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Chapter 189 Spiritual Energy Vortex
Northwest Continent, Northern City, Spirit Beast Mountain.

A figure in light blue paused atop the mountain, nestled among the ancient trees and leaves, gazing into the distance.

"You've been watching here for several days now, what have you figured out?" the floating spirit asked softly.

The girl sitting on the ancient tree at the mountain peak was naturally Lin Zhao, whose injuries had mostly healed in the past two days.

"Teacher, is my current spiritual skill level a bit low in the Ancestral Phoenix Continent?"

Grandma Honghu nodded: "This is what I've been wanting to tell you these past few days, but we should wait until you've fully recovered before you start practicing the later spiritual techniques."

Lin Zhao asked, "What level?"

"It must be at least a ninth-grade spiritual skill, right?" Granny Honghu said with a smile.

At this point, Lin Zhao perked up and excitedly asked, "Above the ninth rank are the three grades of spiritual skills: Heaven, Earth, and Human. Master, could you show me a Heaven-rank spiritual skill?"

Grandma Honghu: "..."

After a moment of silence, she glanced at Lin Zhao and said, "You're only in the Fusion stage, and you already want to use a Heaven-grade spiritual technique? Aren't you afraid that you'll be drained dry before you even get a chance to use it?"

To activate a Heavenly-grade spiritual technique, its initial form requires a massive supply of spiritual energy.

Lin Zhao regretfully rested her chin on her hand, then her eyes lit up as if she had just thought of something: "So that means you, Teacher, possess a Heavenly-grade Spiritual Technique?!"

Grandma Honghu gave her a "look at your pathetic self" look: "Of course, back in my day I was... Anyway, your teacher has more than you think, it just depends on how much you can take away."

“Spiritual skills of the three levels, Heaven, Earth, and Man, are further divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower. As for the Heaven-grade spiritual skill you desire, let me tell you, I not only possess it, but I also have upper-grade Heaven-grade spiritual skills. However, with your cultivation at the Fusion stage, you cannot even touch a lower-grade Heaven-grade spiritual skill.”

Lin Zhao wiped his face regretfully: "Disciple understands. Then disciple will not dare to hope for a Heaven-grade spiritual skill for now. But a Earth-grade one, Master won't shortchange his disciple, will he?"

Grandma Honghu said with a smile, "Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged."

Having received the promise, Lin Zhao jumped down from the tree with ease. Feeling the increasingly brisk flow of spiritual energy within his body, he didn't hesitate much before finding a cave. After cleaning it up briefly, he began refining medicine.

Grandma Honghu floated to the side, offering guidance from time to time.

After studying in this way, on the third day, Lin Zhao put a fifth-grade pill that she had refined into her mouth, and her injuries were completely healed.

She raised her hand and looked at the purple spiritual energy vortex that had formed at her fingertips, knowing that it represented a hundred strands of spiritual energy foundation.

"I've heard that there can be a maximum of six vortexes during the fusion stage, but I've seen seven vortexes in the Heavenly Phoenix Origin..."

Clearly, the rumors circulating outside may not represent the limit of the integration period.

"Most Fusion Stage cultivators can only grow a hundred streams of spiritual energy into their maximum spiritual energy vortex. Once the previous vortex reaches a hundred streams, they can begin to condense the next vortex. Such Fusion Stage cultivators can indeed enter the Heartbeat Stage after reaching six vortexes, fusing the six vortexes into their own Spiritual Energy Divine Palace. However, without a fortuitous encounter, such a Spiritual Energy Divine Palace will only allow them to remain at the Heartbeat Stage for the rest of their lives. This is the limit for some Fusion Stage geniuses. Above that, only true prodigies can advance further."

During the Golden Core stage, spiritual energy condenses into a spiritual stream; during the Fusion stage, it condenses into a spiritual energy vortex; and during the Heartbeat stage, spiritual energy manifests as the Divine Palace.

Lin Zhao looked at the faint purple vortex in his hand and said, "It seems that my spiritual energy vortex now contains more than a hundred streams of spiritual energy."

Initially, there were indeed one hundred streams. Lin Zhao thought that as long as there was a vortex, he could reach one hundred streams of spiritual energy, so he didn't think too much about it.

However, as his injuries healed, Lin Zhao could clearly feel that his spiritual energy vortex had more than a hundred streams.

"Most Golden Core cultivators at the Great Perfection stage form spiritual energy vortices with fewer than one hundred streams of spiritual energy when they enter the Fusion stage. Only after they mature do they reach one hundred streams. This is why there is the saying that a Fusion stage cultivator's spiritual energy vortex represents one hundred streams of spiritual energy. But if you, with your special Yuan Yang Radiance aptitude, advance to the Fusion stage, and your spiritual energy vortex only grows to one hundred streams, wouldn't that mean your aptitude is useless?"

Grandma Honghu laughed and said, "However, you are only just beginning to merge, and I don't know how much spiritual energy you have when your vortex has fully grown." Lin Zhao sensed it and said, "It has one hundred and thirty spiritual energy now."

Grandma Honghu said, "This isn't your limit, is it?"

Lin Zhao nodded: "I feel that I can store more spiritual energy in this vortex."

“Very good. The more spiritual energy a vortex can stably store, the stronger your talent. In the ancient times, when the Venerable One was young, he was able to create a vortex with three hundred streams of spiritual energy.”

Three hundred?
This is three times that of other cultivators in the Fusion stage.

"The last of those Venerable Ones also created nine vortexes of spiritual energy," said Granny Honghu.

Lin Zhao asked, "Is nine the limit for a spiritual energy vortex?"

"No, the true limit is the twelve vortexes created by the Creator God. However, even after the Creator God's fall, the strongest fusion period in the cultivation world only had ten vortexes."

Lin Zhao sighed, "Indeed, there's always someone better."

This made her very curious about how much spiritual energy her spiritual energy vortex could store.

This almost means she can condense several vortexes.

"Hopefully, at least nine vortexes can be formed," Lin Zhao sighed.

Since arriving on the Ancestral Phoenix Continent, although it is only a remote continent, one can still frequently hear about Ji Wantang's formidable strength.

If one cannot reach the nine vortexes during the fusion period, it will be difficult to catch up with a prodigy like Ji Wantang.

"I'm almost out of medicinal herbs now," Lin Zhao pondered. "If I rely solely on cultivation and combat to increase my strength, it's probably too slow."

She flipped through the scroll of pills that Grandma Honghu had given her and found that there were quite a few pills suitable for increasing her strength. She chose two of them and nodded.

However, not to mention the materials for these two types of pills, Lin Zhao had also used up all the medicinal herbs he had previously stored for refining ordinary pills that restore spiritual energy and treat internal injuries.

"It's time to go and buy some good stuff." Lin Zhao counted the number of spirit stones in his hand, glanced briefly at the ring the Lin family had given him, then tossed it into the depths.

"Teacher, may I sell the pills and talismans I've refined?"

"Of course, but your talismans haven't caught up with your alchemy skills yet. You should upgrade them after you buy them this time."

Lin Zhao's eyes lit up, and he quickly checked his other inventory, thinking that he should have enough money for this purchase.

"I'm afraid it won't be enough." Grandma Honghu interjected from the side: "Talisman masters actually spend more money than alchemists. You still need to buy several items this time, and none of them are cheap."

Lin Zhao was speechless when she learned from Grandma Honghu about the materials she needed to buy.

"Dragon bones, level nine cold wolf fur, meteorites—are these for crafting talisman brushes?"

"Yes, so after you buy the materials, you still need to find a weapon refiner, which is another expense."

Lin Zhao felt her heart bleed upon hearing this, as her previously thought financial situation was more than enough suddenly became strained.

"Look how much you care. Why don't you buy some alchemy materials first? I'll refine a batch of high-grade pills for you, and then you can sell them and make some money."

Lin Zhao was surprised that Grandma Honghu was willing to help, and her eyes immediately lit up: "Thank you, teacher!"