"Nobody knows what dangers we might encounter next. Let's get ourselves back to peak condition first."
After Chu Yunfei finished speaking, he had already walked out of the cave with the Abyss-Devouring Sword in his hand.
At the edge of the sacred spring outside the cave.
Seeing that he kept walking, Ling Xueyao couldn't help but ask, "What are you going to do?"
"Of course, we'll go down."
Without further delay, he stepped directly into the milky white spring water.
The moment the spring water reached above my calves, the rich Spiritual Qi seemed to find an opening, flowing into my meridians through my pores.
Chu Yunfei's robes were quickly soaked through, clinging heavily to his body, but his expression remained unchanged as he sat down cross-legged.
The water level was just above my chest.
Ling Xueyao stood by the spring, watching his decisive action, a rare hint of surprise appearing on her usually cold expression.
She had seen the spiritual veins in the royal forbidden area and the powerful people who used spirit stones to set up formations for cultivation, but she had never seen anyone sit directly in a spiritual spring like this.
"Are you just going to keep going like this?"
Chu Yunfei opened his eyes, his tone calm and matter-of-fact.
"Otherwise what? Should I take off my clothes and go downstairs? Or should I take a bath, burn incense, and then ask Your Highness to choose an auspicious time for me?"
Ling Xueyao sensed the teasing in his words, her ears burning slightly. She said coldly, "You scoundrel! That's not what I meant; I meant the cultivation method."
Chu Yunfei was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.
Ling Xueyao had probably never encountered such a spiritual spring before, so she didn't understand its intricacies. He patiently explained, "The most essential power of Earth Vein Spirit Spring lies within its water. Only by immersing oneself in it during cultivation can one maximize its effects. While one can absorb energy by staying on the shore, the efficiency is too low. I don't mind, but isn't Your Highness in a hurry?"
Ling Xueyao blushed, feeling embarrassed.
She truly didn't understand this knowledge.
She had cultivated alone in the royal family since childhood and had never been exposed to cultivation methods such as Earth Vein Spirit Spring.
She has never shared a pool with any man.
She looked down at her plain white dress, then looked up at the ten-zhang-wide spring pool.
Chu Yunfei sat in the center, slightly to the east.
If she enters from the other end, there will be at least five or six zhang (approximately 10-15 meters) between them.
The spring water is milky white; once you're in it, you probably can't see anything clearly...
"Close your eyes."
Chu Yunfei raised an eyebrow. "Your Highness, even if I open my eyes, I might not be able to see clearly through your clothes."
"Close your eyes."
"OK."
Chu Yunfei closed his eyes.
Ling Xueyao stared at him for several breaths, making sure he didn't open his eyes, before gritting her teeth and going around to the farthest end of the spiritual spring.
She forcefully suppressed the strange feeling in her heart, held the golden slender sword horizontally in front of her knees, and slowly stepped into the spring.
As soon as the hem of her skirt was soaked, a surge of pure spiritual energy flowed into her meridians from her ankles.
Ling Xueyao's pupils contracted slightly.
The Flawless Spirit Physique began to function on its own.
The previously damaged meridians were enveloped by the spiritual energy of the spring water, and the stinging sensation quickly subsided. The spiritual energy in the dantian, which had not yet recovered, was greedily absorbed like rain after a long drought.
Ling Xueyao was startled.
No wonder Chu Yunfei jumped into the water without hesitation.
This absorption rate is dozens of times faster than on land.
She took a deep breath and slowly sat down in the spring.
Milky white water washed over her shoulders, her wet hair clung to her neck, and her plain white dress floated underwater. The spring water's Spiritual Qi continuously cleansed her meridians, gradually restoring color to her pale complexion.
Ling Xueyao subconsciously raised her hand to press against the fabric of her clothes, then realized that doing so would make her look guilty.
You didn't see it, did you?
"No."
Chu Yunfei's eyes remained closed.
Ling Xueyao stared at him. "You answered so quickly?"
"Shall I think about it before I answer?"
Chu Yunfei.
"I didn't see it."
Ling Xueyao then closed her eyes and adjusted her breathing, satisfied.
Chu Yunfei sensed that there was no movement on the other side, opened his eyes and glanced at them.
Her wet hair clung to the side of her neck, and her white dress, soaked through by the spring water, clung halfway to her body.
Reflected in the milky white spring water, the figure appeared and disappeared, its curves outlined by the flowing water even more clearly than before.
His Adam's apple bobbed, and his gaze lingered for a couple more breaths.
Ling Xueyao seemed to sense something and suddenly opened her eyes.
She covered her chest with one hand and pressed the golden slender sword with the other, her voice low but filled with shame, anger, and coldness.
" Chu Yunfei, look at me one more time, and I'll gouge your eyes out."
Chu Yunfei closed his eyes without changing his expression.
"Your Highness, you are overthinking it. The spring water is so murky, you can't see anything at all. I was just checking to make sure you weren't knocked unconscious by the spring water, since you were having trouble even standing up just now."
Do you think I'm blind?
I'm just telling the truth.
Ling Xueyao's chest heaved with anger, but she dared not make any sudden movements, so she could only grit her teeth and say, "Shameless."
Within his sea of consciousness, Xiaoxiao Dragon's sneer was undisguised.
"You can't see anything, you brat. Your eyes were practically glued to her body just now. The Great Qian Princess was so angry with you that she drew her sword several times today, but she couldn't do anything about it. I found it quite amusing."
Chu Yunfei replied inwardly, dissatisfied, "If you keep making noise, I'll seal your senses again."
Xiaoxiao Dragon snorted lightly, "You brat, you can't take a joke. If you don't want to talk, then don't. I don't even want to talk to you."
Chu Yunfei ignored her.
He formed a hand seal, and the Boundless Creation Scripture began to circulate. Instantly, fine vortices appeared in the surrounding spring water, and pure Spiritual Qi surged into his body's acupoints, causing a throbbing pain in his meridians.
For an ordinary martial artist to break through to the Heavenly Origin Realm, all they need to do is compress and liquefy the spiritual energy in their dantian.
But his foundation is far superior to those of others in the same region.
The spiritual energy within his dantian was astonishingly abundant, and the energy required to achieve a qualitative change naturally far exceeded that of ordinary people.
Chu Yunfei's mind raced.
The Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate was quietly operating within his body.
The massive corpse of the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast was enveloped in azure light. Its armor, flesh, and demon core decomposed simultaneously. The beast had absorbed energy from the Earth Vein Spirit Spring for decades, accumulating an astonishing amount of essence.
As the blue light swirled, a drop of dark golden liquid slowly condensed inside the cauldron.
That drop of primordial essence was only the size of a thumbnail, emanating a heavy and violent aura.
Chu Yunfei did not hesitate and directly guided it into his body.
boom!
The primordial essence fell into the dantian, and the calm spiritual power immediately surged. The spiritual power, which had only shown signs of liquefaction, began to be compressed wildly as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer.
The spring water was also affected.
Visible depressions appeared around Chu Yunfei, and the milky white spiritual spring transformed into swirling eddies, continuously flowing towards him.
Ling Xueyao had just entered a meditative state when she noticed the change on the other side.
She opened her eyes a crack and looked at the bubbling spring water beside Chu Yunfei, a tremor rising in her heart.
What kind of absorption rate is this?
Even if she were Flawless Spirit Physique, and recovered through the Earth Vein Spirit Spring, she could not have caused such a commotion.
Chu Yunfei's dantian was like a bottomless abyss; no matter how much spiritual spring water poured in, he forcibly swallowed it all. Such a foundation would be considered an anomaly if placed in ancient royal texts.
Ling Xueyao felt conflicted.
Even at the Ninth Level of the Spirit Martial Realm, he was able to kill Heavenly Origin Realm expert. If he were to truly reach the Heavenly Origin Realm, just how powerful would he become?
The thought had barely formed in her mind when she forcibly suppressed it.
Now is not the time to be distracted.
The Flawless Spirit Physique fully relaxed in the spiritual spring, and the damaged meridians were repeatedly washed away by the pure spiritual energy. The pain from the abdominal wound gradually subsided, and the sword wound on the shoulder began to heal.
Little Purple perched on the stone platform at the edge of the spring, its head poking into the spiritual mist, inhaling and exhaling Spiritual Qi.
Subtle arcs of lightning danced between the purple-gold scales, and its aura slowly rose.
A human, a snake, and a princess simultaneously draw upon the Earth Vein Spirit Spring.
The pale golden mist in the cave gradually thinned, and the luster of the spirit crystals on the surrounding stone walls dimmed accordingly.
I don't know how much time passed.
A deep, rumbling sound came from the depths of Chu Yunfei's dantian.
Under the dual infusion of the primordial essence and the spiritual spring, the gaseous spiritual energy finally reached its limit. A large amount of spiritual energy was compressed into a liquid state and sank into the bottom of the dantian like mercury.
The first drop.
The second drop.
The third drop.
As more and more liquid spiritual energy condensed, the originally churning spiritual mist in the dantian quickly collapsed, transforming into a shallow spiritual pool.
The barrier of the Heavenly Origin Realm was completely shattered.
Chu Yunfei's dark gold patterns lit up completely, and an aura far exceeding that of the Spirit Martial Realm suddenly erupted.
Ling Xueyao, who was cultivating opposite her, suddenly opened her eyes.