Whoosh.
The ice-cold lake water whizzed past Mu Chen's body, and his body flew towards the depths of the lake. As he went deeper, Mu Chen could feel a powerful pressure surging towards him from all directions.
On the surface of Mu Chen's body, there wasn't any Spiritual Energy protecting him. Instead, he was relying on his Spiritual Energy to penetrate deeper, enduring the powerful water pressure that permeated through every pore.
Mu Chen's black pupils stared at the depths of the lake, and his body felt the increasing water pressure. After a few minutes, he finally came to a stop. That's because he could feel the water pressure surging towards him, causing him to feel a stinging pain on the surface of his body.
Mu Chen raised his head to look at the surface of the lake, and he could only see a small ball of light. Right now, he was afraid that YIJG was already a few hundred meters below the surface of the lake.
The lake water here wasn't ordinary. It was mixed with a dense amount of Spiritual Energy, causing the water pressure to be extremely powerful. Even with Mu Chen's current strength, he could still feel some pressure from it.
It was about time for him to cultivate in this place.
Thinking about this, Mu Chen nodded his head and sat down in the lake. His expression turned solemn.
Huuu.
Mu Chen let out a breath, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness into his aurasea.
"Can we start?" Mu Chen looked at the Jiu You Sparrow that was sitting on the Mandala Flower in his aurasea and asked.
The Jiu You Sparrow nodded its head, and it flapped its wings.
Dense black flames surged out, and it looked at Mu Chen and said indifferently, "Ruguo, if you're ready, then let's start.
Remember, if you can't endure it, then give up. Don't force it. "
Mu Chen's expression was solemn, and he nodded his head.
"Then let's begin."
Jiu You Sparrow didn't say much and flapped its wings.
The raging black flames instantly swept out and surged towards Mu Chen's Spirit, as well as the Spiritual Energy light wheel that was sitting cross-legged.
A solemn expression appeared on the face of Mu Chen's Spirit as he formed a seal with his hands.
Dense dark Spiritual Energy burst out from the Spiritual Energy light wheel and protected him.
Chi chi!
The black flames quickly spread out and instantly enveloped Mu Chen's Spirit and Spiritual Energy light wheel. The black flames and the pitch-black Spiritual Energy collided.
Instantly, a sizzling sound erupted.
Mu Chen could clearly feel that the Spiritual Energy that collided with the black flames was rapidly evaporating.
In the past, Mu Chen relied on the power of the Jiu You Sparrow to control the Jiu You Fire and avoid the backlash. But in this situation, he had clearly lost the ability to control the Jiu You Fire.
The Nine Nether Flame, which was once a sharp sword in his hand, had also begun to reveal its loftiness to him.
The Spiritual Energy was evaporating bit by bit.
Mu Chen let out a low roar, and the Spiritual Energy light wheel burst out with an intense radiance. Dense Spiritual Energy shot out and passed through the raging black flames. It drilled out of his aura sea and quickly circulated along his meridians.
Every single strand of Spiritual Energy that drilled out of his aura sea was burning with black flames. As the black flames appeared in Mu Chen's meridians, the temperature caused Mu Chen's meridians to twitch.
The intense pain started to spread, causing Mu Chen's body to tremble.
Mu Chen clenched his teeth as he endured the heart-piercing pain. He continued to circulate his Spiritual Energy. As he circulated his Spiritual Energy, the strands of Spiritual Energy rapidly weakened. This was due to the black flames constantly burning his Spiritual Energy.
Chi!
Chi!
At this moment, Mu Chen's body had become exceptionally lively. Surges of Spiritual Energy rapidly circulated within his body. However, at the very beginning, the Spiritual Energy had only circulated halfway before it was completely incinerated by the Nine Nether Flame.
This was a rather shocking consumption. As the Spiritual Energy circulated, the Jiu You Fire and Spiritual Energy would gradually fuse. But the moment the Spiritual Energy was completely burned up, the Spiritual Energy fusion would naturally end in failure.
Right now, Mu Chen was like changing his blood. However, he wasn't changing his blood, but his Spiritual Energy. He needed to completely replace the ordinary Spiritual Energy in his body with the pure Spiritual Energy that was fused with the Jiu You Fire.
Therefore, the Spiritual Energy that was channeled out would be completely burned up and unable to return to the Spiritual Energy light wheel. This was equivalent to a failure, and the Spiritual Energy would be wasted in vain.
Fortunately, Mu Chen was rather calm about this. He knew that it wasn't easy to complete the Spiritual Energy fusion. It would require a relatively long period of adaptation. Only then would he be able to gradually allow the Spiritual Energy to withstand the burning of the Jiu You Fire and fuse with it.
While Mu Chen held this thought in his mind, the Spiritual Energy in Mu Chen's body was completely exhausted after a short two hours. The Spiritual Energy light wheel in his body had also become dim.
Mu Chen endured the waves of piercing pain in his body and temporarily stopped the fusion. He circulated the Great Pagoda Art and quickly absorbed the Spiritual Energy in the lake to replenish the Spiritual Energy in his body.
When Mu Chen had fully absorbed the Spiritual Energy in his body, he did not have the slightest intention to rest and started the Spiritual Energy fusion again.
This was a rather arduous process of cultivation.
When the first day of cultivation ended, Mu Chen finally managed to gradually resist the burning of the Jiu You Fire with the Spiritual Energy in his body. However, he was still unable to return the Spiritual Energy to the Spiritual Energy light wheel.
However, Mu Chen was not dejected. At the very least, YIJG was a form of improvement.
The following days of cultivation were dull and dull. Mu Chen rested a little every day and spent the majority of his time on the Spiritual Energy fusion. Fortunately, the heavens did not disappoint those who persevered. On the fourth day, the first Spiritual Energy finally managed to withstand the burning of the Jiu You Fire and the powerful water pressure. It completed its circulation and returned to his qi sea.
Compared to when it left his aurasea, this strand of Spiritual Energy was dozens of times weaker. It was so much so that there was only a strand of it left. However, it made Mu Chen excited. This strand of Spiritual Energy was the strengthened Spiritual Energy after the fusion!
Mu Chen's mind was filled with excitement as he stared at the strand of new Spiritual Energy. The strand of Spiritual Energy was even more profound and jet-black, as if it was the color that gushed out from the deepest part of the starry sky. Within the strand of Spiritual Energy, Mu Chen could see a tiny black flame gently flickering.
That was the Jiu You Fire.
Mu Chen was overjoyed. With a thought, the black flame rose from within the strand of black Spiritual Energy. However, the current Mu Chen could not sense any dangerous fluctuations from it.
This was because the Jiu You Fire truly belonged to him. Not even the Jiu You Sparrow could control it!
Although the strand of black Spiritual Energy was extremely tiny, Mu Chen could feel that the quality of this strand of Spiritual Energy that was burning with black flames was definitely several times higher than the previous strand of Spiritual Energy!
Moreover, the destructive power and lethality of it had increased by a lot.
"This is only the fusion of a strand of Spiritual Energy. It's still far from success." The Jiu You Sparrow could not help but remind Mu Chen when it saw how excited he was.
"I'm hiding it."
Mu Chen smiled and calmed his emotions. With a thought, the strand of strengthened Spiritual Energy entered the tiny Spirit that was sitting on the Spiritual Energy light wheel. In an instant, the eyes of Mu Chen's Spirit turned a little black.
With the success of the first strand of Spiritual Energy, the rest of his cultivation was naturally successful. However, the intense pain that came from within his body did not weaken in the slightest. Instead, it stimulated Mu Chen's nerves and caused his body to tremble.
In a short two days, the Spiritual Energy that had fused with the Jiu You Fire within Mu Chen's body gradually became more vigorous. However, there was still a distance to success.
Hu.
The Spiritual Energy within Mu Chen's body was once again exhausted. In the depths of the lake, he opened his eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he formed seals with both of his hands and activated the Great Pagoda Art. On the surface of his body, strands of black flames rose. A suction force erupted and the surrounding lake water was instantly evaporated, forming a vacuum zone.
Hualala.
The lake water crazily gathered towards the area where Mu Chen was located. The water turned into a huge whirlpool. Mu Chen sat in the center of the whirlpool and absorbed all the Spiritual Energy within the lake water into his body.
Mu Chen's movements were so huge that the entire lake was stirred up by him. As he stirred up the lake water, there were several figures sitting cross-legged in the middle of the lake. It was obvious that they were using the water pressure to cultivate.
When they noticed the movements coming from the lake water, they opened their eyes in shock. Immediately, they moved and broke through the lake water. They flew towards the direction of the sound and quickly saw Mu Chen, who was sitting cross-legged in the whirlpool.
"Who is that guy?
How can he cause such a huge commotion! "
"He only seems to be at the Spirit Stage Late Phase. How can he be so capable?"
"This guy is not simple."
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Their eyes were filled with doubt as they whispered to each other. However, no one dared to disturb Mu Chen's cultivation. They could feel how powerful Mu Chen was. Although the latter seemed to be at the Spirit Stage Late Phase, the fluctuations that were emitted from his body were terrifying.
They observed for a moment, but when they saw that Mu Chen did not care about their intentions, they could only disperse.
Mu Chen had also sensed those figures. However, when he saw that they didn't reveal any hostility, he relaxed and started to concentrate. Once again, he absorbed the Spiritual Energy within his body to fill it up.
Hu.
When the Spiritual Energy within his body became abundant, Mu Chen let out a deep breath. His eyes became much brighter and sharper. He had a feeling that this time, the Spiritual Energy Fusion would be perfect!
"Let's begin!"
Mu Chen suppressed the excitement in his heart. With a thought, surging Spiritual Energy surged out of the Spiritual Energy light wheel once again.
(I have returned to Hangzhou. I will start updating tomorrow. I apologize to everyone again.)
(To be continued …)