A Bountiful Harvest, a Divine Ability Is Born!

A thread of Xia Wuji's spiritual power spread outward, slowly erasing the traces of Blood Butcher's Spiritual Imprint from the Storage Ring.

There was a prerequisite for using a Storage Ring: one's spiritual power had to be able to leave the body.

Since Blood Butcher was dead and his soul had been extinguished, the traces of the Spiritual Imprint he had left in the Storage Ring had naturally dissipated for the most part already.

With Xia Wuji's spiritual power actively clearing away the remnants, it took only a moment for him to leave his own Spiritual Imprint within the Storage Ring.

The next instant, Xia Wuji's spiritual power entered the space inside the Storage Ring.

This was merely the lowest-grade Storage Ring. Its space was not large, about the size of a small room.

A smile immediately appeared on Xia Wuji's face. Then, two Yuan Crystals flew out of the Storage Ring.

These were completely different from the Yuan Crystals he had found in the Mortal World Sword Master's tomb. These two Yuan Crystals were brimming with energy.

Xia Wuji set the two Yuan Crystals aside, then took a jade bottle out of the Storage Ring.

The jade bottle was a peak-grade treasure artifact, and a sealing talisman was even affixed to its surface.

Xia Wuji peeled off the talisman. At once, a rich surge of energy wafted from the jade bottle. Merely coming into contact with its aura made him feel utterly at ease and clear-headed.

He immediately removed the stopper. The bottle contained a milky-white spiritual liquid.

"Earth Core Milk!" Xia Wuji recognized its origin at a glance. It was a First-tier Peak-grade Spirit Medicine with mild medicinal properties and exceptional effects in nourishing the body.

Xia Wuji directly raised the jade bottle to his lips and gulped down the whole thing in one mouthful!

Wave after wave of energy immediately flowed through his body.

No matter how mild the Earth Core Milk's medicinal properties were, he had swallowed an entire bottle in one gulp. The energy swiftly grew violent.

Yet Xia Wuji remained calm. He immediately sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and circulated his cultivation method, rapidly refining the Earth Core Milk's energy to nourish his flesh and strengthen his physique.

His blood and qi rapidly grew stronger. Gradually, the sound of blood and qi flowing through his body rang out—rushing and roaring, like a vast, surging river.

Rosy radiance spread from the surface of his skin, becoming ever more resplendent.

Even every strand of his hair seemed to turn crystalline.

His whole person exuded an indescribable, mystical air—ethereal and detached from the mundane world.

Before he knew it, an entire night had passed.

The energy of the bottle of Earth Core Milk had nearly been completely refined by Xia Wuji. Though his cultivation realm had not advanced and remained at the second level of the Sea of Qi Realm, the strength of his body had risen by a tremendous margin.

Relying solely on his physical body, he should now be able to confront a peak-grade treasure artifact bare-handed!

Moreover, at this very moment, Xia Wuji's body suddenly became incomparably scorching. His vast blood and qi gathered at his chest, continuously compressing and solidifying until it finally formed a blood-and-qi pellet the size of a bean!

Xia Wuji stopped circulating his cultivation method and opened his eyes. A somewhat surprised expression appeared on his face.

"I never expected that refining my body by consuming a bottle of Earth Core Milk would actually condense a Divine Ability Seed!"

That bean-sized blood-and-qi pellet was precisely a Divine Ability Seed.

The martial path of the world had countless transformations. One path focused specifically on tempering the physical body, continuously strengthening it until one's blood and qi flourished beyond measure, allowing one to shake heaven and earth with one's own power.

This path was also known as the Body Cultivation Path.

Divine Ability Seeds were something Body Cultivation Path practitioners desperately desired.

Every Divine Ability Seed could only have a certain chance of condensing after the physical body had been tempered to the utmost limit of a particular stage. It was the crystallization of the body's sublimation.

"I'd like to see what kind of bodily divine ability this Divine Ability Seed of mine can bring me." Xia Wuji was rather curious as well. The Divine Ability Seed had already formed, but what kind of divine ability would it ultimately give birth to?

Under his control, the blood and qi within his body continued pouring into the Divine Ability Seed. At once, the seed seemed to take root, its roots rapidly spreading toward his legs.

At that moment, Xia Wuji felt as though his legs had formed a special connection with the ground!

"Earth Foot!" Xia Wuji's face lit up with delight once more.

Earth Foot was a divine ability that allowed him to draw upon the power of the earth.

Xia Wuji's blood and qi transformed into countless roots that burrowed into the ground beneath his feet, rapidly spreading underground until they covered a radius of thirty zhang.

The power of the earth within that thirty-zhang radius then streamed endlessly into Xia Wuji's body, and his aura became incomparably majestic and heavy.

Feeling that immense power of the earth, Xia Wuji muttered to himself, "If my feet are planted on solid ground, then even if Blood Butcher, at the second level of the Core Formation Realm, were at his peak, I could still cleave him apart with a single sword strike!"

"The might of this Earth Foot divine ability does not end there. As my blood and qi grow more vigorous, it can spread farther underground, and the power of the earth I can draw upon will grow even stronger."

"But its limitations are also obvious. If my feet leave the ground, I will lose my connection with the earth and no longer be able to draw in the power of the earth."

"This divine ability can serve as a hidden trump card. Only by using it at critical moments can its miraculous effects truly shine."

Xia Wuji withdrew the blood-and-qi power he had spread out, then held the two Yuan Crystals in his hands and circulated his cultivation method, drawing out and absorbing the energy within them.

Qingyun City was not far from here anyway, and the Azure Star Academy examination in Qingyun City would not begin for another five days. Xia Wuji intended to cultivate here in peace first, turn these gains into strength, and only then enter Qingyun City.

Another day passed.

The two Yuan Crystals in Xia Wuji's hands turned into drifting powder.

Their energy had been exhausted!

His cultivation realm had also risen from the second level of the Sea of Qi Realm to the fourth level.

Blood Butcher's Storage Ring also contained some pills and a first-tier mid-grade spirit artifact, but those pills had all been refined through vicious methods. Naturally, Xia Wuji would not use them.

As for that mid-grade first-tier spirit artifact, it was a jet-black iron rod, extremely heavy in the hand.

"This isn't a demonic-path treasure. Blood Butcher must have obtained it recently—it hasn't been refined with demonic methods yet."

Xia Wuji gripped the jet-black rod and gave it a swing, then tossed it back into his Storage Ring. It might come in handy in certain special circumstances.

After that, he set off directly for Qingyun City.

In only half a day, towering city walls came into Xia Wuji's view. He glanced at them from afar, quickened his pace, and arrived at Qingyun City's gates.

After undergoing some questioning, Xia Wuji entered the city without incident.

Qingyun City had been exceptionally lively these days. After all, this year's recruitment examination for the Cangxing Martial Academy in the Great Chu Dynasty would be held here, and talented young people from all across the Great Chu Dynasty had gathered in the city.

The broad streets were packed with people. Stalls selling all manner of cultivation goods lined both sides, while hawking, bargaining, and quarreling filled the air in a noisy hubbub.

"Folks, today I'm slashing pill prices! All pills are twenty percent off!"

"Don't miss it as you pass by! This is a fragment of a Profound Grade Peak secret manual—learn one move, and it'll serve you for life!"

"Spirit artifacts for sale! Spirit artifacts on clearance! Come on over and take a look!"

Xia Wuji casually glanced around. The goods sold by these vendors were basically all scams!

Whoever bought them got played.

"Ah, young master! I can tell at a glance that you're extraordinarily handsome, standing like a jade tree in the wind, free and unrestrained. You and I are truly fated! I have a great treasure here that will definitely be useful to you!"

As Xia Wuji passed a deserted, neglected stall, its owner hurriedly rushed out and tried to grab his arm.

Xia Wuji flashed aside and easily avoided him, then fixed the stall owner with a cold glint in his eyes.

The stall owner immediately looked utterly awkward.

Just as Xia Wuji withdrew his warning gaze, the corner of his eye suddenly caught something—there really was something good among the wares of this deserted stall!