The Sect Master was unaware of his condition, but Lu Ye knew himself well.
Without mentioning the thirty Blood Qi Pills he had taken in bits and pieces from Manager Yang over the past year, he had also consumed two to three hundred pills in the cave over the course of more than ten days.
Under normal circumstances, taking so many pill residues would certainly pose a significant hidden danger to his body.
But the Sect Master said his spiritual energy was still quite pure?
The Sect Master shouldn't make such a mistake. Lu Ye didn't know how high his cultivation was, but as the head of a Ninth Rank Sect, he should at least be at the Cloud River Realm.
In other words, his spiritual energy was probably really not a problem.
But where was the problem? Lu Ye immediately thought of the Talent Tree. When he was in the mine, he had a vague feeling that the Talent Tree was not just about carrying spirit patterns. Now it seemed that his pure spiritual energy must be related to the Talent Tree; otherwise, he couldn't explain his current situation.
It wasn't a good idea to explain this to the Sect Master. After some thought, Lu Ye said, "Sect Master, if the pill toxins accumulate excessively, causing the spiritual energy to become turbid and unclear, how should one resolve it?"
"Of course, one can only pause cultivation and slowly resolve the pill toxins. This takes a lot of time. Therefore, over-relying on spirit pills for cultivation not only fails to speed up cultivation but can also have the opposite effect. However, you don't need to worry; it's fine to use spirit pills appropriately. The key is to grasp the right balance."
"I understand, Sect Master."
"Hmm, your current cultivation is still shallow, so using spirit pills for cultivation is not unreasonable. However, since you have the Spirit Nourishing Pill, why don't you use it? Instead, you use the Blood Qi Pill to refine essence into qi. You should know that although both spirit pills can aid cultivation, the latter is more important for replenishing blood and qi, and strengthening the foundation."
Lu Ye was taken aback: "Disciple doesn't recognize the Spirit Nourishing Pill..."
He had habitually taken the Blood Qi Pill, only thinking about quickly restoring his spirit energy and breaking through the spirit aperture barrier, without much thought.
Old Tang laughed in surprise and pushed a bottle toward him: "This is the Spirit Nourishing Pill. Although it's the lowest grade, its quality is acceptable, and it's just right for you."
Lu Ye poured out a pill from the bottle, recognizing the appearance of the Spirit Nourishing Pill. He realized that Manager Yang indeed had Spirit Nourishing Pills. He had seen this kind of spirit pill in Manager Yang's storage bag before but didn't dare to take it casually.
Now, with the Sect Master's guidance, he had no worries. He swallowed the Spirit Nourishing Pill and began to refine it calmly.
"After taking a spirit pill, you need to guide the pill energy to prevent it from stagnating and causing future problems," the Sect Master's voice echoed in his ear. This was also why he said the lowest-grade Spirit Nourishing Pill was suitable for Lu Ye. With Lu Ye's current cultivation of one spirit aperture, if he took a better spirit pill, the concentrated pill energy would be too much to guide, and if too much pill energy stagnated in his body, it would greatly affect his cultivation.
Lu Ye followed the Sect Master's instructions.
A warm current slowly rose in his lower abdomen, which was the pill energy of the Spirit Nourishing Pill being released and converted into spiritual energy usable by a cultivator.
Following Lu Ye's guidance, the spiritual energy converted from the pill energy slowly flowed into the source spirit aperture.
The originally nearly depleted source spirit aperture gradually became full.
The effectiveness of the Spirit Nourishing Pill was much better than the residues of the Blood Qi Pills he had taken before!
The Spirit Nourishing Pill was more suitable for cultivation than the Blood Qi Pill. The residues Lu Ye had taken before were from failed pills refined by the Evil Moon Valley cultivators, and he had to go through the process of refining essence into qi to convert his blood qi into spiritual energy, so there was no comparison.
Only now did he truly experience the joy of cultivating with pills!
In less than half a day, the nearly depleted source spirit aperture was refilled, and the pill energy of the Spirit Nourishing Pill was still taking effect.
Lu Ye quickly guided the spiritual energy in the source spirit aperture to impact the barrier of the second spirit aperture, again and again.
At a certain moment, he vaguely felt something inside him break, and the obstructed spiritual energy suddenly became smooth.
The second spirit aperture, open!
The spiritual energy from the source spirit aperture flowed into the second spirit aperture, and Lu Ye felt a sense of comfort in his body and mind.
The effectiveness of the Spirit Nourishing Pill still lingered. After a long time, when he realized the effectiveness of the Spirit Nourishing Pill was completely exhausted, Lu Ye opened his eyes, ready to report the good news to the Sect Master, but the Sect Master was already gone.
He didn't know when the Sect Master had left.
Lu Ye didn't mind. The Sect Master was the head of a sect and had his own matters to attend to. Since the Sect Master had already helped him locate the positions of the next few spirit apertures, he just needed to follow the steps and cultivate diligently.
Lu Ye's goal was to open those spirit apertures as soon as possible, and according to the cultivation method, use spiritual energy to penetrate these spirit apertures to reach the Spirit Stream Realm. Only then would he be considered a true cultivator.
Intending to test his hypothesis about the Talent Tree, Lu Ye didn't rest and took another Spirit Nourishing Pill.
The concentrated pill energy was converted into spiritual energy and filled his spirit apertures under his guidance. After two days, he had consumed about six Spirit Nourishing Pills, and the second spirit aperture was full.
Lu Ye was amazed by this speed.
He had spent over ten days from opening his spirit aperture to filling the first one, but now the same progress took only two days, a significant difference.
The effectiveness of the Spirit Nourishing Pill was indeed incomparable to the residues, even if it was the lowest quality.
He also thought of Yu Xiaodie.
Yu Xiaodie had told him that it took her over twenty days to fill her first spirit aperture, and she had also taken Spirit Nourishing Pills, given to her by an Evil Moon Valley cultivator.
In comparison, Lu Ye's cultivation speed was clearly abnormal.
He was certain that this was closely related to the Talent Tree, but he couldn't figure out the exact relationship.
Regardless, this was a good thing for him. Perhaps in the future, as his cultivation grew stronger, he could gradually uncover the secrets of the Talent Tree.
The Sect Master still didn't appear. Although Lu Ye had been cultivating for two days, he didn't feel tired, but he was very hungry.
Since he couldn't go out to find food, he was fortunate that Zhou Cheng's storage bag still had some food. Lu Ye didn't care and took it out to eat with some clear water.
After eating and drinking his fill, Lu Ye continued to cultivate.
Half a day later, the barrier of the third spirit aperture broke.
Two days later, the third spirit aperture was full.
He still consumed six Spirit Nourishing Pills.
He wanted to continue cultivating, but as soon as he relaxed, he felt drowsy, realizing that he had been cultivating for too long. Reluctantly, he had to rest.
Taking out bedding from his storage bag, Lu Ye fell asleep and soon entered a deep slumber.