Chapter 1224: Chapter 1224

Tang Cha exclaimed in surprise, then scolded irritably, "Not only has your cultivation been abolished, but have you become stupid too? I’ve heard of someone having two souls, but I’ve never heard of anyone having two dantians."

"I haven’t heard of it either, that’s why I’m asking you."

Tang Ming muttered helplessly.

"It’s absolutely impossible, just like a car can only have one engine."

Tang Cha explained with firm certainty.

"But, but I now have two dantians."

Tang Ming responded weakly.

"How is that possible?"

Tang Cha was perplexed, "Uh, why don’t you guys take a smoke break and rest while I make a call?"

"You’re so unreliable, why are you always taking calls while playing mahjong? We’ll leave you out next time."

A voice of discontentment rose up.

"I’m dealing with serious business here! It’s about whether my boy can get a huge inheritance. Do you still want your cigarette money back?"

Tang Cha grumbled, "Kid, tell me what’s going on with you?"

"Here’s the situation."

Tang Ming quickly recounted what was going on inside his body.

"Interesting, truly interesting, I didn’t expect such an intriguing thing to happen to you."

After hearing the account, Tang Cha became excited and said, "The Dust Gu inside you is one of a kind, a rare marvel. It was already a miracle that I managed to cultivate them in your body. I didn’t expect it to become so fascinating now."

"Please, enough with the sarcasm. I don’t even know what’s happening or what to do."

Tang Ming asked helplessly.

"Let me think for a moment."

Tang Cha fell silent, having never encountered a situation like Tang Ming’s, he could only probe and explore.

"Alright, first try cultivating with the two dantians and then tell me what reactions you get."

Moments later, Tang Cha solemnly reminded, "Be cautious in your probing, don’t exert too much force, otherwise if you explode, you can’t blame me."

"Okay, I’ll give it a try."

Tang Ming nodded repeatedly, then began cultivating with his restored dantian.

As soon as Tang Ming started cultivating, the mutated Dust Gu in his intact dantian surged into his meridians like a tide, with vigorous true qi rapidly flowing.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the normal Dust Gu repairing the broken dantian immediately cut off its connection with Tang Ming’s meridians, retreating entirely into the damaged dantian as if it disappeared.

"My cultivation has recovered, although it has fallen to a Five-star Martial Master level, it has truly recovered."

Tang Ming exclaimed excitedly, then recounted the situation in his body to Tang Cha.

"Oh... quickly check the other side."

After hearing Tang Ming’s story, Tang Cha eagerly urged, "First stop cultivating with this dantian, then switch to the other."

"Alright, alright, changing the dantian naturally stops the current cultivation."

Tang Ming nodded repeatedly, also becoming very excited.

Tang Ming first stopped his cultivation, then attempted to continue with the broken dantian, and found that this dantian was truly damaged. Although during cultivation, the mutated Dust Gu would retract to the intact dantian, and the normal Dust Gu attempted to enter the meridians, it was impossible to cultivate due to the dantian being shattered.

"It seems this side is truly destroyed."

Tang Ming reported the situation to Tang Cha with resignation.

"Oh my, you’re defying the heavens here."

Rather than being upset, Tang Cha exclaimed in astonishment.

Tang Ming asked uncertainly.

"According to what you said, you genuinely have two dantians now. This is unprecedented, truly defying the heavens."

Tang Cha sighed with emotion.

"One is broken, and the intact dantian only has the cultivation of a Five-star Martial Master."

Tang Ming sighed helplessly. He had previously reached the Eight-star peak, and now he could only exert the power of a Five-star Martial Master. The gap was quite substantial.

Tang Cha cursed irritably, "This is just the beginning. When you eventually restore both dantians, it will be like having two cultivation pathways, doubling your reserve of true qi compared to others."

"But the cultivation is still low."

Tang Ming muttered uncertainly.

"With your cultivation method, are you still worried about not being able to raise your cultivation level?"

Tang Cha snorted coldly, explaining, "Previously, you had only one dantian and just managed to reach the Eight-star Martial Master peak. Now that the dantian is halved, retaining a Five-star strength is already quite good. When the other half is restored, you’ll probably only achieve a Three-star Martial Master level. After all, energy conservation means that the combined storage of both dantians can’t exceed your original peak."

"I still don’t quite understand. Is this useful?"

Tang Ming frowned. It seemed remarkable, but practically, his cultivation had decreased.

"I... how can I have such a dumb apprentice?"

Tang Cha grumbled in frustration, patiently explaining, "Consider the current situation: outsiders think your cultivation is abolished?"

"What do you mean ’think’, I was indeed abolished."

Tang Ming responded truthfully.

"Stop saying irrelevant things, listen to me."

Tang Cha angrily reprimanded, "Since outsiders believe your dantian is destroyed, and you indeed have one unusable dantian, as long as you don’t use the intact dantian, in their eyes, you’re a cripple. But in reality?"

"In reality, I can still exert the strength of a Five-star Martial Master?"

Tang Ming’s eyes lit up, clarity forming in his mind.

"Exactly! As it stands, in the future, your two dantians will definitely not improve in sync. The dantian with the mutated Dust Gu cultivates much faster. In the future, it’s like having two sets of powers."

Tang Ming suddenly realized, saying excitedly, "This way, as long as I show myself with the normal dantian regularly, then switch to the mutated dantian in a crisis, I can definitely catch people off guard."

Tang Cha agreed, saying excitedly, "It’s just a Five-star Martial Master. As long as you have enough Poison, you’ll quickly restore to an Eight-star cultivation. Hiding this formidable power means those wanting to kill you won’t even know how they died."

"Yes, yes, everyone thinks I’m a cripple, thinking a few low-level martial masters can handle me. They’ll meet a horrible fate."

Tang Ming nodded repeatedly, his mood significantly improved.

"Oh my, you’re so powerful now, I feel like capturing you for research myself, it’s utterly astonishing."

Tang Cha muttered, itching with curiosity.