Strength Advances

"The Holy Sect won't be impolite to accept such a generous gift from The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion!"

Su Muchen was in high spirits, completely ignoring the livid faces of The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's elders. With a flicker, he transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the horizon.

The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's elders watched Su Muchen leave, helpless to stop him. Their strength didn't even match Xuanzhen Daoren's, and with his protector present, making a rash move would be akin to hitting a rock with an egg.

"Return to the sect! This matter cannot be left unresolved!"

The Grand Elder of The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion glared resentfully in the direction Su Muchen had left, leading The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's members away in frustration.

"Congratulations to Sect Leader Liu! Please put in a good word for us with the envoy in the future!"

No sooner had The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's people left than the elders and sect leaders of various sects friendly with the CloudWater Sect rushed forward, vying to get close to Liu Canghai.

"Of course, of course!"

Liu Canghai was currently riding high on success. He was also deeply grateful to Su Muchen, resolving in his heart to cling even tighter to Su Muchen's powerful influence.

The sects that had previously sided with Zhao Yi, on the other hand, were pale as ghosts, filled with regret. Who could have predicted that Su Muchen would be so formidable!

Many people also realized at this moment that, being from the Central Region, even if Su Muchen was currently weak and alone, he was not someone they, as small fish and shrimps, could afford to offend.

Unfortunately, it was too late for regrets!

As soon as he returned to the CloudWater Sect, Su Muchen eagerly entered his room and secluded himself.

"Shadow Elder, please shield my aura!"

As Su Muchen spoke, the void rippled, and a transparent barrier silently appeared, enveloping the entire room.

Su Muchen was naturally confident in Shadow Elder's abilities. Unless a powerhouse above the Void Riding Realm personally arrived, no one would be able to detect anything within.

"I never expected The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion to possess such a treasure. I suspect even Zhao Yi wasn't aware of it?"

Su Muchen happily retrieved the Bodhi Tree. If this item were to appear in the world, even Su Muchen, as the Young Master of the Holy Sect, would likely attract countless covetous eyes. After all, it was a legendary divine object.

However, what puzzled Su Muchen was how a lower region sect like The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion managed to obtain such a treasure?

But after a moment's thought, Su Muchen put these doubts behind him. It didn't matter how they got it; now that it was in his hands, it was a great opportunity.

Gazing at the Bodhi Tree sapling, which was only an inch tall but radiated a rich spiritual energy, Su Muchen's heart was filled with excitement.

"Shadow Elder, please protect me!"

Su Muchen decided to immediately refine this item to avoid any unforeseen complications.

The Bodhi Tree was rumored to be a sacred object of Buddhism. Legend had it that the Buddha attained enlightenment under this tree.

If a Buddhist obtained this item, with the blessings of Buddhism, they would definitely be able to unleash incredible power.

Although Su Muchen didn't delve deeply into Buddhism, the Bodhi Tree was equally beneficial to him.

He carefully examined the inch-tall Bodhi Tree, took a deep breath, and swallowed it whole.

As soon as the Bodhi Tree entered his mouth, it went down his meridians and finally settled into Su Muchen's dantian.

Boom!

As the Bodhi Tree entered his dantian, the spiritual energy that had been residing within seemed to find an outlet and frantically surged towards the Bodhi Tree.

In the blink of an eye, the spiritual energy in Su Muchen's dantian was completely devoured by the Bodhi Tree.

"Bad!"

Su Muchen's expression changed drastically. He never expected the Bodhi Tree to be so domineering. As soon as it landed, it absorbed all of the spiritual energy he had accumulated.

He quickly opened Xuanzhen Daoren's storage bag, not caring about the waste, and directly crushed spirit stones, absorbing the spiritual power contained within in an almost barbaric manner.

This method of absorption was undoubtedly a great waste of spirit stones, as less than forty percent of the spiritual power could be truly utilized.

But at this moment, Su Muchen couldn't afford to worry about anything else. Once the Bodhi Tree began to be refined, it couldn't be stopped midway, otherwise all previous efforts would be wasted, and it would never be refined.

In the blink of an eye, the fragments of spirit stones piled up around Su Muchen had already formed a small hill, but the Bodhi Tree still showed no signs of stopping its absorption of spiritual energy.

"I'll risk it!"

Su Muchen gritted his teeth and simply went all in, taking out several high-grade spirit stones.

As several high-grade spirit stones lost their luster, the Bodhi Tree, which had been frantically devouring spiritual energy, suddenly stopped absorbing.

Suddenly, a burst of majestic power erupted from the Bodhi Tree. The originally empty dantian was instantly filled with extremely pure spiritual energy.

Before Su Muchen could rejoice at the surging spiritual energy in his dantian, his expression abruptly changed.

"Not good!"

Although the dantians of cultivators were far larger than those of ordinary people, and the dantians of those with high cultivation were even more vast, even the most vast dantian ultimately had its limits.

At this moment, Su Muchen was facing such a predicament. The spiritual energy that the Bodhi Tree was feeding back was too majestic, not only abundant but also extremely pure.

This was undoubtedly a great thing for ordinary cultivators, but this spiritual energy was simply too abundant, far exceeding the limit that Su Muchen's dantian could accommodate!

Su Muchen's face turned slightly pale as he desperately circulated his techniques, continuously transferring the spiritual energy in his dantian to the meridians throughout his body.

However, the number of meridians in the human body was limited. Soon, all of Su Muchen's meridians were filled with spiritual energy, but the Bodhi Tree was still continuously transferring spiritual power to Su Muchen's dantian! Su Muchen inwardly lamented that he had previously lacked spiritual energy, but now he was flooded with it!

"This won't do!"

Su Muchen knew that if this continued, he would likely be burst alive by this majestic spiritual energy! Forcing himself to calm down, Su Muchen began to try to compress the spiritual energy in his body!

That's right, compression! He thought of the compressed gas tanks used to store gas in his previous life. Although spiritual energy was special, it was still a type of gas, and perhaps this method could be used as a reference.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Su Muchen began to continuously compress the spiritual power in his body.

Drip!

Inside the dantian, a drop of crystal-clear liquid suddenly fell. With the appearance of the first drop, the second, third, and subsequent drops fell continuously, and the speed of the drops increased, eventually converging into a trickle.

As Su Muchen's refining speed continued to increase, more and more liquid spiritual energy appeared in his dantian. In contrast, the originally abundant spiritual energy gradually became thinner.

Su Muchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that this method was indeed effective!

So, he eliminated distractions and focused his mind. Soon, he compressed all the spiritual power in his body into liquid droplets. At this moment, the liquid formed from spiritual energy occupied two-thirds of the space in Su Muchen's dantian.

Now, the abundance of spiritual energy in Su Muchen's body was something even a Void Riding Realm expert would find difficult to match!

The benefits of abundant spiritual power were self-evident. Some of the higher-level techniques that could not be used before could now be used by Su Muchen even beyond his level!

However, what puzzled Su Muchen was that his cultivation was still stuck at the peak of the Yuan Transformation Realm, with no signs of breaking through.

Su Muchen didn't care about this, as he had a system to rely on, and breaking through his cultivation was only a matter of time.

"Congratulations, Young Pavilion Master, your cultivation has taken another step forward!"

Although Shadow Elder didn't know why Su Muchen's cultivation hadn't broken through, he sensed a dangerous aura from Su Muchen!

It should be noted that although Shadow Elder had suppressed his realm because of the lower realm, he was ultimately a genuine Void Riding Realm powerhouse!

Worthy of being the pride of the Holy Sect!

"This is all thanks to The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion!"

Su Muchen smiled slightly, while Shadow Elder looked puzzled, but Su Muchen didn't explain further.

If The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion knew all this, would they be so angry that they would vomit blood and come from thousands of miles away to fight Su Muchen to the death?

However, what Su Muchen was quite curious about was how The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion had found such a treasure.