You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

She looked at Chen Yang, her tone carrying a sense of courage to try.

"My lord, if you have any doubts, you may ask me to try first. I am a soul, and I am more sensitive to changes in life force and energy."

If this pool is truly harmful, I should be able to detect it immediately and leave.

If it really has miraculous effects…

A hint of longing appeared in her eyes.

"Perhaps, it can help me rebuild some of my physical foundation and break free from the shackles of this pure soul."

"Wait! Don't be impulsive!"

Chen Yang hurriedly reached out to stop him. Although the pool water was good, it was too risky to send a soul to test an unknown ancient pool.

However, the woman's remnant spirit seemed to have made up her mind, and smiled sweetly at Chen Yang.

"Don't worry, sir, I know what I'm doing."

Before she finished speaking, her soul leaped lightly and floated into the "Purification Pool" that was filled with seven colors and steaming mist!

With a soft "plop," the spiritual liquid rippled slightly.

The next moment, something unexpected happened!

The woman's ethereal soul, which had been illusory and fleeting, suddenly emitted a soft yet bright light the moment it came into contact with the spiritual liquid in the pool! The boundless vitality and pure medicinal power in the pool seemed to have found a home, and surged wildly towards her soul!

The seven-colored spiritual liquid, as if it were alive, seeped into her soul in strands.

Visibly, her originally translucent figure began to solidify rapidly! The blurry facial features became clear and vivid, the texture of her skin gradually emerged, and even faintly revealed a healthy rosy glow! Her clothes, which were originally just an energy form, also began to condense into a subtle fabric texture!
Even more miraculously, some substances shimmering with a special spiritual light in the pool were forming the prototype of meridians and acupoints in her body along some mysterious trajectory, and there was even a faint sense of blood and qi flowing!
"This...this can really reshape the physical body?!"

Chen Yang stared wide-eyed at the illogical scene before him, his eyes wide with disbelief.

A pure soul, nourished by the medicinal power of the spiritual spring, began to grow in reverse, forming the rudiments of a flesh and blood body!

The effects of this "Cleansing Pool" are simply miraculous!

The remnant spirit of the woman in the pool slowly opened her eyes. Those eyes were no longer just a condensation of soul light, but had real pupils and spirit.

She looked down at her hands, which were gradually solidifying and she could even feel their "touch," and her face showed an uncontrollable surprise and excitement.

She raised her head and looked at Chen Yang, who was shocked on the shore. Her voice was no longer ethereal, but had a real texture, clear and melodious.

"grown ups!
This spirit pool... it's amazing! I can clearly feel that it's not only repairing and nourishing my soul's origin, but also reshaping the foundation of my physical body in a gentle yet domineering way!
Although it's still far from a true physical body, this is indeed a process of 'cleansing the bones and marrow,' laying a solid foundation for my future rebirth! The medicinal power in the pool is pure and vast, brimming with vitality, and there is no sense of evil or harm whatsoever!

This is truly an incredible opportunity!

Seeing the undeniable changes in the woman's remnant spirit and hearing her affirmative words, Chen Yang's last trace of doubt was dispelled by the boundless vitality and obvious effects.

The opportunity is right in front of us, how can we miss it because of excessive caution?
The path of cultivation is inherently defying the heavens and fighting against fate!
He took a deep breath; the rich aroma of the medicine and the vitality invigorated him, and a resolute look flashed in his eyes.

"Alright! In that case, I'll also test the power of this 'Cleansing Pool'!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yang did not hesitate any longer. He leaped into the water like a dragon entering the sea, and with a splash, he landed steadily in the colorful, warm and spring-like spiritual spring pool!

The warm spiritual liquid instantly enveloped my entire body.

An indescribable feeling of comfort spread through Chen Yang's body like an electric current, and every pore seemed to cheer and greedily absorb the powerful medicinal power and pure spiritual energy contained in the pool.

The feeling was like rain after a long drought, or like soaking in a top-notch hot spring after extreme exhaustion—a tingling, warm sensation that made one want to let out a satisfied sigh.

"It really is a good product!"

Chen Yang secretly praised it, not daring to waste this rare opportunity. He immediately calmed his mind, sat cross-legged in the pool, and began to fully circulate the "Qingwei Yuanjiang Great Method".

Once the technique was activated, the effects were immediate. The medicinal power of the spiritual liquid, which had previously been seeping in naturally, seemed to have received a king's summons, becoming more proactive and surging more powerfully into Chen Yang's body!

They flowed along the open pores and the specific meridian pathways of the exercise, frantically washing, cleansing, and nourishing every corner of Chen Yang's body.

The meridians are the first to change.

Chen Yang could clearly "internally see" that the meridians in his body, which were already quite wide and tough, were expanding and strengthening at an astonishing speed under the influence of the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid!
The meridian walls became more elastic, able to accommodate and transport larger and more violent torrents of magical power, just as a stream was widened into a surging river!

The subtle magical power operating within it is also continuously purified and compressed during this process, becoming more refined and concentrated.

Next comes the muscles, bones, skin, and flesh.

The bones emitted subtle yet dense crackling sounds, as if they were being reforged, their density greatly increased, and they faintly shimmered with a jade-like luster, their strength increased many times over.

The fascia and ligaments become stronger, with significantly enhanced elasticity and explosive power. Muscle fibers are repeatedly torn and then instantly repaired and regenerated under the effects of the medicine, becoming more symmetrical and powerful, containing vitality and strength far exceeding that of the past.

On the skin's surface, a thin layer of murky, oily black substance is slowly expelled. This is the acquired impurities and toxins that have accumulated deep within the body, now being completely forced out.

"How are you feeling, sir?"

Beside her, the remnant spirit of the woman, whose features had become noticeably more solidified and whose eyebrows, eyes, lips, and nose were clearly visible, asked with concern.

She was soaking in the pool, absorbing the medicinal power to strengthen herself, but most of her attention was focused on Chen Yang.

Chen Yang slowly exhaled a breath of stale air with a faint fishy smell, his face filled with barely suppressed joy.

"Unprecedented!"

It truly felt like a complete transformation! My meridians had nearly doubled in size, my bones and muscles had become several times stronger, and my magical power had become much purer!

This 'Cleansing Pool' truly lives up to its name!

"This is just the beginning, my lord. Please do not be impatient. Calm your mind and proceed step by step. I will protect you. You can focus on refining it."

The woman's remnant spirit spoke gently, a subtle, complex light flashing in her eyes.

Chen Yang nodded, calmed his mind, and continued to fully circulate his cultivation technique, guiding the surging medicinal power and spiritual energy through a large cycle within his body, constantly solidifying the foundation for his rapid improvement.

However, just as Chen Yang was gradually adapting to this rapid pace of improvement and preparing to break through a bottleneck in one go, a sudden change occurred!
The seven-colored spiritual liquid that was originally flowing gently in the pool suddenly became violent as if it had been stimulated by something!
Countless streams of pure spiritual energy and violent medicinal power, no longer following Chen Yang's guidance, surged towards his lower abdomen dantian like uncontrolled bulls, without warning!

"not good!"

Chen Yang's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly mobilized all his mental energy and magical power to construct layers of defense outside his dantian, attempting to block this sudden and unpredictable torrent. However, the power was too immense, gathering the essence accumulated in the entire spirit pool over countless millennia. How could his hasty defense possibly withstand it completely?
"Pfft!" As if a dam had been breached by a flood, some of the violent spiritual energy and medicinal power still managed to break through Chen Yang's defenses and crash into his dantian!

"boom--!"

Chen Yang felt as if his dantian had been struck by a massive hammer, or thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil! The excruciating pain instantly swept through his body, making his vision blur, and a sweet taste rose in his throat, almost causing him to spit out blood. The dantian is the source of a cultivator's power, the foundation of cultivation, fragile yet crucial.

At this moment, invaded by such a violent external force, it was immediately violently shaken. The light of the golden core flickered, and the sea of ​​qi churned like boiling water, as if it would be burst and torn apart in the next second!
"My lord! What's wrong?"

The woman's remnant spirit immediately sensed something was wrong and asked urgently.

"The spiritual energy... the medicinal effects are out of control... it's rushing into my dantian!"

Chen Yang gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words. Veins bulged on his forehead and sweat poured down his face. He tried his best to stabilize and refine these invaders by circulating his cultivation technique, but with little effect. The tearing sensation from his dantian grew stronger and stronger.

"Don't panic! Stay calm! I'm here to help you!"

The woman's spirit acted decisively.

Suddenly, her solid body flashed with light, and a more refined, almost tangible, pale golden spiritual phantom separated from her body—this was formed from her core primordial soul power.

Without hesitation, the phantom spirit shot forward like an arrow, tracing the skin that had come into contact with the pool water, and instantly entered Chen Yang's body, directly reaching the outside of his dantian, which was under attack and in grave danger!

"Concentrate! Do not resist my power!"

The voice of the woman's remnant spirit resounded directly in Chen Yang's sea of ​​consciousness.

The next moment, Chen Yang felt a cool yet resilient soul force, carrying an ancient aura, which, like the most skillful net, quickly enveloped his violently trembling dantian.

This soul force did not clash head-on with the invading, violent spiritual energy and medicinal power. Instead, it formed an extremely flexible "buffer layer" and "guiding membrane," greatly mitigating the direct damage of the impact on the dantian wall.

At the same time, strands of soul power seeped in, like the most skilled craftsman, helping Chen Yang to sort out and soothe the chaotic and rampant energy in his dantian, guiding it to operate slowly according to certain rules, and reducing the pressure on his golden core and dantian.

With the full assistance of the woman's remnant spirit, Chen Yang's pressure was greatly reduced, and his excruciating pain eased slightly.

He seized this precious opportunity, immediately refocused his mind, and fully activated the Pure Subtle Primordial Descent Technique. With the guidance of the woman's remnant spirit, he began to slowly and painstakingly refine and subdue the "uninvited guests" that had invaded his dantian.

This is an extremely painful and lengthy process.

The dantian is like an anvil that is repeatedly hammered and smelted, and each energy clash and refining brings unbearable pain.

But Chen Yang's will was as firm as iron, and he gritted his teeth and persevered. The woman's remnant spirit's soul power also tightly protected the core of her dantian, ensuring that it would not truly collapse.

I don't know how much time passed, maybe a few hours, maybe longer.

As the last wisp of violent spiritual energy was refined and absorbed by Chen Yang and integrated into his golden core, and as the last trace of domineering medicinal power was soothed and transformed into nutrients to nourish his dantian, Chen Yang finally exhaled a long, weary breath.

Although his dantian was still slightly sore, it had expanded by more than 30% compared to before! The golden core was more solid and brilliant, and the magical power it exhaled was pure and vast as it rotated. His sea of ​​qi had also become more stable and expansive.

This perilous ordeal turned out to be a blessing in disguise, resulting in an unimaginable strengthening and enhancement of his cultivation foundation!

How are you feeling?

The illusory spirit of the woman slowly withdrew from Chen Yang's body and returned to her original form.

Her face also looked somewhat pale, clearly indicating that the protective measures she had just taken had taken a heavy toll.

"Thank you... I finally made it through. My dantian... seems to be stronger now."

Chen Yang was still shaken, but feeling the surging power within him, he was also filled with gratitude.

However, the woman's lingering spirit does not seem to intend to end there.

She looked at Chen Yang, a resolute glint in her eyes, and said.

"My lord, the danger to your dantian has been resolved, but most of the medicinal power and spiritual energy have not yet been absorbed. Next... we will try to guide them into your sea of ​​consciousness!"

"What? Guide it to the sea of ​​consciousness?"

Chen Yang was startled.

"The sea of ​​consciousness is the dwelling place of the soul, and it is more fragile and sensitive than the dantian! If you are not careful, your soul will be damaged, which may result in dementia or even the complete destruction of your soul!"

That's too risky!

The woman's remnant spirit spoke with unusual firmness.

"My lord, fortune favors the bold! This 'Cleansing Pool' has miraculous medicinal power; it can not only cleanse the bones and marrow, but also nourish the soul and strengthen the sea of ​​consciousness!"
Your dantian has just undergone a baptism, a complete transformation. However, if your spirit and soul don't improve in tandem, it may become a constraint, making it difficult to control your rapidly increasing cultivation. I have a secret method to help you guide it smoothly. Although there are still risks, the benefits upon success are immeasurable! Trust me!

Looking into the clear yet determined eyes of the woman's remnant spirit, and recalling how she had risked her own life to help him, Chen Yang struggled internally. The risk was indeed enormous, but what she said made sense; cultivation level and spiritual power must be matched.

Moreover, throughout their journey, this woman's remnant spirit, though mysterious, had never truly harmed him; on the contrary, she had helped him on numerous occasions.

"Okay! I'll trust you this once!"

Chen Yang gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

What should I do?

A hint of relief flashed in the woman's remnant spirit eyes, and she quickly transmitted an ancient and profound incantation into Chen Yang's sea of ​​consciousness.

This technique is not complicated. Its core lies in how to extract the purest and gentlest part of the life essence and spiritual energy from the medicinal power and spiritual energy, and then vibrate it at a special frequency to slowly penetrate and nourish the sea of ​​consciousness.

Chen Yang dared not delay and immediately acted in accordance with the law.

He focused some of his attention on carefully controlling the energy in the pool, and began to try it out according to the instructions.

The first processed, gentle, moonlight-like energy thread trembled as it touched the barrier of Chen Yang's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Om..."

Like a small pebble thrown into a calm lake, the sea of ​​consciousness rippled slightly, bringing a mild swelling and dizziness, but it was still within a tolerable range.

"Keep going! Maintain the frequency!"

The woman's lingering spirit's voice was like a reassuring balm. (End of Chapter)