Chapter 10: Coalescence of Vortex

  Xiao Chen was only at the 9th layer of Qi Refining, yet he had actually devoured the True Essence of a Tongxuan Realm martial artist. This was simply an unthinkable matter. Even Ling Shuiyan couldn't understand it.

  Ling Shuiyan didn't know what this situation meant, and it was different from the phenomenon of backflow. For now, she didn't dare to continue transmitting true water yuan force to Xiao Chen, but instead withdrew her palm and stood up, watching Xiao Chen's appearance. Ling Shuiyan was very worried at this moment.

  However, from the outside, Xiao Chen seemed normal, his face was a bit red, but there was no sign of pain or suffering on his face, his eyebrows were relaxed, and the aura emanating from his body was also calm, completely unlike someone who had just suffered a backlash.

  Ling Shuiyan gently stroked her hair, lost in thought. In this situation, she had no idea what to do and could only wait and see how things developed.

  "When Xiao Chen wakes up, I must ask him what's going on?" Ling Shuiyan looked at him for a moment and found that Xiao Chen was not in danger of his life. He simply sat down beside him to guard him.

  At this moment, Xiao Chen was under the guidance of Ye Liu Xing, condensing his Astral Wheel. The energy required to cultivate the Stellar Body was extremely massive. Currently, the energy Xiao Chen needed to condense an Astral Wheel was equivalent to what other warriors would need to condense five or seven Astral Wheels!

  However, with the Youming Tiger King's demon core and three golden spirit pills, as well as the true water yuan force that Ling Shuiyan later injected into Xiao Chen's body, these three forces combined to give Xiao Chen enough power to condense a vortex.

  With the help of Ye Liu Xing, Xiao Chen's energy was finally sent into his dantian. Xiao Chen also began to circulate his divine soul power, and with the fusion of his spirit and qi, he started to condense a vortex step by step under Ye Liu Xing's guidance.

  The danger has finally dissipated, and everything is back on track. In Xiao Chen's lower abdomen, it was as if a spoon had been inserted into a pot of porridge, stirring it up wildly. A small whirlpool began to form, like a funnel, and gradually spread outwards, growing larger and larger. At the same time, the primordial energy between heaven and earth also began to wildly converge on Xiao Chen, entering his body through his seven orifices and pores, being rapidly refined into true energy by the air vortex, and expanding the true energy in his lower abdomen.

  The vortex rolled bigger and bigger, faster and faster, swallowing the primordial energy of heaven and earth in greater quantities and at a faster speed. For Xiao Chen, it formed a virtuous cycle, like a snowball rolling...

  "This is indeed the Nine Heavens of Refining Qi, and he's absorbing the Primordial Qi at such a rapid pace!" Ling Shuiyan's keen senses detected the swift flow of the Heaven and Earth's Primordial Qi, and her gaze immediately fell upon Xiao Chen's body. "What's going on? He's actually cultivating! I'll have to ask him when he wakes up."

  Ling Shuiyan felt that what happened to Xiao Chen today was really unbelievable, and she made up her mind to find Xiao Chen and ask him for an explanation.

  The sun rises and sets, the moon waxes and wanes.

  Xiao Chen showed no signs of waking up, sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes slightly closed, looking relaxed and serene, with a faint red glow on his face, his appearance was dignified and majestic.

  Ling Shuiyan also sat on the ground with her eyes closed, cultivating her spirit and guarding Xiao Chen.

  Two days have passed.

  On this day, a strong surge of true energy suddenly burst out from Xiao Chen's body, causing Ling Shuiyan, who was meditating with her eyes closed, to wake up immediately and open her eyes to look at Xiao Chen.

  At this moment, a faint sound was emitted from Xiao Chen's body, as if it had pierced through a piece of paper. At the same time, in Xiao Chen's dantian, a vortex suddenly appeared and began to rotate, emitting a whirring wind sound, with incredible speed and power, like a high-speed rotating electric motor.

  "My first cyclone is finally born, condensing into the First Heaven of Concentration!" Xiao Chen's heart was wildly shouting, his Starlight Body cultivation rising up, as difficult as ascending to heaven, but now Xiao Chen had successfully taken this arduous first step, entering the First Heaven of Concentration.

  "With a concentrated spirit, my true energy is as thick as four whirlpools of ordinary people. My body has also been enhanced by the power emanating from the Youming Tiger King's demon core, making my bones, muscles, tendons, and skin even more robust! My physical strength is close to 500 jin, and with the explosive power of my true energy, my current strength is now around 1,500 jin, equivalent to a martial artist at the fourth or fifth level of concentrated spirit."

  Xiao Chen felt a sense of excitement and joy, understanding his current strength. He was thrilled to discover that with sufficient resources to cultivate the Starlight Body, its explosive power would be astonishing. This was already the realm of Condensing Spirit, where he could challenge three small boundary levels above his own. If he reached the later stages, it would be even more incredible!

  "This is just the beginning, you're already so excited. If it were to reach its later stages, you would know why the Starlight Battle Body swept through all other battle bodies in ancient times!" Ye Liu Xing said proudly.

  "Ah, I must cultivate this war body to the extreme, I want to be unparalleled in the world!" Xiao Chen shouted in his heart, then he looked inward again and found that in his dantian, a vortex was slowly rotating like a funnel, true energy was condensing, continuously absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the dantian, refining and strengthening himself. Finally, Xiao Chen managed to condense a vortex in his vast dantian.

  When the second cyclone is condensed, it will be the second heavy sky. By then, Xiao Chen's strength will inevitably double again. Thinking of this, Xiao Chen's expectations for his realm and strength are even more eager.

  "Xiao Chen, junior brother?" Ling Shuiyan sensed the surge of true energy from Xiao Chen's body and felt that he seemed to have stopped cultivating, calling out tentatively.

  "Ah? It's Ling Shijie calling me, damn it. My abnormal reaction must have aroused Ling Shijie's suspicion." Xiao Chen heard the anxious cry of Ling Shuiyan and immediately came to his senses.

  At that moment, Xiao Chen opened his eyes to see a pair of autumn water-like eyes staring at him, filled with worry. The absolutely beautiful face had a pair of slender eyebrows furrowed into the shape of a "川" character.

  "Xiao Ling, I..." Xiao Chen felt that he had let down Ling Shuiyan's kindness and couldn't express it, which was equivalent to deceiving her, so Xiao Chen looked very guilty.

  However, Ling Shuiyan didn't wait for Xiao Chen to explain and directly reached out to probe Xiao Chen's pulse. He felt that it was steady and powerful, without any problems. Putting his mind at ease, a flash of anger appeared in his eyes as he asked Xiao Chen: "Xiao Chen, what's going on with your body? How did my true yuan get suddenly cut off? How did you swallow my true yuan? And..."

  Facing the series of questions thrown out by Ling Shuiyan, Xiao Chen suddenly felt a headache. The questions asked by Ling Shuiyan were all unexplainable to Xiao Chen, and someone as clever as Ling Shuiyan was not easy to deceive, so it's better not to explain directly.

  "Ling Shijie, I don't know what's going on either." Xiao Chen didn't answer any of Ling Shuiyan's questions, only saying this, completely clueless.

  Ling Shuiyan didn't say a word, quietly gazing at Xiao Chen for a while before sighing and standing up. "Forget it, you don't want to talk, I won't force you. Everyone has their own secrets. However, this time the Bloodline Refining failed, and you probably can't enter the Outer Gate's Qingyun Pavilion."

  Xiao Chen didn't say a word, he really didn't know what to say now, so he simply didn't speak.

  After a moment of silence, Ling Shuiyan looked up at the sky and said, "You should head back now, the day of the assessment is approaching soon."

  Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen furrowed his brow, "Ling Shijie, aren't you going back?"

  "I've taken on a mission from a certain sect that I need to complete." Ling Shuiyan said calmly.

  "I see," Xiao Chen nodded.

  Ling Shuiyan didn't say much, and with a flick of his finger, the true water ring on his hand flashed, and in an instant, a handsome and strange beast appeared on the ground, letting out a low roar.

  This monster is as big as a male lion, with extremely long hair on its body, almost falling to the ground, crystal clear and transparent like crystal, reflecting a faint wave of light.

  Its face is like a square shield, covered with long hair, only revealing two eyes, presenting golden color, as if it were a golden flame burning.

  "What a beautiful demon beast!" Xiao Chen exclaimed.

  "This is my mount, the Azure Water Golden Eyed Beast." Ling Shuiyan gently stroked the Azure Water Crystal Beast's fur, causing it to close its eyes in extreme pleasure.

  "Go back." Ling Shuiyan said, and then he flipped over and sat on the back of the Bi Shui Jin Jing beast. He patted its head, and the Bi Shui Jin Jing beast immediately sprang into action, its four hooves moving swiftly as it galloped away without touching the ground. In just a few flashes, it had disappeared from Xiao Chen's line of sight.

  "It's great to have a mount, I'll get one too when I have the chance." Xiao Chen looked at Ling Shuiyan's mount with envy, hoping that one day he would also have such a mount, which would not only save him a lot of legwork but also provide him with a good partner to assist him in battle.

  After seeing Ling Shuiyan leave, Xiao Chen also returned to the Yunjian Sword Sect's registered disciple area and came to the Thousand Meter Cliff. He then used the Ladder Cloud Leap technique, and his feet seemed to have grown a cloud ladder as he stepped up one step at a time.

  However, it's easy to come down, but going up is difficult. Xiao Chen struggled here for a whole night, trying over a hundred times before finally climbing up, making Xiao Chen sigh endlessly, and his desire for strength grew even stronger. In this world, someone who can't even climb a cliff is still a useless person!

  However, after this night's toss and turn, Xiao Chen's understanding of Ti Yun Zong was also more profound, and his application was more skilled. But this Ti Yun Zong on Xiao Chen's body seemed to be only at the level of a duck splashing water, with extremely poor showmanship.

  When the sun rose and its rays shone through the clouds, Xiao Chen also returned to the registered disciple area after "climbing mountains and crossing rivers". Just as Xiao Chen opened the courtyard door, a group of people appeared before his eyes.

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