Since it was effective, then it was worth it to bleed even more.
Miao Yi was looking forward to the situation of over a hundred Hell Mantises obeying his orders, so without a second word, he took out a knife from his storage ring. As if he was bleeding someone else, he didn't feel the slightest bit of heartache. He made another bloody cut on his palm, and quickly smeared every dark egg with fresh blood again.
Using the immortal herb to heal the wound on his palm, he then held the hundred strands of hair in his hand, and used the secret art that Lao Bai had taught him to activate the dark eggs.
After doing all this, Miao Yi carried the jade plate outside. The long hair that was covered in frost instantly dissipated in a puff of black smoke when it met the sunlight.
Placing the jade plate on the observatory platform, Miao Yi floated down. He repeated his instructions to Qian'Er and Xue'Er, then returned to the silent quarters to continue cultivating.
Aside from a few important matters, Miao Yi left the daily affairs to Yan Xiu to manage, and had everyone report to Yan Xiu if there was anything. He gave Yan Xiu a lot of authority, and Yan Xiu had practically become East Arrival Cave's housekeeper.
For Yan Xiu, who was once disliked in Transient Light Cave, this was a completely different treatment.
Everyone in East Arrival Cave knew that the Cave Master was in closed-door cultivation, and wouldn't easily leave the East Arrival Grand Hall. So if it wasn't something important, no one would disturb him.
Under normal circumstances, as long as East Arrival Cave didn't have anyone purposely causing trouble, nothing would happen.
In reality, everyone was cultivating on their own. No cultivator would stroll around like they had nothing to do. If that was the case, then East Arrival City wouldn't need to be left to mortals to manage.
Aside from a few unavoidable shifts, such as guarding the mountain gates or going out on patrol to gather information, there was practically no sign of a cultivator in the entire East Arrival Cave. Instead, one could occasionally see handmaidens from the various manors out on a sightseeing tour or cleaning the place.
After receiving Yan Xiu's teachings, Qian'Er and Xue'Er had also entered the beginning stages of semi-cultivation, and were rarely seen in public.
The life of a cultivator was basically like this, and to mortals, it was very dry and boring.
Charcoal was still the same as before. He spent most of his time guarding Miao Yi's door, lying there and dozing off with his tail wagging. He didn't need anyone to care about him. When he was hungry, he would run out and dive into the nearby lake to feast. Once he was full, he would return to sleep. He was too lazy to move at all. Indeed, he lived like a pig.
The two girls had also become familiar with Charcoal. When Miao Yi wasn't around, the two of them would squat by Charcoal's side, whispering to each other and teasing him. They would comb Charcoal's mane, and Charcoal would respond with a sneeze, his eyes half-closed in enjoyment.
Such days repeated day after day, passing by one after another.
Forty-nine days later, Miao Yi, who was in closed-door cultivation, could faintly feel that the dark egg in his vest seemed to have undergone an abnormal change.
The eerie aura emitted by the dark egg was no longer oppressive. Miao Yi could feel that the eerie aura was no longer spreading outwards, and was instead gradually being restrained.
This kind of change was in line with Lao Bai's description, and made Miao Yi extremely happy. He wanted to invoke his arts to investigate the situation within the dark egg, but his transcendence energy was unable to break through the 'Yin and Yang Realms', which was the dark egg's skin. He could only give up, and slowly wait.
After eighty-one days, the eerie aura within the dark egg seemed to have been completely restrained. Even Miao Yi, who kept it close to his body, couldn't feel it in the slightest.
In its place, there seemed to be an indescribable emotion within the dark egg that was trying to communicate with Miao Yi. It wasn't just one, but a hundred of them. However, those emotions seemed to be very chaotic, and Miao Yi couldn't understand what they meant.
But this was enough to make Miao Yi wild with joy. If he didn't guess wrong, the thing that was being nurtured within the dark egg seemed to have already taken shape, and was waiting to break out of its shell and be reborn!
According to Lao Bai's instructions, from today onwards, he didn't need to cut his flesh and bleed anymore, and he didn't need to keep it on his body to protect it anymore. Instead, he had to leave it outside all day, no matter if it was windy or rainy, or the sun, the moon, or the stars. He had to let it be stored in the open, and experience this world.
"Qian'Er, Xue'Er, from today onwards, I'll have to trouble the two of you. You have to take turns guarding it all day. You mustn't let the birds snatch it away. If anything happens, inform me immediately!"
On the stargazing platform, Miao Yi solemnly instructed the two girls.
This was because the dark egg was at its weakest at this time, and also the most dangerous. In the past, the cold aura emitted from their bodies could make those birds and beasts not dare to move recklessly, but now it was no longer the case. He reckoned that even a sparrow could peck it away.
The two girls naturally didn't dare to make any mistakes.
After entrusting the thing to the two handmaidens to take care of, Miao Yi no longer needed to come out twice a day to collect and release the dark eggs. He could go into closed-door cultivation all day long.
At this time, he had already completely refined the two smaller halves of Orbs of Will that he snatched from Mo Shengtu and Zhang Shucheng. These two orbs were almost equivalent to a complete orb, and Miao Yi had spent about three months' time.
When the Orb of Will that he snatched from Head Guard Huang was almost half refined, Qian'Er ran to the door of the stone chamber and called out, "Cave Master, I don't know what's happening to the thing on the stargazing platform. There's an abnormal movement, quickly come and take a look!"
Miao Yi quickly stopped his cultivation, spat out the Orb of Will and stored it away. He quickly went to the stargazing platform outside.
Xue'Er was squatting with a face full of curiosity as she examined the thing on the jade plate. When she saw Miao Yi coming, she quickly stood up.
Miao Yi took a closer look, and realized that the hair inserted into the dark egg seemed to have become much shorter.
This was also in line with the situation that Lao Bai had described. Miao Yi immediately invoked his arts to listen for any movement, and could faintly hear a 'sha sha' chewing sound coming from within the dark egg. If he hadn't invoked his arts, it would have been hard to hear.
With Lao Bai's foreknowledge, Miao Yi already understood what was going on. The little ones in the dark eggs should be eating the hair that he had inserted inside. Once they had slowly finished eating his hair, if Lao Bai wasn't wrong, then the things inside should be about to see the light of day again.
"It's fine! If there's anything else, just let me know. "
Miao Yi smiled as he turned around and floated away from the stargazing platform. Under the watchful eyes of the two girls, he dashed into the house and continued to cultivate.
One and a half months later, Miao Yi, who had completely refined the remaining half of the Orb of Will, quietly sat cross-legged for two days. His closed eyes suddenly twitched.
The art source within his body that hadn't grown in any way for a long time suddenly grew a little larger. The dusky art source that seemed to be spiraling in chaos also seemed to have brightened a little. His ability to control the transcendence energy around his body seemed to have instantly risen to another level. At this moment, Miao Yi suddenly felt an incomparably powerful feeling.
Miao Yi's eyes suddenly opened, and the palms that were pressed on both of his knees turned towards the sky. A ball of water suddenly jumped out from the pool in front of him, and whooshed as it flew in front of him.
The ball of water quickly flattened like a mirror in front of his eyes. In the reflection of Miao Yi's faintly discernible image, a two-petaled white lotus blossomed between his brows.
His cultivation had finally broken through to White Lotus Second Grade!
The corner of Miao Yi's mouth curled into a smile. He stared at the mirror for a while, but was only happy for a short while. Then, he slightly shook his head.
Only having a cultivation at White Lotus Second Grade wasn't something to be happy about. He had just stepped into White Lotus Second Grade, and his cultivation was still the lowest in the entire East Arrival Cave. If he took this cultivation out to show off, he would still be a joke.
"Sigh! I am the dignified Cave Master of East Arrival Cave! I can't afford to embarrass myself like that … "Miao Yi sighed with extreme melancholy.
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