The strong young man's anger immediately turned into respect. He said to Ling Xiao in an ingratiating tone, "It really is Elder Ling. You look familiar. Please forgive me if I offended you just now. Oh right, didn't Elder Ling want a training room?
I … I'll give it to you right now. Elder Ling, please. "
In the face of this young man's 360-degree change, Ling Xiao couldn't get used to it.
"Yes, not bad. You have a bright future. Which peak are you a disciple of? When we get back, I'll tell your peak master and have him look after you." Ling Xiao's body shook, and he raised his head and put his hands on his hips. He looked like a big boss, and he seemed exceptionally pleased with himself.
Ling Xiao felt great. So this was what it felt like to be a master.
The young man didn't mind Ling Xiao's attitude. He said respectfully, "Elder Ling, I'm from the same peak as you. My master is Elder Mu 'en."
"Damn, so you're one of us," Ling Xiao said, "So you're Master Mu 'en's disciple. Are you that powerful? Oh right, don't call me Elder Ling. I joined the sect later than you, so just call me Junior Ling. If Master Mu' en makes things difficult for you in the future, just tell me. Master Mu 'en and I have a good relationship."
"Thank you, Elder Ling. I'm called Chen Wenyu," the young man replied.
"So it's Senior Chen. Since you're one of us, you can continue to cultivate here. I'll see if there are any other rooms for you." Ling Xiao patted Chen Wenyu's shoulder.
Since he was one of them, Ling Xiao couldn't steal his cultivation room. He had to be kind!
"How … how can I do that? I've been in seclusion for a long time. Elder Ling, you can cultivate here," Chen Wenyu said in an ingratiating manner.
In fact, he had only come here yesterday. This was the cultivation room he had reserved for himself. No one else dared to come here to cultivate.
However, Ling Xiao's status was not ordinary. During the conferring ceremony, Chen Wenyu had personally witnessed Ling Xiao concoct a Tier 4 medicinal pill, the King Advancement Pill.
The King Advancement Pill was a high-grade pill that even King Rank experts yearned for. So long as Elder Ling was willing, countless King Rank experts would follow him.
And he, Chen Wenyu, was merely a middle spirit-master. What qualifications did he have to put on airs with him?
Other than being good at cultivating Tenbin, Chen Wenyu was also quick-witted. Therefore, he had to curry favor with Ling Xiao first. In the future, if he needed help from Ling Xiao, Chen Wenyu believed that Ling Xiao would help him since they were from the same sect.
He had already thought it through. Once he broke through to high rank Spirit Master, he would think of a way to ask Ling Xiao to refine a King Opening Pill.
Ling Xiao naturally didn't know what Chen Wenyu was thinking, so he "reluctantly" entered Chen Wenyu's cultivation.
Three months' time was limited, so Ling Xiao had to make every second count. Moreover, the feeling outside the tower just now made Ling Xiao feel as if he had grasped something. This was related to the conditions for entering the King Rank in advance.
When Ling Xiao entered Chen Wenyu's cultivation room, Chen Wenshi smiled and turned to look at the cultivation room beside his. He muttered, "These two fellows actually came to cultivate at the same time. It looks like they're both preparing for the Sect Oath Assembly. Forget it, cultivating on the ninth floor is the same. Although the spiritual energy can't compare to the tenth floor, it's enough."
Ling Xiao walked into the cultivation room and found that it was very clean. After all, there was only a stone bed here, so how could it be dirty?
Ling Xiao entered the cultivation room, but he wasn't in a hurry to cultivate. Instead, he calmed his heart and adjusted his state of mind.
This was Ling Xiao's habit. Every time he cultivated or refined pills, he would do his best to calm his state of mind. Only then would he be able to cultivate or refine pills with double the results.
In order to catch up to Yun Mengqi as soon as possible, Ling Xiao put in 120% of his concentration. He made up his mind that he wouldn't come out until he reached the High Rank Spirit Master level.
Four hours later, Ling Xiao finally adjusted his state of mind to its peak.
The Three Parts Restoration Qi in his body gradually sped up, the Vajra Five Transformation Art also circulated around his body, and the three strange treasures in his sea of consciousness began to absorb the spiritual energy of the outside world.
In view of the commotion just now, Ling Xiao sent a message to the three strange treasures in his sea of consciousness, telling them to slow down their absorption. Otherwise, if they caused another big commotion, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to cultivate here.
Even so, the spiritual energy gathered in Ling Xiao's room was even denser than the spiritual energy gathered in the highest level.
Ling Xiao didn't think about it, and quickly guided the absorbed spiritual energy into his dantian.
His dantian had long since solidified, and now it was growing larger and larger. A few different colors flickered, revealing a strangely noble color.
Now, Ling Xiao had already entered the fourth stage of the Three Parts Restoration Qi, "Spirit Consolidation".
Originally, Ling Xiao didn't understand how to cultivate in the Spirit Consolidation Realm. Ever since he reached the Spirit Master level, Ling Xiao gradually understood that the Spirit Consolidation Realm was related to breaking through to the Spirit Master level.
That was to absorb the spiritual energy of the outside world to consolidate and strengthen the dantian, making the dantian form a strong protective barrier. This way, when one fought with others, the dantian wouldn't be easily broken by the opponent.
The dantian was the foundation of any martial artist's cultivation. Without the dantian, one would lose the right to cultivate.
The Three Parts Restoration Qi could not only strengthen the ability of the dantian to circulate, but it could also give Ling Xiao's dantian an extra layer of protection.
This kind of effect could not be found in any Xuan Method.
With regards to the magic of the Three Parts Restoration Qi, Ling Xiao was already used to it. He felt that if he could cultivate the ninth stage of the Three Parts Restoration Qi, even if he didn't become the number one expert in the continent, he should be able to become one of the top experts.
The only pity was that he only had one third of the Spirit Controlling Art. Now that he had cultivated it, as long as he had enough mental energy in his sea of consciousness, he could even kill a King Stage expert in an instant.
He felt that it was a pity that he didn't know where the remaining chants of the Spirit Controlling Art were. If he knew, he would definitely think of a way to get it. This Spirit Controlling Art was not any weaker than the Three Parts Restoration Qi, and could even be more powerful.
The mental energy that could kill people without leaving a trace made Ling Xiao feel great.
In addition, the fourth stage of the Vajra Five Changes Art, "Bone Refining", made Ling Xiao temporarily helpless.
In order to cultivate this fourth stage, the spirit herbs and medicinal pills needed were all fifth stage and above. Moreover, there were also several vital materials that made Ling Xiao flinch at the moment.
But this didn't mean that Ling Xiao would give up on cultivation. He just had to wait until he was strong enough and then think of a way to get the necessary supplementary materials before he could continue cultivating.
Ling Xiao sat in the cultivation room for seven days.
On the seventh day, Ling Xiao broke through to high level spirit master without any mishaps.
After all, the spiritual energy here was several dozen times denser than outside. With the power of the Three Parts Restoration Qi and the assistance of the three great treasures, it was unknown how many times faster he could absorb spiritual energy than others.
Moreover, before Ling Xiao went into seclusion, he and Ji Beixin had done the "Acacia Cultivation", causing him to reach the peak of middle level spirit master. Thus, breaking through in seven days wasn't much to Ling Xiao.
If he hadn't compressed and purified the spiritual energy several times, he probably would've broken through three days ago.
Of course, breaking through to high level spirit master didn't mean that Ling Xiao's seclusion was over.
Next, he didn't continue cultivating. Instead, he closed his eyes and cast away all distracting thoughts, slowly feeling and comprehending the spiritual energy flowing in the air.
In the beginning, Ling Xiao didn't feel the fluctuations of spiritual energy like when he was outside the tower. It was as if he couldn't find that feeling.
Ling Xiao wasn't in a hurry. He knew that this process required patience. When the time came, he would be able to control it as he pleased.
Another three days passed. Ling Xiao's expression was still tightly closed, but the corners of his mouth curved slightly. His hands, which were placed flat on his knees, slowly spread out and then waved without any pattern.
After who knew how long, Ling Xiao opened his eyes slightly and murmured, "So spiritual energy is a part of the air. I have to use my own spiritual energy to respond to it in order to summon it and make it work for me. This doesn't seem that hard to control."
If other King Stage experts heard these words, they would probably be so angry that they would swallow blood on the spot.
Comprehending the existence of Spirit Energy was only a prerequisite to entering the King Rank, but in order to truly break through, one had to be able to control Spirit Energy at will and make use of the Spirit Energy in the surroundings. Only in this way would one be able to exert formidable might in battle.
This seemed very simple, but it was extremely difficult to truly feel the existence of the spiritual energy, let alone control it as one pleased.
After all, spiritual energy was formless and colorless. It couldn't be sensed with the naked eye or mind. Instead, one had to rely on a martial artist's own comprehension and affinity in order to have a chance to feel its existence.
Comprehension naturally referred to a martial artist's own ability to understand and feel. This was extremely important to any martial artist. For example, a martial artist with excellent comprehension in Tenbin would be able to reach a height that others would find difficult to reach. Tenbin, on the other hand, was good, but his comprehension was poor and simple-minded. This martial artist's accomplishments would be extremely limited.
As for affinity, it referred to whether or not a martial artist had a close relationship with spiritual energy. This relationship wasn't something that everyone had. It was something that could only be sensed by people who were extremely sensitive to spiritual energy.
What kind of person would be able to develop a keen sense of spiritual energy?
This was related to the purity of a martial artist's attribute.
It had been said before that the higher the purity of a martial artist's attribute, the further they would go in the future.
These words actually hinted at the martial artist's own affinity with Spirit Qi.
For example, if a martial artist with a fire attribute had an attribute purity of only 30%, then the chances of him sensing fire attribute spiritual energy would be quite small. If his attribute purity reached 80%, then he would develop a keen sense of fire attribute spiritual energy, and he would be able to sense the existence of spiritual energy a step earlier than the former.
Ling Xiao cultivated the five attributes of metal, wood, fire, ice, and wind at the same time. Each attribute's purity was more than 90%, and three of them had even reached 100%.
Therefore, it could be said that his affinity with spiritual energy was extremely close. Additionally, his comprehension was shocking. As long as he calmed down slightly and used his own attribute spiritual energy to form a connection with the spiritual energy in the outside world, then he would be able to easily feel the existence of spiritual energy.
As for the control of spiritual energy that he spoke of, it was still far from true King Level control.
Right now, he could only move the direction of spiritual energy a bit. Just like playing with water, he could shake it a bit, but he was still far from reaching the realm of going against the flow.
However, for a high level spirit master like him, this state was indeed very good.
One had to know that other people couldn't feel the existence of spiritual energy their entire lives, but he could already feel it as a middle level spirit master. Yet, that guy Ling Xiao actually said it wasn't hard. To others, this was indeed a huge blow.