Today was the third night watch and he had finally made it to Qidian. Surprise!
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When he thought of those gourds, he couldn't help but feel angry. He had studied those gourds for a long time. Along the way, he looked left and right, and they were clearly extremely ordinary. He even deliberately removed the seeds from the gourds and filled them with spring water. On the way, he was seen by a few of his senior brothers and they all laughed at him.
Wang Lin laughed coldly in his heart, but on the outside, he said, "I don't know what spiritual energy is either. I heard you say that you will give me spirit stones if I find the gourds. Why don't you tell me what spiritual energy is?"
Sun Dazhu felt a little dizzy. He looked at Wang Lin for a long time. For the first time, he had doubts. Were there many gourds like he had guessed, or was there only one and this dumb kid picked it up by accident?
After thinking for a while, he thought that what Wang Lin said was reasonable. Only after reaching the first level of qi condensation would one be able to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Thinking about this, he regretted putting medicine in Wang Lin's food to hinder his cultivation. This dumb kid's talent wasn't good. Reaching the first level of qi condensation was already very difficult. Now, with the addition of the medicine, he would need at least thirty to fifty years to reach it.
Sighing, Sun Dazhu was disheartened. However, he was unwilling to give up. After hesitating for a while, he took out a low quality spirit stone and threw it to Wang Lin. "This is the spirit stone I promised you. Take it and cultivate. Get to the first level of qi condensation as soon as possible."
Wang Lin quickly took it, thanked him, and returned to his room.
Sun Dazhu stood there in a daze. After a long time, he let out a long sigh and said to himself, "If I don't give up the child, I won't be able to catch the wolf. I'll have to use the last method to see if he's lying.
Let him reach the first level as soon as possible. Once he reaches the first level, he will be considered a cultivator. I will use the soul searching technique on him even if I have to regress a level. This way, I won't go against the laws of heaven and earth that forbid cultivators from using the soul searching technique on mortals until they reach the Core Formation stage. "
The soul searching technique was a simple immortal technique, but it was too vicious. After the soul searching technique was used, there was a 90% chance that the person would die immediately. The best result would be a lifetime of dementia.
However, it was also because of this that the Soul Searching Technique was inexplicably restricted. It couldn't be used on mortals before reaching the Core Formation stage, or else they would feel the same way.
If they were both cultivators, then there would be no such restriction. However, they could only use it three times in their lifetime, and every time they used it, their cultivation would regress.
Wang Lin sat cross-legged in his room, examining the Immortal stone in his hand. No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see anything extraordinary about it. However, as he held it in his hand, his mind became very clear. He closed his eyes and began to do breathing exercises.
One night passed. Wang Lin let out a sigh. There was still no sign of spiritual energy entering his body. He wryly smiled. Just at that moment, the door was pushed open. Sun Dazhu walked in with a bowl of black liquid.
"Drink it!"
Wang Lin was startled. He looked at it cautiously but did not take it. He asked, "Master, what is this?"
When Sun Dazhu saw the expression on Wang Lin's face, his anger soared. He roared, "Why would I harm you? I told you to drink it, so drink it. If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted you to reach the first level of Qi Condensation as soon as possible, do you think I would have stayed up all night and wasted so many precious ingredients to concoct this medicine?"
Wang Lin hesitated for a moment. When he saw Sun Dazhu's unfriendly expression, he picked up the stone bowl and held his breath.
After he drank it, a scorching heat rose up from his stomach and spread throughout his body. He suddenly felt his mouth go dry, as if there was a fire burning inside of him.
His vision darkened, and the stone bowl in his hand fell to the ground. He felt dizzy, as if he was about to fall asleep.
"Hurry up and do breathing exercises. I'll help you absorb it." Sun Dazhu unwillingly placed his hand on Wang Lin's chest.
A cool and refreshing feeling came from his chest. Wang Lin's mind became clear, and he immediately started breathing exercises.
Sun Dazhu looked at the stone bowl on the ground with a pained expression. He gritted his teeth and took out a few low grade spirit stones from his storage bag. He placed them on Wang Lin's left and right. He thought to himself, "Kid, I've spent a lot of money this time. You'll have to pay me back in the future!"
Not long after, Sun Dazhu felt like ants crawling up his body. He could clearly feel that Wang Lin's body was slowly condensing the spiritual energy of the herbs. His face lit up.
But at this moment, a wave of turbid energy quickly dispersed from Wang Lin's body. It easily dissolved the spiritual energy that was about to be condensed. Sun Dazhu's face turned bitter.
He recognized the source of the turbid energy. It was the Spirit Dissolving Grass that he had fed Wang Lin yesterday.
He tried many times, until all the spiritual energy in Wang Lin's body had dissipated, he still could not condense a single strand of spiritual energy.
Sun Dazhu let out a long sigh. He let go of his hand and stared at Wang Lin. His heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Wang Lin opened his eyes. He felt his whole body was light and extremely comfortable. He was about to say some words of gratitude. He didn't expect Sun Dazhu to bitterly wave his sleeve and leave the room without looking back.
Wang Lin was startled. He couldn't figure out what Sun Dazhu was thinking. He stretched his body and walked out of the room. He loudly said to Sun Dazhu, "Master, I'm going to the spring to see how my luck is today."
Sun Dazhu didn't speak, but the door of the garden silently opened. Wang Lin quickly walked out. As soon as he left, Sun Dazhu immediately followed him secretly.
A month quickly passed. During this month, Wang Lin went to the spring every day to meditate. Sun Dazhu secretly monitored him every time. Day after day of disappointment, Sun Dazhu gradually became disheartened.
For a month, he had to give some herbs to Wang Lin every day, but he couldn't condense any spiritual energy. Sun Dazhu's temper became more and more irritable day by day.
The most important thing was that Sun Dazhu found that the spiritual energy in the gourd he obtained before was dissipating little by little. In just a month, the spiritual energy had disappeared. The spring water inside was still the same after being poured out. There was no spiritual energy at all.
In the end, the gourd became no different from an ordinary wild gourd. Sun Dazhu couldn't help but be disappointed. After careful analysis, he thought of a guess.
The gourd itself was not extraordinary, but it had undergone some special changes, which caused the spiritual energy to be rich. Presumably, Wang Lin obtained it by chance. The possibility of him having other gourds was not big.
The more he thought about this guess, the more he felt that it was correct. He couldn't help but feel distressed. In the past month, he did almost nothing. Every day, besides monitoring, he brewed medicine. Now, all his efforts were in vain. He angrily called Wang Lin and reprimanded him. Finally, he waved his sleeve and expelled him from the main courtyard.
Now, whenever he saw Wang Lin, his heart would be filled with anger. Out of sight, out of mind, out of mind. It didn't take long for him to completely forget about his disciple.
In his opinion, although Wang Lin had been taking medicine for the past month, it would take him at least eight to ten years to reach the first level of Qi Condensation. Unless he hardened his heart and continued to give it to his disciple, regardless of the loss of medicinal herbs.