Chapter 31

"Ha ha ha..."

After a moment, Li Wenqi, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, leaped up and burst into a wild laugh.

As he laughed, the spiritual energy within a few hundred meters seemed to be attracted by something, rushing madly toward Li Wenqi, making the concentration of spiritual energy around him dozens of times higher than usual.

Li Wenqi's body seemed like a bottomless pit, absorbing all the spiritual energy that gathered, no matter how much there was.

If someone could see the spiritual energy, they would notice that the wildly gathering spiritual energy formed a huge vortex around Li Wenqi, with Li Wenqi himself at the center.

Fangzheng, feeling the wild spiritual energy, retreated with the little girl for several meters, a smile of joy on his face as he watched Li Wenqi.

"Breaking through? Why so much commotion?"

Feeling the wild spiritual energy, Ye Feng's face suddenly showed a hint of surprise.

"Hmm? Such dense spiritual energy?"

Seeing the spiritual energy dozens of times denser than usual, a thought suddenly came to his mind, and he quickly sat down cross-legged, starting to practice the basic breathing technique.

As Ye Feng practiced, a small but powerful stream of spiritual energy was attracted to him, entering his body and circulating according to the basic breathing technique.

Fangzheng also saw this, but he said nothing. The amount of spiritual energy Ye Feng absorbed was negligible compared to the vast amount available, so he did not interfere.

The spiritual energy, dozens of times more concentrated, entered Ye Feng's dantian, instantly filling it to the brim. Then it began to circulate through his meridians. However, his meridians were only at the level of an ordinary person, so more spiritual energy began to nourish his physical body.

More and more spiritual energy entered his dantian, instantly stretching it to its limit, and his meridians were filled with the dense and violent spiritual energy, gradually expanding.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

Suddenly, Ye Feng felt his meridians crack as they reached their limit, and his dantian was also filled to the brim with the wild spiritual energy.

If it were anyone else, they would have stopped practicing long ago, but Ye Feng was completely mad. Such dense spiritual energy was a rare opportunity, so he ignored everything and continued to practice the basic breathing technique wildly.

Although the spiritual energy he absorbed into his dantian was refined through practice, removing the impurities and retaining the essence, this was still more than his body could handle.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

Ye Feng's meridians cracked again, all of them breaking, and his dantian was left in tatters.

"Ah!!!"

The rupture of his meridians and dantian caused Ye Feng to roar in pain, his face contorted in agony, and large beads of sweat poured from his body.

At this moment, Ye Feng's consciousness was blurred, but he had only one thought: he could not stop. He did not want to be mediocre, and such an opportunity would not come again.

If it were anyone else, they would have died from their body exploding.

But this was Ye Feng. At the moment his meridians and dantian ruptured, a vital force appeared, instantly wrapping around the ruptures and repairing them.

When all the vital force was consumed, his dantian and meridians were fully repaired. At this point, his meridians and dantian were more resilient and had not returned to their original size.

The spiritual energy that had previously burst his dantian and meridians now only occupied one-third of his meridians, circulating slowly.

This was not because the amount of spiritual energy in his body had decreased, but because his dantian and meridians had widened.

"Breaking through to the Second Rank Warrior?"

Fangzheng, standing at a distance, saw Ye Feng's aura suddenly strengthen and showed a look of surprise.

Ye Feng also knew he had broken through. When he felt the condition of his dantian and meridians, he knew he had succeeded, as each breakthrough widened his dantian and meridians.

Originally, his meridians were at the strength of an ordinary person, and it was impossible for him to break through to the Second Rank Warrior. If he had forced it, his meridians and dantian would have ruptured, and the wild spiritual energy would have burst his body.

But the vital force allowed him to avoid this.

In this world, the difference between a genius and an ordinary person lies in the dantian and meridians. A genius's meridians are far more resilient and wider than those of an ordinary person. When they break through, the spiritual energy does not reach the limit of their meridians and dantian, so there is no danger.

But ordinary people cannot do this. If their meridians and dantian are nourished by spiritual energy for several years, their strength and width can increase, making it safe to break through.

After breaking through a rank, the dantian and meridians widen, allowing them to hold the spiritual energy of the same rank. However, when breaking through again, the same problem arises.

A genius does not have to worry about this. When they break through, their meridians are not at their limit, and after breaking through, their dantian and meridians widen, so the spiritual energy does not fill them up, making the width of the dantian and meridians crucial for a genius.

This is why ordinary people take decades to break through the first rank, while geniuses can do it in a few years or even less, with some breaking through the first rank in a year.

Ye Feng, at the peak of the First Rank Warrior, could only dream of breaking through. The massive amount of spiritual energy required would have burst his meridians and dantian, but the vital force solved this problem, allowing him to break through without fear of his dantian and meridians rupturing.

Without the vital force, Ye Feng's body would have made him less than mediocre, a mere waste.

But the appearance of the vital force gave him infinite possibilities.

Looking at his widened meridians and dantian, Ye Feng continued to practice the breathing technique, absorbing the dense spiritual energy around him.

As time passed, Ye Feng's meridians and dantian were once again filled with spiritual energy.

"Peak Second Rank Warrior!"

Ye Feng muttered to himself, seeing his meridians and dantian filled with spiritual energy.

Normally, even a genius with the help of elixirs would need half a year to go from the Second Rank to the peak of the Second Rank, but Ye Feng only took an hour.

Of course, the pure spiritual energy played a crucial role, being dozens of times more concentrated than ordinary spiritual energy. Ye Feng found it terrifying to think about.

He knew he had reached his limit, with the spiritual energy fully accumulated. To break through further, he would need to wait for the vital force to recover.

After so long, he roughly understood that the vital force, once depleted, would take about a day and a night to recover.

Moreover, with each use, his vital force had grown from a thin thread to the thickness of a needle.

Without the vital force, Ye Feng did not dare to continue practicing the technique. After all, taking a risk with a good chance of success is called being awesome, but taking a risk without any chance is called foolish. Ye Feng was not foolish, so he stopped practicing the technique.

"Huh? What's happening?"

Suddenly, Ye Feng's face changed, showing a look of shock.

It turned out that even though he had stopped practicing the technique, the wild spiritual energy continued to rush into his dantian and circulate through his meridians uncontrollably.

This was almost a death sentence. If he were a genius, he could use this opportunity to break through another rank, but he was not. He needed the vital force to break through, and now the vital force was depleted. Although his meridians and dantian were more resilient, Ye Feng knew they were only slightly better than an ordinary person's and could not withstand such a massive amount of spiritual energy.

"What's going on?"

Fangzheng, seeing Ye Feng's sudden change in expression despite his closed eyes, was concerned but did not dare to disturb him while he was practicing.

The wild spiritual energy entered his already full dantian, causing it to expand further, and his meridians were gradually stretched.

Seeing his meridians about to burst again, he knew the vital force would not appear this time, so his face showed panic.

"Compress! Since it's full, I'll compress it!"

The panic on Ye Feng's face vanished in an instant. He would not sit and wait to die. He had come to this world and did not want to die like this.

His dantian was absorbing the external spiritual energy wildly, and Ye Feng was compressing the spiritual energy in his dantian wildly. He had never used this method before and had never heard of it, but at this moment, it was his instinct for survival.

'Survival' was his top priority.