It took Liu Yu ten days to complete the Qi Refining Period portion of the Azure Yang Art. By then, the surface of the magical power within him had taken on a pale azure hue, a characteristic unique to cultivating this art. However, a Qi Refining Period method had only a limited effect on the liquid magical power of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and the changes stopped there.
Inside, it remained a hazy white, the original color of magical power. Cultivating the basic five-element methods did not alter its nature, so they posed no obstacle to switching to another cultivation method.
As a rule, the Primordial Yang Sect gave newly advanced Foundation Establishment cultivators three years to consolidate their realm and strengthen themselves. More than half a year had already passed while Liu Yu studied his cultivation method and attended the auction. On the eleventh day after returning to his cave abode, he began cultivating the fourth layer of the Azure Yang Art, its Foundation Establishment portion.
He spent another ten days opening his meridians and converting the magical power cultivated through the Wood Spirit Art into that of the Azure Yang Art. His liquid magical power turned pale azure both inside and out, and his cultivation, stagnant for so long, finally began advancing again.
Liu Yu relied on his own aptitude to meditate and refine qi, but after half a month, he had no choice but to stop. There was no other reason-the pace was simply too slow.
In half a month, his cultivation had increased by only an almost imperceptible sliver. Had he not examined it carefully, he would have thought it was an illusion.
His three spiritual roots were still far too ordinary. Compared with the immense magical power required in the Foundation Establishment Realm, this progress