Chapter 95

Very quickly, the spiritual energy in Ye Feng's dantian began to circulate according to the first six levels of the Blazing Fire Technique.

Once all his spiritual energy was in motion, Ye Feng sighed slightly. To continue, he needed sufficient spiritual energy. Without enough spiritual energy, he couldn't sustain his progress.

In the past, Ye Feng had no concept of this, but as he practiced the Blazing Fire Technique, he gradually understood.

Since he no longer had enough spiritual energy to support it, the Blazing Fire Technique had already reached its operational limit. The spiritual energy in his meridians had dwindled from a river to a stream. Filling the meridians he was currently operating would not be a quick task.

" Spiritual energy? Spiritual energy, right..."

Just as Ye Feng was about to give up, a hint of joy appeared on his face.

Instantly, two spirit stones appeared in Ye Feng's hands.

His father had given each of his two sons five spirit stones. According to Ye Chenshan, spirit stones were extremely precious, with one spirit stone equivalent to a million taels of gold. Moreover, this was not something that could be bought with money; only a fool would exchange spirit stones for money.

Of course, this was not something Ye Chenshan could obtain. These were things left by his grandfather. According to his father, his grandfather had left a total of twenty spirit stones.

These twenty spirit stones were the means for their resurgence.

Ye Chenshan had always been reluctant to use them, only using two when breaking through to the True Martial realm.

But Ye Feng was different. In his view, no matter how precious something was, if it wasn't used, it was just a pile of waste.

Holding one spirit stone in each hand, Ye Feng began to circulate the technique.

Threads of spiritual energy entered his dantian from his arms. This spiritual energy was very concentrated, even stronger than the spiritual energy Ye Feng had cultivated. It's worth noting that Ye Feng's spiritual energy was not simple. Each time he broke through, his spiritual energy was compressed to the extreme before he advanced to the next level. Therefore, the same volume of spiritual energy in Ye Feng's body could unleash more than twice the power of other martial artists.

The spiritual energy within the spirit stones was almost as compressed as the spiritual energy he had cultivated, which surprised him.

As this spiritual energy entered Ye Feng's dantian, it began to circulate through his meridians.

As his technique circulated, the spiritual energy in Ye Feng's meridians increased.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Ye Feng's brows furrowed. In an instant, the spiritual energy in his meridians had reached its limit.

However, he was still a long way from breaking through to the seventh level of the Blazing Fire Technique.

After a moment's thought, Ye Feng understood. This was the difference between a genius and an ordinary person. He had a second-grade aptitude, and reaching this level was already his limit. Even the bottleneck of a mid-sixth-rank martial artist was a significant obstacle.

If it were an ordinary person, they would stop the circulation of the technique at this point and slowly cultivate to strengthen their meridians. After several years or decades, when their meridians were strong enough, they would continue to cultivate and break through.

Even a small realm was so difficult that it might take decades to strengthen. A major realm could likely stop an ordinary person in their tracks.

This is why those without cultivation talent are not accepted by various sects.

But geniuses don't have this problem. For them, such a small realm is not a challenge. With their aptitude, they could break through after a few months of strengthening their meridians to adapt. Only a major realm would require a year or several years of strengthening, and the more talented they were, the shorter this time would be. For someone like Ye Hao with an eighth-grade aptitude, such a small obstacle was almost non-existent, and only a major realm's bottleneck could cause him some trouble.

If Ye Feng were an ordinary person, he would have stopped the circulation of the technique at this point. Unfortunately, he wasn't. What he feared the least was the breaking of his meridians.

Knowing that his mind contained so much life force, he had been waiting for this day. Only through cultivation and the breaking of his meridians could his meridians be further strengthened, and his aptitude improved.

If he were to cultivate on his own, even with the support of medicinal liquids, it would not be a task that could be completed in a day or two. But now, with spirit stones, the problem of slow spiritual energy absorption was completely solved.

Feeling that his meridians had reached their limit, Ye Feng began to compress the spiritual energy. With the experience from previous times, he compressed the spiritual energy much faster.

The small realms were manageable at first, but as his cultivation increased, these small realms became increasingly difficult to break through.

For Ye Feng with a second-grade aptitude, these small bottlenecks were no less challenging than the major bottlenecks for those with third- or fourth-grade aptitudes. As for those with seventh- or eighth-grade aptitudes, Ye Feng had no concept.

His meridians were stretched to their limit bit by bit. When they reached their limit, Ye Feng compressed the spiritual energy once, and after three compressions, he could no longer compress it further.

However, even so, the quality of Ye Feng's spiritual energy was higher than that of geniuses.

"Snap... Snap... Snap..."

Suddenly, a series of light sounds came from within Ye Feng's body, and his face turned extremely pale, with beads of sweat covering his forehead.

At this moment, Ye Feng's meridians were breaking bit by bit. His meridians were different from before. In the past, they were extremely fragile and would break completely when the spiritual energy was full. Although this was more dangerous, the pain Ye Feng endured was much less.

But now? The resilience of his meridians had greatly increased. Even when they broke, they did so bit by bit. For ordinary people, this was a good thing because if they stopped cultivating at this point, they could recover after several years of strengthening, like Ye Chenshan, who, although unable to break through, had recovered through strengthening.

However, for Ye Feng, this was not a good thing. The pain he endured would increase several times, and as his meridians became more resilient, the duration of this pain would also increase.

The spiritual energy in Ye Feng's meridians was already full, and this full spiritual energy slowly circulated within his meridians, like a super truck driving on a rural road. It would be strange if it could move quickly.

As the full spiritual energy circulated, his meridians broke a little, and the life force repaired a little.

Only the meridians repaired by the life force could allow the spiritual energy to circulate smoothly.

After half an hour, this cycle was completed, and his meridians had broken and been repaired once again.

In the past, his meridians were fragile and would break completely. Now, with the increased resilience of his meridians, they would not break unless subjected to violent spiritual energy.

The repaired meridians became slightly wider due to the breakthrough, and Ye Feng's spiritual energy became more condensed, leaving a lot of space in his meridians.

Ye Feng did not slack off and continued to cultivate.

Absorbing spirit stones...

Cultivating...

Saturating...

Meridians breaking...

Repairing...

Continuing to cultivate...

...

Ye Feng's cultivation was like a cycle. Once one cycle was completed, the next began, endlessly...

This was only possible for Ye Feng, as the life force allowed his meridians to recover. Otherwise, he would have died many times by now.

Ye Feng's body seemed like a bottomless pit, absorbing all the spiritual energy, which then entered his dantian and participated in the circulation of his meridians.

"Snap! Snap!"

Suddenly, two light sounds were heard, and the spirit stones in Ye Feng's hands turned into piles of powder.

"How fast!" Seeing the spiritual energy in the spirit stones consumed, Ye Feng couldn't help but sigh.

Ye Chenshan could break through to the True Martial realm with two spirit stones and still have some left, showing the amount of spiritual energy contained within. But now, Ye Feng had used up two spirit stones at the martial artist stage.

For this, Ye Feng could only bitterly smile.

This was mainly due to the concentration of his spiritual energy and his high aptitude. With a high aptitude, the absorption and conversion rate of spiritual energy were high, while with a low aptitude, the conversion rate was low, and more was wasted. Moreover, Ye Feng's body greedily absorbed the spiritual energy.

Furthermore, the moment the concentrated spiritual energy entered his body, his entire body, even his cells, seemed to boil, like little birds opening their mouths waiting for their mother's food. At least half of the spiritual energy he absorbed nourished his body.

At this point, the density of his body had greatly increased, and even his bones emitted a lustrous, treasure-like glow.

If Ye Feng were to test his aptitude now, it would certainly no longer be second-grade.