Chapter 69

As the power of the Soul Stone entered his body, the Soul Seed once again played the role of a highway robber, joyfully intercepting the energy. If not for Zheng Shi Yi's quick action to absorb it first, the Soul Seed would have plundered all the power from the Soul Stone.

"Let's not worry about that for now. I should hurry and try to break through to the tenth wheel." Zheng Shi Yi stopped thinking and fully immersed himself in cultivation.

Soul power continuously flowed into the wheel, and violent energy surged out of it. The surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be infected, becoming abnormally fierce, fiercely colliding with the connection point of the ninth spirit wheel, trying to break through to a new spirit wheel.

The soul power was quickly depleted, and Zheng Shi Yi grabbed handfuls of Soul Stones.

When hungry, he would catch and eat the fish swimming by, and when thirsty, he would drink large gulps of lake water.

Time passed bit by bit.

On the fifth day, the tenth spirit wheel finally appeared on Zheng Shi Yi's spirit wheel, a different color from the other nine. The tenth spirit wheel was actually golden yellow.

Zheng Shi Yi knew that the tenth wheel... had been successfully broken through! Now, what he needed to do was to see if he could fill the tenth spirit wheel in one go, reaching the flawless foundation stage with a perfect tenth wheel.

"Zhisshh!"

The spiritual energy and soul power on the tenth spirit wheel rapidly impacted it, making the tenth spirit wheel grow longer and more complete.

After another twenty days, the increasingly complete tenth spirit wheel was fully connected, forming a complete, golden tenth spirit wheel.

"Perfect tenth wheel!"

Exhaling a deep breath, Zheng Shi Yi felt several times more energetic than before. His eyes opened, and a sharp light shot out from them.

He felt that the spiritual energy in his body was incredibly thick, far surpassing the full ninth wheel of the Qi Wheel Realm.

He had a premonition that even if ten full ninth-wheel cultivators attacked him simultaneously, he could defeat them in one move.

This was the flawless foundation! The perfect tenth wheel!

Looking at the Soul Stones in the Swallowing Heaven Bag, he had used at most ten thousand taels, half of what the woman had said, which was twenty thousand taels. Moreover, if not for the Soul Seed absorbing half of it, he would have used at most five thousand taels to reach the perfect tenth wheel.

"After so many days, I've been immersed in the vortex. It's time to go out and breathe some fresh air." He suddenly pushed off and shot out.

The woman opened her eyes and sized up Zheng Shi Yi, sensing the extreme change in his aura, which had suddenly become several times, even dozens of times stronger! The tenth wheel... had succeeded!

The woman still found it hard to believe. "This newcomer is truly surprising. Even with exceptional talent, good luck, and a good cultivation method, it's not certain that one can succeed. I didn't expect him to actually succeed."

She stared at Zheng Shi Yi motionlessly, as if asking, "Did you succeed?"

Zheng Shi Yi naturally understood her meaning and nodded. "Yes, I succeeded. But you shouldn't have lied to me."

"Lied to you?" The woman frowned. When had she lied to him?

Could it be that this guy was really here to trick her for the cultivation method? She hadn't given him the method he wanted, and now he had realized it and was saying this?

Zheng Shi Yi pointed to the Swallowing Heaven Bag and pouted. "You said I needed at least twenty thousand taels of Soul Stones to succeed, but I only used ten thousand taels. Isn't that lying to me?"

The woman secretly sighed in relief. It turned out that he wasn't accusing her of lying for that reason, but because of the number of Soul Stones used.

However, this couldn't be blamed on her. Different people had different talents, and the number she provided was just a minimum. It was normal for Zheng Shi Yi to use a different amount.

But her calmness lasted only a moment. Then she froze, completely stiff.

"He said he only used ten thousand taels to succeed. How is that possible? Even the most talented people on the continent need nearly twenty thousand taels to succeed."

"I told him twenty thousand taels, which is almost the minimum to succeed. Once, a sect used over a million taels of Soul Stones to allow their most talented disciple to carve just a short inch on the tenth wheel."

"This newcomer succeeded with ten thousand taels. Could his talent be so heaven-defying? Or did the thing at the bottom of the vortex help him succeed with just ten thousand taels?"

Zheng Shi Yi's ability to survive in the vortex, combined with the tearing force of the vortex and the cultivation method she gave him, plus the twenty thousand taels of Soul Stones, made her confident that if Zheng Shi Yi's talent wasn't particularly poor, he could succeed under these conditions.

But she never expected him to succeed with just ten thousand taels.

She sat in shock, speechless for a long time.

Zheng Shi Yi, unaware of her thoughts, asked, "I have now entered the tenth wheel of the Qi Wheel Realm. The next realm is the Spirit Spring Realm. Can you tell me how to condense a spirit spring?"

The Spirit Spring Realm, like the Qi Wheel Realm, is divided into nine levels. At the first level, one can condense one spirit spring; at the second level, nine spirit springs, and so on, up to nine spirit springs at the ninth level.

The woman's face showed a hint of pride, as if saying, "You finally want to ask me?"

Zheng Shi Yi nodded indifferently. "You seem to know everything, so I naturally ask you. If it's inconvenient for you to tell me, it's fine. I won't ask. The Martial Arts Pavilion should have books on this."

The Martial Arts Pavilion has a vast collection of books, and disciples can find answers to their questions in these books.

The woman, realizing this was true, said, "I can tell you a cultivation method to condense a spirit spring."

"Go to the Martial Arts Pavilion and find a hundred cultivation methods. These methods are Shadow Moon Spirit Scroll, Dragon Bone Immortal Record, Unparalleled Secret Classic... Purple Green Bone Map."

"After you find them, read the first character of the first book, the second character of the second book, the third character of the third book, and so on, until the first character of the hundredth book. Connect these characters to form the mantra."

Zheng Shi Yi looked at the woman in surprise. "There's such a cultivation method?"

The woman focused her gaze on Zheng Shi Yi and warned, "Remember, don't tell anyone about this cultivation method."

Although she said this, she had another plan in mind. "If you are really sent by those people, it would be best if you told them this cultivation method."

The founding patriarch of the Xuanming Sect and the mountain guardian at the time were very good friends. Each of them possessed an extremely powerful cultivation method! Either of these methods, if revealed, would be a world-class cultivation method that people would go to any lengths to obtain.

However, these two methods were mutually exclusive. Practicing one meant you couldn't practice the other. If you forced it, at best, your meridians would be severed and your cultivation lost, and at worst, you would die from an explosion of your body.

The founding patriarch and the mountain guardian each passed their methods to their successors, the sect leader and the mountain guardian. They also informed them that the two methods could not be combined, and this was passed down.

Therefore, only the sect leader and the mountain guardian knew that these two methods could not be combined.

Times have changed, and the sect hasn't had a mountain guardian for many years.

The method the woman passed to Zheng Shi Yi was the one passed down among the mountain guardians. As for the method passed down among the sect leaders, it was still in her possession.

Those people kept trying to get close to her to trick her into giving them the sect leader's method, but she wouldn't give it to them.

Greed can make a snake swallow an elephant. If Zheng Shi Yi was really sent by those people and told them this method, they would certainly send someone to try to take the method she had.

At that time, even if she told them this method, what could they do? If they dared to practice this method, their only fate would be death!

Zheng Shi Yi patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

The woman looked at Zheng Shi Yi with a "Now I'm relieved" expression and said, "You just entered the tenth wheel of the Qi Wheel Realm and don't fully understand the tenth wheel. Before you practice that method, you need to stabilize yourself."

"Also, you need to understand why you need to condense a spirit spring. When you reach the ninth wheel of the Qi Wheel Realm, you will exhibit astonishing explosive power, and accordingly, your consumption of spiritual energy will be very high."

"The role of the spirit spring is to continuously supply spiritual energy to your body. The more spirit springs you have, the faster the supply."

"The tenth wheel of the Qi Wheel Realm is much more powerful in explosive power than the ninth wheel! Therefore, the consumption of spiritual energy is even greater than in the ninth wheel. You need to understand how many times your body's spiritual energy can support your explosive power."

"Otherwise, when you fight an opponent, you might end up dying from spiritual energy depletion."

Zheng Shi Yi listened silently to the woman's explanation. He had already felt the significant consumption of spiritual energy with each burst of power when he reached the ninth wheel. If he didn't understand how many times his spiritual energy could support his bursts, he might really end up like that in a life-or-death battle.

He walked to a place far from the woman and began to wildly perform the "Eight Directions Step" and "Thunder Fist."

One round, two rounds... By the thirtieth round, his spiritual energy was completely depleted.

Zheng Shi Yi quickly sat down in meditation to recover his spiritual energy.

The woman's beautiful eyes flickered, and she murmured to herself, "At this rate, it will take at least an hour to recover."

The woman closed her eyes.

However, before even half an incense stick's time had passed, she was startled awake by Zheng Shi Yi's movements as he resumed his practice.

She looked at Zheng Shi Yi in surprise, as if asking, "You've recovered?"

Zheng Shi Yi shook his arm and said excitedly, "Of course, I've recovered! The tenth spirit wheel has increased my absorption of spiritual energy several times! The tenth wheel is indeed powerful!"

Seeing the woman's surprise, Zheng Shi Yi thought she might not have the tenth spirit wheel and looked at her in confusion. "You don't have the tenth spirit wheel?"