Time slipped by. It had been more than an hour now.
More and more Xuan Energy acc.u.mulated at the intersection of Chong Channel and the Ren Channel. The fist-sized room was now expanded to the size of a palm. If it were not for the fact that there was an intangible force coming from the animal tooth, Lu Li would have long pa.s.sed out from the pain.
Lu Li mustered all the Xuan Energy within his body which was divided into numerous strands and then migrated and rotated in the pattern of the Yin-Yang Fish Taiji Diagram. The strands of Xuan Energy followed each other in an orderly way and they were moving faster and faster.
"I have to make it. I have to. Animal tooth pendant, please hold on a bit longer."
Lu Li"s heart was torn with anxiety. This was now the most critical moment. Xuan Energy had broken free from his control and was rotating on its own. The speed was faster and faster. This was an indication that the air whirl was about to come into being. Once the air whirl became stable and unchangeable, the Spirit Sea would be steady, and Lu Li could reach the Spirit Sea Realm.
After the time it took for just half an incense stick to burn, the animal tooth pendant stopped glowing all of a sudden. The intangible force inside Lu Li gradually faded away. Lu Li was freaking out. He could clearly feel the sharp pain coming from inside his body, and it was getting worse and more horrible.
"Stand it, come on. Ah... I have to hold on!"
Lu Li bellowed in his mind. He concentrated his entire mind on the air whirl regardless of the pain within his body. He was dedicated to protect the air whirl from collapsing.
Lu Li was aware that this was a dangerous moment. If he went on any longer, he might faint because of the pain. Once he fell into a coma, the Xuan Energy inside the air whirl could have no control. Should anything go sideways, Lu Li would be blasted into pieces.
But if Lu Li stopped now, all his previous work would have been in vain. All his efforts would be wasted. He would fail yet again in condensing Spirit Sea.
Some ideas came to his mind. He was battling inside, so he couldn"t decide what to do. With the pain getting more and more serious, he finally made up his mind.
Lu Li opened his eyes and put the rest of healing pellet into his mouth as fast as he could. Then his eyes rolled and he fainted.
Lu Li had chosen to take an enormous risk. He chose to believe in the animal tooth pendant.
The Xuan Energy in the air whirl was now rotating on its own. As long as Lu Li"s body remained fine, the air whirl would continue to revolve. In the end, the condensation would be done, and Lu Li could create the Spirit Sea and reach the Spirit Sea Realm.
The healing pellet was seeping into his body. The animal tooth pendant started glowing which would stabilize his body and make sure that nothing would go wrong physically. As long as he was well, the air whirl would be condensed.
Of course...
Of course, this was just all in Lu Li"s head. In the event that anything went wrong, he would be eternally doomed. He would be blasted into a pile of minced meat by the revolting Xuan Energy.
Lu Li had spent more than a score of days recently on cultivating the Rolling Thunder Xuan Skill and condensing Spirit Sea. Lu Li had not the faintest idea what was going on outside. Should the fight now be over at the Ice Abyss, the war between the Liu Family and the Zhao Family would break out right away.
Lu Li was Zhao Family"s most hated person. He was on the must-kill list. There was not much time left for him, so Lu Li must strengthen his combat ability as soon as possible so as to protect himself and his sister in the upcoming war.
Therefore, he had to gamble, the stake of which was his life!
Lu Li won the bet. When the healing pellet was inside his body, the animal tooth pendant started glowing.
Right around the time when his body could take it no more, an intangible force from the animal tooth pendant entered his body and helped him stabilized. The Xuan Energy at the intersection of the Chong channel and Ren channel rotated following the previous path. Turbulence did not occur.
The Xuan Energy moved faster and faster, and finally, the strands of Xuan Energy merged together end to end. A fast rotating air whirl was condensed.
After two hours, the speed of the air whirl rotation started slowing down. In four hours, the air whirl"s speed had slowed down to the minimum. The s.p.a.ce around the intersection between the two energy channels transformed, and the energy channels around the s.p.a.ce became firm and elastic. The most important thing was, the s.p.a.ce would not contract and go back to its original state. It was already formed.
Great achievement on Spirit Sea.
Lu Ling came in during this time. She had no idea that Lu Li just went through a matter of life and death. She just a.s.sumed that he had fallen asleep out of fatigue.
In another six hours, it was already midnight. Lu Li finally came to his senses slowly. He opened his eyes and looked at the pitch dark room and listened to his own heartbeats. He was absent-minded for a moment. Finally, he regained his consciousness and sat up all of a sudden.
"I made it. I have made it!"
Lu Li quietly sat and meditated for a bit. Then he was quaking with joy. Lu Li got up and rushed outside but he hit against a wall. He was about to tell the good news to Lu Ling when he realized that it was deep into the night.
"I made it. I have won the bet!"
Lu Li went back to his room and paced up and down. The light in the room was dim. On several occasions, Lu Li was almost tripped over. However, he carried on for the time it took for three incense sticks to burn before he restored calmness.
"I"ll try to cultivate to test it now."
Lu Li sat down to cultivate his Xuan Energy to verify if he had indeed made it to the Spirit Sea Realm. He used directions from the War G.o.d Alb.u.m and strands of Xuan Energy soon gushed out of his energy channels. Lu Li moved these strands of Xuan Energy to his Spirit Sea. The strands of Xuan Energy instantly merged into the air whirl.
Lu Li then tried to muster some Xuan Energy from the Spirit Sea. Immediately, the air whirl sped up in its rotation and strands of Xuan Energy separated from the air whirl before surging into his energy channels.
"Good!"
Lu Li was 100% certain that he had successfully condensed Spirit Sea. The Xuan Energy in the air whirl was more refined and condensed than the one that he cultivated before. Lu Li now had entered the Spirit Sea Realm.
"Cultivate, cultivate!"
The air whirl had just come into being and the realm has just been reached. It would take some time to stabilize. There more Xuan Energy Lu Li cultivated, the more stable the air whirl would be. Then the Spirit Sea would not collapse.
Lu Li did not sleep the night. He kept cultivating till the day time and only stopped after Lu Ling got up and went to check on him in the morning.
"Om!"
The moment Lu Li opened his eyes, he felt something different about his temperament. He looked much more confident. He was in high spirits. Lu Ling"s eyes were wide open as she carefully asked, "Brother, you have succeeded?"
Lu Li grinned and nodded, "Sis, I did it. I am now a warrior of the Spirit Sea Realm."
"Very good!"
Lu Ling put on a big smile, like a flower in full blossom. She said with pride, "Offspring of our Lu Family are this good. Lu Li, you are not a disgrace to our father. I am proud of you."
Lu Li scratched his head with a hint of shyness. He did not try to hide it but instead picked up the animal tooth pendant on his chest and said, "This time, I am grateful for this animal tooth pendant. If it were not for it, I could not achieve the breakthrough in such a short time."
"So it is a piece of rare treasure indeed. You must take good care of it. Don"t let anyone s.n.a.t.c.h it from you."
Lu Ling just nodded without asking details of the process. Since she got a crippled leg, one of her energy channels was cut off. She could not cultivate, and therefore, she did not care for cultivation matters.
Lu Ling suddenly thought of something and said, "The fight with regards to the Beast King at the Ice Abyss should come to an end soon. You must be prepared!"
"Is it finally going to be over?"
Lu Li felt his heart was weighed down with anxiety in the moment of joy. He asked in response, "Sis, you don"t go out. How did you learn about this news?"
Lu Ling explained, "You have been in your state of cultivation lately. You don"t know this, but there are another more than a dozen Iron-armor s.h.i.+ps and Ancient Chariots coming from the south. I heard from Aunty Cheng that those are the Super Families from Cyan Plains. Since there are so many powerful warriors from Super Families here, then the Beast King cannot have too many days left. Once it is killed, the Wu Ling County will descend into chaos."