Chapter 1243: Lin Yuan’s Transformation
The Moon Empress sighed and said, “Once Little Yuan is done eating the Earth Center Fine Milk, I’ll ask him if he has more pure spirit qi. It must have been very uncomfortable to be bound by Cicada Song. With the pure spirit qi, your bloodline will probably improve. Once your bloodline is improved, you’ll be able to get over that rut.”
The Moon Empress noticed that Lin Yuan was only left with the last dish, and she was silently shocked by Lin Yuan’s resolve.
Once Lin Yuan cleared the last dish, she said, “Mystic Moon, now is the time. Give the Earth Center Fine Milk to Little Yuan now!”
If the Lifespan Mouse were not present, Mystic Moon would have hesitated to carry out this order.
But now, he was more than willing to allow Lin Yuan to consume the Earth Center Fine Milk.
After Lin Yuan swallowed the last mouthful, Mystic Moon’s hand shook, and a drop of white liquid flew into Lin Yuan’s mouth.
When the drop of white liquid entered his mouth, he felt all his bodily functions being suppressed.
If not for the white liquid’s stickiness preventing him from swallowing it instantly, he might have started to exclaim, “d.a.m.n! This Earth Center Fine Milk is so disgusting?”
It had a stench and was salty and bitter at the same time.
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When he finally managed to swallow it and felt relief that his surging blood and bloated soul would be alleviated, he was plunged into what he could only describe as true pain.
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When he had first consumed the Diamond Silver Stamen Gold l.u.s.ter Ca.s.sia nectar and cleansed his body of all impurities, he felt as though he was going through a slow death.
When he had consumed the Suzerain Silver Stamen Gold l.u.s.ter Ca.s.sia nectar, he felt as though his soul was being excruciatingly shattered.
He had thought that such physical and soul pain was the greatest extent of pain that existed.
But compared to the pain he was experiencing now, the physical and soul pain had been nothing.
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He was sure that if his body were sliced open now, it would immediately explode like a balloon, and blood would spurt out like a fountain.
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All of the medicinal effects of the food he had eaten rose from his surging blood and were injected into his flesh. It was so painful that Lin Yuan felt like he was becoming a large mulberry with a hatching parasite within it.
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As the parasite clawed its way outward, it started to drain the mulberry.
When Lin Yuan ate the Suzerain Silver Stamen Gold l.u.s.ter Ca.s.sia nectar, the physical pain slowed down his soul and dulled his sense of pain.
But because of the Island Whale’s brain oil and other spiritual ingredients, his soul was being overactivated. This greatly raised Lin Yuan’s sense of pain.
The Earth Center Fine Milk did not only affect his body but also his soul.
Its medicinal effects significantly strengthened Lin Yuan’s soul.
However, the medicinal effects were too strong, and Lin Yuan’s soul almost shattered in the process of absorbing the Earth Center Fine Milk.
Moreover, both of Lin Yuan’s souls were being affected simultaneously. This resulted in him experiencing twice the amount of soul pain.
If he were only experiencing either one of the pains, it would have been too much for him. But now that both pains were mixed, they struck a strange balance between Lin Yuan’s physical and soul pain.
Lin Yuan could not faint as a form of relief even if he wanted to.
At that moment, every pa.s.sing second felt a hundred times longer to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan’s activated soul enabled him to feel every single change in his body.
He tried using Calm Mind again, but the two types of pain made him unable to control his body.
Lin Yuan could only check on the condition within his body while the Moon Empress and Mystic Moon witnessed the changes to his exterior.
At that moment, Lin Yuan looked as though he was completely covered in blood.
Due to the Jade-Eating Blood Swallow’s nest, he produced an endless stream of blood that formed a thick crust that sealed Lin Yuan within.
Now, Lin Yuan looked like a coc.o.o.n.
The Moon Empress clenched her fist, and a pained expression came over her.
Mystic Moon was the same. But when he saw the Moon Empress’ expression, he hurriedly tried to comfort her and said, “Moon Empress, Young Lord will be able to ride out the effects of the Earth Center Fine Milk even if he didn’t eat all those beneficial spiritual ingredients. Now that he ate them, you don’t have to worry at all. He will be completely fine.”
The Moon Empress furrowed her brow even deeper.
She knew that the Earth Center Fine Milk would only be beneficial to Lin Yuan, but she could not help but be in pain as she watched him suffer in anguish.
Lin Yuan was currently undergoing a refinement of his genes and transforming himself.
The Moon Empress could not help him out even if she wanted to.
If she tried to alleviate his pain, it might halt his transformation. This would cause Lin Yuan to lose his opportunity.
But she thought of all the dishes that Lin Yuan had eaten, and her brow relaxed.
Given the time, the dishes should have been digested when the Earth Center Fine Milk took effect.
The double pain from his soul and body had left Lin Yuan numb.
He suddenly felt energy being released from within his stomach. Although the energy deepened Lin Yuan’s pain, every atom of energy acted like a soldier that protected his body and soul from being destroyed by the Earth Center Fine Milk. The energy also increased the rate of Lin Yuan’s absorption of the Earth Center Fine Milk.
Lin Yuan also absorbed all of this energy.
All he could do was helplessly hold on.
A few short minutes in the outside world felt like several centuries in Lin Yuan’s soul world.
During this time, Lin Yuan collapsed, was plunged into despair, and picked himself up over a thousand times.
Finally, Lin Yuan slowly acclimated himself to the soul and physical pain.