In the empty underground palace, the silence was eerie, with only the faint echo of Ji Ning's footsteps landing.
The pale and dark weak white light flickered on and off, like a beating heart. Ji Ning looked serious, held his breath, wrapped his hands with spiritual energy, and gently removed the Sui Yin Pearl in front of him from the heart of the giant puppet. Grab it out and put it into the space ring.
"The last one."
After doing all this, Ji Ning wiped the sweat from his head and exhaled a white breath.
He stood on the shoulders of a giant puppet that was more than fifty feet above the ground. He looked up at the cracks in the rock formations where light shone out. In his young eyes, there was a hint of starlight that suddenly shone, like a turbulent sea, but then something happened. Calm again.
All the Sui Yin beads have been harvested, totaling more than two hundred.
He couldn't tell the year, but Ji Ning felt that even the smallest Sui Yin Bead he got contained more energy than the Sui Yin Bead on the paper man's Yinwu.
And the moment so many Sui Yin beads were put into the space ring, they aroused all the interest of the saint's physical body, and he put them into his mouth like a hungry tiger pouncing on food.
In an instant, Ji Ning couldn't help but bursts of violent starlight surged around his body, converging around him, as if the moonlight had cast a veil over him.
Ji Ning's face was red, and he kept breathing out. He couldn't bear the violent storm in his body, so he simply meditated on the spot.
"What is he doing?"
Below, Xue Zhongjing looked up and couldn't help but frown.
The three of them had been waiting below for a long time, and even Zhen Xixi had slept. After Ji Ning finally took the Sui Yin Pearl, he actually sat up cross-legged on the shoulders of the giant puppet again. What was he doing?
Qi Lan lowered his eyes and ignored it.
He was also meditating on the same spot, with pictures of mountains, rivers, and the country beside him. Immortal energy was constantly spurting out from the picture. These were the purest essences of heaven and earth in the small world. At this moment, Qi Lan was using them as a means to replenish his injuries. , the wounds heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The tool spirit phantom was in the small world, mobilizing the breath of the world with a distressed look on his face. His small world was not complete to begin with, and mobilizing the breath of the world again would be tantamount to draining the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, and it would take a long time to recover.
But this approach was not forced by Qi Lan, but his initiative.
"I have a lot of treasure and my friends turn against each other. I have seen this kind of scene more than once in the long years."
Qi Ling sighed. He was very satisfied with Qi Lan's talent, but the only shortcoming was that the latter was too weak now. The most important thing was that he appeared in such a dangerous place. Fortunately, Ji Ning and others also did the same. weak.
The top priority is to help Qi Lan regain his strength quickly, so that he can at least have a slight ability to protect himself to a certain extent.
Yes, just to protect myself.
If the Shanhe Shejitu could exert its full power, the entire underground palace would probably collapse in the blink of an eye. However, as the weapon spirit of the Shanhe Shejitu, he now has no ability to influence the outside world.
All magic weapons in the world are the same. After recognizing the owner, the strength that can be exerted is determined by the owner.
Qi Lan is too weak now and can't do anything even with him.
Qi Lan said that Ji Ning could protect him, but he refused, because placing hope on a friend is the stupidest behavior. The old man Qi Ling firmly believed in this.
Xue Zhongjing's face was calm, and there was no emotion in his eyes. He just glanced at Ji Ning quietly above him, and then at Qi Lan who was recovering from his injuries. He couldn't help but have a look of jealousy in his eyes.
Why, people weaker than him can obtain the most precious treasure.
Shanhe Shejitu recognized Qi Lan as its master but not him, and even regarded the latter as his only successor. Doesn't this mean that even if he snatches the magical weapon, it will be useless!
"Patience, patience, and thaumaturgy has not appeared!"
Xue Zhongjing took a deep breath. He had almost forgotten that whether it was a magic weapon or something else, it was actually not as important as thaumaturgy. That was what could truly change the world, change lives, establish a sect, and be remembered forever by the world. .
As long as he can obtain thaumaturgy, he doesn't need anything else.
After all, Ji Ning and Qi Lan were not easy to kill, which was why he had not taken action.
…
Some more time passed.
Ji Ning, who was sitting cross-legged on the puppet, finally suppressed the starlight surging in his body. The absorption of the saint's body also slowed down. He opened his mouth to bite the gloomy starlight on the sky, bit by bit, and the aura around his body surged. The movements are becoming more and more mysterious.
After all, it is a saint's physical body. Even if it has been exhausted for countless years, it can still retain some sanity and slowly absorb the Sui Yin Pearl.
Ji Ning, on the other hand, finally suppressed the restlessness in his body. He stood up from the puppet's shoulders and grinned from behind his ears, unable to hide his smile at all.
After going through a lot of hardships, I finally got these Sui Yin Pearls, waiting for the saint's body to slowly absorb them one by one.
After that, the level to which this physical body can be restored depends on his luck.
"It should be impossible to directly possess the power of a saint, but with this trump card, at least I won't encounter any threats in a small place like Beijun!"
"But I can't be careless, after all, this is not my own power!"
Ji Ning took a deep breath and his eyes became firm.
No matter how strong the saint's physical body is, it is only an external object after all. He must use this opportunity to work hard to improve his cultivation level quickly.
Just like now, there are more and more stars in the space ring, and they have even overflowed and been absorbed by her body, so the realm he has suppressed for a long time is shaking violently, and he is about to break through.
Everything will fall into place.
Ji Ning stood up, closing and opening his eyes. In the blink of an eye, the willow bones in his body had already turned into copper-colored willow bones. In an instant, it was like being electrified, violently vibrating a hundred and eight thousand times.
In the bone marrow, the remaining willow color in the blood completely disappeared, replaced by a copper color that was as dazzling as the golden sun.
The faint light from the top of the mountain fell on Ji Ning's body, as if covering him with a layer of golden gauze.
Xue Zhongjing below seemed to be aware of it. He frowned and looked up at Ji Ning, but he didn't notice anything unusual. He just felt that the latter's aura seemed to have suddenly changed. At that moment, there seemed to be a very strong spiritual energy fluctuation. .
His perception was correct.
After breaking through the realm, the amount of spiritual energy that could be stored in Ji Ning's acupoints skyrocketed, and several thick strands of spiritual energy poured into him in an instant, and his realm instantly reached the perfection of the Bronze Bone Realm.
Ji Ning's breathing was rapid. He even felt that as long as he had more thoughts to move forward, he could definitely step into the Iron Bone Realm.
No, he didn't even need to take the initiative, the spiritual energy in his body could no longer stop it. The dazzling copper bones in his body suddenly gave birth to a trace of iron color, but then a faint trace of iron color climbed up. silver.
But neither iron nor silver can cover up the copper color of his bones that was as bright as the sun in the beginning!
"This is...a sign of golden bones!"
Ji Ning was stunned.
He suppressed his realm and brought the saint's physical body with him. He automatically absorbed spiritual energy day and night to polish his body for a long time, but he kept suppressing his realm. He just wanted to lay a better foundation. After all, he was already lagging behind others from the beginning.
But he didn't expect that it was his repeated suppression of the physical body that allowed his naturally gifted bones to be tempered directly from willow bones to the point where they were close to gold bones.
If he doesn't control it now, Ji Ning has no doubt that his realm will rapidly grow to the level of silver bones, and whether he can even break through gold bones may be possible in a matter of seconds!
"no!"
In an instant, Ji Ning suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and the restless spiritual energy in his body suddenly stopped.
Breaking through too quickly is not a good thing.
He has known this truth since he was a child. During these years when he was unable to practice, he never gave up his efforts. As a mortal, he dismantled the basic boxing techniques over and over again, polishing the bone marrow and attacking the key points.
It is precisely because of this that he was able to have such a powerful physical body when he was in the Willow Bone Realm.
Although suppressing the realm will limit his spiritual energy combat power in a short period of time, he always believes in the principle of never being too late if you have a good meal. He told Ye Yu that he also wants to become a saint, and he must lay a solid foundation for each realm. .
"The golden bone is still a bit weak, and breaking through to the silver bone all at once is a bit abrupt. As for this iron bone..."
Within his body, Ji Ning's consciousness looked at his bones that shone with silver and gold, and fell into deep thought.
Although he has just made a breakthrough, his physical body has already fallen into a state of suppression again, and he has suppressed it a lot.
The bones have changed color, which proves that he has nothing to polish in this bronze bone realm, and he has already surpassed it.
"No, I still have to endure it."
After a brief thought, Ji Ning sighed and silently stepped down from the tall puppet.
During this process, he glanced at Xue Zhongjing below without leaving any trace.
He just noticed that at the moment of his breakthrough, Xue Zhongjing below seemed to notice and suddenly looked up at him.
Xue Zhongjing, on the surface, appears to be an honest and upright practitioner of the Qi Condensation Realm with average combat power, but in fact, he knows that the other party is not simple. Not only his personality, but also his methods are endless.
Even from such a distance and suppressing him so well, Xue Zhongjing could detect something fishy. If he breaks through to Tie Gu again, then the latter will definitely be able to determine that he has some great secret.
After all, it is almost impossible for a normal monk to break through two realms in a row, unless he gets some chance.
But now, Qi Lan is seriously injured, and Zhen Xixi's combat power is negligible. Even if he breaks through, he is still at the first stage. The saint's physical body cannot be used for the time being. It can be said that the combat power of the three of them is not even the slightest bit different from Xue Zhongjing's.
So if you can avoid conflicts, it’s better to avoid conflicts!
