The night was dark and the wind was howling.
Ji Tianxing was escorted by the Black Deacon to the back of the mountain and into a dark cave.
The cave was slanted and extended underground. It was deep and winding. Every thirty meters, there was a stone lamp on both sides of the cave wall that was lit.
The stone lamp was an ancient Origin Artifact. It was lit by a formation, but the light was weak.
The dim yellow light could not illuminate the cave, so Ji Tianxing could not see what was going on inside the cave.
Fifteen minutes later, the Black Deacon escorted him into the deepest part of the cave.
In front of him was a dark cliff. Layers of brown rocks could be seen at the bottom of the cliff.
To the left of the cliff was a dark and cold stone room. Ji Tianxing was imprisoned in this stone room.
Before leaving, the Black Deacon closed the heavy black iron door and locked it with a large chain.
"Ji Tianxing! Stay in the Dark Wind Cave and reflect on your mistakes. Don't even think about escaping! "
"If you dare to escape, you will be executed on the spot when we catch you!"
After saying this, the Black Deacon turned and left. His figure quickly disappeared into the darkness.
Ji Tianxing stood in the cold stone room. His hands gripped the iron bars of the black iron door. He shouted unwillingly, "Deacon, I have been framed!"
"As long as you save Ji Ke, the truth will be revealed!"
However, the Black Deacon walked further and further away, completely ignoring him.
After a long time, the Dark Wind Cave fell into a dead silence. Ji Tianxing let go of his hands and sat on the stone bench in a daze.
There were only two things in the dark and cold stone room.
There was an ancient stone lamp on the wall and a rough stone bench in the corner.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
The ground was covered in dust. Footprints were left behind when one stepped on it. No one knew how long it had been since someone was locked in this stone room.
Ji Tianxing did not know how long he would be locked in here.
Maybe two or three days? Or two or three months?
The key to determining how long he would be locked up was when Ji Ke would wake up.
However, Ji Ke was first stabbed by Ji Ling, then knocked unconscious and pushed off the cliff.
It was already a blessing from the heavens that she didn't die after falling off the cliff.
Ji Tianxing found it hard to imagine how serious her injuries were and when she would wake up.
Wait! He could only wait bitterly.
This stone chamber was located deep underground.
Other than the faint light from the stone lantern, he could never see the sky outside.
During his imprisonment, only darkness accompanied him.
At the bottom of the cliff not far from the stone chamber, endless cold wind was blowing, constantly pouring into the stone chamber.
Ji Tianxing had only been sitting on the stone bench for an hour when he was chilled by the bone-chilling cold wind and shivered all over.
Darkness, coldness, loneliness, and helplessness surrounded him.
Boundless rage and killing intent silently rose in his heart once more.
"Damned Ji Ling! You bastard! Bastard! "
"When I see the light of day again, I will tear you to pieces and burn your bones to ashes!"
Ji Tianxing clenched his fists, his fingers cracking as he roared at the top of his lungs.
It was the first time in his life that he hated someone so much.
It was also the first time he saw someone so despicable and sinister, so deranged to such an extent!
Even when he was betrayed and humiliated by Ling Yunfei, the anger and killing intent in his heart were not as turbulent as now!
Time passed quietly.
After an unknown period of time, Ji Tianxing curled up on the stone bench in the corner. His face was blue from the cold wind, and his entire body was stinging with pain.
He knew that he could not sit there any longer.
This cave was called Dark Wind Cave, and it was specially used to imprison disciples who violated the sect's rules. Naturally, it was used as a punishment.
The endless cold wind was his punishment!
"No! I have to think of a way to resist the cold wind. If I continue to sit here like this, my flesh and blood will definitely freeze and my meridians will die … "
The only way Ji Tianxing could think of was to circulate his energy to resist the cold.
Fortunately, he had an abundance of vital essence. After the vital essence circulated throughout his body and spread to his limbs and bones, the stinging pain in his flesh and meridians lessened by a lot.
This method was indeed effective.
Ji Tianxing's emotions calmed down slightly. He abandoned the distracting thoughts in his heart and sat cross-legged on the ground to circulate his energy to cultivate.
He followed the third level of the Path of the Sword and mobilized the vital essence in his body to flow through the nine main meridians. He wanted to refine the nine meridians into sword veins.
Twelve hours had passed, and his power was slowly increasing.
His physical body had also adapted to the cold wind that constantly poured into the stone room.
An entire day had passed, and the hunger in his stomach made him restless.
He had to stop his cultivation and open the Hundred Treasures Brocade Pouch to look for food.
Fortunately, when the stinky old man detained Qian Yue and the Black Dragon Sword, he did not take away the Hundred Treasures Brocade Pouch and returned it to him.
He used to store a lot of food and fruits in the Hundred Treasures Brocade Pouch for the little ice fox, Qian Yue.
After casually eating some fruits and food, his hunger was alleviated, and he started to circulate his energy to cultivate again.
Unknowingly, five days had passed.
In these five days, the cave was silent and gloomy.
No one had come. Other than Ji Tianxing himself, he did not even see a shadow.
He had been circulating his energy to cultivate day and night. When he was hungry, he would look for food in the Hundred Treasures Brocade Pouch.
Unfortunately, after five days of consumption, the little food in the Hundred Treasures Brocade Pouch was finally finished.
Under the unbearable hunger, Ji Tianxing could only think of another way.
He remembered that there were many elixirs in the Hundred Treasures Brocade Pouch, so he took out some elixirs and consumed them. He circulated his energy to refine the elixirs and replenish his energy.
"Experts of the Tongxuan Realm can abstain from eating. Even if they don't eat a grain of rice for ten days to half a month, it won't affect them much."
"Although I'm only at the sixth level of the True Energy Realm, I can rely on these elixirs to maintain my vital essence and practice abstaining from eating!"
Abstaining from eating meant that experts of the Martial Way did not eat and only relied on absorbing the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth to maintain their energy.
This was something only experts of the Tongxuan Realm could do.
The Tongxuan Realm was the realm where one could understand the heavens and earth and communicate with the underworld!
Martial artists of this realm could transform their strong willpower into spiritual consciousness and communicate with the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth. They could absorb the Yuan Qi like water and convert it into their own vital essence.
As long as their vital essence was abundant, a Tongxuan Realm martial artist would not need to eat or drink and still possess great strength.
Ji Tianxing had never thought of deliberately practicing abstaining from eating. He wanted to wait until he reached the Tongxuan Realm and let nature take its course.
However, he was in a difficult situation now and had to rely on his strong willpower and endurance to practice abstaining from eating.
Unknowingly, another five days had passed.
In these five days, Ji Tianxing only relied on a few elixirs to maintain his vital essence and his strong willpower to endure the hunger. He had actually achieved the initial stage of abstaining from eating.
Moreover, he had cultivated in the stone room for ten days and had successfully refined his first main meridian into a sword meridian. His strength had also increased.
Although he had made some progress in the cultivation of the Sword Heart, he was not happy at all. Instead, he was filled with worry.
"It's been ten days. Why hasn't anyone come to find me?"
"Could it be that Ke has been unconscious and hasn't woken up yet?"
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