Lotus Immortal Seed
His limbs and bones were exhausted from the battle, but his empty mind was like a crying infant. If it weren't for the Mystic Qi that his senior sister transmitted from outside to soothe his meridians, You Su would probably need at least a day to recover before he could start cultivating again.
You Su didn't want to waste his senior sister's kindness, so he swallowed a True Qi Pill given to him by Gu Yao, calmed his mind, and began to concentrate on refining it.
To You Su's surprise, the concentration of Mystic Qi in this pill was not low, so why was so little of it ultimately flowing into his spiritual platform?
He carefully observed and discovered that most of the Mystic Qi had broken away from his meridians and flowed into his physical body.
Most cultivators possess extraordinary physical bodies due to the nourishment of Mystic Qi. However, generally speaking, Mystic Qi first flows to the spiritual platform and then spreads throughout the body, but You Su's situation is exactly the opposite.
This is contrary to common sense, as if his spiritual platform can only pick up what his body has left over. This situation basically only occurs in those cultivators who specialize in Body Refining Cultivation Method, because for them, the importance of the physical body has surpassed that of the spiritual platform.
You Su didn't know whether to be happy or worried. He was happy that by merging with Tai Sui, he had obtained an extremely powerful physical body without ever having practiced any body-tempering methods. However, he was worried that in his future cultivation, as he needed to balance his spiritual platform and physical body, he would require more profound Mystic Qi than ordinary people.
The reason he hadn't noticed this phenomenon before was probably because, after fully merging with Tai Sui, he had never experienced such a complete depletion of his physical strength as he had today.
Wangshu Fairy sensed that You Su's spiritual platform was still barren, and assumed that the Mystic Qi she had injected was insufficient to help her junior brother. Therefore, she covered him with both hands and pressed them even closer together.
At this moment You Su's body was on the verge of recovering from exhaustion, and every touch was extremely clear. Even through his robes, he could almost feel the texture of his senior sister's hands. Uncontrollably, the young man from Lotus Peak stood at attention.
Upon realizing this, You Su felt extremely embarrassed. In fact, ever since he began cultivating the Sun Yang Sword Nurturing Art, he had felt increasingly strange. He felt like a balloon, with a lot of air accumulated inside him, but even the slightest contact could deform this inflated balloon. Even the rooster's crowing time each day was getting longer and longer, which greatly troubled him.
He quickly raised his senior sister's hand, turning to the side to cover his embarrassment. "Senior sister, it's alright."
Wangshu Fairy blinked, not noticing You Su's change, and asked:
"When I was very tired before, this is how Master helped me recover. Don't you like it, Junior Brother?"
Frankly speaking, relying on someone else's Mystic Qi to warm and nourish the empty meridians does indeed help with recovery and can definitely be considered comfortable. But if it were in You Su's current state, such comfort would become torture.
"Senior sister, it has nothing to do with whether you like it or not; it's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause."
Wangshu Fairy understood the meaning of this word:
"Is Junior Brother in a hurry to recover his Mystic Qi?"
"If I don't recover quickly, what if someone challenges me again tomorrow? I can't lose in order to stay on Lotus Peak."
Logically speaking, a friendly spar shouldn't escalate to this level of intensity, so it's unlikely that You Su would fight a match only to be eliminated.
"Then Junior Brother can just use the Lotus Immortal Seed." Wangshu Fairy withdrew her hand that was hovering in mid-air.
Lotus Immortal Seed?
As You Su's thoughts drifted, the simple and elegant lotus flower between her brows appeared and disappeared, shimmering with a pinkish-gold divine light.
The fatigue in You Su's Divine Sense was also relieved. Without his senior sister's reminder, he had even forgotten about the great gift that his Mistress had given him. Perhaps it was because, subconsciously, he had never thought that he would use it one day.
"But..."
You Su hesitated. Although he knew that his Mistress had left him the immortal seed for his use, he was still very reluctant to part with it when it came time to use it.
"But what?"
A familiar, charming voice rang out, and it was the Third Elder who gracefully walked into You Su's room.
As she walked, she looked around at the furnishings of You Su's room, her gaze finally settling on the boy:
"You wouldn't be reluctant to use it, would you?"
"I..." You Su thought for a moment and said, "I don't think anyone will challenge me in the next two days, so using this immortal seed is a bit unnecessary. It should be used in a more critical situation."
"You're harboring wishful thinking!" The Third Elder said coldly, looking down at You Su. "Do you think your displayed strength has impressed everyone? Or do you believe that everyone in the Xuanxiao Sect is a gentleman who wouldn't take advantage of someone in distress?"
You Su remained silent.
"Your strength at the Spirit Platform Realm is indeed impressive, but it's not unprecedented. The fact that someone challenged you during your public announcement period wasn't taking advantage of your vulnerability, but rather within the rules. I can tell you very clearly, if you want to become True Disciple of Lotus Peak, the next two days won't be any easier than today."
Upon hearing this, You Su had already made up her mind.
His Mistress planted the immortal seed in him, which meant she considered him a truly important disciple. If he were to lose his qualification as True Disciple because he was reluctant to use it, his Mistress would surely be disappointed.
"I understand." The lotus pattern between You Su's eyebrows shone even brighter.
The Third Elder nodded slightly, sighing inwardly. He hadn't expected that the Thirteenth Elder, despite being so severely injured, would still sacrifice his essence to condense a seed of immortality for You Su. Could it be that he had saved the Thirteenth Elder's life? After all, even Xiao Wangshu didn't have a seed of immortality within him.
At this moment You Su had already focused his Divine Sense inward, and within his Sea of Consciousness, a celestial seed quietly shattered. Starting from his brow, it was as if countless tiny warm currents flowed throughout his body. For You Su's "starving" body, the Mystic Qi left behind by his Mistress was no less than sweet rain seen after a long drought. No elixir could compare to the purest profound Mystic Qi of a Void Glimpse Venerable. Every meridian and every muscle in You Su's body greedily absorbed this timely rain.
The Third Elder stared in astonishment at the immortal seed between You Su's brows. The seed was dimming far too quickly. She then looked at You Su's body and felt that his physical form was like an endless vortex devouring Mystic Qi.
Is it really necessary to drain this immortal seed dry before a Spirit Platform Realm cultivator can recover to his full strength?
No wonder he was able to shatter that Baxia Divine Soul... Just what kind of physique does he have?
The Third Elder sighed softly and conjured a spiritual fruit emanating a rich aura of immortality, which looked incredibly valuable.
"Little Wangshu, when your junior brother wakes up, give him this fruit."
Wangshu Fairy accepted it without hesitation, reaching out to take it and obediently saying:
"Thank you, Third Elder."
The Third Elder shook his head with a wry smile:
"You wouldn't accept anything I offered you, but you readily accepted gifts for your junior brother. Keep a close watch on him; there will be another fierce battle tomorrow, and he won't win without giving it his all."
With that, she left through the door. Her attitude towards You Su was neither good nor bad; she helped You Su only to fulfill the Thirteenth Elder's wish.