Chapter 214: Chapter 16: Achievement! Shouzhe Steps into the Spirit Platform Mirror
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Why did it feel so off, the way they exchanged treasures between the couple?
Obviously, they could have separately fought for their own treasures, but now it turned into them exchanging between husband and wife.
They even managed to sprinkle a big dose of public display of affection, leaving Liua Ruolei feeling slightly tipsy from it. The whole operation was rather over the top.
Unfortunately, no one seemed to pay any attention to her.
Especially the Wang Family members, who were all very excited. After all, this time, the harvest for the Wang Family was the biggest.
The other families, apart from Liua Yuanhui, only obtained one Celestial Spirit Pill.
But they were not discouraged, because with this trial ground in place, each family would eventually benefit. The focus now was on cultivating the young and talented members of the clan.
Next came the cleanup work.
Although the trial ground was remote, since Ancestor Zhou Xuan had the ability and luck to enter, sooner or later, others would break in.
Hence, Wang Shouzhe suggested properly setting up this canyon and having each family take turns to guard it.
All the ancestors responded in kind, following Wang Shouzhe’s instructions.
They moved stones and dug holes where needed, all without complaint, working enthusiastically. Especially Wang Shouzhe, who expended a significant amount of his Profound Qi to set up a Vine Array throughout the valley.
The entrance was designed with care, making it extremely difficult for outsiders to find the place without someone from inside opening the path.
During this process,
the Wang Family members carefully absorbed the rewards from this time, with Wang Luqiu and Wang Luojing both consuming Basic Bloodline Improvement Liquid, undergoing a Bone Marrow Purify and a Secondary Bloodline Awakening.
Their natural talent, already at Middle Grade A, advanced to Upper Grade D after the purification. Such a formidable bloodline talent is rare even in Longzuo County, earning them the title of Celestial Pride.
Their future prospects are truly limitless.
Meanwhile, Wang Lici’s gain was even greater, elevating her talent a bit more with the Basic Bloodline Improvement Liquid.
Under the protection of the ancestor, she broke through from the peak of the Qi Refining Realm to the Spirit Platform Realm, becoming a very young Spirit Platform Realm cultivator. At twenty-four or five, she is considered exceptional even within the Purple Mansion Academy.
Unfortunately, this girl is naturally lazy and not enthusiastic about cultivating Black Tortoise Combat Skills. Her only praise-worthy trait is her incredibly good fortune, and it’s uncertain how far she will go in the future.
In the path of the Black Tortoise, sometimes fortune is even more important than talent.
It’s also worth mentioning Liua Yuanhui.
With his Lower Grade A talent, reaching the peak of the Qi Refining Realm by thirty shows how much the Liua Family has invested in him.
This time, he acquired a Celestial Spirit Pill and under Ancestor Xuanfu’s protection, he attempted to break through and succeeded in reaching the Spirit Platform Realm. His luck is decent, given that with Lower Grade A talent, breaking through to the Spirit Platform Realm is not always successful.
For someone like Wang Lici, who originally had Upper Grade talent, the chance of success in breaking through to the Spirit Platform Realm is not guaranteed to be one hundred percent, but the chance of failure is very low. This demonstrates the importance of bloodline talent.
Regardless, Liua Yuanhui’s advancement to the Spirit Platform Realm is a great stroke of luck. With Liua Family now having four visible Spirit Platform members,
Why say visible?
It’s simple, because the Shanyin Liua Family originally had four Spirit Platform Realm ancestors, but Liua Yuanhui and Liua Ruolan’s grandfather—Liua Cunren, had secretly advanced to the Spirit Platform Realm.
To preserve his trump card and act low-key, preventing attention, Ancestor Cunren was hidden away.
This is the way of survival for noble families, especially like the Liua Family, an Eighth-Grade Noble Family with three Spirit Platforms, they tend to hide a trump card secretly.
Now with five Spirit Platform members, if this is revealed, it will surely cause a huge wave, and possibly, Liua Yuanhui might also be secretly hidden away.
This time the Wang Family gained a lot.
The largest beneficiaries were the Shouzhe couple.
In a temporarily carved-out mountain chamber, Wang Shouzhe was in seclusion, absorbing the results of the battle while Ancestor Longyan guarded outside for his protection.
Wang Shouzhe sat cross-legged, his heart filled with emotion, recalling the days of crossing over and living in constant fear as a small Clan Leader.
Today, he was qualified to attempt a breakthrough to the Spirit Platform Realm. The process had been arduous but filled with the joy of harvest.
The Spirit Platform Realm.
In a sense, within this Black Tortoise World, the Spirit Platform Realm is just the beginning,
only having gained some ability to protect oneself.
He calmed his mind, eliminating distractions until he reached a state of emptiness. Only then did he take out the Celestial Spirit Pill and swallow it with a mind free of joy or sorrow.
The Celestial Spirit Pill immediately transformed into waves of robust and tyrannical energy, pounding against his internal organs, causing his handsome face to contort with immense pain.
Wang Shouzhe hurriedly activated the last stage technique of the Qi Refining Chapter of the Wood Element Upper Grade Technique, the "Eternal Spring True Technique," controlling that energy to make it his own.
Cooperating with the warm and pure Eternal Spring True Qi, he entered the breakthrough stage.
The Qi Refining Realm is a process of long accumulation. To break through to the Spirit Platform Realm, one must open the Heaven and Earth Two Bridges for the Grand Circulation of Profound Qi, create the Spirit Platform, and continuously gain spiritual sense.