Chapter 555 - Qualitative Change
The next day Lin Mu opened his eyes and saw a change in Little Shrubby.
"Did his fur fall off?" Lin Mu spoke.
He stood up and observed the fur that was fallen on the ground everywhere. Lin Mu checked little Shrubby and saw new fur growing on his body. It was very small and would take a while before it would be replenished.
Lin Mu didn’t know if this was a good change or not, but then remembered even he had lost all his hair when he had obtained the Xiantian Physique. He reckoned that this must be something similar, if not different.
Little Shrubby’s aura had also gotten a bit more stronger than before, and it had yet to fully absorb all the Beast Qi that Lin Mu had injected into him yesterday.
"Hmm... I’ll give him more when he is done with this part." Lin Mu spoke before leaving the cave.
He wanted to see what the condition of the two snakes was now that a day had passed. Lin Mu flew there and saw the two snakes still lying there. The Fire Fang snake was in the same position as before and was resting while the Black Water snake had calmed down, too.
It no longer looked like it was in discomfort, though it was still sprawled on the ground like he was dead. Lin Mu checked both of them with his spirit sense and found that there was a slight change in their cultivation base.
It had increased by a little bit, but it was most obvious in the Black Water snake.
"Hmm... a few more strings of the Beast Qi should be enough to show an effect, I think. Since Little Shrubby shed his fur after two full strings, it should be roughly the same for them too... hopefully." Lin Mu estimated.
Lin Mu chanted the Nurturing heart sutra and refined another string of Beast Qi before taking it out of his Dantian. The Fire Fang Snake woke up immediately upon sensing the Beast Qi and raised its head. The black water snake though, was still asleep and it seemed like it could not take any more for now.
"Seems like it’s just you this time..." Lin Mu muttered.
The food was soon cooked while Lin Mu was engrossed in his memories and he woke up from the rumble of his belly. Lin Mu quickly finished the meat before chanting the nurturing heart sutra and refining the Beast Qi string.
"He seems a bit better than yesterday." Lin Mu said, upon checking Little Shrubby’s condition.
He then placed his hands on Little Shrubby’s back and injected the string of beast Qi.
~shua~
This time the reaction was much stronger than before. A spirit Qi vortex seemed to have formed around Little Shrubby, and it started to pour into his body at a great speed.
"What’s this?..." Lin Mu said, feeling surprised.
"Looks like you triggered a breakthrough for him. This is the infusion of spirit Qi which happens when a cultivator or a beast is undergoing a qualitative change." Xukong said.
"Spirit Qi infusion? How is this different from a normal breakthrough or cultivating normally?" Lin Mu questioned.
"Think of it like this... the body of Little Shrubby is a vacuum and the Sprint Qi is the air that is in rushing to fill that vacuum. While when you cultivate you are trying to stuff that very air into a filled container." Xukong answered.
"Ah, now I understand." Lin Mu nodded his head.
He watched the spirit Qi vortex for about fifteen minutes, after which it finally faded away.
~Huala~
Spirit Qi fluctuations that were much stronger than before came from Little Shrubby’s body as it fully broke through into the Peak stage of the core condensation realm. Its fur which was short, started to grow at a rapid pace and soon covered its entire body.
Now it was actually longer than it used to be. Another thing that was different was that more patterns had appeared on Little Shrubby’s fur than there were before.