Wind Shadow Peng Breakthrough (Sorry, everyone, I was late. I could barely manage two updates today)

Then, one child after another entered the Ancestral Hall alone to have their Spirit Root tested.

As night fell, the Spirit Testing Convention drew to a close.

As soon as Ling Pengyun placed the Spirit Root Testing Stone in the hand of a young boy who had just entered the Ancestral Hall, the Spirit Root Testing Stone, which had remained unchanged until then, suddenly flashed a bright spiritual light.

"Spirit Root".

"During my five years stationed at Lingyun Mountain, I held five small Spirit Measurement Spirit sessions, and finally found a child with Spirit Root."

"With this clansman who possesses Spirit Root, the Lineage's manpower shortage problem can be alleviated when the child comes of age."

Seeing the extraordinary phenomenon of the Spirit Root Testing Stone, Ling Pengyun was delighted and muttered to himself.

This was the only time the Spirit Root Testing Stone reacted during the five Spirit Testing Convention he presided over in Lingyun Small City, when he tested the Spirit Root of thousands of children.

If the Spirit Root Testing Stone flashes with spiritual light, it means that the child possesses Spirit Root.

"What's your name?" Ling Pengyun asked the somewhat shy little boy in front of him.

"Reporting to the Immortal Elder, my name is Ling Xin. The Spirit Root you mentioned earlier, is it Immortal Fate?" the little boy asked with a look of anticipation.

"That's right. You possess Spirit Root, which means you have Immortal Fate. From now on, please don't call me Immortal Elder. My name is Ling Pengyun. In our Ling Clan, I am the eighth among the five generations: Ru, Yun, Xiao, Peng, and Cheng. You belong to the Cheng Generation. If you see me in the future, you can call me Eighth Uncle." Ling Pengyun said with a smile.

The Ling Clan changes its generation name every thirty years. As early as last year, the Lineage's generation name was pushed back by one character, "Cheng".

"Eighth Uncle." Ling Xin nodded, seemingly understanding, and obediently called out to Ling Pengyun.

This was Ling Pengyun's first time being an elder, and he was overjoyed to hear Xiao Ling Xin call him that.

In addition, Ling Xin was the only one among the five Spirit Testing Convention he presided over in Lingyun Small City who was found to have Spirit Root, making him the sole survivor.

Under these circumstances, an idea came to him.

"This child was born into an ordinary family. Although he has Spirit Root, he has no relatives to help him, which may affect his future Dao Path in cultivation."

Thinking that he could help if he could, since they were all Lineage and relatively wealthy now, Ling Pengyun reached into his pocket and took out an empty Storage Bag that he had kept from killing Evil Cultivator in his early years.

He then took out a Azure Spirit Sword, a Golden Scale Inner Armor, and fifty Spirit Stone from the Storage Bag at his waist and put them into the empty Storage Bag.

After packing the spiritual items, Ling Pengyun handed the Storage Bag to Ling Xin Ling Xin with a kind smile on his face.

"Xiao Xin, this bag is called Storage Bag. Keep it safe in the future. When you reach the Qi Refinement Realm, the contents of this bag will be a great help to you."

Ling Xin was greatly shocked to see that the small object handed to him by his "Eighth Uncle" Ling Pengyun was only the size of a palm, yet it could hold a four-foot-long flying sword, an inner armor, and dozens of stones.

Although he coveted this magical Storage Bag, he dared not accept it directly.

After all, Ling Xin had only recently acquired Spirit Root and had not yet transitioned from a mortal mindset. In his eyes, Ling Pengyun was still an immortal, and he dared not take the things of an immortal directly.

"Eighth Uncle, can I really accept this Storage Bag?" Ling Xin asked tentatively.

"This was originally a gift for you, so you can naturally accept it," Ling Pengyun said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Ling Xin was overjoyed, and a smile spread across his face.

"Thank you very much, Eighth Uncle." He bowed to Ling Pengyun with great courtesy and expressed his gratitude.

"It's alright, stand next to me. There are other children who will be standing in this spot to have their Spirit Root tested later." Ling Pengyun waved his hand and beckoned to Ling Xin, who was standing in front of the small table.

Ling Xin, who was constantly examining the "fairy item" Storage Bag in his hand, quickly did as he was told and walked to Ling Pengyun's side.

At this moment, Ling Pengyun used Sound Amplification Technique to shout loudly to the outside of the Ancestral Hall.

"Keep letting people in."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yu, the city lord who was guarding outside the Ancestral Hall, was overjoyed.

"The child who just went in must possess Spirit Root."

Thinking this through, Ling Yu's expression shifted slightly, and she asked the surrounding servants who the parents of the child who had just entered the Ancestral Hall were.

After finding out the details, Ling Yu's gaze settled on Ling Xin's parents in the crowd.

"I need to cultivate a good relationship with them in the future."

After making some plans, Ling Yu called to the surrounding servants to reopen the Ancestral Hall doors and let the last few dozen children who had not yet had their Spirit Root tested enter the Ancestral Hall one by one.

Ling Pengyun's luck also came to an end. As before, none of the remaining dozens of children were found to have Spirit Root.

Since the children no longer needed to have their Spirit Root tested, this Spirit Testing Convention came to an end.

Ling Pengyun took Ling Xin, who possessed Spirit Root, out of the Ancestral Hall and found Ling Xin's Ling Xin. He told them about Ling Xin's "destiny for Immortal Fate" and also informed them that he would take Ling Xin back to the Clan Mountain to cultivate in a few months, and that he would be unable to return home for a long time.

After explaining everything, Ling Pengyun greeted the city lord Ling Yu and then left Lingyun Small City under the cover of night, returning to Lingyun Mountain, which was two miles away.

Two days later, at noon.

On the roof of the Bamboo House Lingyun Mountain, in the enormous roc's nest, three days ago, after consuming a First Rank Middle Grade spiritual fruit, the Wind Shadow Roc, which had reached the bottleneck of the Qi Training Middle Stage Wind Shadow Peng Refining realm and had been dormant for three days, suddenly experienced a massive surge of spiritual energy, frantically absorbing the Spiritual Qi from Lingyun Mountain into its body.

This unusual activity not only alarmed Ling Yunhong, who was Pill Refining in a quiet room on the second floor of the Bamboo House, but also alarmed Ling Pengyun was studying the Spirit Plant Secret Method.

Ling Yunhong was at a critical moment in the Pill Refining process; if he left, the entire batch of pills he was refining would be destroyed.

Under these circumstances, he could only use his Divine Sense to investigate the source of the spiritual energy fluctuations at the top of the Bamboo House.

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, the source of the spiritual energy fluctuations was immediately revealed.

When Ling Yunhong realized that it was the spiritual power triggered by the Wind Shadow Peng breaking through its bottleneck in the huge nest on the roof of the Bamboo House building, a look of appreciation flashed in his eyes, and he muttered to himself.

"Peng Yun's Wind Shadow Peng has quite good aptitude. It has reached the Qi Training Middle Stage Refining in just seven or eight years since the Wind Shadow Peng was purchased and hatched. This is rare among Demon Beast of the same level. Its cultivation speed is much faster than that of the Lineage's ordinary Immortal Spirit Crane."

"If Peng Yun is willing to spend more Spirit Stone on this Peng bird, it is possible that after a hundred or even several hundred years of accumulation, this Peng bird will have a certain probability of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment like the Immortal Spirit Crane King."

Because of their powerful physique, Demon Beast have a slightly higher probability of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment than cultivators.

Because Ling Yunhong was still engaged in Pill Refining, he quickly regained his senses after a moment of distraction and stopped paying too much attention to Wind Shadow Peng, who was breaking through his bottleneck.

Ling Pengyun, the Master the Wind Shadow Peng, noticed the unusual movement on the Wind Shadow Peng and hurriedly stood up from the Bamboo House. He walked out of the Meditation Mat building with excitement, used his Light Body Technique to enhance his body, and lightly jumped onto the roof of the Bamboo House building next to the Wind Shadow Peng's nest.

Ling Pengyun frowned slightly as he watched Wind Shadow Peng, who was lying in its nest with its eyes closed, frantically absorbing the Spiritual Qi energy within Lingyun Mountain to build up its strength and break through its bottleneck.

"The Spiritual Qi in Lingyun Mountain is extremely thin, making it completely impossible for Wind Shadow Peng to break through his bottleneck by absorbing the mountain's Spiritual Qi."

Most of the Spiritual Qi in Lingyun Mountain is locked within the twenty-two acres of Spirit Field by an array, supplying the Spirit Plant there for growth.

With this in mind, Ling Pengyun quickly made a response.

He waved his hand and took out the Storage Bag -Spirit Gathering Array Flag, array plate, and hundreds of Spirit Stone that he had purchased from his cousin Ling Penglin when he was stationed at Azure Stone Mountain in his early years.

As soon as he took out the array flags, he placed the six Spirit Gathering Array Flag next to the Wind Shadow Peng's nest.

"Rise."

Ling Pengyun gripped the Spirit Gathering Array Disk tightly, infused it with a special Method Formula, and pondered for a moment.

The Spirit Gathering Array Disk flashed with spiritual light, and then the six Spirit Gathering Array Flag planted around the nest also flickered with spiritual light.

A small light screen, just enough to cover the nest of the Wind Shadow Peng Roc, appeared.

After the formation was activated, Ling Pengyun waved his hand and used his Object Manipulation Technique to throw the small pile of hundreds of Spirit Stone into the formation.

As soon as the small pile of Spirit Stone entered the formation, he made another Hand Seals, condensed Law Seals, and sent it into the formation.

"Refine!"

As soon as the sound fell, the Spiritual Qi contained within the small pile of Spirit Stone inside the formation was quickly refined by the Spirit Gathering Formation.

In a short while, the Spiritual Qi within several Spirit Stone was completely absorbed, and those Spirit Stone that had no Spiritual Qi at all turned into ordinary objects.

Conversely, the Spiritual Qi obtained from refining Spirit Stone by the Spirit Gathering Formation, after simple purification, also filled the array, making the Spiritual Qi contained within the array even more concentrated.

Even though the Spirit Gathering Formation was incredibly effective, Ling Pengyun still felt a pang of regret because the Spirit Gathering Formation refined Spirit Stone at such an excessively fast pace.

He earned every single Spirit Stone he had. Normally, he wouldn't even use Spirit Stone to activate the Spirit Gathering Formation.

"Fortunately, we'll be returning to the Clan Mountain Clan Mountain soon. Once we're back, even in today's situation, the abundant Spiritual Qi within the Clan Mountain will be more than enough to support Peng's successful breakthrough to the Qi Training Middle Stage."

The Spirit Vein beneath the Ling Clan Mountain is of the Second Rank Low Grade, with extremely rich Spiritual Qi.

Even though the Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Vein needs to supply a lot of Spiritual Qi to the more than 20 acres of High-Grade Spirit Field in the mountains every day, there is still a huge amount of Spiritual Qi left in the mountains for the clan members to use for cultivation.

Ling Pengyun had been guarding the Wind Shadow Peng's nest because he was worried that the Wind Shadow Peng might encounter an accident during its breakthrough.

About three hours later, a clear sound rang out from inside Wind Shadow Peng's body.

The "inexplicable and inexplicable" bottleneck that had been blocking Wind Shadow Peng vanished at this moment.

The immense spiritual power absorbed into its body, which successfully broke through the bottleneck, flowed like a tide, nourishing every part of its body.

Nourished by Spiritual Qi energy, its size has grown rapidly at a visible rate.

Subsequently, its aura gradually intensified.

After a hundred breaths, when there were no more unusual movements on Wind Shadow Peng's body, its size had grown to the size of a small table.

Its aura has officially entered the Qi Training Middle Stage, but it is still somewhat weak and needs time to stabilize.

Ling Pengyun, who had been guarding the roof of the Bamboo House near the nest of the Wind Shadow Peng Roc, was overjoyed upon seeing this scene.

"The current size of Wind Shadow Peng is more than enough to carry me in flight. I've finally waited for this day."

"If I encounter battle while traveling in the future, I will no longer need to first command my Flying Magical Item Flying Magical Item descend from the sky and put it away, so as to free up my Divine Sense to control other Law Artifact, as I used to do."

"One can sit atop the Wind Shadow Peng, looking down upon the enemy."

Thinking of this, Ling Pengyun's joy faded somewhat.

"Now that my cultivation has reached the Qi Training Ninth Layer, my five-year term of guarding this mountain has come to an end. I am just waiting for someone from the clan to take over for me, so that I can return to the Clan Mountain, purify my spiritual power in peace, and try to reach the Qi Training Completion and attempt Foundation Establishment."

"During this period, I will not encounter any combat at all."

"If I fail to Foundation Establishment in the future, this Peng bird will still be of some use. But if I am lucky enough to enter the Foundation Establishment, this Wind Shadow Peng will still only be at this level. It will probably be slower than when I use the Second Rank Low Grade Wind Control Technique to enhance my speed."

"In the next few years, during the time I'm in seclusion with my Lineage, I'll need to increase the resources I provide to Wind Shadow Peng."

"This roc's daily Cultivation Resources are already better than the meat of Demon Beast, so if we want to further improve its cultivation progress, we can only find a way to obtain cultivation-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, which is even better than spiritual fruits."

"Although spiritual water is precious, if we can find a few more cultivation-type spiritual waters to help this roc reach the Qi Training Late Stage, it can travel more than seven or eight thousand miles a day. Even if I am fortunate enough to Foundation Establishment in the future, this roc can still be my means of transportation."

With this in mind, Ling Pengyun immediately made up his mind.

Qi Training Middle Stage Wind Shadow Peng can only travel about four to five thousand miles a day, and its speed will vary depending on its cultivation level.

The Second Rank Low Grade Wind Control Technique that Foundation Establishment Cultivator can use, if enhanced by it, allows them to travel more than 8,000 miles per day in terms of speed alone.

While Ling Pengyun was distracted, Wind Shadow Peng, who had been asleep for three days and had successfully broken through to the Qi Training Middle Stage, also opened his eyes.

As soon as Wind Shadow Peng opened his eyes, he looked grateful and chirped a few times at Ling Pengyun.

Although it was asleep just now, it could sense that its Master, Divine Sense Ling Pengyun, was always by its side.

Moreover, it knew that the Spiritual Qi energy within several feet of its body was so dense that it was Ling Pengyun's doing.

Without such abundant Spiritual Qi surrounding it, its chances of breaking through to the Qi Training Middle Stage would be extremely slim.

With the help of the Recognition of Ownership Restriction, Ling Pengyun understood the meaning behind the Wind Shadow Peng's cries.

He was quite satisfied with Wind Shadow Peng's gratitude, and the smile on his face widened.

He doesn't like ingrates.

Seeing that there was still a lot of Spiritual Qi left in the Spirit Gathering Formation Array from the refining of Spirit Stone, he spoke to Wind Shadow Peng.

"It's good that you've successfully broken through to the Qi Training Middle Stage. There's still a lot of spiritual energy left in this formation. Quickly absorb that massive spiritual energy to consolidate your cultivation."

As for the hundred Spirit Stone that remained in the array and were not refined by the Spirit Gathering Formation, Ling Pengyun collected them.

Upon hearing the greeting, Wind Shadow Peng's expression brightened, and it cried out in gratitude to Ling Pengyun once more before quickly closing its eyes, crouching down, and falling into a deep sleep.

Ling Pengyun did not linger there. He returned to the main hall on the first floor of the Bamboo House, sat cross-legged on the Meditation Mat, and continued to study the Lingxiao Ripening Technique.

Although he had grasped the third level of this method, he had only simply entered the third level.

Using this Secret Method can at most accelerate the growth rate of first-grade low, medium, and high-grade Spirit Plant by about 70%.

Mastering the third level of the Ripening Technique can accelerate the growth of first-grade low, medium, and high-grade Spirit Plant by 90%.

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I'll make up for today's four updates tomorrow. Sorry everyone, I can only manage two updates so far. Sorry.