Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
In a cultivation room in Lingxiu Manor, Wu Yuying sat cross-legged, her eyes slightly closed and her aura barely perceptible.
Spirit Gathering Array patterns covered the cultivation room, and the floor was actually paved with spirit jade. Spiritual energy filled the chamber so thickly that droplets of spirit pearls had even condensed on the stone walls.
After a long while, Wu Yuying opened her eyes, a sharp gleam shooting from them. With a stir of her divine sense, a pill flew out of the jade bottle before her-the costly Foundation Establishment Pill! The spirit pill melted as soon as it entered her mouth, turning into a rich spiritual liquid that was gentle yet brimming with vitality. Wu Yuying guarded her mind and circulated her cultivation method, guiding the spiritual liquid through her meridians. Wherever it passed, her meridians felt as though they were soaking in a hot spring, wonderfully comfortable. Once the spiritual liquid completed a greater celestial circuit through her body and spread throughout all her meridians, a sudden change began.
"Hss!"
Wu Yuying could not help letting out a muffled groan. Her meridians now felt as though needles were stabbing them, then as though they were burning. The pain was unbearable. Just as she grew accustomed to the burning, it suddenly turned to bitter cold, and her entire body began trembling uncontrollably!
For a time, Wu Yuying seemed trapped between worlds of ice and fire!
In another chamber, Zhao Yi and Wang Qing sat cross-legged with their eyes closed, carefully sensing Wu Yuying's breakthrough. Through his divine sense, Zhao Yi already knew she had taken the Foundation Establishment Pill. Everything had been normal at first, but now she alternated between cold and heat, her aura weakening and strengthening in