Practice begins with immortality

Three days later, it was still the same cave.

"Senior, the deal has been made. There is a Nascent Soul cultivator who is willing to exchange a chance to enter the Dragon Source Pool with you for a piece of Black Jade Crystal." As he spoke, Zhao Qingling took out a token engraved with dragon patterns and the storage ring for spiritual objects that Wang Bai had given him and handed them to Wang Bai.

"Senior, the Dragon Source Pool will be opened in two months. When the token is activated, you will naturally know the location of the Dragon Source Pool. I will take my leave first." After saying that, Zhao Qingling left.

Her previous comprehension of the sword intent had benefited her greatly, and she planned to take this opportunity to go into seclusion and thoroughly digest her previous comprehension.

Two months later, Wang Bai arrived at the Dragon Source Pond early in the morning. He activated his token, and a mysterious light flashed. An ancient portal slowly emerged from the void ahead.

Wang Bai took a deep breath and stepped in. Behind the door was a strange space.

His eyes were attracted by a huge pool in front of him. The water in the pool emitted a faint golden light. The water in the pool was transformed by luck.

The pool is surrounded by five jade pillars, each of which is carved with an exquisite dragon-shaped relief, which is so lifelike that people can't help but marvel at the exquisite craftsmanship.

These five jade pillars could simultaneously provide five Nascent Soul cultivators with a baptism of dragon energy, elevating their cultivation realm. At this very moment, cultivators were already absorbing dragon energy from the base of the jade pillars to refine themselves.

Seeing this, Wang Bai had an idea and decided to find a jade pillar and try the dragon energy baptism. He walked quickly towards one of the jade pillars, his heart full of anticipation.

When he reached the base of the jade pillar, he discovered an opening shaped like the mouth of a dragon. Without hesitation, he placed the token in his hand into the dragon's mouth. In an instant, the jade pillar emanated a dazzling golden light, illuminating the entire space.

Then, an astonishing scene unfolded. As if summoned, tiny specks of golden light within the pool flew out of the water, converging into a gigantic dragon a hundred feet long. This dragon, lifelike and shimmering with brilliant golden light, exuded a breathtaking majesty. As it swam and circled in mid-air, it exuded a sense of majesty and sacredness.

Then, the dragon energy rushed directly towards Wang Bai, covering his entire body. Wang Bai immediately began to absorb the dragon energy.

As the dragon energy continued to flow in, Wang Bai felt extremely comfortable all over his body. His physical body and magic power were nourished, and his physical body benefited the most.

The dragon energy baptism can be divided into three, six, or nine times, depending on the cultivator's strength. After all, not everyone is as skilled in both physical and spiritual cultivation as Wang Bai. When the dragon energy enters the body, it feels like the flesh and blood being shredded by a sharp blade. With Wang Bai's strength, he is capable of absorbing the dragon energy nine times.

Afterwards, Wang Bai continuously absorbed and refined the phantoms of dragons that were hundreds of feet in size.

After absorbing the dragon energy nine times, Wang Bai's whole body emitted a faint light, and his aura became even stronger.

At this moment, he felt that his magic power had increased significantly, reaching the peak of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. And his body refining realm had directly reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul, which made him very surprised.

"I've benefited greatly from this trip to Zhonghuang Continent!" Wang Bai said with some emotion. At his previous cultivation speed, it would have taken at least seventy or eighty years to reach the late Nascent Soul stage in the Body Refining realm. But now, by absorbing dragon energy, he had successfully achieved this goal.

However, he knew that his smooth breakthrough this time was largely due to his first baptism of dragon energy.

If I were to experience the baptism of dragon energy again, I'm afraid the effect would be greatly reduced, perhaps even less than 30% of this time.

After completing the baptism, Wang Bo left Longyuan Pond directly. He then used a communication talisman to inform Zhao Qingling and the others that he had left.

Afterwards, Wang Bai prepared to return to Xizhou.

On the way back to Xizhou, Wang Bai hunted down three demon beasts in the late Nascent Soul stage for the purpose of cultivation.

"With these three demon beasts and the Yuan-Swallowing Technique, I will go into seclusion directly when I return this time and cultivate directly to the perfection of the Body Refining Yuanying."