NCCnovel #121 - The body is transformed again
#121 - The body is transformed again
Chapter 121: Physical Body Undergoes Another Transformation
Zhang Chen 'watched' the silver-white light within his blood, which now transformed into silver-white talismans, coursing back and forth through his veins, constantly shaking his meridians, and burrowing into his flesh and skin to改造 them.
“I wonder what abilities I will gain from this evolution?” Zhang Chen mused with curiosity.
Meanwhile, Little Bean diligently wiped the statue, her small frame wielding a huge pole, appearing extremely disproportionate, yet she strove to maintain her balance, cleaning the statue spotlessly.
However, she was very worried about Zhang Chen. After wiping for a while, she immediately returned to check on him, placing her small hand on his forehead to feel his temperature.
“Don't worry about me, I'm fine! I have a kind of childhood illness that left some sequelae. I'll be fine in seven or eight days,” Zhang Chen forced a smile to reassure Little Bean.
Upon hearing this, tears welled up in Little Bean's eyes: “Really? You're not lying to me? Is it really a genetic disease, and not caused by the beating?”
“Of course.” Zhang Chen said with a smile.
Little Bean stared at Zhang Chen intently for a while, then turned back to her work.
“Children are so easy to coax.” Zhang Chen looked at Little Bean, secretly amused.
Once the temple was cleaned, the two of them went to the incense-making area. However, Zhang Chen was in pain even moving his fingers, so he naturally didn't work. Little Bean diligently used the grinding stone and various herbs to make incense, looking especially earnest.
While Little Bean worked, Zhang Chen lazily lay beside her. At this moment, someone couldn't stand it anymore. A disciple looked at Zhang Chen with a gloomy expression: “This junior brother, is it really okay to have a child do your work for you?”
“Mind your own business! Nosy fellow, get out of my way, or I, your grandma, will slap you to death.”
Before Zhang Chen could speak, Little Bean immediately retorted, causing the disciple's face to turn green and then red. In the end, he sat down, his face full of resentment.
At noon, Little Bean took a wooden bucket to get food, bringing back only two steamed buns and a bucket of porridge.
“I went too late. Our incense-making hall is too far from the kitchen. It looks like we're going to go hungry again.” Little Bean walked in from the door, grumbling as she held the bowl of food.
Looking at the food Little Bean brought back, Zhang Chen had no appetite at all: “I have no appetite at all. You eat these buns and porridge!”
Hearing this, Cheng Yu's eyes suddenly turned red, and tears began to spread.
“What's wrong?” Zhang Chen looked at the inexplicably crying Little Bean and asked in confusion.
“Your condition must be very serious, you can't even eat. It's all my fault for you taking the beating for me, causing your old illness to flare up. Zhang Chen, you're not going to die, are you?” Cheng Yu said with a sob.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen shook his head and gently stroked Little Bean's head: “Don't cry, I'm fine! You'll know in seven or eight days.”
“Really? You really didn't lie to me?” Cheng Yu looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of tearful eyes, her eyes full of anticipation.
“Of course!”
Zhang Chen nodded with a smile.
Seeing this, Cheng Yu immediately burst into laughter and happily began to eat.
As time passed, the disciples of the incense-making hall looked at Zhang Chen even more disapprovingly, after all, exploiting a child laborer was truly an insult to a man's demeanor.
However, Cheng Yu had mastered Transforming Strength. Although she was young and her strength was a little lacking, she could definitely slap someone to death. She was definitely a great expert in the Taoist temple. Although everyone disapproved, they were all blocked by Cheng Yu.
That night,
Cheng Yu refused to go back to her room to sleep, insisting on sharing a bed with Zhang Chen, afraid that Zhang Chen would die in the middle of the night.
Zhang Chen had no choice but to let Cheng Yu stay by his side. But who knew that in the middle of the night, Cheng Yu slept like a little pig, directly entangled in Zhang Chen's arms, hugging Zhang Chen's neck and riding on Zhang Chen's body, which made Zhang Chen quite helpless, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a while.
In the middle of the night, Cheng Yu suddenly woke up, sleepily reaching out to touch Zhang Chen's breath. After realizing that Zhang Chen was still alive, she finally felt relieved, snuggled into Zhang Chen's arms again, and continued to sleep soundly.
Cheng Yu fell asleep, but Zhang Chen didn't. Because the intense pain constantly stimulated his brain, he couldn't even enter a meditative state and couldn't cultivate the 《Heavenly Square Earth Round Diagram》.
Time passed quickly. As Zhang Chen's condition became more and more stable, Cheng Yu gradually felt relieved, but during these seven days, Zhang Chen hadn't drunk a drop of water, which made her a little worried, afraid that Zhang Chen would starve to death.
At dawn on the eighth day, as the bright moon hung high in the sky, Zhang Chen in the bedroom suddenly opened his eyes. A ray of moonlight shone through the window onto the floor, and at this moment, it was as if it had come to life. The moonlight wriggled and twisted as it flew towards Zhang Chen and burrowed into his body.
The blood cocoon in his body disappeared, and a silver-white crystal nucleus, about the size of a grain of rice, roamed through Zhang Chen's body.
The crystal nucleus was silver-white, emitting a clear and cold radiance like the moon, with countless mysterious runes engraved and flickering on it, appearing very mysterious.
Blood Control Technique was still Blood Control Technique, and its level hadn't improved, but one of Zhang Chen's abilities had been completed: Transformation into a Bat.
Regardless of whether it was day or night, as long as he thought about it, he could transform into a vampire bat and leave.
As for the manipulation of moonlight just now, it was just an instinctive power he had obtained. The distance at which he could now absorb moonlight had reached ten meters.
Looking at Cheng Yu, who was entangled on his body like an octopus, Zhang Chen's body flashed in the next moment, and he actually transformed into thirty-six vampire bats, flying out through the window, flapping his wings and soaring into the sky.
“Transforming into thirty-six bats at once, as long as one of them doesn't die, I won't perish!” Zhang Chen transformed into a bat, soaring in the sky. After thirty breaths, he had already arrived above the blue sky and white clouds, overlooking the entire Taoist temple and the endless mountains and rivers. A thought arose in Zhang Chen's mind: Should I just run away?
After thinking about it, he decided against it. He, Zhang Chen, was someone who wanted to cultivate immortality. There were still many things in that Taoist temple worth coveting, such as: martial arts. Such as: the Yellow Court Sutra. Such as: the place where the Yellow Court Sutra was discovered.
Zhang Chen transformed into a vampire bat, and at this moment, flying in the moonlight, he discovered that vampire bats not only had ultrasonic positioning, but their vision was also super good.
The moonlight was like flowing water, and the bat's wings flickered with silver-white symbols. The symbols were mysterious and unpredictable, absorbing the moonlight between heaven and earth and nourishing Zhang Chen's crystal nucleus.
Zhang Chen soared in the air. He felt like he had thirty-six more eyes. How to describe that feeling? There was no sense of discomfort at all, just like the feeling of a person looking at things with one eye versus looking at things with two eyes. He only felt that looking at things was more comprehensive, without that sense of visual disorientation.
Thirty-six vampire bats scattered in the air, constantly increasing the distance between them. Countless mountains flowed beneath their feet as they used their ultrasonic waves to scan the terrain. The landscape within a dozen miles was clearly mapped out, serving as a potential escape route for the future.
Then, Zhang Chen, in his vampire bat form, turned back, intending to fly towards the Taoist temple. However, a strange force suddenly emanated from above the temple, causing him to feel dizzy and disoriented, as if struck by an inexplicable power. His bat form plummeted directly towards the temple.
"What the hell is that!" Zhang Chen exclaimed in alarm. If he fell from such a height, even as a winged bat, he would likely be smashed into minced meat.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen was no ordinary person. At the critical moment, the crystal core within his body flickered, forcibly stabilizing his Qi and blood. He then swiftly glided down and landed on the bed. The thirty-six vampire bats transformed back into Zhang Chen's human form.
Zhang Chen on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, pushing Cheng Yu, who was wrapped around him, away with lingering fear. Then, he pushed open the door and walked out of the room, a golden light flashing in his eyes as his Dharma Eye opened.
When he transforms into a vampire bat, he is just a vampire bat who can control blood. The skills such as the Light of the Righteous God in his body will disappear inexplicably, as if they do not exist. Only when he transforms back into a human body will the rest of the abilities return.
Zhang Chen activated his Dharma Eye to see what was so strange about this Yellow Dawn Temple that it had almost caused his vampire bat form to crash.
As Zhang Chen's Dharma Eye opened, he saw dozens of golden lights soaring into the sky, a strong fragrance of incense swirling around his nose. The fragrance did not affect his physical body, but directly entered his soul.
The dozens of golden lights varied in thickness, the thickest being the size of a water vat, and the thinnest being as thin as a strand of hair.
"The Qi of incense! It's exactly the same as the Qi of incense on Elder Wu's body? But the aura is much weaker than Elder Wu's. Could this be the mystery of the Yellow Sky Dao's sacrifices?"
"Is it a god? Or is it just purely gathered incense?" A hint of terror appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes.
Then, before his very eyes, the dozens of incense Qi soared into the sky, seemingly passing through the void and entering some mysterious place, until the last ray of divine light disappeared completely, and then everything returned to normal.
"If those dozens of light pillars are the power of incense, then was there a mysterious existence absorbing the incense just now? This Yellow Sky Dao is really strange," Zhang Chen muttered to himself under the moonlight.
The aura of those dozens of rays of light was very similar to his own Light of the Righteous God, but there was also a fundamental difference. Although both were brilliant and upright, one seemed to be born naturally, while the other seemed to be pieced together artificially, making them completely incomparable.
"Qi of incense, divine power." Zhang Chen sensed the Light of the Righteous God in his body, and a thought flashed in his mind: "Could my Light of the Righteous God be divine power? Innate divine power?"
Zhang Chen closed his Dharma Eye and stood in the courtyard. Suddenly, he felt a tingling sensation on his skin. With a casual poke, another large piece of human skin was torn off.
He was shedding his skin again!
Seeing this, Zhang Chen quickly walked into the room, carefully looked at the little bean sprout on the bed, and then slowly tore off the human skin from his body. The feeling was like tearing off a layer of shackles.
But looking at the torn-off human skin, Zhang Chen was in a dilemma. How should he deal with this human skin? He didn't dare to leave it behind, in case someone else got it and used some strange method to curse and harm him with the hair and other objects that fell from his body. That would be harming himself.
"Fortunately, I'm very hungry. I haven't eaten for seven or eight days. Today, I'll eat big bones." Zhang Chen summoned the fox spirit and made a silent gesture to her. The fox spirit understood Zhang Chen's meaning, and the next moment, her figure disappeared into the darkness.
Zhang Chen didn't have to wait long before he saw the fox spirit returning with a basin of meat. This time, it was a basin of ribs.
Zhang Chen looked at the ribs, and thunderous rumbles sounded in his stomach. Then, Zhang Chen first applied a water-vapor-composed light罩, covering the stove in the room.
He had to burn the human skin, which would inevitably create a strange smell. First, use the water罩 to confine it, and then mix it with the smell of stewed meat, which will definitely be able to hide it from the little bean sprout.
Then, Zhang Chen used his divine power to draw clear water to wash the meat clean, and then lit the stove fire to start burning the human skin and stewing the meat.
Zhang Chen looked at the little bean sprout on the bed. She hadn't slept well for the past seven days, but today she was sleeping soundly like a little pig, and even a slight snore was coming from her mouth.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen shook his head. He had a good impression of the girl in his heart. Apart from being able to eat a little, this girl seemed to have no problems.
Seeing that the meat skin was burned, the pot of stewed meat emitted a fragrance. Zhang Chen removed the protective cover made of water, allowing the fragrance of the stewed meat to spread throughout the room.
"Chomp ~ Chomp ~"
The little bean sprout on the bed began to smack her lips, the sound of saliva being especially obvious in the silent room.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, the little bean sprout woke up, subconsciously reaching out to the side of the bed. After feeling empty, she was startled and sat up, quickly calling out: "Junior brother!"
"What are you shouting about? I'm here," Zhang Chen said unhappily, sitting in front of the stove.
"You're stewing meat? Are you okay?" The little bean sprout climbed down from the bed barefoot, ran to Zhang Chen's side, stroked Zhang Chen's skin that had returned to normal temperature, and then looked at the rolling ribs. Her eyes lit up instantly.
It could be seen that the little bean sprout was very happy, not just ordinary happy!
Zhang Chen's illness was cured, and she had ribs to eat again. Could there be anything better in this world?
"I'm so grateful to you for the past few days," Zhang Chen looked at the little bean sprout, pulled her over to sit on his lap, and then hugged her. Seeing the large blisters that had formed on her small, tender hands, there was a hint of emotion in his eyes.
The little bean sprout clenched her hands, not letting him see the marks on her hands. At this time, she scolded with a straight face: "You are my junior brother. Isn't it right for me, as your senior sister, to take care of you?"
Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this and touched the little bean sprout's head: "It is indeed right."
"Zhang Chen!!! You are not allowed to touch my head!!! I am your senior sister!!! Children will not grow taller if their heads are touched." The little bean sprout was like a hedgehog whose fur had exploded, glaring at Zhang Chen, and then crawled out of Zhang Chen's arms: "You are not allowed to hug me like this in the future. I don't think it's appropriate to hug like this! It doesn't seem right! I'm not your daughter, how can you hug me like this?"
"Okay, okay, I won't hug you! I won't hug you! It's time for us to eat!" Zhang Chen said nice things to fool her. While he was saying this, he hugged the little bean sprout in his arms again, seemingly fooling a child:
"Come, junior brother will pick the biggest piece of meat for you, to reward you for taking care of me these past few days."