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As soon as he heard this, Miao Yi was a little dumbfounded. He cursed himself for forgetting about this matter, and regretted speaking up too soon. He let out a dry cough and sighed, "Sigh! Did you forget what I said? I said I'm not from the Heavenly Court, I'm from the Formless Star's Righteousness Sect. Do you know what the Righteousness Sect means? I'm full of righteousness and I'm not afraid of evil. A mere blood fiend can't do anything to me. "
"Is there such a thing?" Zhongli Kuai asked curiously, "Then why do you have the Celestial Court's standard armor?"
Miao Yi said, "It's like this. Our Vitality Sect has a shop on the Celestial Street of the Heaven's Origin Planet. Someone from the Celestial Court is short on money, so he pawned his armor for the time being. Later on, he'll have to pay to redeem it. Do you really think it's mine?!"
Zhongli Kuai snorted disdainfully and said, "Don't give me that. What kind of shop does the Vitality Sect own? How dare you accept this kind of thing?"
Miao Yi said, "The Morality Sundry Goods Store. They accept anything."
"Sundry Goods Store?" Zhongli Kuai was stunned. "Really? Only the secular world has a general store, right? "
Miao Yi said disdainfully, "Don't be surprised. Our general store's business is very good. If you don't believe me, I can bring you there later. If I'm lying, you can take my head away."
"If there really is one, then I really have to go and take a look. Does your grocery store have a powerful background? You even dare to accept the standard armor of the Celestial Court? "Zhongli Kuai asked curiously.
"You think we're willing to accept it? You've met someone unreasonable. They need money, and you have no choice but to accept it. Even if you accept it, you won't dare to sell it. When they take it back, you won't dare to refuse to give it to them. It's obvious they're trying to extort us." Miao Yi feigned a look of grief and indignation.
Zhongli Kuai patted his shoulder to show his understanding and sympathy.
Miao Yi heaved a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, Zhongli Jue sat cross-legged beside him and said, "Since your Vitality Sect's cultivation method is so miraculous, why don't you help me along the way? The spiritual energy here is so abundant, it's not good to waste it. Bring me along to cultivate with you."
Miao Yi was speechless. This big bearded man was obviously trying to test whether his words were true or not!
Left with no choice, he pressed his palm on his shoulder and used the Fiery Star Technique to help him filter out the blood aura that he had absorbed.
At first, Zhongli Kuai didn't dare to release all of his energy. He just tried to absorb a little bit of the spiritual energy that contained the Blood Killing Aura within his controllable range. In the end, he realized that Miao Yi could really filter it out for him. He immediately clicked his tongue in wonder and said, "Amazing indeed."
After that, Lin Fan didn't stand on ceremony and started absorbing the spiritual energy. The spiritual energy here was indeed abundant. It would be a waste if he didn't absorb it. What surprised him even more was … He was able to breathe the air here freely, and there was no need for him to use his storage ring. In other words, he could stay here as long as he wanted.
Now he understood why Miao Yi dared to wait for an opportunity. It was because he had nothing to fear.
Miao Yi didn't know what to do with him. He had no choice but to help him. He was afraid that this guy wouldn't be able to calm down and cultivate, and wouldn't be able to control his temper and act recklessly again. Then he'd make a fuss about subduing demons and devils, which would cost him his life. Miao Yi had no choice but to bring him along. He silently digested the large amount of spiritual energy contained in the Immortal Apricot.
However, he still couldn't help but remind him, "Big Beard, you won't take this opportunity to peek at my cultivation technique, right?"
"Pah! What kind of person do you think I am? Are you a dead man? Do you think you wouldn't know if I used my transcendence energy to probe your body? "Zhongli Kuai scoffed.
"Hehe, I was just joking with you." Miao Yi changed the topic and said, "Big Beard, we can't give up on searching. Let's look for an exit every now and then."
Zhongli Kuai had no objections to this.
Thus, every time the Immortal Apricot in his stomach was depleted, Miao Yi would stop, and use the excuse of looking for an exit to crazily devour another pile of Immortal Apricots.
Time passed, day by day. In the blink of an eye, eight years had passed. Including the accumulation from his previous cultivation, Miao Yi had quietly and successfully broken through to Purple Lotus Second Grade. However, he had the Soul Concealing Paste smeared on his forehead, so it wasn't obvious on the surface.
However, Zhongli Kuai could sense the abnormal fluctuations of his transcendence energy. He was also an experienced person, so he turned to look at Miao Yi and asked, "You broke through?"
Miao Yi nodded. He was now on guard. It seemed that he would have to look for an exit the next time he broke through if he still couldn't escape.
After breaking through, he couldn't help but test the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy. As expected, the speed at which he digested the Immortal Apricots had increased. It had shortened to about one Immortal Apricot every four days.
However, according to his calculations, the number of low-grade Orbs of Will needed to break through to Purple Lotus Third Grade was already more than 1.3 billion. If he were to convert them into Immortal Apricots, he would need more than 1,340 Orbs of Will, which would take almost fifteen years.
He wanted to test the speed at which he consumed the Orbs of Will, but with Zhongli Kuai around, he gave up on the idea.
Time was merciless. Trapped in the Blood Demon Array, the two of them were no better off than Zhongli Kuai's Senior Brother, Cheshire. In the blink of an eye, over three hundred years had passed.
Zhongli Kuai's cultivation was too high. Absorbing this little bit of spiritual energy wouldn't help him improve at all.
On the other hand, after three hundred and twenty years of cultivation, Miao Yi's cultivation had already broken through to Purple Lotus Ninth Grade. It could be said that he had no choice but to obediently undergo a long period of cultivation.
He had never been able to cultivate so peacefully for such a long period of time. Back in the small world, he still had to deal with the bureaucracy, such as the annual tribute. Here, even if he wanted to go out and socialize, he couldn't.
His cultivation had been smooth sailing, but strange things happened when he reached Purple Lotus Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, and Sixth Grade. The Fourth Grade used up one Immortal Apricot every two days, the Fifth Grade used up one Immortal Apricot every day, and the Sixth Grade used up two Immortal Apricots every day. However, it took him twenty-nine years to break through to the next three grades. It took him almost the same amount of time to break through to the next three grades. It wasn't until he broke through to the Seventh Grade that the amount of time he needed began to increase again.
After reaching Purple Lotus Ninth Grade, Miao Yi wanted to break through to the Golden Lotus realm in one go. According to his calculations, ninety-four years should be enough. However, even after spending ninety-five years, he still didn't know when he would be able to break through. Moreover, the situation of breaking through from the Blue Lotus to the Red Lotus realm appeared again. The situation of wanting to break through yet being unable to break through appeared again.
Miao Yi smiled bitterly in his heart. Breaking through from the Blue Lotus to the Red Lotus realm was the leap from the Untraversing realm to the Airborne realm. On the other hand, breaking through from the Purple Lotus to the Golden Lotus realm was the leap from the Airborne realm to the Soaring Heavens realm. Who knew how many people would regret this step for the rest of their lives?
At this point, he didn't want to try anymore. There was nothing else he could do even if he wanted to.
Back when he was at the Purple Lotus First Grade, he had estimated that he would need around 170,000 ripe Immortal Apricots to break through to the Golden Lotus realm. He originally had around 230,000 Immortal Apricots on hand. After giving Yun Zhiqiu a hundred thousand Immortal Apricots, he was only left with around 130,000 Immortal Apricots.
Before he left, he was worried that something would happen to him and he wouldn't be able to make it back. After some thought, he left Yun Zhiqiu another thirty thousand Immortal Apricots. Adding on the wedding gifts from the four Hosts, he would have around forty thousand Immortal Apricots. That should be enough for Yun Zhiqiu to break through to the Golden Lotus realm. After all, Yun Zhiqiu was already a Purple Lotus Fourth Grade cultivator, and she still had a large amount of Orbs of Will on hand.
Now, not only had he used up the one hundred thousand ripe Immortal Apricots he had, but he had also used up around three hundred and seventy thousand half-ripe Immortal Apricots that were hard to swallow. He had used over three hundred and seventy thousand unripe Immortal Apricots to fill the gap of seventy thousand Immortal Apricots.
Now that he thought about it, he felt like he had committed a sin by robbing the Apricot Orchard. Not to mention, there were so many unripe Immortal Apricots in the hands of the four Hosts. If he waited for them to ripen, it would be unimaginable how valuable they would be.
He still had some Orbs of Will on hand, but it would probably be a drop in the ocean if he wanted to break through to the Golden Lotus realm.
Right now, he was absorbing five ripe Immortal Apricots a day, which meant he could absorb the spiritual energy contained in five million low-grade Orbs of Will every day. The one or two million low-grade Orbs of Will he had on hand were really not enough.
Adding on the time he had spent breaking through to the Second Grade of the Purple Lotus First Grade, and the time he had to go to the Blood Demon Array to find a way out, he had been trapped in the Blood Demon Array for almost three hundred and fifty years.
He was rather puzzled. Why hadn't the Blood Demon shown any reaction after being trapped for so long? However, Zhongli Kuai's words made him feel relieved. At their level of cultivation, they spent most of their time cultivating. It was common for them to go into closed-door cultivation for a few thousand years. Two to three hundred years was nothing to them. The Blood Demon was most likely hiding somewhere cultivating.
However, this wasn't what he was most worried about. He was worried that Yun Zhiqiu would be panicking after not receiving any news of him for so long. Even if he managed to make it back alive, he would probably lose a layer of his skin when he saw his wife.
He was a little regretful that he hadn't brought her along back then. However, when he thought about it again, wouldn't it be even worse if he brought her along? He probably wouldn't even be able to escape the pursuit of over a thousand demons.
Sighing, Miao Yi released his hand from Zhongli Kuai's shoulder.
However, Zhongli Kuai's face suddenly flushed red. He jumped up and pointed at himself, shouting, "You bastard! Help me! "
Miao Yi immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly got up and placed his hand on Zhongli Kuai's body, quickly invoking his arts to neutralize the blood aura that Zhongli Kuai had absorbed into his body.
Zhongli Kuai quickly regained his composure and glared at Miao Yi, cursing, "Are you trying to get me killed? You didn't even tell me when you stopped."
He had been relaxing his body and mind to absorb the spiritual energy just now, breathing in the air normally. What he was absorbing here was all blood aura. Now that Miao Yi had suddenly stopped and absorbed some of it into his body, the consequences were obvious.
'This is going to be fun!' Miao Yi quickly cupped his fists and apologized, "I'm sorry, Big Beard. I really didn't do it on purpose."
"Pfft!" Zhongli Kuai looked him up and down, "What are you trying to do, kid? Are you making fun of me because you're bored? "
Miao Yi sighed, "Big Beard, I want to go out."
"Pfft! I don't need you to tell me that. I want to go out too, but first, we have to be able to get out. "Zhongli Kuai moved closer to Miao Yi with a sour expression, spittle flying everywhere.
Miao Yi pressed his hand on Zhongli Kuai's face and pushed it away. He couldn't be bothered with him, and began to look around.
The two of them had been relying on each other for over three hundred years. Naturally, their relationship couldn't be compared to when they first met. They had officially become friends, so it didn't matter if they were a little more casual.
"Where did the exit go?" Miao Yi muttered as he looked around.
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