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He hadn't started washing up yet, and the mirror was so clear that it perfectly reflected his silhouette.

Perhaps because he didn't get much sun after arriving in Sword Reverence City, his skin became much whiter, but not in a delicate, fair way; rather, it was a healthy white.

Besides his skin becoming smooth and flawless, his facial features also became clearer and more defined; he may have lost weight, or he may have grown taller.

Shan Heyuan looked at himself in the mirror, carefully observing his muscles.

He is very satisfied with his current situation.

The benefits of cultivation are indeed numerous.

After observing the exterior, Shan Heyuan deliberately focused his Divine Sense into his body and began to examine himself internally.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered a problem.

The Illusionless Tree has grown taller; it's now as long as a forearm, and it has two more leaves.

It took firm root in the Golden Silk Dense Moss and grew vigorously.

The Golden Silk Dense Moss seemed to have grown a bit, appearing lush and verdant beneath the Illusionless Tree.

At the same time, his Dantian did not feel cramped.

Does this mean that my Dantian has also grown larger?

Shan Heyuan instantly sensed something unusual.

He observed carefully.

If the Dantian was previously only the size of a football, then the Dantian now is at least the size of a basketball.

With a larger Dantian, it can hold more Spiritual Power, no wonder my cultivation has been exceptionally smooth lately.

The Dantian, as a different dimension, is not the actual space inside the lower abdomen.

Nevertheless, based on the information he had seen before, it was still very difficult to expand the space of the Dantian.

Countless cultivators dedicate their lives to this task, but in the end, very few manage to expand their Dantian.

Shan Heyuan had heard that some cultivators, after improving their cultivation level, would develop some unique Divine Ability.

He always thought that was a privilege reserved for a select few geniuses, never expecting it to befall him—if expanding Dantian could be considered Divine Ability power.

He looked at it again and again, and finally couldn't hold back any longer and wanted to share it with Shen Duheng.

Shen Duheng is not home today; he has been gone for several days.

He didn't know where Shen Duheng was or what he was doing. He twitched his fingers, wanting to send Shen Duheng a communication talisman, but he was afraid of disturbing him and putting him in danger.

Looks like I should buy a communicator.

A small number of the more fashionable cultivators in the Sword Reverence Sect have communicators. In addition to real-time communication, these communicators can also leave text messages, making them an advanced version of communication talismans.

Communicators are expensive, Shan Heyuan had never bought one before because he was short of money and didn't have a need to chat with people frequently.

It seems better to buy two, one for him and one for Shen Duheng.

That way, when Shen Duheng takes the communicator out of the storage Law Artifact, he will be able to receive the message he left behind.

After quickly taking a shower and getting dressed, Shan Heyuan didn't care about the Spirit Plant and simply went to the street to buy two mid-priced communicators.

He kept the communicator in his storage ring for several days before Shen Duheng returned.

After finishing work, Shan Heyuan saw Shen Duheng, ran over, and took out his communicator to present it to him.

Shen Duheng smiled after looking at it, "Finally bought it."

Shan Heyuan: "Go ahead and laugh at me for being stingy. You can use one, and I'll use the other."

Shen Duheng didn't stand on ceremony and accepted it. "Besides contacting you, no one else contacts me."

In the cultivation world, communication devices all use Spiritual Power patterns.

Spiritual Power patterns are a private matter; they're neither particularly important nor unimportant, and most people wouldn't casually share them with others.

Shan Heyuan heard Shen Duheng say those words, he couldn't help but smile.

As expected, he and Shen Duheng were the closest.

Shen Duheng: "Why did you suddenly think of buying a communicator?"

"I wanted to tell you something the other day, but you weren't home. I was also worried about bothering you if I contacted you, so I thought I'd buy a communicator," Shan Heyuan explained, then proudly declared, "My Dantian has grown larger."

Shen Duheng's expression showed no surprise. "Now that your cultivation has broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, the space in your Dantian will naturally increase."

Shan Heyuan has never taken on any disciples, nor has he discussed cultivation with anyone else. The books he reads also do not mention anything related to cultivation.

He looked puzzled. "Is that so?"

Shen Duheng nodded firmly. "That's exactly right."

Shan Heyuan looked inside his head and said, "I always felt it was much larger than usual."

Shen Duheng: "Then let's keep observing it, and we'll figure out a solution once we confirm it's outside the normal range."

Shan Heyuan originally wanted to show him his Dantian, but after hearing what he said, and thinking about it again, he realized that his Dantian couldn't really be shown to anyone, so he had to give up.

Shen Duheng led him into the living room. "Let's eat first. I bought some of your favorite dishes today."

"Oh, that's wonderful! I'm too lazy to cook at home alone, and I've been taking Grain Avoidance Pill every day. I'm so hungry!" Shan Heyuan's mouth watered at the rich aroma of the spiritual vegetables. "It smells so good! Where did you buy it?"

Shen Duheng mentioned a famous restaurant.

Shan Heyuan gasped, gaining a deeper understanding of Shen Duheng's financial resources.

Even though Shen Duheng had stamped his name to confirm that there was nothing wrong with his Dantian, he was still a little uneasy.

He searched for a lot of information in the large library of the Sword Reverence Academy, but unfortunately, there was very little research on the Dantian in the world, and the information he found didn't explain the specifics. Even after reading so much, he still couldn't figure out what was going on with his own Dantian.

However, this is indeed a positive change.

After his Dantian expanded, his cultivation speed increased significantly.

After some time, Shan Heyuan discovered that his Dantian had expanded even more significantly than before.

He cultivated every day, practicing "Return a Plum for a Peach" and "Gentle Breeze" extensively. The Illusionless Tree and Golden Silk Dense Moss in his Dantian were affected and grew quite well, but their growth rate could not keep up with the expansion of his Dantian.

The Illusionless Tree and the Golden Silk Dense Moss were growing larger and larger, and his Dantian was becoming more and more expansive.

Shan Heyuan felt that other Spirit Plant could be planted in his Dantian —provided that the third type of Spirit Plant would not conflict with the Illusionless Tree and the Golden Silk Dense Moss.

Shen Duheng noticed his anxiety and advised him to continue observing.

Shan Heyuan had no choice but to constantly monitor his Dantian.

Riding a cat, let's take a look inside.

Plant the Spirit Plant, then examine it internally.

Standing on the platform, waiting for the disciples to line up and receive the Spirit Plant, I introspectively examine myself.

In addition to observing with his Divine Sense, he also carefully recorded the data.

Although the data is not very precise without the aid of instruments, it is still possible to roughly see the trend of Dantian expansion.

That day, Shan Heyuan was burying Fertilizer Pill for the Spirit Plant in the courtyard.

After he replaced the Spirit Plant in his courtyard with high-grade spiritual soil, the planting effect improved significantly. In addition, with the Fertilizer Pill and spiritual liquid provided, the Spirit Plant grew very vigorously, and some even Spirit Plant ahead of schedule. He then divided them to prevent Spirit Plant from crowding together and affecting each other's growth.

All the Spirit Plant in the yard are growing very well, except for the Lightning-Struck Wood Sprout.

The Lightning-Struck Wood Sprout that grew on this broken sword consumed most of his spiritual liquid and absorbed the most Fertilizer Pill, yet they remained almost unchanged, as stable as a thousand-year-old tortoise.

The Lightning-Struck Wood Sprout pot last year looks the same as it does this year. Not to mention growing more leaves, that tiny bud hasn't even unfolded its leaves yet.

The only thing that comforted him was that although the leaf hadn't fully unfurled, it hadn't died either; it was growing well, and anyone who saw it for the first time would think the bud was quite nice.

Shan Heyuan had always kept records. After taking a look, he simply took out a ruler from his storage bracelet and recorded the data of the Lightning-Struck Wood Sprout once again.

From this record, he discovered that the broken sword was indeed quite short, only seven centimeters long.

Needless to say, the buds of Lightning-Struck Wood Sprout are tiny, less than a centimeter long.

In other words, the plant he planted in the jade jar was actually very delicate.