Volume 2: Achieving the Nine Heavens and Breaking the Cage Chapter 499: The Sound of Drums Refines the Soul
The block of earth under Gu Xiaoxing's feet is roughly ten thousand feet long and a thousand feet thick.
He sat cross-legged in it, and did not start to break through . Instead, he slowly closed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and began to ponder!
After a long moment, he waved his hand and took out something from the storage space.
That's... a snare drum!
Looking at the small drum in front of him, Gu Xiaoxing felt frightened. Bad memories came to his mind, making his heart twitch uncontrollably!
But in the end, with a ruthless light flashing in Gu Xiaoxing's eyes, he gritted his teeth and made the decision!
This drum, called the Soul-Nourishing Drum, is also called by Gu Xiaoxing... the Torture Drum!
Although this drum is extremely torturous, it can indeed nourish the spirit and can even greatly enhance the power of the soul!
Nowadays, Gu Xiaoxing's spiritual power is difficult to increase. Even the innate true essence cannot enhance his spiritual power. The limit of what he can do is the Nine Yuan Infant!
But no matter what, he couldn't break through this limit!
The Yangshen Drum is what Gu Xiaoxing could think of, and it can help him break through his limits.
The only way!
Although this process may be extremely painful, if you want to make the remaining two seeds in the body grow completely, you must use extraordinary means!
The reason why Gu Xiaoxing was so sure that the Yangshen Drum could help him break through his limits was because he had experienced it once before.
The Soul-Nourishing Drum nourishes the spirit from the inside out. The sound of the drum is like the fire of Nirvana, making the spirit and soul grow stronger and stronger as it burns. However, the pain of this nourishment is unbearable and makes people feel like dying!
It was because Gu Xiaoxing had experienced it once that he knew how terrible it was, and that was why he felt uneasy whenever he thought about it.
But now, he can no longer care about so many things and must fight!
Suddenly, Gu Xiaoxing's eyes showed an unprecedented determination, and he directly read out an ancient character.
The ancient characters flew out of Gu Xiaoxing's mouth, as if they had turned into drumsticks, striking the drum.
Boom...!
The drum sounds clear, melodious and pleasant.
But to Gu Xiaoxing's ears, it was like thousands of thunders roaring and exploding all at once, going straight into his mind and soul.
Although it was not unbearable, Gu Xiaoxing still felt as if his soul was being torn apart, and the pain was unbearable!
And this is just the first ancient character!
There are a total of seventy-two ancient characters engraved on the inner wall of the small drum!
Moreover, the pain caused by each subsequent ancient character being pronounced is far greater than the previous one!
It is hard to imagine what kind of pain one would endure if one recited them all aloud!
However, what surprised Gu Xiaoxing was that his guess was correct, and this nourishing drum was indeed useful!
As the pain slowly subsided, Gu Xiaoxing's spiritual power noticeably grew a little stronger!
It was just this small circle of soul power. After reaching the Nine Infants level, Gu Xiaoxing could not increase it even if he absorbed more innate true essence. However, the Soul Nourishing Drum did it!
The next moment, Gu Xiaoxing recited the second ancient character.
Boom...!
The crisp sound of drums reached Gu Xiaoxing's ears and turned into a hundred thousand thunders, shaking his entire soul world.
However, Gu Xiaoxing still gritted his teeth and endured it, feeling his spiritual power increasing once again!
Soon, Gu Xiaoxing recited the third, fourth, and fifth ancient characters!
The pain came in waves, getting deeper and deeper, and more and more unbearable!
By the time Gu Xiaoxing recited the sixth and seventh ancient characters, it was like billions of divine thunders bombarding his mind and soul, causing him excruciating pain!
But in the endless pain, Gu Xiaoxing's spiritual power was also constantly growing, and for some unknown reason, the speed of growth was much faster than before.
This is the motivation that gives him the courage to continue studying!
Gu Xiaoxing became ruthless and directly read out the eighth and ninth ancient characters!
Suddenly, an indescribable pain came over me, which could not be relieved or escaped!
The pain went straight to every inch of his heart, as if a hundred thousand steel needles were piercing his flesh, or as if millions of evil spirits were tearing at his soul.
Gu Xiaoxing's eyes were wide open with anger, and he clenched his teeth so hard that cracks appeared on all his teeth. Blood kept oozing out of his mouth, and his face was distorted, as if he had fallen into madness.
Ever since Gu Xiaoxing obtained the Soul-Nourishing Drum, he has only used it on himself once. That time, he just recited five ancient characters and was knocked unconscious by the pain!
Even though his cultivation level is far beyond what it was before, his endurance has also been greatly enhanced.
But the pain of reading out nine ancient characters in a row still penetrated deep into his bones, making him furious!
However, his spiritual power also increased significantly in this endless pain!
But, that’s not enough!
Gu Xiaoxing's eyes were bloodshot and he was already a little crazy. Suddenly, he recited the tenth and eleventh ancient characters!
The next moment, his two rows of teeth shattered directly in his mouth. Because it was too painful, he bit them to pieces!
That kind of pain is beyond worldly comprehension, and it even makes people feel that collapsing and dying is the only relief!
Gu Xiaoxing cried...
But what flowed out of his eyes were not tears, but blood from his ruptured eyeballs!
pain!
Endless pain!
The pain was so severe that he even considered asking the Sword of Will to kill him!
But this thought only appeared for a moment before he suppressed it.
The netherworld fire covered his entire body, and his teeth began to grow, but they were often broken by him before they were fully grown.
This was the first time that Gu Xiaoxing read out the eleventh ancient character!
Even when he was torturing the treasure of immortality, the ring he got from Wen Cang Laodao, he could only recite the ninth ancient character at most!
At that time, he also thought that if he could recite the tenth ancient character, he would be able to make the Immortal Ring unbearable for the torture and surrender with courtesy!
Now as his cultivation has reached the Nine Infants Realm, Gu Xiaoxing not only recited the tenth ancient character, but also the eleventh ancient character!
But what I didn't expect was that the object of torture became myself!
Although the pain was like an endless hell, Gu Xiaoxing's spiritual power was growing desperately in a crazy way!
When the pain finally subsided, Gu Xiaoxing's fat body was still shaking uncontrollably.
Pain is a torture, and the aftertaste of pain is also a torture!
If possible, Gu Xiaoxing never wants to experience this kind of pain again in his life!
His teeth and eyeballs, as well as the internal injuries caused by the pain, all recovered quickly under the burning of the Nether Fire.
The next moment, another layer of black flame spread from his body, completely covering Gu Xiaoxing's trembling body, and began to refine and absorb the tremendous energy stored in his body!
Under the burning of the double flames, Gu Xiaoxing's body was like a deflated balloon, constantly shrinking.
At the same time, as a large amount of energy was refined and absorbed, in his lower dantian, in the only two remaining golden pills!
The light spot in one of the golden elixirs began to grow larger and larger until it completely enveloped the entire golden elixir and eventually turned into a baby!
This is Gu Xiaoxing’s...tenth Yuanying!
