Fairy Eye

"Thump, thump-thump!"

Arriving at the door of the cottage, Han Lin gently knocked.

"Creak." The door opened, and a cool breeze rushed in, revealing the scene inside the room to Han Lin.

The ground was paved with smooth blue bricks and was completely empty, with no furnishings.

Only an elderly man with gray hair sat cross-legged on a futon in the center of the room, smiling as he looked at Han Lin.

"Young friend, are you going to enter the Spirit Gathering Tower to cultivate?"

"Yes, senior. But is this really the Spirit Gathering Tower?"

Han Lin looked around in confusion. This place didn't seem to have the rich spiritual energy described in the book.

"Hehe, this is certainly not the Spirit Gathering Tower. The real Spirit Gathering Tower is over there."

The old man pointed to the corner of the room, where there was a square opening, and you could vaguely see a few steps leading down.

"Oh, I see. I thought I had gone to the wrong place." Han Lin breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

"Hehe, most people who come here for the first time have pretty much the same idea."

The old man slowly stood up. "Now that you've come here, you must already know something about the Spirit Gathering Tower, right?"

"I know some things, but I would appreciate any guidance from you, senior!" Han Lin replied respectfully.

"Alright, then let me tell you about the rules of the Spirit Gathering Tower."

The old man walked to the doorway, looked at the desolate square outside, and slowly said, "Cultivation in the Spirit Gathering Tower is mainly divided into three levels."

"Qi Refining Level 3, one cultivation session requires 5,000 contribution points!"

"Mid-stage Qi Refining requires 10,000 contribution points for each cultivation session."

"In the late stage of Qi Refining, each cultivation session requires 50,000 contribution points."

"Although the amount of contribution paid is different, the amount of time that can be spent cultivating inside is the same. Everyone can cultivate in the Spirit Gathering Tower for a total of three months from the moment they enter. After the period expires, if they want to continue, they have to pay again."

"The cultivation time is the same?" Han Lin asked in surprise.

"Yes, because as one's cultivation level increases, the speed at which one refines spiritual energy also increases." The old man turned around and smiled at Han Lin.

"That's true."

Han Lin nodded in agreement.

If time is allocated solely based on contribution points, then those with lower cultivation levels will clearly be at a disadvantage.

"If I'm not mistaken, young friend, you're at the fifth level of Qi Refining, right? If you want to enter the tower to cultivate, you only need to pay 10,000 contribution points."

The old man turned around, stared at Han Lin for a few moments, and said with a smile.

"OK!"

Upon hearing this, Han Lin immediately took out a 10,000 contribution card and handed it to the other party.

In fact, Han Lin had heard about the Spirit Gathering Tower long ago, but he had never accumulated 10,000 contribution points, so he could only watch longingly.

This time I gained over 18,000 contribution points, but I could only exchange them for a little over 100 spirit stones. I might as well use them to try out the Spirit Gathering Tower.

Given his special circumstances, cultivating here might be more cost-effective than exchanging for spirit stones.

"Alright, here's your cultivation room key. Go down through that entrance and find it yourself! When the three months are up, you'll receive a notification. Just come out on your own then." After putting away the contribution card, the old man took out a jade key and handed it to Han Lin.

"Okay, senior."

Han Lin took the key and turned to walk towards the corner of the room.

At the square opening, there was indeed a staircase leading downwards. Han Lin followed the stone steps down, and after seventy or eighty steps, he finally reached the bottom.

Around a circular space, there are rows of cultivation rooms.

At this moment, all the stone doors were tightly closed. Some looked ordinary, while others had a spiritual light flashing on their surfaces.

It seems that these stone doors, which shimmer with spiritual light, must be where someone is cultivating.

Han Lin glanced around and quickly found his own cultivation stone. He walked over, inserted the jade key into the lock, and with a gentle turn, the stone door shimmered with spiritual light. Then, with a click, it opened with a rumble.

At the same time, a rich spiritual energy rushed towards him.

"Hiss, as expected of the Spirit Gathering Tower, the spiritual energy here is truly excellent!" Han Lin was delighted upon seeing this and stepped inside.

The cultivation room was not large, only about ten feet long and wide.

The ground was shrouded in mist, and in the very center was a meditation cushion.

Han Lin turned the mechanism to close the stone door, then walked to the futon and sat down cross-legged.

Instead of immediately releasing the Heavenly Realm, he first used his keen insight to thoroughly inspect the entire cultivation room from top to bottom.

After discovering that there was nothing wrong with the cultivation room, they released the Heavenly Realm and began to cultivate.

Under normal circumstances, Han Lin's refining speed is not faster than others, but it is completely different under the twenty-fold amplification of the Tongtian Dharma Realm.

From the inside, he was still cultivating step by step, but the speed at which the spiritual energy was being lost outside seemed particularly terrifying.

Even a Qi Refining Peak cultivator would likely not be able to match Han Lin's rate of spiritual energy consumption while cultivating here.

This unusual situation initially went unnoticed by others, thanks to the support of the Spirit Gathering Array.

But only six or seven days later, the cultivators in the nearby secret chambers began to sense that something was wrong.

They discovered that the concentration of spiritual energy in the secret chamber was rapidly diluting, and the recovery speed was also much slower than before.

If the thick porridge I used to drink now tastes like plain water with two grains of rice in it, then a sip of it now feels like nothing more than plain water with two grains of rice in it.

"Break it!"

That afternoon, Han Lin, who was in the cultivation room, suddenly shouted in his heart.

"Snapped!"

Immediately afterwards, a cracking sound that only he could hear rang out from inside his body.

The sixth energy channel, the twentieth and final barrier, suddenly shattered.

The true energy in his dantian instantly found an outlet and surged into his entire body, making him feel as refreshed as if he had taken a cool shower.

At the same time, a buzzing sound came from his mind, and the area of ​​his sea of ​​consciousness expanded once again.

"It's finally broken!"

Upon seeing this, Han Lin's tense nerves instantly relaxed.

Since last night, the spiritual energy in the secret room has been rapidly decreasing, and he is really worried that he will not be able to pass this last hurdle.

At this moment, the last bit of spiritual energy in the cultivation room was completely exhausted by him.

He didn't know the specifics, but he guessed that it was due to his own over-absorption.

After all, the spiritual energy in this cultivation room is actually drawn from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from afar using an array. Excessive absorption will inevitably lead to the depletion of the spiritual veins.

"Buzz, buzz..."

At this moment, a series of buzzing sounds suddenly came from the door of the cultivation room.

Han Lin hurriedly closed the Tongtian Dharma Realm, got up and opened the stone door. As soon as the door opened, he saw an old man with gray hair standing outside.

Behind the old man were several young men and women who all looked at Han Lin when the stone door opened.

"Han Lin, have you noticed anything unusual?" The old man asked, frowning as he looked towards the cultivation room behind Han Lin.

Upon seeing the crowd outside, Han Lin understood what was going on, and a sense of unease crept into his heart.

Then, feigning frustration, he said, "Something is definitely wrong. For some reason, the spiritual energy has suddenly become thinner these past two days."

"And just now, the spiritual energy completely disappeared. I was just about to go out and ask what was going on when you arrived, senior."