39: Swallow the fruit

Yang Kai squatted down again, extending a large fist towards Zi Ning.

Zi Ning clutched her collar with one hand, trying to dodge backward with some effort. Just then, Yang Kai opened his palm, revealing several portions of white fruit pulp inside.

“This is... White Lotus Vermilion Fruit! That’s right, it’s White Lotus Vermilion Fruit. This spiritual item should have long been extinct on the Liuyun Continent. Such a treasure, supplemented by other Heaven And Earth Treasures, can only maximize its efficacy when refined into a Medicinal Pill. Who would be so wasteful as to crudely cut up this spiritual item like this?”

As soon as Zi Ning saw the mysterious fruit in Yang Kai’s palm, she immediately knelt up, carefully cupping her hands around Yang Kai’s palm to examine it closely. Yang Kai inadvertently caught sight of the astonishingly deep cleavage formed between her snow-white breasts and was instantly captivated.

“Pervert!!!” Zi Ning, seeing no response after speaking for a long time, looked up at Yang Kai. When she realized he was staring intently at her, she became aware of her disheveled appearance. She shrieked, turned around, fastened the few buttons, and then glared at Yang Kai furiously.

“Are you still scolding me? If it weren’t to save you, would I do this?” Yang Kai lightly coughed, changing the subject.

“You mean, you gave me this to eat?” Zi Ning pointed at the fruit in Yang Kai’s hand, asking with some surprise.

Yang Kai nodded slightly. Before he could speak, Zi Ning quickly sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state, actually Cultivating right in front of Yang Kai.

Yang Kai cursed inwardly, realizing he could only wait for this rude woman to awaken from her meditation.

After a while, Zi Ning gently exhaled a breath of turbid Qi. Yang Kai’s five senses had become extremely sharp after Cultivating the Ninefold Mixed Origin Body Refining Art. He suddenly smelled a familiar foul odor. Before he could discern it clearly, Zi Ning’s cheeks flushed, and she quickly rubbed the jade bracelet on her wrist, taking out a light blue crystal ball.

Under Zi Ning’s spell activation, a clear stream of water gushed from the light blue crystal ball, swirling around Zi Ning before forming a huge water ball that enveloped her. A moment later, the water ball gradually separated from her body, splashing backward. Zi Ning’s Physical Body was clean again, and the strange smell had vanished without a trace.

“Did you just take a bath in front of me?” As a Transmigrator, Yang Kai clicked his tongue in wonder at the sight, thinking to himself: “These Cultivators from prominent families really know how to live.”

Zi Ning’s pretty face flushed, and she stamped her foot shyly, saying, “Don’t laugh! It’s all because you gave me this White Lotus Vermilion Fruit, which removed some of the Impurities from my Physical Body. That’s why...”

Getting back to the main topic, Yang Kai immediately stopped teasing Zi Ning and asked curiously, “This fruit can remove Impurities?”

“Of course! If supplemented with other Heaven And Earth Treasures, using White Lotus Vermilion Fruit as the main ingredient can refine a fifth-grade Medicinal Pill called the Innate Pill. As the name suggests, it allows one to return to their Innate state! An infant during ten months of pregnancy is in an Innate state, with a Physical Body completely free of Impurities. After birth, as they begin to breathe and eat, they are slowly contaminated by the mundane turbid Qi, and their Innate state is lost. If one can consume an Innate Pill, all Impurities in the human Physical Body can be removed, and the Innate Body can be regained!” Zi Ning spoke with familiarity, displaying a solid knowledge of the Dao of Medicinal Pills.

“However, your White Lotus Vermilion Fruit can no longer be used for refining Medicinal Pills. Once you touched its surface, it was no longer pure. But it can still be consumed orally. Although it cannot completely remove Impurities, it can eliminate most of them and also increase the Physical Body’s toughness and strength.” Zi Ning looked at the fruit in Yang Kai’s hand with a longing expression, like a child seeing candy.

Yang Kai looked down at the fruit in his palm, then picked up a valve of fruit pulp and put it into his mouth. Before he could taste anything, the fruit transformed into a wisp of clear Qi and was absorbed into his Physical Body.

As this stream of Qi entered his Physical Body, Yang Kai immediately imitated Zi Ning, sitting cross-legged and entering a meditative state to absorb the medicinal power of the White Lotus Vermilion Fruit.

Seeing Yang Kai also sit down, with his five centers facing the sky and most of the fruit still remaining in his palm, Zi Ning hesitated for a moment but ultimately gave up the idea of stealing the fruit. She stood by the side, acting as Yang Kai’s Protector.

After this medicinal power was absorbed by Yang Kai, it began to spread throughout his Physical Body. When he had Cultivated the Ninefold Mixed Origin Body Refining Art previously, he was like a steel billet, hammered thousands of times, and most of the Impurities had been expelled from his Physical Body through such a crude method, already reaching a state where his Meridians were clear and unobstructed.

However, wherever this medicinal power reached, a significant amount of dark matter was still drawn out from deep within his Physical Body. Not only that, he had not previously examined his Physical Body with such meticulous detail. Now, under the effect of this medicinal power, Yang Kai suddenly discovered numerous tiny cracks within his Physical Body. These hidden dangers had not even been detected by Elder Qiu and Elder Teng. Although they would not cause him any harm in the short term, if they accumulated over time, he would eventually face the fate of his Physical Body collapsing.

Wherever this medicinal power went, it continuously repaired these cracks. By the time the medicinal power was completely exhausted, most of the cracks in Yang Kai’s Physical Body had been filled.

Yang Kai opened his eyes, and Zi Ning, who was acting as Protector, noticed him immediately. Before Zi Ning could ask anything, Yang Kai broke off most of the remaining fruit in his hand and put it into his mouth, then continued to Cultivate.

Zi Ning was stunned. Looking at the less than thirty percent of the fruit left in Yang Kai’s hand, she instantly grew anxious, but could only stamp her foot and secretly sulk.

The medicinal power transformed from this clear Qi was even more surging than before. Many dark light points once again emerged from deep within Yang Kai’s Physical Body. After a long time, no more dark light points emerged from deep within Yang Kai’s Physical Body, and all the cracks within his Physical Body were also repaired. Only then did Yang Kai breathe a sigh of relief.

Allowing this medicinal power to linger in his Physical Body, Yang Kai opened his eyes again and asked, “Zi Ning, how do I absorb the medicinal power to strengthen my Physical Body?”

“Oh? Have you already completely removed all Impurities from your Physical Body? Why are there so few Impurities in your Physical Body?” Zi Ning’s eyes lit up when she saw Yang Kai awaken again, and she asked curiously.

Yang Kai frowned. He could feel that the medicinal power was gradually dissipating with the passage of time. He had no time to chat with this foolish woman and said, “Stop talking nonsense, tell me quickly!”

“Honestly... Merely consuming the fruit alone cannot strengthen the Physical Body; it requires the assistance of other medicinal ingredients. Fortunately, these auxiliary ingredients are not precious, and I still have some on hand. Here, take these medicinal ingredients together, and then refine them all at once.” Zi Ning pouted. Since she could remember, she had never encountered anyone so rude to her. However, she still needed his help, so she could only swallow her anger, take out six or seven herbs of various shapes, and hand them to Yang Kai.

Yang Kai did not doubt her, directly consumed the medicinal ingredients as Zi Ning instructed, and then entered meditation again.

Seeing this, Zi Ning on the side immediately showed a sly smile and said in her heart, “Hmph! How dare he be rude to this Young Miss! I’ll let him suffer a bit!”