The sect asked me to marry, and I cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts!

Chapter 417 Refining the Spirit Spring, Breaking Through to the Ninth Level of the Mortal Realm Grandmaster! Are cultivators so easy to talk to now?
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyin nodded in realization, indicating that she understood.

In this sense, what Lu Ye is doing now is actually saving the lives of those who were attracted but did not know the inside story of the valley.

"Alright, let's go." After making his rounds, Lu Ye turned and left.

At this point, there were only about two days left to enter the secret realm.

There are still three days until the opening of the Mirror Sea as Xiao Qingyin mentioned, so there is still some time to spare.

Next, we went to another location that Xiao Qingyin had mentioned.

This is a spiritual spring located in a mountain basin, carrying a faint wood element.

Lu Ye was not surprised by this, as the source energy of heaven and earth was extremely rich in such a secret realm.

It is perfectly normal for a spiritual spring to condense and emerge.

The spring is just a single pool, about half a meter in diameter and less than ten centimeters deep.

"You can take more of this spiritual spring water," Xiao Qingyin said after thinking for a moment.

"No need, we can each take half." Lu Ye refused. They had agreed to split it equally from the beginning, and he wouldn't ask for more at the last minute.

"By the way, do you have any containers for storing spiritual spring water? I only brought a large jade bottle with me." Xiao Qingyin asked, remembering this.

"You take half of this and leave, I'll just absorb the rest on the spot." After thinking for a moment, Lu Ye offered a solution.

The quality of this spiritual spring is not particularly high, but it has a good effect on those at the early stage of the mortal realm Grandmaster and below.

The lower the grade, the less time it takes to absorb and refine.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyin thought the solution was feasible and immediately took out a rather large jade bottle to fill with spiritual spring water.

Given her strength, she couldn't refine too much energy in a short time, so taking it out to digest it slowly was the best option.

After a moment, she put down the jade bottle and said, "Alright, I've filled it up. The rest are yours."

Lu Ye looked closely and found that the spiritual spring still had at least 70% left, which meant that she had only filled it with about 30%.

"Isn't this a little too little?"

"Actually, that's enough. It would take me at least several months to refine all of these."

Xiao Qingyin bit her lip slightly. She wouldn't say that she wanted to make amends for sending Lu Ye to marry into the family...

Such a grandmaster, comparable to the Earth Realm, is now burdened with the reputation of being a live-in son-in-law...

Xiao Qingyin felt that, in some ways, she was already worthy of being remembered in Xuanzhou.

After a moment's thought, Lu Ye took out several fourth-tier spiritual herbs corresponding to the Martial Arts Grandmaster realm from his storage ring and handed them to her.

"Take these."

Although it seems that Xiao Qingyin is currently at the early stage of the ninth level of the Grandmaster realm, she is only two minor realms away from becoming a Grandmaster in the Mortal Realm.

But Lu Ye also knew that no one else had such an abnormal talent as his, which could amplify the effect of a single spiritual herb by a hundredfold.

Therefore, these medicinal herbs would definitely be helpful to Xiao Qingyin.

Xiao Qingyin did not refuse.

She also knew that fourth-tier spiritual herbs were indeed of no use to Lu Ye at this point.

"Okay, thank you, Lu Ye." After taking the fourth-grade spiritual herbs, Xiao Qingyin watched Lu Ye enter the spiritual pool and sit down cross-legged.

She looked around and retreated to a distance of about 100 meters, keeping an eye on the commotion outside.

A moment later, a commotion emanating from the spirit pool sounded like a terrifying vortex had appeared...

Instantly, it stirred up the winds and clouds in this celestial realm, drawing in the primordial energy of heaven and earth within a radius of several thousand meters.

In the Spirit Pool.

Lu Ye circulated his cultivation technique, rapidly absorbing the energy within, as well as the abundant primordial energy of heaven and earth in the secret realm.

Having encountered the mysterious valley again, Lu Ye had a vague intuition.

The situation in Xuanzhou is not as peaceful as it appears on the surface.

Reaching the Grandmaster level in the Earth Realm as soon as possible will increase your ability to protect yourself even if unforeseen circumstances arise later.

This spiritual pool possessed decent energy. As Lu Ye continued to refine it, his cultivation level, previously at the mid-stage of the eighth level of the Mortal Realm Grandmaster, began to slowly rise again. Within the mountain basin, the primordial energy of heaven and earth was abundant, and as Lu Ye continued to draw in the surrounding primordial energy…

This caused the area to gradually be enveloped by Origin Qi, with a faint white mist of Origin Qi appearing.

This commotion also alerted other cultivators who were searching for opportunities in this mountain range.

Soon, three cultivators arrived at this place from afar.

"The fluctuations in the source energy here are very abnormal. Perhaps a treasure has been born. Let's go and take a look."

There are three figures, two men and one woman.

This female cultivator was none other than Wu Jing, who had previously spied on Lu Ye and killed a Grandmaster at the ninth level of the Mortal Realm with a single finger.

The other two are also Grandmasters of the Mortal Realm from the Western Region.

They met two people on the road and invited Wu Jing to explore opportunities together. After thinking about it, Wu Jing agreed.

Looking at the white mist surrounding her, as if some treasure was about to be born, Wu Jing felt a vague unease in her heart for some reason.

She was a rogue cultivator who had reached her current level of cultivation and trusted her intuition very much.

Following behind two mid-stage Grandmasters of the Mortal Realm, Wu Jing's unease grew stronger as they entered this region.

The two mid-stage Grandmasters of the Mortal Realm who were walking in front looked up and exclaimed in surprise, "There's actually a spirit pool?!"

"There are still people cultivating inside!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing immediately looked ahead...

About a hundred meters ahead, a figure was sitting upright.

As it inhaled and exhaled, the surrounding white mist surged and moved, as if it contained some kind of rhythm.

After just one glance, Wu Jing's eyes widened suddenly, and her body trembled.

"Don't...don't go any further!" Wu Jing immediately shouted, trying to stop the two fellow Daoists from the Western Region.

Upon hearing Wu Jing's words, the two stopped and turned their heads with slight confusion.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, what's wrong?"

“That person… is very strong!” Wu Jing said with a serious expression, “I don’t recommend that you try to covet his opportunity… If you insist on going, then I will take my leave.”

After saying that, Wu Jing turned around and left without hesitation.

What a joke! Someone else would try to steal what that person has already obtained?

How many lives can you afford to lose?
It's better not to team up. Even if I get fewer opportunities by myself, at least I won't fall into a trap!

Watching Wu Jing leave without hesitation, the two mid-stage Grandmasters of the Mortal Realm exchanged glances.

"Brother Liu, what's wrong with Fellow Daoist Wu...?"

The man addressed as Brother Liu pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's retreat. Fellow Daoist Wu Jing has always been calm and composed, not someone who speaks carelessly. She is a Grandmaster at the third level. Since she says the other party is very strong, the other party must at least be a Grandmaster at the fifth level of the Mortal Realm. It's not worth fighting with the other party for this small spiritual pool."

"Let's go then."

Then, the two of them stopped and retreated.

On the other side, the direction from which these three people came was directly opposite to Xiao Qingyin's.

When Xiao Qingyin sensed someone approaching, she was preparing to come and observe and stop them...

The three men retreated without hesitation.

This scene left Xiao Qingyin somewhat bewildered.

At this moment, Lu Ye was absorbing the spiritual pool.

Under normal circumstances, it's not impossible for a major battle to break out at this point.

When did people participating in secret realms become so easy to talk to?

At this moment, in the Spirit Pool, having refined more than two-thirds of the pool water, Lu Ye successfully reached the late stage of the eighth level of the Mortal Realm Grandmaster!
There's one last hurdle before reaching the ninth floor.

After a moment's thought, Lu Ye immediately decided that today... he would attempt to break through to the ninth level of the mortal realm Grandmaster!

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