Ye Han slowly opened his eyes. Sensing his cultivation, a trace of disappointment appeared in his gaze...
Then he picked up the Purple Cauldron. It had not changed at all from when he had entered meditation to cultivate; it still had the texture of stone.
His cultivation had not changed either.
In other words, Ye Han had not absorbed any of the aura within the Purple Cauldron during this cultivation session.
That meant he had merely circulated the Azure Mystic Art and meditated for four to six hours.
This was the first time Ye Han had encountered such a situation. What was going on?
Thinking this, he sighed and stood up. Not only had the Purple Cauldron failed to improve his cultivation this time, but he had also encountered two problems. The first was why it could not absorb the Body Tempering Pills.
The other was why he had been unable to absorb the Purple Cauldron's aura this time.
Could I have encountered a so-called bottleneck?
Ye Han frowned, turning the Purple Cauldron over and over in his hands as he pondered carefully.
If the problem did not lie with the Purple Cauldron, then it lay with him.
After all, his cultivation ranked in the lower-middle tier on Seven Mysteries Peak. As the Seventh Elder's registered disciple, if his cultivation remained stuck at a relatively low level, it would be difficult for him to become the Seventh Elder's formal disciple in the future.
Becoming a true disciple like the Azure Phoenix Fairy was even further out of reach.
He recalled that when he first met Zhang Qingshan, Zhang Qingshan had also mentioned being stuck at a bottleneck in the tenth layer of Qi Refining Realm for over half a year.
Later, Zhang Qingshan had gained some insight by studying the