Chapter 62

  Lin Ruo Lan didn't know that after practicing, the toxins in her body would be expelled; it was different from the toxins that were washed out when washing her marrow.

  She didn't even care about her own stomach anymore, she used the teleportation symbol and in the blink of an eye arrived at the lake by the outside of the bamboo building; at this time she also didn't care if the water inside the lake was deep or not? If there were some frightening big guys inside the lake?

  Lin Ruo Lan put on her clothes and jumped into the lake with a 'splash', scrubbing herself vigorously; looking at her, she was so angry that she wanted to brush off a layer of skin from her body, this bath lasted for almost half an hour; only then did she climb out of the lake clean.

  Actually, Lin Ruolan should have retreated into her own space, but it's unclear whether it was due to the restrictions in the secret realm; since Lin Ruolan entered this secret realm, her space had inexplicably been closed.

  Even Lin Ruolan, the owner of this space, couldn't enter it; if not for that bright red plum blossom mark still being there, Lin Ruolan would have even doubted whether her own space had already ceased to exist.

  The wet clothes were dried by Lin Ruolan with a small spell, and at this moment Lin Ruolan was grateful to her cheap master; she was very fortunate that Qingweizi Lao Daoshi had taught her many mysterious Taoist skills before she officially started practicing.

  Generally speaking, after embarking on the path of refining one's true nature, one must successfully guide the breath into the body and enter the stage of cultivating breath before being able to learn some minor magical techniques. However, this mysterious gate's attainment technique does not have as many taboos as the so-called magical techniques in the realm of refining one's true nature.

  To be honest, the Taoist techniques of this sect are slightly lower in level compared to the cultivation methods of the Orthodox School; however, they still have a similar effect.

  Her stomach's growling got louder and louder, urging Lin Ruolan to quickly find something to fill it up; pouting her mouth, Lin Ruolan felt a bit wronged as she reached out to rub her singing stomach, what a pity? The space temporarily couldn't be entered, otherwise where would the hunger come from?

  Lin Ruo Lan had no choice but to search around the bamboo building, looking for some spiritual fruits to fill her stomach so she wouldn't go hungry.

  This search really scared Lin Ruolan, although she could see the continuous mountains and peaks in the distance within this secret realm; however, her activity range was only limited to the lake, bamboo building, a large piece of flower sea, and a small spiritual fruit garden behind the bamboo building that she had discovered.

  Cough, cough... It's called the Spirit Fruit Garden, but in reality, it's just a few spirit fruit trees scattered on a patch of black soil; all the fruits are of the same kind, with branches full of yellowish-orange, egg-sized, unknown fruits that emit a faint, refreshing fragrance that makes one's mouth water.

  As for the other places in the secret realm, I'm sorry to say that Lin Ruolan couldn't move forward even half a step; she could clearly see them but couldn't reach them, as if there was an invisible wall around her; it forcibly separated the entire secret realm into two completely different worlds.

  This child Lin Ruo Lan was standing behind the bamboo building under the spirit fruit tree, there were only four spirit fruit trees in total; each spirit fruit tree was just about the height of an average person, and the fruits on the tree seemed to be within reach.

  Mmm... smells so good, I'm getting hungrier?

  Lin Ruo Lan's pretty little face was almost scrunched up into a bun, what the...?! Grandma's tears! What kind of fruit tree is this?! Why can't I recognize it myself?! Are the fruits on this tree edible or not?!

  Sniffing the yellowish-orange fruit emitting a faint, refreshing fragrance inside her nose, Lin Ruo Lan had swallowed her saliva for the nth time; she was starving to death, but didn't care! If she died, so be it? In Lin Ruo Lan's mind, hunger and rationality were engaged in a tug-of-war.

  To eat... or not to eat?

  Hunger finally overcame rationality, Lin Ruolan was so hungry that she was dizzy and weak all over; she steeled herself and decided that even if she really died, she would die with a full stomach; it's better to die from eating too much than to starve to death, isn't it?

  Lin Ruo Lan did not know that these yellowish-orange unknown fruits were actually the extremely rare and hard to find Tian Yang Fruits of the Cultivation Realm. For cultivators, the Tian Yang Fruit contained dense spiritual energy; eating it could make cultivation much easier, allowing one to advance by leaps and bounds with half the effort.

  The fruit tree is not tall and Lin Ruo Lan's figure is still not considered tall at the moment, but as long as she slightly lifts her feet, she can easily pick the Tianyang fruit.

  My stomach is really too hungry, it's unbearable; Lin Ruolan didn't think much about it, don't look at this fruit being unimpressive; after taking a bite, the fragrance and sweetness are still behind, what's more important is that Lin Ruolan felt the rich spiritual energy contained in this fruit.

  Lin Ruo Lan was also starving, she didn't consider at all whether she could bear the spiritual energy contained in the Tianyang fruit; she just knew to reach out and pick a dozen or so Tianyang fruits and put them in her arms, stuffing them into her mouth with a wolfish appetite; until her stomach was swollen and slightly bloated, only then did she let out a satisfied burp and stop eating.

  "Finally feeling at ease." With another satisfied belch, Lin Ruolan sat down contentedly under the Tiantang fruit tree.

  The spiritual energy contained in the Tianyang fruit was originally extremely dense, especially after being baptized by time for tens of thousands or even millions of years in this secret realm; the spiritual energy inside each Tianyang fruit had already reached an astonishing level.

  It was just an instant, the shocking spiritualization moment in Tianyang fruit spread out in Lin Ruolan's dantian; transformed into warm currents, surging violently in Lin Ruolan's body.

  Although Lin Ruolan's body often enters the space to soak in the spiritual spring water, this body is still a bit too fragile; now being supported by the spiritual energy, it has expanded infinitely, and it seems that there is a possibility of meridian explosion every minute; wave after wave of tearing-like severe pain quickly spread throughout Lin Ruolan's entire body.

  If it weren't for the mature soul residing in this body, Lin Ruolan would have fainted countless times; her lips were bitten tightly, and the bright red blood slowly dripped onto the dusty ground, disappearing from sight.

  The excruciating pain all over her body made Lin Ruolan almost unable to think, and her mind was in a daze: "Will I really die like this?"

  A piercing pain spread again, and after a cold sweat broke out all over her body; Lin Ruolan fell to the ground with no strength left in her body. Her survival instincts made Lin Ruolan endure the piercing pain; she struggled to sit up cross-legged, then started to forcibly guide the scattered spiritual energy inside her body to converge bit by bit.

  Lin Ruolan's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and large beads of sweat dripped out like raindrops; her originally pretty face turned pale one moment and then flushed the next, as the spiritual energy inside her body continued to wildly crash about; it seemed as if she wouldn't stop until she had shattered all the meridians in her entire body.

  Damn it!

  "What the heck is this crappy fruit, it's so powerful?! Good heavens! Are you intentionally messing with me?!" Lin Ruolan thought indignantly.

  Her body was inflated by the spiritual energy, becoming rounder and rounder, with all the capillaries on her skin bursting open; at this moment, Lin Ruolan looked like a blood person, just as she felt that her body had reached its limit.

  The red plum blossom that originally belonged to her space on her arm suddenly became scorching hot; the excess spiritual energy inside her body that she couldn't absorb herself madly surged towards Lin Ruolan's space.

  This sudden change Lin Ruo Lan although didn't understand what was going on, but she who had obtained a temporary breathing space finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

  Lin Ruo Lan's cultivation technique inside her body started to rotate rapidly, she gritted her teeth and slowly repaired the damaged meridians that were destroyed by the spiritual energy; one cycle... two cycles... repeatedly circulating inside her body without stopping, along with the remaining spiritual energy being refined; after this tempering, Lin Ruo Lan's body emitted a faint, soft glow all over; it was clear that her body had become even more solid.

  This time, a misfortune turned into a blessing in disguise. Lin Ruo Lan benefited greatly from the calamity and her cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds after absorbing most of the spiritual energy in her space. The remaining spiritual energy continued to propel Lin Ruo Lan's cultivation forward like a rocket, rapidly advancing towards the late stage of Qi Refining, just one step away from building her foundation.

  Originally, as long as she continued to cultivate, Lin Ruolan absolutely believed that she would soon be able to enter the Foundation Establishment stage. However, a towering building rises from the ground, and the foundation is the most important part; if her cultivation grows too fast and her foundation is not solid, it will be detrimental to her future Foundation Establishment. So Lin Ruolan put aside her thoughts of continuing to cultivate and decided to take a good stroll around the secret realm first.

  However, after circling around, Lin Ruolan no longer had any other thoughts. After all, this secret realm seemed to be very large; but it was all blocked by an invisible barrier, and it was impossible to move forward even a little bit.

  The sea of flowers is very beautiful, and the water in the lake is also crystal clear. As for the bamboo building and the few Lingguo trees behind it, they are even more obvious, and you can see everything at a glance. What else is there to stroll around?

  From where she set off, Lin Ruo Lan quickly returned to her original starting point.

  "Never mind, I'll just continue to cultivate myself." Lin Ruolan muttered to herself.

  Although Lin Ruolan herself was amazed by her own abnormal talent, she attributed all of this to the fact that she often went into the space to soak in the spiritual spring and also due to long-term consumption of spiritual fruit.

  The spiritual fruit in the space can't be compared with the heavenly sun fruit in the secret realm, but after all, this space product is not an ordinary product; the effect is still there, especially in changing the physical quality, it's more obvious.

  Inside the secret realm, there was no sun, moon or stars, and naturally, there was no distinction between day and night; Lin Ruolan clearly knew that she had been inside the secret realm for a considerable amount of time, but in her heart, she also had no idea how much time had passed.

  As the saying goes, time flies like a white horse in the mountains, and decades pass by in an instant. This sentence is most suitable to describe the days spent in a secret realm.

  Actually, when Lin Ruolan successfully guided the air into her body and entered the Qi Refining stage, she unknowingly devoted herself to cultivation with all her heart and soul. To Qingwei Zi's Old Daoist outside, it had only been a couple of hours at most.