Pain.

Strands of copper water with terrifying heat directly "smeared" onto his body.

The reason it felt like smearing was that the water was extremely viscous. Seeing Wei Qingye moving through it so easily before, Li Ye thought it was just ordinary water.

"How is it?"

In the distance, Wei Qingye showed a leisurely smile, "Since we entered, once a year, we must come here to bathe and grind our root bone.

This Sword Bone Pool can also target and polish the root bone according to the cultivator's cultivation technique and the Five Elements... huh?"

While comfortably enjoying the perfectly balanced temperature, Wei Qingye suddenly felt the pool water swiftly flowing towards Li Ye, forming a vortex around him.

Polishing the root bone actually involves absorbing a small amount of the Sword Copper Spirit Liquid from the Sword Bone Pool, but someone like Li Ye, who is drinking it down like a bull swallowing, he truly hasn't seen before.

Still, he maintained a cheerful expression. After all, his master mentioned using it as one pleases, and if Brother Li could absorb some more, it would naturally be beneficial for the future.

Yet soon, his smile froze.

Because the pool water became more turbulent, and Li Ye's absorption speed had already exceeded the limit a Golden Core should draw, even causing the nearby pool water inlet flow to accelerate.

"Brother Li?"

He felt something was wrong and wanted to approach, but the surging pool water was really difficult to get close to, giving him a strange feeling that if he didn't leave now, it might be dangerous.

Danger.

This was not something unfamiliar to Wei Qingye, but sensing danger meant that some significant hardship was surely ahead—yet after great hardship, there must be great gain.

Having long been accustomed to hardship, and in fact somewhat relishing it, he chose to continue approaching, but after a few steps, a bronze-colored branch suddenly rose from the bottom of the pool, wrapping around his body.

In the distance, Li Ye's voice was somewhat intermittent, "Don't... come... closer, my Spirit Plant... is transforming!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Qingye stopped his steps.

—At this moment, the pool water was boiling more intensely, even attracting curious glances from passing Golden Core and hidden Nascent Soul cultivators.

Their Divine Senses communicated in the void:

"Whose disciple is this? Quite the tiger."

"Doesn't seem like someone from our mountain. He's absorbed quite a lot. Does he have a master? How about a match to decide who has the right to take disciples?"

"No, no, that's clearly someone from the Four Seasons Sect!"

There was a brief silence among the Divine Senses.

Soon, their attention was even more focused here, attracting more and more people—Sword Cultivators defending the sect were far more bored than those plant-loving folks in the Eastern Domain.

Such an interesting event, it's natural to call friends and gather around.

Moreover, the Four Seasons Sect.

The old fellows of that sect always boasted about their disciples nurtured with infinite resources. Today, they wanted to see just how impressive they were.

When Wei Qingye's master, True Man Huo, noticed something unusual, wondering what this group of senior and junior brothers were looking at, she had to exert some effort to squeeze her Divine Sense in.

Then she saw...

Multiple strands of bronze-colored branches were growing from Li Ye, blocking the Sword Bone Pool's inlet, absorbing the Sword Copper Spirit Liquid from within.

The poor inlet seemed like it was about to be drained dry.

She watched in silence for a while, then spoke to the puzzled True Man Youtian beside her: "Young fellow, do you think I can defeat your master now? If I compete with him for disciples, do you think he will win or will I?"

True Man Youtian's mouth twitched involuntarily, and he solemnly replied, "You not only need to defeat my master but also my uncles, aunts, ancestors... and all the deities.

After all, no Four Seasons Sect disciple has ever been taken by someone else as a disciple, and this new rule would need unanimous approval from them."

"Ah... haha."

True Man Huo's expression stiffened for a breath, then she slapped True Man Youtian on the back, laughing heartily, "I was just saying, and you were just listening.

But whether your junior brother, who's not from our sect, has absorbed so much of the Sword Bone Pool's spirit liquid, if challenged by any discontent Inner Sect Disciple, can your junior brother win?"

If he cannot win, then... hahaha!"

Thinking of how Su Xing's old fellow had directed her to use her treasured sword to cleave mountains and dig dirt, and yet his disciple couldn't defeat her Inner Sect Disciple.

She felt quite relieved, as if she had vented a breath of foul air.

"Well…"

This comment brought a semblance of worry over True Man Youtian's face, which True Man Huo keenly noticed, making her laugh more heartily, completely unaware of how, after the worry vanished, the corner of True Man Youtian's mouth lifted briefly.

...

Within the Sword Bone Pool.

Li Ye silently gazed at the bronze-colored halo appearing over the shell of Jianmu and the pure bronze tender branches sprouting from the previously broken places.

Thanks to the panel, he clearly knew what was happening with Jianmu—

[Status]: Absorbing Copper Liquid from the Bronze Divine Tree, integrating and strengthening itself, expected to grow Bronze Jianmu Branches with a trace of the Bronze Divine Tree's power.

'Changes in Jianmu are a good thing, and besides... my body.'

At this time, Li Ye was gradually getting accustomed to the temperature of the copper liquid.

After all, his body had been nearly flushed with a vast amount of vitality, plus the Five Elements Spirit Ascension Technique emphasized spiritual power elevation and physical tempering. Now his flesh seemed almost like a piece of Treasure Medicine.

The bronze liquid was activating accumulated power.

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