Plop, plop, plop.”
One bucket, two buckets, three buckets, one hundred buckets, two hundred buckets, three hundred buckets. This seemingly small water tank actually took three hundred buckets of water before it was full. Xingjue was completely gone. It took most of a day to complete this task.
"Huh huh huh" Xing Jue panted heavily, dragging his weak body to the side of the old man and said: "Old man, it's full."
"Yawn~"
"Hmm? It's just full? You're a little slow," the old man yawned lazily, then said to Xing Jue with a smile.
But Xingjue muttered in a voice that he could only hear: "How much water can your broken vat hold? You don't know how much water you can hold?"
"Take off your clothes and jump in," Cang Lao looked at the filled water tank and said to Xing Jue.
And Xing Jue also followed what the old man said, he took off his clothes in a few seconds, and jumped into the water tank with a "plop". The water tank was very deep, and Xing Jue had to stand to barely raise his head above the water.
"Are you comfortable?" Cang Lao asked Xing Jue with a smile.
"Well, it's very refreshing." Xing Jue replied with a smile. The fatigue of the day had indeed eased a lot after falling into the water tank.
"Next, when the training begins, you must be mentally prepared." The old man's face suddenly became serious, and he immediately took out a small red bottle and said to Xing Jue.
"When I drop this medicine into the water, the water will produce substances that will irritate your skin. I'd like to remind you in advance that the feeling will be very painful."
"But only in that situation can the power deep in your soul be inspired. At that time, you must stay awake."
"Wait until you can endure the pain, then combine the three types of soul defense, attack, and body skills together to display them."
"Whether you can cultivate this soul explosion depends on your own destiny," the old man said slowly to Xingjue.
"Yes" and Xing Jue also nodded quickly. He had already been mentally prepared for the difficulty of practicing this soul explosion.
So the old man opened the cap of the red bottle under Xing Jue's tightening eyes. When the bottle cap was opened, a thick smoke came out. Then the old man turned his wrist, and a bright red liquid came out. It flowed into the water tank.
When the liquid entered the water, it spread rapidly. Soon the entire water tank turned bright red, and boiling bubbles began to appear on the surface of the water.
What was most unacceptable to Xing Jue was that as the potion entered the water, a heartbreaking pain spread throughout his body.
The pain was like countless fine needles piercing every cell in the body, or like someone was taking a knife to continuously cut off his own muscles. In short, the pain was unbearable for Xing Jue.
"Ah" finally unable to bear the heart-wrenching pain, Xing Jue howled loudly. Gradually, his vision began to become blurred, and his head began to become dizzy.
"Control your emotions and stay awake." At this moment, the old voice suddenly sounded, like a muffled thunder, exploding in Xing Jue's ears.
And Xingjue suddenly became sober. He gritted his teeth and kept saying to himself: "Xingjue, you have to persist, you have to persist, otherwise you will never become a strong person."
Under this persistence, Xing Jue's face became extremely pale, and even his lips turned purple.
Looking at the painful execution not far away, Xiaoqian actually shed a tear from the corner of her eyes, and then whispered: "Master, you will definitely succeed."
As a maid of the Soul-Eating Clan, Xiaoqian had seen many young masters accept this kind of almost cruel training during their escape. However, few of them could truly succeed in such training.
At least among the group of young masters they fled, all those young masters failed, so Xiaoqian knew deeply how difficult it was to cultivate this soul explosion.
After holding on in the water tank for half an hour, Xing Jue finally couldn't hold on anymore and passed out.
Looking at the fainted Xing Jue, the old man's tense face finally showed a hint of sadness. Then with a wave of his sleeves, Xing Jue was taken out of the water tank.
"Huhuhu" Xingjue was lying in the cave with a pale face, breathing heavily, while Xiaoqian was sitting aside, slowly passing the decoction in her hand into Xingjue's mouth.
"Xingjue, can you still persist?" The old man came to Xingjue and asked slowly.
"Yes." Xingjue opened his trembling lips and answered without hesitation.
"Well, have a good rest today and continue tomorrow." After seeing Xing Jue's answer, the old man smiled happily.
The next day, Xingjue fell into the bright red water tank again, and at the same time, the heartbreaking pain came again.
Xing Jue clenched his fists hard, gritted his teeth, and endured this pain. All he had to do was persist and stay awake in this pain. Even if he could only hold on for a little longer, that would be progress.
In the days that followed, Xingjue had to soak in the water tank every day. Only after he passed out did the old man drag him out, and Xiaoqian fed him the soup.
After that painful torture, Xing Jue's body was almost paralyzed, so he couldn't use soul healing at all. Therefore, the old man specially prepared a decoction for Xing Jue that could quickly restore his body.
However, Xing Jue persisted in this kind of self-mutilation training for two months. After two months, Xing Jue was finally able to stay awake in the bright red water without passing out. And this is not because the power of the bright red water is weakening, but because Xing Jue's endurance is improving.
Xing Jue stood in the water tank and closed his eyes tightly. What he had to do now was to control the soul power in his body and release the three powers of defense, attack and movement together, but this was so difficult.
However, with Xing Jue's hard work, he finally mastered some tricks. He found that these three powers can indeed be used at the same time, but the process is much more complicated.
In order to quickly cultivate his soul to explode, Xing Jue would soak in this water tank for most of the day every day before he would give up.
And after a month of such practice, he finally had a breakthrough.
On this day, Xing Jue was immersed in the water tank as usual, but at this moment, Xing Jue looked so calm compared to two months ago, as if he was standing in ordinary water.
Although it seems calm on the surface, at this moment in Xing Jue's body, the dark soul power is flowing at an extremely fast speed. During the flow, even the muscles and blood vessels will expand and contract, and every part of the body is undergoing... changes.
"Bang" Suddenly, the soul power in Xingjue's body surged out, and finally wrapped around Xingjue's body like a rising flame.
And under the package of this soul power, the power of Xing Jue actually began to gradually increase, and even the body began to rise slowly, and finally broke away from the water tank.
"Succeeded! Master, he succeeded, Elder Cang, come and see" Xiao Qian looked at the entangled Xing Jue and shouted excitedly.
After hearing Xiaoqian's cry, Elder Cang hurriedly rushed out of Shandong.
Looking at the dark soul suspended in the air, like a burning flame, slowly rising on the surface of Xing Jue's body, an excited smile also showed on his old face.
"Xingjue, put the soul into the body" Elder Cang suddenly shouted violently.
After hearing Elder Cang's prompt, Xing Jue also hurriedly put the flames rising above his body into his body. When the dark soul power entered his body, Xing Jue's strength surged in an instant. Finally, he broke through to the level of an intermediate martial master.
After Xing Jue did a beautiful somersault in the air, he landed firmly on the ground. Then he felt the power in his body and said to the old man with a smile: "Old man, take my punch."
Then he punched out, and a martial energy that was several times stronger than before surged out, and finally blasted away at the old man.
"Okay." Regarding Xing Jue's nonsensical behavior, the old man laughed loudly and said immediately.
I saw the old sleeve robe waved, and a soul force that was not inferior to Xing Jue's martial energy surged out. Finally, he and Xing Jue got the martial energy and collided fiercely.
"Bang" The two faced each other, causing a terrifying ripple of energy.
"It's not over yet." Seeing that his attack was neutralized, Xing Jue laughed and then punched a few more times. He blasted at the old man.
The old man also refused to accept anyone who came, and the soul power surged out from his sleeves and robes, colliding with the martial spirit emitted by Xing Jue.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang"
In the depths of this ancient mountain range, roars continued to explode, frightening the nearby monsters and fleeing far away.
"Xingjue, do you really want to go back to Yufeng Pavilion?" In the cave, the old man said with some confusion.
After Xing Jue successfully cultivated Soul Explosion, he told Cang Lao and Xiao Qian that he was going to return to Yufeng Pavilion. However, Cang Lao wants Xing Jue to follow him. If he guides Xing Jue's practice, Xing Jue will grow faster.
"Well, we must go back," Xing Jue said decisively.
"Hey... well, after reaching the strength of the God of War, I will come back here. I have something important to discuss with you." After a moment of silence, the old man said slowly.
"Well, I obey, junior," Xing Jue said respectfully. He could see how much the old man valued him.
The next day, at Cang Lao's insistence, Xing Jue was sent to the outskirts of the ancient mountain range by Cang Lao and Xiao Qian before leaving alone.
Cang Lao and Xiao Qian stood on a peak on the outskirts of the ancient mountain range, quietly watching Xing Jue's retreating figure, while Cang Lao had a happy smile on his face.
Until Xing Jue's figure disappeared completely, he still refused to turn around and leave, and Xiao Qian also stayed silently by the old man's side.
"Xiaoqian, since I am a soul body, it is inconvenient for me to move around, so I leave these things to you to find." After a long time, the old man turned around, handed Xiaoqian a piece of paper, and said slowly.
"Old man, you can't do this. That soul is the foundation of your life. If..." Xiaoqian was shocked after taking the paper, because it recorded some extremely precious herbs and gems. Xiaoqian He also knows the purpose of these herbs, which are used to refine souls.
But before Xiaoqian could finish her words, the old man waved his hand to stop him, and then said: "Xingjue is the only hope for my Soul-Eating Clan. In order to let him grow up quickly, my life is of no importance. According to me, Just do what you say.”
After saying these words, Canglao no longer listened to Xiaoqian's words, but walked straight towards the depths of the ancient mountain range.
Looking at the old figure gradually going away, Xiaoqian also bit her lips, then put the paper away, and swept away from the ancient mountains, starting her journey to find those heavenly materials and earthly treasures.