Chapter 140: The Transformation of the Congregating Spirit Cave

  Every time when autumn arrives, most flowers gradually wither and fall, but Xiaoyan's small osmanthus fragrans still blooms and emits fragrance.

  As soon as I stepped into the courtyard, I was intoxicated by the fragrance of flowers.

  Xia Yan took a deep breath, and the internal energy that was recovering in his body flowed steadily through the meridians. The recovery of internal energy doesn't necessarily require sitting still and calming one's mind; even while walking, it can continuously recover. Of course, if one can calm their mind and use heart methods to guide it, the speed of recovery will be faster.

  "Hey Xiaoyan!"

  Qing heard the noise outside, came out of the house, saw it was Xia Yan, and immediately called out in delight. At the same time, he quickly walked up to welcome him. Xia Yan's face had gradually returned to its normal rosy complexion at this point.

  In the Extreme Challenge arena, Xia Yan clashed with Xichuan in a fierce battle, exchanging blows of nearly 300 degrees of martial power. His body also suffered a significant shockwave. At that moment, if it weren't for the sudden strange change in the Ling Gathering Hole, releasing some spiritual energy to nourish his meridians and flesh, let alone continue fighting, Xia Yan would probably be unable to stand up for a very long time.

  A young girl in a light green long dress with a happy expression on her face walked over, and Xia Yan smiled.

  Wū

  The local dog in the outhouse on the right also jumped out and rushed towards Xia Yan.

  Xia Yan's eyes narrowed and he suddenly stretched out his right hand to block it, saying in a deep voice: "Stop!"

  This native dog doesn't look like a phantom wolf dominating the forest at all, it's exactly the same as those stray dogs that can be seen everywhere on the streets, and when it sees its owner, it will jump up affectionately and lick everywhere.

  Woo woo

  Wireless hummed a few times in embarrassment, suddenly hung his head and lay on the ground, his eyes occasionally glancing at Xia Yan.

  Xiao Qing saw this scene and burst out laughing. The little dog that Xiaoyan brought back was very smart. It could understand everything Xiaoyan said.

  "This lazy dog must be thinking of eating meat, Xiao Qing, go to the market and buy some fresh meat and vegetables back." Xia Yan said with a smile to Xiao Qing. At the same time, he took out another gold coin from his purse.

  "Xiaoyan Ge, the money you gave me last time hasn't been spent yet." Xiaoqing said hastily with a tense expression.

  Xia Yan waved his hand and said to Xiao Qing in a serious tone, "This amount of money doesn't mean anything to me. From now on, if you have any matters, feel free to tell me, don't hesitate at all. Put some more money on you, it will make me feel at ease."

  Xiao Qing pondered for a moment before opening her bright and lively eyes, saying: "Hmm! Xia Yan ge, I understand now!"

  "Then I'll go, Brother Xia Yan!" Xiao Qing took the gold coin handed over by Xia Yan and said in a crisp voice.

  Xia Yan smiled and nodded.

  Xiajiafang City is just near Xiajiafu Courtyard. Even at an ordinary person's speed, it doesn't take the time of burning one incense stick to walk back and forth.

  "You go back to your room and wait, Xia Qing will be back soon and give you something to eat. After Xia Qing left the yard, Xia Yan turned his gaze to the muddy dog that was lying on the ground and humming, pointing to the wing room on the right."

  The little dog whined and retreated back to the room with a resentful expression, its tail between its legs. However, the door was open, and Xia Yan could see that although the dog had retreated into the room, its head was still poking out, its big green eyes looking at him pitifully.

  Xia Yan also ignored the mutt and went straight into her own room.

  "What does the change in the Spirit Gathering Cave really mean? Is it that every Spirit Master will undergo a transformation of their Spirit Gathering Cave?"

  After sitting down cross-legged, Xia Yan slowly closed his eyes. His inner vision showed that his lower abdomen had already transformed into a grey-white colored Spiritual Gathering Cave.

  "Huh? What are these specks of light?"

  When Xia Yan calmed down, he carefully observed that around the Jiling Cave and even the 108 martial meridians connected to it, there were some tiny light spots.

  These light spots, constantly squirming, as if they had life. Under the effect of these light spots, Xia Yan felt that all the blood vessels and muscles in his body had a new vitality.

  Inner energy is still constantly pouring into the Linggong Cave from all meridians, and then transformed into spiritual energy.

  Just looking at the speed of transformation, there isn't much change, and it hasn't accelerated. However, Xia Yan's control over his spiritual power has undergone a complete metamorphosis.

  In the past, Xia Yan couldn't control his spiritual power with his mind, and his spiritual power was just merged with his internal energy. What Xia Yan used was still his internal energy. But now, Xia Yan can control the spiritual power distributed in the 108 martial arts meridians through the Ling Gathering Hole.

  This change may seem insignificant, but for Xia Yan, it is undoubtedly a huge change. Being able to control spiritual power means that Xia Yan can use spiritual power to exert martial skills to a certain extent! This point can absolutely increase strength several times in critical moments.

  "Right, Lingluo Seal." Xia Yan's mind turned, "Now, there is no connection again."

  After a subtle feeling, Xia Yan did not find the connection between the Ling Luo Ring and the Spirit Gathering Cave. At this time, the Ling Luo Ring returned to its original state, that cold icy thing was just an object again.

  But at the extreme challenge arena, that feeling suddenly appeared, absolutely won't be wrong. The transformation of the Spirit Gathering Cave was entirely due to the Ling Luo Ring.

  ”

  A faint wave of energy fluctuated inside the room. Xia Yan quickly opened his eyes.

  The body of the Holy Emperor is rapidly taking shape.

  Xia Yan immediately knew that Emperor Sheng would definitely come out to tell him, "Women are unpredictable, and no matter how much you think about it, you can't guess their thoughts."

  Xia's bright eyes were staring at him, the old emperor's eyes gleaming with intelligence blinked once, his long silver-white beard fluttered in the windless air, his hands clasped behind his back, pacing back and forth in front of the bed.

  "What? Don't you have anything to ask?" After a moment of silence, Xia Yan still hadn't spoken up to inquire, so the old Emperor Saint couldn't help but glare at him and say.

  Xia Yan smiled and said hastily: "No. It's just that I have too many questions now, and I don't know where to start asking."

  Indeed, Xia Yan had too many things he didn't understand at this time. The Ling Luo Jie, what exactly was it, and why could it connect with the Ju Ling Hole? The Ju Ling Hole, how did it undergo such a transformation? Would this transformation have any impact on himself? And also, that shocking move he used at the last moment, how did he manage to execute it?!

  Wait, all of these are questions.

  The old emperor's eyes flashed twice, and he sank into deep thought for a moment before speaking slowly: "I've already told you that the secret of the Ling Luo Ring is not just the Ling Luo Heart Method you've learned. The secret of the Ling Luo Ring will be gradually discovered by you later. You only need to know that the Ling Luo Ring is not just an object, it has become one with you, connected by blood and flesh. It's just that due to your current strength, you can't yet see through the Ling Luo Ring."

  "What about my Tuo Ling Cave?" Tuo Xuan asked in puzzlement.

  "Your spiritual cave has undergone a transformation, which is extremely beneficial to you. Your control over spiritual energy far surpasses that of ordinary spiritual masters. From now on, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will be ten times easier. Hehe. Most importantly, refining elixirs requires high control over spiritual energy, and most spiritual masters are unable to become elixir refiners due to their limited ability to control spiritual energy." The old Holy Emperor's mouth curved upwards.

  "After the transformation of the Spirit Cave, the released spiritual energy is also different from ordinary spiritual energy. This spiritual energy has a very strong healing effect. After you fought with Xikawa, your body was blown away, and your meridians, muscles, and bones were all injured, but after being nourished by the spiritual energy, you recovered quickly. If not for this spiritual energy, I'm afraid you would have to cultivate for at least half a month."

  "To be honest, you kid really surprised me. Even I didn't think you could activate the Ling Luo Seal to transform your Spirit Gathering Cave so quickly. Back then, it took me achieving the Spiritual Realm boundary before I was able to successfully activate the Ling Luo Seal to transform my own Spirit Gathering Cave..."

  The old emperor shook his head and sighed.

  Xia Yan's voice was faintly discernible, "Did I trigger the Ling Luo Seal?"

  "No wonder, I feel the spiritual energy all over this place. There are some strange glowing spots!"

  "That's right! At the last moment, it was your spiritual power that burst out and stimulated the Lingluo Ring. In that instant, your hidden potential also burst forth. You actually unleashed sword skills comparable to those of a Heavenly-level secret manual. This surprised me as well." The Holy Emperor looked at Xia Yan and said, "As for what you called the light point, it was the spiritual power factor released by the transformed Aggregation Spirit Hole!"

  "This...?! The last sword technique I used, was it really because of the explosion of my hidden potential?!" Xia Yan opened his mouth, he himself couldn't believe that the momentum of that one sword strike, although he remembered its power, but how he executed it, Xia Yan couldn't recall at all.

  It's now impossible for Xia Yan to unleash that earth-shattering sword again!

  However, the spiritual power in Xia Yan's body now has a strong healing effect. With such spiritual power, even if his body is injured, he can recover quickly. As long as he converts his internal energy into spiritual power, Xia Yan, even if he is just an initial spiritual master, cannot be measured by ordinary initial spiritual masters!

  This is absolutely a huge advantage compared to ordinary spiritual masters. Now what he urgently needs to do is still to enlarge the Ling Gathering Cave! Let the speed of converting internal energy into spiritual energy be faster! And this transformation did not make the Ling Gathering Cave bigger, and the Ling Gathering Cave was still the size of a thumb.

  "That's right! Xia Yan, you are indeed a genius. No wonder Ling Luo chose you. I think this isn't entirely because your bloodline meets the requirements."

  "The old emperor suddenly became serious and said, 'However, the activation of potential must not be forced, otherwise once you go crazy, it will either make you a useless person or kill you!'"

  Xia Yan also understood that the potential of this body was hidden and latent, and it couldn't be used normally. If one were to forcefully stimulate it, it might lead to unpredictable consequences. The eruption of this potential also required a catalyst!

  Nodding, taking a deep breath, Xia Yan's eyes sparkled, "Emperor Sheng, don't worry, I won't be seeking quick success and instant benefits. I understand the path of cultivation!"

  The old emperor listened to Xia Yan's words, smiled with relief and nodded his head, "That's good, the road you're going to take is still very long! Now, it's just a beginning. Hehe, Xia Yan, with this Lingluo Ring, you are destined not to be an ordinary person."

  When he finished his last sentence, he had already disappeared and returned to the Lingluo Ring!

  This Lingluo Ring is not just a simple object, it also possesses a certain spirituality.

  Xia Yan gently stroked the Ling Luo ring on his hand, and a bright light suddenly burst out from within his eyes, only to gradually fade away.