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Following the sound, Zhao Yu pushed forward with all her might. Unexpectedly, although the barrier showed cracks, it was very stable. No matter how hard she tried, it did not budge at all. Zhao Yu knew that the time was not right yet and she had to polish it carefully before she could completely break through the barrier.

She was neither angry nor annoyed, but sat still as usual. She suddenly raised her sleeve and pointed forward, and then she took the Golden Crow Blood Fire that was floating on the blood pool with a somewhat contented look into her Dantian. After a moment, a blazing energy rose from Zhao Yu's forehead, and gathered on her crown like a burning red cloud, surging and rolling for a long time.

After a long time, Zhao Yu had adjusted her whole body's aura to its peak, so she opened her eyes, placed her hands flat on her knees, and then shouted softly. The dark red water around her began to gurgle, and bubbles of varying sizes appeared as if it was boiling. At this moment, if there were a cultivator here observing with his spiritual sense, he would be able to see wisps of crimson air rising from the water, and then all gathered in Zhao Yu's dantian, and were swallowed up by the latter.

  With the help of the strange fire and the blood-cultivating pot, the medicinal power that Zhao Yu refined in these short nine years was enough to surpass that of others by ten times or even more, not to mention the part consumed by the Golden Crow Blood Fire itself. If the two were combined, the medicinal power would reach an astonishing level. Now that he had the strange fire in his body and was doing his best to break through the spiritual barrier, the medicinal power he extracted in this short period of time was equivalent to ten days in the past!

After swallowing such a powerful medicine, even Zhao Yu herself felt a sense of fullness in her Dantian. However, she was not in a hurry. She refined the power of the medicine into her own blood and qi, and then passed it to the bottleneck, slowly polishing the cracks on the acupoints.

During this polishing process, seven years passed in a flash.

Since she entered this superior blood pool, she has been practicing in it for fifteen years.

Zhao Yu's breath was calm, but her heart was not as calm as it looked on the surface. At this time, she looked inside herself again and could already feel that there were far more cracks on the acupoints than before. The acupoints of this spiritual gate were like a layer of eardrums, which could not be seen with the naked eye. Only by using the spiritual consciousness could one sense and discover something. If it is not time to break through, the acupoints will be as hard as a rock. Only by using one's own blood and energy to slowly polish it can the thickness of the acupoints be worn down step by step until cracks appear on it and finally it is completely opened.

This acupoint of Zhao Yu was now like a spider web, densely covered with cracks of all sizes. Because she had been patiently polishing this acupoint over the years, many of the cracks had expanded inward to very deep places, which made people feel so hot in their hearts that they couldn't help but want to hit it hard.

Therefore, Zhao Yu also has this intention, and wants to make a great effort today to completely break through the spiritual barrier of the spirit. This seems difficult, but in fact it is a time-consuming and laborious task. The only risk is that if the spiritual barrier is not broken through in one go, it will be easy to be hit by the rebound force. This action can cause disorder of breath at the least, and damage the meridians and shake the Dantian at the worst. It is a step that must be taken with caution.

That's why she spent seven years making preparations to achieve success.

  Now the time has come, and Zhao Yu is fully prepared. She slowly swallowed a breath into her mouth, pressed down with all her energy, gathered the blood and energy accumulated over a month into a heavy punch, and then hit the cracked acupoint with a bang. The invisible and colorless eardrum suddenly bent backwards, and in an instant, a soft and tough force immediately wrapped up the blood and energy. When she was about to use the force to push it back, Zhao Yu shouted loudly, and mobilized the accumulated blood and energy, turned her fist into a palm and chopped forward, and the eardrum that was stretched tight by the huge force was torn apart with a crackling sound!

In an instant, a large amount of blood and energy rushed forward like a hot knife through butter, completely breaking through the obstacles in front of it, and flowing freely through the spiritual gate of the spirit!

Zhao Yu was not completely insensitive either. At the same time as the meridians were broken, the blood and energy that had been flowing in her flesh and blood began to change direction and flow towards the spiritual meridians. After that, a purer and deeper blood and energy rushed back from the spiritual meridians and quickly filled her limbs, making Zhao Yu feel more alive.

Crackling!

  There were thunderous sounds between Zhao Yu's joints, and blood was flowing through her flesh like waves. With each breath, wind and clouds gathered and dispersed. These signs all indicated that after opening the spiritual gate of the spirit, her physical strength had reached a higher level than before. If she faced the red-bearded man again, Zhao Yu would be able to defeat him with one punch!

Don't think that this is an exaggeration. After all, before Zhao Yu broke through, her physical body was already comparable to that of a celestial demon. It was even more difficult for a physical cultivator of the same level to compare with her. This was because she had been tempering her body for many years, whether it was practicing the way of the sword or practicing the way of the sun, which greatly contributed to the strength of her physical body. Secondly, it was because there were two Dharma bodies coexisting in her physical body. If she was not proficient in this way, how could she have accomplished such a miracle?

Now, on top of that, she asked Zhao Yu to refine the lower and medium blood pools in succession, and finally completely opened up the spiritual barrier in the upper blood pool. Even the demon cultivators on the island may not have such an opportunity as her, let alone the human Taoist cultivators on land. Therefore, in terms of physical body and spirit, no one can surpass her.

In addition, because she successfully opened the first spiritual gate, the infant soul that was floating above the Taoist platform before now sat cross-legged and immediately settled in the middle of the Taoist platform. On her two Taoist platforms, on one side was the magnificent Jinyang Temple, and on the other side was the vast and lonely Gushan Giant Sword. The two infant souls closed their eyes and looked peaceful, and they looked no different. Zhao Yu looked at them and was immediately satisfied. She then breathed a sigh of relief and began to absorb the medicinal power from the blood pool again.

Now that Zhao Yu has made a breakthrough, the medicinal power of the blood pool is not as helpful to her as before. Instead of staying here, it is better to use this opportunity to consolidate her realm as soon as possible, and then work on the other two spiritual gates after coming out.

After practicing here for another two years, Zhao Yu leaped up, flicked his finger forward, threw the talisman far away, and informed Tao Fei that he had come out of retreat.

Having this precious opportunity, she naturally wanted to thank Heng Xu. However, she did not see him this time, so she just bowed and left in the hall, then turned back to her own residence.

  After coming out of retreat this time, the Shenri Palace was already quiet. Zhao Yu knew that her senior sister Liu Xuan had probably passed the tribulation successfully and thus joined the ranks of externalized cultivators. Therefore, she was somewhat happy in her heart. When she saw that no one was at Liu Xuan's residence, she turned her sword energy and went to Qingzhi Cave Mansion. (End of this chapter)