Chapter 58: The Primordial Pill Forms!
Yue Qingshuang waved her sleeve casually.
Piles of pristine spirit stones, completely devoid of any impurities, were tossed around Lu Changfeng.
Had Zhou Xuantong been present here, he would undoubtedly have cried out in astonishment.
"How utterly extravagant!"
Indeed.
The spirit stones Yue Qingshuang subsequently produced were all of the top-grade variety.
The spiritual energy contained within a single top-grade spirit stone defied conventional description!
If used for cultivation, even a cultivator at the Divine Repository Realm would curse it as a prodigal waste.
As these spirit stones spread out, the spiritual energy within the entire courtyard grew dense once more.
Yet, barely a quarter of an hour later, the surrounding spiritual energy thinned out once again.
"This..."
Yue Qingshuang frowned slightly, looking at Lu Changfeng before her with a puzzled expression.
At this moment, Lu Changfeng's eyes were tightly closed, and his body was brimming with immense spiritual energy.
Yet, right at his dantian, there was a suction force akin to a bottomless pit.
It seemed as though, no matter how vast the amount of spiritual energy, he could absorb it all.
"Continue!"
Yue Qingshuang gazed at Lu Changfeng and flicked her finger casually, causing the formation encompassing the entire courtyard to tremble.
Hum—!
In an instant, the formation expanded, forcibly shrouding the entirety of Yuehan Peak.
Boom—!
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to be frantically stirred by an invisible pair of giant hands, rushing toward where Lu Changfeng sat.
As Lu Changfeng absorbed this spiritual energy, the overwhelming aura emanating from his body gradually grew stronger.
As time passed—following goodness knows how many times Yue Qingshuang had drawn upon her personal collection of top-grade spirit stones—
Hum—!
With a slight shudder of Lu Changfeng's body, he ceased absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.
"It's finally over!"
Yue Qingshuang let out a soft sigh.
Looking at the surrounding spirit stone fragments reduced to fine dust, a sharp pang of heartache pierced her soul.
Even for someone of Yue Qingshuang's stature, consuming nearly a hundred top-grade spirit stones all at once was a deeply agonizing experience.
Lu Changfeng had yet to regain consciousness.
At this moment, he was deeply immersed in perceiving the profound changes taking place within his body.
Half an hour passed.
Hum—!
Lu Changfeng's body trembled slightly, and invisible ripples of energy radiated outward from him into the surroundings.
Immediately afterward, his aura surged abruptly.
Within Lu Changfeng's dantian, the originally viscous spiritual energy was now converging rapidly toward the center.
These spiritual energies were about to coalesce into a Primordial Dan within his dantian.
This process was, in truth, exceedingly slow.
However, Lu Changfeng possessed the profound experiences of his past life after all.
Such a feat was as effortless as turning his hand for him.
"Condense!"
With closed eyes, Lu Changfeng shouted inwardly.
In an instant, the speed at which the elixir formed within his body drastically accelerated.
Witnessing this, Yue Qingshuang flashed her eyes slightly.
She stepped forward slowly, sat down beside Lu Changfeng, and gently pressed her fingertip against the center of his brow.
Hum—!
A cool, gentle stream of spiritual energy immediately began to circulate through Lu Changfeng's meridians.
Yue Qingshuang's melodious voice resounded by his ear:
"Do not resist. I will help you rouse the spiritual apertures around you and aid you in condensing your Primordial Dan!"
Instantly, Lu Changfeng's body relaxed.
The spiritual apertures within him trembled slightly, as if guided by a homologous cultivation technique.
The next moment,
Boom—!
A violent, restless aura erupted from within Lu Changfeng's body.
The spiritual energy inside him felt as though it was about to burst right through his flesh.
The excruciating pain throughout his entire body caused him to furrow his brow deeply; this torment was no less agonizing than having ten thousand insects gnawing at his heart.
"Hold on!"
"This is the most crucial part. Gather your spirit; once you pass this trial, your Primordial Dan will be vastly different from ordinary ones!"
Yue Qingshuang's cool, ethereal voice echoed in the depths of Lu Changfeng's mind.
Subconsciously, Lu Changfeng reined in his consciousness, throwing his all into cooperating with the spiritual apertures as they merged into the Primordial Dan.
Half an hour later,
Boom—!
A deafening roar erupted from within Lu Changfeng's body.
Dazzling rays of spiritual light flashed forth, illuminating the entire Yuehan Peak in a brilliant, translucent glow.
Shortly after, a perfectly round Primordial Dan, roughly the size of a human head, drifted out from within Lu Changfeng.
This Primordial Dan radiated a luminous brilliance, adorned with intricate and profound patterns that seemed capable of trapping the soul of anyone who dared to gaze upon it for even a second.
Just at that very moment,
Boom—!
With another thunderous roar, Lu Changfeng's Primordial Dan instantly collapsed inward from the center.
The Primordial Dan, which had previously been the size of a human head, was now reduced to merely the size of a fingernail.
It could not even match the size of a typical cultivator's Primordial Dan.
Yet, the aura emanating from this Primordial Dan was unimaginably heavy and dense, shining with a blinding brilliance that made it impossible for the eyes to look upon directly.
The Primordial Dan was stark white in its entirety, save for faint, obscure black patterns tracing its surface.
An inexpressible, profound power burst forth from within it.
Lu Changfeng slowly opened his eyes and asked in bewilderment, "Why does my Primordial Dan look so different from everyone else's?!"
"Though... the power within my Primordial Dan is undeniably formidable!"
He nodded in satisfaction.
Yue Qingshuang reached out and tapped him lightly on the forehead, chiding, "What are you daydreaming about?"
"Why don't you hurry up and consolidate your cultivation realm?!"
Without hesitation, Lu Changfeng closed his eyes slightly and swallowed the Primordial Dan back into his abdomen.
He immediately began to consolidate his cultivation.
In a flash, three days passed.
Throughout these days, Lu Changfeng remained in a deep, unawakened state.
Meanwhile, Yue Qingshuang stayed faithfully by his side, standing guard for him.
The Primordial Dan realm was of paramount importance to any cultivator.
She could not afford to let a single soul disturb Lu Changfeng.
At that exact moment,
A series of brilliant white radiances suddenly erupted from Lu Changfeng's body, piercing directly through the formation Yue Qingshuang had set up.
A boundless aura reverberated across the entirety of Yuehan Peak.
And this streak of white light seemed to summon golden auspicious clouds across the firmament above.
Countless spiritual rain droplets condensed out of thin air.
Then,
Whoosh—!
A streak of ethereal Daoist light manifested between heaven and earth.
The Daoist light swayed and rippled, echoing throughout the entire Yuehan Peak.
"Not bad."
Yue Qingshuang nodded slightly, a faint smile gracing the corners of her lips.
At this moment, the streak of Daoist light seemed to respond to some unseen summons, shooting straight up into the sky and soaring toward the seven-colored auspicious clouds above.
Hum—!
Crack—!
Between heaven and earth, countless Sanskrit chants roared, and the Daoist light flickered continuously, as though proclaiming this monumental event to the entire world.
The Primordial Dan within Lu Changfeng's body suddenly shot forth, dashing toward the heavens at breakneck speed.
Amidst the rolling sea of clouds, boundless bolts of lightning seemed guided by an invisible force, striking fiercely down upon the Primordial Dan.
Rumble—!
Tempered by the divine lightning, the Primordial Dan grew increasingly resplendent, as if its immense power now carried a faint, destructive trace of thunder.
This trial of lightning baptism lasted for a full three hours.
During this span, aside from countless minor lightning bolts not worth mentioning, the major, terrifying heavenly bolts struck him a total of nine times!
With every single strike, his Primordial Dan would shrink slightly, only to devour the lightning energy and expand back to its original size.
The entire Yuehan Peak was filled with the dry, scorched scent left in the wake of heavenly lightning.
Countless tiny electric arcs still crackled and surged through the surrounding woodlands.
"As expected... a once-in-a-millennium genius!"
In the blink of an eye, Lu Changfeng's cultivation realm skyrocketed from the peak of the Zhou Tian Realm straight to the peak of the First Layer of the Primordial Dan Realm!