Suddenly, a female voice echoed through the mountains, "Shanshan, don't you think the place I picked is wonderful? The scenery here is simply breathtaking! Ah... ah..."
"Shanshan, you should shout too! It feels instantly so liberating!"
"Ah... ah..." Another girl began to shout loudly as well.
It turned out to be the weekend, and two Jizhou University students had come to the mountains for a trip!
She wore a beige athletic outfit, with a high ponytail tied on her head. Her exquisite face was completely flawless. Standing around one hundred and seventy centimeters tall with a slim and slender figure, she exuded an aura of aloofness.
This girl was Su Shanshan, majoring in economics at Jizhou University, and one of the campus's four great beauties.
The other was Gu Yanzi, a charming and alluring beauty dressed in a blue tight-fitting denim outfit. She wore her hair in long, slight waves that fluttered gently in the wind, and possessed a pair of captivating, soul-stirring eyes that seemed capable of speaking. Standing around one hundred and sixty-seven centimeters tall, she had a graceful and curvaceous figure.
She was also one of Jizhou University's four great beauties, and a genius tech prodigy from the department of computer science.
The two of them were busy taking pictures with their phones and having a wonderful time, completely unaware that a faint, eerie mist had quietly filled the mountains at some point.
"Yanzi, why do we suddenly feel a bit chilly? It's getting foggy, let's head back!"
"Alright, Shanshan, we've had such a fun time today. Let's go back."
They took out their phones, only to discover there was no signal and the navigation app no longer worked.
"Shanshan, do you remember the way we came? My phone has no signal."
"My memory is getting a bit blurry too. Let's slowly look for the way down the mountain."
Holding hands, the two walked slowly back, only to realize half an hour later that they were lost.
"Shanshan, what should we do? We seem to be lost. Look at that large bluestone—it looks just like one we passed earlier." Gu Yanzi couldn't help shivering involuntarily as she spoke.
"Yanzi, you don't think we've run into a ghost trap, do you?" Su Shanshan said with a trembling voice.
The two pressed tightly against each other, frantically shaking their phones, but the screen still showed no signal.
"What should we do? Are we going to be trapped here to death? I don't want to die, Shanshan. I've never even had a boyfriend yet."
"Is this really the time to be thinking about that? Let's shout out together, hopefully someone will hear us."
"Is anyone there? We're trapped, please come and save us!"
Before long, their voices grew fainter and fainter as they began to feel a surging heat inside their bodies, causing them to frantically tug at their clothes.
"Yanzi, I'm so hot."
"Me too, let's drink some water first."
...
Just as their consciousness was gradually fading, they saw a handsome young man walking quickly toward them from a distance.
Lin Tianchen gently shook their arms. "Beauties, wake up."
By this time, Su Shanshan and Gu Yanzi no longer had the strength to speak.
Lin Tianchen muttered to himself, "You two are lucky to have run into me, otherwise you'd soon become that lecherous dragon's prey."
With quick and practiced movements, Lin Tianchen hoisted both of them onto his shoulders.
Lin Tianchen rushed home at lightning speed. It looked like the two of them had been afflicted by the lust-inducing venom of a mirage dragon.
This poison could not be dispelled by ordinary means. It seemed he would have to try the Taiyi Medical Classic he had inherited to see if it could neutralize the poison.
However, time waited for no one, and the two women's consciousness was already beginning to blur.
Oh dear, what should he do now? It looked like he had no choice but to take a desperate gamble and treat a dead horse as if it were still alive.
Ah! Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda; if I don't go to hell, who will? He could only hope the Taiyi Refining Heaven Formula would pull through and successfully accomplish this heavy responsibility of saving lives.
First, he sat Su Shanshan down in a cross-legged position. Lin Tianchen placed both palms against her back, channeling the spiritual power within his body into the woman. After circulating it for a full cycle, he found the situation far more severe than he had imagined.
Lin Tianchen suddenly thought of the Taiyi Refining Heaven Formula, which claimed to be able to refine all things. Could he guide the medicinal potency into his own body and refine it there? The moment the thought crossed his mind, he acted on it.
Lin Tianchen cautiously guided a sliver of the medicinal potency into his own body, wrapped it with his spiritual power, and then used the Taiyi Physique to refine the potency.
A surge of joy suddenly welled up in Lin Tianchen's heart—it really worked! The medicinal potency had been successfully refined. Encouraged, he increased his efforts, steadily drawing all the remaining poison out of Su Shanshan's body. An hour later, Lin Tianchen stood up. Su Shanshan's detoxification was complete; the toxins in her body had been entirely eradicated, while his own cultivation level had also increased after refining the medicinal potency.
Next, Lin Tianchen repeated the exact same process for Gu Yanzi, purging all the toxins from her body.
Throughout the entire detoxification process, he owed a massive debt of gratitude to the Taiyi Physique. Legend had it that back in ancient times, the human ancestor the Yellow Emperor had studied the Taiyi Refining Heaven Formula and attained the Taiyi Physique. Only by doing so was he able to lead the entire human race to gain a foothold on the primordial land, standing alongside the Demon Race and the Demon Race to rule the world. Once this physique was initially formed, it could transform and absorb all forms of energy, and toxins were simply another form of energy.
When the heavens and earth first opened and living beings were born, the human race, cursed with frail bodies, was reduced to mere fodder and rations for other races. That was an unbearable past to look back on, a history of blood and tears paved with the blood of human ancestors.
Yet heaven showed mercy: while it did not grant humanity strong physical bodies, it bestowed upon them peerless comprehension. Later on, the primordial human sovereigns—the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors—led the human race through thorns and thistles, carving out a path of blood. Only through such trials were they able to survive the brutal competition among myriad races.
Among all this, the Taiyi Bead and the Taiyi Refining Heaven Formula played an indelible role, allowing humanity to fight its way out of countless mortal perils and ultimately emerge victorious.
Lin Tianchen sat cross-legged on the sofa with his five centers facing the sky, circulating the Taiyi Refining Heaven Formula. He felt the true Qi within his body grow significantly stronger, having already reached the peak of the Kaiyang Realm Initial Stage. The toxins he had refined during the detoxification process had provided him with a massive amount of energy; with just one final push, he would be able to break through to the Kaiyang Mid Stage. Closing his eyes, he closely felt the true Qi surging through his meridians. The meridians were growing increasingly robust and broad, and his physical body was steadily becoming stronger.
Finally, at a certain moment, a crisp "crack" seemed to echo from within his body. The bottleneck of the Kaiyang Mid Stage cracked open slightly, and under the continuous scouring of true Qi, it ultimately became completely unobstructed, while a richer golden glow manifested across the surface of his skin.
At that moment, a wave of joy washed over Lin Tianchen. He hadn't expected to break through to the Kaiyang Mid Stage so quickly after just entering the Kaiyang Realm.
With his current strength, dealing with a Grandmaster Realm martial artist would be an absolute breeze. Truly, good deeds bring good rewards, he sighed inwardly once more. The enchanting scenes from when he was detoxifying the two women floated back into his mind, and his body gradually began to stir with impulse. Realizing this, he didn't dare dwell on it any longer, hastily chanting the calming incantation a few times to steady his mind.
After his cultivation broke through to the Kaiyang Mid Stage, the resulting boost in power reached twentyfold. If he combined it with suitable martial techniques, he would undoubtedly unleash even greater might.
Immersing his mind into his dantian, he saw the Taiyi Bead revolving slowly at the center, emitting a faint luminescence from its surface. Entering the internal space of the Taiyi Bead, he found a row of bookshelves displaying various martial techniques.
After browsing through them, he ultimately chose a martial technique called the Xuanyuan Heaven-Shattering Skill. This technique was originally the guardian cultivation method of the ancient giant spirit race; without a powerful physique, it was impossible to execute. It could be called an absolute match for the Taiyi Refining Heaven Formula, and when used together, they would surely produce a result where one plus one is greater than two.
Having chosen the martial technique, Lin Tianchen opened his eyes and stood up. Seeing that the two women were still fast asleep, he gently pushed open the door, walked out into the courtyard, and began practicing the Xuanyuan Heaven-Shattering Skill. As the sound of his punching wind rang out continuously, the Taiyi Refining Heaven Formula inside his body also began to circulate automatically, drawing the pitifully meager spiritual Qi in the air into his body bit by bit, refreshing his mind.
In the current Dharma-ending age, the spiritual Qi required for immortal cultivation had almost vanished entirely. Thanks to the Taiyi Refining Heaven Formula, any other cultivation method would have been utterly impossible to practice without relying on rare heavenly treasures.