Just moments ago, over the span of three breaths, Li Yan had felt the spiritual energy within him draining frantically. The spiritual power he had only just recovered to seventy or eighty percent had vanished by roughly another tenth in such a short time. Earlier, he had been immersed in the excitement of being able to use Divine Sense and had not noticed the extent of his spiritual power consumption at all. Now that he saw how quickly it was draining, his head began to ache. With consumption like this, how could he possibly afford it?
After thinking for a while, Li Yan had an answer in his heart. He had only just entered the second layer of the Qi Condensation Realm. One look at the spiritual power within him made that clear: among the five spiritual power vats, only the water spiritual power vat held less than half a vat of spiritual power. Moreover, releasing Divine Sense was originally something only those at the third layer of the Qi Condensation Realm could do. It likely required the deep reserves of spiritual power possessed at the third layer to sustain it. He was merely forcing it through with the power of the Gui Water True Scripture, so naturally he lacked the spiritual power to support such consumption. This problem should gradually resolve itself as his cultivation advanced.
But then he thought of his turtle-crawling cultivation speed, and worry rose in his heart. Such cultivation speed was not at all what a cultivation method of one of the Five Great Immortal Sects ought to produce. If this continued, what was the point of having a five-spiritual-root physique? It would be utterly useless. After pondering carefully for a while, he suddenly thought of a possibility, and his expression changed. If that truly