Desolate Sea Region, Undersea Cave Abode.
After settling Liu Yu's affairs last time, Zhao Yi had returned to the Undersea Cave Abode to cultivate in seclusion. Before leaving, he told Liu Yu that if anyone from Peach Blossom Island came to announce the date of the Islands Conference, he should notify him a few days in advance.
He also arranged for Wang Qing and Li Hai to begin patrolling the seas aboard the Linghua, following a route through Linghua Island, Jade Pearl Island, Kongqing Island, and Red Sand Island. Linghua Island now had more than enough two-masted ships. They had brought another ship back after wiping out Kongqing Island, leaving Linghua Island with more ships than cultivators-not even enough cultivators to oversee two ships!
Inside the cultivation room.
Zhao Yi sat upright on a meditation cushion. Spiritual energy churned above his head, forming a brilliantly colored vortex. With every breath, he drew in and expelled spiritual energy like a mighty dragon rolling and surging, stirring waves of oppressive pressure through the cultivation room. Several jade bottles in front of him rolled back and forth with his breathing.
At this moment, Zhao Yi had reached the critical juncture. Only one final aperture remained before he attained minor accomplishment of Spirit Drawing!
Swallowing the last few drops of Spirit Bee Honey in his mouth, Zhao Yi felt the dharma power gradually filling his dantian. He mobilized a strand of it and drove it straight into the aperture like a drill spinning at high speed!
Pfft!
With an extremely faint sound, a tiny hole opened in the aperture!
Suppressing his joy, Zhao Yi continued mobilizing his dharma power, forming drills and driving them into it one after another. Finally, his dharma power became a battering ram and slammed directly into the aperture.
Boom!