The next day, the morning light was faint.
A wisp of daylight shone on Lu Xiao’s face.
He slightly frowned and slowly opened his eyes.
Lu Xiao subconsciously moved his body, then felt a heavy, soft, and warm mass in his arms.
His right hand was resting on Xiao Wu’s waist, and he could clearly feel the slender softness of the young girl’s waist, with a delicate and warm touch that was soft just right.
Xiao Wu was curled up in his arms, sleeping sweetly with her small face buried in his shoulder, her breathing light, soft, and long.
Looking at Xiao Wu sleeping on top of him, Lu Xiao pinched her tender, pink face and said speechlessly, “Wake up, it’s time to serve this young Master in washing up.”
Touched by the fingertip, Xiao Wu’s eyelashes trembled, and she sleepily opened her watery eyes, staring blankly at Lu Xiao for two seconds before realizing that she had been clinging to him all night, her cheeks instantly flushing red.
She hurriedly propped herself up against his body, wanting to get up, but her legs went weak for a moment, and she gently fell back into his arms.
“I-I didn’t mean to lean against you…”
Xiao Wu lowered her head, her earlobes burning red, and whispered defensively, while the tip of her nose unconsciously lingered with the calming faint fragrance on Lu Xiao’s body.
After a moment of shame, the little rabbit’s Innate naughtiness deep in her bones took over her reason once again.
“Who wants to lean against you?
It’s you who didn’t sleep properly, your arms wrapped around me and wouldn’t let go, and I couldn’t move even if I wanted to.”
Xiao Wu raised her head, glaring with almond-shaped eyes, her small lips slightly pouting, putting on a righteous posture.
Before Lu Xiao could speak, she neatly propped herself up against Lu Xiao’s chest and leaped to her feet.
When her two slender, long legs landed, she playfully tiptoed, and the long braid at the back of her head swung back and forth with the movement.
“Alright, alright, let’s just say I reluctantly slept leaning against you for a night.
This maid is magnanimous and won’t bicker with you about occupying my sleeping spot!”
Du Busi, who was boiling porridge nearby, glanced over, his mouth twitching as he secretly sighed that his Disciple’s Innate Charm aura was truly troublesome.
“Move quickly.
After finishing the porridge, I will officially pass down the Body Sect Innate Secret Technique to you.”
Du Busi handed over the two bowls of porridge, reminding in a deep voice with a serious look.
As his voice fell, Xiao Wu, who had just been lively and bouncing, instantly restrained her playfulness.
Although she knew Du Busi wouldn’t kill her, the trauma caused earlier made her not dare to act presumptuously.
She hurriedly stepped forward to take the warm Soul Beast meat porridge, holding the bowl with both hands, acting obediently beyond measure.
Lu Xiao looked at her one-second switch action and helplessly shook his head.
The piping hot meat porridge had a rich aroma, and was soft, glutinous, and delicate in the mouth.
Pure energy slid down the throat into the body, gentle and nourishing, without the slightest feeling of dryness and heat.
After a moment, Lu Xiao ate the entire bowl of porridge clean.
“Master, I’m done eating!
I can start to Cultivate at any time!”
Du Busi’s gaze swept toward Xiao Wu on the side.
Xiao Wu instantly understood, holding back her sullen breath as she sat under a big tree nearby.
She thought angrily in her heart: “If you don’t want me to look, I won’t look!”
Du Busi’s fingertips tapped on the storage spirit tool at his waist, and a palm-sized light golden booklet fell out of thin air.
He raised his hand and threw the booklet toward Lu Xiao: “Catch it, and memorize the contents of the first chapter thoroughly.”
Lu Xiao raised his hand to catch it, and was shocked to find that the weight of this booklet was extremely astonishing.
It weighed at least dozens of catties!
The booklet was light golden throughout.
On the surface were four delicate, large characters: “Innate Secret Technique!”
Lu Xiao opened the Secret Manual, sat cross-legged on the grass, and his gaze focused on the paper surface.
The material of the pages was extraordinary, feeling as warm and smooth as jade.
The opening had no complicated superfluous words, only a few lines of ancient and profound classical text.
Every word was refined, obscure, and difficult to understand, yet it hiddenly contained the ultimate principles of heaven and earth.
“Body Innate, borrow the body to condense the spirit, use the physique to carry the Dao, return to simplicity and truth…”
He sat cross-legged on the grass to study with a calm mind, his eyes growing brighter and brighter, and in half an hour he had the first chapter memorized by heart.
The first stage of the Innate Secret Technique was named “Body Penetration”!
It required borrowing the primordial energy of heaven and earth to penetrate the body, tearing the body apart completely, and then using the power of heaven and earth to reshape the muscles, bones, skin, and flesh, cleansing the Meridians and acupoints throughout the body, and casting off the shackles of a mortal body.
This was also the most painful stage in the Innate Secret Technique!
“Disciple is ready.” Lu Xiao spoke in a deep voice.
Du Busi nodded slightly, waved his large hand, and a person-high bronze-colored giant tripod appeared in front of Lu Xiao.
Hum—
The moment the giant tripod landed, there was no earth-shattering loud noise, only a low, thick, and gentle tremor that seemed to echo from the depths of eternity.
The green grass on the ground instantly drooped, and the circulating morning breeze around suddenly stagnated.
This bronze giant tripod was archaic and heavy, with countless dense, profound, and ancient patterns intertwined and condensed on the tripod body.
The patterns meandered and coiled, resembling the veins of mountains and rivers, the trajectories of galaxies, and the myriad manifestations of all living beings…
Sunlight fell upon the tripod body, yet it couldn’t refract even a shred of light.
Lu Xiao’s originally relaxed expression slightly condensed, his gaze firmly locked onto the giant tripod before him.
Before he could observe carefully, Du Busi picked up Lu Xiao and directly threw him into the giant tripod.
“What’s so good about looking at it?
I’ll give it to you in the future, you’ll have plenty of time to look!”
While speaking, Du Busi poured the medicinal liquid prepared yesterday into the giant tripod.
“It’s just a pity that it lacks a supreme-yang, extremely rigid great tonic!”
Saying this, Du Busi sighed slightly.
If time wasn’t too rushed, he would definitely be able to thoroughly lay a solid foundation for Lu Xiao.
But after the Body Martial Soul bronze Awakening, the timing to absorb the medicinal power was urgent and could not tolerate delay.
Hearing this, Lu Xiao took out the ten-thousand-year whale gum from the spirit tool and handed it to Du Busi, speaking up: “Master, do you think this can replace it?”
Under the sunlight, the dark golden whale gum rippled with colorful light.
Du Busi’s originally slightly regretful expression suddenly froze, his eyes fiercely lighting up with two brilliant divine radiances, staring fixedly at the whale gum in Lu Xiao’s hand.
“Hahaha!”
“It’s actually ten-thousand-year whale gum!”
Du Busi’s face was filled with surprise and wild joy, and his previous regret was swept away completely!
He took the whale gum, and pure Soul Power gathered in his palm.
Driven by Soul Power, a peculiar fragrance emanated from the whale gum.
The fragrance was very rich, yet it condensed and did not disperse.
A faint golden glow began to radiate from the whale gum, and as the heat increased, the whale gum also began to turn into a soft gelatinous substance.
Du Busi nodded repeatedly, his tone becoming even more solemn: “Swallow it directly, then release your Body Martial Soul and Cultivate the Innate Secret Technique!”
Lu Xiao nodded slightly, and without any hesitation, he bit off half of the whale gum and swallowed it into his stomach!
A strong fishy odor filled Lu Xiao’s mouth.
But soon, the fishy odor turned into a warm current flowing into his stomach.
Not only that, after entering the stomach, the whale gum instead caused a faint fragrance to be exhaled from his nostrils.
This feeling was truly rather wondrous.
Lu Xiao initially only felt his chest and abdomen growing warm.
Taking advantage of the heat, he swallowed the remaining half entirely, and a majestic warm current surged through his Meridians toward all four limbs and hundred bones!
The gentle warmth gradually turned scorching hot, and Lu Xiao only felt rolling warm currents continuously flowing within his limbs and bones, gradually causing sweat to overflow from his body.
This scorching heat was extremely comfortable.
It almost made him lose his voice!
Lu Xiao’s body gradually began to turn red, and even his sweat was a pale reddish-brown, quickly dyeing his grayish-white clothes a dark red.
Seeing this, Du Busi slammed his hands onto the giant tripod, and the next second, the Soul Power all over his body violently poured into the interior of the giant tripod.
In an instant, the archaic patterns all lit up with gilded brilliance.
The patterns Binding the tripod body circulated layer by layer, a low buzzing sound rang out, and the warm medicinal power was locked, gathered, purified, and compressed by the tripod patterns!
The medicinal liquid inside the tripod boiled furiously, and the scorching medicinal power crazily drilled and surged into his body through Lu Xiao’s pores, rushing through the Meridians of his limbs and bones.
The red hue on Lu Xiao’s entire body surged again, turning from light red to a scorching scarlet red.
The sweat vaporizing on his body surface mixed with the Impurities discharged from his body, glowing with a dark red blood color.