Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 75 Soul Refining, Breakthrough

After two days of waiting, Qi Yuan finally met his third disciple, Yuan Mu, at the Red Leaf Star God Temple.

Two years have passed, and Yuan Mu still looks like that thin, frail boy.

However, perhaps due to his improved skill level, coupled with the fact that he has recently traveled around with the rune masters of the Samonka team and gained a lot of knowledge, he has also improved his skills.

The childishness on his face had faded considerably, revealing a hint of determination that was not typical of a young man.

"Teacher, you are looking for me."

Yuan Mu bowed respectfully to Qi Yuan, no longer showing the initial restraint.

"came back."

Qi Yuan smiled and nodded, then casually asked about his recent cultivation progress, "How have you been? Have you gained anything from following those rune masters from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank lately?"

"A great success!"

Upon hearing Qi Yuan mention this, Yuan Mu's eyes lit up slightly.
"Teacher, those rune masters are amazing! I felt that many places would require at least level three runes to achieve the desired effect, but they achieved the same result with just some level one and level two rune combinations!"

"Although the number of array patterns required is slightly higher, the overall difficulty of setting up and the material consumption are greatly reduced!"

"And the speed at which they set up the array patterns."

Yuan Mu talked excitedly for a long time before he suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly touched his dark blue bald head with some embarrassment.

"Hehe, sorry, teacher, I got a little excited and couldn't stop."

"It doesn't matter."

Qi Yuan showed no impatience whatsoever; his current mood was somewhat like that of his kind teachers on Earth in his previous life.

Seeing my outstanding students proudly showing off their progress fills me with immense joy.

“Studying formations cannot be done in isolation. You should take advantage of this opportunity to learn more from the formation masters at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.”

Qi Yuan smiled and gave a word of approval.

"You have a good talent for formations, and I will give you another boost."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and flipped it over, and an oval-shaped, golden, strange fruit, about the size of a lotus seed, instantly appeared in his hand.

"This is a neem fruit that I bought for you at great expense. After consuming it, it can greatly transform your sea of ​​consciousness, thereby enhancing your soul power!"

"The more advanced you get in the study of formations, the more extensive the content that needs to be deduced becomes. Having a powerful soul can improve the speed of mental calculation and deduction, making your research on formations easier and smoother."

"Take this neem fruit home and consume it as soon as possible."

Qi Yuan waved his hand, and a wisp of primal force carried the Lianxin Fruit, which slowly flew down in front of Yuan Mu.

Yuan Mu, being a young man at heart, had his eyes shining brightly as Qi Yuan introduced him.

At this moment, he disregarded all modesty and respectfully accepted the dreamlike golden fruit into his hand.

"Thank you, Teacher, for this precious gift! May you continue your spiritual practice and live a long and healthy life!"

At the same time, Qi Yuan heard the notification that the system had successfully returned the data in his mind.

He glanced at his impatient disciples below the steps, smiled, and waved his hand.
"Go on, and remember to take the neem fruit as soon as you get back." Just as Yuan Mu was about to turn and leave, he casually reminded him again.
"My disciple, if you don't know how to speak properly, then speak less. Your teacher's current lifespan limit is already 100,000 years, so your 'eternal life' seems a bit ominous."

A cultivation space within the Heavenly Craft Tower.

After his disciple Yuan Mu left, Qi Yuan returned here again.

However, instead of directly comprehending the laws and cultivating, he took out one of the items he had just received.

It was a strange fruit that was also golden in color, but slightly translucent, and surrounded by wisps of silvery-white air.

[The Soul Refining Fruit, the fruit of the wondrous Soul Refining Tree, not only significantly alters the sea of ​​consciousness and enhances soul power after consumption, but also tempers the soul, making it more refined and resilient!]

"Just looking at this name gives me a bad feeling."

Qi Yuan stared at the strange fruit, which was worth 1500 times the value of the neem fruit, for a long time, but in the end, he forced himself to put it in his mouth.

hiss hiss hiss~~~
The moment he bit through the skin of the Soul Refining Fruit, the entire fruit pulp, including the golden skin, rapidly transformed into wisps of air that quickly flowed into his body.

At first, Qi Yuan only felt a cool sensation. As this cool airflow continued to flow in, his sea of ​​consciousness began to undergo tremendous changes.

The sea of ​​consciousness is a mysterious space that is almost nonexistent, and its vastness or insignificance cannot be described by any specific scale.

However, as this invisible energy was integrated, Qi Yuan could clearly feel that the carrying capacity of his sea of ​​consciousness was rapidly increasing!

Yes, that's load-bearing capacity!

The most unique aspect of those mentalist geniuses compared to ordinary martial artists is their extremely powerful capacity to hold their consciousness!
As the capacity of the sea of ​​consciousness increases, the power of the soul it can contain also increases!

Perhaps it would be easier to understand if we used another term—brain capacity!
At this moment, Qi Yuan's brain capacity is rapidly increasing!
Normally, as cultivation progresses and one's realm continuously improves, the breadth of one's brain will also slowly increase.

However, this kind of improvement requires perseverance and is extremely slow.

However, at this moment, under the transformation of the mysterious energy contained in the Soul Refining Fruit, the speed of this improvement is soaring by hundreds or thousands of times!

During this process, his soul was also constantly absorbing the cool air currents flowing into his sea of ​​consciousness, rapidly growing and strengthening.

As this transformation neared its end, Qi Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness and soul power had grown to an extraordinary level.

He is even comparable to some extremely rare mentalist geniuses of the same level!
At that moment, his earlier bad premonition came true.
After completing the transformation of the sea of ​​consciousness, the Soul Refining Fruit still had about one-third of its energy remaining.

At this moment, this one-third of the mysterious energy was instantly detonated in his sea of ​​consciousness, and endless illusions surged forth!

It felt like endless thunder and fire were ignited deep within one's soul, or like sharp winds were scraping across one's soul, followed by the soul being crushed under a millstone, or being directly immersed in scorching magma.
In just a moment, Qi Yuan felt as if he had experienced every imaginable pain and torment in the world.

After a long time, the mysterious energy storm raging in his sea of ​​consciousness finally subsided, and the soul power that had been tormented beyond recognition gradually shrank and became condensed again!
"Hoo~ho~ho!"

Qi Yuan lay on the ground of the cultivation space, panting heavily.

Unlike the extreme pain he had just experienced, he now appeared exhausted, but his soul was unusually active and vibrant!

In his perception, although the quantity of his soul power was slightly less than when he had just consumed the Soul Refining Fruit, the quality of it had increased by at least tenfold!
If we compare the previous soul power to a fat person weighing 180 pounds.

At this moment, after going through the final stage of 'soul refining' trials, his soul power transformed into that of a muscular young man weighing only 150 pounds, but with a lean and muscular body without an ounce of fat!

From then on, I completely shed the previous feeling of superficiality and burden, and became incredibly healthy and energetic!
This transformation of soul power seems to have triggered a chain reaction.

Within him, an even more intense, transformative change began.
I'll post two chapters first, then take a nap. There will be at least three more chapters during the day!
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