Chapter 163: Chapter 161: Greatly Increased Strength
Inside the giant cave, Luoo Long and Wei Xiaohao were running in endless circles, while Jiang Jichen and Yee Youmeng leisurely drank the Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth, looking completely content.
The cauldron of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth was conservatively estimated to hold over a thousand bowls. Luoo Long and Wei Xiaohao had only drunk a tiny fraction.
Only Jiang Jichen and Yee Youmeng seemed to have bodies like bottomless pits.
However, after Yee Youmeng had downed two hundred bowls, a blush finally appeared on her skin. The color on her slender neck, in particular, held a strange and astonishing allure.
Yee Youmeng had clearly reached her limit. ’What kind of monstrous constitution is this? It’s twenty times better than the Barbaric Spirit Body, and that’s with a forgetting seal on her!’
But once she reached her limit, she didn’t run in circles like Luoo Long and Wei Xiaohao. Instead, she hugged her large machete and sat cross-legged beside Jiang Jichen.
"I’m full. You can finish it slowly by yourself."
Though Yee Youmeng’s face remained impassive, her heart was in turmoil.
She knew her own body well. It hid multiple mysterious points, each capable of absorbing immense Spiritual Power. But after two hundred bowls of the Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth, the foremost of these points was completely full. It couldn’t absorb any more and could only be refined slowly.
Yet Jiang Jichen had drunk even more than her—over two hundred bowls—and his expression hadn’t changed in the slightest. He was like a true, bottomless black hole, capable of holding infinite Spiritual Qi.
Yee Youmeng still retained some common knowledge despite the forgetting seal on her.
Even the top ten geniuses of the current generation in the Southern Continent could probably only handle a hundred bowls before reaching their limit. Any more and their bodies would explode.
Jiang Jichen, feeling a bit lonely and wanting to show off, said, "Go on and cultivate. This long night, I shall drink alone. Truly, life is as lonely as snow!"
Yee Youmeng couldn’t be bothered with this narcissist anymore and directly entered a state of cultivation, feeling at ease.
Cultivating next to Jiang Jichen at this moment, she felt an unprecedented sense of security. In the past, even while cultivating, she had always needed to remain vigilant, never able to truly achieve a state of complete immersion, forgetting herself and the world around her.
Jiang Jichen looked at the nearly six hundred bowls of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth left in the giant cauldron. He knew that if he kept drinking it sip by sip, it would take a very long time.
So, he suddenly opened his mouth, aimed it at the cauldron’s opening, and inhaled forcefully.
The Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth transformed into a stream of liquid that flew into Jiang Jichen’s mouth at an extreme speed, as if he were a whale swallowing the sea.
Although Wei Xiaohao and Luoo Long were running in circles, unable to stop, they naturally saw this as well.
They were so shocked they didn’t know how to describe it. They had already thought Yee Youmeng was a monster, but Jiang Jichen was clearly a monster among monsters.
With over eight hundred bowls of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth in his stomach, the medicinal Spiritual Power churned within him like a surging tide. But his physical body was incredibly tough and resilient!
Even these eight hundred-plus bowls of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth weren’t his true limit.
’Even he himself didn’t know where his limit was.’
At this moment, the Undying Scripture and the Source Character Qi Condensing Technique were already operating at their fastest!
He hadn’t reached his limit, and his Cultivation Techniques were world-shaking. Naturally, he didn’t need to run in circles like Luoo Long and Wei Xiaohao to refine the medicinal Spiritual Power.
Besides, after drinking this much, even running in circles would have been useless. The only way would be to find someone for a life-and-death battle.
The Undying Scripture was now at the Second Turn Middle Realm, and its speed of refining medicinal Spiritual Power was even more astounding. It converted the power into Undying Power, which surged into his Great Innate Acupoint.
Jiang Jichen was now at the Innate Body Refining Sixth Layer Perfect Realm. The next step was the Body Refining Minor Grandmaster Realm of the Innate Seventh Layer. However, he had just broken through recently and didn’t plan to do so again. Instead, he condensed the refined Undying Power in his Great Innate Acupoint, waiting to accumulate enough power for a massive breakthrough into the Body Refining Minor Grandmaster Realm all at once.
The Source Character Qi Condensing Technique had also deepened in its Realm. It refined the medicinal Spiritual Power into golden spiritual power, storing it in his boundless Golden Qi Sea or condensing it in his Spirit Veins. He was preparing to break through to the Spirit Cultivation Realm of the Innate Seventh Realm.
In fact, after refining over eight hundred bowls of the Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth, Jiang Jichen could have already broken through to the Minor Grandmaster Realm in both Body Refining and Spirit Cultivation. But he didn’t. He chose to suppress his Realm and polish himself further.
And so, time flowed by silently.
「Two days later.」
Jiang Jichen opened his eyes and saw Luoo Long and Wei Xiaohao collapsed on the ground, fast asleep.
The two of them had run for a full day and night to finish refining the medicinal Spiritual Power in their bodies. Afterward, they had collapsed from exhaustion and fallen asleep.
Of course, their Cultivation Realms had also improved. Wei Xiaohao had entered the Late Stage of Innate Seventh Realm, while Luoo Long had directly entered the Middle Level of the Innate Seventh Layer’s Minor Grandmaster Realm. Their strength had soared!
Looking at Yee Youmeng, she was still in a state of cultivation. But what shocked Jiang Jichen speechless was that she had already reached the Realm of Great Perfection of Innate Six, easily catching up to him.
"’She really is a monster,’ he thought, feeling a bit envious. ’When I first met her, she was only at the Innate Fourth Realm. Not even ten days have passed, and she’s already broken through two whole realms. Comparisons are infuriating!’"
But if anyone else knew what he was thinking, they’d probably want to kill him.
He might only be at the Innate Sixth Layer, but he was a massive freak who could jump four tiers to kill a Grandmaster. He was a legendary Supreme Transcender.
Actually, when Jiang Jichen thought about it carefully, he felt Yee Youmeng’s progress was normal.
In the past, Yee Youmeng lacked cultivation resources, so her progress was slow. But now, with abundant resources and her mysterious constitution, she naturally wouldn’t face any realm bottlenecks.
For Supreme geniuses like her, the only real bottleneck in the Innate Realm was the small one between Minor Grandmaster and Grandmaster!
They could easily cross all the previous stages without any obstruction whatsoever.
As Jiang Jichen’s gaze fell upon Yee Youmeng, she also opened her eyes. Their gazes met, making her heart skip a beat. Jiang Jichen, however, just grinned and said, "Morning!"
However, Yee Youmeng turned to look at the cave entrance. Outside, the moonlight was faint, as cool as water as it spilled into the cave. It was a clear night with a bright moon and few stars, carrying a unique charm.
’But Jiang Jichen actually said "Morning"? Morning my ass! It’s the middle of the night, isn’t it?’
Jiang Jichen seemed to realize his mistake as well. He quickly tried to cover it up, clearing his throat and saying, "Ahem, of course I know it’s night. But we’ve spent too many days resting here. We need to press forward as quickly as possible. So, from now on, we travel by Sun and Moon, rain or shine. You two, get up! We’re leaving!"
Rolling with his mistake, Jiang Jichen got up and kicked Wei Xiaohao and Luoo Long awake.
And so, the four of them began their journey under the moonlit sky, heading deeper into the Poisonous Mist Peak Forest.
All the while, Jiang Jichen would occasionally receive a scornful glance from Yee Youmeng, which clearly said she had seen right through his little trick.
At night, the Poisonous Mist Peak Forest always gave off a sinister and terrifying feeling.
