Chapter 141: Registration and Second Examination
Unexpectedly, the “washing of the muscles and cleansing of the marrow” that the Grandmaster mentioned actually worked. After eating only half a piece of mung bean cake, the old man’s long-stagnant Heart of the Profound technique suddenly broke through to the fifth level the very next day. His meridians seemed much stronger overall. At first, he was a little delighted—though the process had been arduous, the result was quite satisfying. Even the soreness in his chrysanthemum from having spent a whole day and night in the latrine didn’t feel so unbearable anymore!
Thus, over the next few days, he kept pushing his luck and secretly tasted more things: thunder-inducing sticky rice balls, soul-separating dried fruit, exploding fried twists, and flame-spitting jerky…
Yun Jiao: “…”
Bai Yu: “…”
Only then did the old man realize something was wrong—was the Grandmaster using him as some kind of experimental subject?
By the time he came to his senses and wanted to stop this self-torture, he found that even the water he drank, the meals he ate, and the wild fruits he occasionally picked all had problems. They either caught fire, electrocuted him, or even grew mouths that bit people.
Bai Yu wanted to cry but had no tears. Would it still be in time if he went to beg the Grandmaster for forgiveness now?
He developed a deep fear of all food and even considered fasting altogether. Eating had become a literal life-threatening act.
The worst part was—it was the same food! Why was it perfectly fine when the girl ate it, but turned murderous the moment it touched his hands?