Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 121: Essence Energy in the Mountains

Chapter 121: Chapter 121: Essence Energy in the Mountains

Having traveled farther from the village until not a single person was in sight, Fang Bai felt free to fully exert himself, deploying his movement technique at full speed, with only the whooshing of the wind by his ear.

As the saying goes, distant hills look near.

Standing at the entrance to the village and gazing northward, one might think the continuous mountain range was close to the village, but in reality, to approach the mountains was to discover they were quite distant.

At Fang Bai’s current pace, it took him nearly half an hour at full speed to reach the edge of the mountains.

The rugged terrain filled with rocks and stones posed no hindrance to Fang Bai; his legs moved as if he were flying, weaving through the small paths between the mountains, until he arrived at the foot of a peak two thousand meters high and finally halted.

This peak was the tallest within tens of miles around, steep and perilous.

Fang Bai took a moment to catch his breath at the base of the mountain, waiting for his True Yuan and physical strength to nearly recover. Then, leveraging the protruding rocks and vines, he used his movement technique to deftly climb upwards with agility like a monkey.

For ordinary people, this type of mountain would be difficult to summit without climbing tools, but Fang Bai, using only his hands, reached the summit in just over ten minutes.

The peak was quite flat, unobstructed by any other mountains nearby, making it suitable for practicing any cultivation technique.

At that moment, the morning sun was still blocked by thick clouds on the eastern horizon. Fang Bai sat cross-legged on a flat rock several feet in diameter at the top of the peak, facing the rising sun to the east. He consumed three "Gathering Yuan Pills" and took out three Red Essence Stones, holding them between the palms of his hands.

Then, with focused concentration, he began to circulate the "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique" and started to absorb the Essence Energy from the "Gathering Yuan Pills" and the Red Essence Stones.

After one cycle of the "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique," Fang Bai felt a warm glow throughout his body, as if soaking in a hot spring.

Fang Bai knew this was because the three "Gathering Yuan Pills" he had taken were beginning to dissolve; their efficacy turned into True Yuan, entering his meridians and blood, starting to flow with his life force.

At the same time, the three Red Essence Stones in his palms began to emit strands of True Yuan.

The True Yuan that spilled out from the Red Essence Stones slowly penetrated Fang Bai’s palms, then seeped into his bloodstream and meridians, joining his body’s circulatory cycle of True Yuan.

The Essence Energy embodied in the three "Gathering Yuan Pills" and the three Red Essence Stones was about the same; it took Fang Bai a full hour to completely absorb the Essence Energy contained within the pills and the stones.

By that time, the three "Gathering Yuan Pills" in Fang Bai’s abdomen had completely dissolved and disappeared.

Meanwhile, the three Red Essence Stones that had rested in Fang Bai’s palms had changed from their originally translucent and stunning appearance to a small pile of dark gray stone dust.

A gust of mountain wind blew by, and the dust-like stone chips were scattered from Fang Bai’s palms by the wind.

This had been Fang Bai’s first time cultivating with "Gathering Yuan Pills" and Essence Stones since his rebirth through possession in this world. Absorbing just the Essence Energy contained in the pills and stones had taken a long time, causing Fang Bai to sigh with emotion.

The reasons for this, Fang Bai knew, were his short time spent cultivating since his rebirth, his weak strength, and his narrow meridians.

These reasons significantly affected the speed at which he could absorb True Yuan from the pills and Essence Stones.

In the peak of his previous life, Fang Bai’s meridians were as tough as fine gold and as wide as vast rivers; any pill that entered his stomach would instantly dissolve, any Essence Stone in his palm would turn to ash in a blink, and the speed of absorbing True Yuan was astonishingly fast—like heaven and earth compared to now.

After Fang Bai had fully absorbed the True Yuan from three "Gathering Yuan Pills" and three Red Essence Stones, the morning sun also broke through the clouds, casting thousands of rays of sunlight across the mountain range.

At this time, the Essence Energy in the mountains was several times denser than usual, and around Fang Bai’s body as the center, a wispy white mist began to gather as if it were both there and not there.

This white mist, swirling around Fang Bai, could not be dispersed even by the strongest mountain wind.

The white mist enveloped Fang Bai’s entire body, making him appear from a distance as if he were sitting within a thin, enormous eggshell.

These mists weren’t ordinary mountain fog, but Heaven and Earth Origin Energy.

The "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique" was a special Cultivation Method from the Cultivation World of Fang Bai’s previous life. When Fang Bai circulated this technique, the billions of pores on his body would open to absorb and receive the Essence Energy from between heaven and earth.

The Essence Energy gathered around Fang Bai was being absorbed by his body, swirling and waiting to be devoured by it.

Bathed in the morning sunlight and the converging Heaven and Earth Origin Energy from the surrounding mountains, Fang Bai ended his cultivation after the "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique" cycled through forty-nine heavenly cycles. He then rose to his feet.

After assessing himself, Fang Bai felt that although he had used up three "Gathering Yuan Pills" and three Red Essence Stones without achieving a breakthrough, his senses had become sharper, and the True Yuan within his Qi Sea had clearly increased, indicating that his strength had improved significantly.

On top of the mountain, Fang Bai practiced the "Divine Elephant Eight Desolate Steps," displayed the "Dragon Soaring to the Heavens" movement technique, and with the coordination of his movements and footsteps, he executed a few rounds of the "Tiger Roar Thunder Fist." Finally, he faced the rising sun and unleashed a "Lion’s Roar Sonic Wave."

As the "Lion’s Roar Sonic Wave" resonated through the mountains, Fang Bai felt refreshed and invigorated. His body felt lighter, as if he were about to take flight. He knew that his next breakthrough wasn’t far off.

Since there was Essence Energy in the mountains, it signified the possible presence of treasures containing True Yuan or an Essence Stone Vein. Fang Bai decided to explore after he had used up his remaining "Gathering Yuan Pills" and Red Essence Stones.

By then, his strength should have improved further, and his ability to protect himself would be stronger. If he encountered martial artists like those from Qingcheng Temple or Misty Rain Tower again in the mountains, he would handle them more easily.

Around six in the morning, Fang Bai descended from the mountain peak and returned to the village where he resided.

Upon entering the courtyard, Qiu Zhan and his daughter Qiu Mingyue were having breakfast in the yard.

Qiu Zhan’s wife, Qiu Yuzhi, had apparently already eaten and had been wheeled to the west side of the courtyard to bask in the morning sunlight.

Qiu Zhan said that since his wife fell ill, she liked warmth and feared the cold. Basking in the sun made her feel a little more comfortable.

Therefore, whenever the weather was clear, either Qiu Zhan or Qiu Mingyue would wheel Qiu Yuzhi out to enjoy the sunlight.

Qiu Yuzhi’s complexion seemed a shade worse than the day before, and her spirit more listless.

After glancing at her, Fang Bai sighed inwardly, knowing that the "Man-Eating Flower" poison inside this woman had accumulated to a terrifying degree and could erupt at any moment.

If the toxins weren’t expelled before they erupted within Qiu Yuzhi’s body, her life could end abruptly at any time.

Qiu Zhan ate his meal while looking at his wife, his gaze filled with sadness, infatuation, anger, and regret.

Fang Bai understood this was a couple with a story, and surely, their story was more fraught and unhappy than that of most couples in the world.