Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 446: Chapter 269: Onlooking_2

“Why didn’t Third Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Brother come?” Li Shiming looked around and noticed that both Lu Shi and Xu Chuan were absent. He quietly sent a message to ask.

“Only cultivators in the late-stage of Foundation Establishment are qualified to observe the pill forming process!” Elder Su replied indifferently.

“It is said that the number of cultivators observing the pill forming process cannot be too many; having too many can affect the pill formation. Many cultivators, during the pill forming stage, besides having a protective senior, do not invite others to observe!” Wan Zheng quietly explained to Li Shiming.

Li Shiming noticed the gratitude in Wan Zheng’s eyes when he looked at Ye Jingxian. Just inviting them to observe the pill forming process posed no small risk for Jingxian.

But as the eldest senior sister, Ye Jingxian still invited two late-stage Foundation Establishment junior brothers, simply to let them witness the process of pill formation first-hand, to aid their own future pill forming attempts.

While they were speaking, the formation beneath Ye Jingxian activated.

The Spiritual Energy of the entire mountain peak flowed towards Ye Jingxian’s location with the activation of the formation, forming a series of whirlwinds due to the movement of the Spiritual Energy.

Her body slowly lifted off the ground, an effect caused by the support of the dense Spiritual Energy, just as a body would float in water, when the Spiritual Energy becomes too dense, the body is also lifted up.

Li Shiming was nearly a hundred meters away from Ye Jingxian, but he could still hear the sound of Spiritual Energy flowing within her body, which was the sound of massive amounts of Spiritual Energy surging into her body.

“She should be taking the Vessel Protecting Pill now!” Elder Su whispered softly.

This was him advising Li Shiming and Wan Zheng. Although the sect had teachings on the pill forming experience, how could that compare to watching the process unfold on site?

Naturally, their conversation was conducted through voice transmission, so as not to affect Ye Jingxian.

Ye Jingxian retained a sliver of consciousness, the terrifying influx of Spiritual Energy pushing her meridians to their limits. She popped a high-grade ‘Vessel Protecting Pill’ into her mouth and swallowed it.

As the Vessel Protecting Pill went down, its medicinal power came into effect, with strands of medicinal essence winding around the walls of her meridians, repairing and reinforcing them.

With sturdy meridians, a large amount of Spiritual Energy was guided through the main cultivation technique, transforming into Spiritual Power and entering the Spirit Lake.

Today’s cultivation was different from usual, the Spirit Lake was like a monster that devoured everything, no matter how much Spiritual Power there was, it was all absorbed into the lake.

From Li Shiming’s perspective, Jingxian’s body overflowed with Spiritual Power, a slight mistake would cause her body to burst, and this was just the beginning of the breakthrough, not even the truly dangerous moment, yet it was already this perilous.

Pain appeared on Ye Jingxian’s face, she took another ‘Vessel Protecting Pill’, and only then did the pain on her face dissipate.

“We really owe Shiming a debt of gratitude. If he hadn’t helped Jingxian refine two high-grade Vessel Protecting Pills, her first step would have encountered problems!” Elder Su’s expression was extremely tense as he looked at Li Shiming and communicated through voice transmission.

Although Ye Jingxian had also cultivated body refining techniques and was considered extremely strong amongst female cultivators, the step of drawing in Spiritual Energy into the body was wildly unpredictable. Perhaps it was precisely because she had built up such a strong foundation that she drew in even more Spiritual Energy during this step.

If it weren’t for the two high-grade Vessel Protecting Pills that Li Shiming had refined, Ye Jingxian’s body would not have been able to withstand the process of drawing in Spiritual Energy and would have failed at the first hurdle.

Elder Su felt thankful towards Li Shiming in his heart and was also happy for Ye Jingxian’s fortune, seeing it as the influence of Li Shiming’s good karma.

He hoped that afterwards, Ye Jingxian would continue to be looked after by Li Shiming’s good karma and achieve a successful advancement.

Jingxian’s body emitted a dazzling light, which was the overly converted Spiritual Power involuntarily radiating through her skin from inside her body.

She then took another Spirit Pill. The Spirit Pill exerted its effect, and no more Spiritual Energy flowed into her body, but at this moment, the Spiritual Power inside her Spirit Lake was beyond saturation, a highly dangerous state.

“This is the Soul Stabilizing Pill, it briefly stabilizes the Spiritual Power within the body!” Elder Su continued to explain for Li Shiming and Wan Zheng.

Jingxian continued to take Spirit Pills, a sharp look flashing in her eyes. Today’s breakthrough process was not going according to plan; she had to make decisions.

She was a heroine among women, decisive in character, and she made her decision immediately.

She took out two high-grade ‘Mountain-breaking Pills’ and swallowed them, then placed two high-grade ‘Resurrection Pills’ into her mouth without swallowing them, keeping them for backup.

“Why is this child so reckless!” Elder Su suddenly stood up, his gaze shifting to Ye Jingxian while he complained in a hushed voice.

But he did not interfere with Ye Jingxian’s decision; this was the most crucial moment in Ye Jingxian’s life, a choice of her own making.

With the ‘Mountain-breaking Pill’ ingested, the spiritual power inside Ye Jingxian, which had originally been stabilized by the ‘Soul Stabilizing Pill,’ began to rapidly compress, forming a tiny point at the center of the Spirit Lake, with all the spiritual power being squeezed into this point.

Ye Jingxian had a robust body, and she had adjusted her essence, energy, and spirit to optimal condition before her breakthrough.

However, her body was now rapidly withering away, and the light in her eyes was slowly dimming—signs that a great deal of her life force and spiritual power was being extracted.

Her life force and spiritual power, together with the spiritual power, were being compressed into that tiny point at the center of the Spirit Lake, where a Golden Core as small as a needle tip was in the process of forming.

Li Shiming’s eyes flickered with shock; he had witnessed numerous experiences of Golden Core formation, but watching Ye Jingxian’s life force and spirit disappear from her body still made him realize the dangers of cultivation.

This step was a matter of life and death, completely dependent on how much life force and spiritual power the Golden Core would absorb during its formation process.

Of course, before preparing for Golden Core formation, Ye Jingxian had also consumed a large number of Spirit Pills that boost life force and strengthen the spirit. While these Spirit Pills were precious, they could not compare to the Vessel Protecting Pill, Soul Stabilizing Pill, Resurrection Pill, or Mountain-breaking Pill, and could be exchanged for in the sect with contribution points.

Even at this moment, Ye Jingxian was trying to slow down the rate at which the Golden Core extracted her life force and spiritual power, consuming various Spiritual Objects one after another to enhance both.

However, with the Golden Core’s relentless extraction, her body was becoming thinner and thinner, her once tall frame now skeletal.

From Li Shiming’s perspective, Ye Jingxian looked like a layer of dried skin wrapping a skeleton, and if such extraction continued, Ye Jingxian’s life was sure to come to an end.

Just as he was worrying, Ye Jingxian’s body suddenly trembled with a breakthrough, and she swallowed the two high-grade ‘Resurrection Pills’.

Within Ye Jingxian’s body, the Spirit Lake had vanished, and a Golden Core emitting a golden light had stabilized.

The Golden Core nourished her with its special energy, quickly restoring her body. Of course, the effect of the two high-grade ‘Resurrection Pills’ also played a part. Without the help of the ‘Resurrection Pills’ to repair her, the body could not have recovered to a significant degree in a short period, and that would be unable to withstand the troubles of the next round.

Ye Jingxian now had a faint Golden Core pressure emanating from her; her eyes opened, and the spiritual power devoured by the Golden Core was transformed and returned to her even stronger, causing her spirit to not only remain intact but actually increase significantly.

Disregarding that her body had not fully recovered, she placed her feet firmly on the ground and let out a loud shout, adopting a defensive stance.

She didn’t use any defensive Spiritual Artifacts, knowing that the upcoming Divine Thunder would ignore all defenses and directly target her body.

She simply mobilized the scant spiritual power in the Golden Core, as well as her Body Refining Techniques, to continually enhance her body’s defense.

The ‘Resurrection Pill’ was still in effect, but the energy bestowed by the Golden Core slowly ceased.

In the sky, there was no sign of dark clouds, yet the Cultivators present had extremely sensitive perceptions. Li Shiming felt his scalp tingle, sensing that something dreadful was brewing above his head.

Without any warning, a golden thunderbolt appeared. The Mountain Protection Array and the Formation beneath Ye Jingxian’s feet had no reaction, as though the golden thunderbolt did not exist.

The golden thunderbolt passed through several layers of Formations, directly striking Ye Jingxian’s body.

The terrifying power of thunder and lightning struck the newly formed Golden Core body, and Ye Jingxian’s body, from the outside in, was invaded by that golden light.

After being struck by the lightning, Ye Jingxian’s body slowly fell backward, and a black smoke, as if charred, rose from her.