Integration of the Soul

"Anyhow this body is really broken, I'd better gather enough strength and start healing." Ling Hong spoke as he scanned through his new body. He opened the window and took a breath of the night air, trying to keep a calm mind to sense the spiritual qi so that he could start cultivating his body.

In his previous life, after losing his cultivation he went through several texts before combining both body and qi cultivation techniques to create a whole new cultivation art that he named <Heaven-Earth Yin Yang Formula>. Using this, he was able to absorb the spiritual qi of Heaven and Earth – the purest form of qi. This technique stored qi inside the body and used this qi to refine the body from inside out.

After a few minutes he was only able to absorb a weak strand of qi. He frowned and started to enlarge his domain of absorption till it reached a nearby hill, from where stronger spiritual qi was felt.

"Looks like the distribution of qi on Earth is very uneven, there's barely any in this area." Ling Hong said as he kept the idea of cultivation on hold. 'Maybe the gathering would be better after I finish integrating my soul' he thought.

He walked back and forth, while circulating the absorbed qi to repair his muscles and bones. There was a sharp pain in his leg as he carried out the healing, at the place where he was shot. As he rubbed the bandaged spot, he muttered "These so called 'guns' are frightening weapons indeed, I may only be able to resist them after 5th Layer of Body Tempering. Might as well take a rest."

He went to his bed, stroking Meimei's smooth golden hair. Her sleeping face broke into a smile, making her more adorable. As he was caressing his sister's head, the ward opened and Jiang Yan hurried in as if he'd seen a ghost. He was resting in his office after a long day of work when the nurse ran into his office shouting that the boy was already awake. A comatose patient waking up within a few hours, how shocking that was! He immediately grabbed his coat and went to check up on the young man.

"What are you doing up and around? Lie down this instant!" he began yelling. Did this kid have brain damage or something – walking around immediately after a surgery? Ignoring him, the young man made a shush sound while pointing at the curled up girl sleeping on the bed.

Jiang Yan nodded and started speaking in a low voice "Brat you want to die? Who told you to get out from bed after all the injuries you got, do you have a death wish?"

He was furious about the recklessness of the kid in front of him and wanted to berate him more when Ling Hong interrupted him and said "Doctor, I have a special body constitution after been fed with rare medicinal herbs, so my body has a faster regeneration rate." He wouldn't directly reveal his cultivation ability, after all this was a new world and he needed to keep low till he was strong enough.

Surprised, Jiang Yan grabbed the boy and started checking his injuries and to his shock, most of them showed significant progress in healing. He started mumbling "Impossible, it should've taken several hours at least, what in the world is happening?"

Just as he was about to ask about this, Ling Hong stopped him and said "Doctor, I'd like to sleep for now." Jiang Yan grudgingly nodded and left him alone.

Ling Hong went to the bed and lay down to sleep to search through the memories faster; after all he was in dire need of information. Carefully laying down beside the little sleeping angel so as not to disturb her, he closed his eyes and entered the final stages of soul integration. A wave of memories started to hit him and he carefully analyzed the information obtained.