Chapter 433: Chapter 169 What have you done to Number Four, you beast? (6k)
At this moment, Zhou Qing dared not be careless, preparing meticulously for each task.
After ensuring everything was secure, he took a deep breath, steadied his slightly agitated heart and spirit, and then slowly reached out to uncork the jade bottle.
In an instant, a vast aura, as if from ancient times, gushed out from the jade bottle, instantly filling the entire room.
It carried an endless dominance and vigor, along with an ancient, weighty feel of time’s accumulation.
Looking inside the jade bottle, three drops of essence blood floated quietly, like three burning golden orbs, emitting a dazzling light.
Zhou Qing felt his throat dry up and involuntarily swallowed hard.
Fortunately, he had experience refining Golden Crow Essence Blood and Suanni Essence Blood before, so he carefully took out one drop of essence blood and immediately activated the "Yin Yang Skills" to protect his meridians, and then began to ingest it for refinement.
As the essence blood entered his body, Zhou Qing felt as if molten lava was flowing wildly through his meridians.
The scorching heat caused waves of pain in his meridians, making him grunt in agony, with beads of sweat the size of beans quickly forming on his forehead.
Not daring to slacken even a bit, he hurriedly concentrated on channeling this violent power.
Right at this moment, within his sea of consciousness, a phantom of a Golden-winged Roc suddenly appeared. It roared angrily at the sky, spreading its wings, and fiercely charged toward Zhou Qing’s nascent soul, seeming as if it wanted to devour it.
Without Zhou Qing even needing to interfere, the Four Flowers Gathering at the Crown quickly started the suppression directly in response to the sensed danger.
Time passed silently, and soon, Zhou Qing’s face, initially pale with pain, gradually began to regain its normal color. Eventually, a hint of enjoyment even appeared between his eyebrows.
Thus, half a month passed quietly, and Zhou Qing finally successfully refined the first drop of Great Roc Essence Blood completely.
Instantly, an immense power emanated from his body, lingering around him.
"Perhaps, relying solely on the energy contained in these three drops of essence blood will be sufficient for me to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm!"
After all, the energy required for the Four Flowers Gathering at the Crown to make a breakthrough is extremely vast.
And these three drops of essence blood came from a formidable being at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Severing Realm. Just from refining the first drop of essence blood, he could feel the immense energy contained within it very clearly.
With this thought, Zhou Qing immediately pulled himself together and began refining the second drop of essence blood once again...
Three days later, Yan Xiaohu hurried over.
Seeing the sound insulation restriction activated outside the courtyard and the sign that said "Do Not Disturb," he finally felt at ease.
It wasn’t until he went to Divine Peak today that he knew Lu had already returned and started her seclusion, making him feel concerned about the fourth brother, so he rushed over to take a look.
"Hmph, she came back without informing anyone, and everyone is in seclusion, right? Then I will also enter seclusion!" Yan Xiaohu mumbled.
The people with Four Flowers Gathering at the Crown were all so diligent, making him, an Earth Vein Foundation Establishment, seem too slack.
In the blink of an eye, two months passed quietly. Late at night on this day, an overwhelming power surged out, but then quickly became extremely restrained.
In the room, Zhou Qing sat cross-legged, eyes tightly closed, holding several top-grade spirit stones that had already turned into empty shells in his hands.
Above his head, a Nascent Soul almost identical to his main body floated up and down, emitting a faint halo and a trace of spiritual feeling.
Not long after, the Nascent Soul returned to his body, and at this moment, Zhou Qing slowly opened his eyes. A brilliant golden light flashed faintly in his otherwise plain black pupils.
Especially the aura he emitted, which seemed to be more profound and mellow than before, with an additional sense of heat and sharpness.
Slightly sensing the overwhelmingly increased spiritual power in his body, Zhou Qing’s lips curved into a satisfied smile.
"Late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, finally broken through!"
Zhou Qing murmured softly, then stood up, spread his arms, and smiled slightly.
In the final stage of the breakthrough, to ensure safety, he took out some top-grade spirit stones from his body. Unexpectedly, they were all completely absorbed by him.
Fortunately, he finally crossed this crucial step and successfully broke through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.
"The feeling of advancing is truly wonderful..." Zhou Qing sighed again, his face full of content and satisfaction.
Riding the momentum, Zhou Qing briefly stretched his body and then eagerly began cultivating the "Emperor’s Brilliance Scripture."
This time, everything went so smoothly, countless obscure ancient characters became clearer, continuously pouring into his mind like a tide.
In a trance, it seemed as if he traversed a vast expanse of time, glimpsing the invincible elegance of the Golden-winged Roc soaring through the heavens and tearing the sky apart in the primeval era.
The inherent dominance and the freedom of soaring through the nine skies continuously fused into his body.
In just half a month’s time, his body underwent an astonishing transformation.
Beneath his skin, golden glimmers faintly appeared, as if dense scales were forming, while his bones crackled, seemingly undergoing remodeling and fortification, becoming increasingly tough and powerful.
Meanwhile, at Divine Peak!
Cao Zhengyang stood in the air, looking complexly at the residence below, almost completely covered by ice sculptures, his brows slightly furrowed, full of doubt and concern in his heart.