Public Sentiment Was Like Water

Ji Ye nodded at Ye Xiu before him, beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.

His eyes were fixed on his own palm. The strength emanating from it showed not the slightest difference; no matter who looked, Ji Ye appeared to be merely at the peak of the mid Foundation Establishment realm.

Yet in truth, he had successfully broken through to the late Foundation Establishment realm the previous night.

The gentle spiritual power brought by the Spirit Potatoes had worked even better than expected.

That subtle spiritual power could travel through the tiniest passages within his meridians, and the reason Ji Ye had been unable to break through despite having accumulated vast amounts of spiritual power from consuming spiritual medicines had never been a lack of spiritual power;

On the contrary, there had been too much spiritual power. It had become tangible and clogged the meridians throughout his body.

That was the true reason his realm had been stalled for so long without a breakthrough.

After persistently eating Spirit Grain for several weeks, however, relying on its gentle and readily absorbed spiritual power, Ji Ye had not even needed to deliberately attempt a breakthrough. His body's natural absorption and evolution alone had cleared the original blockage, allowing him to advance directly into the late Foundation Establishment realm.

It was a rather ironic matter.

Previously, Ji Ye had exhausted himself, even forcibly carving out time from his rest after completing his research to cultivate.

Yet at that time, his cultivation had remained utterly stagnant, and had even regressed somewhat.

But now, over the past half month, he had kept a low profile, followed Ye Xiu's advice and given up part of his work to rest. With his cultivation reduced to nothing more than a perfunctory daily breathing exercise, his realm had