Chapter 89

Lingyun Mountain.

At the misty mountain peak, the head of the Lingyun Sect, Jiang Zhisu, stood in his green robe fluttering in the wind, gazing at the back of the mountain.

Beside him stood Jiang Lingzhu and Li Fan. Both looked at the back of the mountain with a surprised expression, just like Jiang Zhisu.

"The flow of the earth's spiritual energy has changed..."

After a moment of observation, Li Fan suddenly said, "Calculating the time, Nie Tian should have already reached the top of the back mountain."

Jiang Zhisu softly said, "It has already begun."

"Father, why did Uncle choose Nie Tian?" Jiang Lingzhu was puzzled.

Li Fan frowned and said, "It's really strange. I didn't see any special cultivation talent in Nie Tian. Pan Bai from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion is known for his ability to recognize talent. Since he could see something in Nie Tian, Nie Tian must have some extraordinary qualities. But even so, it's unlikely that Uncle would choose Nie Tian, right?"

As the head of the Lingyun Sect, Jiang Zhisu shook his head and said, "I'm not sure either. Uncle has only taken three disciples in his life, and Nie Tian is the third. You should have heard about the realms and statuses of the first two."

Li Fan showed deep respect.

"Uncle hasn't broken through for many years, and his lifespan... is almost exhausted. If there are no accidents, Nie Tian should be his last disciple. I thought he wouldn't take any more disciples, but I didn't expect him to choose Nie Tian." Jiang Zhisu fell silent for a moment and then said, "His decision to take a new disciple is a great fortune for our Lingyun Sect."

"Who knows how far Nie Tian will go in the future? Who knows what step he will reach?" Li Fan looked forward with anticipation.

"Uncle's two disciples have already surpassed their master. I hope Nie Tian can do the same." Jiang Zhisu narrowed his eyes, feeling the dense flow of the earth's spiritual energy around Lingyun Mountain. "We should have a clearer idea of Nie Tian's potential after today."

Li Fan and Jiang Lingzhu, hearing this, both looked envious.

They seemed to know what Nie Tian was experiencing at this moment.

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Back of the mountain.

Nie Tian, who had taken seven steps, found it impossible to take another step and had to stop.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

His heart was beating rapidly.

On the verge of fainting, Nie Tian stood still, focusing on the subtle changes in his body.

At this moment, countless unknown threads of energy were moving within his body.

These threads contained pure power, darting through his flesh, bones, and organs.

"Qi Refinement Technique!"

He no longer rushed to move but tried to use the Qi Refinement Technique to guide the chaotic threads of energy.

With a mental command, he keenly felt that numerous threads of energy were surging into his spirit sea.

In an instant, his spirit sea was filled with spiritual energy, which was much stronger than the power he had gained from the beast meat in the Qinghuan Realm!

As he used the Qi Refinement Technique to expand his spirit sea, he found that it rapidly grew in a short time, as if it were being torn apart.

Not only that, but as his heartbeat quickened, he felt that the chaotic threads of energy were also becoming controllable.

The threads, which had been wildly moving, began to disappear at an astonishing speed from his flesh, bones, and organs when he stopped and practiced the Qi Refinement Technique to expand his spirit sea.

The threads of energy were like water, being absorbed by his body.

After a while, he regained consciousness from his dazed state.

His body still ached terribly, but he had regained control over it.

"Continue!" The urging voice came from the thatched cottage.

Nie Tian gritted his teeth and took another step forward.

As he moved, he felt drops of turbid sweat streaming down his body.

"Thud!"

With one foot on the ground, another surge of power seeped into his body from the soles of his feet.

This power, once inside his body, instantly transformed into millions of threads of energy, spreading through his limbs and bones.

"Thud, thud!"

He took two more steps, and the new influx of energy became chaotic and disorderly again.

His mind, which had just regained clarity, was once again confused. The pain of torn flesh erupted throughout his body, and he swayed, almost falling.

He immediately realized that his body had reached its limit in terms of the amount of energy it could carry!

He stopped again, not rushing to move, and used the Qi Refinement Technique to guide the energy, allowing his body to continue absorbing the threads of energy.

"Crack, crack!"

His bones made a strange sound, as if the joints were rejoicing, the blood was leaping, and the organs were roaring!

Soon, he found that the power in his spirit sea had expanded and burst, transforming his spirit sea completely.

He focused and felt a surge of joy on his face, "Qi Refinement Realm! Ninth Layer!"

In the Qinghuan Realm, it took him a long time to gradually expand his spirit sea to the eighth layer, but he still had a long way to go to reach the ninth layer of the Qi Refinement Realm.

He never imagined that just a few steps in the cloud sea would complete the new transformation of his spirit sea, which would have taken him several months to fully expand to the ninth layer!

He had actually stepped into the ninth layer of the Qi Refinement Realm!

"Crack, crack!"

His bones continued to make a cracking sound, and a large amount of dirty sweat flowed out of his pores.

As the sweat flowed away, he suddenly felt that his body's tendons and muscles became increasingly strong and resilient, his bones seemed to harden like steel, and his organs seemed to be filled with boundless power.

With a sense of joy, he tried to release his mental awareness to perceive the surroundings.

His mental power, like the tentacles of his soul, spread out at an unimaginable speed, reaching 150 meters!

Within 150 meters, he could clearly feel the flow of the wind, the surging power in the clouds, the swaying thatch on the cottage, and the cold dampness of the stone slabs.

From the cottage ahead, a terrifying life force that made him feel suffocated suddenly appeared in his mind!

With his eyes closed, he focused...

In his soul's perception, the cottage seemed to contain a blazing sun, radiating a life force that shook the heavens and the earth!

The life force and power emanating from the cottage were so vast and terrifying!

Just by perceiving it with his mental awareness, he felt a sense of insignificance, thinking that the life within the cottage could obliterate him with just a glance or a slight movement of its mind.

In the Qinghuan Realm, he had also perceived the Earth Lizard and the Mystic Ice Python with his unique mental awareness.

These two spirit beasts had a slightly stronger life force than Yu Tong's, and the life force they generated was incomparable to him at the time.

However, compared to the life force in the cottage, the Earth Lizard and the Mystic Ice Python were like insects under a dragon.

It was like a firefly trying to compete with the sun, laughably insignificant.

"Too, too powerful, that guy... is he really human?" he cried out in his heart.

"Ah!" A low exclamation came from the cottage, "I didn't expect such a considerable mental power at the Qi Refinement Realm. Not bad..."

After a pause, the person in the cottage shouted, "Don't daydream, keep walking!"

As the voice faded, the mental power Nie Tian had released was pushed back to his mind as if by an invisible giant hand.

He was suddenly jolted awake and realized that this was not the time to observe the other party.

However, after this moment of daze, his body seemed to have adapted again, and the threads of energy that had surged in were mostly digested.

He continued to take steps.

In this way, he walked and stopped, step by step, slowly approaching the cottage.

He didn't know how long it took, how many threads of energy his body had absorbed, or how many steps he had taken.

Finally, when he truly reached the door of the cottage, he looked up to see the full moon hanging high in the sky again.

"Come in." The voice from the cottage called him in once more.

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