Within a rocky crevice, Lu Chen sat cross-legged, the aura around him ebbing and flowing unstably.
The Mystic Dragon Sea-Suppressing Art and Nine Heavens Thunder Command Art circulated simultaneously, absorbing the spiritual energy of the Hidden Dragon Mountain Range, far denser than that of the outside world, while rapidly refining the medicinal power of the "Origin-Restoring Purple Gold Pill" and the "Spirit-Nourishing Pill" within his body.
Two hours slipped slowly by in the silence.
When Lu Chen opened his eyes again, a brilliant gleam shone within them. His previous exhaustion and weakness had been swept away.
More than eighty percent of his true essence had recovered, the damage to his meridians had basically healed, and the faint stabbing pain in his soul had vanished, leaving it clear and stable.
Although the "cooldown" for using the rudimentary Dharma Form had not yet passed, his conventional combat strength had essentially returned to its peak.
"The spiritual energy of the Hidden Dragon Mountain Range truly is extraordinary. Together with Medicine King Valley's pills, my recovery has been faster than expected."
Lu Chen stretched his limbs, feeling himself in excellent condition.
He rose to his feet and walked out of the crevice.
Outside, the sky remained the dusky blue-green unique to the secret realm. Aurora-like bands of cyan light flowed across the heavens, blurring one's sense of time.
According to the Medicine King Valley map and the information on Futu's fragmentary map, the Dragon Transformation Pool lay in the core region of the Hidden Dragon Mountain Range, within a valley east of the main peak, "Dragon Head Peak."
There, dragon energy gathered and spiritual power condensed into liquid. It was an unparalleled place for tempering the body, purifying one's bloodline, and breaking through bottlenecks—and one of the most important objectives of this journey into