"Judging by the time, it should be about right."
Under the cover of night, Qin Luo sat cross-legged in the open space outside the temple. Two days had passed since he last returned his cultivation. Given Xia Zihan's personality, she should be breaking through tonight with the help of the pills, right?
He watched the purple light continuously falling into the temple and thought to himself, and sure enough, after half an incense stick's time, a mechanical voice rang out:
[Xia Zihan has entered the first stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm. Based on her current affection level for the host: 5, the return reward will be randomly distributed between 6 and 30 times the original value.]
[Cultivation points are doubled, with a multiplier of 30, granting thirty times the cultivation points of the first level of the Spirit Gathering Realm]
In just a moment, Qin Luo felt a surge of spiritual energy rushing towards him like a torrent.
He immediately activated the Myriad Manifestations Return to One Technique, guiding the spiritual energy towards the acupoints within his body. The spiritual energy surged in frantically, and the acupoints began to tremble and twist under the immense pressure. Qin Luo gritted his teeth, enduring immense pain, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
Under the orderly yet fierce impact of countless purple spiritual energies, finally, amidst a violent roar, the nine acupoints within Qin Luo's body successfully merged into a Qi Sea.
Instantly, a series of sounds like shattering glass rang out around him, followed by an extremely powerful aura emanating from his body.
This powerful aura, like an invisible pressure wave, rapidly spread outwards. It caused the surrounding trees to seem to be under immense pressure, their branches and leaves shaking violently, rustling softly, and withered yellow leaves falling like raindrops, piling up in a thick layer on the ground.
"Is this the Spirit Gathering Realm?"
Qin Luo could clearly feel the surrounding spiritual energy surging into his Qi Sea, and the Ziwei Star in the starry sky also cast a purple glow upon him, with strands of purple spiritual energy being born in his Qi Sea.
With the birth of the Purple Radiance Spiritual Energy, the Myriad Manifestations Return to One Technique within his body began to operate automatically. Under the control of the Myriad Manifestations Return to One Technique, the characters composed of the Purple Radiance Spiritual Energy actually formed two martial arts techniques in his mind!
These two martial arts techniques were imprinted in Qin Luo's mind as soon as they were formed, which greatly shocked him.
Ziwei Star Breaks:
The Myriad Phenomena Return to One Technique is a martial art derived from the Purple Emperor Supreme Technique. To use this technique, one must have Purple Radiance Spiritual Energy within their body.
When a cultivator uses this martial skill, the purple spiritual energy will condense into a dazzling purple ball of light in the palm of their hand. The ball of light not only contains powerful physical destructive energy, but also possesses extremely penetrating mental attack power.
Starry Phantom Step:
The "All Things Return to One" technique is a martial art derived from the "Purple Star Imperial Ultimate Skill". When practitioners use the "Starry Illusion Step", they must first activate the purple spiritual energy within their bodies.
At that time, a dazzling light, like stars, will appear beneath the cultivator's feet.
Cultivators can achieve rapid, instantaneous movement by mastering this power. During movement, their figure is like a phantom, making it difficult for opponents to pinpoint their true location. Furthermore, they can change direction instantly, as agile and unpredictable as the twinkling of stars, making it difficult for enemy attacks to hit them.
Qin Luo carefully comprehended the mysteries of these two martial arts techniques. Only now did he understand the meaning of the deduction in the "Myriad Phenomena Return to One Technique." It was worth the immense spiritual energy he had exhausted to cultivate this technique.
"Something's not right! I've been absorbing spiritual energy for so long, why doesn't my dantian feel full yet?"
This prompted Qin Luo to quickly examine his internal energy center. What he found was quite shocking.
His Qi Sea isn't just a stagnation point anymore, it's practically an ocean of Qi!
The boundless sea of qi left him speechless. He saw wisps of purple spiritual energy floating within it, but they looked like a drop in the ocean.
"When will I ever be able to fill this Qi Sea?"
Just as Qin Luo was thinking this, he suddenly heard a faint footstep, which made him quickly stop his cultivation. Instantly, the spiritual energy and purple glow that had been surging into his Qi Sea disappeared.
"Fellow Daoist Wang Wu, so you're here. I've been looking for you for a while now."
Xia Zihan walked wearily to Qin Luo, but her eyes gleamed with a strange excitement.
"I was afraid of disturbing your cultivation inside, so I came out. By the way, what brings Fellow Daoist Zhao Jiu to see me? Is it because you're running out of pills?"
Qin Luo smiled slightly and looked at her sincerely.
Hearing his words, Xia Zihan felt a pang of shame. She remembered how Wang Wu had kindly sent her pills, and how she had wrongly blamed him for disturbing her cultivation.
"Fellow Daoist Wang Wu, I misunderstood you before, I'm truly sorry." Xia Zihan lowered her head slightly, her face showing a hint of guilt.
Qin Luo paused for a moment, then realized that she was apologizing for his attitude when he went deep into the temple last time.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao Jiu, you flatter me. There's no need to take it to heart. After all, disturbing your cultivation was my fault." *After all, your cultivation is equivalent to my cultivation.* Qin Luo added in his mind.
"I don't think Fellow Daoist Zhao Jiu came to see me specifically about this matter, does he?"
Hearing this, Xia Zihan's face turned serious, and then she said:
"I've come here to tell you that, thanks to the pills you gave me, I've broken through to the Spirit Gathering Realm. We can now enter the Southern Region at any time, so I've come to ask for your opinion."
"The matter in the Southern Region should be resolved as soon as possible. I think Fellow Daoist Zhao Jiu doesn't want to stay here any longer either. How about we set off first thing tomorrow morning?"
"That suits me perfectly."
Xia Zihan's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed a lot when she heard what he said. She didn't expect that Wang Wu thought exactly the same thing as her. The longer they stayed here, the more likely they were to be exposed.
So she wanted to leave the temple as soon as possible, but since the pills were all provided by Wang Wu, she had to refer to his opinion. Fortunately, the two of them had a good understanding of each other.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao Jiu, now that you have broken through to the Spirit Gathering Realm, could you explain to me the wonders of this Spirit Gathering Realm?"
Qin Luo spoke carefully, looking at Xia Zihan with a worried expression.
"Since Fellow Daoist Wang Wu wants to know, then I will explain it to you in detail."
After Xia Zihan finished speaking, she paused for a moment, seemingly considering where to begin. After a long while, she took a deep breath and spoke softly:
"After entering the Spirit Gathering Realm, a sea of qi will form within our body, and all cultivation in the Spirit Gathering Realm revolves around this sea of qi."
"Damn it!" Qin Luo's heart sank. His Qi Sea—no, his Qi Ocean—would need an enormous amount of spiritual energy to fill it! Probably tens of thousands!
Thinking of this, Qin Luo felt his future was bleak.
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