You Don't Learn Your Lesson, Do You?

Chapter Twelve You Don't Learn Your Lesson, Do You?

Everything had become familiar, and Qin Yang already knew exactly how to make Xuan Chengzi operate according to the established pattern.

As expected, he was once again forced to swallow a Qi Condensing Pill and a Soul Locking Pill.

Finally, he was given a Water Spirit Pill to test as well.

Gurgle.

The Water Spirit Pill dropped into his stomach, and Spiritual Power dissolved outward.

The next moment, Qin Yang felt as if an invisible barrier inside his body had been broken through. A powerful force spread throughout him, and compared to before, he had improved by a great deal.

That was because his cultivation had risen to the Qi Refining Realm Second Layer!

"After restarting three lifetimes, I never expected that merely relying on the Water Spirit Pills I obtained would let me break through to the Qi Refining Realm Second Layer!"

Qin Yang was delighted. His breakthrough speed was somewhat faster than he had anticipated.

At the very least, he could reliably obtain a Water Spirit Pill at the start of every life, making it a fixed cultivation resource.

However, the real main event this time was the Earth Spirit Pearl in Xiabai Town!

"For this period, follow Bai Feng to gather medicinal herbs first."

Xuan Chengzi's voice rang out, and Qin Yang obediently left.

As expected, not long after Bai Feng took him away from the cave dwelling, Bai Feng began coaxing him and asking whether he wanted to escape the demon's clutches.

"Please guide me, Senior Brother Bai. As long as I can escape this demonic lair, I'm willing to pay any price."

Qin Yang hurriedly made his intentions clear, wishing he could skip the conversation altogether.

Bai Feng was overjoyed.

"Good, good, good. Those words from Junior Brother are enough. Come with me!"

With that, he immediately led the way ahead.

Having achieved such astonishing results in his previous life, Qin Yang found it even easier to smash Bai Feng over the head this time. Moreover, after his cultivation had improved, Spiritual Power provided him with a greater boost in strength. Two stones were enough to leave Bai Feng staggering and barely able to stand.

"You really don't learn your lesson, do you? I warned you long ago that you had to wear a helmet when going out."

Qin Yang clicked his tongue.

Although his ambush had succeeded, he could still tell that Bai Feng was not so easily killed. Thus, he decisively fled.

"Looks like Bai Feng's strength is even higher than that. He's at least at the Qi Refining Realm Third Layer."

"Once I obtain the Earth Spirit Pearl and improve my cultivation, I probably won't need to ambush him next life. I can just go up and hammer him to death!"

Qin Yang pondered as he ran.

Behind him, Bai Feng roared like a madman, swearing that he would kill him.

"..."

With the experience from his previous life, Qin Yang ran eastward down the mountain. As expected, he reached Xiabai Town around dusk.

He had no time to care about his growling stomach or exhausted body. Following his memories, he headed straight for the place where the Earth Spirit Pearl lay.

After returning to the marshland, Qin Yang grew somewhat tense.

"That Azure Blood Crocodile is at the Qi Refining Realm First Layer. Although my cultivation has improved a little, I don't have any Cultivation Methods on me. I'm afraid it'll be extremely troublesome."

Thinking this, Qin Yang made preparations in advance.

He broke off several branches as thick as his arms to use as spears, and he also prepared quite a few stones.

Once everything was ready, he approached the Azure Blood Crocodile's habitat.

Roar!

The sky was dark, and the moon was bright amid sparse stars. The Azure Blood Crocodile's roar rang out across the entire marshland forest, startling birds and beasts into flapping wildly.

A fierce battle began.

Only then did Qin Yang discover that the Azure Blood Crocodile before him was even harder to deal with than he had imagined.

Although its strength was only at the Qi Refining First Layer, the force in its entire body was astonishingly great. Its scales were also exceptionally thick and heavy, making them difficult to pierce.

After a full half hour of stalemate, Qin Yang still had no way to deal with the Azure Blood Crocodile.

"It's really troublesome."

"Fortunately, I came here first. If I had waited until tomorrow, those three disciples from the Yunqing Sect would have arrived, and there'd be nothing left for me."

"I still have one night."

Qin Yang panted heavily.

He had already exhausted all his strength rushing down from the mountain. Now that he was facing the Azure Blood Crocodile at full strength, it naturally wasn't easy to take it down.

Fortunately, the Azure Blood Crocodile was merely a beast without intelligence, and Qin Yang kept wearing down its stamina.

When you chased, he ran; when you ran, he chased.

After a contest of endurance, Qin Yang spent a full two hours before finally exhausting the Azure Blood Crocodile. It was time to begin harvesting.

By now, it was already the latter half of the night.

Qin Yang was completely relying on the last thread of strength to keep his body and spirit going!

"Today, either you die or I die. Come on!"

Qin Yang used the last of his strength to jab out with the wooden stick in his hand, blinding the Azure Blood Crocodile in both eyes. At the same time, however, he paid the price of losing an arm.

Another half hour passed before the Azure Blood Crocodile began thrashing in its death roll.

Of course, the one dying was the Azure Blood Crocodile.

Qin Yang was, after all, at the Qi Refining Second Layer. The boost to his physical strength was no small matter either—at least six or seven hundred jin of force. He completely smashed the Azure Blood Crocodile's brains to pieces.

"Finally, finally done!"

"Obtaining this place's Earth Spirit Pearl as starting capital really wasn't easy."

He panted heavily, exhausted like a dog.

Looking toward the horizon, the first light of dawn had already appeared. Daybreak was almost here.

All of this had been worth it.

Qin Yang successfully dug the Earth Spirit Pearl out of the Azure Blood Crocodile's lair. It was entirely earth-brown and heavy in his hand, yet even he could clearly sense the extremely dense and pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth contained within it!

"Come to think of it, how am I supposed to use this Earth Spirit Pearl for cultivation?"

Looking at the Earth Spirit Pearl in his hand, Qin Yang was stumped.

He only knew that the Earth Spirit Pearl was extremely precious and could aid cultivation, but he did not know how to use it. He was so anxious that he scratched his head and rubbed his ears.

Finally, Qin Yang had a flash of inspiration and thought of the most brutal method.

"This Earth Spirit Pearl is only a little bigger than a pill. I'll try swallowing it directly!"

Once the thought arose, he tossed the Earth Spirit Pearl into his mouth without hesitation.

The Earth Spirit Pearl melted the instant it entered his mouth.

At first, everything went well. The pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth dissolved within him, flowed into every meridian, and circulated through his dantian.

But before long, something began to go wrong.

Once the Earth Spirit Pearl had completely dissolved, the dense spiritual energy of heaven and earth became incomparably violent, far exceeding the limit Qin Yang's body could bear.

In only a moment, his body visibly swelled up, like a ball!

"Oh no!"

"The spiritual energy in this Earth Spirit Pearl is too dense. I can't swallow it directly!"

Unfortunately, it was already too late for regret.

Under Qin Yang's terrified gaze, his body exploded outright, truly throwing his chest wide open.

Of course, he had not gained nothing.

At the very least, after the spiritual energy of the Earth Spirit Pearl first dissolved, the pure energy it brought allowed his cultivation to break through repeatedly, reaching the Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer!

That was the only piece of good news.

After his body exploded, Qin Yang cursed inwardly, and his consciousness began to blur.

Just before he was about to die, he caught sight of Ye Cheng and the other two who had just arrived.

"How could this happen?!"

"The Earth Spirit Pearl was taken by someone before we got here?!"

The three of them looked at the utter wreckage of the place and were instantly shocked out of their wits.