Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 21: Rapid Increase in Strength

Under the clear sky, the green lawn is like a soft green carpet. The grass is fresh and tender, and layers of green waves are rippled under the caress of the breeze.

In the middle of the lawn, in a huge pit, Xiao Yichen lay powerlessly at the bottom of the pit. The only clear spring water left under him was slowly drying up.

"Old tree...how long have I...been here?" Xiao Yichen tried hard to shake himself and asked with difficulty. Only his mouth felt relaxed now.

"Master, you have been here for 23 days." The strange tree on the side said lightly, looking at the little remaining Yin Spring in the pit, his face looked a little bad. After all, it took it hundreds of years to guard so much, but now the other party has used it up in more than 20 days.

"Well, pull me up. There is only one last bit left, and I'll leave it to you." When he finished speaking, a long and strong tree trunk came towards him, lifted him up as if fishing out a corpse, and slowly placed him on the lawn beside him.

After lying on the lawn for more than half an hour, Xiao Yichen finally regained some strength. He slowly stood up and glanced at the deep pit beside him. In the past 20 days, apart from eating to restore his strength, he had been soaking in the Youyin Spring, constantly using the spring water to break his own limits.

He stood up and exerted force suddenly. An extremely powerful aura burst out from his body. Under the influence of this force, the ground under his feet was covered with leaves and grass flying, and the soil splashed everywhere, forming a circular pothole with a diameter of three meters.

"Huh..." Xiao Yichen exhaled and smiled with satisfaction. "In just over 20 days, my physique has increased fourfold. Although I'm still in the early stages of the Body Tempering Realm, my strength is already enough to completely crush cultivators in the middle stages. I can even fight with cultivators in the high stages of the Body Tempering Realm. This Yin and Yang Spring is truly a good thing, but it's a little too scarce."

Hearing this, the strange tree beside it became somewhat unhappy and said faintly, "Master, this is not a small amount. I have been guarding this place for hundreds of years, and it has only gathered this much. You have spent it all in 23 days. You must know that if the true function of this spring water is spread out, many outside forces will fight for it."

Feeling the complaint in the other party's words, Xiao Yichen just smiled lightly, and drew out the original power of the strange tree from his dantian. A bead emitting a light green color floated in front of him. When the strange tree saw it, its breath couldn't help but be held.

Under the strange tree's surprised gaze, the green bead slowly flew towards it. The strange tree hurriedly took it back into its body, and then looked at Xiao Yichen in surprise.

"You...are you really going to let me go just like that?" Dashu asked in shock.

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen waved his hand and spoke calmly, "Although I nearly died tragically at your hands, I also gained this opportunity because of it. Besides, there are no permanent enemies in this world. I'm letting you go only because I have other things to do and I'm leaving this place soon. This Youyin Spring will recover in another hundred years. I need you to guard it here as you have in the past, to keep it hidden from others. That's all."

This is Xiao Yichen's purpose. He really doesn't want to give up this spring, but he can't stay here forever. But this strange tree can do it. With its guard, this place can be prevented from being destroyed by the monsters outside to the greatest extent.

The strange tree also understood his idea and agreed readily. It was because of the Youyin Spring that it was able to open its spiritual intelligence. Before its cultivation reached a certain level, it could not leave this place. Therefore, there was no harm in agreeing to Xiao Yichen's request. Although the other party was eyeing its treasure, to be honest, the Youyin Spring could only heal its wounds and could not help it much in terms of cultivation.

Seeing that the other party agreed so readily, Xiao Yichen nodded with satisfaction. After restoring his body to its best condition here, he said goodbye to the strange tree and flew out of the misty swamp.

Originally, he couldn't fly. To fly, he had to at least enter the Jindan stage. But since his strength exploded, the energy in his body has also changed. The most obvious change is the shape. The strange energy that was like a cloud in the past has now turned into a pool of sticky colorless liquid, which allows him to control his own flight for a short time, but the consumption is very huge. With the energy stored in his body now, he can only fly for less than five minutes at most.

Looking at the figure flying farther and farther away, the strange tree had a look of confusion and shock on its face. It didn't understand why a cultivator in the Body Tempering Realm could actually fly in the air.

"What on earth is that energy within the master's body? It's different from any other spiritual energy, yet it's much more powerful than spiritual energy. It can even withstand the erosion of the Yin Spring. It's truly miraculous."

In the distant sky, just over ten seconds later, Xiao Yichen left the periphery of the misty swamp and landed on the ground, no longer flying. The area of ​​the swamp was actually not very large. There was a village fifty or sixty miles ahead. What if someone came here to hunt? He didn't want his secret to be discovered by anyone, so it was better to be cautious.

Although the speed has slowed down and is not as fast as flying, it is not too slow. In less than ten minutes, I saw the village. When I passed by the village before, I didn’t stay here for long. Now that I have the Lingshu Fruit, I don’t mind spending time on a meal.

"I'm almost vomiting from eating dry food every day. I'd feel bad if I didn't have a full meal today." They arrived at an inn in the village and ordered a large table of food. Seeing the table full of meat, Xiao Yichen started to eat with relish, leaving those around him dumbfounded. The food, which ten adults couldn't finish, was cleaned up by Xiao Yichen in less than an hour.

Meimei was lying on a recliner beside her, ready to have a good rest. At this moment, two people suddenly walked in from the door. Xiao Yichen frowned slightly, sensing the aura emanating from the two people. They were both high-level cultivators in the Body Tempering Realm.

"Why would cultivators come to this damn place? Could it be that their sect is so stingy that the injured disciples have to find a way to deal with it themselves? Apart from the medicinal herbs in the misty swamp, there is nothing else around here that is worthy of these cultivators coming." He pondered in his heart, not forgetting to retract his breath into his body and become almost like an ordinary person.

The two men really didn't notice his difference. After ordering some food, they found a place to sit down. Xiao Yichen closed his eyes and pretended to rest, but he was always eavesdropping on the other party's conversation. Although the voice was very low, Xiao Yichen still heard some interesting things.

"Brother, do you think that thing is in that boy's hands?"

"I'm not sure, but since the sect has sent the two of us to guard this area, we just need to do as we're told. If we find that guy, we'll just catch him. We're not entitled to enjoy that treasure."

Xiao Yichen, who had heard their conversation, became somewhat interested and thought to himself, "What kind of treasure is worthy of a sect sending its disciples to snatch? Stop teasing me, keep talking."

He eavesdropped for a while and found that the two were just chatting about useless things. After his interest was completely worn out, Xiao Yichen opened his eyes, yawned, slowly stood up and walked out.

After leaving the inn, he spat at the two people inside: "Pah, you only speak half the words, and you will never have a companion in your life."

He no longer thought about what he had just heard. After leaving the village, he displayed his cultivation level of the initial stage of body tempering and quickly ran towards the direction of the Meiyu Sect. Thinking of Yunmei who might still be lying in bed, he walked a little faster. At this speed, he would be able to return to the sect today.