The higher the number of Qi Refining layers, the more it directly impacts Foundation Establishment after breaking through. The broader the Spirit Sea, the greater its capacity for spiritual energy.
The Spirit Pool one forges within oneself will also be wider and more stable than others’.
As someone who cultivated the Dahe Yuanjue (Condensing Origin Art) to enter Foundation Establishment, the concentration of spiritual power within is even more terrifying.
If other people’s spiritual power is like flowing water, then the spiritual power in Xiao Mengyao’s Spirit Pool is like mercury.
Though the amount may be the same, the quality is obviously far superior. Not to mention, with Xiao Mengyao at the Qi Refining Thirteenth Layer, the quantity of spiritual power is also far beyond others.
When Xiao Mengyao followed the steps of the Dahe Yuanjue (Condensing Origin Art) and finished constructing her Spirit Pool—
A surge of spiritual energy instantly poured into her Spirit Sea.
The Spirit Sea began to condense this spiritual energy into droplets, like spring rain, falling one after another into the still-parched Spirit Pool, slowly filling it until the entire pool brimmed with water.
Outside, pink and golden energy flickered continuously around Xiao Mengyao, even affecting the surroundings. On the Spirit Pool and the stones, pink and golden flowers bloomed one after another.
The pink flowers were enchanting and full of temptation, while the golden flowers were sacred and inviolable.
The two powers clashed ceaselessly, yet maintained a strange balance, as if mutually generating and restraining each other.
It was as if water and blended, and finally, like siblings reconciling after a fight, the two forces merged into one, forming silver energy.
The silver light was similar to the one Xiao Mengyao had shown on the Jingyan Shibei during the previous test, but compared to then, it was now much more transparent—or perhaps, closer to colorless.
When the Spirit Pool was finally full, all the phenomena outside vanished.
Two golden rays of light slowly rose from the center of the Spirit Pool—one followed the Lingmai and flew into Xiao Mengyao’s eyes, while the other followed her body and entered her spine.
The same time.
After finishing all this, Xiao Mengyao finally opened her eyes. In that instant, as if sensing something in the unseen, her vision changed—
If someone were watching from outside, they would surely notice that at this moment, Xiao Mengyao’s eyes appeared as if two pupils overlapped each other.
One pupil was golden, the other pink.
The golden pupil was on the outside, the pink on the inside.
When gazing into those golden eyes, one would feel an endless majesty and divinity, an urge to kneel on the spot, as if the person before them, though young, was sacred and untouchable.
And when looking into those pink eyes, it was as if endless temptation washed over, luring one into an unfathomable abyss.
Even though the girl before them was still a child, all sorts of indecent words like “soft and easy to topple” would come to mind.
Some might even feel that as long as this little loli could come home to see their goldfish, they’d be willing to give up their life.
It was unimaginable that such two completely opposite sets of pupils could appear in one person.
Of course, the two colors lasted only a moment before returning to black.
Not only that, Xiao Mengyao felt her body changing, as if transforming into another form. In her perception, one of her bones had already changed.
Faced with this phenomenon, Xiao Mengyao was a little anxious, worried that something might have gone wrong in her cultivation. If so, she should hurry and find her Senior Brother.
At that thought, she didn’t linger any longer, and walked right out of the Spirit Pool, which had already lost about a third of its spiritual energy.
She was in such a hurry that she didn’t even put on her dress, passing through the Guangmu and running outside to report the good news to her Senior Brother and Sister Ningyue, and also to ask about her physical condition.
If possible, her Senior Brother could help her check her body!
In the Mountain Cave outside the Guangmu—
Because of the barrier, Ye Ping’an and Ningyue naturally didn’t see the strange phenomena happening around Xiao Mengyao.
They were still worried for her. Foundation Establishment was a major event for Xiao Mengyao.
At first, Ningyue had the mood to tease Ye Ping’an, but as time passed, her worry grew and she no longer had the heart to tease him.
As more time went by, she ended up pacing anxiously outside the Guangmu with Ye Ping’an, her eyes constantly glancing inside, filled with concern.
Ye Ping’an had only ever seen the protagonist breaking through in the plot. As the Tianming Zhi Nu, Feng Aotian would naturally never fail.
But Xiao Mengyao, though a bigshot in her previous life, had yet to awaken her memories and didn’t have the protection of the Tiandao Zhi Li, so Ye Ping’an couldn’t be sure what would happen.
As for Ningyue, it was even more so.
She had subconsciously believed Xiao Mengyao would succeed after seeing Ye Ping’an’s confidence and experiencing previous events, but thinking back, she vaguely remembered her father once saying—
The higher one’s Qi Refining, the more complex the construction of the Spirit Pool becomes.
Even the slightest slip could cause unimaginable consequences for the future, and with a moment’s distraction, one might even drop in Jingjie.
After all, a perfect Daiji isn’t something so easily attained.
Just as the two of them were growing anxious, the Guangmu rippled, and Xiao Mengyao suddenly appeared outside.
Perhaps due to excitement, the now Foundation Establishment Xiao Mengyao didn’t control her speed and crashed straight into Ye Ping’an’s arms.
Seeing Xiao Mengyao so elated, Ye Ping’an was naturally overjoyed, but when he noticed her bare state, he wanted to catch her and gently remind her.
Ye Ping’an did catch Xiao Mengyao.
However, he underestimated Xiao Mengyao’s current Jingjie and the uncontrolled force in her excitement.
She directly knocked Ye Ping’an into the wall, his head striking the rock, and he immediately fainted.
In his hazy consciousness, Ye Ping’an even hallucinated, as if the small figure in his arms wasn’t a child—
But a future Wushang Zhizun.
“Shaoye, you can’t die!” Ningyue screamed as she saw Ye Ping’an sent flying several meters by Xiao Mengyao and his head badly injured.
When he hit the ground and blood began to flow, she shrieked instantly.
After all, Shaoye was different from her and Xiao Mengyao—he was just a Qi Refinement Fifth Layer weakling.
Don’t be fooled by Xiao Mengyao’s petite figure; now that she had entered Foundation Establishment from the Qi Refining Thirteenth Layer, her strength was terrifying.
How could Shaoye’s skinny arms and legs withstand such a blow?
“Wha… what do we do?” Xiao Mengyao also realized she’d caused trouble and was so scared she lost her wits, her voice on the verge of tears.
Ningyue didn’t hesitate. She hurried forward to check and, after confirming Ye Ping’an’s injuries, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, seeing Xiao Mengyao’s worried eyes, Ningyue declared righteously, “Mengyao, quickly apply medicine to Shaoye. I’ll give him artificial respiration and replenish his spiritual power.”
Premium Chapter
Login to buy access to this Chapter.