Ten days later, another red glow, brilliant as a spark, lit up near Li Yu's heart.
He had finished condensing his second drop of heart's blood.
Meanwhile, the dense purple qi within the Essence-Gathering Spirit-Storage Formation was almost crystallizing. Sitting in its center, Li Yu was stained purple from head to toe, like a purple-skinned man.
The formation worked a little too well, and Li Yu's cultivation realm was still rather low. Each day, he could refine only a little over thirty percent of the great sun ascendant purple qi it gathered. Over those ten days, more and more purple qi had accumulated inside.
This was a happy problem to have, but the more purple qi accumulated within the formation, the faster it consumed spirit stones to store it.
Li Yu checked the eight spirit stones forming its foundation and found that their spiritual energy was nearly exhausted. To be safe, he replaced them outright.
The spiritual energy remaining in the stones he removed could be used to cultivate the Taiyi True Explanation.
He was not only diligent, but frugal as well.
After replacing the spirit stones, Li Yu sent Su Wen a private message about the problem to see whether his teacher had a solution.
Normally, he would have asked during class, but he had taken leave these past few days because something had come up.
Zhao Qian had sent someone to notify him that, judging by the journey, the elders from the sect's Enforcement Hall should already have arrived in the Zhao Kingdom. Yet they had not appeared at the Branch, probably intending to investigate the matter privately first. As someone involved in the incident, he was told to be careful.
Thus, during this period, Li Yu dared neither venture out nor attend class.
He was terrified that