Chapter 348: The Painful Awakening

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Song Residence, ruins.

Song Qingluan sat cross-legged with a very calm expression.

On the other hand, Gu Xi, who was sitting behind her, looked somewhat hesitant.

“This awakening… I can’t guarantee that it will be 100 percent successful. I can only say that I’ll do my best. The pain during the process…” after hesitating for a long time, Gu Xi reminded him again.

“Young Master Gu, just wake up boldly.”

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“I’m not afraid of a little girl. What’s there to be afraid of, Young Master?”

A faint smile appeared on Song Qingluan’s calm face, she continued softly, “If it weren’t for Young Master Gu’s two rescues, I’m afraid that I would have already died long ago. I wouldn’t be sitting here safe and sound. Therefore, even if I didn’t manage to endure the pain of awakening, Young Master Gu doesn’t need to blame himself. Perhaps all of this was predestined.”

Song Qingluan naturally understood the hesitation in Gu Xi’s heart.

However, now that the song family had been destroyed, she no longer had the motivation to continue living. Perhaps she could awaken the legendary Heavenly Spirit Sacred Body, which would allow her to see that glimmer of hope.

After hearing Song Qingluan’s words, Gu Xi was stunned for a moment before laughing at herself.

That’s right. Song Qingluan was a woman who was not afraid of life and death, yet she was still worrying for him.

“Then I’m going to start.” Gu Xi spoke in a deep voice as she gave an order to the System in his mind.

[Ding! The Heavenly Spirit Sacred Body is being awakened!]

The System replied in a cold voice.

In the next moment, a mysterious aura enveloped Song Qingluan.

Song Qingluan trembled. Her clear eyes widened, and her pupils became bloodshot.

At this moment, she felt that her body was about to crack.

An obscure aura suddenly entered her body, like a seasoned general gradually opening up the meridians in her body.

The most important reason why mortals could not cultivate was that the meridians in the body were too narrow, and could not accommodate the spiritual energy of Heaven and earth. What the system was doing now was to open up the complicated spiritual meridians one by one.

Even a serious cultivator would not be able to endure the pain of having their meridians forcefully opened, let alone a little girl with a mortal body.

From the initial silence, Song Qingluan had already begun to tremble slightly. The intense pain coming from her body made her nearly faint. She could not even sit cross-legged and fell backward.

Fortunately, Gu Xi reacted in time and held her in his arms.

A mortal’s body was weak to begin with, not to mention that Song Qingluan was still suffering from such inhuman pain. If she were to suffer any external injuries at this time, she would suffer from more than just pain.Once her mind fell into a coma, all the efforts she had just endured would be in vain.

“Hold on.” Looking at Song Qingluan, who was trembling in her arms, Gu Xi spoke in a deep voice.

His tone was unquestionable, as if it was an order that could not be disobeyed.

Song Qingluan’s eyes widened. Her pretty face had long lost all color, and it was as pale as a piece of white paper. She tried her best to control herself and nodded. At this moment, tears also flowed out uncontrollably. She grabbed Gu Xi’s arm with one hand and clenched her fist with the other. Her nails were deeply embedded in her flesh, but she did not feel any pain.

The pain in her body easily covered up the pain.

The process of opening up her meridians was very slow and painful.

It was not until the sky turned white that the pain in Song Qingluan’s body began to gradually weaken until it completely disappeared.

Gu Xi heaved a sigh of relief as he looked at Song Qingluan, who was gradually calming down in his arms.

Fortunately, she had passed the first stage, but the next stage was to transform her Dantian. The process was equally difficult and painful.

At this moment, Song Qingluan was covered in cold sweat. The sweat had long soaked through her clothes. Not only that, there was also a layer of smelly brown mucus on the surface of her body. This was the impurity that was excreted from her body.

The current her could be said to be in a sorry state. She was completely different from the young lady who looked like a jade from a small family.

“I’ve made a fool of myself, Young Master Gu.”

She used all her strength to pull the corners of her mouth, but she could not even squeeze out a smile.

“Rest and relax. There’s still the second stage.”

Gu Xi did not reply to Song Qingluan’s words. Instead, he took out a pill from his storage bag and gave it to her.

This was just an ordinary medicinal pill. It had the simplest effect of nourishing one’s soul. This was not because Gu Xi was stingy. Song Qingluan, whose body was currently extremely weak, was unable to withstand the medicinal effects of other high-grade medicinal pills.

This ordinary low-grade medicinal pill had the greatest effect on her.

As the medicinal pill entered her mouth, Song Qingluan only felt a cool sensation rush straight into her mind. Soon after, it caused her spirit to jolt.

Her originally somewhat dispirited eyes slightly lit up at this moment.

However, in the next moment, her pupils suddenly shrunk to the size of a needle tip.

In the next moment, intense pain surged up. Her entire body curled up like a shrimp, and her delicate body once again began to tremble like chaff.

The intense pain caused her to be on the verge of going crazy. She could not control herself as she tore at her clothes and scratched her skin. At the very least, she bit her lips until bright red blood continuously flowed down the corner of her mouth. She even bit Gu Xi’s arm, but all she did was to no avail.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Gu Xi was helpless. The only thing he could do now was to hug Song Qingluan tightly and pray silently in his heart.

If she could not endure it, even if he had the System, he would not be able to save Song Qingluan’s life.

The process of transforming the Dantian was indeed very painful, but it came and went quickly.

Compared to the opening of the meridians just now, the time needed to transform the Dantian was very short. In less than ten minutes, the pain had begun to gradually subside.

The person in his arms gradually regained his stability, and the eyes that were already somewhat unfocused began to focus again, becoming even more solid.

[Ding! Heavenly Spirit Sacred Body awakening complete!]

[There are a total of 5264 impurities. Host, would you like to extract them?]

Gu Xi nodded, and looked at Song Qingluan apologetically.

It was better to do it all at once.

Song Qingluan was still a little confused, and just as she was about to say something, she could not help but feel a piercing pain in her body again. The words that reached her mouth were forcefully pushed back down her throat.