"Damn it! Why is the True Qi consumption so outrageous?" Zhang Xiaohao exclaimed in shock.
The majestic Shennong True Qi within his body was rapidly depleting at a speed visible to the naked eye, second by second.
In just a few minutes, a quarter had already been consumed.
Zhang Xiaohao didn’t dare to waste any more time and grabbed a low-grade Spirit Stone, swallowing it directly.
As the Spirit Stone entered his stomach, the depleted True Qi started to recover.
"As expected of a spiritual object from nature, just this consumption rate is telling," Zhang Xiaohao said excitedly.
With a clap of his hands, he executed the Alchemy Techniques. Together with the Shennong Pill Fire, he formed a terrifying flame that furiously refined the hundreds of Ice Skin Lotus roots inside the Three Dragon True Cauldron.
Every now and then, he had to swallow a low-grade Spirit Stone.
Fortunately, his loot from the White Tiger Sect had been quite substantial this time, and previously, he had also sold a bunch of miscellaneous items to the White-clothed Young Master. Coupled with his status as a super-strong Saint Heir on the Holy Daughter list, the various Spirit Stones added up to nearly five hundred.
Gradually, as time went on, a thick medicinal fragrance wafted from the Three Dragon True Cauldron.
of the hundreds of Ice Skin Lotus roots inside the Three Dragon True Cauldron, less than one-fifth had been refined.
More than a hundred Spirit Stones had already been consumed, and that was with Zhang Xiaohao trying his best to conserve them.
"It looks like I need to give it my all!" Zhang Xiaohao’s eyes narrowed as he spoke.
With a grasp of his right hand, he held a low-grade Spirit Stone and threw it lightning-fast into the Shennong Pill Fire.
The flame jumped and suddenly became ferocious, as if it was about to completely destroy the Three Dragon True Cauldron.
"Hmph! Suppress it for me!" Zhang Xiaohao snorted coldly.
With a movement of his hands, a series of magic formulas were cast, instantly suppressing the wild flames.
With the addition of this low-grade Spirit Stone, the temperature of the Shennong Pill Fire doubled, fiercely refining the hundreds of Ice Skin Lotus roots in the cauldron.
In the blink of an eye, five hours had already passed.
Zhang Xiaohao’s eyes were bloodshot after these five non-stop hours of staring fixedly at the Three Dragon True Cauldron.
The five hundred low-grade Spirit Stones around him had all been used up.
Fortunately, hard work paid off. After consuming so many low-grade Spirit Stones, all the Ice Skin Lotus roots in the Three Dragon True Cauldron had been refined into the purest Spiritual Liquid.
However, there was still some way to go before he could Refining the Origin.
"Whew!" Zhang Xiaohao let out a long breath of turbid air.
A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, completely bent on seeing this through.
"I refuse to believe I can’t refine you today!" Zhang Xiaohao said with a determined look in his eyes.
With a flip of his right hand, he took out two low-grade Divine Stones and swallowed them directly.
The Shennong True Qi, which had almost been exhausted, was instantly replenished as the two low-grade Divine Stones entered his belly.
"Merge for me!" Zhang Xiaohao bellowed.
A myriad of Elixir Formulas crazily fell from his palm, pouring into the Three Dragon True Cauldron.
Under such violent suppression, the temperature of the Shennong Pill Fire skyrocketed again, frantically compressing the Spiritual Liquid in the cauldron towards fusion.
"Merge!" Zhang Xiaohao shouted again.
His hands moved so quickly that they dazzled the eyes, as he crazily imprinted Elixir Formulas.
Suddenly, the Three Dragon True Cauldron trembled, and the Spiritual Liquid formed from the hundreds of Ice Skin Lotus roots completely merged together.
Under Zhang Xiaohao’s relentless compression, it condensed into a fist-sized ball of Spiritual Liquid.
"Whew! Finally succeeded," Zhang Xiaohao said, relaxed.
The anxiety in his heart finally settled.
"Oh no! Why is the Spiritual Liquid starting to weaken?" Zhang Xiaohao cried out.
In just this brief moment, the fist-sized ball of Spiritual Liquid had already begun to lose a bit of its potency.
"Damn! Trying to run away? Did you ask for my permission?" Zhang Xiaohao roared in fury.
With a slap of his hand, he knocked off the lid of the Three Dragon True Cauldron.
Opening his mouth, an immense suction force erupted, directly swallowing the fist-sized drop of Spiritual Liquid. Read complete versıon only at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝔫𝔢𝔱
Without caring about anything else, he crossed his legs and sat down on the ground.
He circulated the Soul Techniques within the Three Pure Daoist Skill, forming hand seals, his hands rapidly changing through the various seals to refine the fist-sized glob of Spiritual Liquid.
A wild fluctuation of soul power radiated from Zhang Xiaohao’s body.
As time passed, this soul power fluctuation gradually became stronger.
"Break through for me!" Suddenly, Zhang Xiaohao growled.
Pointing with his hands, he struck out with a seal.
A violent surge of soul power burst forth from his mind, sweeping in all directions.
Amid this powerful sweep of soul power, the air resonated with intense cracking sounds as if it couldn’t withstand the vast force.
Zhang Xiaohao opened his eyes, and two beams of sharp light shot out, striking the pool of water in front of him.
A massive wave of energy rose to the sky, the water in the pool rolling back and splashing huge droplets, which took a long while to settle down.
"Phew! I finally succeeded," Zhang Xiaohao exclaimed excitedly.
He dived deep into his consciousness to check his condition.
Upon inspection, his soul power had broken through to the Earth Rank Middle Stage and had completely stabilized.
The soul power of Earth Rank Middle Stage was comparable to a Martial Artist of the Void Transformation Realm.
Within the same rank, a Xuan Master is invincible!
Zhang Xiaohao now, without using any True Qi or martial skills, could defeat all enemies of the same rank solely with his soul power.
The only condition was that he did not encounter any freaks of nature.
Just like Zhang Xiaohao himself, while his martial realm was only at the Late Stage of Control Realm, he had numerous unique methods and a strong trump card, which enabled him to kill even Martial Artists at the Peak of Void Transformation Realm or even a Half-step Palace Realm Great Power when he fully unleashed his power!
As long as he didn’t encounter such monsters, it could be said that in the same rank, Zhang Xiaohao could crush his opponents every second!
Even if there were more foes, a mere fart from him could extinguish ten thousand or so; such was the terrifying aspect of a Xuan Master.
After breaking through to Earth Rank Middle Stage in his cultivation, Zhang Xiaohao did not immediately leave.
Instead, he sat down cross-legged on the ground and began to circulate the Shennong Battle Sky Technique, adjusting his mental state.
Under the cultivation of the Heaven-defying Shennong Battle Sky Technique, Zhang Xiaohao’s mental state was restored to its peak.
Zhang Xiaohao flipped his hand and took out the Heaven Rank low-grade Cultivation Technique, the Refining Yuan Technique, from the Shennong Ring.
He opened the Refining Yuan Technique and began to read it carefully.
A quarter of an hour later.
Zhang Xiaohao had committed to memory all the essential points for cultivating the Refining Yuan Technique.
Following the records in the Refining Yuan Technique, Zhang Xiaohao started to practice it.
To completely master the Refining Yuan Technique, one must treat their flesh and blood as if it were steel, constantly tempering it with nature’s spiritual energy to gain terrifying strength.
In this process, without a formidable physical body to sustain, one could not withstand the violent power during cultivation and would burst into death.
This was something Zhang Xiaohao could completely ignore.
With the tyrannical protective art of the Netherworld Demon Body, he could skip this step altogether.