89: Crazy, forcefully expand the Dantian!

Elder Li's brow furrowed slightly.

Lan Zhan was indeed right.

While tempering Sword Qi can improve its quality and compress its volume and quantity to a certain extent, don't forget that a person's Dantian is of limited size.

Even if the Sword Qi is compressed, allowing it to hold more Sword Qi, as the Sword Qi increases, the Dantian's space will still be filled. What then?

It's like compressing the Sword Qi's volume by half.

Currently, Lu Sheng has absorbed thirty wisps of Sword Qi.

Even with compression, the Dantian's space would only be able to accommodate sixty wisps of Sword Qi in the end.

With sixty wisps of Sword Qi as the base, the Hidden Dragon Sword Qi created would certainly be considered good among High Grade Hidden Dragon Sword Qi.

But it's still a certain distance from the Old Sword Saint!

"It seems... I lost this bet!"

Lan Zhan smiled helplessly, a hint of anxiety in his eyes as he looked at the screen.

Lu Sheng's talent was excellent, capable of breaking the twenty-point limit of Qi and blood, but precisely because of his Dantian's size, he couldn't forge a more powerful Hidden Dragon Sword Qi.

This loss was quite significant!

After all, once Hidden Dragon Sword Qi is forged, it cannot be improved.

It would accompany Lu Sheng for his entire life.

"Alas!"

Elder Li also sighed, his expression complex, completely devoid of the joy of winning the bet.

Compared to the bet, he was more concerned with Lu Sheng's future.

On the screen.

Inside the Sword Pool.

Lu Sheng sat cross-legged in the Sword Pool.

Wisps of Sword Qi circulated around Lu Sheng's body, refining his Physical Body while also being pulled by the gravitational force from his Dantian, eventually entering his Dantian.

Inside his Dantian, the invisible great hammer struck heavily upon the Sword Qi, compressing the original Sword Qi.

Thump thump thump!!

Muffled thuds continuously emanated from Lu Sheng's body.

Each time a muffled thud sounded, it carried immense power, and the pain even surpassed the agony of Sword Qi tearing through flesh and blood.

Lu Sheng's body trembled slightly with each muffled thud.

"Hoo hoo hoo!!"

As the heavy hammer compressed, Lu Sheng's complexion also began to turn pale at an extremely rapid pace.

And within his Dantian, the originally full Dantian now had excess space.

However, as soon as this excess space was cleared, a brand new wisp of Sword Qi slowly condensed within the Dantian.

Thus, as time passed, the number of Sword Qi wisps in Lu Sheng's Dantian grew increasingly numerous.

Thirty-one wisps!

Thirty-two wisps!

...Fifty-eight wisps!

Fifty-nine wisps!

Sixty wisps!

When the number of Sword Qi wisps in Lu Sheng's Dantian reached sixty, no matter how the heavy hammer compressed, the Dantian's space could no longer be cleared.

The Dantian... had completely reached its limit!

"Sixty wisps of Sword Qi, huh..."

Lu Sheng looked inward at his Dantian, muttering softly, falling into contemplation.

Now, the sixty wisps of Sword Qi in his Dantian had all been compressed to their extreme.

At this point... he could already begin to forge his own Hidden Dragon Sword Qi.

However, Lu Sheng was truly unwilling to forge Hidden Dragon Sword Qi using only sixty wisps of Sword Qi as a base.

"The Dantian's space..."

Lu Sheng pondered, his eyes occasionally flashing with brilliance, as if he were thinking about something.

"It seems... it has reached its limit!"

Inside the Cultivation room, Elder Li and Lan Zhan stared at the screen, not shifting their gaze for a moment.

At this moment, the sky had already been dyed with ink, turning pitch black.

Only scattered stars dotted the sky, emitting faint glows.

It was already midnight!

The other virtual pods had already opened.

The four youngsters had finally reached their limit and had to go back to rest.

Only Lu Sheng remained, immersed in the virtual world, relying on the existence of the Sword Pool to forge his own Hidden Dragon Sword Qi!

"Sixty wisps of Sword Qi... is actually quite good!"

After a while, Lan Zhan slowly spoke, his expression a bit helpless.

"Looking across all the swordsmen in Great Xia, those who can reach sixty times the Sword Qi are as rare as Phoenix feathers and Dragon scales. Even the Sword Immortal, his Sword Qi quality back then was only a little over seventy times."

"The Old Sword Saint is already the leader among all swordsmen in Great Xia. It's not easy to surpass him. Perhaps... our hopes for Lu Sheng were set a bit too high."

Lan Zhan spoke softly, but his words were still filled with a hint of helplessness.

Elder Li fell into contemplation, then raised his head, looking at Su Yu's screen with a slightly complex gaze.

"Forget it, when this youngster finishes, I will personally go and apologize to the Old Sword Saint. The Old Sword Saint sent his Disciple here, but due to Star Academy's oversight, we forgot about the Dantian's condition. This, after all, is still Star Academy's problem!"

Elder Li sighed.

Lan Zhan was silent for a moment: "I'll go too. I am his mentor, and I also have an undeniable responsibility for this!"

For a time, both of their moods became somewhat low.

It was like having a rare unpolished jade right in front of them, but due to their own carelessness, some Impurities and cracks appeared in the jade.

This was truly agonizing!

The atmosphere in the entire Cultivation room seemed to become somewhat oppressive at this moment.

However, this oppressive atmosphere did not last for too long. Suddenly, both of them seemed to sense something and abruptly looked up at the screen.

"Wait, he's going to..."

Lan Zhan's voice suddenly exploded.

His pupils contracted sharply at this moment, as if he had seen something shocking.

"This brat... is actually so reckless!!"

Elder Li's eyes also sank abruptly, a hint of anger hidden in his voice.

He saw that on the screen.

Even though his Dantian had already reached its limit and could not absorb more Sword Qi.

However, Lu Sheng, sitting cross-legged in the Sword Pool, his Dantian once again erupted with an extremely strong pulling force.

He wanted to absorb Sword Qi again!!

It was like a balloon that was already full of air and could no longer expand.

At this moment, you inject more air into it.

Then there is only one outcome... either it gets bigger again, but there is also a certain limit.

Or... it directly explodes!

Although the Dantian is not like a balloon, the Dantian has a certain degree of elasticity and can withstand more, but there is also a certain danger!

Apart from its innate size, there are only two ways to change the size of the Dantian.

Either by using the special energy of some Heaven And Earth Treasure to expand the Dantian's size.

Or by using stimulating forces to stimulate the Dantian, thereby making the Dantian larger.

Generally speaking, the former is relatively gentle.

As for the latter... unless absolutely necessary, very few people would choose this method.

After all, stimulating forces inherently represent a certain degree of destructive power, and if this power is not handled well, it can easily damage one's Dantian.

The Dantian is extremely important to a Martial Artist.

Once one's Cultivation reaches the Hundred Meridians Realm, one needs to use Qi and blood to connect one's hundred meridians, thereby opening up all the meridians in one's body.

This prepares for future Qi Cultivation.

Once Qi Cultivation begins, one needs to channel Spiritual Qi through the entire network of meridians, pouring it into one's Dantian.

If the Dantian is damaged, then Spiritual Qi cannot be stored in the Dantian.

Although many people may not be able to Breakthrough to the Qi Cultivation Realm.

But for a Prodigy like Lu Sheng, what if his Dantian had a problem?

That would truly be a net loss!

Therefore, upon seeing Lu Sheng continue to absorb Sword Qi, Elder Li and Lan Zhan's hearts immediately tensed up.

With Lu Sheng's talent, even if he couldn't achieve a Saintly Position through the Dao of the Sword, Entering Dao was a foregone conclusion.

But if his Dantian was damaged, harming his Foundation, that would be quite troublesome!

As a result, both of their expressions became somewhat gloomy at this moment.

"Can we terminate the spiritual Realm?"

Elder Li said in a deep voice.

Lan Zhan's expression was grim, and he couldn't help but say, "The spiritual Realm can be terminated, but Lu Sheng has already begun to temper his Hidden Dragon Sword Qi. If we terminate it at this time, it could easily interrupt Lu Sheng's Cultivation. If those Sword Qi currently being tempered riot..."

Lan Zhan didn't finish his sentence.

In the current situation, if the spiritual Realm were interrupted, the consequences would be even more severe than Lu Sheng forcibly stimulating his Dantian.

In other words... the current situation could no longer be stopped!

At once, Elder Li's expression became even more grim.

He stared intently at the screen, his fists clenching involuntarily at this moment.

"Damn it!"

A hint of Evil Qi flashed across Elder Li's face.

Lu Sheng was truly a bit reckless.

Although sixty times the Sword Qi couldn't compare to the Old Sword Saint, it was already very good throughout Great Xia. Why did he have to put himself in danger to strive for something better?

Elder Li couldn't quite understand, but now... he could only rely on Lu Sheng's fortune.

Elder Li looked at Su Yu on the screen with a complex expression, muttering involuntarily.

"Brat... you'd better not have any problems!"

Elder Li's voice was filled with worry.

Although Lan Zhan said nothing, the worry on his face remained intense.

In the Sword Pool.

Wisps of Sword Qi merged into Lu Sheng's skin, eventually surging towards his Dantian.

The Dantian, which had already reached its maximum capacity, trembled instantly with the emergence of new Sword Qi.

A fierce pain instantly filled Lu Sheng's mind.

"Ah!!!"

Even though Lu Sheng had already endured countless pains, at this moment, this spasm-like agony still made him cry out.