Chapter 5

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Once again, Chu Chen woke from his deep sleep, instinctively reaching out to rub his eyes. Then he realized that his consciousness had returned to his original body, which made him breathe a huge sigh of relief.

Thank goodness he was back!

However, what he wanted to confirm first was whether the strange little eagle from before was his own avatar, and whether a part of his soul had already entered the body of the little eagle.

Chu Chen quickly closed his eyes and calmed his mind, his thoughts gradually spreading out.

Sure enough, in a short while, he felt a sense of soul fusion and familiarity from the little eagle perched on a dead old tree near the Black Mist Valley.

He felt that his consciousness could cross through layers of space at any time, flying into the body of the little eagle. This was equivalent to him having two bodies, meaning he had an extra life!

This was truly amazing!

It seemed that the accidental fall had allowed a part of his soul to occupy the body of the strange little eagle.

Could this also be the reason for the rapid acceleration of Chu Chen's cultivation?

Chu Chen suddenly remembered that he should have had a memory of his soul leaving his body when he was a child. The deeply buried scenes in his memory suddenly began to flash through his mind.

At that time, he was still an infant. After falling asleep at night, his soul would often leave his body and crawl above the small village where he lived.

Infants are full of fear of the outside world. The sudden out-of-body experience frightened him terribly, and from then on, he could never sleep well. His parents took him to see doctors everywhere.

No one could cure him. In the end, his parents met an old man in dark robes. He initially said he wanted to take Chu Chen as a disciple, but later changed his mind. He told Chu Chen's parents that this child's soul power was too strong, and if he embarked on the path of cultivation and couldn't control his soul energy, he would self-destruct.

Unless he could transfer more than ten percent of his excess soul consciousness to an avatar, his cultivation talent would become genius-level.

After the old man gave him a pill, he only said that the child should exercise more, otherwise he wouldn't be able to bear the powerful soul and would eventually bring disaster.

After taking the pill, he no longer had strange dreams, but his body was still very weak.

Since the old man's words were too mystical, his parents didn't pay much attention at the time. They only vaguely understood that his frail body was indeed the source of his illness.

So they traveled around, seeking ways to strengthen his body to help Chu Chen.

Later, they heard that the Biquan Immortal Sect was recruiting talented disciples, so they managed to gather the funds to send Chu Chen there.

Over the past three years, Chu Chen had been running around, searching for spirit medicines. His cultivation hadn't improved much, but his physical constitution had been well exercised. He had hardly been sick in the past three years, so he had temporarily forgotten about this matter.

This also explained why his cultivation hadn't progressed over the past three years.

It was precisely because his soul power was too strong. Whenever he entered a meditative state, the spiritual energy he sensed was too chaotic. Often, when he slightly activated the Spirit Attraction Technique, the entire void seemed to boil, with endless currents of air surging in, making it impossible to absorb the spiritual energy properly, so his progress had always been limited.

After a part of his excess soul consciousness entered the avatar, his cultivation talent should have reached the legendary genius level the old man mentioned.

That's why he had broken through three levels in a single night, reaching the fifth level of the Spirit Qi Realm.

As the saying goes, fortune and misfortune are interdependent. The cause and effect of heaven and earth are truly wondrous.

However, all of this was just his conjecture. He still needed to cultivate again to verify his thoughts. The previous breakthrough might have been just a stroke of luck.

Just as Chu Chen was preparing to test it again, he suddenly saw the door creak open, and a dirty figure slowly walked in.

"Big Brother Chu, you're awake."

When Tong Meng saw Chu Chen, a forced smile appeared on her tired face. "Big Brother Chu, I found the spirit medicine quite smoothly, you... you don't need to worry."

"Stupid girl."

This time, Chu Chen forcefully embraced the exhausted and empty-handed Tong Meng.

This little junior sister, who was originally as beautiful as a porcelain doll, was now dirty, covered in mud from the mountains, clearly having fallen many times. Her clothes were torn by thorns, and her delicate fingers were scraped and bleeding.

It seemed she had worked very hard to find the spirit medicine in the mountains, all because of his own uselessness in the past, which had dragged down his junior sister.

"Big Brother Chu, Meng'er is so useless. I can't find the spirit medicine no matter how hard I try. There are only four days left. Why am I so useless..."

The girl's chin rested on Chu Chen's shoulder, and large, clear tears rolled down, wetting the back of Chu Chen's shirt.

Chu Chen's nose tingled, and his eyes instantly turned red.

"Stupid girl!"

Chu Chen held the girl, who was exhausted to the limit, and gently patted her back, slowly infusing his spirit energy into her body to help her recover. She closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

"Girl, from now on, I will protect you. I will become stronger, strong enough to be your support."

Chu Chen clenched his fists tightly. In the past, it was always Tong Meng who infused spirit energy into his body, but this time he had finally infused it into her, even though it was only at the fifth level of the Spirit Qi Realm. This was a new beginning.

The girl obediently leaned against the young man's chest, her arms lightly circling his waist, her face pure and innocent, sleeping soundly.

Gently carrying the little junior sister back to her residence in the Green Flower Valley, Chu Chen breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Such things must not happen again. For the herb-gathering, Chu Chen already had a plan: to use the little eagle avatar to enter the Black Mist Valley. No one had dared to gather herbs there for thousands of years, and it would become his personal domain.

However, the little eagle had just been born, so he would let it grow for two more days.

Now, he would start cultivating again to test whether the previous three consecutive breakthroughs were just a stroke of luck or if his cultivation talent had truly become genius-level.

With this thought, Chu Chen immediately sat in a meditative posture, a strong desire to become stronger surging in his heart. He didn't want to waste a single moment and quickly entered a state of cultivation.

His mind entered a meditative state, and his spirit sense expanded. In the void, countless clear, bright light points, like brilliant stars, dotted the surroundings, endless. These were the light points formed by the purest spiritual energy, the true essence of spiritual energy!

This time, his spirit sense covered a wider area than before. The spiritual energy around him, which was originally the size of fireflies, now had countless "starlight" points the size of fists in the distance.

In the next moment, with the activation of the Spirit Attraction Technique, Chu Chen's body seemed to transform into a black hole, suddenly emitting a strong force of absorption and attraction. The spiritual energy, like a river of stars, was drawn in by this force, pouring into his body in a frenzy.

A large amount of spiritual energy surged through his body, refining and strengthening his physical body, making it more robust and resilient.

On the other hand, a large amount of spiritual energy entered the dantian, being refined into his own true spirit, circulating through his limbs, bones, and meridians, flowing continuously.

A violent storm of spiritual energy formed in the void, crazily pouring into his body. This time, the speed of cultivation was even faster than before.

After just a short two hours, his body suddenly trembled, and a bright white light burst forth!

Breakthrough spiritual light! Sixth level of the Spirit Qi Realm!

Chu Chen's body, like a beggar who had been hungry for years, greedily devoured the essence of the spiritual energy in the void. The vast river of spiritual energy roared and surged through his body.

In the face of this violent river of spiritual energy, the so-called realm barriers became incredibly fragile, easily shattered.

Thus, in a not-so-long night, one, two, and then another "breakthrough spiritual light" continuously illuminated Chu Chen's small room, illuminating, illuminating, and illuminating again!

Chu Chen actually broke through four times in a row, reaching the ninth level of the Spirit Qi Realm, just one level away from the peak of the Spirit Qi Realm, ready to advance to the Spirit Water Realm!

Chu Chen suddenly felt that the term "genius" was almost inadequate to describe himself. Such a cultivation speed was clearly that of a monster!

If other disciples saw this scene, they would likely be frightened to the point of madness. The path of cultivation becomes slower the further one progresses, but Chu Chen felt that the more he cultivated, the faster he became. This was a speed that even defied the heavens!