193 Yuan Sec (1/2)

”Buzz! Buzz!”

The originally stiff purple crystal door started to glow, and the glow started to swirl.

As the door was pushed open, there was only a stone wall behind; the entire place was barren.

Fang Yuan licked his lips and took out the jade.

”Whoosh!”

Suddenly, many gold words appeared on the stone wall. Like tadpoles, they became a glow of light and entered the jade.

”Fang Yuan, my disciple...”

At the same time, a faint light appeared, forming the shape of an old man wearing a crown.

”Master!”

Even though he knew that that was not the real master, he still respectfully bowed.

”If you can reach this stage, it means that you have achieved a breakthrough to the Elemental Gathering Realm, very good!”

Wenxin, no! Master Heartless stroked his beard and looked down. He was filled with emotion, and it did not seem like a simple imagery.

”I will teach you everything that I've learnt! After achieving a breakthrough to the Elemental Gathering Realm, you should be the strongest in the mainland. I'm sure you'd harbour thoughts of going to the Da Qian Empire, am I right? If that is so, I can trust you to handle some of my unsettled business...”

After hearing Master Heartless' explanation, Fang Yuan became increasingly stressed.

”Remember, before you are skilled enough, don't avenge... me!”

Slowly, the light dimmed and Master Heartless's voice became increasingly soft. Finally, there was silence and the last glow of light fell to the ground and vanished.

”I will follow your orders, Master!”

Fang Yuan remained solemn.

His master was already considered highly skilled among the dream masters; quite ahead of the Illusionary Divine Stage.

To think about it, if he were to face his master's enemy now, he would only be an ant; or to be more accurate, an ant with a big head, but still an ant!

”I might need to wait until I've broken through to the Illusionary Divine Stage and reach the peak of it, or I could complete the Meridian Opening Stage and form the martial artist Divine Body before I have the rights to think about revenge!”

Fang Yuan kept the jade properly, and there was a fire burning in his eyes.

”The Illusionary Divine stage is too hard to break through, and for martial arts wise, I'm slowly approaching a dead end once again...”

This was his sentiment after forming his third spiritual meridian.

After all, most parts of his Giant Eagle Metal Body Technique was discovered by himself. The only reference he had was the Qian Kun Giant Spiritual Technique and the parts on Meridian Opening. Other than that, the various books he had read through in the governor's office were not detailed and did not have much value for him to take reference.

He didn't even get his hands on the book which described forming the martial artist Divine Body.

This resulted in him not being able to swiftly advance in his cultivation, and every step he took was an arduous one.

”In Meridian Opening, the first three meridians can be grouped together and are bottlenecks to be broken through before one can form them. However, the difficulty of forming the fourth spiritual meridian is much higher than the first three, and it would be too scary to imagine how I would break through to form the 7th spiritual meridian. But if I manage to do it, I would be a respected even in Da Qian Empire...”

Fang Yuan looked at his stats window and was deep in thought.

He was stuck regardless if it was his martial arts cultivation, his dream master cultivation, or even his skills.

His entire cultivation seemed to have arrived at a 'huge bottleneck'.

The place he lived in was small and there was not enough elemental energy. This had already caused him some problems in advancing further.

”I am only Level 3 in Medicine. Even though I've saved countless lives in the past three years, it is still the same. As for Botany, the spiritual plants I have are of low grades and are no longer able to help me in breaking through...”

Fang Yuan sighed and left the cave. He returned to a specific spot at the boundary of the spiritual garden.

Over here, the land was barren. There was a thick layer of silver shavings forming the shape of a wreath.

That was all. There were no signs of any plant life.

”This is the only chance I have at breaking through my Botany skill, but it's a pity...”

As his eyes glittered, Fang Yuan raised his right hands and grabbed the soil.

”Whoosh!”

The ground beneath split, revealing a jet-black seed that was underwhelming, and the seed landed in his hands.

This was one of the treasures he had obtained from Lu Renjia's secret mansion.

Lu Renjia was indeed a famous alchemy master. His assets were extremely valuable and all his spiritual pills aided Fang Yuan in his breakthroughs. The hide of the Star-eyed Leopard was slowly made into a piece of armour in the past three years, and Fang Yuan wore it inside him ever since.

This seed was very mysterious. Fang Yuan guessed that it might be of Earth Grade or even Heaven Grade since even the energy from it could help Fang Yuan break through his Botany bottleneck. If it could germinate, it would surely aid Fang Yuan in breaking through once more.

In the past three years, Fang Yuan had resorted to all means, but the seed remained as such, which was disappointing news.

”They might have a way to make it germinate in Da Qian Empire!”

With this thought, Fang Yuan's hand glowed and the seed was kept safely in the Mountain River Pearl.

”These Vermilion Fruits are now useless to me, split it among yourselves!”

After finishing up, Fang Yuan came out and saw the three spiritual beasts waiting outside. ”I'll be leaving for quite some time. Take care and guard this piece of spiritual land for me!”

”Keke!”

Thinking about this, the Flower Fox Ferret became anxious. He rushed towards Fang Yuan and nibbled on his robe.

The Red-Eyed White King Bird and the Iron-tailed Black Eagle displayed their reluctance as well.

”Alright, be good!”

These three spiritual beasts already had the cultivation level comparable to a 12th Gate martial artist. However, they have yet to break through to reach Wu Zong.

After all, the gate to unlocking elemental force was not easy to begin with. How could they easily achieve it?