Refining Ruins Cauldron

Inside the Refining Ruins Cauldron, the Dao Foundation Spirit Wood and the Elixir Fire resonate with each other, complementing each other as their foundation.

Having successfully refined the Heartbreak Pill, Gu Qingyun could clearly feel the pill fire within his body expanding once more.

As a result, the Dao Foundation Spirit Tree expanded, its roots spread, and its branches and leaves swayed from side to side.

Although its size was almost the same as before, the aura emanating from it made even Gu Qingyun take notice.

If the spirit tree was a docile pet just now, what lies before us now has transformed into a ferocious beast poised to pounce.

The difference between before and after is extremely obvious.

The waves of energy emanating from it were awe-inspiring, causing even Gu Qingyun to tremble involuntarily.

The roots of the Dao Foundation Spirit Tree pierced into the void, as if continuously drawing nourishment, and a faint glow lingered on its branches.

Under Gu Qingyun's astonished gaze, a small fruit quickly grew on the branch.

He was very familiar with this little fruit; it was the Daoist Spirit Fruit!

It's just that it's still small and growing rapidly.

It seems that a large portion of the power generated by the expanded fire was absorbed by the spirit wood.

Besides strengthening the branches, the excess must have condensed into this spiritual fruit.

But that's not all.

I thought it was over, but who would have thought that the spirit tree would start to nourish the spiritual energy back!

A surge of incredibly pure spiritual energy rushed out and instantly poured into Gu Qingyun's meridians.

Even though Gu Qingyun had been watching closely, he couldn't react to this sudden turn of events.

Almost instantly, the meridians in his body were filled to the brim.

The feeling of swelling had spread throughout my entire body.

But unlike the pills I had just forcibly taken, the spiritual energy from these spirit trees, carrying a faint blue glow, miraculously healed my internal injuries.

Not only that, even the impurities hidden in Gu Qingyun's body were being eliminated one by one.

His meridians switched back and forth repeatedly as they were stretched and restored, at a speed so fast that he had no chance to resist and could only watch helplessly.

This feeling was even more unpleasant than forcibly absorbing spirit ore before.

It was as if someone had torn his meridians apart inch by inch and then stitched them back together with the gentlest spiritual power.

Tearing, repairing.

Tearing it apart again, then repairing it.

Each cycle caused the veins on Gu Qingyun's forehead to bulge and his jaw to nearly shatter.

Gu Qingyun gritted his teeth and let the spiritual energy enter his body.

He knew that the Dao Foundation Spirit Wood would not harm him, and besides, resistance was futile.

Within a few breaths, Gu Qingyun could clearly feel that his meridians were much stronger than before.

Even as the spiritual energy continued to surge, it couldn't cause the slightest damage.

Meanwhile, the spiritual energy vortex in his dantian expanded by nearly double at this moment.

As his cultivation level improved, the pain he endured was indescribable.

Gu Qingyun could only try her best to stay conscious and grit her teeth to get through it.

We absolutely cannot give up now, or all our efforts will be in vain.

Looking at Gu Qingyun's body, a thin layer of blood and sweat had already seeped out, and his clothes were completely stained red and congealed into scabs.

And the spiritual fruit condensed from the spiritual wood finally fell off at this moment.

The ripe spiritual fruit, like a clay ox entering the sea, instantly merged into Gu Qingyun's body upon falling, everything proceeding so naturally.

The energy from the spiritual fruit was also replenished into the body at that moment.

Having learned from the previous experience, Gu Qingyun had no intention of resisting at this moment.

He immediately sat down cross-legged and began circulating the "Qi Circulation Refining Technique" to accelerate the absorption of all spiritual energy.

At this moment, the dantian inside the body is expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It had only doubled a moment ago, but this time it quadrupled in size before stopping!

Of course, this only refers to the changes in the dantian.

Gu Qingyun could clearly feel that as the spiritual fruit fused with his body, something else seemed to have entered his body as well.

It is ethereal and intangible, impossible to grasp or touch, yet it truly exists.

It was like an invisible foundation, or a mark that had sunk deep into the bones and blood.

It didn't directly increase combat power much, but it made Gu Qingyun's aura more substantial.

Like a seedling, it has finally taken root in the earth.

It cannot be blown down by the wind, nor broken by the rain.

Soon, all the spiritual energy was completely absorbed, but every inch of flesh and bone in Gu Qingyun's body seemed to have been switched on, constantly radiating a thirst for spiritual energy.

"We can still break through to a higher realm!"

Gu Qingyun immediately realized what was happening and took out ten more spirit ores.

Such a great opportunity, if you miss it, you'll regret it later!

Inside the cave, Luo Mei stared in disbelief at everything.

She saw Gu Qingyun finish refining the pills and immediately sit down cross-legged on the spot, as if he had entered some kind of mysterious state.

Immediately afterwards, a vortex of spiritual energy appeared above the latter's head, and all the surrounding spiritual energy, as if finding an outlet, rushed madly toward that direction.

After a short while, Luo Mei could clearly feel that the spiritual energy in the cave was much thinner than usual.

If this continues, it might not be long before it completely drains all the spiritual energy from the entire cave!

Gu Qingyun, on the other hand, naturally couldn't care less about that. He quickly crushed two spirit ores and continued to pour spiritual energy into his body.

Following the steps of the "Flowing Qi Refining Technique," the spiritual energy absorbed into the body undergoes a full cycle of purification and quickly gathers in the dantian.

Compared to usual, Gu Qingyun's cultivation speed is now more than twice as fast!

The key is that he possesses mixed spiritual roots, allowing him to absorb all the spiritual energy in the air without being picky about attributes.

Within his body, milky-white spiritual energy surged like a river flowing into the sea, so powerful that even Gu Qingyun was shocked for a long time.

This is like night and day compared to before!

If he hadn't known that he was still in the Foundation Establishment stage, he would have thought this was a scene inside a Golden Core cultivator's body!

One, two, three.

The spirit ore shattered one after another, and pure spiritual energy surged into his body.

Gu Qingyun dared not waste a single drop, and used all his strength to circulate his cultivation technique, refining it into his own spiritual power.

Within his dantian, the vortex of spiritual energy grew larger and larger, and its rotation speed increased.

There was a faint hint that it was about to solidify into something tangible.

However, Gu Qingyun knew very well that it was still far from the time to form the core.

He has not yet gathered all five elements of spiritual objects, and although his Dao foundation is in its nascent stage, it is not yet truly complete.

If you forcefully attempt to break through to the Golden Core stage at this moment, it won't be a breakthrough, it will be suicide!

Once everything stabilized, Gu Qingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Feeling a surge of joy at my current level of understanding.

"The pinnacle of the eighth level of foundation building!"

Unexpectedly, successfully refining the Heartbreak Pill not only repaid Nalan Feixue's kindness, but also improved his own cultivation level!

Although he did not directly reach the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, he was only a thin veil away from that step.

Killing two birds with one stone, double happiness!

……

Outside the cave.

Several Golden Core experts fought fiercely, and Wei Qianbo's sword fell as if it could split the heavens and earth in two. Wherever the sword passed, the void trembled and the air was distorted!

That dark golden sword energy descended from the sky, as if it were the imprint of the Heavenly Dao. It gave Nalan Feixue and Elder Huo Qian no chance to resist and went straight for them!

Wherever it passed, the air distorted, and there was a faint sense of tearing!

The surrounding sand and stones flew around, and the mere pressure crushed everything in its way into dust.

The Golden Core stage is at its peak; it's terrifying!

Nalan Feixue and Elder Huo Qian stared intently at the scene before them.

They wanted to escape, but their auras had already been locked, leaving them with no way out but to face the attack head-on!

From above, Wei Qianbo looked down at the two as if they were two ants.

His eyes were full of disdain and contempt, and his cold laugh carried a hint of pleasure.

"Since you're so eager to protect that beast, then you may all go with him today!"

"This single sword strike of mine is enough to level the entire Heavenly Capital Peak!"

"die!"

Wei Qianbo's voice was like thunder, echoing between heaven and earth.

Although Elder Huo Qian was a Golden Core cultivator, he was not skilled in combat and his cultivation level was far inferior to Wei Qianbo's.

The roar alone nearly ruptured his eardrums.

However, he showed no intention of backing down, gritting his teeth and taking out another magical weapon.

The magical artifact was a black shield, neither too big nor too small, with inscriptions faintly visible flowing across it, flickering on and off, as if it were breathing.

Elder Huo Qian spent a fortune to acquire this from a weapon-casting master.

It was originally meant to save his life, but now that his life was in danger, he no longer hid it.

"go!"

He sent it out suddenly, and Elder Huo Qian did not hesitate at all, immediately detonating the spiritual weapon just like before!

Boom!

The explosion was deafening...