707: Chapter 707 One Percent!!

Su Qingwan waved her hand, her True Qi transforming into a blade, and she made a gentle cut.

That face-sized earth marrow yellow essence cake was neatly divided into two halves.

She pushed one half toward Qin Yan and kept the other for herself.

"Many thanks." Qin Yan said in a low voice, not standing on ceremony.

He reached out to take this half of the earth marrow yellow essence cake and began to eat it directly.

Taking the first bite—the cake entered his mouth, soft yet firm, like chewing on a piece of earth compressed to the extreme.

The taste was hard to describe; it wasn't sweet, salty, or fragrant. There was only a faint scent of earth, with a hint of astringency and a touch of coolness.

The taste couldn't be called good; one could even say it was terrible, just like eating actual dirt.

But Qin Yan didn't care.

Although the taste of the earth marrow yellow essence cake was poor, the earth-attribute energy contained within it was extremely immense.

Qin Yan only took a small bite, yet he felt a massive surge of earth-attribute energy rush into his body, spreading through his limbs and bones like a breached flood.

He immediately circulated the Five Elements Primordial Scripture, filtering, purifying, and converting this immense earth-attribute energy layer by layer, then precisely guided it into the Earth Element Wonderful Tree.

The Earth Element Wonderful Tree—the last of the wonderful trees within his body that had not yet reached Perfection.

The Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire trees had all reached the five-zhang Perfection, but only the Earth Element Wonderful Tree remained at just over three zhang, making it the weakest link in the Five Elements cycle.

At this moment, nourished by the earth-attribute energy, the Earth Element Wonderful Tree began to grow at an extremely rapid speed.

In the blink of an eye, the Earth Element Wonderful Tree had grown to three zhang and five chi!

Its trunk became thicker, its branches more luxuriant, and its leaves thicker.

The entire wonderful tree radiated an earth-yellow light, as if the earth itself were awakening.

Moreover, this was only the beginning.

The Earth Element Wonderful Tree continued to grow—

Three zhang six chi! Three zhang seven chi! Three zhang eight chi! Three zhang nine chi, four zhang, four zhang one chi, four zhang two chi—

By the time Qin Yan had completely digested that small bite of earth marrow yellow essence cake, the Earth Element Wonderful Tree within him had already grown to four zhang four chi!

A single small bite of earth marrow yellow essence cake had caused the Earth Element Wonderful Tree to soar from just over three zhang to four zhang four chi, an increase of over a full zhang.

This effect was only slightly weaker than that of a large piece of Red Flame Flood Dragon spine meat.

And in his hand, there was still a large piece of earth marrow yellow essence cake.

That large piece was more than ten times the size of that small bite.

Qin Yan did not stop and continued to eat.

With the second bite, the Earth Element Wonderful Tree climbed from four zhang four chi to four zhang seven chi.

With the third bite, it climbed from four zhang seven chi to four zhang nine chi.

With the fourth small bite, the Earth Element Wonderful Tree finally reached the Realm of five-zhang Perfection!

"Boom—!!!"

A low rumble sounded within Qin Yan's body.

The branches of the Earth Element Wonderful Tree swayed violently, and an earth-yellow light erupted from within the wonderful tree, like light from the depths of the earth, illuminating Qin Yan's entire inner world.

The entire wonderful tree radiated a thick and steady aura, like a towering mountain peak, immovable.

Thus, the Five Elements Wonderful Tree—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—all five wonderful trees had reached Perfection!

The five five-zhang-tall wonderful trees were arranged in a circle within Qin Yan's body, their gold, cyan, blue, red, and yellow lights intertwined, forming a complete cycle.

The Five Elements generated each other, endless and continuous; the Five Elements overcame each other, cycling back and forth.

"After the banquet ends, I can begin working on my Breakthrough to the Rank 6 Peak Realm in Qi Refining."

Qin Yan thought to himself, a glimmer of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

If he wanted to break through to the Rank 6 Peak, he needed to merge the five wonderful trees into one, transforming them into the true Five Elements Wonderful Tree.

The five wonderful trees acted independently; although they could exert decent power, they were ultimately scattered, fragmented, and incomplete.

Only when the five wonderful trees merged into one, the Five Elements becoming one, would it be the final form of the Five Elements Primordial Scripture's Sixth-Rank Realm.

At that time, his strength would see a qualitative leap.

However, this step required extreme focus and a quiet environment where he could not be disturbed.

This was not a good time.

People were coming and going, cups were clinking, and Sword Intent lingered—breaking through here would not only attract onlookers but might also lead to errors due to distractions.

He would deal with it when he returned.

After the Breakthrough, Qin Yan looked at the remaining earth marrow yellow essence cake in his hand, unsure of how to handle it.

Eat it? He was already a bit full, and since the Earth Element Wonderful Tree had already reached Perfection, eating more earth-attribute Spiritual Food would only be icing on the cake for him now, of little significance.

Don't eat it? If he took it away, would that be bad?

After all, this was a banquet hosted by Peak Master Jian Wuya; the Spiritual Food was meant to be eaten on the spot, and packing it up to take away seemed somewhat impolite.

Qin Yan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Su Qingwan beside him, wanting to see how she handled it.

Then, he saw a flash of light in Su Qingwan's hand—that piece of earth marrow yellow essence cake instantly disappeared.

The movement was fast and very discreet.

If Qin Yan hadn't happened to be looking at her, he wouldn't have noticed at all.

Qin Yan was slightly stunned.

"She... packed it up?"

His gaze fell on Su Qingwan's hand.

That hand was empty now. But the Storage Ring on her finger flickered slightly.

Clearly, the pastry had been stored in her Storage Ring.

Subsequently, Su Qingwan raised her head and saw Qin Yan's gaze upon her.

The two made eye contact.

The air seemed to freeze.

Su Qingwan's expression changed slightly.

"He... he didn't see that, did he?"

Su Qingwan thought to herself.

Her heartbeat quickened slightly.

It was very likely that someone had seen her "packing up" for the first time in her life.

A bit... socially dead.

Seeing the earth marrow yellow essence cake today, this resource was very useful to her, but she couldn't eat any more. Then, thinking about the Book Sect's principle of "not wasting," she subconsciously put it away.

As a result, Qin Yan had seen it.

Watching Su Qingwan's actions, Qin Yan's heart suddenly cleared.

Since this Prodigy of the Book Sect had packed it up, what did he have to worry about?

Thinking of this, Qin Yan immediately nodded toward Su Qingwan.

Then, right in front of Su Qingwan, he openly and honestly put away the remaining earth marrow yellow essence cake in his hand.

With a swirl of True Qi, that earth-yellow pastry vanished from his palm.

The movement was natural and generous, forming a sharp contrast with Su Qingwan's cautious appearance.

Seeing this scene, Su Qingwan's face turned even redder.

"He definitely saw me put away the earth marrow yellow essence cake!"

She was certain in her heart.

If he hadn't seen it, why would he also pack his up after she had?

The tips of Su Qingwan's ears were burning red.

She lowered her head, picked up the Moonlight Clear Dew on the table, and took a gentle sip.

As the cool spiritual dew went down her throat, her complexion recovered slightly.

Qin Yan naturally did not know about the convoluted thoughts of social death currently in Su Qingwan's mind; he was leaning back in his chair with satisfaction, rubbing his slightly bulging lower abdomen.

After swallowing three large pieces of Seventh-Rank Flood Dragon meat and four pieces of earth marrow yellow essence cake in succession, he truly felt a bit full.

And the remaining Spiritual Food on the table was still plentiful; a rough estimate suggested that even if four people ate with wild abandon until they couldn't eat anymore, they probably wouldn't finish even one percent of the total.