Chapter 72: The Secret in the Depths of the Cold Pond

  As Yuelian entered the state of cultivation, Xialin could clearly feel that the mysterious energy around Yuelian was rising, rising, and rising again!

  As the power of medicine unfolded, endless mysterious energy surged out and collided within Moon Lotus's body.

  Xia Lin could clearly hear a light "pa" sound, and the dark energy around Yuelian suddenly shook violently before being completely absorbed into her body. At this moment, Yuelian officially broke through to the 9th layer of the Air Spiral!

  "Rub, a mysterious spirit grass rushed to the ninth layer of the air swirl?" Xia Lin's face suddenly turned red with shame.

  If he didn't remember wrong, Xia Cheng initially only had one Xuanling grass and only advanced from Body Tempering Seventh Stage to Body Tempering Ninth Stage, two stages. However, the amount of Xuan Qi required for the Air Rotation stage far exceeded that of Body Tempering. In this case, Yu Lian actually managed to advance another stage, with a consumption rate much higher than his own Blood Refining stage!

  At this time, Xia Lin also had to admit that among the martial artists who had cultivated to the top, Yuelian was an unparalleled genius.

  "Brush!"

  After finishing her cultivation, Yuelian slowly opened her eyes and saw Xialing guarding beside her. She was slightly startled, then silently walked to the edge of the cold pond and began to release her vital energy.

  Xia Lin had already understood her temperament and walked to the other side of the cold pond, putting his hand into the cold water.

  Isn't it just fishing... I don't believe it, can my luck be this bad?

  "Whoosh——"

  Summer's swift hand quickly grabbed a spiritual grass, but before he could even look at the spiritual grass, he saw Moon Lotus' expression and suddenly felt a chill in his heart, "Won't it be..."

  Yu Lian nodded silently, and Xia Lin suddenly lost his spirit and threw the spiritual grass to one side.

  "Whoosh——"

  Yu Lian's small hand emerged with a spiritual grass pinched between her fingers, and Xia Lin's eyes widened in an instant, a sharp pain shooting through his head.

  Mystic Spirit Grass!

  It's actually Xuanling Grass again!

  Aren't two spiritual grasses rarely seen? How come there are so many today, still connected, and all were picked up by Yu Lian?

  Looking at Moon Lotus, who was also somewhat perplexed, Xia Lin put down the Xuanling Grass and once again reached his hand into the icy pool. Strange... when a small probability event occurs repeatedly, perhaps it's no longer just a coincidence.

  Xia Lin silently released his blood energy, sensing the floating spiritual grass, and suddenly grabbed another one. This time, without looking at Moon Lotus, Xia Lin himself knew that it had no rank! At this point, he had already seen some clues - the medicinal herbs with no spiritual energy at all were naturally unranked.

  At the same time, Xia Lin also heard some movement from Yu Lian's side and suddenly thought to himself, "Xuanling Grass."

  I knew it!

  When Xia Lin raised her head and looked over, she saw that in Moyan's hand appeared a dark spiritual grass!

  And Yuè Lián, at this time, was completely bewildered, obviously also being stunned by her own luck, especially... when there was a Xià Lín, such an unlucky person around.

  Xia Lin didn't lose heart, instead she looked at Han Tang with a thoughtful expression, as if thinking of something.

  "Let's use this Xuanling grass first." Yuelian handed over another spiritual herb.

  With the experience from earlier, the two were no longer worried this time. They sat cross-legged and soon used up one spiritual grass.

  Moon Lotus, from Cyclone Realm's 9th layer, advanced to the peak of Cyclone Realm's 9th layer, infinitely approaching the Condensed Sea Realm.

  Summer arrived, and I finally made it out of the third layer of Blood Refining with glory, breaking through to the fourth layer of Blood Refining. My strength greatly increased, and there are now thirty-six acupoints within my body.

  Two consecutive times, both of them greatly increased their strength!

  When Yuexian was about to dive into the icy pool again, Xia Lin shouted: "Wait."

  Yu Lian turned her head and looked at him with some confusion.

  Xia Lin looked at her and asked: "Last time you came in here, how many spiritual grasses did you get, and what were their respective grades?"

  Yu Lian thought for a moment before responding: "Over ten spirit grasses without any rank, four first-grade spirit grasses, and one second-grade spirit grass."

  "Are there five spiritual ones?" Xia Lin said thoughtfully.

  Looking at the cold pool for a moment, Xia Lin lingered beside it for a long time before finally placing both hands on the edge of the pool, but not putting them in the water. Instead, he looked at Yu Lian and said: "Wait a minute, if you feel any spiritual grass flying over, grab all of it at once."

  "En." Yu Lian nodded.

  "Brush!"

  Xia Lin plunged both hands deep into the icy pool, and at the same time, his blood energy erupted!

  "Boom!"

  Endless blood energy surged down Xia Lin's hands, wave after wave sweeping towards the depths of the cold pool. It was at this moment that the five spiritual grasses seemed to be startled by this evil energy, and they hastily drilled up, instinctively dodging Xia Lin's blood energy and moving towards the other side, but were caught in Moyan's hand.

  "Three One-Product Spirit Grass, two Dark Spirit Grass!"

  "Indeed!" Xia Lin smiled slightly, he was initially puzzled, but now it seems that it's related to the blood energy in his body. Under normal circumstances, these spiritual grasses would resonate with the Xuan Qi. However, Xia Lin's blood energy is completely different from the Xuan Qi, whether it's temperature or essence, they don't belong to the same level, and are somewhat rejected by these spiritual grasses.

  This is also why he caught no spiritual grass several times in a row. It's not that there was no spiritual grass coming, but they were all scared away by the blood energy around him. So Xia Lin tried to use his blood energy to blast the inside of the cold pool once. Sure enough, although he didn't know how deep the cold pool was, under his full-strength attack, the remaining few spiritual grasses suddenly burst out together.

  As for why so many second-grade spiritual grasses appeared all at once, Xia Lin thought that these spiritual grasses were originally at the bottom of the cold pool, but in the past they were not attracted by the moon lotus's spiritual energy, and this time they were bombarded by his blood energy, and instead ran out!

  "What's going on?" Yu Lian looked at Xia Lin with some confusion, and by now she was stupid to know that today's strange situation had something to do with Xia Lin. Normally, it would be good if one could produce a second-rate spiritual grass once, but this time, six of them appeared! It was too strange.

  Xia Lin smiled slightly and didn't explain, mainly because there was no way to explain. Should he tell Yuelian that the spiritual grasses were blown out due to their rejection of blood energy after he practiced the cultivator's method?

  Yuè Lián gave him a glance, thinking he was being petty and retaliating against her for not speaking earlier. She fell silent immediately and tossed a Xuanlingcao to Xià Lín before resuming her cultivation.

  Xia Lin also sat cross-legged, and with the experience of the previous two times, this time's absorption was even more sufficient. Soon, a Xuanlingcao was consumed, and at this time, Xia Lin's body had as many as 48 holes that would give birth to blood gas! It also means that at this time, Xia Lin has become a cultivator who has refined his blood to the fifth level!

  A sigh of regret, Yuelian opened her eyes. Xia Lin knew without looking that at this moment, Yuelian was stuck at the peak of the whirlpool! If it were easy to break through the peak of the whirlpool, there wouldn't be so many people who would stay at the peak of the whirlpool for their entire lives. This step, if crossed, would lead to a vast and open world, but if not, she would forever remain trapped in the whirlpool realm.

  But Xia Lin also knew that for a genius like Yu Lian, this so-called threshold would at most be a waste of time, and breaking through was only a matter of time.

  "Three elixirs of mystic spirit, you've risen from the second level to the fifth in one go. The medicinal power is too intense. If you don't stabilize it properly, it will cause great trouble when you attempt to condense the sea later." Moon Lotus glanced at Xia Lin and furrowed her brow instantly.

  "It's okay, I have a solid foundation."

  Yu Lian nodded silently, no longer speaking.

  Xia Lin's body moved slightly as he gazed at the icy pool. If his guess was correct, the previous shock should have already blown out all the newly born spiritual grasses. He estimated that there wouldn't be any spiritual grasses here for a short while. However, soon Xia Lin's mind stirred slightly. Today, using blood energy to probe had triggered this strange situation...

  At this thought, Xia Lin put his hands into the icy pool, and his spiritual power quietly sank downwards.

  There is no news at all.

  Further down, still no movement.

  Further down, can't move anymore...

  For Xia Lin's weak mental power, being able to walk this short distance was already quite good. The cold spring water itself had a strong resistance, completely shielding Xia Lin's senses and making it impossible for him to proceed further.

  "Today so many spiritual grasses have come out, there should be none left." Yue Lian looked at him constantly probing and slightly shook her head, saying to him.

  At first, she thought Xia Lin was quite good, although he was as young as her, but his strength was not bad, and his courage was okay. He also had some connections with her past. As for Mrs. Yao's proposal, she had been thinking about it all the time, which was also another reason why she brought Xia Lin here today. But Xia Lin's performance today made her a little unexpected. The six Xuanling grasses in a row were already unimaginable to her, but Xia Lin actually continued to probe somewhere.

  Is it greed? The moon lotus's eyebrows furrowed.

  "Can't it be done?"

  Xia Lin, who was in the cold pool, didn't think as much as she did. Since there is an opportunity to make himself stronger, why give it up? Any opportunity, every time his strength increases, will make him and his mother's distance further!

  "Since it won't work, let's try the stupid way then." Xia Lin sneered and slightly stirred his right hand, with blood energy swirling in his palm, before swinging it out without hesitation.

  "Lingfeng Palm, Tenth Palm!"

  "Boom!"

  A surge of blood energy shot straight to the bottom of the icy pool and disappeared. In this deep, seemingly bottomless water, a small passage was suddenly created, only to quickly heal itself. Xia Lin's eyes lit up in an instant, "What a great opportunity!"

  In the flash of flint sparks, Xia Lin concentrated his spiritual energy and followed closely with his blood and qi, rushing straight into the bottom of the pool.

  Soon, the power of the blood energy gradually dissipated, offset by the cold pool water, and that one strand of thought was about to dissipate as well. In the end, it landed on something made of an unknown material, and a faint muffled sound was transmitted back.

  "Did it fail?"

  Xia Lin, who was standing beside him, shook his head slightly and turned to leave. However, at this moment, Xia Lin suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around abruptly and looked towards the direction of Han Tang. Even Yue Lian stood up alertly, as everyone could feel a strong impact coming from deep within Han Tang.