Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

"You're right, sir. If we fall into the hands of those demonic cultists, the Wusheng Sect, even death will be a luxury..."

Faced with Gu Canyang's reminder, Lu Feng took a deep breath, then clenched his fists again. "With my current strength, trying to contend with the Wusheng Sect is like throwing an egg against a rock. Only by becoming stronger can I truly control my own life and death..."

"Your awareness and perseverance are commendable; you haven't wasted your Yuan energy cultivation."

Gu Canyang's soul drifted away again, then looked out the window. "However, I've had a strange premonition lately that the Wusheng Sect, which was wiped out by the righteous forces of the Eastern Xuan Region, is about to make a comeback, and it will be even stronger than it was fifty years ago..."

"Heh, you probably don't have much time left to get stronger..."

The setting sun gently stroked his long beard and said softly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng nodded silently, then flipped his right palm over and summoned the Treasure Basin.

Swish!

A flash of mysterious light appeared, and the next moment a bronze cauldron the size of a washbasin suddenly appeared out of thin air, finally landing steadily in front of Lu Feng. A faint silver light could be seen emanating from the cauldron, along with an extremely rich spiritual energy, as if it contained many treasures!

Since the Treasure Basin was repaired again, its appearance has changed from an ancient bowl to the ancient cauldron it is today. As for the various abilities of the Treasure Basin, they have naturally become much stronger. Among them, Lu Feng's most frequently used "Gathering Little by Little" has been increased by a full six times!

To give a simple example, if you throw one Yuan Stone into the Treasure Basin, after a period of nurturing, the Treasure Basin will produce six Yuan Stones, which is like betting one and getting six back, even more profitable than gambling!

"I wonder if these spirit stones will be enough...!"

Lu Feng glanced at the ancient bronze cauldron in front of him, stroking his chin as he pondered.

He once amassed 30,000 mid-grade spirit stones from Jia Youqian, the young master of the Tianxia Merchant Guild. After his trip to the Corpse Valley, Lu Feng also plundered over a million low-grade spirit stones from the corpses of Zhao Yihu and others.

Although these low-grade spirit stones have low spiritual value, if they are exchanged for mid-grade spirit stones, there will be more than 10,000 of them, and if all are added together, they will be close to 50,000!

After the Treasure Basin's "accumulation of small amounts into large amounts" and six-fold increase over the past few days, Lu Feng now has nearly 300,000 spirit stones in his possession, and all of them are mid-grade spirit stones with higher spiritual energy value!

Three hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones are more than enough for an ordinary martial artist at the tenth level of the Meridian Opening Realm to break through to the Spirit Soul Realm.

However, Lu Feng still had no idea what to expect.

Because his dantian capacity, meridians, and Yuan power are all far superior to those of ordinary martial artists of the same level, the number of Yuan stones Lu Feng needs to break through his cultivation level each time is several times that of ordinary martial artists of the same level, making him a human "Yuan stone harvester"!

"Never mind all that, let's give it a try!"

Putting aside his concerns, Lu Feng gritted his teeth, raised his hand and grabbed the treasure basin, which was already overflowing, while simultaneously sucking out all the glittering mid-grade spirit stones.

As the saying goes, once the arrow is on the bowstring, it must be released!

Even if 300,000 mid-grade spirit stones are not enough to support Lu Feng in breaking through to the first level of the Spirit Soul Realm, he cannot give up now!

After all, aside from the threat of the Wusheng Sect, the Luoxing Academy's triennial grand competition is about half a month away. If Lu Feng wants to defeat Cheng Xuyuan from the Five Spirits Society and achieve a good ranking in the academy's grand competition, he also needs to become stronger!

Even if he doesn't run out of spirit stones in the end, Lu Feng still has about 190,000 contribution points left unused. He can simply exchange all of those contribution points for spirit stones, since he's not short of money!

hum!

Lu Feng sat cross-legged on the spot, and the next moment his hands formed the Panlong Exhalation Technique incantation, while he chanted incantations and began to cultivate in seclusion.

Swish!Swish!Swish!

As strands of pure spiritual energy slowly peeled away from the Yuan Stone, Lu Feng suddenly increased his absorption speed, absorbing all the pure spiritual energy that had been peeled away into his body, just like a whale sucking in water, without wasting a single drop!

"Ugh, it's so bloated...!"

A large amount of pure spiritual energy suddenly poured into Lu Feng's body, then circulated through his eight extraordinary meridians for a full cycle, until finally it all flowed into his dantian in his abdomen. Lu Feng's face turned red, and he felt a swelling sensation in his entire dantian, as if it was about to burst at any moment.

"No, I can't hold on any longer...! It's going to explode...!"

"roar!"

It was unclear how much time had passed, but Lu Feng's face grew increasingly grim, turning as red as if it were on fire. The next moment, he roared again, his entire body trembling violently. A powerful aura of Yuan energy swept outwards, instantly enveloping the area within a hundred meters of the courtyard!

"Spiritual Soul Realm, First Level...!"

Sensing the incredibly powerful Yuan energy aura emanating from his body, Lu Feng's face also showed a hint of joy. However, before he could be happy for long, a sharp, piercing pain suddenly struck his abdomen, specifically his dantian.

"Ugh...it hurts! What happened?!"

The unexpected change caused Lu Feng's face to turn pale. His legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, unable to even stand up!

Rumble...!

A series of loud rumbling sounds continued to echo around the courtyard, and even the ground beneath their feet trembled as if a comet had collided with the earth. Some students from the North Campus who happened to be passing by were also attracted by this strange sight and cast astonished glances at it.

"Holy crap! What happened?!"

"Why is there such a loud noise? Could it be an earthquake?"

"Earthquake my foot! You should know that the Cangmang Mountain where our Falling Star Academy is located is a treasure land full of spiritual energy. It is said that there is a great formation protecting the academy from the ground. How could such a natural disaster as an earthquake happen?"

"Hey, isn't that Lu Feng's residence? Could it be that he's broken through to the Spirit Soul Realm?"

"Impossible! This person was only admitted to the hospital three months ago. Could he really be a monster?!"

The students from the North Campus whispered among themselves, and some of them suddenly widened their eyes, seemingly recognizing the "instigator" who had caused this commotion.

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Mercury Peak, in a private courtyard

"Damn it, why does my stomach still hurt so much...!"

"What on earth is going on...!"

Lu Feng was hunched over, gripping the stone bench tightly with both hands to keep himself from falling. His face looked ashen, as if he were constipated.

For some reason, the moment Lu Feng broke through to the first level of the Spirit Soul Realm, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his dantian, as if two "monsters" were about to burst out of his body, causing Lu Feng himself great torment!

"Huh, twin spirit souls? Looks like you're in luck..."

Just as Lu Feng was crying out in pain, a soft "hmm" came from inside the treasure basin, as if he was somewhat surprised.

"Twin spirits?"

Lu Feng was also stunned for a moment, but before he could be surprised, the piercing pain in his lower abdomen suddenly disappeared, replaced by an incomparably warm and pleasant sensation.

"This is... my natal spirit?"

He quickly circulated his Yuan Power to examine his dantian, and Lu Feng's pupils widened in surprise.

Two rhomboid crystals, each the size of an infant's fist, were floating quietly in his dantian. One of them was entirely dark yellow, resembling lightning, and appeared to be the metal spirit soul, one of the five elements.

As for the other rhombus-shaped crystal, it was quite special. Not only was it grayish-white all over, but it was also larger in size. At this moment, it was surrounded by wisps of sharp, knife-like miniature hurricanes, like the eye of a hurricane, which was quite strange!

"Such formidable power! Even this mere wisp of leaked spiritual energy is no weaker than any sixth-grade spiritual treasure...!"

With a thought, he summoned the grayish-white rhombus-shaped crystal out of thin air, which floated in his right palm. Lu Feng's face was still filled with shock.

Although he didn't yet know what abilities the gray-white crystal in his hand possessed, he could tell from the powerful aura emanating from it that it was one of the rare spiritual souls, and its power was extraordinary!