131.A Sudden Change

A huge amount of spiritual power rushed into Xu Shan's body, helping him quickly channel the medicinal power.

Xu Shan, who had been fully immersed in using the medicinal power to transform his body, was suddenly awakened by this external force.

Then came the voice of the Purple Crane True Person.

Why did this old guy... show up at this exact moment!

Now that he had lost some of his initiative, I'm afraid things had become a bit troublesome.

"Concentrate! Your master can only assist you. To fully absorb this pill, you still have to rely on yourself!" the Purple Crane True Person scolded.

The strength in his hands unconsciously increased a bit.

As his spiritual power flowed through Xu Shan's body, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

The width of this kid's meridians was almost catching up with that of a Core Formation stage cultivator... The smoothness of his spiritual power operation far surpassed that of cultivators of the same realm.

It seemed that he had put in a lot of hard work secretly!

Xu Shan had never learned the method of body refining. To expand his meridians, he had to do it by brute force. No one was willing to endure this long and painful process.

Only those who could withstand pain well and had a firm will could achieve it.

The most crucial thing was still the Qianyuan Body Transformation Pill... Without such a pill to help him repair and improve, the hidden injuries left by constantly straining his meridians and Dantian for a long time would greatly affect his subsequent cultivation path.

What a guy who wasn't afraid of death.

A wicked smile appeared on the corner of the Purple Crane True Person's mouth.

But this was even better... The stronger he was, the richer the rewards he could reap.

Xu Shan had a ferocious expression and continued to use the medicinal power to cleanse his whole body.

Until three quarters of an hour later, the effect of the medicine gradually faded from its peak, and the process of absorption and transformation became milder.

A lake of sweat formed beneath him.

Sensing the progress, the Purple Crane True Person spoke again, "Don't stop. Now, absorb the spiritual power with all your might! Break through to the Core Formation stage in one fell swoop!"

"After breaking through to the Core Formation stage, your body and spirit will make another great leap forward. With the help of the pills, you can gain even more benefits. Immediately circulate your cultivation method!"

Xu Shan gritted his teeth tightly.

Since things had come to this, he could only continue to break through and increase his strength!

He began to circulate the Wugou Xuanshu cultivation method, and the spiritual energy entered his body.

The Purple Crane True Person still felt it wasn't enough. He summoned a large number of spirit stones out of thin air and shattered them into powder in the air.

The rich spiritual energy immediately filled the entire space.

With a wave of his large sleeve, a dark blue whirlpool was formed out of thin air in the cave, with Xu Shan at its center.

Xu Shan could no longer hold on.

The spiritual power in his Dantian began to compress and condense, and the speed was astonishing.

In just a few breaths, more than half of the transformation was completed.

"I told you not to stop! Don't stop!"

With a determined heart, Xu Shan accelerated the process of condensing and absorbing the spiritual power to replenish his Dantian.

After another three breaths, when he inspected his Dantian internally, the dense spiritual power had completely transformed into a liquid spiritual pearl.

The spiritual pearl was still expanding until a trace of flocculent substance appeared in it... and then it couldn't expand any further.

"Mid Core Formation stage... Good disciple! It seems that you've been holding back for a long time. You really gave your master a pleasant surprise! Hahaha!" the Purple Crane True Person laughed maniacally towards the sky.

Xu Shan closed his eyes and furrowed his brows tightly.

He had completely ignored the voice of the Purple Crane True Person. Now, the changes caused by the realm breakthrough were still continuing.

Although the spiritual power in his Dantian had been successfully transformed completely, his spirit and physique were still improving.

This feeling of improvement was just like when he had broken through from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Purple Crane True Person knew his state well and didn't say anything more. Instead, he stirred up a gust of gloomy wind and carried Xu Shan and flew out of the cave at high speed.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Shan had been brought back to the main hall of the Zhenhai Sect.

After entering the main hall and turning into a side hall, the Purple Crane True Person suppressed his ecstasy and looked at the ground.

The originally thick floor tiles on the ground shifted to the side for no apparent reason, revealing the deep stairs below.

The Purple Crane True Person walked straight down. Xu Shan lay floating behind him and slowly opened his eyes, feeling a sense of oppression in his heart.

He could feel the surge of his body's strength and the leapfrog improvement of his spirit.

He could clearly sense the tiny dust particles floating in the air.

But the current situation had exceeded his expectations.

What he needed was an open area to use his props, but now he seemed to have been brought into a secret room.

But since he was already here, he might as well see what the other person had in mind.

Entering the secret room wasn't necessarily a dead end. His towel could still be used... He might not be unable to take the risky move of killing the Purple Crane True Person with the Heart Piercing Sword.

If he could make his Nascent Soul leave his body and harm others, he could also use a steel pipe to kill him.

The Nascent Soul must rely on the body to exist, and the time it could remain independent in the outside world wouldn't be too long.

The chance of winning was still quite high...

The stairs were long and deep, spiraling down all the way. The two of them entered a vast space.

Xu Shan silently sketched the location in his mind.

They should be right below the main hall of the Zhenhai Sect now. The space here was very large, almost the same as the one above.

But what made his heart palpitate was that there was a strong smell of blood here, and there seemed to be a lot of things hanging from the ceiling.

With a light lift of his finger, the Purple Crane True Person immediately made the fluorite at the top of the secret room emit a little light, illuminating the entire space.

When he saw the scene above clearly, Xu Shan's heart couldn't help but twitch.

Corpses... There were densely packed corpses hanging in the air. At a rough glance, there were probably hundreds of them.

Judging from their clothes, most of them were ordinary people, and there were also a small number of cultivators.

What was even more terrifying was that these people had various postures. Some had half of their left and right bodies cut off and then sewn together.

There were people of all ages, men and women. There were also people whose backs had been cut open, with their nerves exposed and their spinal bones missing.

Human experiments... He was indeed conducting human experiments. He even included the old and the young. What a beast!

Xu Shan's throat tightened. His emotions were not very stable just after he had broken through the realm.

Stimulated by this scene, the two emotions of fear and rage alternately surged in his chest.

The killing intent around him was uncontrollably released.

Before he knew it, Xu Shan's eyes were already filled with bloodshot...

The Purple Crane True Person smiled and walked straight to a long, blood-stained table in the center before stopping.

He turned around and looked back at Xu Shan. Seeing that he had changed from lying floating in the air to standing upright.

The Purple Crane True Person pointed his fingers and tapped on several major acupoints on Xu Shan's body. Xu Shan immediately felt his whole body stiffen and couldn't move.

"Good disciple, if you've already woken up, say something. Aren't you tired of being so tense all the time?"

Xu Shan slowly opened his eyes and said blankly, "Disciple has broken through to the Core Formation stage within three years as agreed. Now I'm ready to inherit Master's mantle. Why has Master sealed my movements now?"

The Purple Crane True Person clapped his hands and laughed, "Still playing dumb? What courage, what spirit! It seems that you've also experienced a lot of things. An ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator doesn't have your audacity."

"Come on, take a look at your master's masterpieces!" The Purple Crane True Person raised his hands high and pointed at the group of corpses hanging from the top, "Do you know what these corpses are used for?"

Xu Shan raised his eyes and frowned as he looked at the corpses. Seeing that most of the corpses had huge wounds on their backs, an idea flashed through his mind.

"Do you want to transplant spiritual roots?"

The Purple Crane True Person looked at him in surprise.

Originally, he had planned to show off for a while, but it turned out that he had really guessed it almost right.

"Good disciple, you've actually thought of this. Your master almost can't bear to take action against you." The Purple Crane True Person sighed, "Spiritual roots are the most mysterious field in the cultivation world. They can only be sensed but not observed. When a person dies, their spiritual roots disappear. Transplanting spiritual roots has always been regarded as impossible."

"So your master doesn't want to transplant spiritual roots but to cultivate them!"

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