"These waters with a chilling aura seem unusual. There's actually a faint remnant of source energy inside. Should I take it with me?"

Lu Ye pondered as he looked at the cold spring waters surrounding the stone platform.

"Eee-yaa, eee-yaa..."

At that moment, the spirit-infused reishi mushroom started to chitter again.

Lu Ye exerted great effort to barely understand what the spirit medicine meant.

"Are you saying this is actually your... bath water?"

"Eee-yaa!" The spirit reishi nodded, somewhat proud that its bath water was favored by so many.

Lu Ye: "..."

The fact that this spirit medicine could gain sentience indicates its age is certainly not low, and its quality is extraordinary.

Among these streams, Lu Ye could sense a faint source energy, which could slightly speed up cultivation if absorbed.

The next moment, Lu Ye looked towards the proud spirit reishi with a hint of kindness.

"Bathing is good, bathing is good indeed!"

It truly is a top-grade spirit medicine; even a casual rinse could help a martial arts cultivator speed up their cultivation.

Even so, Lu Ye still found a few empty pill bottles. Though small, he filled them with some cold spring water to take away.

Looking at the remaining puddles and drops at the bottom, only then did Lu Ye swiftly leave.

...

...

Leaving the Kao Shan Martial Arts Hall silently, Lu Ye was in no hurry to return.

Instead, he found a secluded spot outside the town, coming to a creek. There, he took out the small reishi mushroom tucked in his arms, speaking kindly.

"Come, come, I see you're a bit dirty. There's a perfect spot to bathe here; let's bathe together."

The spirit reishi looked confused; it had just bathed in the underground spring not long ago and didn't feel dirty.

But given its lifebound spirit pearl was now with someone else, the spirit reishi quickly nodded compliantly.

"Eee-yaa."

As long as it wasn't getting braised or steamed, a bath was no big deal. It's smart enough to adapt to circumstances.

Taking the spirit reishi into the water, soon Lu Ye actually felt a trace of special source energy gathering in the small creek.

With a slight gleam of joy in his eyes, Lu Ye immediately sat cross-legged on a green stone at the creek's bottom.

The water rose to Lu Ye's waist. As the Ancient Star Scripture operated, the special energy spilling from the spirit reishi was completely absorbed by Lu Ye.

The spirit reishi clearly loved water; a pure smile appeared on the reishi's head.

Its small hands, made of reishi stems, happily splashed on the water surface.

The surrounding heaven and earth source qi converged, with the special energy spilling from the spirit reishi.

Under a hundredfold effect, Lu Ye's innate true qi within his dantian rapidly increased.

"Let's try one Middle Grade Innate Pill..."

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Ye took out a round elixir.

With the confluence of three major aids, Lu Ye felt a glimmer of hope to break through to the Innate Fourth Layer!

As the elixir entered the mouth, it turned into a potent medicinal force, causing Lu Ye's aura to surge intensely.

In an instant, Lu Ye's aura jumped directly from the early Innate Third Layer to the middle stage of the Third Layer!

If the Wang Family Ancestor were alive to see this, he'd probably exclaim that Lu Ye was the true demon cultivator!

After all, even with practicing evil techniques, no one could absorb and upgrade so abnormally fast.

In just about ten minutes, Lu Ye depleted all the heaven and earth source qi within a hundred-meter radius.

The medicinal power of the Middle Grade Innate Pill was also efficiently refined by the Ancient Star Scripture, with no waste except for expelling some impurities from the elixir.

In the meantime, Lu Ye's aura subtly changed again, suddenly advancing into the late stage of the Innate Third Layer.

"Is it still not enough?"

Without the source qi and the effects of the Innate Pill, Lu Ye suddenly felt an emptiness from his meridians.

The divide between the Third Layer and the Fourth Layer is indeed the watershed between early and middle stages.

Even the combination of these three energy sources is enough to reach the Third Layer, but not enough to break into the Fourth Layer.

Unless he consumed the remaining two Middle Grade Innate Pills, there might be an opportunity for further breakthrough.

But these Middle Grade Elixirs contain not just impurities but also pill poison.

Unless they're at least Upper Grade, Lu Ye plans to take only one Middle or Lower Grade Elixir each time within a short period.

Too much accumulation of pill poison would be counterproductive.

Just as Lu Ye realized his temporary inability to breakthrough to the Innate Fourth Layer and planned to halt and wait for the right moment to try again in a few days.

The happily playing spirit reishi suddenly turned its head, a little puzzled.

It seemed confused as to why the two-legged beast had stopped cultivating.

Born out of absorbing heaven and earth source qi, spirit objects are highly sensitive to it.

The next moment, the spirit reishi realized that the surrounding area was utterly empty, devoid of any source energy, hence why the two-legged beast wasn't cultivating.

Tilting its head, the spirit reishi seemed to make a decision, and it cut a small opening on its finger.

In an instant, the spirit reishi's face twitched slightly as if it was afraid of pain.

Soon, a drop of light green spirit liquid appeared, and a refreshing fragrance immediately spread around.

Quickly sealing the wound, the spirit reishi's aura also weakened significantly.

"Eee-yaa!"

Holding the drop of light green spirit liquid, the spirit reishi presented it to Lu Ye.

"What concentrated energy!" Lu Ye was shocked as he looked at the drop of light green spirit liquid.

Even the Two-Stripe Top Grade Innate Pill he had acquired before seemed inferior to this droplet!

"Thank you."

Patting the spirit reishi's head, Lu Ye took it and swallowed it whole.

In an instant, a terrifyingly vast energy erupted throughout Lu Ye's body!

However, despite its size, the energy was not violent at all, but rather gentle.

As it flowed through his meridians, it surprisingly mended some old, concealed injuries within his body!

The sensation of comfort made Lu Ye's pores feel significantly more open and clear.

"Indeed, the spirit-infused entity possesses formidable medicinal effects."

No wonder the little creature's aura weakened significantly after producing just one drop of spirit liquid.

For it, this must also be a very precious thing.

Calming his thoughts, Lu Ye began to fully refine the immense energy from the light green spirit liquid.

Barely in the late stage of the Innate Third Layer, his realm seemed aided by divine intervention, climbing madly again.

A moment later, the barrier of the Innate Fourth Layer was easily passed by Lu Ye.

His internal meridians and Qi Sea Dantian expanded slightly, allowing accommodation for more innate true qi.

Upon reaching the Fourth Layer, the hundredfold amplification consumed only a small portion of the light green spirit liquid's energy.

Yet, a vast amount of energy remained, still lingering in Lu Ye's various meridians.

After a while...

Innate Sixth Layer!!

And with perfection in the Innate Sixth Layer!

Just one step away from entering the Innate Seventh Layer!

A single precious drop of spirit liquid from the spirit reishi stunned with its effectiveness!

Of course, Lu Ye knew... the hundredfold augmentation talent was in full force here.

Without the hundredfold effect, the most it could achieve would probably be the middle stage of the Innate Fourth Layer.

With the talent's enhancement, he managed to utilize the terrifyingly effective origin spirit liquid for a massive increase, breaking through three realms in succession.

Compared to continuous upgrades in the Postnatal Realm, this feat had a far greater difficulty level.

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