Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy

This is Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy!

Cultivators rely on absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth into their bodies for their own use and to increase their cultivation. Generally, ordinary cultivators can only use the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy that has been absorbed into their bodies; they cannot freely control the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Unless your cultivation reaches a certain height, it's like flying. Its principle is to use the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to soar in the sky.

And it is common knowledge among cultivators on the Azure Dragon Continent that one cannot control it below the Spirit King stage, and cannot fly below the Spirit Venerable stage.

The so-called "uncontrollable" refers to the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Before reaching the Spirit King stage, one cannot control it.

The "unflyable" is easier to understand, meaning that if one's cultivation has not reached the Spirit Venerable stage, they cannot soar in the sky. Of course, if you have a flying spirit beast, that's another matter.

But they never expected that Yang Chengzhi was actually guiding the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy for his own use! How could this not surprise Junior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Zhang?

You must know that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy is the most overbearing thing in the world. Cultivators below the Spirit King stage only dare to use it after absorbing it into their bodies through certain methods.

The world often says that the spiritual energy within cultivators below the Spirit King stage is called "spiritual power," while the spiritual energy within cultivators above the Spirit King stage is called "spiritual energy."

This is also why the fights between cultivators below the Spirit King stage do not have many spectacular scenes. Insufficient spiritual power in their bodies is one reason, and another is the inability to directly utilize Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. Once it reaches the level of fights between Spirit Kings and above, that's when it becomes truly earth-shattering and dazzling. Look at why those great beings can change the color of the sky and clouds with just a fight. Why could the Wind Cloud Two Saints cause the Azure Dragon Continent to not have rain for a year? It's precisely because they utilized Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. The stronger they are, the more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy they can utilize. It is said that the immortals of ancient times fought in the nine heavens, just to avoid draining all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy on the Azure Dragon Continent.

One has to admit that Yang Chengzhi's move has subverted the common sense of Junior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Zhang.

Even Zhou Zhuling and Yun Qingyang, who were watching, looked at this scene with confusion.

Ma Feifei was even more bewildered. He knew how to do this move as well, just without so many hand gestures.

On the field, Yang Chengzhi had now become a person enveloped by Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, with the light on his fingertips being particularly dazzling.

Junior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Zhang attacked several times but found they couldn't break through his defenses. They had no choice but to retreat and unleash their ultimate moves.

Junior Brother Wu conjured a red triangular flag out of thin air with his left hand. He channeled the spiritual power within his body, and the flag emitted light, drawing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy that was converging on Yang Chengzhi, diverting some of it into the red flag.

This was a Third-tier Spirit Artifact called the Spirit Gathering Banner. Its effect was to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to unleash a powerful attack, equivalent to a strike from a Peak Spirit Master Stage Nine.

Senior Brother Zhang, on the other hand, did not take out any spirit artifact. Instead, he held his sword with both hands, continuously pouring his spiritual power into the Spirit Sword. The originally white sword body began to turn red.

This was a high-level martial skill he had learned, which not only enhanced the power of the Spirit Sword but also increased his attack speed.

The two exchanged another glance, each channeling their respective attacks and shooting them towards Yang Chengzhi.

Yang Chengzhi brought his finger, which was pointing towards the sky, to his chest. He separated his clasped hands and pushed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy gathered in his palms towards them.

This was Ma Feifei's first time witnessing a fight with special effects. He was very interested, but the special effects of these few people seemed a bit exaggerated. Ma Feifei was worried if the aftershocks would demolish his house.

Boom~

A huge impact sound rang out. Ma Feifei saw the spiritual energy around the three people who were focused together begin to scatter outwards before dissipating. The three were also repelled by the shockwave.

Ma Feifei counted and found he had retreated three steps.

Junior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Zhang retreated a full five steps, their faces pale and blood flowing from the corners of their mouths. Clearly, they had suffered a loss in the previous exchange.

"It seems Senior Brother Yang has gained quite a lot during this time," Senior Brother Zhang wiped the blood from his lips and looked at Yang Chengzhi coldly. Two cultivators at the peak of Spirit Master Stage Eight, working together, had failed to defeat Yang Chengzhi, who was at the early stage of Spirit Master Stage Seven. This was indeed difficult for him to accept.

"However, it's still difficult to defeat us with just this," Senior Brother Zhang scanned Yang Chengzhi and said, "How about this, Senior Brother Yang, why don't you give us that spirit artifact that can gather Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy? We'll call off this match, what do you say?"

Being able to gather such a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy meant its grade must be higher than the Spirit Gathering Banner, at least a Fourth-tier Spirit Artifact. There were only a handful of students on the Dragon Ranking who possessed a Fourth-tier Spirit Artifact.

Clearly, Senior Brother Zhang had become greedy.

Although Yang Chengzhi's complexion was somewhat pale, it was much better than theirs. He picked up the Spirit Sword from the ground, waved his hand, and the two Spirit Swords disappeared. He then glanced at them and said with a half-smile, "The match has already ended."

Junior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Zhang sneered upon hearing this. Seeing Yang Chengzhi's lack of cooperation, they stopped talking nonsense and prepared to pick up their spirit artifacts to continue their assault on Yang Chengzhi.

But as they tried to channel their spiritual energy, they suddenly discovered that the spiritual power within their bodies had been depleted for some unknown time, leaving them completely empty.

"What's going on?" they exclaimed in shock.

"Two Junior Brothers, I concede," Yang Chengzhi cupped his fists, turned, and walked to Ma Feifei's side, taking the prize for this wager.

Ma Feifei looked at Yang Chengzhi and asked, "You used a technique from the Nine Yin Manual just now, didn't you!"

Within the Nine Yin Manual, there was a secret technique called the Soul Seizing Great Method, which could seize ghosts and spirits to increase one's Yin energy, or absorb the cultivation and primordial spirit of others. The depletion of spiritual power in Junior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Zhang's bodies was akin to the internal energy of martial artists in wuxia novels being siphoned away by the Soul Seizing Great Method.

Yang Chengzhi nodded upon hearing this and very seriously gave Ma Feifei a ninety-degree bow, saying, "I am deeply grateful for the owner's kindness."

Yes, Yang Chengzhi had not only learned the Art of Mutual Combat but also the Nine Yin Manual! Although he had only just learned it, the fact remained that the Nine Yin Manual was a high-grade cultivation technique. And although he had learned all of this from books, Yang Chengzhi believed that Ma Feifei had deliberately written the techniques into the books for him to comprehend.

Yang Chengzhi finally understood why Ma Feifei had asked him to come to his bookstore to read books and why he had asked if he wanted revenge. He wanted to help him!

The grace of receiving his teachings was like being reborn. At this moment, in Yang Chengzhi's heart, Ma Feifei was not only someone to be revered and mysterious, but also someone to be grateful to.

Ma Feifei, however, wasn't thinking that much. After receiving Yang Chengzhi's affirmative reply, he lowered his head and began scribbling on paper with his pen. He wanted to record the hidden effects of every book given by the system.

Meanwhile, Junior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Zhang were still in a state of disbelief. Their spiritual power being silently drained was far more shocking than Yang Chengzhi's earlier ability to gather Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

You must know that gathering Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy could be done by those above the Spirit King stage, or by using the power of spirit artifacts. But having one's spiritual power drained? Even a Spirit Saint would find it impossible to avoid their own perception unless they knocked themselves unconscious!

It was like having a hand cut off; you couldn't possibly not feel the pain.

But Yang Chengzhi had done it, unconsciously draining the spiritual power from both of them.

"Could it be that Yang Chengzhi has fallen into the Demonic Path?" Junior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Zhang suddenly thought of this, exchanged glances, and saw a sense of fear in each other's eyes.

The Demonic Path was a legend.

But only the Demonic Path would have such sinister techniques.

However, neither of them voiced their suspicions, nor were they foolish enough to question Yang Chengzhi. Instead, they silently put away their spirit artifacts and left the bookstore.

"Alright, alright, the match is over, you've seen what you needed to see, everyone can go back to what they were doing," Ma Feifei rolled up his paper and pen, picked up his stool with one hand, and returned to the bookstore.

Although Yang Chengzhi had just gone through a great battle, he didn't choose to go home. He still held his book and sat in his previous spot, delving into The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Zhou Zhuling also sat back down. However, she didn't open her book to read. Instead, she observed Yang Chengzhi for a while, then Ma Feifei, then the bookstore.

Ma Feifei and Yang Chengzhi's conversation earlier hadn't been kept from her, so she had heard it clearly. Although she hadn't interacted with Yang Chengzhi, she had heard some things about him. More importantly, she had even read books in the same bookstore with him for a period of time.

Zhou Zhuling was very clear about the changes in Yang Chengzhi's cultivation.

I originally thought his previous breakthrough was due to two years of accumulation, but now it seems it's because of The Legend of the Condor Heroes in his hands.

Big Brother Ma's bookstore is truly miraculous. The book contains such profound mysteries. Not only can it purify spiritual power and suppress my illness, but it can also improve cultivation and help one comprehend techniques!

What kind of person is he?

Zhou Zhuling gazed at the busy Ma Feifei with her beautiful eyes, momentarily lost in thought.