Three black pearls
Relieved from the torment of suffering, Liu Bo's cultivation speed began to advance rapidly, and as his understanding of water properties deepened, the nourishing effect of water true qi on the meridians also became more apparent.
The effect of such obvious progress lasted for about a month, and the speed of cultivation gradually stabilized. As for Liu Bo's understanding of water properties, it seemed to have reached a bottleneck, and no matter how many more books he read, there was no further progress.
Although such an effect was previously unimaginable, he still yearned to deepen his understanding of water quality, so that whether it was the speed of cultivation or the healing of meridians, there would be even greater progress.
Since reading classics no longer had any effect, he decided to observe water in person, hoping to gain new insights.
From then on, Liu Bo's figure appeared by the lake, river and waterfall in Daliang City. He sat by the water for a whole day, carefully observing the changes of the water.
Half a month later, it was raining.
Liu Bo stood on the highest peak of Dalian Mountain, overlooking the mountains.
The mountains and forests, as well as the trees and rocks, were all shrouded in a hazy rain mist, as if they had been veiled with a thin layer of gauze, vague and indistinct.
Liu Bo immersed his entire consciousness in the vast rain and fog, forgetting himself, forgetting everything, occupying his entire consciousness was only that vast rain and fog.
The cloud layer in the sky is getting thicker and thicker, and the rainwater is also getting bigger and bigger, from misty rain to sparse and sparse, and then to strings of pearls falling down.
Liu Bo deeply felt the change of water from gentle to violent, and every detail seemed to be engraved in the depths of his soul.
The true energy inside the body also naturally starts to flow, following his enlightenment, from slowly flowing to rapidly surging, the speed getting faster and faster, and the amount of true energy absorbed into the body also increasing.
Water-like true Qi flows rapidly in the meridians, nourishing and moistening the stagnant meridians, making them more elastic and wider.
Until a loud thunderclap burst forth, as if the sky was collapsing and the earth was shattering, ringing in my ears.
The thunder woke him up from his reverie.
All that was seen was a strong light flashing across the sky, the entire sky seemed to be torn apart, a bowl-mouth thick lightning bolt split straight towards his front.
Liu Bo quickly retreated, his pores closed tightly, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
The huge stone in front of him was struck by lightning, but instead of splitting open, it absorbed the lightning.
Liu Bo's eyes stared straight at this huge stone as big as a millstone, unable to conceal his astonishment.
Liu Bo just wanted to walk up to the giant stone and examine it carefully. Again, several thunderclaps rang out, and several thicker lightning bolts struck straight at the giant stone. Just like before, these lightning bolts were also absorbed by the strange giant stone.
Looking at the lightning flashing in front of him, Liu Bo didn't dare to move forward anymore. He retreated more than 100 meters before stopping. He stared fixedly at the huge boulder being wildly hacked by the lightning in front of him.
Liu Bo guessed that this big stone must have a wonderful place, otherwise it would not let dozens of thunderbolts strike only one place.
Just the fact that this boulder can absorb lightning makes it a rare treasure. This boulder seems to have the effect of gathering lightning, otherwise how could so much lightning be produced in such a short period of time?
The thunderstorm continued intermittently for a whole time, and only stopped when the dark clouds dispersed.
Liu Bo finally felt at ease and walked up to the big stone, carefully examining it in detail.
But no matter how he looked at the big stone, there was nothing unusual about it. It was exactly the same as the surrounding stones, without any distinction. Liu Bo relied on his many years of knowledge and repeatedly identified it several times, but still couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.
"Since we can't find anything strange about it, why don't we break it open and see if there's a whole new world inside?" Liu Bo thought to himself.
Liu Bo found a few handy stones from around and started chiseling away at the edge of the big stone. As the big stone got smaller, he still didn't find anything special inside.
Until he was left with a piece of land the size of his fist, Liu Bo still had no discovery.
After some deliberation, he finally made up his mind and raised the stone in his hand, bringing it down with a loud crash.
As the stone burst open, a black pearl the size of a pigeon's egg rolled out.
He picked up the pearl and held it in front of his eyes for a closer look.
The pearl is black in color, round and smooth, with a dull surface and no luster.
He pinched it hard, but could only feel that it was extremely hard and couldn't tell what material it was made of. Overall, it was just an ordinary, unremarkable black bead. If he hadn't seen the big stone absorb lightning with his own eyes, Liu Bo wouldn't have thought that this ordinary bead was a treasure.
Put away the beads, Liu Bo hurried back to the Xiangxiang courtyard with bated breath.
"What kind of treasure is this mysterious black pearl? How can I figure out its function?" Liu Bo pondered, thinking back to the relevant information in his memory.
"It seems that in a book introducing various Dharma instruments, it was mentioned that the instrument needs to be imprinted with divine consciousness before it can recognize its master. However, during the manifestation period, before the manifestation of the spiritual root, there is no divine consciousness in the condensation and cultivation periods. I don't know if I have a spiritual root now. If not, I will only stop at the peak of the condensation period for life and will not produce divine consciousness; even if I do, it's unknown how long it will take to break through the condensation period."
Liu Bo felt a pang of regret, but then remembered that the book also mentioned that some high-level magical instruments could be blood-refined to recognize their master.
"If the recognition is successful, it can also be used initially during the manifestation period. This mysterious black bead should be a very high-level magic tool, and it's worth trying out. However, blood-refined magic tools seem to need to absorb the true energy of the recognizer as well, I don't know how much they absorb."
Liu Bo was deep in thought.
"Worst case, if it absorbs too much and fails to acknowledge a master, then so be it. Later on, when cultivation is higher, another attempt can be made." The mysterious black bead's allure was too great, and Liu Bo steeled himself.
Liu Bo entered the fixed mirror and restored his true energy to its best state.
Bite your middle finger and put it on the pearl. Fresh blood drips onto the pearl.
The blood bead was quickly absorbed by the pearl, and Liu Bo's worried suction power did not appear, his true yuan did not suffer any loss. Until the blood on his fingers flowed out, the blood was still not enough for the pearl to absorb. The thing he was most worried about, recognizing the master needing to absorb true energy, also did not appear.
"According to the book, recognizing the master doesn't require much blood, so why is this pearl constantly absorbing it, yet not absorbing any true energy at all? What's going on?"
"Whatever, since it still wants to suck blood, let it suck then. With so much blood on me, there's enough for it to suck anyway."
Liu Boshe then made a small cut on the artery of his wrist, and fresh blood flowed quickly onto the pearl.
The blood flowed quickly, and the pearl absorbed it even faster. Until Liu Bo felt dizzy, he still didn't let the pearl absorb its fill. Liu Bo felt that the amount of blood he had lost had reached his limit of endurance, and for the sake of his own life, he had to stop bleeding any further.
