Of course, the matter of the Earth Spirit Core being integrated into the body was also an accident.
However, the result was quite good.
Now, Moon Lady is continuously channeling her rich True Essence into Ling Xiao’s body to control the domineering Earth Spirit Power.
Although this Earth Spirit Power is overbearing and ferocious, it is, after all, something without control, and she, Moon Lady, is a powerhouse of the Yin-Yang Realm, like an excellent horse tamer taming a wild horse, so it’s naturally not a difficult task.
Under the guidance of the water-blue True Essence, the Earth Spirit Power is constantly merging into Ling Xiao’s Martial Veins. Each integration makes Ling Xiao’s True Essence more robust and expands the space of his Martial Veins slightly.
People who are not martial artists simply cannot understand why Martial Veins, which appear small, can contain a sea-like amount of True Essence.
The reason is actually quite simple.
Martial Veins themselves are akin to something like a mustard seed space, similar to a storage ring, but they can only hold and generate True Essence.
Therefore, in theory, the space of Martial Veins can be infinitely expanded, which requires a large amount of heavenly treasures to continuously strengthen them.
The larger the Martial Vein space, the harder it is to break through in cultivation, but each breakthrough results in a remarkable increase in strength.
Moreover, as cultivation continues to improve, the total amount of True Essence a martial artist can generate also increases, and the speed of filling the Martial Vein space accelerates significantly.
To put it simply, when the Martial Vein has the capacity of a wine glass, a martial artist’s cultivation is likely very low, and at that time, the energy generated by the Martial Vein in a month cannot even fill that wine glass.
But when the Martial Vein becomes as large as a water tank, the martial artist’s cultivation may have already improved considerably.
At this point, the energy generated by the Martial Vein in a month can fill that water tank.
In other words, under normal circumstances, the larger the Martial Vein space, the more True Essence is generated. Although cultivation progress may slow slightly, it won’t slow too much, so it truly has countless benefits and no drawbacks.
Every martial artist hopes their Martial Vein space can become larger.
Originally, for a martial artist in the Martial Vein Realm, the Martial Vein space can grow with cultivation improvement, and at the peak, the space of one Martial Vein is about one cubic metre.
Regardless of whether the energy in your body is gaseous, liquid, or solid, it can only be stored in such a space.
Thus, the top Martial Vein Realm powerhouses have a maximum of about nine cubic metres of True Essence.
After reaching the Mortal Realm, the space of the nine Martial Veins will slowly expand with cultivation improvement.
Basically, each realm advancement increases the space.
One Martial Boundary per one cubic meter increase.
This is the direct reason why the higher the cultivation, the more robust the True Essence.
In theory, Ling Xiao’s cultivation is at the cultivation level of Mortal Realm Fifth Stage, Mid-Phase, so his single Martial Vein space should be only fourteen cubic metres.
But in reality, that’s not the case.
Due to having previously integrated heavenly treasures like Golden Dragon Blood, his Martial Vein space has been greatly enhanced, and now each Martial Vein space is about seventeen cubic metres.
In other words, it’s equivalent to a martial artist with Eighth Stage Mortal Realm cultivation.
This is why his True Essence is denser than that of martial artists of the same realm.
This time, the Earth Spirit Core has helped him improve his Martial Vein capacity again, and Moon Lady can clearly feel that as the Earth Spirit Power continues to pour in, Ling Xiao’s Martial Vein space is also constantly growing.
Even though the Martial Vein space keeps expanding, the speed of True Essence filling is still astonishing.
“Probably the only person who can break through in cultivation while unconscious is you.”
Moon Lady shakes her head, showing a wry smile.
That terrifying mass of Earth Spirit Core was forcibly suppressed by her into Ling Xiao’s martial veins, where it began to continuously merge with Ling Xiao’s true essence.
Mortal Realm Fifth Stage, Late Phase!
Mortal Realm Fifth Stage, Peak Phase!
Still climbing!
When the Earth Spirit Core was fully integrated into Ling Xiao’s martial veins,
Ling Xiao’s cultivation had also advanced to the Early Phase of Mortal Realm!
He truly broke through a major realm while unconscious, without even realizing it.
Moreover, at this time, his Martial Vein capacity had reached one cubic foot!
This means that, purely in terms of the total amount of True Essence, Ling Xiao is now not inferior to a Half-Step Celestial Venerable.
His Martial Vein capacity is also comparable to that of an ordinary Half-Step Celestial Venerable.
This is the terrifying power of the Earth Core!
Not only that, but Moon Lady also discovered that Ling Xiao’s body had already become an Earth Spirit Body, meaning that this Earth Spirit Core was only what remained.
“Little guy, you’re truly one of a kind.”
Moon Lady withdraws her jade hands, then wipes Ling Xiao’s body and helps him change into a set of clean clothes,
Afterwards, she takes Ling Xiao back to the previous cave.
When the Xiao wakes up from his coma, the first thing he sees is Moon Lady, holding her chin with both hands, looking at him with concern.
However, because he got up too quickly, he accidentally ended up pressing his lips against hers.
“My first kiss!”
Ling Xiao gives a bitter smile.
Moon Lady, her face flushed red, hurriedly steps back quickly to the side.
“You little rascal, what are you doing!”
“Big Sister Moon Lady, you’re so beautiful,” Ling Xiao says, smiling.
He notices that Moon Lady doesn’t react too strongly, and he even starts to flirt a bit more boldly.
“What nonsense are you spouting? Believe it or not, I’ll kill you with one sword!”
Moon Lady tries to act fierce, but in front of Ling Xiao, she just can’t manage it.
“Hehe, Big Sister, would you really bear to do that?” Ling Xiao grins.
“Little rogue!” Moon Lady says in exasperation, “I’m done with you.”
She doesn’t know what’s wrong with herself. Having lived for over a hundred thousand years, she’s never felt anything for anyone, only ever admiring the Human King in the past.
Now, how could she feel so reluctant to part with this little brat?
“Hehe, Big Sister, don’t worry, I’ll take responsibility. Besides, I’ve never kissed any other girl before. This was my first time, so you got the better deal,” Ling Xiao says.
“Hmph, who says it wasn’t my first time?”
“What!” Ling Xiao is utterly shocked, “No way, Big Sister Moon Lady, you’ve never kissed anyone before?”
“So what if I haven’t? You’re making a big fuss over nothing. Alright, since you’re awake, I should head back. Now that the Evil Beast Demon King has been vanquished, I need to prepare for the Moon Festival Tower Climbing Ceremony. Want to come along?”
Moon Lady quickly changes the subject, unsure how to face Ling Xiao otherwise.
“No, I still have one thing to take care of.”
Now that his cultivation has broken through to the Sixth Stage of the Mortal Realm, and with the Evil Beast Soul Spear still unused in his body, he’s itching to take down Wang She, Qin Wu, and Wu Yang.
He won’t let a single person who tried to kill him live.
“Fine, just be careful,” Moon Lady says.
“Big Sister Moon Lady, I’ve made up my mind,” Ling Xiao suddenly says, out of nowhere.
“Made up your mind about what?” Moon Lady asks, puzzled.
“I’m not going to take you as my master,” Ling Xiao says very seriously.
“Not take me as your master?” Moon Lady visibly shows disappointment, even a hint of unwillingness.
