Chapter 1023 The Inner Demon Resurfaces
Time passed particularly slowly in the agony of pain. It was unknown how long it had passed before the golden pill in Qingyang's mouth gradually became smaller until it finally disappeared. At the same time, the energy released by the pill was almost absorbed and refined by Qingyang.
After the first golden pill was used up, Qingyang's cultivation seemed to have not changed. No, it cannot be said that there was no change at all. At least Qingyang's strength was stronger than before, his divine consciousness was heavier than before, and his true essence was purer than before. It seemed that this golden pill was only used to fill the deficiency of his cultivation and did not have much impact on his realm.
When he broke through the foundation, Qingyang encountered this problem. So when he was preparing to form the pill, Qingyang tried many ways to make up for the deficiencies in advance to avoid wasting the golden pill, but no matter how hard he tried, he did not find the problem.
When he really tried to break through today, he found that these deficiencies existed, and there were still many, but he could not find them before. Qingyang was puzzled and did not understand why it was like this. In the end, he could only attribute it to the difference in qualifications.
The first pill had no effect. Although Qingyang was a little disappointed, he had expected it. After all, it was the same when he was building his foundation. It all depended on whether the second Jindan could work. Qingyang calmed down and took out the second Jindan and put it in his mouth.
As soon as Qingyang took the second pill, huge energy was released from the pill and quickly poured into Qingyang's meridians, wreaking havoc in his body and madly attacking his dantian.
Qingyang's meridians and dantian had just experienced the ravages of the energy of the first Jindan. Before he had time to adapt and buffer for a while, the energy of the second Jindan surged in. The huge pressure made the meridians unable to bear it. Many places had meridians destroyed and torn, just like a river bursting its banks, and the energy ran around without suppression.
The pain from the energy impacting the meridians could be barely tolerated before, but now that the meridians were destroyed and torn, the pain was even more severe. Qingyang persisted desperately and endured it with difficulty, even if the blood stained his clothes red, he was not shaken, because he knew in his heart that this was a level, and if he passed it, the future would be bright, if he failed, he might have to stop here in this life.
From foundation building to Dan formation, it is a process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change. The true essence in the Dantian will be continuously compressed and condensed, the quality of the true essence will be refined countless times, and the shell storing the true essence will be forged into a solid shell to store more energy.
This change can actually be seen from the demon pills of demon beasts. The demon pills of the first to third levels are just a group of compressed gas with a thin film on the outside, which is as thin as paper and will break if touched, making it difficult to preserve; the demon pills of the third to sixth levels are a tough membrane with a group of compressed liquid inside. The toughness has increased a lot, but it is still easy to be destroyed; the demon pills of the seventh to ninth levels are made of a hard solid shell, which is as strong as a spiritual weapon and is difficult to destroy. Although the true essence inside is still liquid, it has been condensed and compressed countless times, which is incomparable.
This process is extremely mysterious and can only be understood but not described. Although the information of the Thousand Hands Pill King records this aspect, it is impossible to imagine the details until that step. Everything can only be explored by oneself and slowly familiarized by oneself.
A large amount of true energy gathered in the Dantian, gradually exceeding the Dantian's bearing capacity. The swollen true energy seemed to burst the Dantian, making Qingyang unbearable. At this time, the true energy was still pouring into the Dantian. Qingyang tried every possible way, but could not solve the problem.
Qingyang felt that he seemed to be only a thin barrier away from the Jindan realm, which seemed to be broken with a poke, but he could not touch where this thin barrier was, how to poke it, the Jindan realm seemed to be only one step away from him, but he did not know how to take this step.
Time passed little by little, and the true energy was raging in his body. Because he could not find an outlet for venting, the true energy continued to destroy Qingyang's meridians and body, while constantly moisturizing and repairing, always maintaining a delicate balance.
What is destroyed must be the weak links and easily damaged places in the body. After being nourished and repaired by the true essence, that place or link will be strengthened. Then the true essence will find other weak links and nourish and repair them again. This cycle will be repeated over and over again. After a long time, Qingyang feels that his physical condition is getting better and better, but his cultivation can never be further improved. He has been stuck at the current bottleneck and cannot break through.
There is still one Jindan, but Qingyang dare not use it anymore, because his body can no longer bear it. Now he doesn't know how to vent the large amount of energy in his Dantian. If he forcibly takes the pill, he will definitely explode and die. What he is more worried about is that even if he takes the last Jindan, he still can't break through the bottleneck of Jindan. By then, there will be no hope at all.
Qingyang knew very well how difficult it was to get the Golden Elixir. It took him nearly thirty years to gather the materials, not to mention the huge amount of spirit stones consumed. In order to obtain the Red Heart Charm Fruit and the Earth Fire Sulfur Cinnabar, he even spent countless efforts to go deep into the Yinfeng Extreme Fire Cave. If the last Golden Elixir did not work, Qingyang really didn't know when he would be able to get it again.
But if he didn't take it, would he give up the Dan-forming process so hastily? He had been practicing hard for decades, waiting for this moment. The magic weapon that he had spent countless efforts to refine was waiting for him to use. Yu Mengmiao was also looking forward to his marriage. The mean Fairy Duanqing finally opened her mouth and promised him that he could become a dual cultivation partner with Miaomiao after Dan-forming. How could he give up just like that? If he couldn't form a pill, wouldn't everything be ruined?
Yu Mengmiao's earnest expectation made him unable to tolerate himself begging for mercy from Fairy Duanqing with his foundation-building cultivation. The praise from Master Shihan and others made him unable to let go of the fact that he had spent so much energy to refine the magic weapon but couldn't use it in the end. The comparison between the decades of waiting of the One-horned Ghost King and Xiying and others made him unable to imagine how miserable he would be when his cultivation was left further and further behind.
Everything turned into pressure and placed on Qingyang's head. The pressure in the city made him breathless. Qingyang knew that he was under too much pressure, but even if he knew the reason, he still couldn't get out of the pressure. This was probably the so-called inner demon, right?