Chapter 32

The little white fox threw a tantrum at Zhu Lingwu, but who was Zhu Lingwu? He naturally wouldn’t take this to heart. If it were a real eight-year-old child, they might worry and not know what to do, especially since he intended to raise the fox into a demon fox. However, Zhu Lingwu simply instructed his servants to change the food for the little white fox every day, leaving it to eat or drink as it pleased.

If it were an ordinary fox, it might really starve itself to death, but this little white fox was no ordinary fox. It was very smart, and Zhu Lingwu believed it wouldn’t starve itself to death. Indeed, as Zhu Lingwu had expected, after starving itself for seven days, the little white fox began to eat and drink.

This clever little white fox was also quite frustrated. It had originally thought that Zhu Lingwu was very interested in it and that a child would often come to see it. By pretending to be pitiful, it could get out of this iron cage. Then, by pretending to be a pet and staying by Zhu Lingwu’s side, it could find an opportunity to escape. However, Zhu Lingwu seemed to have forgotten about it. After the first few days, he didn’t come to see it for two whole months.

Even though the little white fox was smart, it had no target to play its tricks on. It had no choice but to resign itself to adapting to this life of captivity.

In fact, Zhu Lingwu really didn’t have time to see the little white fox. After taking a few days off to adjust his mood, he began to impact the acupoints on the Conception Vessel and the Governor Vessel of the Small Circulation. Surprisingly, it worked. The Qihai point, which had always blocked Zhu Lingwu’s progress on the Conception Vessel, was finally broken through. With the recent nurturing of the previous acupoints, Zhu Lingwu’s blood flow gradually became smoother. With a steady supply of blood energy, the Qihai point was finally filled.

It wasn’t clear if it was due to the accumulated effort, but in just seven days, Zhu Lingwu smoothly impacted the remaining acupoints, thus completely opening the Conception Vessel.

Next, Zhu Lingwu had to face the acupoints on the Governor Vessel in the head. The Dazhui and Fengfu points had already been opened, leaving the twelve points from the Baihui to the Yintang.

Zhu Lingwu didn’t dare to be careless with these acupoints. Fortunately, a Ninth Rank Adept in the Martial Arts was watching over him. Even if something went wrong, Liu Ping could promptly take care of Zhu Lingwu.

Additionally, the ancient herbal formula provided by Meng Yishi had already been boiled into a medicinal broth. Although it hadn’t yet been mixed with the blood of spirit beasts, several fierce beasts that Zhu Lingwu had ordered were delivered to the backyard of the yamen. Thus, the medicinal broth was mixed with the beast blood, making the essence energy contained in the beast blood even more concentrated.

As Meng Yishi had said, even without mixing it with the beast blood, the medicinal broth had good medicinal properties. However, when mixed with the beast blood, it could better enhance its effects. After Liu Ping tasted it himself, he was quite satisfied and agreed that Zhu Lingwu could drink it before practicing.

So, Zhu Lingwu dispelled his original concerns and drank the beast blood mixed with the medicinal broth. Surprisingly, after drinking it, Zhu Lingwu felt that his Blood Absorption Technique also worked, directly absorbing the energy contained in the medicinal broth into his body.

This made Zhu Lingwu even more satisfied. It seemed that as long as it was a liquid, once it entered his body, he could fully absorb the essence energy it contained.

It wasn’t clear if Meng Yishi’s formula really came from some cultivation sect, but after drinking the medicinal broth mixed with the beast blood, Zhu Lingwu indeed felt that it had a good effect on the essence blood of his martial arts cultivation.

Under Liu Ping’s protection, Zhu Lingwu spent about half a month impacting the acupoints on the Governor Vessel in his head, finally opening them all.

The remaining task was to connect the Conception and Governor Vessels. Once these were connected, the Small Circulation would be fully opened.

Time flew, and it was already late August, the season of harvest. In Tongshan County, surrounded by mountains, one could see red and yellow hues everywhere, and the air seemed to be filled with the fragrance of ripe fruits and vegetables.

After practicing for more than five months, Zhu Lingwu was about to reap the fruits of his cultivation, the full opening of the Small Circulation.

To say that Zhu Lingwu’s cultivation speed left Liu Ping, who had been teaching him, speechless would be an understatement. This speed was simply too fast. Although Liu Ping had originally expected that Zhu Lingwu could open the Small Circulation in about half a year, seeing his actual cultivation speed still left him somewhat speechless.

After opening the Small Circulation, Zhu Lingwu’s cultivation of the Martial Arts had a solid foundation. He could then begin to practice some boxing and kicking techniques. Before this, the original owner of Zhu Lingwu’s body, the eight-year-old child, relied on the brute strength brought by the transformation of the Witch God, wielding a pair of copper cones without any real techniques.

Of course, the boxing and kicking techniques Liu Ping taught Zhu Lingwu were not just for show. These martial combat techniques had been gradually perfected through battles between humans, fierce beasts, demons, and even among humans themselves. They were truly effective in combat.

As a member of a scholar family, Zhu Lingwu originally had no need to learn the Martial Arts, let alone martial combat techniques. He could simply order his subordinates to do everything. However, as a witch demon who had crossed over, Zhu Lingwu felt that having some strength of his own was the most important thing.

Therefore, he told Liu Ping that he wanted to learn martial combat techniques. After some consideration, Liu Ping agreed that practicing these techniques would help Zhu Lingwu open the acupoints on his hands and feet for the Great Circulation. So, once Zhu Lingwu reached the full Small Circulation realm, Liu Ping would teach him martial combat techniques.

Of course, Zhu Lingwu’s eagerness to learn martial combat techniques was also due to a sense of urgency. He increasingly felt that something was off about Meng Yishi.

This guy seemed to have ulterior motives. If he were just after the medicine, he wouldn’t have kept sending out wandering spirits to secretly watch and monitor him.

So, although Zhu Lingwu drank the beast blood mixed with the medicinal broth and used his Blood Absorption Technique to fully absorb the energy, he was always a bit uneasy.

To address this, Zhu Lingwu conducted a small experiment. He took a small dose of poison to see how his body would react if he were poisoned.

There was no other way. After all, this was not the original dead body of a witch demon. This living body was something Zhu Lingwu didn’t want to easily destroy, especially since his current identity was very satisfying.

The results of the experiment were also quite satisfactory. As long as he was careful, he shouldn’t be poisoned to death by the medicine he drank...