owlsbooks Chapter 40 Spiritual Energy Level 5, Leaving the Gong Family
Chapter 40 Spiritual Energy Level 5, Leaving the Gong Family
"Wait for half a year? Why?" Chen Ye asked, puzzled.
Tao Hua'an took another swig of wine before speaking.
"Although the market on Thousand Camphor Island is open year-round, a large-scale auction is held on the island every two years. At that time, there are many rare and exotic items that are hard to find on ordinary days. You might even find the first-tier spirit fire you want..."
"So that's how it is." Chen Ye suddenly realized, and then began to ponder.
He had heard of Qianzhang Island before. It was five thousand miles away from the Gong family's Jinwu Island and was located at the intersection of various cultivation forces in the surrounding area.
However, precisely because of this, although Qianzhang Island contains spiritual veins, no force has been able to occupy it for a long time, which has instead benefited the independent cultivators on the island.
Initially, they simply held regular trade fairs among acquaintances to exchange for what they needed. Later, as more and more cultivators came to the island, the scale of the trade fairs grew larger and larger, gradually evolving into the maritime market we see today.
However... as far as Chen Ye knew, this market was ostensibly a fair trading place for the surrounding major powers, but in reality, at least half of the things sold here were shady dealings!
Battles between cultivators often involve life and death, and there are also many conflicts between various cultivation forces. Over time, almost every cultivator has one or two items in their storage bag that are inconvenient to sell.
Furthermore, with rampant plundering in the Abyss Sea, those who plunder and seize things need to exchange them for cultivation resources. Looking around, there is nowhere more convenient to sell than Thousand Camphor Island.
In other words, Qianzhang Island is actually the largest black market in the vast sea area!
"It seems that we might actually be able to buy spirit fire on Thousand Zhang Island."
With this in mind, Chen Ye inquired about the auction time in detail and learned that it was eight months later before getting up to take his leave.
"Half a year is enough time for me to break through to the fifth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm."
On his way back to the villa, Chen Ye secretly made plans.
There's no rush to refine a second-tier demon core, but it will eventually require first-tier spiritual fire. Since mastering the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique, Chen Ye's cultivation speed is no less than when he was in the early stages of Spirit Gathering.
"This is a perfect opportunity to further improve my cultivation, giving me a better chance of success when I head to Thousand Camphor Island!"
Thinking of this, Chen Ye immediately quickened his pace and returned to the villa, where he began his secluded cultivation.
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Time flies, and seven months have passed in the blink of an eye.
Quiet room.
Chen Ye, dressed in a blue robe, sat cross-legged on the couch. The rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth transformed into visible wisps of white light, which were continuously drawn into his body with each breath.
At the same time, the top-grade Spirit Enhancement Pill that had been swallowed dissolved, and its powerful medicinal energy circulated throughout the body. The invisible barrier in the dantian was also brought to perfection under the surging spiritual energy.
After reaching a certain limit, the already precarious bottleneck was finally broken!
In an instant, the speed of the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique increased several notches. Chen Ye's body was filled with spiritual light, his aura was flashing, and his spiritual power was as thick as a river, surging endlessly in his meridians!
Feeling the surging spiritual energy within his dantian, Chen Ye slowly finished his practice, opened his eyes, and showed a joyful expression.
After months of arduous training, he finally broke through to the fifth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm.
It differs from the early to middle stages of Spirit Accumulation.
This breakthrough only increased Chen Ye's spiritual power by about 70%, less than double.
However, it is more refined, and the spiritual power consumed by each spell is reduced by at least one-third, which is a transformation from quantity to quality!
"It seems that the next major increase in spiritual power will be when I break through from the mid-stage of Spiritual Gathering to the late-stage of Spiritual Gathering."
Chen Ye carefully sensed the changes brought about by the breakthrough. In addition to the improvement of spiritual power and physical body, even the power of divine sense had increased by about ten feet.
Unfortunately……
With a thought, Chen Ye looked at the Life-Forging Lamp floating in the void within his sea of consciousness.
On the bronze lamp, which resembled a lotus petal, stood a wick that was only half-burnt.
The wick was formed from that second-tier demon core, but the spiritual fire provided by a single spirit fire talisman was limited, and it went out after only one-third of it was refined.
Otherwise, with this breakthrough, his spiritual sense range might have reached the ninety-zhang mark!
It should be noted that the range of divine sense of those cultivators who have just entered the Hidden Realm is only about a hundred feet.
As a mere fifth-level Spirit Gathering cultivator, as long as he can refine the remaining demon cores, his divine sense can approach the early stage of the Secret Realm!
Fortunately, the auction on Thousand Zhang Island is about to begin, and there is a high probability that the spiritual fire he wants will appear there.
Chen Ye regained his composure and was about to get up when a delicate jade bottle suddenly slipped from his body.
Chen Ye reacted swiftly, unleashing a burst of spiritual energy to capture the jade bottle in his palm.
Once a cultivator breaks through to the mid-stage of Spiritual Energy Condensation, they can release their spiritual energy, allowing them to retrieve objects from the void or form a spiritual energy shield.
And inside this jade bottle was the top-grade Spirit Enhancement Pill he had taken when he broke through to the next level.
Once a pill reaches the highest grade, its medicinal power will undergo a fundamental transformation. Even within the Gong family, pills of this grade are used as strategic reserves, and even core members of the clan are not allowed to take them casually during ordinary times.
Chen Ye, a member of a different clan, shouldn't even think about it!
As for why he had a bottle of top-grade spirit-enhancing pills, he has to thank one person.
Gong Yuechan.
Upon learning that Chen Ye was in seclusion for cultivation, she specially set aside a bottle of top-grade pills from her own quota and asked someone to deliver it to Chen Ye.
To be honest, as a core member of the Gong family, Gong Yuechan had already done more than enough for Chen Ye.
But if you think that this is enough to make him wholeheartedly serve the Gong family, that's far from enough.
Then, Chen Ye went outside, waved his sleeve, and summoned a magic sword that was dark red all over.
He channeled his spiritual power into the sword, and a sword aura resembling a fiery feather instantly condensed. Chen Ye swung the sword, and the scorching sword aura tore through the air and landed on the artificial mountain opposite!
Click!
The artificial mountain, which was over ten feet tall, was instantly split in two, and the cut resembled molten lava, radiating scorching heat.
This sword is called the Crimson Feather Sword. It was a high-grade magic sword that Chen Ye bought from the Gong family's shop a few months ago for nine hundred spirit stones.
Since witnessing Gong Qingru severely injure a hidden enemy with a single sword strike, Chen Ye couldn't help but feel envious and longing.
Of course, Chen Ye did not intend to switch to sword cultivation. While sword cultivators were indeed stronger than other cultivators of the same level, it did not align with Chen Ye's path.
Occasional practice is fine, and it can also be used to make up for deficiencies in attack methods. When paired with the Azure Pattern Spear and the Spirit Extinguishing Finger, Chen Ye can react quickly regardless of distance, ensuring that he can advance or retreat without fear.
But if it's just about sword repair, then forget it...
With a thought, the Crimson Feather Sword transformed into a streak of crimson light and retracted into his sleeve. Chen Ye turned around and looked in the direction of Yuntong Mountain.
Everything is ready, and it's time to leave Golden Willow Island, but before that, I still need to meet with that person.
After all, they've done so much for you; it would be too heartless to just leave like that.