In the pool of water.
Jiang Ning seed omniscient, able to see any changes in the water, and he could also feel the vibrant vitality within it.
The next mont, as his mind moved.
Cool waves surged into his body from the water, the vibrant life force flowing into his limbs and bones.
As the life force poured in, he could feel every cell in his body cheering, greedily absorbing the energy flowing into him.
The emptiness in his body was gradually being replenished and supplented by the outside world.
Jiang Ning was imrsed in true joy at this mont, feeling the elation of his body.
For a long ti.
The life force, like a clear spring flowing into his body, gradually stopped, and he opened his eyes, then frowned slightly.
At this mont, he felt the surrounding deathly stillness.
Although he was not breathing in the water, he could sense the pervasive impurity around him.
Then, he was startled.
Because he saw a shrimp’s corpse floating in front of him.
This shrimp had clearly lost its life completely.
But he rembered there were no dead fish or shrimp in the pool before.
He seed to have realized sothing, and his mind rged with the water in the pool.
Instantly, a wave of impurity rushed to his head as he saw corpses floating at the bottom of the pool.
"All dead?!" Jiang Ning was taken aback.
The next mont.
With a splash of water, he leapt to the shore, looking down at the pool in front of him.
From the outside, the pool appeared no different than before, deep and tranquil.
But he could feel that the forrly vibrant pool, teeming with life, had now beco deathly still.
Clearly, he was the culprit behind the pool’s transformation into stagnant water.
He had absorbed the life force contained in the pool, and without it, the pool beca lifeless.
He quietly observed for a mont longer.
He saw that under the influence of the spring at the bottom of the pool, the deathly stillness was slowly being dispelled, and life was being gradually restored.
Seeing this, he retracted his gaze, breathing a sigh of relief.
"It seems that absorbing life force can make a water source die."
Jiang Ning understood completely.
Then he clenched his fists, channeling his energy, feeling the state of his body.
"The effect is quite ordinary!" He looked up at the sky.
The sun was still high in the eastern sky but almost at its zenith, parallel to him.
"In nearly an hour, absorbing the life force of the pool can’t even compare to a tenth of a Red Fla Blood Crystal."
He shook his head, dismissing the idea that had just arisen in his mind.
Spending ti absorbing water life force as an alternative to Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures isn’t a substitute for the right path to enhancing strength.
With enough strength, wealth will naturally follow, and it’s not hard to co by.
Just like his actions a few days ago, collecting the accumulation of a century-old sect.
Such gains, without strength, would be impossible to achieve.
Monts later.
He faced the sun, adjusted his state slightly, and began breathing and releasing the Great Sun Essence Qi.
The ti had reached midday when he attempted to devour the pool’s life force, past three-quarters of an hour.
He had already delayed his ti for breathing in the Great Sun Essence Qi, so now he needed to seize the remaining ti.
He was imnsely focused on the Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill.
It was the only cultivation technique known to him that could extend his lifespan.
With great power cos the pursuit of longevity.
The more one possesses, the longer they wish to live.
This is human nature.
He was no exception.
[Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill EXP 1]
[Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill EXP 1]
[Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill EXP 1]
[...]
As ti passed, as strands of the Great Sun Essence Qi were completely refined within him, the experience value of the Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill grew rapidly.
Compared to his past self, the commotion from breathing in the Great Sun Essence Qi was now much greater.
Heat waves surged around him, his body like a blazing furnace.
...
At the stroke of 11:30.
Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes.
Hoo—
He exhaled impure energy from his mouth, distorting his vision as the hanging greenery before him dried up, turning yellow and curling.
[This session of inhaling and exhaling the Great Sun Essence Qi increased Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill EXP by 87 points.]
"Not bad!"
Seeing the prompt before him, Jiang Ning nodded slightly.
Though delayed by absorbing the life force in the pool, it still allowed an increase of 87 experience points, satisfying him.
Then.
He opened the panel again, his gaze landing on the Skills column.
[Skills]: Swimming (Nine tis limit-breaking 10000/10000) (Traits: Underwater Breathing, Water Manipulation Divine Ability (First Break), Water Affinity, Cloud Formation and Rainfall, Water Spirit Body, Great Five Elents Water Escape, Lord of Rivers)
The Swimming skill was originally ant to breakthrough twice in one go, but now he hesitated a bit.
He had just completed the first breakthrough, consuming five thousand Source Energy Points.
This wasn’t much compared to the Source Energy Points he had accumulated.
But the end result left him sowhat disappointed.
The breakthrough in Swimming didn’t bring him any insight regarding the Conception.
He had little to no inclination toward the Conception of Water.
Thus, he hesitated now.
Continuing to invest more Source Energy Points to advance Swimming further might not help him grasp the Conception of Water.
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