Chapter 77: A Soup Pot’s Advice
When Bane came out of the bathroom, He went to prostrate himself on the floor beside Wei Nam Lee and Mizuage. The place had been cleaned with spiritual energy, but the lingering smell of shit was not so easily dispersed.
Bai Xiao Meng was standing in front of a pillar, his face pale and his eyes blazing.
"Explain," was all he said, and Mizuage spoke up.
"I really am not sure how this happened. While I have never seen someone fully comprehend the Divine Immortal Body Refinement Technique, I never expected something like this to happen! You were even the one to suggest it if the boy hit a bottleneck, which he did," Mizuage explained, and Bai Xiao Meng frowned, and glanced at Wei Nam Lee, who was trembling and sweating profusely.
"Is that true?" he asked, and Wei Nam Lee nodded furiously. While only becoming a part of Senior Bai's Immortal White Dragon Sect recently, Wei Nam Lee had known the master before even leaving the nine heavens to come to this village. In that entire time, he had never seen Bai Xiao Meng so upset.
Bai Xiao Meng let out a sigh, and his body seemed to deflate, and his skin wrinkled a bit, showing his age.
"Alright. Since I am the one that suggested it, I can not put the blame on the boy, but I would like to look over his body now. If he truly did fully comprehend the ability, this... outburst should have completely purged his body of impurities. If not, then we can try the same thing again... in another location," Bai Xiao Meng suggested, and Mizuage agreed as he and Wei Nam Lee stood up, helping Bane off the ground.
"Alright, take the boy somewhere and examine him. Then, we can go over what this will mean for his future training," Bai Xiao Meng sighed and vanished, his speed and power far greater than Mizuage, despite him being an elder of the sect.
"So? He is not mad that I covered half his house in my shit?" Bane asked as Mizuage walked with him and Wei Nam Lee through the building, away from the main area of the house, and to a back room, where a stone table was set up.
"Climb on the table, and Wei Nam Lee and I will examine everything that has changed in your body," Mizuage instructed, and Bane nodded, and then hopped up on the table.
Once he was situated, Wei Nam Lee and Mizuage each held a hand out, and white lights flowed from their palms and covered Bane's body. This only lasted for a moment, as both men suddenly stepped back in shock, the lights from their hands vanishing.
"Is that even possible?" Wei Nam Lee asked in shock, but Mizuage's looked just as surprised.
"So you saw it as well, right?" Mizuage asked, and Wei Nam Lee gave him a nervous look.
"What am I even looking at? Where are the flesh and bones? Every part of him has been replaced by some kind of energy! Are we even dealing with a human?" Wei Nam Lee sputtered up, making Bane look at him with a frown.
"What do you mean? What is wrong?" Bane asked, and then a smile crossed his face. "Did I do a good job shitting?"
Wei Nam Lee glared at Bane, his face pale, and Mizuage rolled his eyes, and smacked Bane across the face, not putting any power behind it.
"Stop being an idiot. Your body has completely transformed into pure, refined energy. That is not something that is supposed to happen. This is a rare technique, but you are still one of many that have comprehended it. Yet, I have never heard of someone actually changing their body like this, but since your body is the only thing that changed, this must have happened because of the purity of your mana veins, and the fact that your body is now completely pure."
Wei Nam Lee's eyes were wide and he looked like he was about to have a heart attack.
"This is impossible! There is no way a body could be made from spiritual energy! He doesn't even have a spiritual base! I don't know what he has, but it can't be called a body!"
Bane looked between the two of them and shrugged. "Well, how is it going to affect me?"
Mizuage and Wei Nam Lee shared a look, and then turned back to Bane. "Stick your arm out," Mizuage said, and then pulled up his sword that he used to fly on.
Bane shrugged, sticking out one arm, which Mizuage severed with a flick of his wrist. Bane didn't flinch from the cut, but he stepped back in shock when his severed arm didn't hit the ground. Instead, tendrils of golden light connected the stump to the arm, and pulled it back, and it reformed like nothing had happened.
"I would call that a pretty good effect," Mizuage said, and Wei Nam Lee's head snapped around, and he looked at the dragon.
"Was that really necessary?" Wei Nam Lee asked, but Bane then summoned a throwing blade in each hand.
Without blinking. Bane used one to cut his arm open, but it wound closed just as it was made. Bane plunged the other into his stomach, but within a matter of seconds, the blade was pushed out of his body and hit the floor.
Wei Nam Lee passed out, thumping to the ground, but Bane and Mizuage ignored him.
"I'm going to have a blast with this, but what can I not do now? Is there anything I can't heal from?" Bane asked, and Mizuage shrugged.
"I am not really the person to test this. I would suggest trying to pit yourself against Nina, but just know that this is not enough to even come close to matching her. While it seems like your body is nearly indestructible, you still are limited by your energy. If you run out of stamina, you will be no better than a human," Mizuage explained, and Bane nodded, giving his body a stretch, but then he froze, making Mizuage frown. "What is it? Is something wrong?"
Bane smirked. "I just need to go see where my wife is. I sent her away before this all happened, so I should probably let her know I am okay."
Mizuage gave Bane a sideways look. "You had best clean up first. There is a bathhouse in the center of the village called the Dragon's Pearl. Go there and bathe. I'll get Wei Nam Lee to tell Lysia to meet you there."