35. Pure Immortal Physique (Please Follow for Updates)

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“Whoosh!”

A stream of energy burst from within Qin Fen. Immaculately white, it writhed like a scarlet spirit serpent and swept across the sky like a razor-sharp blade.

Staring at the crimson arcane energy, he blinked. “Lin Fan, why do I have only thirteen silver veins?”

“You opened thirteen silver veins?”

Lin Fan was utterly astonished. He had never expected Qin Fen to open thirteen silver veins after consuming the Golden Crow’s blood. He himself had opened only fifteen. The Golden Crow’s blood truly affected everyone differently. Qin Fen must have possessed a constitution particularly suited to cultivation.

Qin Fen scratched his head. “I saw that the silver veins in your body resembled a star chart, so I thought I could open fifteen as well. In the end, I managed only thirteen.”

Qin Fen’s original wish had been to become as tall and imposing as Chen Cunyuan. The result had been a profound disappointment.

Lin Fan’s silver veins had not been opened in a single day. It had taken him dozens of days. The moment the silver veins appeared and arcane energy first formed, he had already gained a thousand pounds of strength. After enduring several battles, it was precisely because of those silver veins that he had repeatedly escaped danger.

When he opened his first spring, even the purple-haired girl had been surprised, as though she had not expected Lin Fan to discover the method of reaching the Source Realm on his own.

“What silver veins? Why do I have only bronze vein marks—and only five of them?” Chen Cunyuan was completely lost. He had swallowed the Golden Crow’s blood and endured life-or-death trials before managing to open five bronze veins.

He had nothing like the silver veins they described.

“Vein marks are a path of cultivation. They can be used to store arcane energy and release it from the body. As for the difference between bronze veins and silver veins, I have no idea. In any case, developing vein marks is a good thing. It means that you have become cultivators.” Lin Fan offered the explanation based on what he had learned over the past few days. Developing silver veins brought the human body nothing but benefits.

“That’s wonderful! We’re all cultivators now…”

Qin Fen and Chen Cunyuan smiled with delight. It also meant that they possessed a greater chance of survival in this place.

When Lin Fan had first opened his silver veins, he had been just as happy as they were.

He turned to Qi Lingshan and asked whether she wished to continue.

Qi Lingshan nodded and swallowed a drop of the Golden Crow’s blood. In an instant, her constitution underwent a tremendous transformation. Five-colored spiritual radiance erupted from within her, as though sunlight and rosy clouds had flooded the heavens. She bit down on her pearly teeth while beads of sweat, round as pearls, appeared on her forehead. She seemed to be enduring immense pain.

Seeing this, Lin Fan could not help but worry. Neither Chen Cunyuan nor Qin Fen had undergone such an intense transformation after swallowing the Golden Crow’s blood. Senior Qi absolutely could not afford to suffer any mishap.

“Whoosh!”

Her brows and eyes were tightly shut. Suddenly, intricate star patterns seemed to light up across her body. The radiance illuminated her skin until it resembled snow—pure and flawless—yet it also possessed a profound, mysterious sheen, like frost beneath the moonlight.

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At that moment, her presence grew ever more ethereal. Her long, raven-black hair fluttered in the wind, cascading down her back like a waterfall.

Seeing Qi Lingshan’s transformation, Qin Fen and Chen Cunyuan widened their eyes. To be honest, in all their years, they had never seen a woman so beautiful. Her otherworldly aura seemed to belong to an immortal maiden found only in legend.

Rosy radiance enveloped her figure, lending her an air of mystery that stirred the heart with admiration.

“Doctor Qi…”

Qin Fen was dumbfounded. In his impression, Doctor Qi had always been beautiful, but also stern. The last time he and Lin Fan had sneaked out, she had even scolded him.

After consuming the Golden Crow’s blood, Qi Lingshan had become even more beautiful than before. Her beauty was not merely physical; it was an extraordinary quality that emanated from within and suffused her entire being.

They had seen people transform into monsters, but never anyone become more beautiful. The Golden Crow’s blood truly affected each person differently.

Lin Fan had no idea what was happening to Senior Qi, but it appeared to be something beneficial.

Just then—

“A pure immortal body. I never expected to encounter one here…”

Suddenly, a sinister wind howled. A humanlike figure appeared at the bow of the ship. She wore a red bridal gown and advanced at an unhurried pace.

The moment Qin Fen and Chen Cunyuan saw her, their hair stood on end and a chill ran through them.

They felt as though a ferocious beast were approaching.

“It’s her!”

Lin Fan was greatly startled. He had encountered the woman in the bridal gown twice before: once in the forest of steles, when she had nearly dragged him into a coffin, and again on the sixth level, when she had fought Yu Nannanfei. Yet now, she had come looking for him of her own accord.

The woman in the bridal gown paid no attention to them. Her gaze was fixed on the pure immortal body, and longing flickered in her eyes. Just moments ago, Qi Lingshan had swallowed the Golden Crow’s blood, awakening her pure immortal body. That aura had drawn the woman here.

If she took the pure immortal body away, her resurrection technique would be complete.

Pure immortal bodies possessed indescribably wondrous qualities. Some were born with immortal constitutions, while others transformed into immortal bodies after consuming rare treasures of heaven and earth.

Qi Lingshan, for example, had consumed the blood of the Golden Crow, a legendary divine beast. A single drop of its blood had created a pure immortal body.

“Lin Fan, who is she? She looks terrifying…” Qin Fen’s teeth chattered, his upper and lower lips trembling against each other.

Chen Cunyuan was no different. Although he had grown taller and more powerful, he still felt a bone-deep dread when facing the woman in the bridal gown.

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The woman’s bridal attire was especially eerie and horrifying in this environment.

“Cunyuan, do you remember where you hid your sword? She’s the woman who crawled out of the coffin!” Lin Fan watched her warily, already prepared to strike.

“What coffin? All I remember is leaving my sword beneath the blood stele.” Chen Cunyuan was utterly bewildered.

“So the sword wasn’t placed in the coffin by Cunyuan? It really was the woman in the bridal gown who tampered with things. What was her purpose in luring me into opening the coffin?” Lin Fan’s heart tightened. Had Chen Cunyuan not said it himself, he would still have been kept in the dark.

“Hand her over to me, and the grudge between us will be settled.” The woman in the bridal gown looked at Lin Fan. Among the group, he possessed the greatest combat strength.

He alone was qualified to speak with her.

“Impossible!” Lin Fan refused without hesitation. He would never hand over any member of the group.

Least of all Senior Qi, who had recognized his worth and shown him kindness.

“Then there is nothing left to say. I can take her only after killing every one of you.”

As soon as the woman in the bridal gown finished speaking, her figure flashed past like a gust of wind. In the blink of an eye, she appeared before Lin Fan. She raised her crystalline palm, and terrifying power descended upon him.

Qin Fen and Chen Cunyuan were utterly shocked. Before they could even see clearly, the woman was already standing in front of them.

Overwhelming might, vast as a mountain and surging like a ten-thousand-foot wave, thundered toward Lin Fan.

“Clang!”

Lin Fan had been prepared. The Pure Yang Sword left its sheath, and arcane energy poured into the blade. In an instant, its ringing resembled the beat of a war drum, or a dragon emerging from the sea—ferocious and terrifying.

With fifteen silver veins, his arcane power had doubled. When he urged the Pure Yang Sword into action once more, its might was entirely different.

“Bang!”

The sword descended. Arcane energy swept in every direction, and the air shrieked as it was torn apart. The woman’s mountain-like, ocean-deep attack vanished as though swallowed by the sea.

She regarded the sword with profound apprehension. Then a fierce glint flashed in her eyes. She suddenly produced an object shaped like a section of a finger bone and sent it shooting forward at tremendous speed.

It struck the sword’s blade. Lin Fan’s body shuddered, and he staggered backward again and again.

Unexpectedly, the woman in the bridal gown turned her hand into a blade. Arcane energy roiled between her fingers like a raging storm, and its power was even more formidable.