[Chapter 228 The Damn Bottleneck]
After learning about the role of spiritual stones from Master Yun Tianxie, Yang Yiyun has been reluctant to use them. The two medium-grade spiritual stones extorted from the Lu sisters are reserved by Yang Yiyun for use at critical moments or after the foundation-building period.
Because in the path of cultivation, the Qi Refining period is just the beginning, and this stage requires the least spiritual energy. When the foundation is successfully built and the inner Dantian is formed in the body, it is the time when huge spiritual energy is needed.
So Yang Yiyun is a little reluctant to use it, but now he has to use it.
If the gambling stone trading market this time is really as Wang Musheng said, there will be two many top ancient martial arts masters with dark energy, and no one can guarantee that there will be no problems.
In order to be on the safe side, Yang Yiyun decided to use a medium-grade spiritual stone to see if he can impact the sixth level of the Qi Refining period.
Speaking of which, his current situation is very special. Since his cultivation has reached the fifth level of the Qi Refining period, the spiritual energy he needs is simply a huge amount for him.
“I hope this middle-grade spirit stone can break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining~”
Yang Yiyun muttered to himself, took the middle-grade spirit stone in his hand, and began to operate Qiankun Creation Technique, absorbing the spiritual energy inside, and impacting the bottleneck of the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining.
The middle-grade spirit stone and the low-grade spirit stone sound only one word different, but the spiritual energy contained in the two is ten times different. One middle-grade spirit stone is equivalent to ten low-grade spirit stones.
When Qiankun Creation Technique was operated, the huge spiritual energy in the spirit stone flowed into the body through the palm of the hand.
The circulation of the meridians was fast, which fully demonstrated the power of Qiankun Creation Technique.
However, what made Yang Yiyun feel disappointed was that the true energy in his body grew very slowly. If he wanted to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining, he might not be able to absorb enough with a middle-grade spirit stone.
As time went by, the huge spiritual energy in the spirit stone turned into pure true energy, which circulated in the eight meridians in the body and turned into true energy and condensed together.
But what made him depressed was that he was only one step away from perfection, but there was no movement.
Yang Yiyun knew that this was the so-called bottleneck.
This is what people who practice Taoism often say about bottlenecks and barriers. Many people are stuck in bottlenecks throughout their lives, unable to make progress, and will eventually turn into yellow earth.
Yang Yiyun understood that his situation was not just a bottleneck problem, but his spiritual root talent accounted for a large part of the reason.
According to the records of spiritual root classics, he has a physique with all five elements of spiritual root attributes, which means that if other people want to break through the barrier with a single spiritual root, they only need one
part of the true qi to be perfect. But he needs five parts of the true qi to be perfect. It seems that there is a difference of five times, but in fact it is not a calculation of one plus one equals two. The super-large capacity of the five elements is completely beyond imagination.
Another thing is that there are nine levels in the Qi Refining Stage, and every three stages are a big gap. He is now attacking the sixth level, which is a big leap, and it will not be so easy to break through.
All kinds of factors add up, and it is much more difficult for him to break through to the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage than ordinary people.
Yang Yiyun was furious.
Soon the first middle-grade spirit stone was absorbed, and it felt like he was just a little short of breaking through. He
simply took out the last spirit stone and absorbed it.
He would not give up until he broke through this
time. After coming to Yancheng, he had come into contact with too many ancient warriors of the ninth level of dark energy, and the strength test between him and Wu Nan made him realize the power of the awakened ones. The
disparity in strength made Yang Yiyun feel a great sense of crisis.
He did not like the feeling of being suppressed and out of control everywhere. He
also had a falling out with the Ye family. Facing the huge Ye family, Yang Yiyun could not improve his cultivation, and he felt uneasy after all.
Finally, when he went out, especially in a foreign country, he had to go to the gambling stone market, to contact the Duanmu family of the magic path, and to the magic path and the supernatural people mentioned by Wang Musheng.
Facing these, he was uneasy without strength.
Anyway, he still had spirit stones and some spiritual medicines in his hands, so he did not believe that he could not break through this bottleneck.
Yang Yiyu is sometimes very stubborn. The less successful he is in doing something, the more he is unwilling to accept it. He
competed with the bottleneck.
Soon, most of the second spirit stone was absorbed.
At this time, Yang Yiyu felt the bottleneck loosening.
The huge spiritual energy of the middle-grade spirit stone was reflected, and the true energy in his body reached a very huge level.
He almost felt like he was full.
However, the damn barrier was not broken through, just a little bit short.
With a fierce heart, he continued to absorb the remaining spiritual energy in the spirit stone.
At a certain moment, his body suddenly shook.
Yang Yiyu was not happy, because this tremor was not a breakthrough in the bottleneck, but…
He saw that the true energy in his body had changed, and a ball of true energy was actually smaller!
Yes, Yang Yiyu saw that the true energy not only did not break through and increase, but it was smaller~
He was so angry that he cursed: “Damn bottleneck~”
There was still half of the spiritual energy in the spirit stone in his hand that had not been absorbed, but the true energy in his body had changed.
This time Yang Yiyu really wanted to cry but had no tears.
“I’ll just see what you can become,”
he cursed, ignoring the changes in his true energy and continued to absorb spiritual energy.
An hour later, the second spirit stone turned into powder in his hand, and all the spiritual energy was absorbed completely.
Two medium-grade spirit stones, equivalent to the spiritual energy of twenty low-grade spirit stones, were all absorbed into his body.
However, there was still no breakthrough.
The group of true energy in his body became more condensed after being compressed.
Now, it has reached the critical point of the bottleneck.
It feels like a layer of window paper is missing to break through.
However, the distance of this piece of paper is simply a sky-high distance in Yang Yiyun’s eyes.
Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Yang Yiyun smiled bitterly and stopped.
Two full medium-grade spirit stones, all absorbed,
but they couldn’t break through the bottleneck of the fifth level of the Qi Refining Stage. Although there was no breakthrough, he clearly felt that the true energy in his body had increased a lot.
When he was thinking about whether to take out the Peiyuan Pill to continue to break through, there was a knock on the door.
He stood up and saw that it was already midnight. He had been absorbing and practicing for five hours without stopping.
After being interrupted, Yang Yiyun stood up and walked over to open the door.
Outside the door was Dugu Wuqing with a veil on his face.
“Excuse me, sir~” Dugu Wuqing apologized to Yang Yiyu.
“It’s okay, come in, I haven’t rested anyway.” He let Dugu Wuqing in.
After the two sat down on the sofa, Yang Yiyu asked her, “What’s wrong? Is there something wrong so late?”
“Sir, tonight is the night of the full moon. Just after the arrival of midnight, my poison gas relapsed. Now I feel like ants are biting my body. It’s really unbearable. Please see if there is any way to relieve it.”
Dugu Wuqing’s voice was trembling when she spoke. Obviously, she was suffering at the moment.
Yang Yiyu was also surprised. According to the effect of acupuncture on her, acupuncture can suppress it for five days at a time. However, because the poison gas in her body was too cold and overbearing, it still relapsed after midnight every night and returned to normal again at dawn.
However, according to what Dugu Wuqing said, the poison gas in her body would feel like ants biting on the night of the full moon every month, which he didn’t know.
He asked, “Why didn’t you tell me before? Is it like this every month?”
“Sir, it was like this before. I only felt this way on the night of the full moon. I wanted to tell you last time, but you went to the northwest and missed it…” After
Dugu Wuqing finished speaking, Yang Yiyu felt a little embarrassed. He was busy all day and didn’t have a suitable opportunity.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take a look first.” As he spoke, Yang Yiyu stretched out his hand and used his true energy to check Dugu Wuqing.
When he probed into her body, Yang Yiyu was also shocked to find that the poisonous gas in her body that he had suppressed was emitting scorching heat.
You should know that the poisonous gas in Dugu Wuqing’s body is extremely cold and yin, and it is very abnormal to have scorching heat.
There is scorching heat in the cold, which is equivalent to cold and heat, water and fire cannot coexist.
No wonder she said that it was like ants biting inside her body, and it was good
enough to be able to bear it. After a check, he found that if Dugu Wuqing’s situation continued, there might be a big problem.
Because the poisonous gas emitted scorching heat when it was suppressed, a trace of mutated gas was produced. This gas was not suppressed by the Yin-Yang Five Elements Needle and spread to all parts of her body.
It was this gas that caused damage to her meridians.
Then he stopped and told Dugu Wuqing about the inspection results.
“I didn’t notice it before. Now it seems that if you don’t completely remove this gas or the poisonous gas in your body, not to mention your entry into cultivation, even your internal strength will be devoured.”
“Please… please think of a way~” Dugu Wuqing’s voice was weak and his whole body was shaking.
(End of this chapter)
