Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

Ye Chen carefully sensed the spiritual energy in the air. Although there was still a tiny bit left, it was already very thin, almost no different from the outside world.

The spiritual energy within the spirit-gathering array was completely drained...

Ye Chen finally understood why Dongzi and the others had that expression; it turned out they couldn't absorb spiritual energy as well as the others.

The total amount of spiritual energy here is limited, and Xiao Qi absorbed it all, so naturally they can no longer cultivate.

The absorption speed is indeed fast. He remembered that the spiritual energy in the spirit gathering array was quite rich before he left, but when he came back, the spiritual energy was all gone.

Ye Chen coughed lightly: "Cough cough, look at you all, if you don't work harder at cultivation, you won't even be able to catch up with hot shit. This time you have no reason to say that I'm biased towards Xiao Qi, right?"

Dongzi and Along hung their heads, looking miserable...

Ye Chen looked at Xiao Qi: "Xiao Qi, tell me about the state of your Qi Sea when you broke through, how your body autonomously absorbed spiritual energy!"

Xiao Qi just mentioned that his body absorbs spiritual energy on its own, and Ye Chen wondered if this was the reason why Xiao Qi's cultivation speed was so fast.

He's already at the eighth level of Qi Refining, yet his body has never shown any signs of absorbing spiritual energy on its own.

"Yes, Master!" Xiao Qi nodded.

"By the way, Master, doesn't the body always absorb spiritual energy on its own?" Xiao Qi asked in confusion.

Ye Chen's face twitched, thinking to himself, "That's you. We need to work hard to breathe..."

"Tell me about your situation first!" Ye Chen said impatiently.

"Oh, ever since I first came into contact with breathing exercises and fully practiced the breathing technique, my body has started to absorb spiritual energy on its own, of course, only when there is spiritual energy around me," Xiao Qi said slowly.

Ye Chen guessed that this was probably related to Xiao Qi's special physique. Xiao Qi was born with a cold body, which was probably the kind of physique that was naturally suitable for cultivation.

Dongzi's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but gasp: "Does that mean you can just lie back and not cultivate at all? Holy crap, are you cheating?"

Xiao Qi glanced at him sideways: "What are you thinking? I cultivate very seriously. Although my body can absorb spiritual energy on its own, I absorb it much faster through cultivation—several times faster!"

Dongzi opened his mouth but didn't say anything. It was too damn infuriating. There was no way to compare people.

Ah Long said sullenly, "It's a good thing you arrived close to noon, otherwise we really wouldn't have made it in time!"

Xiao Qi scratched his head sheepishly, "Hehe, sorry, sorry, I'll be more careful next time and absorb it more slowly!"

Xiao Qi continued, "When I cultivate, the spiritual energy droplets in my Qi Sea keep rotating, forming a vortex of spiritual energy. Then, spiritual energy from all directions surges in, and as I continue cultivating, I naturally break through."

Ye Chen's eyes lit up: "Describe how it rotates!"

"It's just a few drops of spiritual energy water spinning together on their own, isn't that how it is for you?"

Xiao Qi looked at Ye Chen with a puzzled expression.

Ye Chen frowned slightly. The spiritual energy droplets were swirling together? Could that be possible?

To be honest, he had never tried that before.

The spiritual energy droplets were just sitting there obediently, weren't they?

It's embarrassing that his master doesn't even understand some things!

Fortunately, Ye Chen was thick-skinned enough to remain expressionless and pretend that he was the same way.

Dongzi spoke first, puzzled: "Wait a minute, Brother Chen, you didn't say the spiritual energy droplets needed to rotate together, right, A-Long!"

Ah Long nodded: "My spiritual energy drops are individual drops, they don't rotate!"

Xiao Qi blinked: "Before a breakthrough, spiritual energy liquefies and forms vortices. So I made those spiritual energy droplets spin together, and I found that the absorption efficiency was much faster that way."

Ye Chen was secretly shocked. Holy crap, only this girl would dare to do something like this.

Even he, as the master, had never tried this.

When spiritual energy is compressed into a liquid state, it does rotate, but that is a natural rotation of the compressed energy form.

Ye Chen suddenly realized that even a few drops of spiritual energy water could have special effects when rotated.

As Ye Chen pondered, he activated the eight drops of spiritual energy within his body, causing them to rotate.

A moment later, Ye Chen's eyes lit up. Sure enough, a negative pressure seemed to form inside his body, which could accelerate the absorption of spiritual energy.

Wow, I actually learned a little cultivation trick from my disciple by accident! I love it!

Indeed, there is truth to the saying "Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me."

Working in isolation can easily lead to getting stuck in your own little world; only through communication can we learn from each other's strengths and make progress together.

This is why we need to discuss the Dao, because everyone is practicing for the first time and needs to verify each other's understanding to determine whether they have gone astray or whether there are any shortcuts.

Ye Chen coughed lightly: "Learning has no end. Even if I don't tell you, will you not try? You still need to learn from Xiao Qi. Don't just bury yourself in practice all the time; you should exchange ideas and learn from each other!"

"Alright, there's no spiritual energy left here, go do whatever you were doing!" Ye Chen started to shoo people away.

"Okay, Brother Ye, I'm going to the TCM clinic now. Call me anytime if you need anything!" Ah Long said goodbye first.

Ye Chen nodded: "Go!"

Dongzi also left. He didn't complete any orders for most of the day, so he needs to work harder too.

As Xiao Qi was about to leave, Ye Chen gave her a Spirit Enhancement Pill and a Spirit Gathering Pill: "Eat these before you go!"

"Oh~!" Xiao Qi obediently went into the house.

Ye Chen glanced at Da Huang: "Don't be so stingy. Spiritual energy is always available. Xiao Qi has to go to class tomorrow, so he'll only come a few times a week at most!"

"Here, have one of these too!"

As he spoke, Ye Chen tossed a Spirit Enhancement Pill to Da Huang.

All of Da Huang's unhappiness vanished, and he excitedly caught the Spirit Enhancement Pill with a mouthful.

"Cultivate diligently!" Ye Chen said before returning to his room.

He did not immediately inscribe the array patterns. Although inscribing array patterns would be beneficial to improving his mental strength, he still needed to raise his cultivation level first.

Let's at least try to reach the Foundation Establishment stage first!

At that time, the system will have new items available for trading.

That's the most important thing!

The thought of the Xuanmen sect having powerful and unfathomable figures filled Ye Chen with a sense of urgency.

Back in his room, he practiced using Xiao Qi's method, and indeed, the speed at which he absorbed the spiritual energy from the spirit stones increased considerably.

No wonder Xiao Qi's cultivation speed is so fast; his physique is one aspect, and his talent is another.

With sufficient resources, Xiao Qi will surely go far in the future and his achievements will likely surpass those of others.

After taking the Spirit Enhancement Pill, Xiao Qi broke through again, directly reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining.

She arrived at Ye Chen's door and called out, "Master, I'm going back to school now!"

"Okay, drive carefully. I've transferred 3000 to you for living expenses. Have something good to eat!" Ye Chen said casually before continuing his cultivation.

Xiao Qi was slightly taken aback. The words "living expenses" stung her, causing her eyes to redden slightly.