Above the source of Tao

Three days later, the morning sun shone through the window lattice, sprinkling on Yun Chang'an's bed. He slowly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of determination. The wounds on his body had been carefully bandaged, and although they had healed, the deep scars still hurt, reminding him of the fierce battle not long ago.

Yun Chang'an stood in his yard, practicing boxing with vigorous posture, and every move and every form seemed particularly serious. Suddenly, a soft voice floated from outside the yard, interrupting his practice.

"Little Junior Brother, why are you up?"

The owner of the voice was Senior Sister He. She had a concerned smile on her face. Beside her was the eldest senior brother, who was carrying half a heavy piece of meat on his shoulders and walking towards here with a staggering gait.

"Senior Sister He, Senior Brother, why are you here?" Yun Changan stepped forward and wanted to help his senior brother take off the piece of meat.

"I can do it myself. You are still injured, so you don't need to help me." The eldest brother also smiled and continued, "This hunt was a great success. I gave you half a deer shank. You haven't eaten it yet, right? This meat is extremely delicious."

Yun Changan recalled the hunt that day, and the fight between him and the red fire lion was extremely fierce. It turned out that there was not only one red fire lion that day, but also a much larger one.

The eldest brother and his companions finally found the larger red fire lion in the deep forest and defeated it after some effort. Afterwards, they met Senior Sister He who said that there was another red fire lion chasing Yun Chang'an, so they brought people to look for you. When they found Yun Chang'an, he had already fainted.

Fortunately, Yun Chang'an also injured the red fire lion, so it was not difficult to deal with it.

Afterwards, the hunting team went down the mountain with two Yuan beasts and several deer, including the unconscious Yun Chang'an.

Today, I sold the bodies of the two red fire lions to the Hall of Merit, and brought half a deer shank and He Linxue to visit Yun Changan, and gave the merit points I got in exchange to Yun Changan.

"How can this be possible? I didn't actually do anything." Yun Chang'an declined modestly.

"Junior brother, don't be too modest. Without you, we wouldn't have been able to hunt two Yuan beasts so easily." The eldest brother insisted.

Yun Chang'an saw that he couldn't refuse the gift from the senior brother, so he collected the merit points given by the senior brother. There were a total of 10,000 merit points, which was more than what he had been given when he first arrived at the sect.

"Why are there so many merit points?" Yun Changan was a little confused.

"The red fire lion is full of treasures, especially the Yuan Beast that has awakened its intelligence. The most valuable thing is that there is a Yuan Beast Pearl in the Yuan Beast's Qi Palace. That thing can be sold for a lot of money." The eldest brother explained.

From the moment the Yuan Beast gains intelligence, a round object will form in its Qi Palace. This is the Yuan Beast Pearl. This pearl has the same properties as the Yuan Beast.

The Yuan Beast Pearl is not just an ordinary item. It has many uses. It can be used as medicine, can be used to make pills, can also be made into spiritual tools, and of course it is also a material needed for some formations. Therefore, whether it is for practitioners, alchemists, refiners, or formation masters, the Yuan Beast Pearl is a priceless treasure, and its value is immeasurable.

All in all, great value.

Yun Chang'an thought that when Fairy Shichen set up the small Five Elements Gathering Formation in Shanglin City, she used beads. Those beads should have been taken from the Yuan Beast.

So, Yun Chang'an invited the two of them into the house, poured them a cup of hot water, and the three of them sat around and talked. The eldest brother's eyes inadvertently swept out the window, and he was surprised to find that the magical herbs and vegetables planted by Yun Chang'an on the wasteland had actually broken through the soil and grown tender green seedlings.

This surprised the eldest brother very much. He had been here for quite some time, but had never seen anyone able to grow anything on this barren land.

"Junior brother, I see that you have planted a lot of spiritual herbs and vegetables on that wasteland. Now they have sprouted small seedlings, and it looks like they will mature soon. How did you grow them successfully?" The eldest senior brother stared at Yun Chang'an and asked.

The eldest brother knew that no one had been able to grow anything on this wasteland for a long time.

"I have been farming with my grandfather since I was a child, so I naturally know a little bit." Yun Changan made up an excuse to get away with it. He didn't want to tell them the secret of the Five Elements Runtu Formation.

"Since you are so skilled in farming, you can do the farming in the future. You don't have to follow us into the mountains to hunt. But, can you share some of the vegetables with us when they are ripe?" the eldest brother asked eagerly.

"Of course." Seeing Yun Chang'an agreed, he laughed heartily. Then he patted Yun Chang'an on the shoulder and kept praising him.

The praise was so intense that even Yun Chang'an felt a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Senior Sister He said, "Junior brother's injury has not healed yet, let him rest more."

So the two of them bid farewell to Yun Chang'an and left his residence.

Now that he had some free time, Yun Chang'an fell into deep thought. Fairy Shichen had become very weak, and he couldn't call her out every now and then. He didn't know when she would fall into a deep sleep.

Fortunately, Fairy Shichen left some things in the Siyang Gourd Lamp, which Yun Changan had no time to see.

Although the Siyang Gourd Lamp recognized its master, Fairy Shichen said that she was too weak to communicate, and there was no movement from the Red Fire Lion's egg either.

Or maybe I’m not strong enough!

The most important thing for me now is to improve my strength. Only by becoming stronger can I do more things.

In order not to waste any more time, Yun Changan decided to take action immediately. He sat cross-legged on the bed, adjusted his breathing, and prepared to start impacting the several meridians in his body that had not yet been opened.

Finally, one day two months later, Yun Changan felt that the five elements of energy in his body had reached a critical point. He sat cross-legged on the bed, took a deep breath, and inhaled the five colors of energy into his mouth.

"Open!" he shouted loudly, and saw the five-colored energy around Yun Chang'an began to fluctuate, like a big stone thrown into the water, spreading out in ripples.

At this moment, Yun Changan was concentrating on feeling the changes in his body. His eyes were closed tightly, and a beam of sunlight just happened to hit his sweaty face, making him look very solemn.

After a while, Yun Changan finally succeeded in fusing the five elements together. He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a cloud of white mist from his mouth.

"It finally worked."

The vital energy around Yun Chang'an slowly calmed down. The five-colored vital energy indicated that Yun Chang'an had successfully impacted the ninth meridian and officially entered the organ storage stage.