The next day, Zhao Yi was already seated upright on a cushion in the cultivation room. Feeling the endless stream of spiritual energy rising from below, he nodded in satisfaction. With this spirit vein's assistance, his chances of advancing to the Spirit Attraction stage had increased by another twenty percent!
Wang Qing and Li Hai had already returned by boat yesterday. The two had originally wanted to stand guard over Zhao Yi and leave together after his breakthrough. Zhao Yi had refused. Liu Yu was alone on the island, and with the Little Wave Island Trade Fair coming up, they were short-handed and urgently needed the two men's help! Before leaving, Wang Qing's eyes had brimmed with tears, but before he could speak, Zhao Yi had pushed him down.
Now alone, with no one to disturb him, Zhao Yi focused his mind, calmed his breath, and began circulating the Spirit Origin Body-Nourishing Art. This art had been passed down by the Tide-Subduing Sect, and generations of outer sect disciples had all cultivated it. After improvements spanning dozens of generations, it had long since become a top-tier Meridian Opening stage art, suitable for the vast majority of cultivators. On this point, even Zhao Yi had to admit that the Tide-Subduing Sect had done very well, winning the hearts of rogue cultivators.
He sat in the cave abode for three days. Throughout those three days, the art circulated without pause. His three origins-essence, qi, and spirit-had reached their peak, and his dantian was saturated with true qi, unable to hold even a trace more.
The term dantian referred specifically to the lower dantian. Cultivators had to open three great dantians: the lower dantian refined essence into qi, the middle dantian refined qi into spirit, and the upper dantian refined spirit and returned