Blue Phoenix Chapter 11 - Precious Stone

“An item which increases the amount of essence of the heavens and the earth that one can absorb while cultivating?” Ma Kong repeated the words as he was completely astonished. Cultivation was known to be the hardest part of training precisely because it could not be rushed. One needed to slowly absorb essence and then rotate it through one’s meridians while it slowly refined itself into qi.

Grinning, Hui Yue took the stone which looked like a normal stone, and he went in front of Ma Kong. “Sit down and get ready to meditate,” he instructed, and Ma Kong did as he was told, asking no questions just being curious. As soon as he sat down, Hui Yue passed him the stone, and when it touched his skin, Ma Kong’s eyes opened in surprise. Although he had not started cultivating just yet, he could feel a suction force appear inside his dantian.

Everyone absorbed the essence of the heavens and the earth just by living and breathing, but this was in small amounts, and no one usually would notice it. Though after touching the stone it made it possible for him to sense a suction force forcefully dragging in the essence of the heavens and the earth. With shaking hands, Ma Kong placed the stone on his lap and slowly entered meditation. He was incapable of controlling his beating heart as he felt how the suction force increased to unimaginable heights. The energy absorption was so astonishing that even Ma Kong, a young man who had trained all the way to the Duke rank on his own, could feel a great amount of energy flooding into his body and surging through the meridians. Shortly after that, it was finally refined into qi, then further refined into spiritual energy. Using this stone, Ma Kong could see himself reaching the King rank fairly quickly, and he looked at the stone agape as he stopped meditating. Contemplating for a short while, Ma Kong looked at Hui Yue and narrowed his eyes.

Having contemplated for some time, Ma Kong handed the stone back to Hui Yue and stood up. “Please wait here,” he said with a rushed voice. “I need to g

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