The blood kept flowing, layer upon layer, and the wails grew louder and louder, one drowning out another. In this not-so-advanced world, we could never truly appreciate the power of probability; may the gods protect us.
Only a madman would shout, "My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens," and even on his deathbed, he would still shout, "Though I die today, it is truly the will of Heaven."
Dao Chengyi looked at the children's condition on the altar. The parents of the children around him had already become hoarse, but they were still chanting the Mysterious Female Great Compassion Sutra.
The first child succeeded, a great start. After the fleshy mass entered his body, it quickly assimilated with his body and skin, as if the body had always had a tumor.
The tumor swelled back and forth, causing the child's cries to bend and turn three times. The tumor grew heavier and heavier, and the child's body became hunched over like a shrimp.
When the tumor swelled to its limit, Master Li took out three silver needles and randomly pricked the edge of the tumor. As foul-smelling blood flowed out, the tumor deflated like a punctured balloon.
Before it was over, Master Li pulled out some kind of blood thread from his pocket and began to stitch up the loose skin.
I don't know what kind of technology it was, but in less than five minutes, that loose skin was transformed into a leather painting, depicting a bull demon stepping on a map, with its two remaining bloodshot eyes looking extremely ferocious.
The process of flesh grafting, medication application, and stitching was roughly three steps, taking about twenty minutes in total. For some reason, the child didn't faint from the pain. However, his throat became hoarse, his face turned as white as paper, his teeth and lips cracked, and his palms were covered in blood. He was then led away by his overjoyed parents.
The three external training methods are: training the muscles, bones, and skin. Training the skin, training the bones, and then training the muscles. This means that the implanted flesh gradually assimilates the outer skin, then takes root in the bones, and finally uses the bones as pillars to lay out the meridians to generate internal force.
Once the meridians are formed, the flesh and blood can be gradually transformed, eventually penetrating the five internal organs. This stage marks the beginning of a martial arts master, and the path of martial arts continues even after this point.
The absorbed memory fragments appeared in the corresponding scene, where a woman dressed in martial arts attire with a pattern of a blood eagle spreading its wings was giving an explanation, accompanied by the excitement stemming from bestial desires.
As expected, absorbing the memories of these thugs was a mistake. Dao Chengyi forcefully suppressed his gun and continued to watch the bloody flesh on the stage.
After the first girl succeeded, the villagers were enthusiastic and chanted scriptures even louder. However, things did not go as they had hoped. The second girl failed, her chest exploded, and she barely survived. Her parents did not come to pick her up, but other villagers took her away by themselves.
The third boy failed and died. His upper body looked like a ripe tomato; with a gentle pinch, a piece of flesh and skin rotted away.
The fourth boy, half-successfully, grew cow ears and a cow nose, and made a mooing sound as he charged at Master Li. He was then easily sliced and his flesh was removed. Invisible lines cut through the boy's entire body, more skillfully than the hands of a butcher who had slaughtered pigs for thirty years. Only his head and two piles of flesh and bone remained.
The more Dao Chengyi looked at it, the more he felt repulsed by this initiation ceremony, but the glimpse of power it revealed made him yearn for it even more.
If it were possible to use Gu worms as a substitute, that would require the corresponding materials and knowledge. The most direct and quickest way is...
Dao Chengyi licked his dry lips. Humans are inherently lazy, and in his previous life, he had no skills due to the intermittent tension and relaxation.
He had suffered enough in this life, but the feeling of being able to directly master skills after absorbing memories yesterday had made him somewhat addicted. If he absorbed Master Li's memories, he would probably be able to learn quickly, right?
Assassination, poisoning, threats... all sorts of dark thoughts flashed through Dao Chengyi's mind, but they were quickly suppressed because they were too troublesome and unsafe. Faced with such desires, other thoughts could only retreat.
In the end, twenty-two children took the stage. Five succeeded, seven failed but survived, and ten died for various reasons.
The probability is around 23%, and that's only with the blessing of others. In the past, even one or two successes would be something to celebrate.
After the seed implantation is successful, these individuals will be sent to specialized martial arts schools for training to become martial artists, local soldiers, or henchmen for powerful landlords.
The village's hunting teams were all successful in cultivating meat but did not become martial artists. Those who became martial artists were the village chief, the landlord, and the hunting team captain. Thinking about it this way, he might have actually gained an advantage when he fought Zhao Er.
There was no need to worry about the dead anymore. After the ceremony, Master Li, exhausted, entered the village chief's mansion with the village chief's help. It is worth mentioning that a child of the village's landlord family had succeeded, so they were exempted from the reward money this year and were also allowed to go into the mountains to cut firewood and grass.
Well, this is related to Dao Chengyi. After all, he can go in and find more Gu materials. Damn it, you can't just cut down mountains and trees in ancient times. You have to be careful even with grass.
The crowd gradually dispersed, but looking at the blood all over the ground, Dao Chengyi felt that it was a waste, but looking at the god covered by the red cloth, he felt a little guilty, fearing that there really was a god.
Although it wasn't explicitly shown, Dao Chengyi still painfully gave up this blood and chose to go home.
After what happened today, Dao Chengyi's desire to stay in this village has faded. He plans to collect a few more Gu worms and then go to the countryside or the city to seriously study the knowledge of this world, and then sneak up on a few evil martial artists to practice Gu.
Since it was about practicing Gu poison, it shouldn't be so restrictive. So Dao Chengyi went to bed early, since his eyesight wasn't good at night.
The next morning, he also went into the mountains early with a sickle and a small hoe. Unlike the others who walked in groups along the main road, Dao Chengyi deliberately chose to go to remote places.
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