Chapter 32 Fifteenth Day

  Hah! Hah!

  As the last two sparks burst open, the fire spirit elements that had been rampaging and colliding wildly between the meridians finally merged completely into the wood spirit.

  At this time, the spiritual power in his body was still wood spiritual power, but compared to before, it had undergone a huge change. The previous wood spiritual power flowed through the meridians like flowing water, while the current wood spiritual power was like a raging fire, constantly bursting out sparks at every moment.

  The fire is just green.

  The fragrance that wafted out of the medicinal herbs had faded a lot, and the Purple Luo Phantom Fragrance had also regained its vitality. Nie Kong then put it away in his pet backpack, after which he circulated the spiritual power within his body with the "Five-star Shift Technique".

  As soon as the mind stirs, the spiritual energy in the meridians will surge up.

  Like a fire dragon, the spiritual power in each meridian is rumbling and rushing towards the "Three Orifices of Spiritual God". Nie Kong's current spiritual power has increased by a lot compared to when he just broke through to the second grade of Tong Ling, and its properties have changed greatly. It not only has the agility and elegance of wood spiritual power but also contains the fierce and violent heat of fire spiritual power.

  "Boom!"

  In an instant, a layer of obstacles was completely destroyed under the fierce impact of spiritual power.

  Three Treasures of Tongling!

  Four words appeared in his mind, Nie Kong's heart was exceptionally calm.

  From the initial shock to anger, from the later unwillingness to despair and numbness, in a short period of time, Nie Kong's mood had undergone countless transformations. Now, even if he suddenly broke through from Tong Ling to Rong Ling, it would be difficult to stir up any waves in his heart. For him, being tormented by that life-and-death suffering for so long was not worth the surprise of a one-rank cultivation breakthrough.

  The only thing that Nie Kong couldn't figure out was why the intense Fire Spirit element contained in the Blood Cauldron would enter his body.

  "Hah!"

  With a flick of his finger, the blood scabs around him burst open with a loud bang and dissolved into tiny stars that vanished into thin air. Nie Kong's eyes had just opened when he saw a small nose and small eyes on a doll-like face.

  The expression on that face was extremely rich, surprise, joy, excitement, anxiety, worry, incredulity... But in the instant when Nie Kong opened his eyes, all of it transformed into agitation, then his mouth opened wide and his five features were squeezed towards the center of his face, making Ninth Elder Nie Xingdong look like a big steamed bun.

  Nie Xingdong patted Nie Kong's shoulder and laughed loudly: "Little guy, you're finally awake!"

  "Nie Kong!"

  Nie Qingfeng's figure emerged from the side of the Ninth Elder, his rough face filled with joyful smiles. Beside him, Nie Fenghan also had a delighted expression on his face.

  "Nine Elders, Uncle of Qingfeng Tribe."

  Nie Kong slowly stood up, looked around and found that the entire Life and Death Arena was empty, with only himself and Nie Xingdong's four figures visible. The Illusory Realm at the center of the arena had also returned to its original state, emitting a pure white glow from the patterns on its surface.

  Nie Kong paused for a moment before asking, "Elder Jiuxiao, how long has it been since the illusionary realm training ended?"

  Nie Kong asked this, and Nie Xingdong's face was filled with smiles. His already small eyes narrowed to the point where they were almost invisible: "Fifteen days! Fifteen days!"

  "Fifteen days?"

  Nie Kong was shocked.

  Looking at the vast Hall of Life and Death, he knew that the trials of life and death had already ended. However, in his estimation, it was only a day or two ago, which was still an overestimation by Nie Kong. According to his own experience, from passing through the White Jade Stone Wall to snatching the medicine and committing suicide in front of the Blood-colored Jade Disc, it was only a matter of a few minutes. After his soul returned to his body, he was tormented by the Fire Spirit Element for a slightly longer period, but it wouldn't have exceeded one day. Who would have thought that Nie Xingdong's words would make him speechless?

  Fifteen days! It's even more than twice the time it took to cultivate in the Illusory Realm!

  Nie Qing said with a loud laugh: "Nie Kong, you don't know. Fifteen days ago, after Bai Yuqing that little girl came out, everyone thought you could also come out before the deadline and become the top of this fantasy world training. But unexpectedly, you somehow ran to the second layer of the life and death fantasy world..."

  "Second layer of the Illusory Realm? You say that's the second layer of the Illusory Realm?"

  Suddenly enlightened and felt carefree.

  Indeed, if it's still the first layer of the Illusory Realm, how could such a powerful and terrifying spirit beast appear? Thinking back to the danger of snatching the medicine and attempting suicide, Nie Kong still has lingering fear. Compared to the giant snake in the second layer of the Illusory Realm, the one-horned blood lion in the first layer is simply trash.

  In addition, the second layer of the Mortal Realm is also known as the "Blood Fire Purgatory", and after coming out from there, they will all undergo the baptism of the fire spirit element in the blood cocoon.

  So, the minimum standard for Nie family members to enter the second layer of the Phantom Realm is to transform their souls. If their cultivation is too low, when they come out, both their soul and body may be harmed by the fire spirit element. Nie Kong was able to barely survive, besides being lucky, he also had to thank the Purple Luo Phantom Spirit Fragrance for providing him with his life-saving essence.

  Nie Kong recalled Nie Qingfeng's introduction of "Blood Fire Purgatory" and suddenly understood a lot.

  "Of course."

  Nie Qingfeng said, "You entered the second layer of the Illusory Realm on the seventh day, and the Blood Cocoon only cracked. You're really impressive, after your soul returned, you actually persisted for another eight days without moving. If it weren't for Ninth Elder's insistence, the outside world would probably have been preparing for your funeral already."

  Looking back on the wait of nearly eight days, Nie Qingfeng was deeply moved.

  During the period when Nie Kong was sitting still and motionless, his vital signs continued to weaken non-stop. By the sixth day, Nie Qingfeng had once thought that Nie Kong had stopped breathing and even made preparations to announce his death. In the end, it was Old Man Nine who temporarily suppressed this matter.

  On the seventh day, just when the nine elders were about to give up, a very weak life breath suddenly emerged from the dead and dull blood cocoon. After that, Nie Kong's vitality became stronger and stronger, until the eighth day evening, or now, Nie Kong finally broke out of his shell.

  "Eight days!"

  Nie Kong murmured to himself, no wonder he felt that the torture had been so long, it turned out that eight whole days had passed, and for a moment, Nie Kong's heart was filled with emotion.

  Nie Xingdong smiled and asked: "Little guy, tell me, what's your current cultivation level?"

  "Tong Ling San Pin." Nie Kong smiled slightly and said.

  "What?"

  Nie Qingfeng and Nie Fenghan's eyeballs almost popped out. After a while, Nie Qingfeng swallowed his saliva with difficulty and said in a rough tone: "So to say, this time's life-and-death trial, your cultivation not only advanced by one major realm, but also by two minor grades! In the history of our Nie family, such a situation has never occurred. Good heavens, even the Great Elder, when he was training back then, only advanced by two grades, and Nie Fenglei also advanced by one grade when his soul returned, and another grade the next day. You actually advanced by three grades, surpassing both of them."

  Nie Qingfeng thought that after Nie Kong came out, he would reach the second rank of Tong Ling and be on par with the only elder in the Nie family who had increased his cultivation by two ranks during the life-and-death training, Nie Shen Gong. He was also mentally prepared to accept this fact.

  However, the actual fact was even more exaggerated than his guess. This Nie Kong not only prolonged the time of life and death training to 22 days, but also miraculously upgraded his cultivation by three grades in these 22 days. Just talking about this life and death training, his performance far exceeded Nie Fenglei and even surpassed the Great Elder Nie Shen Gong.

  To know that the Great Elder Nie Shen Gong's performance in the Illusory Realm was stronger than Nie Feng Lei, but Nie Feng Lei's cultivation speed was like a stormy rain, surpassing the Great Elder by a large margin. It was precisely because of this that he was called the most outstanding genius in the history of the Nie family. But now, Nie Kong not only surpassed Nie Feng Lei in his performance in the Illusory Realm, but even the speed he showed recently far exceeded him.

  Nie Qingfeng could even foresee that once this news got out, the entire Nie family would be in an uproar.

  Compared to Nie Qingfeng and Nie Fenghan, the Ninth Elder's expression was also agitated, but still relatively calm. His face had an "I knew it" look, and he said: "From Gathering Spirit 9th rank to Communicating Spirit 3rd rank. Good job, kid! Maybe dozens of years later, the Nie family will rely on you and Nie Fenglei to hold it up. Come with me to see the Clan Head and a few other Elders; they should all know by now that you've awakened!"

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