After casting a round of Spirit Rain over the six mu of Spirit Fields atop the mountain, Ling Pengyun dispelled the Cloud Rain Technique and headed back to the cave halfway up the mountainside.
Sitting cross-legged on the Meditation Mat, Ling Pengyun cultivated for a while, then sensed his current cultivation and stirred slightly.
"I've been at the Qi Training Sixth Layer for over a year now. My cultivation has been stabilized to the utmost; it's time to break through."
Having made up his mind, Ling Pengyun waved a hand and patted the Storage Bag at his waist, summoning two hundred spirit stones beside him. He immediately closed his eyes and sent his thoughts into the finger-sized Thorn Vine that usually clung beneath his Daoist robe, over his chest.
"Attach yourself to that pile of spirit stones beside me. Draw the spiritual energy you need for your breakthrough from those spirit stones."
Receiving the instruction from Ling Pengyun, its Master, the small section of Thorn Vine immediately did as told.
Countless tiny roots grew from its base. Like legs, they wriggled continuously, gradually detaching from Ling Pengyun's chest, slipping down his robe sleeve, and landing atop the pile of spirit stones.
The moment it landed amid the spirit stones, that mere finger-length section of Thorn Vine began growing wildly. It split into countless branching vines and transformed into a thicket of thorns.
Countless roots also grew from the bottom of the thorn thicket, fastening themselves to every spirit stone in the pile and constantly drawing out the spiritual energy within.
With this influx of spiritual energy, combined with the vast and pure spiritual power the Thorn Vine had accumulated within itself over several years, the Qi Training Middle Stage bottleneck that had trapped it for years was broken through in