Chapter 74: Breakthrough Refining Treasure and Collecting Dantian

  The two brothers quickly adjusted their mentality, worrying was useless, and improving their strength was the key. As long as they were strong enough, lifting a curse would be nothing. With this in mind, the brothers' desire for power grew even stronger.

  However, the two brothers did not immediately start cultivating because they were extremely exhausted. The previous battle of divine souls was a drain on their energy. After the change in mindset, the feeling of exhaustion came over them, and they didn't think much more about it, deciding to go soak in the hot springs first.

  After an unknown period of time, exhausted to the extreme, my brother discovered that his younger brother's aura was fluctuating wildly. Could it be that he was about to break through? Turning his head to take a look, indeed it was so, and thus he gathered his spirits to help me guard against evil.

  I also clearly understood my own situation, so I didn't dare to slack off and wholeheartedly threw myself into the breakthrough. Based on the experience of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in introducing the Qi rotation breakthrough to the cultivation of Dan, I knew what to do. So, I controlled the yuanqi in the meridians throughout my body to make large and small cycles, exchanging with the yuanqi in the dantian, while the yuanqi entering the dantian presented a high-speed vortex rotation. A drop of liquid yuanqi formed at the center of the vortex, and as the number increased, it slowly solidified, forming a colorful Dan.

  To put it precisely, the color of this dan is so resplendent that "five colors" or "variegated" are not enough to describe it; it's simply motley, and yet within its motley appearance, there seems to be a certain orderliness, giving one a sense of visual impact. Unfortunately, ordinary people can't see it. At first, it was very small, but as time passed, this variegated dan gradually grew larger, finally forming into a dan the size of a goose egg.

  Up to now, it can be said that the successful promotion to Dan Tian period has not ended yet. The size and shape of this pill are fixed, but unfortunately, it is not solid enough. If a strong impact occurs, the pill may shatter and disappear, rendering one a useless person. Therefore, the yuanqi continues to operate tirelessly, with liquid yuanqi dripping into the pill, which is like a bottomless pit, accepting all comers. The pill that has absorbed the yuanqi becomes increasingly dazzling and can be felt becoming harder and harder. This is considered a small success in the initial stage of Dan cultivation.

  Reflecting on my own situation, on the one hand, my physical body has also broken through to the solid foundation of PPS111. My mental space has increased by nearly ten times in size. Moreover, during the cultivation period, I can now refine my innate treasure and divine weapon. Of course, I could have refined the divine weapon earlier, but I never had time to study the refining techniques, so it was delayed.

  On the other hand, Kaito Shin's abilities have become even more enriched. This is also normal, as the main framework of Kaito Shin was originally Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. With this breakthrough, his understanding has deepened to another level, which is within reason. Now he is at the early stage of the third layer.

  This Open Heaven Divine Art is indeed extraordinary, now it's truly profound and all-encompassing. I know that everything is recorded in the Open Heaven Divine Art, including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Even my past life and present life memories and thoughts can be clearly seen in the Open Heaven Divine Art, as if they were from yesterday.

  It's truly wonderful and beyond words. As I behold this divine work, it's like reading a great book, with flesh and blood, encompassing all things, and my heart is drawn to it. Therefore, based on this divine work as the blueprint, I refine and create the ultimate treasure of my life, the ultimate treasure that encompasses all things, fuses countless ways, inherits the past and opens up the future, known as the messenger of civilization, the messenger of history, the transmitter of events, the inheritor of thoughts, only books can do this.

  The original name of the treasure is a book, called "Opening Up", which is also the name of the treasure. "Opening Up" refers to developing and expanding from nothing to something, from small to big... Opening Up, I entrust my hopes for the future, my yearning for the unknown, and my pioneering spirit that dares to be the first in the world!

  Under the control of intention, according to the method of opening up the divine work and refining the treasure, thinking and cultivating without rest, a model of a book appears in the mind, but it is an empty book with no words.

  The book is ready, what can be used to write this book? A pen. Therefore, I will refine my divine weapon - a large pen. Under the control of my thoughts, the large pen takes shape, and at this time, a segment of the divine skill formula automatically appears:

  Vital energy is ink, and the body's skeleton is the divine brush.

  Finger nails and hair are used for making ink, skin and flesh for making paper.

  The four treasures of the study are complete and perfect; brush, ink, paper, and inkstone are all present.

  A big brush has no sharp edge, a thin paper has no space for layout.

  After reading this alchemy manual, I seem to know how to refine my innate treasure and divine weapon, and at the same time, I have high expectations for them. Of course, although they now have a shape, they do not have a physical body and need to be slowly nurtured in the body with one's own flesh and blood and spiritual energy. The treasures refined in this way are closest to their master, and on the day of success, they will be at his beck and call.

  When I opened my eyes, I saw my brother staring at me in shock. He looked at me as if I were a monster. This made me wonder, wasn't it just breaking through to the Pidan period? What's there to be surprised about? But soon I didn't think so anymore, because I also discovered the changes around me:

  Originally, the cave had a rich variety of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy and breath that was beneficial for cultivating the soul. Now, it has thinned out so much that even the reinforced Nine Star Illusion Array set up outside is somewhat unstable. The Ling Snake and Treasure Snake sisters came out to protect the law when I broke through, and now they're looking at me with pitiful eyes. They were able to evolve so quickly thanks to the rich foundation of the cave, but now it's been destroyed by me in an instant, naturally making them pitiful.

  I also know that my breakthrough this time is not very decent, but it's something that no one could have anticipated. Tell me, which low-level cultivator needs so much spiritual energy to break through a boundary? Obviously, there isn't one, so although this matter is embarrassing, it's also understandable.

  Fortunately, the precious fish in the water were not affected at all. With them here, is there a lack of spiritual energy? I believe that it won't be long before the spiritual energy here returns to its original state. However, as for the thick and intense aura that benefits the divine soul, it's not so easy to recover. It may take tens or hundreds of years to restore.

  The situation outside the cave is already known, let's sneak into the inner cave to take a look, that's where the two brothers are most concerned. After taking a look, they breathed a sigh of relief, the inner cave was almost unaffected, and Xiao Tian was still sleeping inside, without knowing when he would wake up. Looking at Xiao Tian, the two brothers felt a pang of sympathy in their hearts, although no one said anything, but they knew what each other meant.

  After a moment of trance, my brother said, "Let's work together to close the inner cave, lest we have too many dreams on this long night."

  "Hmm, I think Xiaotian will be very happy if he knew."

  "I think so too, Xiao Tian's dependence on us is just like your dependence on me, really a child who can't grow up!"

  "Hmm, well, hey, I'm a kid and I'm proud of it, carefree and worry-free, what's good about being an adult? What's good?"

  "Alright, alright, stop being cute. Let's get down to business." The older brother couldn't take his younger brother's antics and quickly stopped him.

  "Hehe, got it, let's get down to business~." I deliberately dragged out my words.

  My brother, however, was not deterred and had already begun working. I saw him swing his hands, and the Yin Yang Twin Instruments Sword and Flame Heaven Sword disappeared into the cave wall with a whooshing sound. I have no idea what he's trying to do. Throughout the whole process, I could only stare blankly because there were no suitable weapons available for me to use, and I was still not familiar with using the Azure Moon Knife.

  About ten minutes later, my brother smiled and said, "Alright, now you can put away your inner hole."

  "Was it just a cut inside the cave?" I suddenly realized.

  "Not bad, let me cut it in half." The brother said, and launched four swords in a row. The entire inner cave was evenly cut into two halves, and he loudly reminded:

  "What's the point of waiting any longer?" Brother wrapped half of Qinglong Xiao Tian's inner cave with his divine sense.

  I, who had been prepared beforehand, also used my spiritual sense to envelop the other half of the inner cavity along the seam that my brother had cut. Of course, this half of the inner cavity contained a small white gold sky. My brother and I were in perfect sync, isolating an independent space for storage, successfully retrieving the inner cavity. Upon inspecting the mental space, my brother's sword was truly precise, not only dividing those precious fish gelatinous bodies into two equal parts but also without harming them.

  This time, Ling She Bao She hadn't reacted yet when she was taken into her brother's spiritual space. The two of them were still confused by their brothers' words. In their opinion, it was already good enough that the brothers could take away all the treasure fish gel bodies, and they never thought it would be like this!

  The two little snakes are even more confused now, where is this? Where did the two brothers go? Could this be the spirit beast bag of the two brothers? Hmm, it's very likely, never mind, as long as the two sisters are together. The simple-minded two Tian Di Ling Wu just resigned themselves to their fate.

  The brothers who had finished collecting the inner cave did not stop their actions and appeared in the outer cave, this time preparing to collect four-fifths of the hot spring. The older brother performed his technique, dividing the entire hot spring into three portions. Each brother collected two-fifths of a portion, isolating an independent space to hold the hot spring, leaving one-fifth of it in its original position.

  The hot spring water has dropped by four-fifths, and the water level has dropped a lot. The source of the water is constantly flowing out to supplement the hot spring, and I believe that in a few days, the water level will recover again. One-fifth of the treasure fish feels that the hot spring is not as crowded as before, and they are becoming more active, seemingly very happy.

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