Chapter 4 - 2 Bone Marrow Cleansing and Tendon Expansion
To eat or not to eat, Li Si pondered seriously for a long moment before resolutely deciding: fortune comes with risk. Since she had the chance to obtain this heaven-defying space, she decided that her life would follow an extraordinary path! To be a strong person, there must be trade-offs between gain and loss!
Sitting cross-legged on the green land, taking a deep breath, Li Si swiftly placed the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit into her mouth. It melted instantly, and she felt an intense fragrance of mixed fruits burst across her taste buds. Shortly after, a surge of overwhelming heat waves enveloped her entire body, her meridians enduring its baptism. Her cold, aching body was instantly repaired.
As the heat waves rushed into her Dantian, the dense Spiritual Energy within the space surged toward her like a storm. Intense pain spread through her, as though all the meridians in her body were shattered and her bones fractured inch by inch. She couldn't help but cry out in pain, using memories of her previous life to distract herself from the agony.
The pain intensified until it was unbearable, and Li Si eventually lost control and slipped into unconsciousness.
In her dreams, she seemed to return to the past—a time when she wore Li Fei's old clothes and endured the isolation and rejection from those around her. Her second uncle and aunt's countless schemes, yes, and how could she forget her "dear boyfriend" Meng Zijun? He had once seemed like her salvation, the sun in her life, yet he turned out to be the one who hurt her the most. Only her best friend Bai Shasha had always treated her with genuine kindness.
As images flooded her mind, she finally understood how she had been sucked into this space through a rift. Thus, she obtained the space, though she wasn't sure whether to call this a blessing or misfortune.
If any cultivator were present at this moment, they would surely curse her wastefulness—squandering a priceless treasure. For a child without even a cultivation foundation to attempt bone marrow cleansing! Any cultivator in the Qi Cultivation Stage who consumed this fruit could easily advance three levels at the very least. Even a Qi Condensation Perfectionist couldn't use the fruit to reach Foundation Establishment but would still gain considerable cultivation progress.
Much, much later, black greasy filth began to ooze layer by layer from Li Si's body, encasing her entirely, making her resemble a black clay figurine. Slowly regaining consciousness, she opened her eyes to find the blue sky filled with drifting white clouds, lush green land stretching around her, and the gentle breeze stirring ripples across the river.
But the stench in the air nearly caused her to gag. It seemed that these were the impurities from her body. The Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit truly deserved its title as the king of sacred fruits.