The One Hundredth Step into the Realm of Unity

  Bang!

  Upon hearing the familiar sound, Shi Sheng's heart skipped a beat, but seeing that it was just the sound of the lid opening, he felt a surge of joy. A dan pill, about the size of a walnut, with a pale blue color and a round, lustrous appearance, shot out from within the medicine cauldron.

  A thick fragrance of medicine wafted out, Shi Sheng played with the dan medicine in his hand, his heart was excited and his face couldn't hide his agitation!

  "Haha, so this is the Jingzhi Dan? Back then, I couldn't get it no matter how hard I tried in the sect. Now I've finally managed to refine it myself!" Shi Sheng thought for a moment before hastily putting away the dan medicine.

  Shi Sheng finally arrived at the medicine garden, picked all the medicinal materials, and threw a few bundles of them into the Dan room. Shi Sheng decided to strike while the iron was hot and refine as many pills as he could.

  However, the result was very disappointing for Shi Sheng. Enough medicinal materials to refine more than a dozen elixirs ultimately only successfully refined three, plus the one from the beginning, leaving Shi Sheng with only four elixirs.

  Although a lot of medicinal materials were wasted, Shi Sheng could still accept the final result. After all, the cost of these medicinal materials was extremely low when he bought them, and they were not yet mature. Now, with one pill for himself and one for Lin Wan'er, the remaining two pills would be enough to sell for over 20,000 Xuanjing Jade.

  Looking at the small jade bottle in his hand, Shi Sheng blinked: "Is this the Cong Zhidan made from piled up medicinal materials? I'm afraid some big families can't afford such a huge waste, but those young masters don't need to waste their time, they just open their mouths and ask for whatever dan medicine they want. People without backing can only rely on themselves to struggle!"

  After putting away the jade bottle, Shi Sheng took out the talismans that Wang Bo had bought and finally refined nearly two hundred talismans, with both high and top grades, and a failure rate of less than one percent, which made Shi Sheng feel even better.

  In a hurry, he ate something and adjusted his mood. Shi Sheng arrived at an empty space in the medicine garden, smelling the faint scent of medicine. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and started meditating, preparing to break through to the Yuanhe realm!

  Three days later, Shi Sheng felt that his state had reached its best, and he tried to impact the bottleneck. The sea of consciousness inside him churned and rolled, and the shadow of his mind shook back and forth. Finally, with the sea of consciousness as the center, a whirlpool appeared and quickly rotated.

  Five days later, the mist in the Nian boundary was hazy, as if the Nian sea had been evaporated and turned into white clouds floating in mid-air. As the mist grew thicker, it finally transformed into rain, pouring down on the three-foot-tall virtual shadow of the Nian branch.

  Thus, the sea of thoughts and misty air circulated endlessly, seemingly transforming into spring rain to nourish the thought branches. At this time, the primordial energy of heaven and earth appeared in the realm of thoughts, combining with the thought branches. The thought branches also transformed from their initial illusory state, gradually condensing into a substantial existence, reaching over four feet tall.

  "The original boundary, it turns out that the yuan energy and nian force merged to form a nian branch. I remember Xiao Changlao saying that a normal nian branch is only four or five feet long. It seems that my nian branch is not very luxuriant." Shisheng thought to himself, but what was strange was that this strange phenomenon had not stopped yet.

  The mist continues to condense into **droplets**, irrigating the branches of thought, and the gathered sea of thoughts is absorbed by the roots of the branches, then slowly evaporates into mist floating in mid-air. As it reaches a certain density, the mist once again condenses into **droplets**, seemingly an endless cycle. With each filtration, the sea of thoughts seems to have become purer by several degrees.

  Shi Sheng's heart was filled with doubts, but at this moment he didn't dare to stop abruptly, and could only continue to meditate, constantly gathering his thoughts. Time slowly passed, until the branch grew to over six feet tall, still showing no signs of stopping.

  Shi Sheng could feel that his body was undergoing some kind of transformation, with cells dying and falling off, only to be reborn as even more tenacious ones, his bone density increasing constantly, and the elasticity of his skin also rising significantly.

  Some impurities in the body turned into a thick, black mud-like substance that seeped out through the skin. The entire process seemed extremely painful, and Shi Sheng's body was slightly trembling, his face deathly pale, with beads of sweat rolling down from his forehead.

  More than ten days later, this strange phenomenon gradually subsided. The Nian branch seemed to be saturated and no longer absorbed the Nianhai to form mist, nor could it continue to irrigate. The Nian branch also stopped growing. However, at this time, Shi Sheng was stunned.

  Consciousness projected into the realm of thought, suspended in mid-air, and found that the branch was over a zhang high. What kind of branch was it? It was clearly a small tree. Although it wasn't absorbing the power of the sea of thoughts in large quantities, Shi Sheng could still feel it clearly, slowly absorbing the power of the year sea at an extremely slow speed. The mist that evaporated was very thin and almost invisible.

  Xiao Lao said that the worst quality ones are over three feet tall, and the best can reach six feet. What kind of situation is this? Moreover, my Nian Jie is much higher than many of the same level! Shi Sheng was secretly puzzled in his heart, constantly wandering around the Nian Jie, circling around the Nian Zhi, watching this 'small tree' with a curious look in his eyes.

  After a long time, Shi Sheng seemed to be somewhat tired and lost interest in the new branches of thought that appeared in the realm of thought, no longer as curious as he was at first, and finally with a movement of his consciousness, he exited the realm of thought.

  In the medicine garden, Shi Sheng's eyes suddenly opened as he sat cross-legged on the ground. He spat out a mouthful of turbid air and his body slightly moved, accompanied by a series of crackling sounds from his bones.

  "This is..." Shi Sheng was shocked to discover that his body was pitch black, as if it had been covered in a layer of mud, and he looked like he had just crawled out of a muddy pit. After a moment's thought, Shi Sheng realized that these must be impurities expelled from his body, and his body seemed to have undergone a transformation.

  A thought stirred the power of the Five Elements, and a blue light flashed around Shi Sheng's body. Layer upon layer of water waves flowed out, surrounding him and washing away the dirt. Water flowed in and out of his clothes, and after a moment, the blue light disappeared. Shi Sheng felt refreshed and clean, all the impurities and black mud gone, but he looked like a drowned chicken, dripping wet from head to toe.

  Shi Sheng smiled slightly, and with a movement of his mind, a layer of red light suddenly flashed around his body. The temperature around him rose sharply, and hot air burst out from his head and clothes in an instant. In just a moment, he was dried up by the power of the Five Elements Fire.

  With a clenched fist, Shi Meng felt his body filled with abundant power, as if running several laps wouldn't make him feel the slightest bit tired. Moreover, there was an indescribable explosive force, it seemed that his physical strength had increased significantly.

  Especially within the realm of thought, there has been a significant change. Not only has the realm of thought expanded again, but the sea of thought is also much more majestic than before. However, Shi Sheng discovered that he can no longer directly mobilize the power of the sea of thought, which left him somewhat astonished.

  With a flick of his sleeve, a red light shot out, and after a spin, it suddenly turned into a two-inch-long short sword that was entirely fire-red in color, which was the spiritual treasure Fire Cloud Sword!

  A surge of intent suddenly arose, and he immediately observed the changes within his mental realm. He found that the sea of thoughts was motionless, but a thought branch suddenly flashed with spiritual light, rapidly absorbing the power of the sea of thoughts. After filtering through the thought branch, the refined thought energy finally took effect on the Fire Cloud Sword.

  Whoosh!

  The Huoyun Sword, which was originally unable to be urged on, suddenly flashed a red glow and burst into a raging flame, its body swelling to over three feet in length, spinning wildly in mid-air, looking truly extraordinary.

  "No wonder the Sea of Transformation couldn't activate the Spiritual Treasure, it turns out that it requires refined mental energy filtered through the Branch of Thoughts to activate such a treasure, heh heh!" Shi Sheng smiled slightly and then put away the Huo Yun Sword.

  He tried to put his consciousness outside of his body, combining it with his mental power to form a perceptual force. As soon as he closed his eyes, he sensed the things around him, and Shi's face immediately showed a look of surprise.

  Every spiritual plant in the entire medicine garden, the small insects crawling in the mud, the alchemy furnace and tripod in the Dan room, even King Bo who was meditating with his eyes closed in the great hall, all clearly appeared in Shi Sheng's mind.

  This perceptual ability has an inexplicable wonder, without using eyes to watch, can clearly perceive things and finally form a shadow projected in the mind, even clearer than what is seen with one's own eyes by countless times, and there is also a feeling of overlooking the whole situation, nor will it be affected by the obstruction of walls.

  Shi Sheng's mouth suddenly curled up, revealing a somewhat evil smile, his eyes gleaming as he rubbed his hands together: "Heh heh, Sister Yuanyu has to believe me, I absolutely am not trying to sneak a peek, just testing my intuition, yeah, that's it, training!" Shi Sheng said to himself, deceiving himself.

  With such a novel move, Shi Sheng naturally wouldn't let Lin Wan'er's room go, but when he saw the situation inside the room, Shi Sheng was taken aback! (End of this chapter, next chapter is even more exciting!)

  (PS. Add one more, thank you for your support, little stone, cough, if you have this ability, will you try to observe the neighbors next door? Exercise, I'm just talking about exercise! Squeak squeak!!)