18: Chapter 18 Refining Yuanyin

Jiang Nian was lying on Su Ye's chest, seemingly sensing the instinctive tensing of the rigid body beneath her.

She suddenly chuckled.

That smile was like winter snow melting, so bright and beautiful that one could not look away.

The yandere demoness who had just threatened to "chop off hands" seemed like nothing more than a hallucination of Su Ye's.

"Did I scare you, Senior Brother?"

Jiang Nian extended a finger and gently poked Su Ye's cheek, a tingling current coursing from her fingertip.

"Nian Nian was just joking."

"As long as Senior Brother is obedient and doesn't attract other bees and butterflies, how could Nian Nian bear to make you sad?"

Although she said she was joking, Su Ye clearly read a hint of "you dare try it" earnestness in her eyes, which were curved like crescent moons.

Su Ye felt no ripples in his heart, and even wanted to laugh a little.

Attract bees and butterflies?

Looking at my current state as a vegetative state person, besides lying flat and letting people mock me, who else can I attract?

I'm afraid only butterflies would come to attract me.

Just then, Jiang Nian's finger, which had been drawing circles on Su Ye's chest, suddenly stopped.

Her body shuddered violently.

That was a sign of overflowing spiritual power.

She hadn't expected that merely feeding Senior Brother would trigger such a violent tidal wave of spiritual power.

Senior Brother is indeed my lucky star.

And also my... Cauldron?

No.

Jiang Nian shook her head, casting this rebellious thought out of her mind.

Senior Brother is her lover.

He is a supreme treasure that she must protect with her life.

"Senior Brother..."

Jiang Nian looked at Su Ye lying on the bed with reluctance, the possessiveness in her eyes almost overflowing.

She really wanted to just hold him like this forever.

Until the end of time.

But the world of cultivation is cruel, and strength is the Foundation.

If she didn't have enough strength, how could she protect such a fragile Senior Brother?

How could she guard this piece of meat that belonged to her from that group of covetous "fox spirits"?

Especially Second Senior Sister Liu Ruyan.

And that Fourth Junior Sister Ji Wanshuang, who always kept a cold face but would secretly look at Senior Brother.

"Hoo—"

"Senior Brother, Nian Nian has to go."

"This time, it feels like... I'm about to reach Core Formation."

Her voice trembled slightly, both from the joy of excitement and the sorrow of parting.

Core Formation!

Once she crossed this threshold, it would be the path of the Golden Core, with five hundred years of Lifespan; in Purple Bamboo Peak, and even the entire Grand Beginning Holy Land, she would be considered a pillar of strength.

By then, let's see who dares to fight her for Senior Brother!

"You have to obediently wait for Nian Nian to come out of seclusion."

Jiang Nian reached out, carefully tidying up Su Ye's slightly messy collar, and tucked in the corner of the quilt.

After doing all this, she walked towards the door, looking back every few steps.

When she reached the door, she suddenly stopped, and a cyan spiritual light flashed from her fingertip.

"Hum—"

A pale cyan Restriction silently enveloped the doors and windows of the Listening to Rain Pavilion.

Although there was already a barrier set by Revered Master here, Jiang Nian still felt uneasy.

This was her exclusive mark.

If anyone dared to break in at this time, she would be able to sense it immediately.

"Except for Revered Master..."

"No one is allowed to touch him."

Leaving behind a barely audible whisper, Jiang Nian's figure turned into a stream of cyan light, instantly disappearing into the morning mist, heading straight for the seclusion chamber on the back mountain of Purple Bamboo Peak.

Inside the Listening to Rain Pavilion, deathly silence returned.

Only the faint scent of peach blossoms remaining in the air and that seductive, ambiguous atmosphere proved that everything that had just happened was not an illusion.

Su Ye lay on the bed.

His Divine Sense, like tentacles, cautiously explored the surroundings.

After confirming that the little demoness had really left, he let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.

"Finally gone..."

This girl is simply a juicer.

If she didn't leave, Su Ye was really afraid that his meager stock would be swallowed by her, skin and bones included.

However, although his body was tortured enough, the harvest was solid.

Su Ye's heart stirred.

In his pitch-black Sea of Consciousness, a pale blue light screen instantly lit up.

That was his reliance—the great villain counterattack system.

[Host: Su Ye]

[Identity: Grand Beginning Holy Land, Purple Bamboo Peak Senior Brother (Villain)]

[Physique: Incomplete Ancient Desolate Sacred Body (Repair Progress: 1.51%)]

[Realm: Foundation Establishment Third Layer]

[Status: vegetative state person (Meridians repaired: 25%)]

[Cultivation Technique: "Azure Emperor Longevity Art" (Heaven Rank, Third Layer)]

[Luck: 5300 (+500 from feeding achievement)]

Looking at the data on the panel, Su Ye felt a bit more settled.

Although he was still a vegetative state person, at least it wasn't the certain-death situation he started with.

"System." Su Ye thought to himself.

Extreme Yin Qi?

That is...

His thoughts drifted back to last night.

Although he was in a coma at the time, the System had faithfully recorded the whole process.

At this moment, in Su Ye's Dantian, besides the trace of golden true energy he had just condensed, there was also a mass of cyan energy lurking.

That energy was full of vitality, yet it carried a cold, faint fragrance belonging to a young girl.

This was the Origin power of a Foundation Establishment Stage Ninth Heaven Cultivator!

For the current Su Ye, it was no different from a human-shaped super tonic pill.

"What are you waiting for?" A sharp glint flashed in Su Ye's eyes (though it couldn't be seen with the naked eye).

"Activate auxiliary refining!"

"I want to break through!"

In this world where the strong prey on the weak, only strength is the hard truth.

Although eating soft rice is delicious, if one doesn't even have the ability to digest it, one will be stuffed to death sooner or later.

Or be played to death by that group of wolf-like Junior Sisters.

[Ding!]

[Auxiliary refining mode activated.]

[Guiding the operation of "Azure Emperor Longevity Art"...]

[Mobilizing the Origin of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body...]

Hum—

As the System prompt fell, Su Ye felt his body, which was like stagnant water, suddenly boil.

The mass of cyan energy that had been dormant in the depths of his Dantian began to rotate slowly under the guidance of the System.

It turned into thousands of strands of cyan silk, flowing along the extraordinary Meridians.

That was not just spiritual power.

It was an Origin containing powerful vitality.

Wherever it passed...

But this was just the beginning.

With the integration of the Wood-element true energy, the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body Bloodline that had been lurking in the depths of Su Ye's bone marrow seemed to be stimulated.

That was the Five Elements principle of "Wood generates Fire".

Jiang Nian's Wood-element Heavenly Spiritual Root true energy was like the best fuel.

It instantly ignited the golden blood in Su Ye's body!

Boom!

A thunderclap seemed to ring in Su Ye's Sea of Consciousness.

Golden light radiated from the depths of his bones.

Even through his skin, one could see a faint golden light rising all over his body, like a god or Buddha descending to the world.

The Spiritual Qi inside the Listening to Rain Pavilion began to riot.

The originally calm air suddenly swirled into a miniature vortex, crazily gathering towards Su Ye on the bed.

[Refining progress: 10%... 20%...]

The true energy in his body was roaring.

The three droplets of golden true energy that were originally there were now growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Four droplets.

Five droplets.

Six droplets...

Each condensation of true energy represented an improvement in cultivation.

Foundation Establishment Stage focuses on building the Dao Foundation.

That is, compressing and condensing gaseous spiritual power into liquid true energy.

The more true energy, the more stable the Dao Foundation.

For ordinary Cultivators, it is not easy to condense one drop of true energy at the Foundation Establishment Third Layer.

But Su Ye, as an Ancient Desolate Sacred Body, although incomplete, still had his Foundation.

Coupled with the fact that Jiang Nian's "soft rice" was too hard, there was no such thing as a Bottleneck for his Breakthrough.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the host, Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Stage Fourth Heaven!]

But this energy was too vast.

Jiang Nian was a half-step Golden Core powerhouse; even the soup she leaked was a monstrous wave for Su Ye, who was at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

It couldn't stop at all!

Rumble—

Su Ye seemed to hear the sound of a great river rushing in his body.

That was the sound of blood flowing rapidly in his blood vessels.

His heart beat violently, and every pulsation transported blood containing golden light spots to all parts of his body.

The muscles that had atrophied due to long-term bed rest were now quietly changing.

Becoming tighter and more explosive.

The veins under his skin bulged slightly, which was proof of the recovery of strength.

"Break for me!"

Su Ye roared in his heart.

He guided this violent torrent and slammed it fiercely into the next barrier.

However, as his cultivation broke through to the Third Layer, the cyan energy had also been consumed by more than half.

The momentum began to slow down gradually.

But it was not enough.

Su Ye could feel that there was still the last, most pure core energy remaining in his body.

In the next second, the golden true energy in Su Ye's body suddenly turned into a giant mouth and swallowed the cyan essence in one gulp.

There were no fancy techniques.

It was the most primitive, most domineering plundering.

The Ancient Desolate Sacred Body is one of the most domineering Physiques in the world.

Invulnerable to all Laws, repelling all evils.

At the same time... it is all-encompassing!

Sizzle, sizzle—

When the two met, they made a tooth-aching friction sound.

Then, boom!

A more majestic energy erupted.

This time, the energy was no longer pure spiritual power.

It carried a hint of mysterious Dao rhyme.

That was Jiang Nian's insight into the Wood-element Law, which was now fully accepted by Su Ye.

In Su Ye's mind, a towering giant tree seemed to appear.

The canopy covered the sky and the sun, and the roots were deeply embedded in the earth.

Endless life, the cycle of withering and flourishing.

His understanding of the "Azure Emperor Longevity Art" advanced by leaps and bounds at this moment.

The Third Layer, which was originally just an entry-level, was instantly mastered, approaching the Fourth Layer Great Perfection!

Outside, the purple bamboos planted outside the Listening to Rain Pavilion seemed to be called by some kind of inspiration.

They actually swayed in unison, making a pleasant rustling sound.

Dots of green light fell from the bamboo leaves, passed through the window lattice, and merged into Su Ye's body.

Ten Thousand Woods Bowing to the Ancestor!

This is an anomaly that only appears when Wood-element Cultivation Techniques are practiced to a deep Realm.

Although the range was not large, limited only to the surroundings of the Listening to Rain Pavilion, for a "vegetative state person", this was already shocking.

On the bed, Su Ye's aura climbed steadily.

Foundation Establishment Third Layer Early Stage... Middle Stage... Late Stage... Peak!

Only one last step away!

"Break!"

Su Ye's Divine Sense condensed into a sword and slashed fiercely at the invisible barrier.

Pop.

A soft sound.

Like a water bottle breaking.

Su Ye felt his whole body lighten, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden.

The sea of true energy in his Dantian instantly expanded by more than double.

The golden droplets gathered into a small pool, shimmering with waves, miraculous and extraordinary.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the host.]

[Breakthrough successful!]

[Current Realm: Foundation Establishment Stage Fourth Heaven!]

[Congratulations to the host, achieved achievement <A Thousand Miles in a Day>.]

[Reward: Top-grade Foundation Consolidation Pill x1, Luck +1000.]

Hoo—

Su Ye let out a long breath of turbid air (although it was only psychological).

Foundation Establishment Stage Fourth Heaven!

This was already the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

You know, yesterday at this time, he was still a piece of Trash at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

In just one day and one night.

He crossed several major Realms.

If this speed were spread out, it would probably scare a group of so-called peerless prodigies to death.

"This is the benefit of hugging a big thigh."

Su Ye felt the surging power in his body and felt deeply moved.

Although he still couldn't move, he could clearly feel that his control over his body had increased significantly.

The heavy feeling like being pressed by a ghost had receded a lot.

His fingertips trembled slightly.

Although the amplitude was minimal, and even difficult to detect with the naked eye, for Su Ye, this was a huge step forward.

This was a signal that the nervous System was recovering!

"According to this progress..."

Su Ye calculated in his heart.

"As long as I have a few more of these 'treatments', I might be able to really stand up."

Thinking of this, a few beautiful figures couldn't help but appear in his mind.

Second Junior Sister Liu Ruyan's hot Dual Cultivation.

Third Junior Sister Jiang Nian's yandere feeding.

And that Senior Sister he had never met, and the unfathomable Revered Master...

Su Ye suddenly felt that.

The life of a vegetative state person didn't seem as hard to endure as he had imagined.

Instead...

He was looking forward to what would happen tomorrow.

"However..."

Su Ye suddenly remembered something, his heart sank, and he looked at the System space.

There, a [Top-grade Foundation Consolidation Pill] that had just been rewarded lay quietly.

"The Breakthrough was too fast just now, and the Foundation is inevitably a bit floaty."

"This System is quite thoughtful."

"Take it directly!"

Su Ye did not hesitate at all.

The Medicinal Pill turned into a warm current in the System space and was injected directly into his stomach.

No swallowing required.

The medicinal power instantly dispersed, flowing along the Meridians to his limbs and bones.

This time, it was no longer a violent Breakthrough.

But a gentle nourishment.

Like a soil compactor, it tamped, compressed, and purified his newly skyrocketed cultivation base over and over again.

The aura that was originally a bit floaty quickly settled down.

Becoming calm as an ancient well, unfathomable.

If there were outsiders here.

Even if they used Divine Sense to probe, they could only see that Su Ye was a Mortal without any cultivation.

This was the passive effect of the [God-level Breath Concealment Art].

Unless Su Ye exposed himself, or a powerhouse with cultivation far higher than his (such as above the Saint Realm), it was impossible to see through his reality.

"Now it's stable."

Su Ye looked at his status bar with satisfaction.

[Meridians repair degree: 30%]

It went up another 5%.

One step closer to standing up.