Once the injuries inside his body had stabilized, he stood up and checked the ruined Combat Suits first. Finding nothing useful, he cautiously headed toward the stone platform in the center.
The entire platform was pitch-black. Strangely, although it was illuminated by the milky-white light above, it reflected not a trace of it, as if all the light were being absorbed.
The platform wasn't large. It was a cube measuring nearly three meters on each side. When Feng Qingmo gently brushed it with his Spiritual Force, nothing unusual happened.
He placed a hand against it and gave it a gentle push, but the platform didn't budge. He couldn't tell whether it was exceptionally heavy or connected to the floor.
After studying it for a while without making any progress, he used his Combat Boots to fly above the platform. He had sensed earlier that its top wasn't flat like the other sides. In the middle was a small bowl-shaped hollow, which seemed to contain some milky-white liquid.
When his Spiritual Force touched the liquid in the hollow, a cool, soothing sensation passed through his Sea of Consciousness, lifting his spirits.
"I don't recognize it, but it should be something good..." He slowly landed on top of the platform, walked over, and crouched down, cautiously reaching out one finger.
The liquid didn't fill the bowl. When Feng Qingmo's finger reached the level of the ground—the rim of the bowl—it seemed to pass through an invisible barrier. Only then did his skin touch the liquid.
An intensely soothing sensation washed over him. The cells in the part of his finger touching the liquid seemed to cheer with delight. A surge of energy flowed into his body through the point of contact and spread throughout him. His injuries, which hadn't yet fully healed, improved dramatically in an instant, nearly recovering completely.
"How incredible!" Feng Qingmo was overjoyed. He used his Spiritual Force to sense the entire space again, feeling that it seemed strangely familiar.
"This environment is so similar to the one where 'Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk' is found in novels... Could this be some kind of heavenly treasure?"
He searched his memories, but couldn't find any mention of a similar treasure online. Perhaps someone had encountered it before but never posted about it.
"Based on what I felt just now, this energy seems very gentle. I wonder if I can drink it directly?"
Feng Qingmo hesitated briefly, but remembering how it had felt when his finger touched the liquid, he made up his mind. He extended his Spiritual Force, took about 0.5 milliliters of it, and gently put it into his mouth.
The moment that tiny amount of liquid slid into his stomach, it turned into pure, gentle energy with a faint coolness, spreading into the cells throughout his body.
But it was such a tiny amount that it dissipated in no time. Feng Qingmo felt that his strength had increased a little, though not by much.
"Looks like it's safe to drink..." Feng Qingmo smiled. "Still, I'd better take it one step at a time..."
He reached into the bowl with his Spiritual Force again. This time, he took a drop of about five milliliters and tossed it straight into his mouth.
With a boom, the drop likewise transformed into energy and spread throughout his body. Since it was ten times as much as before, the effect was far more noticeable. Once his body had absorbed it all, his physical prowess had improved by a significant amount.
As his body evolved, the dark-green droplet in his Sea of Consciousness began spinning faster and gradually melting, releasing more Spiritual Force.
"More!" Seeing that his body wasn't under any strain, he simply took ten milliliters and tossed it into his mouth.
The same sensation washed over him. After absorbing the energy, his body continued to evolve.
One drop, then another, then another...
The droplet in his Sea of Consciousness spun faster and faster, melting into ever more Spiritual Force...
"Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk belongs in xianxia novels. 'Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Milk' seems more fitting..." As his body evolved, the thought drifted through his mind.
After he had swallowed about a hundred milliliters, his physical prowess finally broke through a bottleneck. At the same time, the dark-green droplet in his Sea of Consciousness dissolved completely, turning into an immense amount of Spiritual Force.
After the dark-green liquid had completely dissolved in his Sea of Consciousness, a tiny, perfectly transparent bead remained where its core had been. It shimmered faintly, but Feng Qingmo was immersed in the exhilarating sensation of his rapidly improving physical prowess and didn't notice the strange object in his Sea of Consciousness.
His entire Sea of Consciousness was now filled with pale-green mist. Some of the mist passed through its edges and seeped into his body, causing his physical prowess to evolve once more!
Once the dark-green droplet in his Sea of Consciousness had completely melted, his eyes suddenly felt incredibly relieved. The optic nerves that had been under constant pressure were finally free of it, and the remaining energy from the milky-white liquid inside his body surged toward them, completely repairing them!
As the mist before his eyes slowly cleared, as if sunlight were shining through it, he closed his eyes, then slowly opened them again—
Everything was astonishingly clear. He looked up and could make out even the finest details on the stalactites overhead!
"Finally..." A faint mist hovered around his now-bright pupils. "I can finally see!"
He greedily took in his surroundings, savoring a feeling entirely different from sensing them with his Spiritual Force. The smile on his face grew wider and wider.
He held out both hands and stared at the grime on them...
He looked at his Combat Boots, caked in blood...
"Heh... Ha, hahahaha..."
He couldn't hold back his laughter. His booming laughter echoed through the entire space, followed by wave after wave of echoes.
Once he had calmed down, he looked at the bowl-shaped hollow in the middle of the platform. A little less than half of the milky-white liquid remained inside.
He took a water bottle from his backpack and emptied it. Then he used his Spiritual Force to put about ten milliliters of the liquid into it and watched closely.
After about ten minutes, the liquid in the bottle seemed to have grown paler. He furrowed his brows and waited a few more minutes. Its color faded even further, so he simply poured it into his mouth. This time, it was far less effective once it entered his body, with only a tenth of its previous potency.
He sighed softly. He had hoped that if the liquid could be stored for a long time, he might take some home for his parents to try. Perhaps the miraculous energy it contained could repair their damaged bodies—or, at the very least, improve their strength.
But from what he could see, the liquid probably needed a special vessel to preserve it, and he didn't have one. He shook his head, reached out with his Spiritual Force, scooped up another drop, and swallowed it!
One drop, then another...
By the time the final drop of milky-white liquid entered his mouth, his physical prowess had evolved to an astonishing level.
He clenched his fist and swung.
With a sharp bang, the air compressed into a gale that swept past!
"So strong. I'm at least four or five times stronger than before!"
He couldn't determine the exact numbers yet, but he knew that, based on his physical prowess alone, he now possessed power firmly at the War God Level.
"My physical strength has caught up with my Spiritual Force. Maybe my physical prowess is even a little higher..."
With the spiritual core in his Sea of Consciousness completely melted, he would have to cultivate painstakingly to improve his Spiritual Force further. He could no longer increase it rapidly.
"My Spiritual Force is about mid-level War God, and my physical prowess is too..." Feng Qingmo was very pleased with how much he had improved.
He then looked around the entire space, his brow furrowing. "How do I get out?"
Just as he was about to start looking for a way out, the transparent bead in his Sea of Consciousness seemed to have finally adjusted to the complete disappearance of the spiritual core that had surrounded it.
The entire bead suddenly shone with an incredibly intense light. In an instant, that light passed through his Sea of Consciousness and illuminated every part of his body!
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