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Seven days later.
Tian Dou City.
"We're finally back," the members of the Royal Team lamented with emotion.
Although this training trip had only lasted a short four months, it felt incredibly long to them. They were either fighting, on the way to a fight, or preparing for a fight.
These days had lasted for four months, which was even more exhausting than participating in spirit battles at the Great Spirit Arena in Tian Dou City every day.
This time, they had essentially witnessed most of the unique spirits and Spirit Master combat styles within the Tian Dou Empire.
"Alright, everyone, this training trip has been successfully completed. You can all go home and digest the gains from this trip properly. I think Tianheng and Yan-yan, you two should also try to charge towards level forty."
This training trip took four months. It wasn't just Su Wen and Ning Rongrong who broke through; the other members also accumulated enough to break through one level midway. Among them, Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan had reached level thirty-nine. Yu Feng and Ao Siluo also reached level thirty-seven. Shi Mo (Graphite) had just broken through to level thirty-eight previously, so he didn't break through in these four months, but Shi Mo (Millstone) broke through one level, also reaching level thirty-eight. Ye Lingling, being an auxiliary system Spirit Master, cultivated slower, reaching level thirty-five previously, and broke through to level thirty-six this time.
Although everyone had made breakthroughs, the effects of this training had not yet been fully digested by them. After resting for a while and recalling and organizing what they had gained in these four months, it was estimated that there would be more breakthroughs in the coming period.
Especially Shi Mo (Graphite), who was estimated to have hope of breaking through to level thirty-nine within the next month, closing in on Captain Yu Tianheng and Vice-Captain Dugu Yan. As for Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, having made breakthroughs earlier and reached level thirty-nine, they might need to start preparing for seclusion to charge towards level forty.
There were still two years before the Spirit Master Tournament. According to the current trend of the Royal Team, Qin Ming was even envisioning building the Royal Team into an all-Spirit Ancestor lineup before the tournament.
Currently, the one dragging them back the most was Ye Lingling. After all, she was an auxiliary system Spirit Master, and her spirit power cultivation was slower. Now she was only level thirty-six. Rising to level thirty-nine within two years was no problem, but whether she could break through level forty was hard to say.
However, Su Wen had already broken through level forty and was also a member of the team. Even if Ye Lingling couldn't break through, the Royal Team could essentially be said to possess seven Spirit Ancestors.
Everyone returned to their respective homes.
Su Wen undoubtedly had nowhere to go, so he simply followed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
"Wow."
This was Dugu Yan's first time coming to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Feeling the extreme hot and cold aura here, she was uncomfortable but also somewhat shocked.
"Heavens, why are there so many precious poisonous herbs here?" She could only recognize the poisonous herbs on the periphery, yet this was already shocking to her. The herbs further inside looked even more precious, refreshing her horizons.
"Grandpa, did you cultivate all the herbs here?" Dugu Yan asked in shock.
Dugu Bo infused spirit power into Dugu Yan, helping her dispel the power of ice and fire around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and replied, "Only a small portion of the poison herbs here were transplanted by me. Those growing extremely well are all naturally growing here."
"Yan'er, I called you here this time, firstly to let you try cultivating poison techniques here, stimulating your spirit power circulation to help you break through, and secondly, I have something to give you." Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan to stay put and not get close to the Ice and Fire spring. He went alone to the area around the spring and came to a white, crystalline flower.
It looked spotless, like a green lotus and white lotus root.
Dugu Bo picked it and returned to Dugu Yan.
"This is the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone. According to my research, it should have the effect of nourishing muscles and bones, and connecting the Hidden Meridians in the body."
Hidden Meridians, also known as the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. The connection of each one was no less than a metamorphosis for a Spirit Master.
Basically, those who could cultivate to become a Titled Douluo would have connected part of their Hidden Meridians by chance. And Super Douluo above level ninety-five would basically be accompanied by the connection of one or even two Hidden Meridians with every breakthrough if they still had unconnected ones.
Connecting the Hidden Meridians in the body before reaching Spirit Ancestor, even if only partially, would have huge benefits for a Spirit Master's future cultivation.
Moreover, Su Wen clearly knew that this Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone didn't just assist in connecting one or two of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, but rather connected them all through Qi. It could connect all Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
This was also the reason why the Shrek Seven Devils in the original story continued to have smooth sailing in their subsequent cultivation, with spirit power breakthrough speeds far exceeding ordinary Spirit Masters.
In the original story, five years after the Spirit Master Tournament, several of the Shrek Seven Devils reached the Spirit Emperor level, and the slower ones were close to Spirit Emperor. On average, everyone leveled up at least fifteen levels, three levels a year. Let alone at the Spirit King stage, strictly speaking, this was considered surpassing the standard even at the Spirit Ancestor stage.
Su Wen had consumed four immortal herbs. None of them focused on connecting the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, but Su Wen possessed super perception. He had long used his own spirit power cultivation to attempt to expand the meridians in his body bit by bit.
The so-called connection didn't mean the meridian was blocked before, but that after expansion by spirit power, it could withstand more spirit power circulation.
With the Eight Extraordinary Meridians connected, spirit power flowed without obstruction. These eight meridians each had their own effects, significantly improving a Spirit Master's strength explosion and even cultivation.
Su Wen didn't dare say he had connected all Eight Extraordinary Meridians before, but after absorbing four immortal herbs, they should be considered connected.
The Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone could connect the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and also had the effect of nourishing muscles and bones. The benefits to Dugu Yan were self-evident; it would make her future cultivation much smoother.
Moreover, it could well repair the state of her body eroded by poison.
Even if the toxins were eliminated, the erosion by poison every moment from birth to now had left her body riddled with holes.
Dugu Bo could rely on powerful spirit power to nurse his health, but Dugu Yan couldn't.
"Yan'er, according to my research, the medicinal effect of this Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone is concentrated in the petals and the stamen. You should eat the petals first, then suck the stamen."
Dugu Yan took the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and, following Dugu Bo's instructions, began to consume its petals, sending them into her mouth piece by piece. The petals melted in her mouth, turning into a warm current flowing through her body.
Piece by piece, the petals were consumed. Finally, she sucked the stamen, and the internal medicinal power entered her body. She sat cross-legged on the ground and began to refine this medicinal power.
The warm current flowed in her body. Suddenly, some tiny meridians, under the nourishment of the warm current, suddenly received nourishment and began to expand with a rumbling sound.
The reason why Hidden Meridians were called Hidden Meridians was that they weren't the main meridian pathways in the body. Before connection, they were no different from ordinary tiny meridians, making them very hard to find.
Watching Dugu Yan absorb the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Dugu Bo said to Su Wen, "Little Wen, what level is your spirit power now?"
(End of this chapter)