Chapter 49

After discarding the Top-Grade Spirit Stone with spatial attributes, it's time to throw in the lightning and ice attributes.

Different types of Spirit Stone emit different Spiritual Power, and cultivators should use Spirit Stone that match their own Spirit Root attributes when cultivating.

Shan Heyuan is completely different from ordinary cultivators.

No matter what kind of Spiritual Power it is, once absorbed into his body, it's like mud entering the ocean; he accepts all comers without discrimination.

He didn't seem to need to refine it; despite absorbing so much Spiritual Power, his condition not only didn't worsen, but actually improved.

Shen Duheng prepared so many Top-Grade Spirit Stones, originally intending to use them to forge spirit swords.

After he used up all the Top-Grade Spirit Stone, he began throwing high-grade Spirit Stone around Shan Heyuan.

Once the high-grade Spirit Stone are used up, it's time for the Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.

Shen Duheng used up Spirit Stone one by one, and soon, like bricks, he built a wall around Shan Heyuan.

Inside the Spirit Stone, Shan Heyuan's aura gradually increased, rapidly rising to the Core Formation stage.

As he absorbed more and more Spirit Stone, his aura rose from the Core Formation Early Stage to the Core Formation Middle Stage.

His aura gradually stabilized only when he reached the Core Formation Middle Stage Peak, and his cultivation level ceased to rise.

Shan Heyuan's Core Formation process took three days and two nights.

On the afternoon of the third day, Shan Heyuan woke up from his cultivation with a pale face.

He opened his eyes, expecting to see Shen Duheng first, but instead, a Spirit Stone stood in front of him.

He paused for a moment, then gently unleashed his Spiritual Power, shattering the Spirit Stone in front of him.

Shen Duheng was behind the wall, his face looking somewhat haggard.

Shan Heyuan opened his mouth and called out, "Brother Shen."

His next words weren't "I have successfully Core Formation," but rather. "My Dantian is now as big as a small valley."

Chapter 49

Shan Heyuan looked at Shen Duheng with bright eyes, anticipating his evaluation.

Shen Duheng: "Is the valley that big?"

Shan Heyuan nodded repeatedly, then used his Divine Sense to examine his Dantian, confirming, "More than ten the size of our courtyard in Sword Reverence City! A small valley."

Shen Duheng looked at his barely concealed excitement. "That's quite a lot."

"That's not all!" Shan Heyuan snapped his fingers, and with a "snap," a bright orange flame suddenly appeared at his fingertip. "Look, I've successfully refined the Pu Core Fire."

Shen Duheng looked at him, a hint of a smile in his eyes, "I knew it already."

Shen Duheng reached out to pull him out. "Since everything's alright, let's go back."

Shan Heyuan nodded. "Okay... wait, what's this?"

Shan Heyuan belatedly noticed a large pile of stones in front of him. He touched it with his finger, and the pile of stones turned into dust.

The stone powder was white, fine, and smooth; it was clearly extraordinary.

This thing clearly didn't exist before he refined the Pu Core Fire.

Did he accidentally burn some stones in the mine during the refining process, turning them into stone powder?

That's impossible! Ordinary stone powder doesn't have this texture.

At this moment, a bad premonition welled up in Shan Heyuan's heart.

He looked at Shen Duheng with his clear, bright eyes and asked cautiously, "Brother Shen, what is this?"

Shen Duheng paused for a moment, then said, "It's nothing."

"Impossible!" Shan Heyuan reached out and grabbed a handful, twirling them between his fingers. His expression suddenly twisted, and he exclaimed, "Wait, could this be Spirit Stone?"

He recalled his own process of Core Formation.

When Core Formation, he seemed to be extremely lacking in Spiritual Power, to the point that his meridians were about to dry up and crack.

It was at that moment that a large amount of Spiritual Power suddenly surged into my meridians.

The pure and surging Spiritual Power greatly alleviated his discomfort.

Shan Heyuan turned to look at the mine where they were now.

The mine was quiet, cold, and desolate; it didn't look like it stored a large amount of Spiritual Power at all.

Since the Spiritual Power didn't come from the mine, then the Spiritual Power he absorbed earlier must have come from Spirit Stone.

It was clearly the Spirit Stone that Shen Duheng always carried with him.

Shan Heyuan suddenly felt a little short of breath and grabbed Shen Duheng's arm, saying, "Brother Shen, I remember you prepared a batch of Top-Grade Spirit Stone to forge a spirit sword?"

The two spent every day together, so they could generally understand each other's thoughts, especially since Shen Duheng hadn't kept anything from him.

Shen Duheng hummed in agreement.

"You're not going to let me use these Spirit Stones? No, not just that." Shan Heyuan felt dizzy. He looked at the Spirit Stone dust all over the ground. "Besides those Top-Grade Spirit Stones, did you use other Spirit Stone?"

Shen Duheng didn't want to say more, "Use it when you need to. Didn't you say your Dantian is now as big as a valley? What's it like inside? Draw it for me on the Jade Slip."

Shan Heyuan couldn't get past the pile of Spirit Stone: "Although, it hurts my heart. So many Top-Grade Spirit Stones, didn't you go through a lot of trouble to collect them all?"

Shen Duheng: "It took some effort, but now that we've got the first one, collecting the second one will be much easier."

"Even if it's the easiest way, it still takes time, effort, and a lot of resources to collect!" Shan Heyuan said, clutching his chest, his heart aching. "My Dantian, yes, my Dantian is already as big as a valley. I need to plant more Spirit Plant in it and sell them to recoup some of the losses."

Top-Grade Spirit Stone!

Shan Heyuan felt a pang of heartache just thinking about that exchange rate.

They definitely couldn't have obtained so many Spirit Stones on their own.

Shen Duheng managed to obtain it only after gathering his old subordinates.

No one knows how many years or how much effort his subordinates spent to finally obtain a complete set of Top-Grade Spirit Stone.

However, before Shen Duheng could even warm up the Spirit Stone, he squandered it.

Even though Shan Heyuan himself used those Spirit Stones, he couldn't help but curse himself inwardly as a spendthrift.

It's just Spiritual Power. Why not absorb Spiritual Power from any grade? Why insist on absorbing the Spiritual Power from Top-Grade Spirit Stone?

Shan Heyuan glanced at Shen Duheng with a sorrowful expression.

For the first time, he realized that Shen Duheng was too good to him, which also gave him a headache.

Those are Top-Grade Spirit Stone! They're as hard to find as rare and precious treasures on the market.

Seeing his contorted expression, Shen Duheng comforted him, "So what if you used it? The purpose of collecting it was to use it."

"That's true, but using it like this still makes me feel a bit cheated," Shan Heyuan muttered, then suddenly remembered, "When I was Core Formation, I never took out the broken sword from my Dantian. Let me show you."

At that time, he was at a critical moment in Core Formation and didn't have the extra energy to deal with the broken sword. He just thought that if the broken sword was damaged, he would just let it go.

Unexpectedly, the broken wooden sword inside his Dantian not only remained undamaged, but also appeared even more robust, coated with a delicate metallic sheen, making it look less like a wooden sword.

Shan Heyuan drew the broken sword.

This was the first time he had shown the broken sword to Shen Duheng after he Core Formation.

The two of them kept staring at the broken sword and noticed that two more buds had appeared on it, bringing the total number of buds to six.

The broken sword has grown a bit longer, and now it has the outline of a sword. Perhaps once the hilt and tip grow out, it will be usable.

Shan Heyuan gently touched the bud with his hand, and the bud obediently stuck to the sword, lying flat on the sword.

At this moment, Shan Heyuan could no longer understand the broken sword at all.

As a wooden spirit sword, it's abnormal that it could sprout after being refined; the fact that the sprouted part of it and took root in his Dantian is even more abnormal.

The most unusual thing is that he put so much effort into planting it, but it didn't grow much.

As soon as he advanced, the broken sword quickly sprouted new buds.

What exactly is this bizarre situation?

Shan Heyuan held up the broken sword. "Brother Shen, can you still use this broken sword?"

"It's unusable. It wasn't originally my sword, so it's inappropriate to use it anymore," Shen Duheng said after examining the broken sword.