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

Chapter 48: Solution

After hearing his question, Xuan Qing didn't speak for a long time. He glanced at Xiao Yichen, whose skin was full of pits, sighed, and then took out a bright red magic crystal from the space ring with great pain. Although there was reluctance in his eyes, he still threw it to Xiao Yichen.

"This magic crystal was accidentally retrieved from the body of a severely injured Fire Qilin when I was traveling over 20 years ago. It's the only high-quality magic crystal I have on me now. You can try it."

Xiao Yichen clamped the Fire Demon Crystal thrown at him with his two wrists, which was still emitting waves of heat. He felt a little emotional. He didn't have much hope at first, but he didn't expect Xuan Qing to give it to him. His expression was a little complicated. He wanted to say something, but he heard Xuan Qing urging him to try it quickly to see if it worked.

Hearing the concern in the other party's words, Xiao Yichen turned his attention back to the magic crystal, took a deep breath, slowly calmed his mind, mobilized the energy in his body, and attached it to the magic crystal. The next moment, an extremely pure and hot spiritual energy flowed into his dantian along the meridians on his wrist.

As time passed, the spiritual energy in his body became more and more abundant. However, the thing Xiao Yichen feared most happened. When the spiritual energy reached a certain amount, the energy in his body quickly ran wild and rushed towards the top of his dantian. The next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and his forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat. Beads of sweat the size of beans slowly slid down. Seeing this, Xuan Qing, who was standing by, immediately came over to ask.

"What happened? Is it still not working?" Looking at Xiao Yichen who was in pain, Xuan Qing asked worriedly. But Xiao Yichen at this moment didn't have the extra thoughts to answer. At this moment, energy and spiritual energy in his dantian were fighting fiercely.

Although the amount of spiritual energy in the body had an absolute advantage, it was still a one-sided rhythm. The liquid-like energy forced it to retreat step by step. The spiritual energy touched by the energy exploded in an instant, and its color changed from bright red to colorless, and was finally discharged from the body.

What surprised Xiao Yichen was that the spiritual energy that was driven out by the energy did not dissipate in the air, but returned to the magic crystal.

"Huh?" Xuan Qing also noticed this change and couldn't help but express doubt. According to his experience, once the spiritual energy in the magic crystal was sucked away, it would be impossible for it to return to the magic crystal. What made him even more puzzled was that the magic crystal, which was originally as bright red as blood, was actually becoming lighter in color at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He held his breath, afraid of disturbing Xiao Yichen. As time passed, the magic crystal held in Xiao Yichen's wrist turned from its original bright red to extremely dim. The magical thing was that the spiritual energy inside was still very abundant. Except for the disappearance of the fire element inside, there was no change at all.

Xiao Yichen came back to his senses from the pain, let out a long breath, and then shook his head with a wry smile.

"Master, I still failed. Sigh... But fortunately, the magic crystal was not wasted by me."

Xuan Qing was filled with doubt after hearing this. He took the magic crystal from Xiao Yichen's arms, stared at it for a long time, and asked uncertainly, "You really didn't notice any changes?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yichen was stunned at first, and then he immediately checked the energy in his body. Sure enough, the next moment he found something different. The liquid energy that originally occupied only one tenth of the volume of his dantian had actually increased by several points. He told this to Xuan Qing excitedly.

After hearing Xiao Yichen's answer, Xuan Qing fell into deep thought. After a long while, he asked, "Then has the energy in your body undergone any changes in its properties?"

After carefully sensing it, Xiao Yichen shook his head and said, "Apart from the increase in quantity, there is no change at all."

After the words fell, Xuan Qing gritted his teeth again, took out another green magic crystal from the space ring, handed it to Xiao Yichen, and said, "Try again."

He did not hesitate. After clamping the magic crystal, he immediately started the previous action. A slightly cool spiritual energy entered his body. After a while, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen again. He gritted his teeth and endured it slowly. Half an hour later, the turquoise magic crystal became extremely dim in color, just like the fire magic crystal before. The wind power contained in it had completely disappeared.

Xiao Yichen sensed the energy within his body had increased a bit more, and he couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He said to Xuan Qing, "Master, it's increased a little more." But soon, as if he had thought of something, the smile on his face slowly faded. In a low voice, he asked, "Master, what was the quality of those two magic crystals?"

Hearing this, Xuan Qing smiled wryly and said, "Although these two magic crystals are not the top-tier ones, they are definitely not bad either. They were both taken from the bodies of magical beasts at the peak of the Core Formation Realm."

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen looked somewhat helpless and lowered his head again: "Eh... This quality of magic crystal only increased the energy in my body by less than 10%. If I want to break through to the Qi training stage, it will be a long time in the future..."

Seeing Xiao Yichen's dejected look, Xuan Qing smacked him hard on the head and said with a look of disappointment, "You kid still haven't figured out how to practice, have you?"

Rubbing the bump on his head, Xiao Yichen was puzzled. Wasn't it just about absorbing high-quality magic crystals imbued with elemental power? Xuan Qing saw his dazed expression and tapped him hard on the head again. Then he patiently said, "Why are you so stupid? What you need is not spiritual energy, but pure elemental power. In other words, if you just practice normally in a place with abundant elemental power, you will be able to successfully break through like other disciples."

Xiao Yichen suddenly stood up from the ground, bowed earnestly to Xuan Qing, and said, "Thank you, Master."

Then he sat cross-legged again, radiating the energy in his body to the surroundings, and began to sense the elemental forces floating between heaven and earth. However, after sitting for most of the day, he could sense the forces, but it was of no use.

"I just don't believe this." He began to absorb the spiritual energy around him quickly. However, when the spiritual energy in his dantian reached a certain amount, it would be driven out by the energy in his body. He was a little annoyed. The current situation was exactly the same as what he encountered when he first absorbed the magic crystal.

Xuan Qing was stroking his beard on the side. Seeing the confusion on Xiao Yichen's face, he thought for a while and said, "Come on, I'll take you to try somewhere else." After that, he took Xiao Yichen and flew in another direction.

When they arrived at the place, a lush green forest appeared in Xiao Yichen's perception. The surrounding atmosphere made him feel extremely comfortable. He released the energy from his body and tried again. However, more than ten minutes passed and the situation still did not change. Even if he inhaled the spiritual energy with abundant wood elements into his dantian, it would be forcibly expelled.

He asked softly with some doubt: "Isn't the purity of the elemental power here enough?"

Hearing Xiao Yichen's mumbling, Xuan Qing frowned tightly. The wood element here is more than three or four times denser than other places. Why can't it be absorbed?

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and shot a beam of light towards Xiao Yichen's head. The next moment, a spell appeared in Xiao Yichen's mind. It was a very common healing spell called Qingmu Rejuvenation.

Although Xiao Yichen was previously ridiculed by Xuan Qing for being stupid, he was not really stupid. On the contrary, he was very talented. He understood what his master meant in an instant and immediately sat down to start studying.

In just less than two hours, he had already mastered the basic skills of this spell, which surprised Xuan Qing who was standing by.

"This little fellow's talent is truly formidable. He's even comparable to the Saints and Saintess of those sects. Who knows, Qingfeng Pavilion might even reach a new level thanks to him."

At this time, Xiao Yichen on the ground was using the characteristics of the Green Wood Rejuvenation Method to quickly gather the wood elements in the surrounding forest. Soon, a small ball of green wood elements appeared on his wrist.

He couldn't wait to mobilize his physical energy to absorb it. The next moment, he was surprised to find that when the wood element reached the dantian, it was smoothly integrated into the liquid energy. Although there was only a small drop of energy left, he still looked extremely excited.

"Master, I succeeded..."