txolops Chapter 402 Each Person's Bottleneck
Chapter 402 Each Person's Bottleneck
While carefully infusing the power of the health-preserving formula.
Li Ping's gaze also fell on the Soul-Nourishing Wood in his hand, constantly watching its changes.
His main concern was that since the Soul-Nourishing Wood was a plant and had no life, if it couldn't actively absorb the magical power he infused into it, this attempt might fail.
Fortunately, what Li Ping feared did not happen. After the power of the Nourishing Life Technique entered the Soul Nourishing Wood, it was quickly absorbed.
This absorption rate was even faster than when he treated other cultivators and spirit beasts.
"It really works!"
Li Ping keenly noticed that after absorbing the wisp of life-nourishing magic power he had injected, a tiny tendril of energy had regrown from the damaged part of the Soul-Nourishing Tree's root, and the Soul-Nourishing Tree's almost extinguished vitality had been slightly restored.
Upon observing the change, he couldn't help but show a look of great joy.
In fact, perhaps because the innate spiritual energy he absorbed came from spiritual medicine, the effect of using the Nourishing Life Technique to treat the Soul Nourishing Wood was unexpectedly good.
Seeing that it was effective, Li Ping had no reason to hesitate.
Immediately, he struck while the iron was hot, pouring his internal energy into the Soul-Nourishing Wood as if it were free.
Half a day later, the treatment ended.
The Soul-Nourishing Wood in Li Ping's hand has changed dramatically. Not only is its surface color deeper, but most of the roots that were originally removed by the unknown magical artifact have also grown back intact.
The entire Soul-Nourishing Tree looked as if it had just sprouted from the sacred land where it grew, radiating vigorous vitality.
It was clear that he had revived the Soul-Nourishing Tree.
Looking at the spirit wood in his hand, Li Ping nodded in satisfaction. Then, with a thought, he had already taken the Soul Nourishing Wood into the Second Gray Island and planted it.
Because of the additional spirit tree, the time acceleration effect on Gray Island was shared.
The acceleration effects of the Shining Starwood and Soul-Nourishing Wood on Gray Island have both increased to five hundred times.
In other words, it would take about twenty years for the Soul-Nourishing Wood to reach the age of ten thousand years, becoming a renowned sacred object of the Soul Dao in the cultivation world!
In fact, Li Ping had considered temporarily transplanting the Yaoji Starwood from Gray Island and focusing on cultivating the Soul-Nourishing Wood until it reached ten thousand years old.
In this way, he can harvest a ten-thousand-year-old Soul-Nourishing Wood in about ten years.
However, the Yaoji Starwood is now nearly 60,000 years old. Such a precious divine object is probably not found in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.
If he were to take the Spirit Island out and those Nascent Soul stage monsters were to notice, he would be completely finished.
He was unaware of the methods employed by the Nascent Soul stage monster.
Even if you take out the Yaoji Starwood and carefully seal it, it may not be safe. It is safest to keep it on Gray Island and nurture it until the day it is used.
Anyway, the growth of spiritual consciousness by the Soul-Nourishing Wood is relatively slow, and its effects mainly depend on long-term accumulation, so ten years won't make a difference.
Having pondered this, Li Ping closed his eyes and once again immersed himself in arduous cultivation.
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Before we knew it, another three years had quietly passed.
Standing in the pavilion in the courtyard, Li Ping couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Compared to the early stage of Core Formation, the cultivation process in the middle stage of Core Formation is even more arduous.
After three years of relentless arduous training, he could hardly perceive any progress in his cultivation.
Having taken a shortcut by using the True Phoenix Elixir, and now returning to a state of slow cultivation, he couldn't help but feel somewhat restless and impatient.
"No rush, no rush. At less than 220 years old, I have cultivated to the mid-stage of Core Formation, which is no weaker than those cultivators with different spiritual roots. I can be proud of that."
"Besides, I can live for 750 years, which is far longer than that of ordinary Core Formation cultivators, so it doesn't matter if my cultivation is slower."
"I do not strive for a moment, but for eternal prosperity."
Li Ping silently calmed his anxiety and composed himself.
His gaze then fell on a corner of the courtyard, where only three spirit beasts lay coiled up, as Meng Wanjun had gone to Caibai Pavilion.
There's not much to say about the Wildfire Sparrow. Although it has the bloodline of a true spirit and has no bottleneck before the fourth rank, its bloodline potential still needs to be developed step by step. It will probably take more than ten years to break through to the middle of the third rank.
What truly caught Li Ping's attention was the Earth Spirit Rat.
At this moment, the Earth Spirit Rat had not only swelled up considerably, almost reaching three feet in length, but its fur was also glossy black, and the countless golden spots on its back were densely packed, almost forming a golden line!
The aura emanating from it is also very unstable, fluctuating wildly.
Sensing its owner's arrival, the Earth Spirit Rat squeaked a few times with delight.
Li Ping approached, smiling as he stroked its back while checking its internal condition.
At this moment, the demonic energy within the Earth Spirit Rat was slightly disordered, and its blood was flowing rapidly, with a faint trace of gold visible within it...
After a long while, Li Ping withdrew his hand, a hint of joy appearing in his eyes.
After eating the Bloodline Fruit he fed it, and refining a third-tier Earth Rock Python's demon core, the Earth Spirit Rat finally reached the edge of the third tier.
With just one or two more years to adjust, he should be able to attempt to reach the third tier.
If successful, he will gain another Core Formation stage helper.
Moreover, although the Earth Spirit Rat is not as powerful as the Wildfire Sparrow, it is very good at treasure hunting. After reaching the third tier, its treasure hunting ability will be further enhanced, and it may be able to find more treasures for Li Ping!
While pondering, he fed the two beasts some spiritual food to foster their bond.
Not long after, Meng Wanjun also returned from the market.
Upon seeing Li Ping emerge from seclusion, her eyes crinkled into crescent moons with a smile: "Young Master, you've emerged from seclusion."
Li Ping nodded slightly, his gaze falling on Meng Wanjun.
Having followed him to the Great Zhou Dynasty, so many years have passed. Although Meng Wanjun is busy with the management of Caibaixuan and taking care of spirit beasts, her own cultivation has not been neglected.
In addition, Li Ping bestowed upon her many pills to enhance her cultivation.
Judging from her aura, she had already reached the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, not far from the bottleneck of the late-Foundation Establishment stage.
Theoretically speaking, if she didn't take any pills and relied solely on her own efforts to break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, the bottlenecks she would encounter when forming her Core stage would be easier to overcome.
However, considering that she is nearly 110 years old this year, if she is delayed for too long in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, it will affect the time window for her to break through to Core Formation in the future.
Therefore, Li Ping had long ago decided to give her elixirs to help her.
Immediately, he summoned Meng Wanjun to the pavilion in the courtyard, took out a jade bottle from his storage bag, pushed it in front of her, and said with a smile, "You're not far from the bottleneck of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, are you? This bottle contains four Essence Pills. Whenever you feel you're ready, take them and go into seclusion to break through to the late-Foundation Establishment stage!"
"Thank you, young master." Meng Wanjun held the jade bottle, her eyes filled with surprise.
Compared to the Essence Pill, she cared more about the young master's concern for her.
It turns out that the young master had been concerned about her cultivation progress and had prepared the essence pills needed for her to break through her cultivation realm long ago. The young master was really too good to her.
"Cultivate yourself diligently and strive for improvement every day!" Li Ping said with a smile.
He was eagerly anticipating what kind of innate abilities Meng Wanjun would awaken after further developing the Dragon-Raising Clan bloodline within her.