To condense Spirit Sea was to use Xuan Energy to squeeze out a space at the intersection of the Chong Vessel and the Ren Vessel. This was not a stab.
It was to squeeze it out slowly. The Xuan Energy could not be messed up, and the body could not overreact. Lu Li had to endure the excruciating pain …
Lu Li mobilized his Xuan Energy at the intersection of the Ren Vessel and the Chong Vessel. He divided his Xuan Energy into two strands and spun them in the Yin-Yang Fish Style of Tai Chi and Eight Diagrams.
This was easy. The two strands of Xuan Energy spun quickly. Lu Li could control Xuan Energy at will now. He could even control three strands, let alone two.
However, the next step was more difficult. Lu Li mobilized more Xuan Energy. With the increase in Xuan Energy, the intersection of the two main energy channels inevitably swelled up.
A slight pain came from the energy channels. Inevitably, Lu Li was distracted. His Xuan Energy was running around uncontrollably …
The condensation failed!
Lu Li opened his eyes and spat out the wood. He took a deep breath and rested for a while before he continued to mobilize his Xuan Energy to condense Spirit Sea.
This time, it was better. Lu Li did it for the time it took for one incense stick to burn before he stopped because of the unbearable pain.
His back was soaked in sweat, and his forehead was sweating like rain. He only rested for the time it took for two incense sticks to burn before he resumed.
The first step to condense Spirit Sea was to compress the intersection of the Chong Vessel and the Ren Vessel with Xuan Energy so that a space the size of a fist could appear.
This was a painful process. For disciples of Big Families, they would usually have the help of pellets to ease the pain in their bodies. It would take them less time and it would be easier.
Lu Li did not have any pellets. His contribution points could not be traded for one.
He had to rely on his strong willpower to break through step by step and expand it bit by bit.
Five days!
It took Lu Li five whole days. He finally completed the first step, which was to expand the intersection of the two energy channels to the size of a fist.
He had a good sleep. The next day, he began the second step, which was also the most important one, condensing the air whirl.
The principle of the second step was simple. He had to condense an air whirl in the expanded space using Xuan Energy. Once the air whirl was condensed, the Spirit Sea would be stabilized, which meant that he had reached the Spirit Sea Realm.
Lu Li mobilized his Xuan Energy and moved it around in the Eight Trigrams of Yin and Yang. More and more Xuan Energy started to squeeze his energy channels again. Lu Li could feel the pain, but he had to endure it.
Because it took a long time to condense the cyclone, if he didn't have the help of a high grade elixir, he would need to control the circulation of his Profound Energy for at least two hours, so that his Profound Energy could automatically condense into a cyclone.
The more Xuan Energy there was, the more pain he felt. Once again, Lu Li's back was soaked. Sweat ran down his forehead and he was trembling.
He bit a piece of peach wood tightly in his mouth, gritting his teeth and holding on. He forgot all the pain and focused on the meridian intersection in his lower abdomen.
This cyclone could not be stopped, and it required more and more Profound Energy to be channeled in, so not only would the pain not stop, it would become more and more painful …
The intense pain coming from the body was actually nothing. Most people would probably be able to withstand it.
The problem was that pain could affect a person's nerves, making them unable to concentrate and control their own bodies.
But when you condense the cyclone, you have to endure the pain and control the Profound Energy at all times. There can be no mistakes, and you have to continue for two hours.
Once there's even the slightest problem, all your previous efforts will go to waste, and it might even cause your Profound Qi to become chaotic, causing your body to explode and die.
"Hiss, hiss …"
In the time for just the time for two incense sticks to burn, Lu Li stopped because he couldn't stand the pain anymore. He grunted and spat out the peach wood that had two rows of teeth marks in his mouth. He lay on his stomach on the ground and gasped for air.
The door was opened quietly. Lu Ling looked at Lu Li through the crack of the door. There was a trace of distress in her pretty eyes. But she only took one look at him before she closed the door and left.
Condensing the Spirit Sea was only the first hurdle after becoming a warrior. If Lu Li could not even pass this hurdle, how could he achieve anything in the future?
Lu Ling didn't believe that her brother would be so useless. If the children of the Lu Family could not even pass the Spirit Sea Realm, then the Lu Family didn't deserve such a prestigious reputation.
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It was not that Lu Li was useless. It was just that the pain was too much to bear, as if someone was cutting his flesh with a knife.
Under such circumstances, it was already commendable that he could hold on for the time for two incense sticks to burn and keep his Xuan Energy in order. Average people might not even be able to hold on for the time for one incense stick to burn.
Lu Li rested for half a day before he tried again. As expected, he could only hold on for the time for two incense sticks to burn before he couldn't stand the pain anymore. He couldn't control his Xuan Energy, so all his previous efforts were wasted.
The third time was also the same as the time it took for two incense sticks to burn. The fourth, the fifth, the sixth …
Lu Li failed again and again. Now he finally understood what Patriarch Cai said. He also understood why there were so many warriors of the Xuan Wu Realm and so few of the Spirit Sea Realm in the tribe.
Without the resources of a big family, without pellets and mystical grasses, condensing the Spirit Sea was too difficult.
If the Liu Family could provide Lu Li with an endless supply of pellets and mystical grasses so that it would be less painful for him to condense the Spirit Sea, faster, and more stable and easier to condense the air whirl, he would have made it to the Spirit Sea Realm by now.
He couldn't join the External Clan or Internal Clan of any family. He had to go to the Central Plains to ask the powerful warriors of the Lu Family to save his parents.
Once he joined the External Clan or Internal Clan of other families, he would lose his freedom. Those families would never allow him to leave the Northern Desert.
Therefore, he could not pin his hopes on the Liu Family or the pellets and mystical grasses. He had to condense the Spirit Sea on his own.
"I have to figure out a way to make it less painful. Otherwise, I will never be able to condense the Spirit Sea for the rest of my life!"
The pain in the body would affect one's spirit. Once he lost his concentration, he would lose control of his Xuan Energy, which would make it impossible for him to condense the Spirit Sea.
How could he alleviate his pain?
Pellets!
Lu Li thought of something. He still had two pellets with him, the most common healing pellets. They were given to him by Patriarch Hong when he killed the Iron Spur Wolves at the Frigid Cloud Valley.
The healing pellets could only heal wounds and reduce the pain slightly. The key point was — he had a miraculous animal tooth pendant. The animal tooth pendant could infinitely increase the efficacy of the pellets. Maybe it could make him feel less painful.
Lu Li got up and found the healing pellets. He put them in his mouth without swallowing them. Then he sat with his legs crossed and began to mobilize his Xuan Energy to condense the air whirl.
The pellets would melt in his mouth. The pellets would seep into his body bit by bit. Lu Li had already begun to mobilize his Xuan Energy to attack.
By the time Lu Li felt the pain, the pellets had all melted. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the animal tooth pendant on his chest glowed and flickered.
"What …"
When the animal tooth pendant was glowing, Lu Li felt a surge of invisible energy appeared in his body and wandered around in his energy channels and blood vessels.
When the invisible energy reached the intersection of the Chong and Ren Channels and the Ren Channels, Lu Li's pain disappeared without a trace. Nothing was left.
"Okay!"
How could Lu Li be distracted at such a critical moment?
He mobilized his Xuan Energy like crazy and condensed the air whirl.
Soon, he felt a sharp pain in his body again. He tried his best to ignore it. Just as he had expected, the invisible energy from the animal tooth pendant helped him get rid of the pain.
"Faster, faster, faster!"
Who knew how long the animal tooth pendant would be glowing?
If he couldn't condense it before the animal tooth pendant stopped glowing, then all his previous efforts would be in vain.
Lu Li concentrated on mobilizing his Xuan Energy. At this moment, he wouldn't care even if the sky fell down.
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