Break Through the Realm Together

Upon hearing the order, Ling Pengyun immediately followed and went down with Ling Yunqian to the mountainside, to the ten acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo.

"Eighteenth Grandfather, of these ten acres of Spirit Field, the five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo on the right were planted by the Lineage decades ago, while the five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo on the left, which contain less Spiritual Qi, were planted nine years ago when the Lineage moved to this mountain."

"In my opinion, we should cut down the five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo on the left this time, and leave the Azure Spirit Bamboo on the right, which contains more Spiritual Qi."

"After all, the bamboo stalks from these five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo, which have a relatively rich Spiritual Qi, will produce Azure Spirit Sword of better quality."

Ling Pengyun pointed to the ten acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo in front of him and made a suggestion to Ling Yunqian.

Ling Yunqian mobilized his Divine Sense and scanned the ten acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo. He found that, as Ling Pengyun had said, the five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo Azure Spirit Bamboo the right contained more Spiritual Qi, while the five acres on the left contained Spiritual Qi.

He nodded slightly and replied, "Let's do it your way. Although chopping down the Azure Spirit Bamboo is quick, it will leave the roots of those Azure Spirit Bamboo Azure Spirit Bamboo the Spirit Field. We'll have to pull up those roots again later. So, let's just uproot all 250 Azure Spirit Bamboo in the five acres of Spirit Field on the left to avoid trouble later."

"I'll pull them out. You use your Divine Sense to shake the Spirit Soil attached to the roots of the Azure Spirit Bamboo that I've pulled out of the ground back into the Spirit Field, so as to prevent the Spirit Soil in the Spirit Field from flowing out."

After giving some instructions, Ling Yunqian Hand Seals and used the First-Tier Superior-Grade Law Technique, the Giant Strength Technique, which is rarely used by ordinary cultivators, to empower himself.

In the blink of an eye, the veins on Ling Yunqian's body bulged, and blocky muscles appeared, making his entire body look a size larger.

The burly Ling Yunqian strode into the five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo on the left, grabbed a Azure Spirit Bamboo with each of his large hands, and with a sudden burst of strength, uprooted both Azure Spirit Bamboo stalks.

Since the elder Ling Yunqian had already started working, the younger Ling Pengyun naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch.

He waved his hand, took out the Spirit Hoe, and followed behind Ling Yunqian.

Ling Yunqian pulled out a Azure Spirit Bamboo Azure Spirit Bamboo, and Ling Pengyun picked it up. He then used his Divine Sense to sweep over the roots of the Azure Spirit Bamboo Azure Spirit Bamboo, shaking the numerous Spirit Soil attached to the roots back into the Spirit Field, before throwing the Azure Spirit Bamboo out of the Spirit Field area.

At the same time, if any remnants of the roots remain in the Spirit Soil when Ling Yunqian pulls up the Azure Spirit Bamboo, Ling Pengyun will use Spirit Hoe to carefully dig them out and throw them outside the field.

Ling Yunqian and Ling Pengyun worked very quickly, and with their combined efforts, they cleared out the 250 four-foot-long Azure Spirit Bamboo covering five acres in just two hours.

Furthermore, Ling Pengyun and his companion chopped the two hundred and fifty Azure Spirit Bamboo stalks into one thousand sections.

In addition to the ten acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo halfway up the mountain, there was also a section of Azure Spirit Bamboo that grew from another five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo last year. The two of them cut down a total of 1,250 sections of Azure Spirit Bamboo.

This quantity of Azure Spirit Bamboo, just as Ling Yunqian had calculated, was enough to forge 1,250 Azure Spirit Sword.

Halfway up the mountain, beside the ten acres of Spirit Field, Ling Yunqian wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked up at the sky, and calculated the current time.

As he watched the sun begin to set, he frowned and spoke.

"Peng Yun, the matter of the Azure Spirit Bamboo is now finished. Please keep an eye on the forging of the Azure Spirit Sword."

After saying this, Ling Yunqian hurriedly summoned the Immortal Spirit Crane from the Beast Taming Pouch at his waist, intending to ride it and fly away from the mountain towards Cloudwater Market Town.

Ling Pengyun, who was staying in Lingyun Mountain, watched Ling Yunqian leave on the Immortal Spirit Crane, and then stepped into the Spirit Field again.

Using Spirit Hoe, he dug 250 small pits in the five-acre Spirit Field where 250 Azure Spirit Bamboo had just been pulled out. He then took out the five acres of Qi Training Grass seeds from the Storage Bag that Ling Yunqian had just given him and buried them in those small pits.

After the 250 Qi Training Grass seeds were planted, Ling Pengyun didn't have time to rest. He quickly Hand Seals and used the "Cloud Rain Technique" to condense a Law Seals. He then cast it above the five acres of Spirit Field where the Qi Training Grass Refining Grass was planted, which transformed into a large White Cloud.

"Fall."

Ling Pengyun changed his finger technique and pondered for a moment.

The enormous White Cloud flashed with spiritual light, and suddenly a drop of Spirit Rain fell, landing on the five acres of Spirit Field where the seeds of Qi Training Grass were planted.

He continued to water the five acres of Qi Training Grass seeds with Spirit Rain for the time it takes to burn an incense stick before finally withdrawing the Cloud Rain Technique.

Ling Pengyun wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the five acres of barren, lifeless Spirit Field in front of him, and muttered to himself.

"Now that these five acres of Qi Training Grass have been planted, all that's left is to shower them with Spirit Rain every day to accelerate their growth."

With a muttered remark, Ling Pengyun stopped worrying about the five acres of Qi Training Grass, strode towards the mountaintop, and returned to the Bamboo House.

Upon entering the hall, he immediately sat cross-legged on a Meditation Mat in the corner of the hall and took out the three bottles of Cloud Forest Spirit Water that Ling Yunqian had just given him from his Storage Bag.

Looking at the three bottles of Cloud Forest Spirit Water, Ling Pengyun's eyes shone brightly.

"With these three items, the Thorn Vine will surely break through the bottleneck of the Qi Training Late Stage, and I can also use the feedback from this Spirit Plant to raise my cultivation level to another level."

Thinking this way, Ling Pengyun's heart burned even hotter.

He first placed two bottles of Cloud Forest Cloud Forest Spirit Water Cloud Forest Spirit Water on the ground, then opened the cap of the remaining bottle and used his Divine Sense to summon the finger-length Thorn Vine attached to his chest.

"Thorns, enter that Glass Bottle and absorb the Cloud Forest Spirit Water within."

The thorny mother plant attached to Ling Pengyun's chest was awakened, and dozens of small roots immediately grew from its base.

These tiny roots, like the little feet of the Thorn Vine, wriggle forward, propelling the Thorn Vine forward.

Before long, the small Thorn Vine climbed up Ling Pengyun's Daoist robe sleeve and into the open Glass Bottle. With the help of dozens of small roots, it quickly absorbed the mouthful of Cloud Forest Spirit Water inside the bottle.

"Come out."

Receiving the signal, the Thorn Vine quickly crawled out of the bottle and landed on Ling Pengyun's palm.

The next moment, Ling Pengyun closed his eyes and channeled his Divine Sense into the body of the Thorn Vine, using his divine Divine Sense to guide the Thorn Vine to refine the Cloud Forest Spirit Water within it.

The Thorn Vine were not yet sentient, and the refinement of that mouthful of Cloud Forest Spirit Water mainly relied on Ling Pengyun.

This meant that it took Ling Pengyun two whole days to help the Thorn Vine completely refine the Cloud Forest Spirit Water and improve their cultivation.

With the help of this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, the Thorn Vine not only touched the bottleneck of the Qi Training Late Stage Qi Training Late Stage, but also shook it. Although they did not break through it, Ling Pengyun looked forward to the day when this bottleneck would be broken.

"The bottleneck at the Qi Training Late Stage is the most solid bottleneck in the Qi Refinement Realm. A single sip of Cloud Forest Spirit Water probably won't be enough to support the Thorn Vine in breaking through that bottleneck."

After thinking it over, Ling Pengyun directly summoned the Thorn Vine to absorb the remaining two bottles of Cloud Forest Spirit Water into his body in one go.

The Cloud Forest Spirit Water is a cultivation item, containing immense spiritual power. Even though the water is extremely gentle, the spiritual power emanating from just these two mouthfuls of Cloud Forest Spirit Water was enough to swell the Thorn Vine, which were no bigger than a finger.

Seeing this, Ling Pengyun quickly channeled his Divine Sense into the Thorn Vine, helping it to rapidly refine the Cloud Thorn Vine Cloud Forest Spirit Water within its body into spiritual power, thus breaking through the solid bottleneck of the Qi Training Late Stage.

Ling Pengyun mobilized two mouthfuls of Cloud Forest Spirit Water to assist the Thorn Vine in breaking through the Qi Training Late Stage Refining bottleneck. It took two days for the solid Qi Training Late Stage Refining bottleneck to be broken through.

Once the bottleneck was broken, the aura of Thorn Vine also rapidly increased.

Before long, its aura reached the Qi Training Late Stage, and the spiritual power contained within its body increased several times.

"Thorns, give back to me the remaining power of the Cloud Forest Spirit Water within you, as well as your own cultivation."

Seeing this, Ling Pengyun was overjoyed and quickly summoned the Thorn Vine had just broken through to the Qi Training Late Stage.

The Thorn Vine, which were inherently mindless, naturally obeyed their Master's command immediately.

The small section of thorny vine flashed with green light, splitting into countless tiny branches Thorn Vine grew wildly.

In a short while, it transformed into a large clump of Thorn Vine, completely enveloping Ling Pengyun, who was sitting cross-legged on the Meditation Mat.

As for the thorns on the vines, they all receded and did not harm Ling Pengyun.

"Giving back to your parents".

Upon hearing this, the thorn bushes surrounding Ling Pengyun trembled and flashed with spiritual light, transferring all the refined Cloud Forest Spirit Water and its remaining power, as well as the vast spiritual power it had gained upon entering the Qi Training Late Stage Refining, into Ling Pengyun's body.

Since the Thorn Vine and Ling Pengyun are of the same origin, whether it is the residual power of the Cloud Forest Spirit Water or the spiritual power of the Thorn Vine themselves, they are exactly the same as the spiritual power that Ling Pengyun has cultivated. There is no need for Ling Pengyun to refine them himself; he can directly send them into his Dantian to improve his cultivation.

In less than half an incense stick's time, Ling Pengyun's cultivation level rapidly reached the peak of the Qi Training Seventh Layer.

Ling Pengyun was not satisfied with his Qi Training Seventh Layer level of Qi Refining.

He directly mobilized the Thorn Vine power of the Cloud Forest Spirit Water, the spiritual power of the Thorn Vine, and his own spiritual power into his body, combining them to frantically break through that "inexplicable and indescribable" bottleneck.

After charging up and striking more than ten times in a row, Ling Pengyun felt soreness in all the meridians of his body before he finally broke through the bottleneck.

With this bottleneck broken, Ling Pengyun naturally entered the Qi Training Eighth Layer.

"I've finally broken through to the Qi Training Eighth Layer. Now I only need to reach the Qi Training Ninth Layer to purify my spiritual energy and enter the Qi Training Completion." Ling Pengyun opened his eyes, feeling the increase in his cultivation level. He was overjoyed and muttered to himself.

"My Divine Sense can still only cover a radius of one hundred feet, and it has not increased. However, my Divine Sense is more condensed. This condensed Divine Sense strength should allow me to cast more Water Blade Technique or control more magic Law Artifact than before."

"An increase of three levels in spiritual power is not bad. It will be of endless benefit to casting Law Technique in battle or controlling the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation."

"Speaking of spiritual power, my Spirit Storage Magic Item Jade Hairpin, is very useful, but unfortunately its grade is too low, only reaching the First Rank Middle Grade. If I have enough Spirit Stone in the future, I can go to the second floor of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion in Cloudwater Market Town to buy a high-grade Spirit Storage Magic Item."

The method of refining Spirit Storage Magic Item is not only possessed by the Cloud Mist Wen Clan, who are also located in Huai River County like the Ling Clan, but also by the Hundred Spirits Sect, a major sect of Golden Core cultivators that specializes in all arts and crafts.

Moreover, the spiritual energy storage Law Artifact possessed by the Cloud Mist Wen Clan was obtained from the Hundred Spirits Sect.

It is precisely because of this magical Law Artifact that the Cloud Mist Wen Clan has the foundation to establish itself in this Cultivation World.

Ling Pengyun snapped out of his reverie.

He felt that the thorn bushes surrounding him, having been nourished by the spiritual energy just now, were not causing his cultivation level to drop, but his aura was very weak and unstable.

This situation is not a good thing.

Ling Pengyun's thoughts stirred slightly, triggering the Recognition of Ownership Restriction between himself and the Thorn Vine, and he gave the order.

"It no longer needs to wrap around my body, but it still retains the shape of a thicket of thorns."

The thorn bushes quickly did as instructed, and the dozens of Thorn Vine that had been wrapped around Ling Pengyun's body receded like a tide, moving to the side.

After the thorn bushes were removed from his body, Ling Pengyun was able to move his limbs.

He patted the Storage Bag Storage Bag at his waist, summoned out the remaining two hundred or so Spirit Stone, and threw them in front of the thorn bushes.

Subsequently, Ling Pengyun retrieved from his Storage Bag the First Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Formation flag and array plate that he had purchased from his cousin Ling Penglin, who was stationed at Fruit Bee Ridge, during his early years when he was stationed at Azure Stone Mountain.

As soon as the array flags of the Spirit Gathering Formation were taken out, Ling Pengyun used the array plate to arrange the six Spirit Gathering Formation flags around the small pile of Spirit Stone.

"Activate the formation." Ling Pengyun cast a Method Formula into the Spirit Gathering Array Disk and pondered for a moment.

The six Spirit Gathering Array Flag then flashed a white light, and a small white light screen enveloped the small pile of Spirit Stone.

Once the formation was activated, it quickly Spirit Stone, transforming them into pure Spiritual Qi, which the Thorn Vine then absorbed.

The Thorn Vine have no consciousness, and without Ling Pengyun's assistance, Thorn Vine absorb Spiritual Qi energy from the Spirit Stone very slowly.

Left with no other choice, Ling Pengyun resorted to this desperate measure: to increase the concentration of Spiritual Qi around the Thorn Vine, thereby accelerating Thorn Vine cultivation speed.

Having set up the formation, Ling Pengyun touched the Thorn Vine and called out.

"Absorb the Spiritual Qi within those two hundred-odd Spirit Stone to stabilize my cultivation."

After speaking, Ling Pengyun took out a spirit fruit from his Storage Bag and put it in his mouth.

Before he could even savor the taste of the Spirit Tangerine, he chewed it up, swallowed it, closed his eyes, and began to circulate his Cultivation Method to refine the Spiritual Qi contained within the fruit in his stomach.

At the signal from its Master, the thicket of thorns spread dozens of thick Thorn Vine over the small pile of Spirit Stone, absorbing the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Stone and the pure Spiritual Qi refined by the Spirit Gathering Formation.