A burst of azure mist emerged from the mouth of the valley. The two mountains beside the mouth of the valley slowly moved away, revealing a passage from which strong spiritual energy floated out.
As soon as the entrance of Spiritual Spring Valley opened, the people who had been waiting at the entrance quickly rushed in.
Ye Fan and the others followed the flow of people and quickly entered the passage and rushed into Spiritual Spring Valley.
Not far from the entrance, there was a large spiritual spring. The spiritual spring was divided into cells. This was an ordinary yellow-level spiritual spring. It was originally a place for the tree people to take baths.
Going deeper, they could see one room after another, which was the black-level spiritual spring area. Several cultivators broke the restriction on a stone gate and entered the spiritual spring. The restriction on the stone gate disappeared.
Each spiritual spring could only be opened once, and must be entered at the moment of opening.
All spiritual springs had a limit on the number of people who could enter. Only three people could enter a black-level spiritual spring, five people for an earth-level spiritual spring, and eight people for the heaven-level spiritual spring.
There were quite a few black-level spiritual springs, nearly 20 of them. However, these black-level spiritual springs could not enter the eyes of the powerful cultivators.
Many cultivators rushed in all the way, all the way to the earth-level spiritual spring area.
Four golden gates were located on both sides, and a purple-golden gate was located in the center. The purple-golden gate was majestic and it stood out from the crowd at a glance.
Ye Fan rushed to the purple-golden gate. Several cultivators staring at the earth-level spiritual springs watched Ye Fan run to the heaven-level area, secretly glad that there was one less opponent.
Seeing Ye Fan running to the purple-golden gate, Lu Yinfei sneered, withdrew his gaze, and glanced at an earth-level spiritual spring.
There were a total of six teams that were interested in the earth-level spiritual springs. The two strongest teams occupied two spiritual springs without hesitation. The other four teams had to fight for ownership of the remaining two spiritual springs.
Ye Fan was sitting in front of the gate of the heaven-level spiritual spring, watching a few cultivators fight to the death for an earth-level spiritual spring. He felt that these people were so aggressive for the sake of some low-level spiritual spring, and immediately became dismissive.
The cultivators who competed for an earth-level spiritual spring sneered when they saw Ye Fan sitting by the heaven-level spiritual spring with such high ambitions.
Ye Fan studied the restrictive formation on the heaven-level spiritual spring for a whole day and night.
After a day and a night, there was only one earth-level spiritual spring left, but two teams were eyeing it.
The two teams were of equal strength, and after a match, there was no clear winner or loser. Therefore, they agreed that each team would take turns to try breaking the restriction every quarter of an hour, and whichever team succeeded in breaking the restriction first would enter.
“How is it? The last earth-level spiritual spring is about to be robbed,” Bai Yunxi said.
Ye Fan looked at the restriction and said, “I still need some time. Don’t worry – there’s no problem. You know I’ve been exposed to that kind of formation. Compared to that formation, this one is child’s play.”
Bai Yunxi frowned, knowing that the formation Ye Fan was talking about was the teleportation formation on Earth.
The teleportation formation on Earth could use a small amount of spirit stones to achieve the purpose of cross-realm teleportation*. It could be seen just how powerful that teleportation formation was.
Bai Yunxi knew that Ye Fan would refer back to that formation whenever he was confused or stumped by something. However, although Ye Fan had a powerful soul, it was not easy to comprehend that formation. However, with such a formation, as long as Ye Fan could comprehend the tip of the iceberg, he could still gain a lot.
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Bai Yunxi turned his head and glanced at the last earth-level spiritual spring. The five cultivators idle by the earth-level spiritual spring also stared at Bai Yunxi and the others.
Bai Yunxi looked at the wary and slightly disdainful eyes of several people and raised his eyebrows.
Ye Fan suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes released a burst of golden light.
“Go,” Ye Fan said.
The Taotie ghost snorted lightly, turned into a cloud of mist, and landed on the formation.
The formation was hit by Ao Xiaobao’s corrosive attack, and flickered.
Bai Yunxi’s eyes widened, and he said, “Xiaobao, he…”
Ye Fan glanced at Bai Yunxi and said proudly, “After absorbing the Eclipse Ghost Mist Insect, this guy has the ability of the Eclipse Ghost Mist Insect. He has evolved.”
Bai Yunxi couldn’t help but say, “It’s amazing.”
Fortunately, Lu Yinfei had already entered an earth-level spiritual spring. If this guy had stayed outside and saw this scene, he would have vomited blood.
Ye Fan smiled, his eyes gleaming and said, “Of course there must be some use. This guy eats so much. How can it be good if he is useless?”
Ye Fan’s soul power penetrated into the restrictive formation, and quickly analyzed the formation. Ye Fan found a weak point of the formation and had Ao Xiaobao concentrate on attacking it.
Feeling that the restriction had loosened, Ye Fan took out the Profound Dragon Seal and smashed it, creating a crack in the formation, “Quickly go.”
Bai Yunxi and Xu Mingyang followed Ye Fan into the spiritual spring.
The group of cultivators who were by the side of the earth-level spiritual spring had been paying attention to Ye Fan’s movements. When they saw the three suddenly disappear, the five cultivators rushed to the entrance of the heaven-level spiritual spring. However, the gate was already completely closed.
“It actually opened.” A cultivator said.
“If we knew earlier, we wouldn’t have listened to rumors. Maybe the restriction on the heaven-level spiritual spring is actually easier to break than that of the earth-level.”
“It would be better if we were faster. Maybe we could also go in.”
“Ye Fan’s group is such a waste. Eight people can enter the heaven-level spiritual spring. There are only three of them.”
…
Inside the spiritual spring.
Ye Fan said excitedly, “We came in.”
Xu Mingyang glanced at Ye Fan and couldn’t help but admire him. Ye Qixian always lamented that if Ye Fan could cultivate, he would definitely become famous in the cultivation world. Xu Mingyang deeply felt that Ye Qixian wasn’t wrong. Ye Fan was indeed amazing.
Many people saw the scene where Ye Fan ran to study the formation of the heaven-level spiritual spring. Every time Spiritual Spring Valley was opened, some people would go to study the restrictions outside the heaven-level spiritual spring. However, no one had ever succeeded. As a result, by the time everyone came back to their senses, Ye Fan had already entered.
A few cultivators who witnessed Ye Fan entering the heaven-level spiritual spring stood unwillingly at the entrance of the heaven-level spiritual spring and searched for a while, but found nothing. In the end, they had to leave and settle for a low-level spiritual spring.
The heaven-level spiritual spring was divided into eight small pools. Xu Mingyang occupied one, while Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi had to squeeze into one. Fortunately, each of the eight spiritual spring pools were spacious enough to accommodate two people.
As soon as Xu Mingyang entered the spiritual spring, he felt strong spiritual energy rushing into his body. Xu Mingyang secretly sighed at the power of the heaven-level spiritual spring.
Ye Fan lazily soaked in the spiritual spring, “Oh, it’s really comfortable. But unfortunately there is a light bulb, so I can’t…”
“Shut up!” Bai Yunxi said angrily.
Xu Mingyang looked at Ye Fan in confusion and said, “What is a light bulb*?”
Ye Fan rolled his eyes and said, “A light bulb is a bead that glows.”
“Isn’t that a night pearl*?” Xu Mingyang asked in confusion.
Ye Fan held a handful of spiritual spring water and said, “The quality of this spiritual spring is really good. It can be used for alchemy…”
The Taotie ghost looked at Ye Fan and said, “Are you going to use your bath water to concoct alchemy? You really have lost your conscience.”
Ye Fan: “…”
Bai Yunxi soaked in the spiritual spring, and the spiritual energy rushed into Bai Yunxi’s body crazily.
Xu Mingyang glanced at Bai Yunxi and said in surprise, “Ye Fan, your partner’s qualifications are very good!”
The Taotie ghost lay on the edge of the spiritual spring and said, “Yeah! Yunxi’s cultivation qualifications are very good, but unfortunately, he was unlucky and found a guy like Ye Fan.”
Ye Fan glanced at the Taotie ghost and said, “What do you know? Yunxi and I are husband and wife. We are a perfect match.”
“He seems to be breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment,” Xu Mingyang said.
“Oh.” Ye Fan blinked and nodded.
Ye Fan secretly thought: Single spiritual root was a single spiritual root. No wonder those sects liked to train single spiritual root cultivators. The speed of cultivation was so fast.
The Taotie ghost looked at Ye Fan, smiled, and said, “Ye Fan, look at your wife. He is in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and he has surpassed you. If your wife forms a golden core before you, you’ll have to call him Senior.”
Ye Fan gave the Taotie ghost a displeased look and said, “If you talk nonsense again, I will cut off your rations.”
The Taotie ghost had gone to float in a spiritual spring pool. When he heard this, he said calmly, “You don’t even think about how you got in. It’s too ungrateful to cut off my rations.”
Ye Fan: “…”
…
Xu Mingyang soaked in a spiritual spring pool for two months, and his cultivation level recovered to the peak of Foundation Establishment. Soon after his cultivation level was restored, Xu Mingyang saw that he could no longer absorb much spiritual energy from the spiritual spring pool, so he simply left.
Of course, in fact, there were sfill benefits if he continued to soak in the spiritual spring. Xu Mingyang left, mainly because he did not want to destroy the two-person world of Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi.
After Bai Yunxi used the spiritual spring to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, he found that he had developed a certain resistance to the spiritual spring. Although the spiritual spring was still somewhat useful, it was not the same as when he first entered.
“Yunxi, Xu Mingyang is gone. Let’s dual cultivate.” Ye Fan waved toward Bai Yunxi.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan helplessly, and said, “You should focus on absorbing the spiritual energy of the spiritual spring. Don’t think about messy matters.”
Ye Fan said angrily, “It’s boring to cultivate all the time!”
The Taotie ghost looked at Ye Fan and said, “You are a guy with poor qualifications and no desire to make progress. It is better to absorb the spiritual energy of the spiritual spring quickly!”
Ye Fan said sullenly, “Got it.”
“Yunxi, this guy can’t be supported by ordinary people! Twenty percent of the spiritual energy in the spiritual spring has been absorbed by this guy, and this guy has not yet broken through.” The Taotie ghost said.
As soon as the Taotie ghost finished speaking, the spiritual spring started bubbling, and Ye Fan’s cultivation level increased rapidly.
Bai Yunxi smiled and said, “Isn’t this about to break through?”
Ao Xiaobao raised his head and said, “Tsk, the breakthrough is only coming now. If it were another cultivator, he would have broken through long ago…”
The spiritual spring water was bubbling, and a lot of spiritual energy poured into Ye Fan’s body. After a long time, Ye Fan opened his eyes.
“Oh, I’m in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.”
Ye Fan glanced at Bai Yunxi and secretly rejoiced that he was not too far behind. If the husband was weaker than his wife, he would always be suspected of eating soft rice*. For a genius like Ye Fan, there was always the pride of a big man in his bones.
After Ye Fan advanced, he once again absorbed the spiritual energy in the spiritual spring.
Bai Yunxi looked at the declining quality of the spiritual spring, and glanced at Ye Fan suspiciously, “Can you still absorb the spiritual energy of the spiritual spring?”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yes! Can’t waste it.”
Bai Yunxi frowned and thought secretly: Ye Fan needed more resources to advance, but there seemed to be no bottleneck. This was also a good thing. Anyway, with Ye Fan’s ability, he would not be poor. As long as he had enough resources, his cultivation could continue to improve.
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T/N: *Usually, the further you’re traveling, the more energy it takes, so more spirit stones are necessary to activate long distance teleportation formations. You see this a lot in other cultivation novels where teleportation formations are guarded/owned by large forces and it costs a lot to use one. It’s really impressive that the teleportation formation on Earth only required one spirit stone each.
*A light bulb is a modern term/invention so that’s why Xu Mingyang doesn’t know what it is. A light bulb is also Chinese slang for a third wheel.
*Night pearl – you’ve probably seen this in other cultivation or ancient Chinese webnovels. It’s a luminous stone.
*Eating soft rice – Chinese slang for a man relying on his wife. Although it has come a long way, some parts of Chinese society/culture is unfortunately still very chauvinistic – like the line that comes after this one (about Ye Fan having “big man” ideas in his bones). Bai Yunxi is also a man, but the author continually emphasizes the fact that Ye Fan is the “husband” (the gong) and must be strong, support his “wife”, etc. It is meant to come across as sweet (how much Ye Fan loves Bai Yunxi), but sometimes annoys me.
Thanks for the chapter!!!