荒墟牧神 - 第4章 幽魔化生，鹿皮藏變 - 雲海書庫

"Lame Grandpa's legwork is so fast that he can run up into the sky—then who cut off his legs? Master Huo's fist is so formidable—then who cut off his right arm? And Butcher Grandpa's blade—who could break through that blade and cut him in two at the waist?" Having seen the true abilities of the Butcher, Master Huo, and Lame Weng, Shen Mu was both admiring and bewildered. After finishing his leg training with Lame Weng, he had at last digested the power of the Four Poles blood, and his constitution had improved—only this time it had worn him half to death, and he wanted nothing more than to collapse and snore. Yet this was only the beginning of his torments. Almost every day, the old men and old women of the village would catch a few fierce beasts, refine them into Four Poles blood, and force it down his throat. After the blood came frantic training, until they had wrung every last drop of strength from him and only then let him rest. Besides Lame Weng's legwork, one-armed Master Huo's fists, and the Butcher's knife, he also had to learn smithing from the Silent Smith, calligraphy and painting from the Deaf Elder, and from the Blind Elder he learned to judge wind and position by hearing—then, blindfolded, he dueled the Blind Elder with a staff. When he was truly too exhausted to go on, the Village Head would summon him to sit and practice breathing together. The Village Head said the breathing method he taught was a skill specifically meant for training the Overlord Body, called the Mystic Body Three-Elixir Art, and it was quite remarkable. Though Shen Mu could not perceive how remarkable this so-called Overlord Body Three-Elixir Mystic Art was, following the Village Head's breathing made the fatigue of his whole body melt away, and before long he was glowing with vigor, so he found the art truly miraculous. "Village Head, what you are teaching him is the most ordinary Qi-Drawing Art, is it not?" The Pill Master's eyes flickered; only after Shen Mu had walked far away did he speak in a low voice. "Correct, the Qi-Drawing Art." The Village Head did not deny it. "Each of the Four Great Spirit Bodies has its own art. The Azure Dragon Spirit Body cultivates Azure Dragon Qi, the White Tiger Spirit Body cultivates White Tiger Qi, the Vermilion Bird Spirit Body cultivates Vermilion Bird Qi, and the Black Tortoise Spirit Body cultivates Black Tortoise Qi. But Shen'er's body does not contain the primordial qi of any of these four attributes, so he cannot cultivate the arts of the Four Great Spirit Bodies. None of our arts can he master. The only thing I can teach him is the simplest art, one that even ordinary people can practice—the Qi-Drawing Art. Only the Qi-Drawing Art has no attribute." The Pill Master said doubtfully, "But the Qi-Drawing Art is too simple and too common. Cultivating it at best makes one a martial artist; there is little to be gained." The Village Head wore a strange expression. "I used to think so too, but now I have realized that we may have underestimated the lowest of arts. Shen'er has been practicing the Qi-Drawing Art with me since he was a child, and his primordial qi is already extremely powerful. It is only that this qi has no attribute, so it cannot release its might." The Pill Master's expression shifted. "How strong?" "If his primordial qi had the Azure Dragon attribute of yours, Pill Master, then his current cultivation would already be equal to half the power of your Primal Embryo Divine Treasury." The Pill Master was startled and blurted, "I have already broken through the Heaven-Origin Wall and opened the Heaven-Man Divine Treasury. Over these years I have developed the Spirit Embryo, Five Radiance, Six Harmony, and other divine treasuries to their absolute limits! Half the cultivation of my Primal Embryo Divine Treasury already equals the peak of a martial artist! He has not even opened his Primal Embryo Divine Treasury, yet his cultivation has reached the martial peak. If he opens it, would his cu