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As soon as the Medicinal Pill entered his mouth, Shi Quan felt as if a scorching flame was traveling from his throat all the way to his stomach.
In just three breaths, Shi Quan's body trembled violently, and then his body strangely swelled up, instantly transforming him into a perfectly round, large Fatty.
In a brief moment, Shi Quan felt as if he was about to burst from the immense medicinal power within the Medicinal Pill.
As soon as the Medicinal Pill entered his stomach, its terrifying medicinal power instantly erupted.
He almost immediately lost control of his body, and the intense pain brought him to the brink of collapse. His Internal Energy began to circulate wildly on its own, helping him continuously dissolve the chaotic medicinal power within his body.
"This feeling is too painful…" Shi Quan wailed inwardly.
The surging, violent medicinal power seemed to be constantly crushing and reconstructing his body. What pained Shi Quan the most was that this medicinal power also boosted his consciousness, making it clearer than ever before, which in turn made him perceive his body's changes even more distinctly.
It already hurt, but it not only made you hurt, it amplified the sensation of pain, and it didn't even let you faint, forcing you to remain conscious.
"If only I had known not to write so many effects…" Shi Quan gritted his teeth and endured.
Time passed minute by minute, and soon a day went by.
"Where did this Fatty come from?" Dugu Bo, who had descended from the sky, first froze, then his expression changed drastically. With a flash, he appeared before Shi Quan almost instantly.
"This little lunatic, I told him not to try things randomly, yet he still dared to eat indiscriminately." Dugu Bo saw at a glance that Shi Quan had eaten something to become like this. Looking at the Black Jade Divine Bamboo on the ground, his attention naturally fell upon it. With a grim expression, he picked up the Black Jade Divine Bamboo and quickly inspected it. Seeing the hollow Black Jade Divine Bamboo, Dugu Bo also guessed something.
"This broken bamboo can actually be eaten?" With his spirit power surging, Dugu Bo's fingertip sliced through the middle of the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, splitting the hard Black Jade Divine Bamboo directly in half.
Seeing the remaining traces of moisture on the inner wall of the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, Dugu Bo became even more certain.
"There's bamboo sap hidden inside this bamboo. This bamboo sap should be the essence of this bamboo. Although it's the essence, whether it can be eaten is another matter. This little lunatic really dared to try it. He didn't even ask and just drank it?"
Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan with a respectful expression. He could feel the immense medicinal power surging through Shi Quan's body. With his strength, he could tell at a glance that although this medicinal power was turbulent, it was clearly within Shi Quan's tolerance. However, Shi Quan's appearance indicated that the absorption process must not have been pleasant.
"This kid is crazy enough. If the medicinal power of this bamboo were a bit stronger, he would have been directly burst to death." Dugu Bo looked at the Black Jade Divine Bamboo in his hand, his expression showing a hint of surprise and doubt. "But is the medicinal effect of this bamboo so astonishing? To swell him up like this? Did this kid eat anything else?"
Thinking this, Dugu Bo quickly looked around. He remembered most of the medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After confirming that no other medicinal herbs were missing from the herb garden besides the bamboo in his hand, Dugu Bo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Almost every medicinal herb in this herb garden could be called a treasure. Eating one was fine, but if he had eaten two, the medicinal properties could easily conflict. It might seem fine now, but sequelae could easily appear later.
"I don't know whether to say you're courageous or truly insane. You yourself told me that when things reach an extreme, they reverse. If such strong medicinal effects could all be integrated into your body, that would be good. But if your body can't withstand it, even if your strength improves, your Foundation would be damaged, and it would only be a net loss." Dugu Bo murmured as he looked at Shi Quan.
Dugu Bo still shook his head and sighed helplessly. After some thought, it seemed that Shi Quan had come this far precisely because of his daring and tenacious personality.
In fact, ever since Shi Quan came to see him, Dugu Bo had already secretly investigated all of Shi Quan's information.
Innate Rank 1, first he researched a method for the evolution of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit, then relying on his daring and adventurous personality, he personally tested and confirmed the new extreme spirit ring theory. These were all things ordinary people could hardly imagine.
But Shi Quan had stubbornly forged his own path. Perhaps when Shi Quan asked him for this bamboo, Shi Quan had already prepared for it.
"It's certainly good for young people to be driven, but too much rigidity breaks easily. You, kid, are too impetuous." Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan and said worriedly, "I hope you, kid, will also have everything go smoothly this time."
As his voice faded, Dugu Bo's figure disappeared. Shi Quan's situation would certainly not end in a short time.
Dugu Yan was still waiting above, he had to go up first to explain the situation to Dugu Yan, and then send Dugu Yan back.
As for expelling the poison, that could only continue after Shi Quan awoke from his Cultivation.
In the following days, Dugu Bo spent most of his time at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He would come down every day to check on Shi Quan's specific condition. As he watched Shi Quan's body, which had swelled due to the medicinal power, gradually shrink, the tense string in Dugu Bo's heart slowly loosened.
"Although this kid is crazy, his luck is also extremely good. So much medicinal power has been absorbed by him. If this kid wakes up, his strength will definitely skyrocket."
Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan, who seemed to have undergone a complete transformation, and a hint of envy appeared in his eyes.
Originally, Shi Quan's height was only about 1.4 meters, and there was still a hint of childishness on his face. In just a few days, Shi Quan's height had directly soared to about 1.7 meters. The childishness on his face had completely faded, replaced by a well-defined face with clear features, perfectly inheriting his mother's beautiful face, handsome yet not lacking in masculinity. Although he was in Cultivation, he exuded a calm and approachable aura.
Shi Quan's current appearance made it impossible to tell that he was just a child who was still a few months shy of his eleventh birthday.
A full week passed since Shi Quan used the Medicinal Pill.
As the last trace of medicinal power completely merged into Shi Quan's body.
Shi Quan finally woke up.
"Mmm~" Shi Quan stretched his arms and slowly stood up, as if waking from a long dream. The cracking sounds of his bones continuously echoed. After stretching his entire body to its limit, Shi Quan let out a comfortable long sigh.
"Awesome!"
"Awesome your head! You, kid, were lucky this time. If it had been just a little bit worse, whether you could even stand here would be a question!" Dugu Bo's sinister voice sounded beside Shi Quan.
"Grandpa Dugu." Shi Quan jolted, turned around, and grinned at Dugu Bo, "I can explain."
Dugu Bo glared at Shi Quan and said with a faint smile, "Then I'd like to hear your explanation."
Shi Quan shrank his head. Dugu Bo's smile looked somewhat unsettling to him no matter how he saw it, so he quickly said, "Grandpa Dugu, you know that my Martial Spirit evolved gradually through the Cultivation method I researched myself. But as I Cultivated, I found that my Martial Spirit's mutation encountered a Bottleneck.
I felt it was due to my own Aptitude. Although I improved my Martial Spirit through my own efforts and compensated for the gap by absorbing spirit rings beyond my Rank, my Foundation was always weaker than those with higher Innate spirit power Rank.
Later, when I came to your herb garden, I sensed that this bamboo seemed to be helpful to my Martial Spirit. It seemed to be able to complete the issues with my Aptitude, which is why I risked trying it."
"Because of Aptitude?" After listening to Shi Quan's explanation, Dugu Bo finally nodded, but still said with dissatisfaction, "Couldn't you have just told Grandpa directly about this? What? Are you afraid Grandpa wouldn't help you?"
Shi Quan quickly shook his head, "I was also afraid of bothering Grandpa Dugu. I thought it would be best if I could handle my own affairs myself. I didn't want to trouble anyone else."
Dugu Bo stepped forward and patted Shi Quan's head hard, "You, kid, what are you saying? Am I, your Grandpa, just 'anyone else' now? If you have something, just tell your Grandpa directly. What are you afraid of troubling me for?"
"Got it, got it." Shi Quan said quickly, covering his head in pain.
Dugu Bo couldn't help but shake his head at the sight. Shi Quan had relied on himself all this way. He could understand his idea of not wanting to trouble others.
He felt a pang of heartache for Shi Quan. He had personally witnessed how dangerous the process of Shi Quan absorbing the medicinal power was. If his body had failed even slightly midway and hadn't been able to endure, then all his efforts would have been in vain.
And absorbing spirit rings beyond his Rank, just thinking about it made one realize how dangerous it was, yet Shi Quan had persevered through it all.
"If he can successfully continue down this path, his reputation will surely shake the continent." Thinking this, Dugu Bo asked, "What Rank is your spirit power now? Perhaps because of that bamboo, even I cannot directly determine your spirit power Rank through sensing."
Shi Quan then came back to his senses and began to sense the changes in his body. It was fine before he sensed it, but once he did, Shi Quan's eyes immediately widened.
"Thirty… Rank 30." Shi Quan said, overjoyed.
Not only had his Internal Energy broken through to Rank 30, but Shi Quan could clearly feel that his entire body was exceptionally clear and unhindered. All the Qi channels within him had been completely unblocked by the effects of the Tenfold Perfect Great Restoration Pill.
From his Innate Rank 1 spirit power, Shi Quan knew that his own Aptitude was not actually high. Fortunately, with the help of two bottles of Martial Soul Awakening Liquid, his talent only improved to Innate Rank 4. Later, due to the appearance of the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Scriptures, and because of the Cultivation Technique, the issue with his own Aptitude was smoothed out, allowing his Cultivation speed to nearly reach the level of full Innate spirit power.
No matter how strong a Cultivation Technique is, if one's own Aptitude is mediocre, the effects displayed will be unsatisfactory. But now, Shi Quan's Aptitude and talent have completely transformed with the help of this Tenfold Perfect Great Restoration Pill!