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Having eaten and drunk his fill, Ye Chen returned to his cave dwelling...

He closed the door, went straight back to the bed, sat cross-legged, and took out the remaining sixth-grade spirit-replenishing pills...

He had previously refined three hundred Rank 6 Spirit-Replenishing Pills, and after a period of cultivation, he had consumed more than one hundred of them, leaving him with half remaining.

Ye Chen could feel that his strength had increased compared to before, but there was no sign of his cultivation level breaking through; he remained at the early Foundation Establishment stage...

After consuming over a hundred Grade 6 Spirit-Replenishing Pills, it was as if they had sunk into the sea.

He looked down at the pills in front of him, took a deep breath, and said fiercely.

"I refuse to believe that three hundred Rank 6 Spirit Replenishing Pills won't be enough to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up a sixth-grade spirit-replenishing pill and swallowed it, then immediately began to focus on cultivation...

Time passed second by second, and the pills in front of Ye Chen were rapidly decreasing...

Before long, only a dozen or so Grade 6 Spirit Replenishing Pills remained...

Ye Chen paused, glanced down at the meager number of pills, and carefully sensed the changes in his spiritual energy. His expression instantly darkened...

"Holy crap, still no breakthrough..."

"You're being way too greedy! It's like a bottomless pit!"

To put it in perspective, the efficacy of three hundred Rank 6 Spirit Replenishing Pills is equivalent to that of three thousand Rank 5 Spirit Replenishing Pills, not to mention the equivalent of tens of thousands of Rank 2 pills...

The combined cultivation resources of all the disciples in the sect who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage probably don't amount to this much, and he hasn't even broken through a single level yet...

Ye Chen realized something was wrong.

He had previously consumed an immeasurable amount of pills when breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and the same thing was happening now...

This means that advancing in his cultivation level requires consuming several times, or even tens or hundreds of times, more resources than other cultivators...

However, to his relief, although his cultivation level hadn't broken through, his strength had increased significantly, at least more than doubling...

If he were to encounter Xie Huai'an again, he was confident that he could easily defeat him even without using the Immortal Sword!

"call..."

"As long as these pills weren't taken for nothing..."

Ye Chen exhaled a breath of stale air and muttered to himself.

If it weren't for the urgent need to fulfill his promise to Liu Ruyan and quickly break through to the Golden Core stage so she could take him to rescue his sister Ye Qing'er, Ye Chen would have been content with simply increasing his strength; whether or not he broke through to a higher realm was irrelevant...

He was unaware of his sister Ye Qing'er's current situation and couldn't help but feel worried, often waking up in a fright from his dreams...

This made him eager to break through to the Golden Core realm!

Ye Chen looked down at the remaining sixth-grade spirit-replenishing pills, picked one up, swallowed it, and continued cultivating...

A powerful surge of spiritual energy immediately erupted around him!

Night had fallen, and the cave was eerily quiet...

While cultivating, Ye Chen kept his ears open and paid attention to the movements in the courtyard.

Even after he had used up all the remaining Grade Six Spirit-Replenishing Pills, when he looked up at the window, it was still empty...

"strangeness..."

"Is this woman not coming tonight?"

"Could it be that I was too rough last night, and she couldn't handle it?"

"That shouldn't be the case... I'm the one who was subjected to sexual exploitation, what could possibly be so unbearable for her?"

Ye Chen muttered to himself in confusion.

Liu Ruyan had come for two nights in a row, and now that she was suddenly not coming anymore, he felt a little uneasy...

However, his body hasn't fully recovered yet, and the energy he's lost can't be replenished by just a few bottles of body-strengthening pills...

Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief, certain that Liu Ruyan wouldn't be coming to him for dual cultivation again tonight...

"It's better that woman didn't come, otherwise she would have drained all the energy I just recovered today..."

Ye Chen yawned, a wave of drowsiness washing over him. He lay down and immediately drifted off to sleep...

Inside the purple-gold gourd, an aged figure cried out in despair...

"You little brat, let me out right now..."

"What the hell is this thing? How did all my cultivation disappear?"

"No... my arms, my legs... what happened!"

"I don't want to die! Please let me out! No..."

......

Long Xingyu screamed in terror, his emotions completely collapsing...

Two hundred years of cultivation vanished in just two days.

Not only that, his body was also refined and annihilated, and even his primordial spirit was not spared. He could no longer even possess Ye Chen's body...

Sensing the threat of annihilation, he panicked and screamed for mercy, but received no response...

In this desperate situation, Long Xingyu completely transformed into a pool of spiritual liquid, merging with the spiritual liquid inside the Purple Gold Gourd.

The gourd fell silent, as if nothing had happened, leaving only a pool of spiritual liquid...

The dim sky was gradually tinged with the pale light of dawn...

As dawn broke, Tianling Peak was shrouded in a white expanse.

Ye Chen woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes, looked at the window shining with white light, and slowly sat up...

"ha..."

He yawned, feeling refreshed and invigorated; much of his energy, which had been drained, had been restored...

Remembering his promise to Jiang Qingyao from last night, Ye Chen got up and walked outside...

"Senior brother..."

He had just stepped into the courtyard when he heard shouts coming from outside the gate...

"This girl got up really early!"

"They're here!"

Ye Chen responded and quickly walked over...

"Boom!"

The stone door slowly opened...

Lin Ningxue, standing outside the courtyard gate, looked somewhat surprised when she saw Ye Chen...

"Senior brother, you're awake?"

"So early today?"

She had tried to see Ye Chen these past two days, but he was either catching up on sleep with dark circles under his eyes or simply didn't respond. It was rare to see Ye Chen looking so energetic...

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen looked up at her and replied without hesitation.

"I woke up rather early last night because I didn't have a proper three-hundred-round battle with that vixen..."

Hearing this, Lin Ningxue blushed, gave Ye Chen a shy glare, and scolded him playfully.

"Senior brother is talking nonsense again. Where would the Qingyun Sect get such a demoness..."

She assumed Ye Chen was telling a dirty joke and didn't take it to heart.

"The food is all cooked, senior brother, come and eat quickly, or it will get cold..."

"good..."

"I'm also hungry..."

Ye Chen nodded in agreement, then turned and walked into Lin Ningxue's cave...

"Senior brother, let me go with you to find Senior Sister Jiang later..."

Lin Ningxue said with concern.

Although she knew Ye Chen was protected by a celestial-grade magic artifact, she still wanted to go and see what was happening. If there was any danger, she would risk her life to protect Ye Chen...