Even Li Fen did not reappear in his mind like Wang Julong. Her every move caught his attention, and her facial expressions always brought great amusent to the young man. The whole situation left Yan Xiaobao quite puzzled and confused.
Seeing Yan Xiaobao watching Wang Julong’s departure did not escape Sha Yu’s eyes. As she nestled in the warm embrace of her first human friend, a sorrowful expression appeared on her face. Her eyes were full of confusion, slowly turning into determination.
"Oh, right!" Yan Xiaobao hurriedly found a suitable storage stone and took out the items he bought from the market. Everyone either frowned or wrinkled their noses because all the items seed old and useless.
"This one here, I don’t know what it does," Yan Xiaobao said, tossing the round tal object on the bed, leaving it for later.
"I think these books might have so information about the great sins or the Dark Era," Yan Xiaobao explained as he gently placed the items on the table next to him, leaving the stone as the only remaining item in his hand.
"This one should enhance cultivation," he smiled as he twisted it, confused about how or why this item would help him, but he never questioned Lan Feng’s words. He might be a little annoyed with the bird, but this treasure was sothing Yan Xiaobao wouldn’t give up.
Seeing the young man staring at the stone in his hand, everyone was curious about what it was, but no one spoke, nor did anyone dare to ask. The smile on his handso face gradually increased, and the white-haired man’s focus was entirely on studying this stone, no longer noticing the many people standing around him.
Seeing what he focused on, everyone sighed in unison. They knew him well; he was the kind of person who wouldn’t pay attention to his friends until he completely understood what was in his hand.
This led Deng Wu and Xu Biao to shake their heads as they both walked out of the room, closing the door behind them, as they also decided to sit down and cultivate a bit.
Sha Yun didn’t follow the two n; instead, she sat down with Yan Xiaobao, beginning her ditation. Now that her master was back, when he had just disappeared for a long ti, she had no chance to leave his side; she sat like a statue, striving to improve her cultivation base.
Although she was sitting in the room, her presence was by no ans a disturbance because the young man was accustod to her. He paid no attention to what was happening around him, standing there, his eyes never leaving the stone in his hand.
As a drop of spiritual energy entered the stone, a small silver light shone in his hand, but no matter how much he searched with spiritual energy, it felt as though it was just an ordinary stone.
There were no inscriptions or patterns twisting and turning on the stone, no matter how much he searched, nothing could be seen. Nothing appeared, nothing stood out.
Yan Xiaobao frowned and murmured to himself as he stood there alone, staring at the stone for a mont, feeling dazed. Before he could take action, the sun flew from its high place in the sky to almost a standstill.
Lan Feng had told him that the way to activate the stone was to hold it in his hand while cultivating, so he sat on the bed, not even glancing at Sha Yun, his eyes only fixed on the stone.
Entering ditation, Yan Xiaobao sat on the bed, legs crossed, holding the stone, it lay calmly between his fingers.
He didn’t have to wait long to feel as if a breeze was born in the small room, and after a while, the wind blew towards Yan Xiaobao, filled with the rich air of heaven and earth surrounding the young man on the bed. This shock made him stop ditating.
Once he stopped, the brewing wind in the room imdiately died, and the dense essence vanished in an instant.
Not only did Yan Xiaobao stop cultivating, but Sha Yun also stopped, as all the essence in the room disappeared, making it impossible for her to continue her cultivation, and she just suddenly felt it return in a short ti.
Looking at the young man on the bed, she noticed his eyebrows furrowing, as he once again checked the stone with his spiritual energy and Qi energy, but no matter what he did, nothing happened; the stone was the sa as before.
Pausing for a mont, Yan Xiaobao re-entered ditation. This ti, Sha Yun managed to see what happened, her eyes widening in surprise. She also felt how the room now contained a slight breeze, which quickly evolved into a strong wind, then into a hurricane, swirling around the bed and the boy on it.
The size of the hurricane did not grow nor shrink; instead, it just swirled around Yan Xiaobao sitting in ditation. Upon careful observation, Sha Yun found that the hurricane wasn’t produced from the wind at all; instead, the wind was a byproduct of the essence of heaven and earth rushing towards Yan Xiaobao and the stone, surrounding him and providing him with all the essence he could refine.
Although this was the only visible effect on the outside, this stone was indeed worthy of being called a treasure, as it also affected one’s cultivation techniques; once the essence of heaven and earth entered the body, it would be locked in a Qi line. As it was locked in the Qi line, the essence would begin to refine as it rushes into the body, until it was the sa size and purity as the Qi thread it encountered first in the body. Once refined, Qi would rush through the ridians, completely rging with the rest of the Qi.
No matter how fast previous techniques were, none were as fast as this. He was shocked by the speed but also very vigilant. His strength was growing so quickly that if his cultivation base beca unstable, it could be considered dangerous. After absorbing enough essence, he once again exited ditation, just like last ti, the wind imdiately died, releasing the essence of heaven and earth back into the room.
Yan Xiaobao was now at the nine stars of the Master level. During their journey, he wasn’t the only one who increased in power. Wang Julong and Sha Yun were both cultivators at the seven-star Master level, while Deng Wu broke into the Master level, becoming the first Master Star. He also happened to rge with his elent at the sa ti.
Yan Xiaobao opened his eyes to notice Sha Yun asleep beside him, a gentle smile appeared on his face, as Snake Woman was one of his best friends. She was the one who would follow him without asking any questions, always standing by his side. This made the young white-haired boy feel very grateful, although his feelings for her were very different from his feelings for Wang Julong. A blush quietly appeared on his face, as he couldn’t imagine what it would feel like if she were sleeping next to him.
The young man shook his head, sighed deeply, and then quietly got off the bed, slipped out the door, and headed to Deng Wu’s room. Although Sha Yun was his first follower, there was one person with whom Yan Xiaobao always felt a strange friendship, and now the young white-haired boy felt as if he needed to talk to this particular friend.
He didn’t need to talk about anything important, but he just wanted to chat with him about their daily lives. He was very aware that his friends followed him out of their own will, and when they traveled with him, they followed all of Yan Xiaobao’s commands and ideas, which made him feel very grateful.
Leaning against the door, Yan Xiaobao gently knocked, so as not to disturb others, and after a while, a voice ca from inside, the door opened, letting the young man in.
"What are you doing here?" Deng Wu asked curiously. It had been a long ti since they started traveling together, as they had ti to sit next to each other and just talk. Finally, now they had ti to chat, so here he was, the white-haired young boy, who aside from returning to the days at the academy, they would chat for a long ti, they just wanted to go back there.
He showed a shy smile on his face because there wasn’t any particular reason to visit, other than wanting to talk with his good friend. Yan Xiaobao ignored the question and instead sat down in the chair where he had been sitting, smiling at his friend.
Feeling the room, Yan Xiaobao recently might have felt the essence of heaven and earth in the room being disturbed, a clue of Deng Wu’s ditation before entering. Yan Xiaobao laughed and tossed the stone to his friend, who awkwardly caught it.
"Is this the thing you just bought?" Deng Wu asked as the young boy nodded.
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