A ruthless bandit from the celestial realm, he began his cultivation journey after kidnapping the Em

Before long, the bed in front of him was piled with spirit stones, pills, magic treasures, and weapons.

Ye Chen's gaze swept over the magical artifacts and weapons, but these were just ordinary magical artifacts, which he didn't even bother to look at.

With a swift movement, he retrieved the purple-gold gourd, uncorked it, and aimed it at the magical artifacts, silently chanting an incantation...

A burst of spiritual light instantly locked onto these magical artifacts, immediately absorbing and devouring them, and in the blink of an eye, they all entered the purple-gold gourd.

It didn't even spare the mountain of spirit stones; with a single sweep of the purple-gold gourd, it devoured them all...

"This is absorbing way too much... I hope it can refine more spiritual liquid..."

Ye Chen muttered to himself, full of anticipation.

At this moment, his gaze fell on the remaining bottles and jars, his eyebrows furrowed, and he immediately began to sort and categorize them...

Even inner disciples have very scarce and low-grade pills, mostly below the third rank...

Fortunately, Ye Chen didn't care about the grade of the pills, as long as they could replenish his spiritual energy. He could use the spiritual liquid in the Purple Gold Gourd to improve the quality of the pills himself...

In no time, Ye Chen had sorted out hundreds of pills, most of which were pills to aid cultivation and strengthen the body. He put them all away with a wave of his hand.

With only two hundred or so Spirit-Replenishing Pills left, he glanced down at them and eagerly picked up the Purple-Gold Gourd to begin refining...

Last night, I refined an inner disciple with the peak Foundation Establishment cultivation level, along with numerous spirit stones and magical artifacts, and obtained a considerable amount of spiritual liquid.

Although several hundred pills had been refined previously, there was still a considerable amount of spiritual liquid remaining...

As drops of spiritual liquid fell onto the pills, a rich medicinal fragrance immediately filled the room...

Just one whiff of it, and you feel refreshed and invigorated; you can even feel the rich spiritual energy with every breath...

"call..."

Ye Chen took a deep breath, and immediately looked thoroughly enjoying himself...

"Hopefully, I can successfully establish my foundation this time..."

He muttered something under his breath, then immediately sat cross-legged on the bed, grabbed a handful of the refined Grade 5 Spirit-Replenishing Pills, and swallowed them without hesitation...

The moment the warm medicinal power flowed into the body, it was immediately and rapidly refined by the activated Supreme Induction Technique...

Strands of pure spiritual energy gathered in his dantian, only to be completely absorbed by the suspended black square platform in an instant...

"Such speed..."

Ye Chen was startled, feeling that the Four Directions Dao Platform in his dantian was absorbing spiritual energy at an increasingly rapid pace...

This means that even the refining speed of the Supreme Induction Technique can't keep up with its absorption speed...

He didn't even need to worry about bursting himself by refining too many pills at this moment. The spiritual power in his dantian hadn't even condensed before it was absorbed by the Four Directions Dao Platform, leaving not a single drop.

"this..."

Ye Chen had no time to think further; he continued to grab and consume the pills, refining them with all his might...

"This great king will see just how much you can absorb..."

Time passed second by second...

While refining the pills, Ye Chen observed the changes on the four Dao Platforms...

The four-sided Dao platform, having absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy, grew larger and larger, expanding dozens of times compared to its previous small black dot. However, it still appeared extremely small within the opened dantian...

At this moment, Ye Chen was certain that the square platform in his dantian was his Dao foundation. Once it became sufficiently concrete, he would be able to smoothly enter the Foundation Establishment stage...

Although he didn't understand why his foundation-building method was different from the other disciples, to him, any method that allowed him to successfully build his foundation was a good method...

The only downside might be that it consumes too much spiritual energy...

He had piled up hundreds of grade-five pills, and he was only seeing the rudimentary form of a square Dao platform...

Such a cultivation method would have driven other disciples to despair long ago; not everyone can produce so many grade-five pills...

Unbeknownst to him, when Ye Chen reached out to grab it again, he found nothing...

He paused for a moment, then looked up and found the area in front of him completely empty; not a single pill remained...

"Holy crap, they're still not full?"

Ye Chen's expression changed slightly, and he muttered with a bitter face.

After exhausting over two hundred Grade 5 Spirit-Replenishing Pills, the Four Directions Dao Platform within his dantian was still not fully formed. It seemed he would need to refine several hundred more Grade 5 pills...

He picked up the purple-gold gourd beside him and probed it with a wisp of his mind...

The spiritual liquid in the gourd was almost gone; it would only be able to replenish itself after the spirit stones and magical artifacts it had just absorbed were completely refined...

"call..."

"It seems I'll have to rely on my own cultivation for now..."

Ye Chen waved his hand, putting away the purple-gold gourd. He then took out several bottles of Spirit Gathering Pills, uncorked them, and poured them all into his mouth...

Having experienced the potent effects of a fifth-grade elixir, he felt nothing when taking a second-grade Spirit Gathering Pill. He wasn't worried about bursting from overeating; at most, his stomach would feel a little full...

"belch..."

Ye Chen let out a burp, then closed his eyes and began cultivating earnestly...

With the aid of the Spirit Gathering Pill, the speed at which his dantian absorbed spiritual energy increased rapidly, and the surrounding spiritual energy was frantically devoured and surged into Ye Chen's body...

Before long, all the spiritual energy in the entire cave was absorbed, and even the spiritual energy from nearby caves was drawn over...

In an instant, the concentration of spiritual energy in this area became thinner than ever before, even less than at the foot of the mountain.

In the neighboring cave...

After returning, Lü Luo resolved to cultivate diligently and improve his cultivation level, so that he would be qualified to follow Ye Chen...

He sat cross-legged on a futon and immediately began practicing his internal energy cultivation technique...

After a moment, Lü Luo suddenly opened his eyes, unconsciously frowning with a look of confusion on his face.

"strangeness..."

"Where did the spiritual energy go?"

"Where has all the spiritual energy in my cave disappeared?"

He can't absorb spiritual energy even if he wants to cultivate right now, unless he takes pills or absorbs spirit stones...

Lu Luo was stunned and couldn't help but wail...

Which bastard is even stealing spiritual energy?

Is this even allowed to live in peace?

"Achoo..."

In the adjacent cave, Ye Chen, who was cultivating, suddenly sneezed, a hint of confusion flashing across his face...

"Who could be thinking of me, Your Majesty?"

"Could it be that witch?"

The thought of Liu Ruyan instantly stirred a fire within Ye Chen, along with a touch of nervousness...

After his passionate encounter with Liu Ruyan last night, he now feels a strange fear of dual cultivation...

How many times can you have an in-depth conversation with a good person and completely drain their energy?

That demoness is far too good at absorbing energy...

This is absolutely terrible!!!