I fabricated myths to guide the revival of spiritual energy.

[Changsha, five-star hotel, bathroom]

Gu Qing filled the bathtub with water.

This water isn't for bathing; it's for "buffering."

He stood in front of the mirror, looking at the card on the system panel that emitted a faint blue light—[Marrow Cleansing Pool (One-time Trial Card)].

Price: 5,000 credits.

Balance: 5,600 credits.

"After all that hard work scamming, I only have six hundred yuan left." Gu Qing laughed self-deprecatingly, but her eyes were resolute. "However, I guess this is a kind of 'resetting'. Saying goodbye to the past completely."

He took off his bathrobe and lay naked in the slightly hot water.

"System, use the item."

[Ding! 5,000 Faith Points deducted.]

The item "Marrow Cleansing Pool" has been activated.

[Warning: This modification involves the reconstruction of the bone marrow hematopoietic system and nervous system. Pain level: 10 (highest). It is recommended that the host redeem the "Pain Shielding" function (requires 500 Faith Points).]

"shield?"

Gu Qing leaned against the edge of the bathtub, staring at the ceiling. "If I can't even bear this little bit of pain, how will I ever defy fate in the future?"

"No need to block. Let's begin."

"I want to clearly feel... how I was transformed."

[Command confirmed.]

[Injection of "Marrow Cleansing Elixir" begins.]

hum-

No solid liquid was poured in; instead, Gu Qing felt the water in the bathtub instantly rise to boiling point. But strangely, the water didn't boil or bubble; it simply turned an eerie turquoise.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely domineering force forced its way into his body through his millions of pores.

"Well……"

Gu Qing suddenly tilted her head back, gripping the edge of the bathtub tightly with both hands until her knuckles turned white.

This isn't "washing" at all; it's "crushing".

He felt that the emerald green energy was like tiny hammers, flowing along his veins and striking each bone it encountered.

Click.

Click.

First the toe bones, then the leg bones, the pelvis, the spine...

The pain was indescribable. It felt as if someone had smashed every bone in his body inch by inch, ground them into powder in a millstone, and then glued them back together.

"Huff... huff..."

Gu Qing gritted his teeth, blood seeping from his gums. His body convulsed violently in the water, each tremor creating a huge splash.

But he didn't make a sound.

He was even laughing.

Because he could clearly feel that, along with the excruciating pain, something was leaving him.

Those are impurities deep in the bone marrow, heavy metals and toxins accumulated over decades by mortals through food and breath, and those fragile, useless, redundant fragments in the gene chain.

[Progress in eliminating ordinary bones: 30%...]

The originally clear, emerald-green pool water began to turn black rapidly.

That was "filth" expelled from his body.

It has a fishy, ​​foul odor and is sticky, like black asphalt.

"The human body is formed from the turbid qi acquired after birth."

The general outline of "Primordial Qi" echoed in Gu Qing's mind.

"To receive the innate energy, one must first forge a flawless body."

"Smash it!"

When that force struck the spinal dragon, Gu Qing finally couldn't help but let out a low roar.

The spine is the pillar of the human body and also the nerve center.

At this moment, his entire spine was burning hot, as if a stream of molten iron had been poured into it. The original grayish-white bone marrow was forcibly squeezed out, and in its place was new bone marrow that emitted a faint fluorescent glow, as white as jade nectar.

Hematopoietic function remodeling.

From then on, what flowed in his veins was no longer mortal blood, but "true blood" containing spiritual energy.

[Progress in removing ordinary bones: 80%... 90%...]

The water in the bathtub had turned completely black, like ink, and emitted a nauseating stench.

And Gu Qing's body, amidst this filth, radiated an ever-brighter light.

That was the color of jade.

Progress: 100%.

[Skeletal remodeling complete.]

[Meridian widening completed.]

[Congratulations, host, you have acquired a special physique—"Ice Skin and Jade Bones".]

wow-

Gu Qing suddenly sat up in the water.

All the pain vanished in that instant.

Instead, there is an indescribable "transparency".

He felt that he was no longer a heavy flesh, but a precise and pure vessel.

The thin spiritual energy in the surrounding air, without his deliberate guidance, began to joyfully enter his body through his pores, nourishing his newly formed bones and meridians.

Gu Qing stood up, stepped out of the bathtub, and turned on the shower.

Hot water rinsed away the remaining black grime on my body.

When the dirt was washed away, the skin that was revealed made Gu Qing herself pause for a moment.

It's no longer the simple, healthy whiteness of before, but a texture that's almost inhuman.

The blood vessels beneath the skin were faintly visible, appearing pale blue. The bones were as smooth and lustrous as jade, and the muscle lines were fluid and full of explosive power.

If you were to cut his skin with a knife, it probably wouldn't leave a scar; instead, it would make a metallic clanging sound.

"This is... the vessel for refining Qi into a divine being."

Gu Qing looked in the mirror.

Deep within his pupils, the once hazy "innate true essence" had grown considerably and was now surging joyfully through his broad and resilient meridians.

There is no longer any feeling of stiffness or obstruction.

There is no longer any stinging pain in the meridians.

This body was born to cultivate immortality.

Gu Qing casually picked up a metal eyebrow trimmer from the sink.

Pinch gently with two fingers.

"collapse."

The steel blade broke into several pieces like a cookie.

"The iron... is too brittle."

Gu Qing shook his head and casually threw the fragments into the trash can.

He walked out of the bathroom, his footsteps so light they made no sound.

There weren't even any footprints on the carpet.

At this time, the eastern sky was already turning a pale white.

The torment of that night felt like an eternity.

Gu Qing walked to the bedside table.

There were several white medicine bottles there.

Those were his previous "life-saving drugs": expensive targeted therapies, powerful painkillers, sleeping pills, vitamins...

These bottles and jars were once his life.

Even when he was on the run or making plans, he had to carry them with him carefully, for fear that he would die if he missed a meal.

But now.

Gu Qing picked up the bottle of imported targeted drug and shook it.

The pills inside made a rustling sound.

Goodbye, old friend.

Gu Qing tightened her fingers slightly.

Click.

The hard plastic medicine bottle deformed and cracked in his hands.

White pills were scattered all over the floor.

He doesn't need it anymore.

Whether it's physiological or psychological.

"From today onwards, I, Gu Qing, will not seek medical treatment or ask for medicine."

Gu Qing glanced at the rising sun outside the window, her eyes shining brighter than the sunlight.

"I only seek... the Way."

He turned and walked to the wardrobe, where he changed into a black trench coat.

He threw that hospital gown-like nightgown on the floor like trash.

"System, you still have 600 faith points, right?"

[Yes, host. 】

"Convert them all into 'Basic Concealment Talismans'." Gu Qing straightened his collar. "My current aura is too conspicuous, like a walking light bulb. Before I can fully control this power, I need to learn to keep a low profile."

[Exchange successful. The Concealing Breath Talisman has taken effect.]

The host's current life magnetic field has been disguised as being at an ordinary level.

Gu Qing nodded in satisfaction.

The "immortal" in the mirror instantly lost all his brilliance, transforming back into an ordinary young man who was somewhat handsome but had a gentle demeanor.

Apart from those eyes that occasionally flashed with a sharp light, no one could tell what terrifying power was contained within this body.

"The matter in western Hunan is settled."

"My health is also taken care of."

Gu Qing pushed open the door and walked out of the presidential suite where she had stayed for half a month.

"It's time to switch to a different map."

"Now that the authorities have established the 'Seeking Immortals' team, I can't let them remain unable to find anyone."

"The truly wise live in seclusion amidst the bustling city."

"Next stop... back to my hometown, to see those two elderly people who are still living in fear."