Spiritual Power Containing Icy Cold Qi?

A short while later, Ling Pengliang returned from the Clan Repository on the mountaintop to the Affairs Hall and handed three bulging Storage Bag to Ling Chengxin.

"Cheng Xin, these three Storage Bag contain spiritual materials for refining Grain Avoidance Pill, Returning Spring Powder, and Qi Recovery Pill, respectively."

"Those three extra First Rank Middle Grade Stone Spirit Walnut were given to you by your Sixteenth Uncle. Your cultivation has not improved for two years. Make good use of those three First Rank Middle Grade Stone Spirit Walnut to improve your cultivation and strive to break through from the Qi Training Third Layer Refining to the Qi Training Fourth Layer."

Ling Chengxin, saying, "Thank you Sixteenth Uncle."

Although he had reached the Qi Training Third Layer two years ago and had no shortage of Cultivation Resources, his cultivation level had been stuck at the Qi Training Third Layer because he spent too much time Pill Refining pills, and his progress was slow.

"Alright, go back now. I should start cultivating too," Ling Pengliang waved his hand dismissively.

Seeing this, Ling Chengxin didn't say anything more. He put the three bulging Storage Bag in his hand into his pocket, cupped his hands in greeting to Ling Pengliang, and then left the Affairs Hall.

After Ling Chengxin left, Ling Pengliang glanced at Ling Chengxin's departing figure and muttered to himself.

"This kid knows his place in the clan; he has a good character."

Coming to his senses, Ling Pengliang returned to the counter, sat cross-legged on a Meditation Mat, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate his inner Cultivation Method.

Some time ago, he broke through to the Qi Training Eighth Layer Refining and became a leading figure among the Qi Training Stage clan members of the Peng Generation.

However, such cultivation level is not enough for him now. He needs to reach the Qi Training Completion stage as soon as possible in order to gain the attention of the Lineage and be given the Small Hundred Spirits Water that he obtained from the Yang Clan family, as well as the Pulse Meridian Protecting Pill that the family promised.

With these two spiritual objects, he also has a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

On the other side.

After leaving the Affairs Hall, Ling Chengxin returned to his courtyard and went into the quiet room.

Sitting cross-legged on the Meditation Mat, he secretly made plans.

"My cultivation has indeed fallen behind considerably in the past two years; I must keep this in mind in the future."

He first sat quietly and regulated his breathing for a while until his body recovered to its best state. Then he swallowed a First Rank Middle Grade Stone Spirit Walnut, refined it, and turned it into pure spiritual energy to replenish his Dantian.

Over the next twenty days, Ling Chengxin consumed two First Rank Middle Grade Stone Spirit Walnut kernels, filling the remaining 20% of his Dantian with spiritual power, thus reaching the Qi Training Third Layer Peak.

After all, he hadn't stopped cultivating in the past two years, but his progress had been slow.

Having reached the Qi Training Third Layer Peak, he didn't hesitate and directly swallowed the kernel of the last Stone Spirit Walnut in his hand, relying on the power of the kernel to break through the bottleneck.

Perhaps it was his accumulation of experience at the Qi Training Third Layer over the past two years that made his foundation extremely solid, coupled with the strong characteristics of the spiritual power he cultivated.

Half a day later, when he stopped cultivating, his cultivation level had broken through to the Qi Training Fourth Layer.

He felt the benefits of his breakthrough in cultivation and was overjoyed.

"My Divine Sense has been enhanced by nearly 50%. With such a powerful Divine Sense assisting me, my Pill Refining will surely benefit greatly."

The stronger a cultivator's Divine Sense, the greater the help they receive when Pill Refining pills.

Once he calmed down, he also took a Qi Refining Pill he had refined himself to refine Qi Refining Pill medicinal power and consolidate his cultivation.

Several days later.

While chasing a group of Demon Beast that had invaded his territory, attacked his Spirit Vein, and fled, Ling Pengyun accidentally entered the territory of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan.

The Ling Clan Territory only borders two other Lineage: the Cloud Mist Wen Clan and the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan.

After catching up with and killing the group of Qi Training Demon Beast, Ling Pengyun rode the Wind Shadow Peng back, but then remembered something.

He took out a book called "Hundred Spirits Sect Terrain Map" and a Fragmented Map from his Storage Bag.

Both of these items were obtained from a cultivator of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan when he was stationed at Lingyun Mountain after leaving his Lineage.

Although the Fragmented Map was incomplete, the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan cultivator used its approximate Fragmented Map to roughly mark two similar Fragmented Map in the "Hundred Spirits Sect Terrain Map".

Both locations are situated within the Huai River, which runs through the entire Huai River County.

One section of the river is located within the territory of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan.

Another section of the river is located within the territory of the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan.

"I have had this item for twelve years. In the past, I was unable to leave because I was stationed at Lingyun Mountain, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment, and guarding the Rock Scale Snake Den. I never had time to search for it according to the two places marked on the map."

"Now that we've come to the territory of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan, we might as well go and search around."

"Otherwise, if we miss this opportunity, we don't know when we'll have another chance to come here."

Having made up his mind, Ling Pengyun commanded his Wind Shadow Peng to change its flight direction instead of returning to the Lineage. After confirming the direction and comparing it with the Hundred Spirits Sect Terrain Map, he directed the Wind Shadow Peng to fly towards the section of the river marked on the map within the territory of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan.

After flying for about half an hour, Ling Pengyun, referring to the Hundred Spirits Sect Terrain Map, arrived at the side of a huge river that was several dozen feet wide.

This river is the iconic Huai River of Huai River County.

The section of the river where Ling Pengyun is now is located at the foot of a mountain. It flows from south to north, around the mountain, and the river water gradually flows southward.

Ling Pengyun took out the Fragmented Map and the Hundred Spirits Sect Terrain Map from his Storage Bag again, compared them, and after confirming that this was the section of the river, he used his Divine Sense to scan the surroundings, but did not find anything unusual.

After a moment's thought, Ling Pengyun looked at the Huai River, which was several dozen feet wide, and murmured to himself.

"We should go and take a look at the bottom of this river."

With that thought in mind, he immediately cast a Water Shield Technique around himself, ordered Wind Shadow Peng to warn the surrounding area from the sky, and then jumped into the Huai River.

With the Water Shield Technique creating a light barrier to isolate the Water Source County, and using spiritual power as propulsion, Ling Pengyun's speed in the turbulent river was not slow at all.

In just a few breaths, he slid down dozens of feet and reached the riverbed.

However, the riverbed was no different; apart from aquatic plants, it was all silt.

He then used his Divine Sense to search the surroundings again, but found nothing. Only then did he leave the depths of the riverbed and return to the riverbank, looking towards the area where the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan was located.

The territory of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan is located at the border of the Falling Dusk Luo Clan and the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan.

"This place is only about three or four thousand miles away from the section of the river marked on the map of Spirit Land, which is within the territory of the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan. It's not far."

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

He beckoned the Wind Shadow Peng, which was warning of the surroundings in the sky, to land on the ground. He then rode the Peng bird and flew swiftly towards a section of the Huai River marked on the Hundred Spirits Sect Terrain Map within the territory of the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan.

Wind Shadow Peng was extremely fast, and in just four hours he flew three or four thousand miles to reach the bank of the Huai River.

Ling Pengyun surveyed the area around the river section and, seeing nothing amiss, jumped into the water and sank into the depths of that section.

After searching several times, Ling Pengyun discovered a two-foot-wide hole in a section of the river covered with a large area of aquatic plants.

He quickly stepped forward and probed the cave with his Divine Sense. He discovered that the depth of the cave exceeded the range that his Divine Sense could detect, and he immediately became suspicious.

"Underground River."

Ling Pengyun cast two Primal Water Technique on himself, which transformed into Primal Water Light Screen before venturing deep into the riverbed cave.

They descended nearly a thousand feet down the Underground River before finally reaching the bottom.

The banks of the deepest part of this Underground River are at a higher elevation and are not submerged in water.

Ling Pengyun jumped ashore, looked around, and realized that he was in an underground cave.

This underground cave also has a deliberately carved passage, with extremely smooth sides.

"Ordinary mortals, or even martial artists, would find it difficult to carve out such a smooth passage using iron tools."

"This passage must have been carved out by a cultivator using Law Artifact."

Upon seeing this scene, Ling Pengyun's curiosity was piqued, and he gradually ventured deeper into the passage.

After walking about several dozen feet, a bronze door about ten feet high and two feet wide appeared in front of Ling Pengyun.

Because he was in an unfamiliar environment, he did not directly reach out and open the bronze door, but instead used his Object Manipulation Technique to push the bronze door open.

However, the bronze door weighed nearly five thousand catties, Ling Pengyun's Object Manipulation Technique was ultimately just an auxiliary Law Technique, barely moving the bronze door by a fraction.

Just then, blue array patterns appeared around the bronze gate, gathering the dense moisture of the area and merging together to form a blue light curtain that protected the giant bronze gate.

Ling Pengyun was shocked by what he saw.

"It's quite rare to find a First Rank Middle Grade Water Accumulation Grand Formation protecting this place."

"First, the cultivators used Law Artifact to carve out the passage, and then there was this First Rank Middle Grade Water Storage Array."

"It seems that the place recorded on that map of the remains is this very place."

"I wonder what lies behind this bronze door."

Ling Pengyun's curiosity grew even stronger.

In order to break through the Transformed Defense Light Screen by the Water Storage Array as soon as possible, Ling Pengyun directly Hand Seals and used the Water Serpent Technique to conjure a huge water serpent that was three zhang long. It then slammed into the defensive light barrier, creating a huge Ripples Marketplace.

However, the defensive light barrier was formed from First Rank Middle Grade Water Storage Array, and its defensive power was not weak. The three-zhang-long water snake could not break it in a short time.

However, under the bombardment of the three-zhang-long water snake, the light of the defensive barrier dimmed visibly and became extremely shaky, as if it would be blown away at any moment.

About a hundred breaths later, the blue light screen was covered with cracks.

The three-zhang-long water snake struck the light screen once more.

The light barrier shattered with a crash, turning into countless fragments that vanished without a trace.

After the three-zhang-long water snake accomplished its mission, it had exhausted nearly 70% of its remaining strength.

Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun used his Divine Sense to control the snake and send it directly at the bronze door.

"Zheng".

A clanging sound of metal clashing rang out, and the bronze door, weighing a full five thousand catties, was sent flying backward and shattered into several pieces by the impact of the water snake.

As soon as the bronze door broke, a surge of rich Spiritual Qi rushed towards it.

Ling Pengyun inhaled the air through his nose, and his mind cleared up considerably in an instant.

"This place actually possesses such pure Spiritual Qi."

"However, why does this Spiritual Qi contain an extreme chill?"