Chapter 47

Yang Junshan himself did not know how long he had been cultivating. He only felt that the process of cultivation, whether in his previous life or this one, had never been as smooth as it was now. The pain brought by the influx of spiritual energy was greatly reduced, and the Earth Spirit Technique, known for its slow and steady nature, had become abnormally swift in its circulation. The vast spiritual energy accumulated in the cave, once incorporated into his body, quickly formed a surging tide of spiritual energy, which soon refined the last bit of the Tiger Tooth Spirit's fragments.

The supreme-grade Spirit Marrow contained within the Tiger Tooth Spirit gathered outside the Spirit Acupoint in the bone marrow, and was then gradually devoured and refined by the surging spiritual energy, transforming into Spirit Essence that hovered outside the Spirit Acupoint in the bone marrow.

Although these drops of Spirit Marrow were not many, each drop, once refined, gave Yang Junshan a sense of heaviness, as if mountains were continuously pressing down on his spine, threatening to crush him. To alleviate this pressure, Yang Junshan had to continuously circulate the spiritual energy within his body, but this circulation only led to the refinement of more Spirit Marrow into Spirit Essence.

Finally, the Spirit Essence hovering outside the hidden acupoint in the bone marrow seemed to have reached the limit of what the meridian channels could bear. The refined Spirit Marrow, after a single spin, crashed head-on into the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint.

Boom!

A sudden explosion echoed in Yang Junshan's ears. Just as his cultivation of the Spirit Acupoint was about to reach perfection, the refined Spirit Essence had already begun to impact the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint.

Yang Junshan knew that this was because the foundation he had laid was too solid. Ordinary cultivators could only refine one Spirit, and after refining it to perfection, they needed to accumulate spiritual energy and strength before they could break through the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint and advance to the third level of the Mortal Realm.

It was not that some cultivators lacked the resources or ability to refine two Spirits. The key issue was whether the Spirit and the Spirit Acupoint were compatible, and whether they matched the cultivation technique. This compatibility also included whether the attributes and types matched, and many other factors. Each of these factors could influence the refinement of the Spirit, to varying degrees.

For example, if a person's Spirit Acupoint appeared in the kidneys, which belong to water, but they cultivated an earth attribute technique, and after great effort obtained two Spirits, one a medium-grade fire attribute Spirit (Charcoal Essence Stone) and the other a low-grade water attribute Spirit (Flowing Cloud Dew), they would have to give up the medium-grade Spirit and refine the low-grade Flowing Cloud Dew.

This was just the simplest principle of generation and inhibition in the five elements. There were many other considerations, such as the Bear Gall Spirit being conceived in the gallbladder, and Yang Junshan's Spirit Acupoint also being in the gallbladder, which was a form of compatibility.

Ordinary cultivators found it difficult to find a Spirit that perfectly matched their Spirit Acupoint, and most cultivators were affected by various incompatibilities, which, while not hindering their cultivation, would certainly slow down their progress.

For Yang Junshan, both the Tiger Tooth Spirit, which he had planned for a long time, and the Bear Gall Spirit, which he obtained by chance, along with the supreme-grade Spirit Marrow contained within the Tiger Tooth Spirit, were highly compatible with his three Spirit Acupoints, if not perfect.

Once these three Spirits were refined, making Yang Junshan reach the perfect realm of the Spirit Acupoint, the accumulated foundation was far beyond what ordinary cultivators could compare to. At this point, the essence of the supreme-grade Spirit Marrow did not need Yang Junshan to control or accumulate it; it directly initiated an attack on the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint.

Driven by the supreme-grade Spirit Marrow, the essence of the Tiger Tooth Spirit also began to stir, and the force of the spiritual energy circulation in his body also attacked the Spirit Acupoint in the vertebrae. The essence of the Spirit in the gallbladder was the last to move, as the simultaneous impact of the two streams of Spirit Essence forced Yang Junshan to run his cultivation technique to absorb more spiritual energy into his body, thus making the Spirit Essence coalesce into a stronger impact force. This ultimately stimulated the Spirit Essence in the gallbladder, causing it to surge and crash against the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint.

Compared to the fierce impact of the supreme-grade Spirit Marrow on the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint and the intense impact of the Tiger Tooth Spirit, the impact of the Bear Gall Spirit Essence on the Spirit Acupoint in the gallbladder could only be described as lukewarm, almost reluctant. It was only because of the intense disturbance of the other two Spirit Essences and the increasingly concentrated and swift circulation of spiritual energy that it was forced to stir.

Outside his body, as Yang Junshan began to break through the bottleneck of the third Spirit Acupoint the moment he reached the perfect realm of the Spirit Acupoint, a large amount of spiritual energy in the cave gathered around him. Due to the urgent circulation of spiritual energy within his body, the spiritual energy in the cave was almost insufficient, gradually forming a faint vortex around him. As soon as spiritual energy escaped from the spirit spring, it immediately gathered towards Yang Junshan.

Gradually, as more spiritual energy escaped from the spirit spring, a layer of mist formed on the surface of the small pond. This layer of mist, influenced by the coalescing spiritual energy, gradually gathered around Yang Junshan.

Clang!

Just as the mist was about to wet Yang Junshan's clothes, a crisp sound, like a bell, suddenly came from within his body. Accompanied by this sound was the sound of fragments falling, and the layer of mist was instantly scattered like a frightened rabbit.

After this crisp sound, Yang Junshan's body became calm again, but the spiritual energy vortex centered around him became larger, even causing a breeze as it absorbed the spiritual energy in the cave.

The scattered mist gathered again, and this time, influenced by the breeze, it gathered towards Yang Junshan even faster.

However, just as this mist was about to be swept into the spiritual energy vortex, another explosion sounded from within Yang Junshan's body. This sound was different from the previous one, more like a war drum, not only scattering the slowly gathering mist but also collapsing the spiritual energy vortex around him.

After this war drum-like sound, the absorption of spiritual energy by Yang Junshan's body increased again, and the spiritual energy vortex quickly reformed. The spiritual energy in the pond did not have time to disperse on its own but was directly extracted from the spirit spring.

This time, the mist was directly swept into the spiritual energy vortex, quickly wetting half of Yang Junshan's clothes. Just then, another muffled sound came from within his body, like the string of a carved bow being suddenly released, even carrying an invisible force. This muffled sound not only destroyed the spiritual energy vortex for the third time but also caused a strange wind to sweep through the entire cave, creating ripples on the surface of the small pond and wetting half of the cave floor.

After a moment, when the chaotic energy in the cave calmed down, the only sound left in the silent cave was the bubbling of the spirit spring, which was much louder than before.

A white smoke column, mixed with dense mist, rose from the water splashes of the spring, extending towards Yang Junshan and then falling vertically on his head. The spiritual energy directly entered his body, and the mist had already soaked his entire body.

Yang Junshan did not expect the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint to be broken so quickly. First, the essence of the supreme-grade Spirit Marrow repeatedly impacted the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint under the influence of the Earth Spirit Technique, and the barrier soon became unstable. Then, with a crisp sound, it completely shattered.

The surging Spirit Essence instantly flooded the opened Spirit Acupoint, filling it completely. Not only that, but as the Spirit Essence entered the Spirit Acupoint, it began to rapidly fuse with the spiritual energy. Each drop of Spirit Essence required a massive amount of spiritual energy to fuse, causing the Spirit Acupoint to expand rapidly. The space within the Spirit Acupoint quickly doubled in size.

Following the bone marrow Spirit Acupoint, the vertebrae Spirit Acupoint was also opened by the impact of the Tiger Tooth Spirit Essence. The Tiger Tooth Spirit Essence, once inside the Spirit Acupoint, began to be assimilated by the spiritual energy. Although it did not require as much spiritual energy as the supreme-grade Spirit Marrow, it still absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy, expanding the space within the Spirit Acupoint to one and a half times its original size.

The last to break through the barrier of the Spirit Acupoint was the Bear Gall Spirit, the lowest quality among the three Spirits. The Bear Gall Spirit ultimately relied on the power of the spiritual energy that had been expanded in the other two Spirit Acupoints to break through the barrier of the gallbladder Spirit Acupoint. After fusing with the spiritual energy, it managed to expand the space within the Spirit Acupoint to nearly the same size as the vertebrae Spirit Acupoint.

During the process of opening and expanding the three Spirit Acupoints, Yang Junshan felt that the spiritual energy in his body was insufficient, and he had to fully circulate the Earth Spirit Technique to absorb as much spiritual energy as possible from his surroundings. However, he did not realize that the spiritual energy in the cave was already insufficient, and the massive suction force generated by the expansion of the three Spirit Acupoints directly acted on the spring, extracting spiritual energy from it.

Perhaps because the spiritual energy in the spring was excessively extracted by Yang Junshan during the expansion of the Spirit Acupoints, it triggered some unknown chain reactions in the earth veins of the entire West Mountain. Suddenly, a milky white liquid gushed out of the spring, and with a muffled sound, water splashed from the surface of the pond. The milky white liquid was immediately extracted by the smoke column connected to Yang Junshan's head.

At the moment this concentrated liquid spiritual energy was extracted from the spring, a rumbling sound came from deep underground, and the entire cave shook. Yang Junshan opened his eyes as if suddenly awakened, realizing that he had not only reached the perfect realm of the Spirit Acupoint but had also advanced to the third level of the Mortal Realm.

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