<h4>Chapter 159: Could This Be a Kidney Stone?</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios


    As the Dharmic Artifact was spinning at a dizzying speeds in the Dharmic Armament Pavilion cave abode, the order that Wang Baole transmitted to the brain was perfectly activated by the Dharmic Artifact. A momentary explosion resulted in the spirit fat within Wang Baole’s unconscious body to visibly disintegrate.


    His body gradually recovered. However, the processpared to normal slimming rates—was indescribably fast. Wang Baole’s body also trembled subconsciously.


    If seen by others, this would be unnerving. They would not be able to help but be impressed by the fatty’s harshness and courage to slim down.


    At the same time, in Wang Baole’s unconscious state, there was a forbidden zone that was off-limits to those not granted permission to ess. It was found on the mountain peak of the Dao Enlightenment Pavilion, located at Upper Academy Ind.


    Looking from afar, the peak had a depression that looked like ake. At thekeside, there was a wooden house. At that moment, the Grand Supreme Elder, who had pointed at Wang Baole, was sitting there, looking at the water surface.


    Along his gaze, the greatpetition within the Combat Pavilion appeared clearly beneath the water surface, just like the ones participated in by Wang Baole. In reality, it was just like a greatpetition that was held underwater.


    Under his observation, the bald youth called Li Wuchen paced quickly from far, wearing an ugly expression. As he arrived, he took a deep breath to barely cool himself down. Walking up to the elder’s side, he quietly saluted him once.


    “Master.”


    “How do you feel?” his master asked with his eyes fixated on theke surface, without looking back. At this moment, thergepetition within the Combat Pavilion had already decided on who was the strongest from each mountain peak. The second round of thepetition was beginning.


    Upon hearing his master’s words, Li Wuchen, who could already hardly keep his cool, seemed to struggle to contain his anger even after taking a few consecutive deep breaths. He clenched his teeth.


    “That Wang Baole was too shameless! I merely went to test him, yet he went on to swallow my Illusory Armament world and even digested a good half of it... Master, I suspect he was originally a beast!” Li Wuchen felt more exasperated at this moment.


    Listening to the words of his disciple, the elder expression somewhat changed. Recalling what had happened earlier, he uncontroblyughed and turned back to look at the still peeved Li Wuchen.


    “Wuchen, why not let Wang Baole be your junior brother?” The elder deliberated, with his eyes having a glint.


    “What?” Li Wuchen obviously did not expect that his own master would say such a thing. His mind buzzed. If Wang Baole became his junior brother, that would be extremely terrible in his mind. Li Wuchen became anxious. However, it would be impossible to persuade his master in such a situation. He can only speak indignantly.


    “Master, you need to be careful when making such a decision. I am afraid that you may regret it in the future...”


    The elder gave a faint smile and turned to look at theke surface quietly. However, his eyes seemed to be filled with an even sharper glint. The smile at the corner of his lips did not fade away for a long time.


    Seeing that his master seemed to have made his decision, Li Wuchen, depressed, could not help but look at the water drops of his own Illusory Weapon World. Particrly when he suddenly recalled that this was spat out from Wang Baole’s mouth, his anger uncontrobly shot up, his expression changed, and he sharply inhaled.


    As time gradually psed, the Combat Pavilion’spetition finally ended after three days. Even though Lu Zihao finished strong, he did note in as champion of the first level of the True Breath realm in the final match. At least, he managed to be among the top ten of those at the first level of the True Breath realm.


    The champion this time round was Zhuo Yifan!


    In third ce was Chen Ziheng. As for the second, it was a female disciple called Wu Hui. She was lesser known. However, the assistant whom she invited was actually Zhao Yameng. With her help, Wu Hui was able to go all the way to the mountain peak. Furthermore, she was augmented by the array formation given by Zhao Yameng afterward, bing the dark horse of thergepetition.


    At this moment, the Combat Pavilion’spetition finally ended. As the military and the Federation officials were leaving, the top ten warriors of the first to the fifth level of the Combat Pavilion immediately became famous on Upper Academy Ind, catching the attention of many people.


    In previous years, the supporting teammates of the other pavilions might be mentioned after thepetition, but they would not have received as much attention as those victors of thepetition. This was because thepetition belonged to the Combat Pavilion after all.


    However, this time around... it was different. This was due to the appearance of Wang Baole. Regardless of whether it was the advertisement about Dharmic Artifacts that disyed fireworks, his outburst during the battle with Li Wuchen, or his breakthrough in swallowing the water droplets to be a huge fatty, each of those acts was enough to discuss for days.


    As such, his name was mentioned multiple times. In fact, he was gradually mentioned more often than the favored ones in the Combat Pavilion, bing more famous. Even the victors of thepetition were all struck dumb when they heard of Wang Baole’s feat.


    However, the Wang Baole at the moment was still lying very still in his own cave abode, in a state of oblivion. His body would twitch once in a while. At the same time, his body was clearly slimming down, no longer as hefty as when he returned, gradually returning to his original size.


    Only at dusk two dayster, Wang Baole’s body, which was still lying there, jolted to life. He slowly opened his eyes, appearing lost. After Wang Baole regained full consciousness, he suddenly sat up, breathed heavily, and looked down to scrutinize his own body.


    Noticing that his abdomen had be much smaller and that his body had fully recovered, Wang Baole was so excited that he immediately took a mirror to examine himself. Upon seeing that familiar face in the mirror, he could not help butugh out loud.


    <i>Sess! Things like slimming down is too easy for me! </i>Wang Baole stood up whileughing wildly and continuously turned around in front of the mirror, bing more and more excited.


    <i>I am still this slim and handsome! </i>While being pleased with himself and high-spirited, Wang Baole could not help but raise his hand and thump his abdomen. Just as he was about to sigh emotionally, the thump stunned him and prompted him to look down suspiciously.


    <i>Why is it that I feel like I had hit something? Wang Baole touched carefully, while his facial expression suddenly changed for the worst.</i>


    <i>What is this round thing? </i>Wang Baole’s eyes opened widely, and his breath stop instantaneously. He immediately recalled the order that he had transmitted to his brain before he became unconscious.


    <i>It can’t be... </i>Wang Baole’s head buzzed, and his face turned pale in fear. He quickly took a look and then heaved a sigh of relief. However, he was still stunned for a long while.


    At this moment, there was an impressive fist-sized crystal in his body that was found on top of the devouring seed, which upied his dantian. It seemed like a Spirit Stone but was blood red in color. In it, it seemed to encapste the amazing Spirit Qi. Upon sensing it a little, Wang Baole immediately drew a deep breath. Based on his own instincts, this crystal appeared to be like a bomb.


    Once burst open, the huge amount of Spirit Qi emitted would definitely cause his body to explode straightaway.


    <i>What is this, could this be a kidney stone? A kidney stone formed by highly concentrated Spirit Qi? </i>Wang Baole was quite nervous. After observing it closely, he was taken aback.


    Although about ny percent of the spirit fat in his body had disappeared and his cultivation level had risen a little, he did not feel it strongly. Combining with his recollections of the order that he had transmitted before losing consciousness, the origin of this crystal became perfectly clear.


    “Just because I tricked my brain that I was pregnant, the spirit fats dissolved and released Spirit Qi. The Spirit Qi then coagted to form this thing,” Wang Baole muttered in fascination, smiling bitterly for a long time.


    It was good that he had realized that the meridians of the Spirit Qi were no longer the Spirit threads in the past. Instead, it seemed like countless threads hade together to form a small stream, flowing along his own meridians, making his own body clearly much stronger than before.


    “The second level of the True Breath realm!” Feeling the cultivation level after his own transformation, Wang Baole was much better. He guessed that the stone was very powerful at a nce. If he slowly absorbed it, it would beparable to pills, expediting his cultivation and refinement.


    Wang Baole was excited by this thought and quickly had a go. He realized that as his cultivation was activated and the spirit stream was flowing along his meridians, the red stone indeed released some spirit energy. After being absorbed by thergework of spirit streams, Wang Baole was immediately stimted.


    <i>This is fate! </i>Wang Baoleughed wildly in tion. Realizing that he was truly at the second level of the True Breath realm, his burning excitement made him control the Spirit Qi in his body to concentrate on his palms, ording to the spells recorded in the Cloud Ethereal technique. He raised his hand and clenched his fist. A fist-sized fireball immediately appeared with a bang.


    <i>Indeed, I no longer need to rely on talismans! </i>Wang Baole’s eyes glittered, and he extinguished the fireball with a wave. He tried again, and small wind des quickly appeared. This excited Wang Baole, prompting him to try over and over again. However, the Spirit Qi in his meridians seemed to deplete very quickly, making it hard for him to withstand the expenditure.


    Looking at what happened, Wang Baole quickly stopped trying. After meditating for a while, he realized that the Spirit Qi in his meridians had recovered to normal, and he opened his eyes, unable to contain the look of excitement.