"Sir, you have given the Yi family a second life. From this day forward, all members of the Yi family must protect your descendants until the end of time!"
The First Elder, Yi Potian, made a vow in his heart. His excitement made his whole body tremble. The feeling of crying, which he had forgotten since he could remember, returned to his mind at this moment. That feeling was so blissful...
The Yi family members, having repaired their internal meridians, did not stop there. They were all pleasantly surprised to find that their bodies had undergone tremendous changes.
Their true energy became more condensed, their meridians more spacious, unobstructed, and robust. The substantial true energy flowed rapidly through their meridians, and within it were added something mysterious—something that allowed them to connect with the external world, as if they could control mysterious external substances. Those who had received instruction immediately understood that what they were truly sensing was the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the very thing that their teacher had emphasized was crucial for advancing to the Heavenly level.
Yi Fei, Yi An, and Yi Gong were no strangers to this mysterious substance. Their experience of accompanying Lin Yao had given them the opportunity to feel and understand this spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, this time their understanding was much clearer, as if they could grasp and control it with just a little more effort.
Just as the three were itching with excitement, the remaining elixir energy in their meridians suddenly erupted, causing a substantial change in all their true energy. In the next instant, they were pleasantly surprised to find that they could truly control the energy outside their bodies. So they immediately accelerated their absorption, following the method carefully explained by the Grand Elder, and did their best to absorb the external energy into their bodies and integrate it into the circulation of their true energy.
boom!
A sudden clap of thunder echoed in the sky.
call!
A sudden gust of wind arose, and a large patch of dark clouds appeared out of nowhere in the originally azure sky, turning the bright and clean sky of the plateau, which was as clear as a mirror, into an inky black.
The clouds grew lower and lower, the sky grew darker and darker, and the booming thunder shook the very soul.
With a whoosh, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the clouds, tearing through space and appearing directly above Yi An's head.
Swish! Swish!
Two bolts of lightning struck almost simultaneously, heading towards Yi Fei and Yi Gong respectively.
You've leveled up!
The First Elder, Yi Potian, gaped, his eyes gleaming with surprise. He was very familiar with this celestial phenomenon and had longed for it countless times in his dreams, only hoping that the Yi family disciples could truly encounter it. But unexpectedly, this time three people advanced at the same time. It seemed that Yi An and the other two had reached the final hurdle, breaking through to the Heavenly level in one fell swoop with the help of the unknown golden elixir.
Judging from the sequence of the lightning strikes, Yi Potian immediately understood that this was due to the varying amounts of spiritual energy they experienced while following Lin Yao. Yi Gong had been in contact with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for the longest time while following Lin Yao, and his experience was the deepest. Therefore, he advanced a few seconds earlier than Yi Fei and Yi Gong. Although it was only a few seconds at this moment, without the assistance of the golden elixir, it might have been a difference of several years, decades, or even a lifetime.
Thinking of this, Elder Yi Potian felt quite regretful. He thought to himself that he shouldn't have been so conservative in the past, and shamelessly let more Yi family disciples follow their teacher. Wouldn't more people have advanced by now? Unfortunately, there's no going back in life. He had to accept the reality of wasting nine golden pills. Fortunately, there were still three golden pills left in the small jade bottle. He wondered how many were left in Yi Fei's small jade bottle. He hoped there were as many as possible.
The oppressive aura caused by the extraordinary phenomena resulting from advancing to the Heavenly Rank did not affect the other Yi family disciples who were meditating and healing. Although they felt the lightning and gales, the effects of the mysterious elixir energy within their bodies prevented them from experiencing any mental turmoil. Instead, it allowed these Yi family disciples who had not yet advanced to experience the effects and power of the spiritual energy and power of heaven and earth more closely. This was extremely beneficial to their future cultivation and growth.
Absorb! Absorb! Absorb again!
The Yi family disciples who had not yet advanced in their cultivation level paid no attention to the strange phenomena around them. At this moment, they encountered a golden opportunity that was once in a lifetime. As martial artists, they naturally had to do their best to improve their strength. At this time, they naturally tried to absorb these mysterious energies as much as possible, because they instinctively felt that these energies were beneficial to them and had a great effect on improving their cultivation.
Yi Zuojun also woke up. Originally at the Heavenly level, he was able to absorb and utilize the energy of the "Sacrifice Pill" very quickly, second only to the Great Elder Yi Potian. If it weren't for the fact that the Life Secret Technique had overdrawn his life, he might have been able to advance even further because of the "Sacrifice Pill". But now that the effects of the medicine have worn off, he has reached a new level in absorbing and utilizing the spiritual energy and power of heaven and earth. That is enough for him. He is already satisfied.
The benefits Yi Zuojun gained were not just the superficial ones. If he were to unleash his life-saving technique again in the future, he would not explode and die afterward. Instead, he would suffer a significant loss of life force and become weak. If he had a holy medicine to heal and nourish his life force, he could still recover his original strength.
Of course, Yi Zuojun had no idea about this situation at the moment, and neither did the Grand Elder Yi Potian. This experience was unprecedented for the entire Yi family. There was no reference or inheritance, and they could only wait for the mystery to be revealed in the future.
After Yi An, Yi Gong, and Yi Fei completed their advancement, they entered a quiet meditative state. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth circulated rapidly around the three of them, which made Elder Yi Potian overjoyed, but also a little regretful.
"Huh?"
A sigh of regret escaped Yi Potian's lips. The three had finished their advancement, but the clouds, thunder, and gale-force winds hadn't ceased. Could it be…?
Before Yi Potian could figure it out, the thunder in the dark clouds suddenly became even louder, and the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth surrounded Yi Dao, indicating that this person, who was once the number one expert of the Yi family besides Yi Potian, was also about to advance!
"That's great!" Elder Yi Potian couldn't help but exclaim, having figured out all the key points.
Lin Yao had a lot of spirit stones. Yi Potian had shamelessly asked for two of them, one for Yi Dao and the other for his son, Yi Yang, the head of the Yi family, so that they could feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth early on and clear the way for their future advancement to the Heavenly Realm.
Without understanding and comprehending the spiritual energy and energies of heaven and earth, advancing to the Heavenly level would be a joke, something no martial artist could achieve in their lifetime. This is why Yi Potian shamelessly asked for spirit stones.
...
A kilometer away, several figures stood staring dumbfounded at the clouds in the sky. The situation had changed too quickly that day, leaving even these seasoned veterans in a daze.
After a long while, Pei Tianzong was the first to come to his senses. Looking at Sun Woxing, who was also dumbfounded, he spoke with a hint of unease.
"This...this is...an advancement?"
"Well... maybe, perhaps, maybe, probably... that's it..."
Sun Woxing had completely lost the amiable smile of Maitreya Buddha. His wide-open mouth and bulging eyes made him look like a toad. His answers to Pei Tianzong's questions were also dull, like a mentally challenged person talking in his sleep.
"No way... this works?" Hong Qiuyi, the eldest elder of the Hong family, also woke up, tilting his head back in disbelief. It was as if he wanted to pierce through the thick clouds to see what was inside.
"Sir, you are a divine being..."
This was Liu Daoqi's assessment, and Situ Wentian and Li Xiaotian beside him nodded vigorously.
brush!
Another bolt of lightning pierced through the clouds, startling the eight Heavenly-level experts, who seemed to be terrified.
"No way?! There's more?"
Hong Qiuyi's face displayed a rich array of expressions, including surprise, shock, envy, and regret; his feelings at that moment were truly indescribable.
"Ha ha."
Sun Woxing laughed loudly, but his voice was somewhat dry, "Guess which of those little guys from the Yi family have advanced?"
"..."
There was a moment of silence, with no one giving Sun Woxing any face.
"Second brother, guess who they are? I bet Yi Dao has advanced, and so has Yi Fei, that genius. I wonder if Yi Yang has advanced. Logically speaking, Zong Shen would definitely save the best things for his son, and besides, Yi Yang is the head of the Yi family, so it's normal for him to get them. I wonder who else is..."
Sun Woxing continued to speculate on his own, pulling Sun Danran, the second elder of the Sun family, aside to talk about something, as if he would not give up until he figured out the answer, his attitude was very enthusiastic.