"We understand. Just go ahead and do it."
Gu Sheng agreed, but he still went to see Lan Yao early in the morning.
Hearing footsteps, Lan Yao immediately woke up, and seeing it was Gu Sheng, he lazily lay back down.
"Gu Sheng, this room isn’t as comfortable as yours. I’ll move to your place tonight."
"Sure, you can stay at my place for the time being."
"Are you serious?"
"Of course, I won’t be around for the next few days, so feel free to use my things."
Hearing this, Lan Yao sprang up quickly.
"You’re not around? What do you mean? Are you going out?"
"Not going out, but I’m going to refine the Spiritual Pearl. I wanted to accompany you for a few days, but the elders are urging me, so I had no choice but to agree."
Knowing what he was going to do, Lan Yao stepped forward and patted his shoulder.
"Gu Sheng, the elders are right. Keeping the Spiritual Pearl for too long is unsafe; it’s better to refine it early. You go ahead and refine it; I’ll stay here studying the Hundred Poison Grass and maybe wait for your return."
"You stay here, the Elder Council will take care of you."
"No worries, I don’t consider myself an outsider. The whole courtyard is under my charge, so whether someone attends to me or not doesn’t matter. You just focus on refining the Spiritual Pearl."
Gu Sheng nodded with a smile and left after chatting with him for a while.
On the way, he happened to bump into Er Gou and Shi Lou.
Seeing him, both of their eyes lit up.
"Brother Sheng, are you here to act as our protector?"
"Huang Shan will protect you."
"And you? You’re not here to protect us?"
"I’m here to refine the Spiritual Pearl."
Hearing this, Er Gou’s eyes turned, and he leaned in closer.
"Brother Sheng, you’ll probably release some Spiritual Energy while refining the Spiritual Pearl, right? Can we absorb a little bit?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Sheng slapped the back of his head.
"Focus on your breakthrough, don’t think about such nonsense. It’s been a long time since you last broke through, and now that you finally can, if you’re distracted, it’ll backfire on you. Get your head straight, or else I won’t spare you."
Holding the back of his head, Er Gou looked at him pitifully.
"Brother Sheng, I was just kidding."
"This is critical, and you’re joking with me? Believe me, if you keep this up, I’ll crack open your head to see what’s inside."
Gu Sheng pretended to strike, and Er Gou ran off holding his head.
Watching his retreating figure, Gu Sheng and Shi Lou couldn’t help but laugh.
An hour later, Gu Sheng arrived at the place arranged by the Third Elder. He solemnly took out the Spiritual Pearl and placed it in his mouth.
In an instant, the Spiritual Energy of the pearl burst forth, quickly filling the entire Stone Village.
Gu Sheng mobilized the Qi of Dantian, enveloping the entire room, preventing even the slightest leak of Spiritual Energy.
After making preparations, Gu Sheng began absorbing the Spiritual Energy released by the pearl into his body bit by bit.
At this time, in Stone Village, everyone stopped and quietly absorbed the wisp of Spiritual Energy leaking from Gu Sheng.
Until the last trace of Spiritual Energy disappeared, everyone exhaled a long sigh of relief.
The Third Elder led a group to Gu Sheng’s place, where several elders sat on the ground, protecting Gu Sheng.
Seven days later, Gu Sheng had absorbed half of the century’s worth of Spiritual Power from the pearl, incorporating all of it for his own use, and his meridians expanded dramatically, with even his Dantian growing more than a size larger.
The Spiritual Energy continued to enter his body in a continuous stream, and Gu Sheng could clearly feel that this Spiritual Power seemed to be reshaping his physique.
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