In the Sword Tomb, after Ye Chen refined a tombstone, Sword Qi coursed through his muscles, tearing them apart, shattering, then reassembling!

Before long, Ye Chen turned into a blood-soaked figure.

Practicing the Nine Heavens Sword Manual was often like this; most of the time, it wasn't that Ye Chen truly wanted to push himself to the brink, but because of the cultivation technique itself. More precisely, it was due to the technique's fast-track nature!

Following the steps to cultivate the Nine Heavens Sword Manual wouldn't lead to such results.

The presence of the tombstone Sword Qi allowed him to improve at an incredibly fast pace, but the cost... was the endless pain during the cultivation process!

At this moment.

Ye Chen suddenly felt a deep sense of weakness in his body.

This weakness wasn't from exhaustion but akin to a feeling of origin depletion.

For cultivation, Ye Chen was no longer entirely ignorant and had roughly guessed the reason.

In the past, the mysterious warm currents birthed by his Bloodline Essence nourished his body, no matter how he pushed himself.

But now, the Bloodline Essence lay dormant, and during Sword Body Refinement, when the Sword Qi shattered and reassembled parts of his body, it was depleting his own origin!

Previously, he could endure because the consumption from refining the skin was far less than that from refining the muscles.

Ye Chen's eyes flashed with determination.

He immediately took out a Storage Ring, channeled a wisp of Spiritual Power to erase the lingering spiritual imprint from the ring, and, to save time, directly emptied all its contents.

"Clatter!"

Primordial stones, weapons, taels of silver, elixirs, etc., piled up on the ground.

Ye Chen looked at Luo Qingyi: "Elder Qingyi, I've laid everything out, could you help me identify which elixirs are useful for me now?"

Luo Qingyi nodded.

At a time like this, even if Ye Chen was bossy, she wouldn't get angry with him.

Having obtained Luo Qingyi's approval, Ye Chen took out all the contents from the remaining fifteen Storage Rings.

Thousands of low-grade primordial stones!

A large pile of bottles and jars containing elixirs.

No shortage of Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts.

The silver notes and taels of silver formed a small hill.

This time, Ye Chen was executing a Martial Arts Academy task. Besides gaining academy points for task completion, these spoils were also a significant part of the rewards, not required to be handed over.

Luo Qingyi waved her hand.

The bottles and jars containing elixirs started flying, and the elixirs useful for restoring origin were controlled by Luo Qingyi's power to land at Ye Chen's feet.

Without hesitation, Ye Chen picked up a bottle, opened it, and swallowed it all at once!

The elixir entered his stomach, transforming into scorching energy.

Suddenly, a mutation occurred!

A powerful devouring force emerged within Ye Chen's body, forcibly seizing this energy!

This caused only a small portion of the energy to support his Sword Body Refinement, while most of it was absorbed away.

Far from being upset, Ye Chen was extremely excited!

It seemed his Bloodline Essence was seizing energy.

Previously, he had been too reliant on the energy from the Bloodline Essence, consuming too much of it, leaving it depleted. Like parched, cracked earth finally encountering rain, it naturally absorbed thirstily.

This confirmed his previous speculation that the Bloodline Essence hadn't completely disappeared, but was dormant; with enough energy replenishment, it could be revived!

Ye Chen didn't hesitate, grabbing another bottle of elixir, swallowing it all, and feeling dissatisfied, directly took two bottles with both hands, swallowing both at once!

Nearby, Luo Qingyi didn't stop him.

She also perceived Ye Chen's condition, which was a good thing, so she let him consume freely, knowing he wouldn't die from it.

Half a day passed.

Ye Chen consumed all the elixirs for origin replenishment.

He refined three pieces of the tombstone.

The muscles were also fully refined; next, he could start refining the meridians.

Most of the elixirs' energy was absorbed by the depleted Bloodline Essence, but Ye Chen felt no sign of its revival, indicating an enormous amount of energy was needed for its restoration!

Without obtaining other heaven and earth treasures that replenish origin, Ye Chen wasn't planning to continue refining his Sword Body. But he understood, facing the Black Wind Village Chief wouldn't be simple; his strength was far beyond what was recorded in the task scroll as a half-step Primordial Embryo.

It had been two days since Ye Chen descended the mountain.

Returning to Cangxing Martial Arts Academy would take one day.

This meant he only had four days left to deal with the Black Wind Village Mountain Bandits!

In four days, hoping for a significant leap in martial cultivation was clearly impossible; the only chance was... condensing a Spiritual Seal!

In the Sea of Consciousness World, Nine Groups of Spirit Patterns, eight were Tier Two Spirit Patterns, and one was Tier One Spirit Pattern. Elevating that single Tier One Spirit Pattern to Tier Two would allow the fusion of the Nine Groups of Spirit Patterns into a Spiritual Seal!

Nine being the pinnacle, a Spiritual Seal condensed from Nine Groups of Spirit Patterns was the most powerful Celestial Spirit Seal!

Moreover, it was the purest Extreme Celestial Spirit Seal!

During this time, Ye Chen had been nurturing the single Tier One Spirit Pattern with Spiritual Power, and it was close to elevating to Tier Two. With full effort, one day should suffice.

Upon thinking, he acted.

Ye Chen immediately sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and entered the Sea of Consciousness World, practiced the Thousand Spirits Technique, cultivating Spiritual Power to nurture the Spirit Pattern.

"This brat surely doesn't think condensing the Extreme Celestial Spirit Seal is that simple, right?" Luo Qingyi was speechless.

Condensing a regular Spiritual Seal requires a long time.

Not to mention his was the Extreme Celestial Spirit Seal.

No matter how extraordinary his talent was, completing it in a few days was impossible.

"Ever since this brat embarked on the path of cultivation, although filled with difficulties, his cultivation journey has been too smooth. This time, I won't remind him; experiencing some setbacks will be beneficial for him."

Luo Qingyi made a decision.

Ye Chen's cultivation had been incredibly smooth.

The inheritance within the Sword Tomb was supposed to be hard to acquire, and hard to cultivate after acquiring. But Ye Chen... seemed unfazed by any challenge, enduring excruciating pain like it was nothing, and the Celestial Demon remnants posed no trouble for him.

Then he learned the Spirit Master's methods; sensing the Sea of Consciousness, sketching Spirit Patterns, nurturing them, met not a single setback.

This was an opportunity.

Ye Chen needed to understand that cultivation isn't always this easy.

Understanding now meant that when he reached higher realms and met minor bottlenecks, he wouldn't explode from the pressure of failing expectations.

Luo Qingyi felt like she was truly worrying too much!

......

One day later.

As Ye Chen expected, the ninth group of blade-like Spirit Patterns successfully elevated to Tier Two!

Next, he could begin condensing the Extreme Celestial Spirit Seal!

This was a major undertaking. The safest method would be having someone experienced by his side, and the best choice was waiting for Teacher Yang Tianji to return.

But waiting wasn't an option.

Therefore, Ye Chen took out the Thousand Spirits Secret Manual from the Storage Ring.

The Thousand Spirits Secret Manual recorded the Thousand Spirits Technique and many cultivation insights from Teacher Yang Tianji, with some words briefly introducing how to condense a Spiritual Seal.

After reading it once, Ye Chen found it not too difficult, feeling more confident, ready to begin the condensation of the Spiritual Seal with great enthusiasm.

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