While Liu Changqing and Shi Dingyan held their breath, Shen Qian, who had already opened his eyes, suddenly closed them again in mid-air.

"What's going on?"

Both of them were taken aback.

The spiritual energy that had been swept up by the sinking was now stagnant in mid-air and was showing signs of dissipating.

"Where did the problem go wrong?"

Shi Dingyan frowned deeply, but he dared not act rashly because he was unsure of the situation.

"Look at his body!"

Liu Changqing's expression grew even more solemn, and he almost couldn't help but take a few steps forward.

Reminded by Liu Changqing, Shi Dingyan then realized that Shen Qian's body had undergone a terrifying change.

His left foot was being frozen inch by inch, while flames were erupting from his right foot, which was a bloody mess. His abdomen was torn apart, and layers of eerie black mist were seeping out. Most terrifying of all was Shen Qian's neck, half of which was strangely becoming ethereal.

Although Shen Qian did not scream, his facial features began to distort uncontrollably.

"The primordial energy is completely out of control..."

Liu Changqing gasped, "Third Senior Brother, what should we do?"

Shi Dingyan thought for a moment, then shook his head with a gloomy expression. "You should know best... there's nothing we can do."

Liu Changqing remained silent. Indeed, devouring even one type of primordial energy was a perilous undertaking, let alone the fact that there were a full 120 different types of primordial energy.

"It's not out of control, it's out of balance."

At that moment, a calm voice sounded behind them.

"teacher?"

The two breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the voice and turned around. Sure enough, Gao Wenyuan, dressed in a long white suit, had appeared behind them at some point and was staring at Chen Qian in mid-air.

"Teacher, are you... alright?"

Shi Dingyan was somewhat surprised and uncertain, because Gao Wenyuan, who was always very clean, had a lot of reddish-gray stains on his trench coat, and even the cuffs were torn.

Liu Changqing also discovered it, and was utterly shocked.

Who in this world could make a teacher look so embarrassed?

"It's alright."

Gao Wenyuan smiled faintly, "The place we went to this time was a bit far away, so we didn't make any preparations."

"Is the teacher doing this for his junior brother?" Shi Dingyan's heart stirred.

Gao Wenyuan nodded slightly, "His final choice to break through here was indeed unexpected. I have no choice but to go there myself."

"Then what do you mean by imbalance, teacher?" Liu Changqing couldn't help but ask.

"It's unbalanced, it's like... something's missing."

Gao Wenyuan said softly, then waved his hand, and a grayish stone flew towards Chen Qian.

Liu Changqing and Shi Dingyan were both somewhat taken aback when they saw the palm-sized, broken stone. They had already understood what Gao Wenyuan meant.

But what if the teacher went to some dangerous place, or even experienced some kind of danger, and then came back with this thing?

As if sensing the two's disdain, the gray stone suddenly shone brightly, transforming into five-colored light, even rendering the clouds beautifully.

The five-colored light emanating from the stone was so real that it entered the five limbs of the sinking man.

The abnormal state on Shen Qian's body was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his expression became peaceful again.

"Teacher, what kind of stone is this?" Liu Changqing asked, somewhat bewildered.

"Five-colored stone".

"How come I've never heard of such a thing?" Liu Changqing asked in confusion.

"It also has a name, a name from mythology..."

Gao Wenyuan stared at the five-colored light and said softly, "The Sky-Mending Stone."

Shi Dingyan suddenly realized, "Legend has it that the ancient mother goddess Nuwa used divine stones to mend the sky, connect yin and yang and remove rebellious energy. It seems that this is not unfounded. At least for now, these five-colored stones do have the effect of balancing all things."

"I can sense that the disordered primordial energy within Ninth Brother's body is gradually reaching a balance in a subtle way."

After listening to Shi Dingyan's analysis, Liu Changqing's gaze towards Chen Qian became fervent. He couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, with this Heaven-Mending Stone, can I also try to absorb some different kinds of primordial energy?"

"yes."

"Then, teacher, what do you think..."

Go find it yourself.

Liu Changqing: "..."

At this moment, Gao Wenyuan suddenly waved his hand, and as the light shone, Liu Changqing, who hadn't even had time to react, disappeared underground with a blank expression.

Shi Dingyan was stunned. "Teacher, it seems that Sixth Junior Brother didn't scold you this time!"

"That's because I didn't give him a chance," Gao Wenyuan said calmly.

Shi Dingyan was speechless for a moment. He felt that what the teacher said made a lot of sense, but something seemed a little off...

At this moment, the five-colored stone completely disappeared into the air, and all the five-colored light entered Shen Qian's body.

Clang!

Shen opened his eyes again.

This time, no light appeared in his eyes, but Shi Dingyan seemed to hear a clanging sound like a sword being drawn from its sheath.

Splash!

The spiritual energy, which had already subsided, began to surge violently again, constantly breaking free from the seven-colored chains and rushing towards Chen Qian's body.

These are the most primordial spiritual energies in the world, as violent as the original energy, but after entering Shen Qian's body, they seem to be restrained in some way and slowly become docile.

The Rongyuan Pill that Shenqian had been holding in his mouth began to take effect.

But Shen Qian's body was like a black hole. Under Shi Dingyan's horrified gaze, countless spiritual energies were continuously devoured by Shen Qian, far exceeding what ordinary martial artists needed to break through.

"A body with eight orifices is terrifyingly powerful?"

Despite his感慨 (feelings of deep emotion), Shi Dingyan didn't forget to pick up the gourd beside him and, after the Rongyuan Pill in Shen Qian's mouth had completely dissolved, toss it into Shen Qian's mouth, who was still not fully awake.

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