Free Web NovelChapter 545: Chapter 41: Devouring the Seas, Embracing the Oceans (Part 2)
Upon hearing this, Master Tong slowly nodded, believing what he said.
Two years ago, while searching for the murderer who harmed Tong Liang, the Tong Family accidentally discovered Master Chunyuan, who had been hiding his cultivation. The Tong Family’s Tributor fought him several times, forcing him to flee embarrassedly, until Master Tong personally intervened and reached a cooperation agreement with Master Chunyuan.
As the grandson of the once mighty True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, Master Chunyuan had long known Master Tong from the Ten Thousand Merchants Domain.
Moreover, they were secretly the Eastern representatives searching for the Divine Favored for Beixuan True Monarch, both cooperating and competing.
Pop~
Just at this moment, an unusual sound came from above Cave Mansion No. 3.
"Huh? What is this?"
Attention near the Dao Field was instantly drawn by this unusual sound.
"Spirit Explosion!" Master Tong immediately shouted.
Master Chunyuan also glanced towards Li Ji’an’s Cave Mansion, softly exclaiming.
The so-called "Spirit Explosion" is the sound of spiritual qi explosion produced when the suction on spiritual qi reaches a very high level during the first step of Core Formation where one absorbs like a whale.
"Isn’t this the legendary Spirit Explosion?" The crowd from the Yaochi Commerce Association and Taian Commerce Association were slow to realize.
"How is this possible? To achieve the effect of Spirit Explosion at this stage, the suction strength on the surrounding spiritual qi must be terrifyingly high. How can that Little Friend Huang, whose magical power is ordinary, have such suction?"
"Could it be that the Cultivation Technique he is practicing has a special affinity for spiritual qi?"
"Perhaps there is a special whale-absorbing Technique?"
...
After confirming the Spirit Explosion at Dao Field No. 3, discussions erupted among the surrounding crowd.
No wonder people were surprised, as throughout the Ten Thousand Merchants Domain, there have been only two recorded instances over the centuries.
Both were unique talents of their respective times.
The records are over a thousand years old, and this generation has only heard about them.
Amidst the crowd’s shock, spiritual qi around Li Ji’an’s Cave Mansion began to surge rapidly, rushing to gather inside his Cave Mansion.
The speed was even faster than Tu Yifei seven days ago.
"Could it be that there’s a problem with Cave Mansion No. 3?" Master Tong stared for a long time, wondering aloud.
Then, with some doubts, he asked the Master Chunyuan next to him: "With such rapid whale-like absorption of spiritual qi, how can Little Friend Huang withstand it?"
However, there was no response.
Turning his head, he found that at this moment, Master Chunyuan was looking somber.
"Taoist Friend Chunyuan?" Master Tong looked at him in surprise.
"Sigh~ No problem, I just feel a bit reluctant to see Little Friend Huang perish like this," Master Chunyuan regained his senses and said casually.
"Heh~" Master Tong chuckled and shook his head: "No need to be so hypocritical with me, given our status, why would we care about the life and death of unrelated people? What’s the real connection between you and Little Friend Huang?"
Master Chunyuan paused for a moment before putting away his benevolent mask: "I can’t hide from Fellow Daoist Tong, I gave this kid a Core Formation Spirit Treasure, intending to use him as bait to lure Wu Weixiong out."
"So that’s how it is. Looking at it this way, your Core Formation Spirit Treasure might as well be a meat bun thrown to a dog," Master Tong said with a schadenfreude smile.
"Hmph! Whether it’s your Dao Field being deceitful or that kid overestimating himself, I don’t know." Master Chunyuan’s old face turned dark.
"Regardless of the reason, given this kid’s magical power, the result of such whale-like absorption of spiritual qi can only be a body explosion. You’d better select a new bait as soon as possible." Master Tong had no intention of comforting Master Chunyuan.
Meanwhile, the spectators outside the Dao Field all recalled the tragedy of a previous Core Formation Cultivator in front of Cave Mansion No. 3.
"Could it be that the person back then wasn’t overestimating himself, but rather, like this person, was drawn inexplicably by spiritual qi, causing excessive spiritual pressure that shattered the body?"
"Cave Mansion No. 3 can’t be used!"
"That was close, luckily I informed Steward Tong beforehand and didn’t end up at Dao Field No. 3."
...
In almost an instant, the spectators seemed to foresee Li Ji’an’s outcome.
Standing at the edge, Master Yuxiao also shook her head secretly.
Her ancestral Face Reading Skill had never been wrong. She initially thought that the Spirit Treasure she gifted, which aids in protecting the Dantian, could offer help.
Now it seems, the premature death aspect is still inevitable.
Thinking of this, she immediately sent a message to the people at the Commerce Association’s temporary base to prepare to collect the corpse.
"Oh no! With his rapid whale-like absorption, that kid might affect the spiritual qi of the other two Dao Fields." President Bai suddenly voiced concern upon seeing Li Ji’an absorbing more and more spiritual qi.
President Gu, observing Tu Yifei almost finished absorbing the spiritual qi of his Cave Mansion and expecting to absorb more spiritual qi outward in seven days and achieve the one and a half spiritual qi expectation in half a month, appeared relaxed.
Even if Li Ji’an’s Cave Mansion encounters an accident, leading to excessive absorption or chaotic spiritual qi in his Cave Mansion, there’s still plenty of spiritual qi in Bai Cailin’s Cave Mansion for Tu Yifei to absorb.
"President Bai, don’t worry, with that kid’s thin magical power and weak body, let alone absorbing spiritual qi from other Cave Mansions, even if the entire spiritual qi of Cave Mansion No. 3 is poured into him, he may not withstand it."
"Brother Gu makes sense." President Bai nodded in agreement.
But afterward, he remained silent, and they both focused all their attention on the scale of spiritual qi above Li Ji’an’s Cave Mansion.
One day later,
"One day to absorb twenty percent of the spiritual qi!"
"At this rate, in five days he’ll absorb all the spiritual qi of his Cave Mansion."
"Even faster than Slaying Immortal Seedling!"
"Never mind, given his magical power, absorbing half the spiritual qi of his Cave Mansion is likely the limit."
Witnessing Li Ji’an’s absorption speed not only not slowing down but instead stabilizing and increasing, absorbing twenty percent of his Cave Mansion’s spiritual qi in one day, the surrounding crowd was secretly speechless.
Two more days,
"Already absorbed sixty percent!"
"Can he still withstand it?"
