Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 315 Middle Stage of Foundation Building
The expansion of the spirit pool seems to be beneficial to Chen Mu, but it is not.

Firstly, he had just entered the foundation-building stage and should have been making steady progress, but because of the power of the elixir, he skipped the consolidation step in one fell swoop, thus wasting his future potential.

Secondly, he was unconscious at the moment. If he allowed the blood wave to surge unchecked, there would be no end in sight...

Although it is only three petals, its body is a fourth-grade top-grade spiritual medicine equivalent to the Nascent Soul stage, which is enough to allow him to enter the late stage of foundation building!

But if he really breaks through to the late stage of foundation building at this time, the difficulty of achieving golden elixir will be greatly increased.

The pros and cons were clear, but unfortunately Chen Mu had lost consciousness and was unable to make a definitive decision...

"Boom..."

The blood surges without stopping.

The size of the spirit pool at this time has reached the peak of the middle stage of foundation building.

"Crash!"

The blood waves gathered together with great momentum. If this wave of blood hit Chen Mu, he would definitely be forced to reach the late stage of success!

At this moment, the mysterious water lotus standing in the center of the spiritual pool suddenly lit up with spiritual light and swayed gracefully.

As its dazzling light flashed, the blood wave that was about to fall suddenly lost its strength, and scattered like thunder and raindrops.

Not only that, at the moment when the blood wave weakened, the mysterious water lotus suddenly emerged with a sucking force.

The blood mixed in the spiritual spring seemed to be summoned, and it flew out of the spiritual pool, condensing into thousands of thin blood lines, rushing towards the water lotus.

All of a sudden, the realm that had already reached the peak of the middle stage of foundation building slowly dropped, and the spiritual spring became deeper and purer to the extreme.

It was not until it stabilized in the middle stage of foundation building that the downward trend quietly dissipated and remained at this level.

In the blink of an eye, the turbid blood-water spirit pool turned clear and blue, without any trace of blood.

Only at the deepest and lowest point of the spirit pool was the shadow of a crimson flower, its shadow hazy and indistinct amidst the shimmering spiritual spring water...

I don’t know how long it took, in the dark cave.

The blood light gradually faded away, revealing two blood-thread silkworm pupae about ten feet long.

"Crack!"

The silkworm pupa on the right side made a slight sound and burst open.

The next moment, a powerful wave of magical power emerged from within. Judging from its extent, it seemed that he had already reached the late stage of foundation building!

"Cough cough..."

Xu Jingyang coughed lightly a few times and was the first to crawl out of the blood-threaded silkworm pupa.

After standing still, he looked at the mess on the ground in front of him, and then looked at the jade box with red spider lilies not far away. He was unable to react.

He smiled bitterly several times, shook his head, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After taking all precautions, in the end, I was the one who used it...

"I don't know how to report this to the sect..."

In his worry, he didn't care about being happy about his own progress in cultivation, and quickly put away the Lycoris radiata.

"Crack!"

There was another soft sound, and it was Chen Mu waking up.

Waving his hand to break the silkworm cocoon's restraints, Chen Mu frowned and stood up.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, I'm afraid our previous contributions will be greatly reduced."

Seeing Chen Mu wake up, Xu Jingyang felt a little more at ease, and felt a sense of sympathy.

Chen Mu waved his hand without responding, but instead used his spiritual sense to probe into his dantian to check the changes in himself.

"The spirit pool expanded, and my realm was raised to the middle stage of foundation building, saving me ten years of hard training... Fortunately, it was only a small realm increase, so my foundation is safe."

He breathed a sigh of relief, but when his consciousness was blurred, he vaguely felt the surging blood waves that were constantly expanding his own spirit pool, and he was very worried about it.

Thinking of this, he frowned, but found that there was no trace of blood in his own spirit pool.

After searching for a while, he finally laid eyes on the graceful and mysterious water lotus. The lotus was slightly blood-red, looking quite eerie.

The water lotus has changed. This is the first time Chen Mu has seen it.

For some reason, he always had a premonition that if he thought about it, Shui Lian would spit out blood.

Chen Mu's idea moved him, and he tried it immediately.

Sure enough, as he urged his mind, streams of blood oozed out from the water lotus and dripped into the spirit pool.

His expression remained unchanged as he stared intently at the flowing blood.

However, he discovered that it contained astonishing spiritual power, almost comparable to a second-grade top-grade elixir!
Chen Mu raised one eyebrow slightly, feeling a little happy in his heart.

Judging from its weight, there is still a lot left, enough for him to refine for about a year.

With this blood and water that is comparable to elixir, his cultivation speed will be greatly improved...

"Fellow Daoist Chen?"

Xu Jingyang felt a little depressed and hoped that Chen Mu could say something to make him feel more at ease.

Chen Mu regained his composure and chuckled softly, "It's a blessing in disguise. I haven't congratulated Fellow Daoist Xu on reaching the late stage of cultivation yet."

Xu Jingyang gave a bitter smile and replied, "I would rather not succeed for the time being than delay the important matters of my sect..."

Chen Mu was startled when he heard this. He really admired his sincere devotion to the sect. He couldn't do that.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, there's no need to worry. The Lycoris radiata still has nine petals, which should be enough for the task!"

Xu Jingyang sighed deeply, shook his head and said, "The petals are numbered. Even if it's enough to get the job done, we still have to go back and explain."

"That's right." Chen Mu had no objection. After all, the elixir had already entered his body, and it was not a bad thing.

"Fellow Daoist Chen is quite free and easy, I really admire him..."

Xu Jingyang changed his tone and said with a smile: "It's settled now. I also want to congratulate you for saving decades of hard training and entering the middle stage directly!"

Chen Mu smiled slightly, feeling that fate was indeed playing tricks on him.

In the past, I had cultivated diligently but failed to make any progress. Instead, I avoided things in every possible way. However, by chance, my cultivation level improved greatly. It was incredible...

As his cultivation progressed, Xu Jingyang's injuries also recovered completely. After looking around, he said:

"Fellow Daoist Chen, if that's the case, then let's go back quickly. We don't know how much time we've wasted here, and I'm afraid the elders in the sect will be getting impatient..."

Chen Mu nodded and immediately set off with him. After leaving the cave, he rose into the sky.

Before they escaped a thousand feet away, they both stopped their escape. After a glance at each other, they saw each other's surprised and suspicious expressions.

"What's going on? Why can I only use 70% of my magic power?"

Xu Jingyang exclaimed, his face looking quite ugly.

But while flying in the air, he suddenly noticed something strange happening in his Dantian, and could only use 70% of his full magical power...

Chen Mu was in an even worse situation. He had just realized that he could only use 60% of his magic power.

As they pondered, they suddenly remembered Manjushage...

Chen Mu's heart sank, and his spiritual sense quickly probed into his dantian.

I just made a rough investigation, but after a careful inspection this time, I discovered the faint shadow at the bottom of the spirit pool.

"Manjushage?"

His brows were tightly furrowed, and the shadow was not visible at first. But when he turned his magic power, he found that 40% of the magic power was trapped in the spirit pool, out of control, and constantly nourishing it.

And looking at its subtle changes, it seems that 40% of its magic power is not its limit. If it is given some more time, it may be able to retain 50% of its magic power, or even more!

Xu Jingyang also noticed the phantom in his dantian, but his expression was quite confused and puzzled, and it was obvious that he was also unaware of this change.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, we...are afraid something bad may happen."

Chen Mu's eyes flickered, and he must have said in his heart:
"Let's go back to the mountain gate first!"

(End of this chapter)