130.Xu Shan with a Surging Strength

Time flies by swiftly, and the stars shift in the sky.

In the cold pool of the cave, a column of water suddenly burst up. A sturdy man leaped out of it and stood firmly by the side of the cold pool. He had a powerful and muscular build, with his explosive muscles fully exposed, glistening with a healthy hue under the reflection of the water.

The man flicked his head casually. The water droplets that were shaken off shot towards the cave wall like fast arrows. Then, a large amount of white steam rose from his body, and the excess water was completely evaporated.

Xu Shan stretched his body and let out a long sigh. It had been two years and nine months. He had completely absorbed the Yin Earth Water and the Thunder Light Soul Essence! Even the Qianren Sand had been used up completely, and the sharpness of that miraculous sandstone itself had been worn away by him. However, he had only used two Qianyuan Unity Pills.

Under the catalysis of the rare and precious natural materials and his long-term intense practice of basic swordsmanship, his strength had made an explosive progress. Without using magic tools or spells, he was faintly confident that he could defeat a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator just with his physical abilities.

If it were a normal competition... Among the cultivators who participated in the secret realm trial of the Centennial Grand Competition in the Shuijing Domain before, there should be no one who could match him, including Wu Ming. Except for Diwu Lianfeng... It was hard to say. He had never seen Diwu Lianfeng at his full strength.

Huang Zhiwen had said that the geniuses of the big families would try their best to suppress themselves and not break through their cultivation realms too quickly, in order to solidify their foundations and pave the way for the future. Diwu Lianfeng's strength was enough to break through to the Core Formation stage when he participated in the secret realm trial, but he had never done so.

Xu Shan was extremely certain of this because he was in the same state now. The sign of a Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment breaking through to the Core Formation stage was to transform the spiritual energy sea in the Dantian into a liquid state.

A year and a half ago, the spiritual power in his Dantian began to stir. The extremely pure spiritual power had filled his Dantian, and it was on the verge of gathering and condensing into a liquid state almost uncontrollably.

Originally, forming a core was a hurdle for cultivators, which required a great deal of effort to control the spiritual power by themselves and compress it. Once this process failed, the spiritual power would backfire and cause great harm to the cultivator, and it would also have a huge impact on the next breakthrough.

However, he was not cultivating in the normal way but was pushed forward by the rare natural materials. The spiritual power purified by the Wugou Xuanshu cultivation method condensed extremely easily, and coupled with his own strong ability to absorb spiritual power. With the combination of these three factors, his path to the Core Formation realm was extremely smooth.

But there were still benefits to be gained. Xu Shan desperately suppressed the breakthrough and instead controlled the spiritual power to impact and expand the Dantian. However, the Dantian had almost reached its limit half a year ago...

In the past half year, he had still been slowly trying to control the spiritual power to impact the Dantian and expand the spiritual energy sea, time and time again. The difficulty was comparable to the "inch stop" technique... If he wasn't careful, he was afraid that he would break through. The amount of pure spiritual power he had accumulated was too large!

Xu Shan had no doubt that once the first drop of liquid spiritual power appeared, he wouldn't be able to stop the rest! Completely transforming into a liquid state meant entering the Core Formation stage.

But as of today, he couldn't continue with this "inch stop" either... One more cultivation session and he would break through. This premonition was so strong that it was like a person who had diarrhea and could barely move, but managed to stagger from the first floor to the door of the fifth floor while holding it in, and then suddenly had to hold back a fart. He didn't dare to take the risk!

However, he still had a chance to continue his cultivation. Xu Shan raised the last Qianyuan Body Transformation Pill in his hand.

Items of the Earth Rank were all extraordinary. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would have to pay a great price to obtain one. But the Purple Crane True Person had given him three at once.

This was a pill that was supposed to be swallowed directly, but he had diluted it in water and used it, so undoubtedly a lot of the medicinal power had been lost. Even so, the physical enhancement brought to him by the pill solution was enormous. His muscle strength had become extremely full, and his meridians and Dantian had been expanded, all thanks to this pill.

He still had one more chance to expand. This time... he would take it directly! With the experience of the previous two times, he was confident that he could withstand the overbearing medicinal power. He wondered whether, after taking this pill, he could completely defeat a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with his pure physical strength.

Just as he was about to put the pill in his mouth, Xu Shan hesitated for a moment. He reached his hand to his buttocks and squeezed with all his might.

It was very strong, powerful, and fierce! If he exposed his buttocks on the sea surface and squeezed someone with it, it wouldn't be strange if that person thought they had been bitten by a great white shark. But it still couldn't compare to Yang Lin's squeezing force... After all, she was a Core Formation stage cultivator, and there was a huge gap in their cultivation realms.

The reason why he did this suddenly was that Xu Shan wanted to verify his strength. Back then, when he practiced with Huang Zhiwen, the other party had suppressed his cultivation realm to the Foundation Establishment stage and fought with him using exquisite swordsmanship. So it could be said that he had never really fought with a Core Formation cultivator, and he could only roughly analyze the strength gap by the squeezing force of his buttocks.

Although it was not elegant, it was relatively scientific! This was also a great innovation in the world of cultivation!

Xu Shan sighed with regret. If he were a body cultivator, it might be that he was really more suitable for body refining. It was a pity that the mainstream in the world of cultivation was cultivating spells, and very few cultivators chose to refine their bodies. He hadn't even met one until now.

This path was both difficult to follow and not easy to achieve results. When a cultivator who cultivates spells breaks through a realm, their body will also break through, but the strength definitely can't compare to that of a body cultivator. However, this makes body refining seem to have a very low cost-performance ratio. Only those with exceptional talents or battle maniacs who pursue passionate battles are willing to choose this path.

It was said that body cultivators could use their cultivation methods to temper their bodies, internal organs, and even attach spiritual power to their flesh, blood, and meridians. It was completely different from the path that most cultivators who cultivate spells took.

Xu Shan had also tried to temper his body with spiritual power, but he couldn't find the right way. Now, the way he tempered his body was the most clumsy and rough method that anyone could think of, which was equivalent to a person lifting weights and forcing himself to reach the late-stage Foundation Establishment realm...

Shaking off his complicated thoughts, Xu Shan slowly put the Qianyuan Body Transformation Pill into his mouth. This was the last chance to quickly strengthen his body, and his Dantian and meridians would be expanded again!

All the resources had been exhausted, and there was no need to stay here any longer... Xu Shan sat cross-legged and meditated, feeling the powerful medicinal power in his body begin to be released!

Unlike absorbing the medicinal power in water, the Qianyuan Body Transformation Pill melted in his abdomen and directly began to spread to his internal organs. His whole body's organs began to be destroyed and then reshaped repeatedly. It was completely different from simple pain. Xu Shan almost felt like vomiting, but he endured it.

Under the overwhelming pain, he felt the changes in his internal organs. He guided the medicinal power to flow through his body. His bones cracked, and his meridians and Dantian were faintly expanding.

The intense pain made Xu Shan's whole body soaked in sweat, but he showed a joyful smile. Sure enough, taking it directly was much better than diluting it in water, just as he had expected. He had wasted two precious pills, but without those two as a foundation, he might not have been able to directly take the third one.

Just as he had absorbed more than half of the medicinal power and was enjoying the pleasure brought by the increase in strength. An old face filled with ecstasy had appeared behind him!

"Good disciple! You actually dared to directly take the Qianyuan Body Transformation Pill. It seems that you have full confidence. Your master is here to give you a helping hand!!"