"Mid-grade spirit spring water... what a kick!"
Lin Mo sensed every subtle change within his body, wild joy filling his heart.
It had been less than ten days since he had reached the early fifth layer of Qi Refining. By his own estimate, even with low-grade spirit spring water, spirit rice, and spirit wheat to help him, he would have needed at least another two months to reach the middle fifth layer of Qi Refining.
Yet this half drop of mid-grade spirit spring water had saved him over two months of arduous cultivation? Its effects were downright terrifying!
"Before drinking the spirit spring water, I absorbed quite a bit of that mysterious aura, too. And... my dantian feels terribly empty now."
Once his brief excitement passed, Lin Mo immediately noticed something unusual about his condition.
Normally, his dantian had to brim with spiritual energy, using its sheer volume to break through the barrier and advance smoothly.
Now, however, he seemed to have taken another path, relying on the powerful surge of mid-grade spirit spring water to reach a realm that should still have been beyond him.
As a result, the five-element spiritual energy in his dantian had been heavily depleted, leaving him temporarily weakened.
"Sure enough, I can't expect every good thing under heaven to fall into my lap..."
Lin Mo scratched his head and smiled, clearly unconcerned about his weakness.
Now that he had broken through, he only needed to cultivate steadily and refill his empty dantian with spiritual energy. This period of weakness would naturally end.
He did not have to report to Sect Master Peak for another two days. That was surely more than enough time to restore his spiritual energy!
Just as Lin Mo had expected, it took only a day and a half for