Shen Yunhao was already used to Xiaobailong's "girlish heart," and just chuckled: "It seems that Sister Li'er's tactics, which she has been researching for so long, have not been effective..."
"Hmph! I'll study harder for a while, and one day I'll be able to surpass you!"
"Alright, I'll wait and see..."
Shen Yunhao stood up and stretched his limbs, then suddenly asked, "Sister Li'er, now that I have condensed my Qi Palace, am I already a cultivator at the Copper Skin Realm?"
Upon hearing this, the little white dragon rolled its eyes slightly.
"Getting cocky already? Let's see if your copper skin can withstand one of my claws!"
As it spoke, it raised its right forepaw from under its belly, the bright silver claw tip sharp as a knife, gleaming with a cold, eerie light.
Shen Yunhao was completely convinced that this claw would tear his skin apart, but he still smiled and stepped forward to hug the claw.
"What...what are you doing?"
Zhu Li's expression changed in surprise, and she instinctively withdrew her claws.
Shen Yunhao looked up at the little white dragon, his gaze frank and bright: "I know, Sister Li'er definitely won't hurt me..."
"..."
Zhu Li glared at him helplessly, but also retracted her dragon claws to avoid accidentally injuring him.
"Simply absorbing spiritual energy is not enough to truly enter the body refining stage... Doesn't that Guiyuan Breathing Technique explain this?"
“This…” Shen Yunhao stroked his chin and frowned, “The Guiyuan Breathing Technique only teaches how to breathe and condense the Qi Palace, but it doesn’t mention how to cultivate afterward… According to Sister Li’er, does the Body Refining stage require absorbing some other power?”
"That's right. Although the cultivation methods of humans and demons are different, their progress in cultivation realms is completely unified! To complete the Body Refinement stage, in addition to continuing to breathe in spiritual energy, one also needs to absorb the power of the five elements!"
"The power of the Five Elements?"
"It refers to the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The essence of the body refining stage is to use the power of the five elements and spiritual energy to train your physical body until it is sufficient to train your soul. Only when you absorb a certain element's power to a perfect state can you be called a copper-skinned cultivator."
The Five Elements... Shen Yunhao was no stranger to this concept, and he often saw it in novels or on television screens.
But when it comes to actually using it, I'm a bit confused.
"Aren't the Five Elements just attributes? How can they be called power? And they're even similar to spiritual energy... What exactly is this power of the Five Elements?"
"The power of the Five Elements is actually the elemental aura produced when the Five Elements are concentrated. It can only appear in specific places. For example, the Myriad Grain Fruit you ate can only grow in places where the Wood element of Heaven and Earth is extremely concentrated, which means that there is a very abundant Wood element power in that place..."
Hearing this, Shen Yunhao roughly understood and asked, "But how can I sense this power and absorb it?"
"This requires you to sense it through spiritual energy! Now that you have condensed your Qi Palace, you can mobilize the spiritual energy in your body. Although you cannot use it before reaching the Soul Condensation Realm, you can still use it to sense the power of the Five Elements."
"But there is one thing to note, because everyone's affinity for different elements is different, the ease with which they can sense a certain elemental power also varies... Some people are drawn to water, and even in places where the water element is not very concentrated, such as ordinary large rivers, they can absorb enough water element power by staying there for a year or two!"
"If there is no affinity, the absorption of this power of the five elements will be extremely slow... requiring a lot of time."
"Some prodigies are very compatible with the power of the five elements. In addition, they are nurtured by sects and helped to find the power of the five elements. As a result, their cultivation progresses by leaps and bounds, and there are many who break through to the Soul Condensation stage within ten years!"
Ten years...
Shen Yunhao didn't have a precise idea of how long it took to cultivate. From a normal perspective, it took him a full eight years to break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining.
Because from the time when mortals are tested for bone structure, those with good aptitude begin their spiritual practice at the age of ten.
In that sense, I'm already far behind at the starting line.
"Being able to cultivate is already a great fortune. I don't care about competing for the title of 'prodigy.' As long as I can see the scenery from a higher vantage point, what's wrong with that?"
Shen Yunhao chuckled and shook his head, saying, "So, Sister Li'er, according to you, since this place is rich in wood elemental energy, should I start by absorbing wood elemental energy?"
But at this moment, the little white dragon shook his head without hesitation.
"No, you should absorb the power of water first."
"Hmm? Why is that? Could it be because the Ming River is nearby?"
No... because you have a lot of water.
"???"
...
On the other side, about half an hour later, Nie Qingshuang once again came to the side of Tianyuan.
Clearly, even if she had the ability to search the souls of everyone in Lin Yuan City, she wouldn't do it.
First of all, she doesn't have the time to search for them one by one.
Secondly... since most people are unaware of this, why waste so much time on trivial matters?
In particular, the city's constables had already investigated and determined Shen Yunhao's most likely destination... which was the carriage that left the city!
After much effort, she finally found the object connected to the carriage and used her great supernatural powers to track it down. With the help of a magical artifact, she returned to Tianyuan once again.
At this moment, she was holding a lantern-like object in her hand, which was emitting a faint blue light, and she was drifting forward.
A moment later, Nie Qingshuang stopped in an old forest next to Tianyuan.
The blue light dissipated here...
The master of Qingyou Palace frowned, put away the lantern, and struck out with his palm!
Suddenly, a fierce wind swept through the forest, the immense wind pressure nearly flattening the entire grove, sending mud flying and twigs swirling in the air.
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