Chapter 14 - Level 5 Spiritual Energy

It was already the middle of winter, and although the South Vietnam was not cold, the rest of the mountain range still looked desolate.

However, in the valley in front of them, the plants were extremely flouris.h.i.+ng. A small stream flowed through the valley, causing it to look full of life and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Smoke curled up within the valley, and dense fog rose up. One couldn't help but yearn for it when looking at it, as if it was a paradise.

Lei Yang stopped to observe the terrain for a while, and discovered that the place was surrounded by tall mountain peaks, the surrounding area also appeared to be flat, and accidentally, this valley was well hidden.

If Lei Yang had not been walking aimlessly through the mountain range, he would never have discovered that there was actually such a place hidden.

He cautiously stepped into the valley and followed the stream for about a hundred feet. Suddenly, he discovered that there was a cave on the cliff wall to the right of the valley about ten feet from the ground. The cave entrance was filled with lush vines, making it seem very secretive.

Lei Yang slapped his thigh, and immediately decided, "This place is hidden, and the spirit energy of heaven and earth is so abundant, it is simply a place for me to cultivate in isolation, the heavens are on my side, this is the place!"

He hid on the other side of the tree trunk and threw a few rocks into the cave. After confirming that there was no danger, he carefully climbed to the entrance of the cave through a thick branch on the tree.

The cave was about five zhang deep and three zhang wide. The ground was flat and dry. It was a natural cave formed by a rocky fault. Lei Yang was very satisfied with the place he found, it was truly a suitable place for him to go into closed door cultivation.

The moment he sat down, he began to think about his future path, and how he should walk it, especially regarding the issue of whether or not he should swallow the pellet.

"Now that I have the pill, should I swallow it to break through to the next stage?" His father had warned him many times, saying that he should try his best not to rely on pills to increase his cultivation, or else there would be repercussions. However, if he didn't take the pill, how could he get out of this predicament?

Lei Yang thought about it, and after thinking about it again and again in his heart, he finally decided to swallow this pill and see if it was effective against him. Compared to the fact that he was about to be demoted to a medicine slave, the aftereffects were nothing. Therefore, he couldn't care less right now.

And today, he had injured Lei Ming. Although he had temporarily concealed his ident.i.ty, it was not a long-term plan, and there would eventually be a day that he would be exposed. The most important thing was to make himself stronger as soon as possible. Only then would he be able to have a foothold in the clan.

Even though Lei Yang had made a decision in his heart, when he thought about his father's words, he looked at the pill bag as if he was looking at poison. In the end, he gritted his teeth and said as if he was risking everything, "For his parents, and for himself as well. I'll give it my all!"

He took out the pill bag and took out the Spirit Gathering Pill that he had obtained from the Pill Pavilion Elder, Lei Yunzi. He swallowed it all in one gulp, and it was even worse than if he had eaten a dead child.

The Spirit Gathering Pill was created by a pill refiner using spiritual herbs. When forming a single pill, a large amount of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was forcefully gathered into the pill. It was a miraculous pill that helped a cultivator below the sixth level of spiritual energy to break through, and was extremely precious.

As the Spirit Gathering Pill dissolved in his mouth, a sweet fragrance diffused into the air. Instantly, it turned into pure and rich spiritual energy that flowed into his body.

This spiritual energy was much purer than the spiritual energy he had absorbed from the external world using the Heaven and Earth Bridge. Although it couldn't be compared with the spiritual energy in his aura sea, the quality was still quite good.

Lei Yang had never taken pills before, now he understood the advantage of having abundant resources.

As the huge amount of spiritual energy entered his aura sea, his aura sea's cultivation level rose rapidly, reaching the intermediate 30% of the spiritual energy level.

The vortex formed by the golden gas in the center of his aura sea started to spin even faster. Although his cultivation base had just reached the intermediate stage of the third level, it was falling at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, the third level fell and it stopped spinning.

Furthermore, following his purification, some of the impurities within the medicinal pellet was immediately expelled out of his body by a strong repulsive force. Unconsciously, it even helped Lei Yang open up a few more bridges of heaven and earth from the inside to the outside, allowing him to understand and integrate his mind with the heaven and earth even more clearly.

"It can actually be like this!" This discovery shocked Lei Yang quite a bit. He didn't have time to think about it now and continued to consume another pill. However, the same thing happened again.

Excited, Lei Yang ignored everything else.

Lei Yang's cultivation continued to soar all the way until the very end, when the golden gas in the center of his aurasea gradually slowed down and finally stopped, Lei Yang's cultivation finally stabilized at the peak of the first fourth level of spirit energy.

This time, his cultivation level was stable, because all the spiritual energy in his aura sea seemed to have completely met the standards of the Astral Sea, and the golden gas was no longer able to purify the spiritual energy in his aura sea.

However, the only regret was that he couldn't break through the fifth level of spiritual energy this time. However, what Lei Yang did not know was that if news of him swallowing the pellet spread, it would definitely cause the eyes of the disciples of the clan to explode.

However, just as he was thinking about it, a tiny drop of golden blood on his forehead suddenly flashed with a weak light that even Lei Yang himself could not detect.

The speed of the rotation was much faster than before. With a hum, all of the spiritual energy in the aura sea began to spin. In front of the aura sea, a black hole the same as the one in the aura sea appeared.

As soon as the black hole formed, it began to emanate an indescribably powerful gravitational force. Instantly, all of the spiritual energy in the valley began to seethe as it shot toward the enormous black hole which had existed in front of his Qi Sea.

Although all of this took time to describe, it all happened in an extremely short period of time. Before Lei Yang could even react to it, his aurasea was immediately filled with surging spirit energy.

The black hole spun faster and faster, causing more and more spiritual energy to rush in. Eventually, the spiritual energy turned into something that was as thick as a person's body and almost as long as a dragon.

This state lasted for approximately the time it took for an incense stick to burn. Following the disappearance of the black hole outside of his body, the rotation of the golden gas in his aura sea gradually slowed down, and a light "ka ka" sound suddenly came from his body. Accompanied by this light sound, a completely different feeling from that of a spirit energy level 4 suddenly appeared in Lei Yang's heart, and he very naturally muttered in his heart: "Spirit Qi level 5!"

After the light sound, he felt an inexplicable scene appear in his mind. With just a glance, he realized that this was the scenery around the cave he was in. He had his eyes closed, and yet, everything within thirty meters of him was visible to him.

"Look around and listen to the ants. Is this the so-called Spiritual Awareness?"

He immediately checked his brain and found that there was a small s.p.a.ce opened up on his forehead. It was the so-called Sea of Consciousness.

"It is said that the Sea of Consciousness can be born after the fifth level of spiritual energy. It seems like this should be my Sea of Consciousness!" Lei Yang continued to use it a few more times, and discovered the beauty of it, it could actually sense everything around the body, causing him to immediately become excited.

Within the cave, Lei Yang suddenly opened his eyes and two rays of light flashed. Clenching his fists, a powerful aura instantly filled his entire body, and when he looked at his body, he surprisingly discovered that under this kind of impact, the number of bridges in his body had increased by ten, and now, it was already more than sixty-eight.

After he tidied himself up, he stood up and walked out of the cave. He found that his body had become much lighter and nimbler. However, the moment he stood on the tree branch outside the cave, his expression immediately became strange.