Chapter 211 Spirit Seed Advancement, Spirit Breath Abyss
Feeling the magic power flowing through his body like a surging river, Chen An smiled. As long as he broke through one more level and reached the ninth level, he could go into seclusion and concentrate on reaching the realm of refining emptiness.

After consolidating his cultivation, a specially made jar suddenly appeared in Chen An's palm.

Gently opening the lid, a rich spiritual energy almost turned into mist and blew towards you. At the bottom of the jar, a spiritual seed that was green with a few golden stripes lay there quietly, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy inside.

This is the advanced spiritual species of the Bi Bo Ling Silk that Chen An has cultivated in recent years using the Qing Ling Hua Qi Jue and mermaid tears, the Cang Lan Jin Ling Silk!
Originally, tears were easy for mermaids to obtain, but it was not easy to ensure sufficient and pure spiritual energy needed for spirit seeds. Moreover, it was even more difficult to cultivate them to maturity in a short period of time. Therefore, even if mermaids had cultivated them for many years, there were very few records of them being able to cultivate them to maturity.

But in Chen An's hands, it was the opposite. As long as the sea of ​​​​turmoil was still there, he could have as much pure spiritual energy as he wanted with the help of the Qingling Huaqi Jue, and it was almost inexhaustible.

After these years of hard work, the transformation process of the spirit seed has been mostly completed. We just need to maintain it and then use some mermaid tears to nourish it for a period of time, and it will almost be successful.

But now the tears in my hand are almost used up, and I need to go to the Mermaid Island to get some more.

The so-called statement about mermaid tears before was just a means for the top leaders of the tribe to control the outflow of this item. As long as the top leaders are willing, it is not impossible to use it for trading.

During this period, Chen An did not just practice, he would go back every once in a while.

Firstly, not long after agreeing to Old Man Zhan, the other party quietly left the Mermaid Island. According to his promise, he had to ensure the safety of the Mermaid Island. Even though he had asked Luo Ling'er to guard it secretly, he had to go back from time to time to check and ensure that no accidents occurred.

Secondly, the advancement of the Azure Silk requires the assistance of Mermaid Tears, so he naturally needs to take some for his own use occasionally.

Fortunately, since the last appearance as a "barbarian", the Qinglong tribe has diverted some of its attention, and no other twists and turns have occurred in recent years.

Leaving the Sea of ​​Turbulence and arriving at the Lost Sea, Chen An fled all the way to the Mermaid Island.

After arriving at the mermaid tribe, they easily found Zhan Jing by following their scent. She was currently at the bottom of the eastern sea, checking on her tribesmen who had fallen into a deep sleep due to being hit by the water eye's divine light.

Chen An did not deliberately hide his tracks, and she soon discovered the movement outside. At the same time, she seemed to have long been accustomed to Chen An's arrival, but she still couldn't help but raise a smile of expectancy at the corner of her mouth.

"Are you ready, Teardrop?"

Chen An didn't waste any time in greeting and went straight to the point. After all, he had done business with the other party more than once and was already quite familiar with him. He felt there was no need to be polite.

Zhan Jing was originally in a good mood as the tribe members were gradually getting better, but after hearing this, she couldn't help but roll her eyes at Chen An: "Every time you come here, you have a sour face, as if I owe you something."

"I am responsible for the safety of the mermaids, and you provide me with tears. Isn't this what we have agreed on long ago?" Chen An thought the other party was going to go back on his word, so he reminded them immediately.

"You still have the nerve to say that. It's fine to let your subordinates do things for you, but you only come here once every two or three years. Do you think you're 'responsible'?" Zhan Jing seemed quite dissatisfied with this and said resentfully.

Zhan Jing's expression was full of expectation, but Chen An was still analyzing seriously without conscience: "That's true, but at least nothing bad happened during this period of time. Besides, I also gave you the Jade Coral to treat those seriously injured mermaids. I have done my best and I don't owe you anything."

Every time this woman came, she would get entangled with Chen An, which really made him a little distressed.

"Humph, I gave you 60% of the mermaid tears produced by my tribe, which is 10% more than the 50% we agreed on. Why didn't you tell me about this?"

Zhan Jing became increasingly dissatisfied with Chen An's lack of understanding of romance, her cheeks puffed up.

The annual output of mermaid tears is very low, and Chen An needs a lot of them every time. In the past few years, not only has she used up all the tribe's accumulation, she has also gone against the opposition of others and tilted the distribution of output slightly towards Chen An, which is just enough.

Seeing that Chen An had nothing to say, Zhan Jing smiled, seeming quite satisfied. She immediately handed over a storage bag and said, "Okay, don't look so sad. I've prepared it for you a long time ago. Take it."

After a quick check, Chen An discovered that there were as many as seventy of them!
It is not easy to produce tears. It usually takes eight or nine years for a merman at the Nascent Soul stage to produce one. It will be faster at the Spiritualization stage, but it still takes two or three years. Therefore, the annual output is only about fifty, and about one hundred in two years.

The seventy of them in front of us account for 70% of the production in the past two years. The remaining ones will be very scarce when used to make spirit-proof clothing.

Now, Chen An didn't know what to say. He was not stupid and could see the other party's intentions to some extent. It was just that the path to immortality was slim and he was lucky enough to be able to take care of himself. How could he have the time to care about these private matters?
"If you do this, I think the clan leader and the great elder will not blame you when they wake up." Chen An said with a slightly worried look. This matter was a small matter. The real trouble would be if it delayed the production of the spirit-avoiding clothes and caused dissatisfaction among the Qinglong clan.

"I don't think so. You don't have to worry. The number of people in our clan who have broken through to the Nascent Soul stage has increased slightly in the past two years, and the production of tears has also increased accordingly. The remaining ones are enough for us to use."

Seeing that Chen An was a little worried, Zhan Jing smiled and explained.

"That's good."

Without the psychological burden, Chen An felt a little more relaxed. He immediately put away the tears and asked curiously, "Are there any of your tears in here?"

"Don't think about it, no."

Zhan Jing smiled and said, "I have never cried since I was born. If you want my tears, you can try to make me cry first."

Chen An smiled awkwardly and said, "Forget it then."

After the two had been in contact for a long time, Chen An naturally had a deeper understanding of mermaids.

The first time a mermaid sheds tears, they will definitely solidify into crystal clear teardrops. If she wants to get them again, she will need to advance to the Nascent Soul stage and then use her own magic power to slowly condense them.

But in comparison, the effect of the latter will be much weaker.

Zhan Jing had never cried before, so naturally she couldn't condense tears on her own.

"Oh, by the way, the jade coral I promised to give you."

Since the other party treated him well, he would not be polite. He waved his hand and ten jade corals appeared. With a thought, these spiritual plants floated towards Zhan Jing.

"so much!"

Looking at the jade corals in front of her, Zhan Jing's beautiful eyes were shining. With these jade corals, not only could the clan leader and the chief elder wake up, but more than half of the clan members could also be treated.

Regardless of the other party's reaction, after the transaction was completed, Chen An said no more words and left immediately. If you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences!

When we reached a remote corner of the Mermaid Island, we saw a figure coming up to us respectfully.

"Has anything happened recently?"

"It's nothing serious. Ge Ming has completely controlled the Yaksha tribe and is developing slowly. They will probably be able to recover in a few years. It's just that Qingze's situation is a bit unexpected."

"Hmm? Could it be that they don't accept Qingze?" Chen An said with a worried look. "Not really. He seems to be favored by Qing Ge and has been listed as one of the targets for key training. Of course, he is not treated like a top genius, but he is more likely to advance to the Refining Void stage, so he has received a little attention."

"Not bad, let him keep it up."

"By the way, there's news from Qingze saying that due to various reasons, they won't target the Mermaid Island in the short term."

"This guy hasn't forgotten my instructions."

Chen An was not surprised by this. The departure of old man Zhan made the Qinglong clan let down their guard against the mermaids. With Qingze's help, the Mermaid Island was considered safe for the time being.

After learning about the situation of several major forces in the Lost Sea, Chen An took the Water Soul Crystal Stone sent by Ge Ming from the other party. He did not stay any longer and immediately jumped away and returned directly to the sea where the Heaven and Earth Concealing Talisman was located.

After hiding his body and the reef, Chen An took out the mermaid tears he had just obtained, and put a few of them into the small jar containing the green silk spirit seeds.

As soon as it came into contact with the rich spiritual energy in the jar, the mermaid's tears melted into an imperceptible strand and merged into the surrounding spiritual energy, soon becoming one with it.

As if it had sensed something, the surface of the spirit seed emitted a green and gold light, and it gently rolled up and absorbed the spiritual energy wrapped in the mermaid's tears.

Judging from this trend, as long as we wait quietly for a while, the sixth-level spirit seed will be almost ready.

This process seems simple, but Chen An, who has been cultivating it for several years, knows clearly that not everyone can do this.

First of all, tear beads are not easy to obtain. The mermaids have very strict control over this thing. Even if Qinglong can trade with them for the spirit-avoiding clothes, it is still difficult to obtain tear beads.

The second issue is the concentration of spiritual energy. If you want to achieve the effect of melting the tears just now and nourish the spirit seeds, the requirements for spiritual energy are very high.

Generally speaking, to achieve this level, a Void Refinement cultivator would have to spend a lot of energy and pay a price. It is not as easy as Chen An. Moreover, even he had to spend a lot of energy and use the Qingling Huaqi Jue to achieve this step.

Of course, this method is not the same as the refining required to refine the spirit-avoiding clothes, and they cannot be compared. The latter method requires the use of spiritual fire for quenching, which is ok for refining the equipment, but the effect on the spiritual plants after quenching is minimal.

At this moment, Chen An suddenly put away the jar, looked outside with surprise, and after a moment, he closed his eyes and carefully felt the flow of spiritual energy nearby.

After practicing the Qingling Huaqi Jue, he became very sensitive to spiritual energy and could easily detect even the slightest change.

At this time, it was discovered that the spiritual energy in this sea area was flowing a little faster than before.

The spiritual energy in the inner area of ​​the Sea of ​​Riots basically does not change. Chen An has been in the inner area for several years, but has never seen such a situation.

At first, although Chen An was curious, he thought it was a normal phenomenon that happened accidentally. Moreover, the accelerated flow of spiritual energy did not have any effect on him. On the contrary, it could replenish the spiritual energy he refined and absorbed faster, and it also had a slight benefit for his cultivation.

However, as time goes by, the flow rate of spiritual energy has tended to accelerate. If things continue like this, the changes will be visible to the naked eye in just a few months.

"Could it be that somewhere in the sea of ​​riots, unknown changes are taking place?"

The information about the turbulent sea obtained from the mermaids was limited to the periphery. Chen An did not know much about the inner area and only knew some basic situations.

Not only did the mermaids have no record of this abnormal phenomenon, but when Ge Ming was asked about the situation in the inner circle, the other party did not mention it and probably did not know about it.

"It's none of my business, so just ignore it. It won't do any harm to me anyway."

That being said, Chen An did not do nothing. Instead, he moved the place where he practiced to the edge so that it would be easier for him to escape if something bad happened.

After practicing peacefully for a few days, I became a little restless.

The spiritual pattern sensing talisman he placed nearby detected two familiar auras of blue dragons. They were Qing Ge and Qing Xiong, whom he had met once before.

The other party looked hurried and rushed towards the depths, and his direction was consistent with the flow of black fog spiritual energy!
"Is there any treasure?"

Chen An guessed, but denied it after thinking about it carefully. If there really is a rare treasure, it is likely that not only the two of them will come, but also cultivators with higher cultivation levels.

If you want to know what happened, you have to go and find out.

He believed that his strength was not inferior to those two. After thinking for a moment, he left the coverage of the Heaven and Earth Concealing Talisman, concealed his breath, and followed quietly.

The two sides rushed towards the direction where the black mist spiritual energy was flowing, one in front and one behind, one bright and one dark.

This one lasted for almost two months!
It did not stop until it arrived at an unfamiliar sea area. The reason it stopped here was because the spiritual energy from all around was converging here. This place was obviously the source of the abnormal spiritual energy!

Qing Ge and Qing Xiong did not hesitate too much and dived into the sea almost at the same time.

Since the other party was able to go down without fear, he must have known that there was no danger below. Seeing this, Chen An followed closely and sneaked down quietly.

As he continued to sink, he didn't know how deep he had gone. It was not until he touched the seabed that Chen An understood why there was such a big commotion here.

Not far ahead, there is a dark abyss with no apparent bottom. From a distance, it looks like a giant beast with its mouth open.

Near the top of the abyss, a rapidly rotating vortex was devouring the violent spiritual energy that kept surging over. The strange thing was that at the very bottom of the vortex, a milky white substance was spewing out.

Such pure spiritual energy!

Seeing this, Chen An was surprised. The purity of this spiritual energy was far beyond the quality of the spiritual energy produced by his Qingling Huaqi Jue. It was even estimated that this thing could be of great help to the progress of the cultivators of the Lianxu realm!
If you can practice here, not only can you reach the perfection of the Spirit Transformation faster, but even the advancement to the Void Refining stage will be smoother, saving the effort of refining. Then you can devote more energy to fighting against the heavenly calamity.

"Brother, this opportunity cannot be missed. Before the third brother comes, let's go and use the Spirit Breath Abyss to improve our cultivation."

Swallowing hard, Qing Xiong said impatiently.

But Qing Ge did not respond. Instead, he glanced around with a vigilant look and said in a cold voice: "Since you are here, why hide your head and show your tail? Why don't you come out and let me see which faction you are from that dares to come to my dragon clan's territory!"

Hearing this, Chen An's heart sank, thinking that the other party had discovered that he was following him, but he felt that something was wrong, so he did not move.

Sure enough, the next moment, a figure in white rushed in from outside and said with disdain: "The Sea of ​​Turbulence also has a share for our human race. When did it become the private property of your dragon race?"

(End of this chapter)