Free Web NovelChapter 143: Chapter 142: Pure Body, Glazed Heart Realm
Even without activating Yao Ling, Fu Juemin could clearly hear the sound of his blood flowing and his bones humming.
Impurities in his mind and body were being stripped away from every corner by a force, as if precipitating ink out of clear water.
The process was slow and agonizing. When all the impurities were forced to the surface of his skin, his entire body took on a strange, dark red hue, as if he might shatter at any moment.
At the instant he reached his limit—
"CRACK."
With the crisp sound of a shell breaking, a continuous series of clear notes, like the clinking of fine porcelain, rang out from within him.
A massive amount of filth and impurities was expelled from every pore on his body. This was immediately followed by a boundless, gentle, yet irresistible formless power that erupted outward with him at the center!
He was seated where the skylight from the training hall’s dome shone down. In that instant, it seemed as if even the surrounding light radiated outward in a circle.
When all the changes ceased, Fu Juemin slowly opened his eyes. At that moment, a seven-colored, glazed wheel of light seemed to flash through his pupils before vanishing.
The entire world seemed to have changed.
Fu Juemin could "see" the trajectory of dust motes in the air, "hear" the faint sound of snow sliding off the roof deep in the courtyard outside, and "smell" the damp, decaying scent wafting from deep within the wooden floorboards beneath him...
His five senses had been immensely amplified and purified. Countless streams of information flowed into the lake of his mind like pure water, yet they failed to stir the slightest ripple.
This "superpower," along with the greatest sense of tranquility he had ever felt, only began to fade after half a minute... He had thoroughly completed the breakthrough process.
"Hooo—"
Fu Juemin let out a soft breath and slowly rose to his feet.
Shrugging off the training robes, which were now caked in a layer of filth, he stood stark naked in the light.
Examining his body, he found that his physique had "shrunk" once again, returning to its previous lean and well-proportioned state.
His skin had already been very good, but now it had become as flawless as the finest white jade. The wet, dirty blood left on his skin from the breakthrough had already beaded up and rolled off like water on a lotus leaf, leaving not a single stain behind.
He tried moving his limbs. There was no familiar cracking of bones, only a harmonious rhythm, like water flowing over smooth jade.
"Body like glaze, clear and bright inside and out; pure, without flaw or filth; vast and brilliant."
According to the Pharmacist Buddha’s Glazed Body, his current physique should be approaching the state described in the Cultivation Technique as the "Pure Body."
The level above that would be the true "Pharmacist Buddha’s Glazed Body."
He opened his character panel and saw the Cultivation Technique section now displayed—[Pharmacist Buddha’s Glazed Body (Great Success: Life +10, Defense +10)].
His Life Attribute had increased by a full 5 points, causing the Innate Primordial Qi in his body to surge. Both its quality and quantity surpassed its previous state by an unknown number of times. It had transformed from a barely perceptible wisp of air into a tangible vortex of Qi, residing near the Dantian in his lower abdomen.
The similarly surging 5 points of Defense were partially overwritten, resulting in only a 3-point increase shown on the panel, but it still brought Fu Juemin’s total Defense to 23!
Fu Juemin felt he was in excellent condition, yet he also felt that the improvements from reaching Great Success in the Pharmacist Skill weren’t as massive as he had imagined. There was still a pile of new information in his head that he needed to digest...
After a moment of thought, he walked over and picked up the silver revolver he had previously tossed on the floor.
Amidst the crisp sound of a bullet being chambered, Fu Juemin’s eyes were clear and calm.
Next, he was going to properly test... all the changes to his strength after this breakthrough.
....
「Fifteen minutes later, in the same training hall.」
Fu Juemin and Kitty stood facing each other.
"BAM!"
With a dull thud, Kitty’s figure was sent flying, landing several meters away.
Without a word, Kitty quickly scrambled up and returned to his original spot.
"BAM!"
"BAM! BAM!"
For the next while, Kitty was repeatedly sent flying by Fu Juemin, yet he stubbornly got up and walked back each time, offering no resistance. To an outsider, the whole process would have looked indescribably bizarre.
"That’s enough."
As Kitty walked back once more, Fu Juemin lowered his hands. He seemed to have found the answer he was looking for. He looked at Kitty with a gentle gaze and asked, "Was it that you couldn’t dodge, or that you didn’t want to?"
Kitty frowned and pondered for a long time before finally squeezing out, "I felt... like there was no need to dodge."
Fu Juemin smiled and waved a hand, dismissing him.
Once again, Fu Juemin was left alone in the training hall.
Fu Juemin closed his eyes, and deep within his consciousness, a Dharma Form of the Pharmacist Buddha—azure blue and radiating infinite, precious light—immediately manifested.
—This was the "Glazed Heart Realm" brought about by the Great Success Pharmacist Skill.
In this state, the lake of Fu Juemin’s mind was as clear as a mirror, unstained by dust, free of ripples, and devoid of any killing intent or hostility.
Kitty said there was no need to dodge because he genuinely felt that way; he couldn’t detect the slightest "intent" or "telltale sign" before Fu Juemin attacked.
It was like the wind blowing a leaf or water flowing over stone steps—it was all a natural occurrence, devoid of any "motive." Naturally, he wouldn’t think to resist it.
As for this ability, you might think it’s useless, but it does have its uses.
Ordinary Martial Artists predict their opponent’s moves by observing subtle changes in their expression and the minute movements of their muscles.
Superior members of a Martial Family, however, rely on a kind of feeling.
Just like with a Martial Artist of the Gratitude Sensing Realm, the saying "the cicada senses the autumn wind before it blows" refers to this very Martial Dao intuition, magnified to its absolute extreme.
And the "Glazed Heart Realm" is the perfect counter to this intuitive ability.
But if you were to say this ability is useful, it also appears to be "useless."
This is because in this state, Fu Juemin has no killing intent and no hostility.
If he wanted to kill someone, to crush and defeat an opponent... he would first have to exit this state. For this reason, it was of questionable practical use.
’As a Buddhist Sect Martial Art, the Pharmacist Skill was never intended for killing. It’s meant to stop evil, not take lives. That is the martial philosophy of the Pharmacist Skill...’
Fu Juemin walked to the side, picked up the revolver from the floor, and, with a calm expression, shot himself in the palm of his left hand.
"BANG!"
The gunshot rang out, but he muffled it in his palm. When he opened his fingers again, a brass bullet fell softly to the floor.
’23 points of Defense...’
Fu Juemin looked at the hand that had caught the bullet. A clear scorch mark was visible on his palm, along with some slight burns and bruising.
But after a short while, the color of the wound began to slowly fade...
Yes, self-healing.
A powerful self-healing ability was the second benefit brought by the Great Success Pharmacist Skill.
Fu Juemin flipped his palm over. With a turn of his thoughts, the Qi Blood in his body surged, and Vitality was generated.
This Vitality coated his palm. Lifting his hand to the light and examining it closely, he could see a faint, colorful halo, barely perceptible, flowing around the edge of his palm.
’Glazed Qi?’
Fu Juemin didn’t know if this name was accurate.
After reaching Great Success in the Pharmacist Skill, his constitution had undergone another "sublimation." His Qi Blood hadn’t increased, but some deeper aspects had changed.
The Glazed Qi he could now generate was of much higher quality than before. Even without using the power of the Snake Phase Poison Seed from the Five Aggregates Profound Slaughter Technique, breaking through the Tongxuan Body-Protecting Qi Membrane that Kitty cultivated with the Celestial Blessing Child Skill was now child’s play.
’Improved constitution, improved mental state, improved Innate Primordial Qi, improved Vitality...’
Fu Juemin summarized the various benefits of reaching Great Success in the Pharmacist Skill. With these all-around improvements, his combat prowess had naturally taken a great leap forward.
But.
Just as one had to rely on the Six Great Seals to fully unleash the Dragon Elephant Force gained from practicing the Dragon Elephant Wisdom Seal...
...to truly unleash the full power of the Great Success Pharmacist Skill, he also needed to use its companion technique—the Pharmacist Master Purifying Light Saber!
A shimmer of light floated in the depths of Fu Juemin’s eyes. He formed a Hand Blade and gently "slashed" forward.
Where the Hand Blade passed, the air seemed to be cut by an invisible blade, leaving behind a faint, seven-colored, glazed trail of light...
’Only now do I realize that the Glazed Pure Radiance Slash I comprehended at the Entry Level was just a superficial grasp of the Skill.’
’The true Pharmacist Master Purifying Light Saber contains nine saber forms and three killing moves, corresponding to the Twelve Great Vows and Nine Fundamental Vows in The Pharmacist Buddha’s Original Vow Sutra...’
’Purifying Filth and Light... Blessing of the Nectar of Healing... Thirsty Treasure Juice... Glazed Protection from Heat and Cold...’
The glazed wheel of light spun in Fu Juemin’s eyes. Using his hand as a saber, he executed the nine saber forms of the Pharmacist Master Purifying Light Saber one by one.
The Saber Technique, which he had once practiced countless times, now held many new nuances and variations in his hands.
And as he performed this round of the Saber Technique, clear chimes rang continuously from within him, his Qi Blood was naturally stimulated, and Vitality burst forth... Under the skylight, rings of glazed light rippled out around him, as if his entire body were covered in invisible prisms, constantly refracting and transforming the light...
