Ball Ball Cultivation

Qiuqiu was hurrying along that day when she heard the howling of wolves. She saw a group of eight silver wolves running from the west. It seemed she had been remembered by the pack from the previous day. These scattered wolves probably weren't looking for her specifically; they had likely stumbled upon her while hunting and were helping their companions avenge their loss. Each one had a more powerful aura than Qiuqiu, and they were probably at or above the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

Qiuqiu put on the Wind Control Talisman and the Strong Armor Talisman and quickly fled to the destination shown on the map. When he used the Eight Steps of Freedom to the limit, he made a breakthrough and fled with all his strength. Seven or eight silver wolves were following closely behind him. In this way, he had to dodge the ice needles and wind blades emitted from time to time by the wolves while fleeing. He persisted for a whole day, using various talismans around him to escape with all his strength, and he was in a mess.

The next day, his robes were already badly damaged, his talismans and elixirs were almost all gone, and his spiritual power was almost exhausted. The silver wolf probably saw Qiuqiu's condition and wanted to tease him, so he followed him closely.

On the third day, after falling many times, countless non-fatal wounds appeared on his body. If he had not exercised regularly, he would probably not be able to climb now. He persisted until the fourth day. Qiuqiu was exhausted and was chased by a group of wolves to the top of a cliff and surrounded.

The wolf king, who seemed to be at the level of a Golden Core, came with a dozen or so majestic silver wolves. He really held a grudge. He guessed that among the silver wolves that Qiuqiu and his companions had killed last time, there must have been some extraordinary silver wolves, otherwise he wouldn't have waited until the Silver Wolf King appeared to deliver the fatal blow to Qiuqiu.

Although this way of dying would make him feel a little more dignified, Qiuqiu was still very indignant in his heart: If you silver wolves didn't want to eat us, who would provoke the dominant group in this area!!!

In his left hand, he held a defensive jade token, in his right, an explosive ball—all acquired from Lu Yu—ready to detonate the explosive ball instantly. As the two sides engaged, a hidden silver wolf pounced on his injured left shoulder. The ball, using its remaining strength, rolled along the ice and snow into the bottomless cliffs. The wolves waited for a long time, and only left when they sensed no sign of life.

Qiuqiu was awakened by the heart-wrenching pain and found himself soaking in a hot spring pool covered with silver-white palm-sized lotus flowers. The place was filled with mist and his spiritual sense could not penetrate too far. The surrounding spiritual energy was even denser than the space.

Qiuqiu immediately summoned the knowledgeable Xiao Huang from the space and asked, "It's time to test you. Look at what kind of lotus this is? What kind of spiritual spring is this?"

As soon as Xiao Huang came out of the space, he saw Qiuqiu, who was in a mess, soaking in the water. "How did you get hurt so badly!" He looked up and took a closer look, and immediately said excitedly: "Wow, this is a light silver lotus, which can only grow in slightly warm heavy water springs. You are really lucky. This is a very good body training spring. The light silver lotus is also a very rare body training elixir. Long-term soaking can strengthen bones and make the body as light as a swallow! Practicing here is more beneficial to the demon race. The blood is richer, the body is more solid, and the body becomes lighter. I can fly higher and farther. Haha..."

After saying that, he flew around the spring and came back, saying, "Quickly set up the illusion array. I'll take a look around. This should be an owned place, but the owner isn't here! It's safe for now. This is our great opportunity. I didn't expect the final location on the map to be here! Quickly release the two little guys and collect more hot spring water and lotus flowers into the space. They're valuable!"

Qiuqiu immediately set up a defensive formation and an illusion array, then called the two little ones out to quickly train and hone both their human and beast forms. He then took out six ripe red fruits, giving one to himself, one to Xiao Huang, and two to each of the two little ones, to see if their human and white tiger forms needed to be tempered separately! He divided up all six red fruits, ignoring Xiao Huang's surprised look.

Huahua is responsible for collecting slightly hot heavy water and slight silver lotus. When she finds something wrong, she will collect everyone into the space. Fortune and wealth are sought in danger, and she works very hard to refine her body.

Xiao Huang: There's also Zhu Guo in the space! How could it not know? Zhu Guo has a very good marrow cleansing and meridian-strengthening effect on both humans and demons. Most of them are cultivated by powerful forces, and a few are also found in inaccessible death zones. Most of the marrow cleansing pills on the market are made with this fruit as the main ingredient!

That's something you can only snatch up at auctions at exorbitant prices! Furthermore, the Vermillion Fruit is more effective for cleansing the marrow of monsters, but a bit too overbearing for human cultivators. Marrow Cleansing Pills are more gentle, but Qiuqiu is a Chaos Spirit Body and has been practicing physical cultivation for a long time, so he can use it with confidence! Cleansing the marrow while practicing the meridians is indeed twice as effective, but the pain is doubled. Thinking that the three children aren't afraid, why should I, Xiao Huang, be afraid!!! In the eyes of the century-old Xiao Huang, the twenty-year-old Qiuqiu is indeed a human cub.

Qiuqiu had bought this Zhu fruit from a simple-minded man at the mortal market for ten taels of silver! It ripened a few days ago, and I was just about to use it, when the time arrived! Zhu fruit used to take a hundred years to mature, but now it's ripening in just six. Qiuqiu was surprised to discover that spiritual plants grown in space mature so quickly. She had always believed that they were ripened using a special nutrient solution for interstellar plants. The Zhu fruit had been growing in a specific place, away from any robots, yet it still took so long to mature. Even though it was almost ripe before, Qiuqiu had expected it to take another ten or twenty years.

This situation only shows that the space itself has specific time laws, and they can affect planted spiritual plants, but not living things. As the master of the space, I have no sense of it. I must ask Huahua about this later.

The current situation was more important. Without time for small talk, he directly ordered, "First, transform into white tigers and eat the Vermillion Fruit. Your whole body will be extremely painful, but you must persevere and not faint. Fainting will reduce the effect by half!"

Seeing their wounded mother giving such a solemn warning, the two little ones nodded in unison! Qiuqiu practiced breathing exercises. Without any healing pills, she decisively ate the red fruit, which was only the size of an egg yolk, after recovering her spiritual power. Gently biting through the dark red skin, the flesh melted in her mouth. Her stomach began to feel a burning sensation, and then a fire burned from the inside out. Qiuqiu immediately began to practice her skills. She had no other physical training methods, only this one.

Fortunately, she was a chaotic spirit body soaking in the pool, and spiritual energy was competing to enter. The slightly warm heavy water spiritual spring had a very significant effect on her body training. Her bones, tendons, internal organs, flesh, blood, and fur were all cleansed and condensed. It was accompanied by endless pain and numbness and itching, and she felt like tens of millions of ants were biting and shuttling between her bones. Occasionally, the hot spring water was tempering her, nourishing her, and removing impurities to make her lighter, and her tendons and veins became more flexible and broad.

The body strengthened by the interstellar potion showed many disadvantages during the marrow cleansing with the Vermillion Fruit. It seemed as if they were evolving in two different directions. The interstellar potion tended to make strong changes from the outside, while the Vermillion Fruit emphasized natural strengthening from the inside. Both were developing in a better direction, turning the ball's body into a battlefield, causing the ball's pain to double. It could only mechanically practice the exercises to provide a steady stream of spiritual power.

At the critical moment, the medicinal power of the Vitality Soul-Cleansing Grass that he had swallowed raw was released again. The potion and the red fruit slowly merged in the powerful vitality, completing the tempering of Qiuqiu's body, and Qiuqiu was completely integrated into this world.

The body is recovering rapidly after cleansing the tendons and marrow, and the external spring water is still penetrating and squeezing. Having a brief comfort after the pain can only make oneself feel the pain more. Qiuqiu has only one belief, that is not to faint. He must set an example for his children. He runs the exercises quickly, leaving only instinct!

After several months of accumulation, coupled with this marrow cleansing and body tempering, the spiritual energy is extremely rich. Qiuqiu has broken through to the peak of the early stage of foundation building in one fell swoop, and only needs an opportunity to reach the middle stage.

The pain subsided, and Qiuqiu ignored his fatigue and continued to consolidate his cultivation until he woke up seven days later. The two little ones had already recovered, and Xiao Huang's color had changed, becoming a deeper yellow. It seemed that he had made great progress.

Seeing Qiuqiu finishing his training, Bai Yi said to Qiuqiu, "Mother, we just ate a red fruit when we turned into white tigers. Our human form is too fragile and I'm afraid it can't withstand it. We need to train for a while before eating again."

"Okay, then I'll collect them for you and refine them into marrow cleansing pills. Two Vermillion Fruits can be refined into twenty pills! That should be enough for you.

Now we can't go into the treasure mountain and return empty-handed. I'll go back to the space to see how much slightly warm heavy spring water Huahua has collected in the past three days. This spring water is very effective in strengthening the body, and I've decided to set up an ice formation. We'll also dig a big pond, bring in the slightly warm heavy spring water, and transplant some light silver lotuses. This way, we'll have our own unique body-refining spring." Then, seeing that their cultivation had hardly improved, he said, "You two should practice quickly. Huahua, pay attention to the surrounding situation and report to me at any time."