
In the following days, Big Fatty Zhang and the others continued to watch over Bai Xiaochun's thatched hut. As for Bai Xiaochun, breaking through to the second level of Qi Condensation gave him enough confidence, and he continued to focus on cultivating.
Right now, he was in his room, wiping the sweat off his eyebrows. He was stark naked, gritting his teeth against the pain as he tried to maintain the posture of the third image in a bamboo scroll.
His qi ship was no longer a flowing river, but a small river. It flowed through his body, and with each rotation, a cracking sound would come out from within him. His previously plump body was now thin once more, and in fact, he was even thinner than when he first arrived at the Oven.
However, there seemed to be energy accumulating in his body. As he continued to practice cultivation, the flesh and muscles covering his thin body pulsed with strength. In fact, if you listen closely, you will even be able to hear the sound of her heartbeat echoing in her room.
More and more spirit pressure condensed within him, filling Bai Xiaochun with a feeling of increasing strength. After a few days passed, the pain increased to the point where it was too much, and he had to give up.
He was left panting, his eyes completely red. He had a strong feeling that he could not continue on this path. Although he naturally absorbed Heaven and Earth spiritual power while cultivating, the flow could not compensate for how much power he wasted. In addition, the Oven snack setting is not an ordinary occurrence, and only occurs during moments of luck.
Most others developed the Violet Qi Cauldron Control Art by practicing it every few days. Even the more faithful will only practice it once a day. On the contrary, Bai Xiaochun had been practicing nonstop. It was no wonder that Big Fatty Zhang and the others were shocked. In fact, many Inner Sect disciples would be astonished to hear about what he was doing.
However, having reached this level of cultivation still made Bai Xiaochun feel insecure and uncomfortable. After all, he was the type of person who would rather be safe than sorry. Finally, he took out a grain of spirit rice that he had refined and looked at it for a long time before using an ordinary griddle to cook it. After the spiritual energy started to come out from him, he quickly devoured it.
As soon as the spirit rice entered his mouth, it turned into an explosion of spiritual energy that was exponentially more powerful than ordinary spirit rice. In fact, the two types could not even be considered to be on the same level. As rumbling sounds echoed within him, he began to practice cultivation. He instantly took a posture on the third illustration, and at the same time, began to regulate his breathing.
Half a month later, deep in the night, a tremor ran over Bai Xiaochun, and he opened his eyes. He suddenly realized that at some indeterminable point, he had actually broken through from the second level of Qi Condensation to the third level.
This development caused him to go wild with joy. Excitement filled his eyes, and he began to laugh out loud. Examining himself, he realized that the vessel of qi within him had completely turned into a small river.
A small river flowed through his body at high speed, moving far, much faster than before. In fact, he could even transmit spiritual energy to various parts of his body, all with a simple thought.
“Third level of Qi Condensation! The boost in spirit was incredible! ” He rose to his feet, licking his lips imagining it would produce a grain of spirit-enhanced rice. However, it was at this point that he remembered something the bamboo scroll mentioned about the growth of internal meridians. Right now, he needed to let his body adapt to the enlarged meridians, and was temporarily unable to continue practicing cultivation.
Putting his idea of spirit rice on the back burner, he came out of his room, while looking very proud of himself. However, as soon as he set foot out the door, he saw a small path outside the Oven, and a tree with a hole in it. Even though it was late at night, the tree was clearly visible under the moonlight.
“This will not work. Xu Baocai's wooden sword was clearly extraordinary. Even being at the third level of Qi Condensation will not guarantee my safety! ” Frowning, he stood there thinking for a moment before taking out his multi-colored wooden sword. Then he looked back at the wok in his room.
“I think I would feel a little more confident if I did a second spirit boost,” thought. Without any more hesitation, he took out some wood spirit Oven.
After fully preparing, he stood in front of his mysterious frying pan and lit a fire. As soon as the design on the frying pan lit up, he threw the wooden sword inside.
However, after waiting for some time, there seemed to be no reaction whatsoever. Bai Xiaochun frowned and looked at the design on the turtle frying pan, then glanced down and realized that the fire had been extinguished. There was nothing but ash left from the wood. Muttering to himself, he came out to look for more spirit wood. However, after burning a few more waves, he did not see any difference to his wooden sword.
“This firewood is all for fire one color,” thought. “Maybe it's not hot enough. Maybe I need heat... Two-color fire? ” He left his room again and found a piece of purple-colored firewood, which was relatively rare in the Oven. In fact, after searching for a while, he could only find one piece.
After lighting it up, a flame appeared, a two-colored flame that was much hotter than a one-colored flame!
Almost as soon as the two-colored flame touched the surface of the turtle wok, the second design began to shine brightly. As for the flame itself, it quickly began to fade; it seemed that the power of the flame was being sucked up. Immediately, the two-colored flame was extinguished, leaving only ashes. However, the design of both turtle pans now shone brightly.
It worked! he thought, his eyes were shining. He quickly put the wooden sword back inside, where the silver light began to glitter. This time, it lasted for several breaths longer than the first time he did the spirit boost.
His face turned pale, and his vision blurred. It was as if something inside him was sucked out and incorporated into a turtle frying pan.
Finally, the silver light faded, and inside the pan, a wooden sword appeared, sharper than before. In fact, it was so sharp that it injured the eyes upon seeing it.
Although it was still painted conspicuously, the wood veins inside it had already changed. If you scrape the paint, you will find that it appears to be filled with starlight, as if the sword has been altered entirely and completely.
At almost the same time as a new wooden sword appeared, thunder crackled in the air above the southern edge of the Spirit Flow Sect. It was almost as if Heaven was rumbling in fury, causing shock to appear in the hearts of countless cultivators in the Spirit Flow Sect. However, as soon as the thunder crackled, the thunder disappeared.
As the thunder boomed, a second silver design appeared on the wooden sword. After blinking for a moment, the design faded into striking paint.
Bai Xiaochun, however, could not even see the sword. He staggered backwards, a grim expression on his face. After a while had passed, he recovered his composure, although fear was still in his heart.
“What sucked me ..?” he thought, nervously looking at his reflection in the copper mirror on the wall. After examining himself for a while, he rubbed his eyes, then gaped at the sight of his shadow, looking as surprised as a wooden chicken.
In the mirror, he could see that at the very top of his forehead was white hair. Although her face did not look different, she could not shake the feeling that white hair made her look at least a year older.
“My life !!” he muttered, shocked.
“Newly, my age is reduced. My... my.. ”He wants to cry, but no tears come out. His whole purpose of studying cultivation was to live forever. Now, instead of achieving the goal of living forever, he had instead lost a year of his lifespan, which was a huge blow.
“You…. How could I imagine that I, Bai Xiaochun, would be so careful in life, only to end up messing myself up like this…. ” He sat there in a daze for a while before finally laughing bitterly. After calming himself down, he looked back at the turtle frying pan, where a strange glint slowly appeared in his eyes. For some reason, after a portion of his longevity was sucked up, it now felt like there was some sort of connection between him and the frying pan, as if he could really control it now.
With his heart pounding, he stretched out his hand and pointed in that direction.
The tortoise immediately blinked, shrunk, and flew towards Bai Xiaochun. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into his fingertips. Eyes wide in surprise, Bai Xiaochun jumped to his feet and took a few steps back. He stared at his finger, then returned to the empty stove.
“This......” He pointed his finger down to the ground, and a flash of black light flickered, and a clanking sound rang out as the pan appeared once more.
After experimenting a few more times, his expression flickered from grim, happy, to sad. Finally, he sighed.
“Well, I can suck this thing into my body, but the price I have to pay is longevity. Why do I still look like I'm messing with myself? ”
The next day, Bai Xiaochun tried to find a way to regain the longevity that had been sucked from him. He was doing research when, suddenly, he looked up. He had just sensed that there were eight people heading towards the entrance of the Oven.
It was something that he would never be able to detect when it was only at the first level of Qi Condensation. However, now that he was at the third level, he could instantly sense that one of the eight people was none other than Xu Baocai.
Almost at the same time, Xu Baocai's voice suddenly sounded, filled with anger and hatred.
“Bai Xiaochun, you have a Big Brother to protect you, but me too! Today, the enmity between the two will end permanently! ”