The seventeen drops of spirit fluid dissolved within his body, and vast, pure Yuan Qi surged and roared through his meridians like a river bursting through a collapsed dam.
Chen Qing sat cross-legged deep within the underground fissure. The aura around him rose and fell erratically, while his robes stirred despite the absence of wind.
He did not rush to swallow all the spirit fluid at once. Instead, following the circulation method of the Great Void True Scripture, he guided the spirit fluid into his dantian drop by drop and slowly absorbed it.
Within his dantian, the pale-gold vortex of true essence spun faster and faster, while a tide-like surging sound faintly echoed from its center.
The liquid true essence, once no more than a shallow puddle, was now increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye!
[Great Void True Scripture, Sixth Layer: (51652/60000)] [Great Void True Scripture, Sixth Layer: (53987/60000)] [Great Void True Scripture, Sixth Layer: (58999/60000)]
Chen Qing's mind was as still as water, yet he could clearly sense the qualitative transformation taking place within his true essence.
The pale-gold liquid true essence grew ever more abundant, gathering from an initial shallow layer into a small lake.
As the true essence circulated, shimmering ripples glinted across its surface.
Time passed, and before long, Chen Qing had completely refined the seventeen drops of spirit fluid he had seized.
"Only the last bit remains..."
Chen Qing took a deep breath, brought out the seven drops of spirit fluid he had gathered himself, and swallowed one without hesitation.
Another drop of spirit fluid entered his stomach, transforming into a gentle yet vast torrent that poured into the great river of his meridians!
"Honglong—!"
Deep within his dantian, it was as though startling thunder had