Chapter 283: 281
It was currently the dead of winter, bone-chillingly cold. A heavy snow had just fallen in Jianye City, covering the entire Bai Mansion in a blanket of pure white. Their figures quickly disappeared from Bai Xiaoyun’s sight.
Bai Xiaoyun was left speechless, and all he could do was follow behind, albeit much slower.
When he finally caught up with them, he saw them standing at the edge of their own lake, looking out over the ice-covered surface.
As Bai Xiaoyun approached intending to initiate a conversation, his gaze suddenly caught sight of sothing beneath the ice on the lake surface. Waves upon waves were forming a spiral vortex, slowly and leisurely spinning.
“What is this?” Bai Xiaoyun exclaid in surprise.
“This vortex is ford by the disturbance of the spiritual energy in the lake. If I’m not mistaken, Shen Luo’s secret chamber is under this vortex. He must have successfully broken through the Qi Refining Stage,” Bai Hecheng said, a faint smile lining his face.
“Really? Big Brother Shen succeeded?” Bai Xiaoyun exclaid with joy.
“He should be absorbing the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi to try to condense his ridians. I just wonder how many ridians he could condense?” Bai Jiangfeng pondered.
“Looking at the disturbance in the lake, he should have at least three ridians. But I wonder which three among the twelve Channels they would be?” Bai Hecheng comnted after musing for a mont.
“From my observation, Shen Luo’s cultivation thod is of water attribute, hence inclined towards Yin. Thus, the ridians he condenses most likely would be among the Hand Taiyin Lung ridian, Hand Jue Yin Pericardium ridian, Hand Shao Yin Heart ridian, Foot Taiyin Spleen ridian, Foot Jue Yin Liver ridian, and Foot Shao Yin Kidney ridian,” Bai Jiangfeng slowly speculated.
At the sa ti, deep within the secret chamber at the bottom of the lake, a young man sat cross-legged on the floor. Thin beyond belief, with sunken eyes, his loose hair hung about him, and his tattered clothes suggested he was no better than a beggar – this was Shen Luo.
His eyes, however, shone brightly, radiating dazzling brilliance.
Over the past few months, he had consud the Earth Yin Pill three tis in a row, trying to break through the bottleneck of the Qi Refining Stage. Unfortunately, his first two attempts ended in failure.
It wasn’t until two months ago when Shen Luo took the third Earth Yin Pill that he finally managed to break through the bottleneck, his mana moved from a gaseous state to a liquid, and he officially entered the Grain Avoidance Stage.
The reason he hadn’t been able to finish the retreat was that he had not yet fully completed the step of condensing his ridians.
Unlike when he was in the Dreamland, the process of Shen Luo condensing his ridians beca extrely difficult. He initially tried with the Foot Shao Yin Kidney ridian, which is primarily water in the Five Elents, to self-destruct it and then recondense it.
He had fully prepared himself to endure the excruciating pain of self-destructing his ridians, but no matter how hard he tried, the Foot Shao Yin Kidney ridian remained durable as steel, without any sign of breakage, and of course, it was impossible to condense the ridian.
Next, Shen Luo tried both the Hand Shao Yin Heart ridian and the Hand Jue Yin Pericardium ridian, but he failed in both attempts.
Unwilling to give up, he tested all of the Twelve Channels, but in the end, he did not manage to voluntarily self-destruct a single ridian. He wasn’t even given the opportunity to experience the agony of condensing the ridians.
However, sothing unexpected occurred when Shen Luo used a trial mindset to condense the Du ridian among the Eight Extraordinary ridians.
An unprecedented wave of pain completely engulfed him, and his Du ridian was torn apart inch by inch – the self-destruction was successful.
In that instant, Shen Luo was almost driven unconscious by the intense pain, but a deep-seated joy surged from the depths of his heart. Thus, in this contradiction of pain and joy, he began the reconstruction of his first ridian.
Once again, there was a vast difference when compared to the Dreamland. The speed of Shen Luo’s ridians reconstruction beca extrely slow, prolonging the bone-etching pain dozens of tis, making him feel like he was in purgatory at every mont.
However, thanks to his past experience of condensing ridians, Shen Luo’s ability to endure pain was far above that of ordinary people. He did not go off course much during the condensation process, and in the end, he managed to condense his first ridian without running into any major problems.
Afterwards, his Du ridian successfully self-destructed again, and it took him a fortnight to successfully condense it.
Just a short while ago, he successfully condensed his third ridian, the Dai ridian.
The charm patterns of the Array on the four walls of the secret chamber were still glowing, and large amounts of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi gathered from all directions and began to surge into the newly ford Dai ridian, encircling his waist, and making it seem as if he was wearing a blue belt.
Shen Luo retracted his hands from the magic spell, assuming a posture as if embracing a ball. The Anyi and Du ridians in front of and behind him lit up simultaneously. Spiritual power began to gather inbetween them, reflecting off each other with the Dai ridian that was encircling his waist.
As he relished the sensation of his bodily mana filling up, he could feel his Divine Sense was already extrely exhausted. For half a year, he had been cultivating without rest or sleep, and he had now truly reached his limit.
Gauging his current state, it was clear that he could not continue trying to condense other ridians.
By the ti his Dantian and ridians couldn’t accommodate any more mana, Shen Luo finally put away the magic spell and stopped cultivating.
“It seems the aptitude of this body really isn’t up to par. It’s like the difference between heaven and earth compared to that in the dream!”
Shen Luo mumbled to himself with a hint of self-mockery, gradually rising from the ground. After storing the stone box in his sleeve, he walked towards the outside of the secret chamber.
At this mont, it was not only the three people from Bai Hecheng on the lakeshore. Many guest officials from the Bai Family had also detected the abnormality of the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi here and had gathered.
However, the expressions of the crowd looking towards this side were all sowhat strange, filled with both curiosity and doubt.
Under the gaze of the crowd, Shen Luo with his hair disheveled walked out of the entrance of the rockery.
Everything around was snow-white, the reflected light was sowhat dazzling. He subconsciously raised his hand to shade his forehead, then he managed to see the situation around him, and for a mont, he was sowhat taken aback.
“Big Brother Shen…”
As Bai Xiaoyun shouted, he imdiately rushed over from afar, grabbing Shen Luo’s shoulder.
“Why are you all here?” Shen Luo frowned slightly, asking.
“Our Bai Family has one more guest official in the Grain Avoidance Stage, this can’t be considered a trivial matter, of course, we had to co over to congratulate you.” Bai Hecheng ca over with a face full of smiles, saying this.
Upon hearing these words, everyone was fully convinced that Shen Luo truly had a successful breakthrough.
So, whether they had a good relationship with Shen Luo before or not, all the guest officials on the shore ca up one after another to congratulate him at this mont.
If it’s said that Shen Luo’s current cultivation level at the Early Stage of Grain Avoidance wasn’t worth their praises, then the progress he has made in just over a year was enough to astonish everyone.
However, Shen Luo keenly noticed that Xie Yuxin, who once had a private relationship with him, was not among the crowd.
Without giving it much thought, Shen Luo returned to his small house in the woods after exchanging pleasantries with everyone present.
Not long after, Bai Xiaoyun rushed over with a few maidservants, helping him clean up the long uninhabited house and also helped him wash up with hot water.
After washing up, Shen Luo still looked sowhat haggard, although it was much better than the way he looked before.
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