Chapter 866 Entering the Upper King Realm
“How could this be?”
The fairy in yellow stood by the Merit Spring, greatly surprised.
The water surface was supposed to be as calm as a mirror, but the spring water was surging and boiling.
Li Mu was immersed in the spring water, and his whole body from head to toe was bright red, making him look like a boiled shrimp.
His bones and flesh hadn’t been dissolved in the spring water.
That meant he was a man of virtue instead of a villain.
However, the spring water was boiling wildly, which was not a normal state.
“The body of a man of virtue can absorb the spiritual power of the spring water, which has the magical effect of turning merits into power. In the past, many people in the Celestial Court bathed in the Merit Spring, but their changes were silent. Why does Li Mu cause the spring to make such a strange sound?”
The fairy in yellow knitted her brows slightly.
The Merit Spring was located inside the Dust-cleansing Pavilion and looked like a well. It was not large in area, but it was just like those hot springs in the mortal world. It was surrounded by white jade stairs and railings, and the surroundings were quite beautiful.
The spring water was usually calm and quiet when it converted merits into power. The conversion process depended on one’s comprehension and inner peace.
However, it was making a bubbling sound now, and the water surface rose and fell violently like boiling magma.
The eyes of the fairy in yellow flashed with divine light, and she observed the spring carefully.
Soon, a look of disbelief and shock appeared on her face.
“Could it be that the spring water is boiling because this young man’s merit exceeds the upper limit of the spring’s capacity?”
She came to a conclusion, but she just couldn’t believe it.
“Making the entire Merit Spring boil requires many merit points! How could such a young man have that many merit points?”
However, no matter how carefully she observed, she could only find this one reason for the Merit Spring’s strange change.
“What on earth has this young man done? Has he saved the world?”
The more she thought, the more shocked she became.
“He has acc.u.mulated so much merit at such a young age. Is he the reincarnation of a Buddha?
“That doesn’t make sense either.
“Even if he were the reincarnation of a Buddha, his merits would belong to his previous life and wouldn’t acc.u.mulate in this life.”
The fairy in yellow suddenly began to believe that this young man was the person that the sages had mentioned.
“He has so many merit points, and he is like those 10,000-year-old Buddhas. Even the Merit Spring can’t withstand his energy. The spring water has seeped into his body and infused much energy into him in addition to the energy of the immortal peach. If it goes on like this, he will explode and die.”
Standing outside the pavilion, the fairy in yellow hesitated for a moment. Then, she walked slowly into the spring water, came to Li Mu, stopped behind him, and gently put her slender hands on his back.
“Only by balancing Yin and Yang can I help him convert merits to power.”
She pressed her body tightly against his.
She had lived for ten thousand years, seen many changes in the world, and experienced many things. In her eyes, Li Mu was like a child, so she didn’t feel embarra.s.sed or shy at all.
Now, Li Mu was feeling like there were hot currents surging through him. He had no idea what was happening.
His thoughts and mind were in a mess. He was trying his best to suppress the heat in his body.
However, it was very difficult to do so.
He felt as if there were endless flames burning inside him and heat was constantly filling his body, but he could not convert the energy. He felt like a balloon that was constantly supplied with more hot air and gradually approaching the verge of explosion.
Just when he was about to lose his control, he suddenly felt an extremely comfortable chill coming from his back and instantly making him cool down.
Under the effect of this sudden chill, he even felt that some of the heat inside him turned into moderate, gentle energy. The energy merged with his body, making him feel unprecedentedly comfortable.
“Ah…”
He groaned and instinctively turned around to embrace the source of the chill. He opened his arms and held the source tightly in his arms, as if he were going to rub it into his body.
The face of the fairy in yellow changed slightly.
However, she did not struggle but chose to let him hold herself in his arms. She placed her palms on his back and ran her power to guide the flow of natural qi in his body and help him refine the power of his merit and the immortal peach.
Time went by.
The Merit Spring was still boiling violently, but there was no steam or mist. It was very strange.
The spring water wetted the fairy’s hair and yellow dress and made her look even more charming. Her wet yellow dress was stuck to her body, making her look as if she were naked, revealing her well-developed, perky b.r.e.a.s.t.s and slender waist…
Her graceful and beautiful figure was completely revealed at once.
Wisps of white mist swirled above Li Mu’s head.
The abnormal bright red color of his skin began to fade away.
He could hear faint sounds like dragon roars inside his body. The eight cracks in his spine were healing slowly, and his spine was constantly vibrating at a high frequency.
The energy of the immortal peach turned into strange runes that were constantly imprinted on the bones of his spine.
Moreover, the color of the true energy inside his body began to change from silver to gold.
As the color changed, his power increased.
The water surface of the Merit Spring was dropping slowly.
The amount of spring water was decreasing as more spring water turned into the power of merit and seeped into this body.
About two hours later.
The remaining water of the Merit Spring was less than one-third of the original volume.
Another two hours later.
The Merit Spring was completely dry.
Li Mu was “swollen”.
He was two to three times bigger than before. Now, he looked like a fat balloon with layers of fat around his arms, waist, legs, and feet. He was out of shape, as if he had been inflated with water.
Too much power of merit had acc.u.mulated inside him, causing his entire body to swell.
He was still performing the Xiantian Skill.
Under the guidance of the fairy in yellow, the power of merit continuously merged with Li Mu’s body.
Countless mysterious golden runes covered Li Mu’s whole body and flickered under his skin. Every time they flashed, his body seemed to be a gold one, and every time they disappeared, the body seemed to be that of a Buddha returning to the world.
Li Mu was still holding the fairy tightly in his arms, their bodies pressed against each other.
Another two hours pa.s.sed.
The strange golden runes flickered like the stars in the night sky many times.
Li Mu’s figure finally returned to normal.
The energy that had built up inside of him had finally been completely refined.
All his discomfort was gone.
He felt refreshed, as if he had been reborn. He withdrew his consciousness from his practice and slowly opened his eyes.
Then, he was completely dumbfounded.
He found himself holding a yellow-dressed fairy in his arms!
They were in a strange posture. He could even clearly feel that the heart of the fairy in yellow was beating strongly, and he could feel the smooth and soft skin of her perky b.r.e.a.s.t.s… It was an unprecedented wonderful feeling, and he felt as if he were in a dream.
“This…
“What’s going on?”
Li Mu was at a loss.
He only remembered that after he got into the water of the Merit Spring as instructed by the fairy in yellow, the energy in his body got out of control, and he fell into a state of chaos.
He couldn’t remember what happened later.
“Why don’t you let go of me?” The fairy in yellow said.
There was a cold look on her face.
Li Mu hurriedly let go of her. He felt a chill at his crotch. Only then did he realize that he was completely naked, and his face suddenly turned red as if it were dyed. He quickly stepped back…
Boom!
Something unexpected happened.
At first, Li Mu wanted to retreat to the bank of the pool, pick up the clothes and put them on, but as soon as he exerted a little strength through his feet, he flew out.
He only saw a blur and flew hundreds of meters away, breaking the railings and stone pillars of the Dust-cleansing Pavilion and tens of immortal peach trees.
“What’s going on?”
Li Mu subconsciously exerted strength through his feet to steady himself, but he failed to control his strength well once again and flew back to the Dust-cleansing Pavilion. He crashed into the huge pavilion, and it collapsed completely.
“This kind of power is… so great.”
He lay p.r.o.ne in the ruins of the pavilion and didn’t exert any strength.
He realized that the power in his body was incredible. He suddenly gained such great power, but he hadn’t adapted himself to this new power. As a result, when he tried to use the power, he would cause excessive destructive power beyond his control.
He lay p.r.o.ne in the ruins, feeling the power in his body.
Then, the look on his face changed.
“Am I in the Upper King Realm?”
To his disbelief, he found that he had already entered the Upper King Realm.
Looking inside himself, he could see that the primitive natural qi in his body had turned into golden misty light. It was neither a gas nor a liquid, but it was many times stronger than before.
On a closer look, this golden misty light was actually made of countless mysterious golden runes s.h.i.+ning with divine light. The runes were interconnected with each other, forming golden chains.
“Are these… the divine runes of my source energy? It is said that pract.i.tioners in the Upper King Realm can gain the power of divine runes, and their true energy will turn into runes that can connect the energy of heaven and earth and regenerate endlessly. It seems that the rumors are true.”
Li Mu was greatly shocked.
Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that he would enter the Upper King Realm like this.
The most difficult part of entering the Upper King Realm was not to increase one’s natural qi, but to refine it into the divine runes of source energy.
This process was called “runes refining”.
For many pract.i.tioners in the King Realm, this step was as difficult as climbing to the sky. As to what kind of source energy runes those pract.i.tioners should produce by refining their natural qi, they had to constantly feel the energy between heaven and earth on their own, communicate with heaven and earth, and outline their own divine runes of source energy in their minds.
Li Mu hadn’t even reached the ultimate level of the King Realm, so he didn’t think about outlining his own divine runes of source energy, and he believed that was not necessary.
However, he had accidentally refined his own divine runes of source energy and successfully entered the Upper King Realm.
“Is this… a good thing or a bad thing?”
“Aren’t you going to put on your clothes?” The cold voice of the fairy in yellow rang out.
Lying in the ruins, Li Mu took out some clothes from the storage s.p.a.ce, put them on, and tried carefully to adapt to the new power in his body. Then, he toddled out of the ruins like a baby who had just learned how to walk.
“How are you feeling?”
The fairy in yellow looked Li Mu up and down as she asked the question.
Li Mu said with a guilty conscience, “Did… did we… well, did we… do that?”