag, which Lu Lin also left behind.

No one can say for sure whether this item will be needed again when the Martial Arts Furnace is upgraded next time.

After sorting and organizing all the items, Lu Lin stood up and sharply turned his gaze towards a direction deep in the dense forest.

That was the very direction from which numerous demonic beasts had previously fought madly for the Heavenly Mystic Qi.

"Follow up and take a look!"

He took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent blood and qi caused by the conflict of blood essence, and leaped forward like an arrow, shooting into the dark and dense forest once again.

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