After making his way to the Miaoxiao mountain and after a few hours of hard search, Yenma finally found the site to the location of 'his' Spiritual Crystal cave.
After digging out the large stones out of the pit with his sturdy body, Yenma soon uncovered the whole pit and made his way inside to the cave.
Looking at the familiar glowing rocks that jutted out of the cave walls, Yenma breathed in a mouthful of air.
Previously when he was here, Yenma was just an old man with crippled meridians and couldn't really feel anything extraordinary about the cave.
But now that Yenma had successfully, somehow, regained his youth and was able to sense the Zu Qi around him, he knew this place was something far more than just 'extraordinary'.
Just the Zu Qi present in the cave was more than sufficient for Yenma to use for his cultivation, one could only imagine the extreme amounts of Spiritual Qi hiding inside the crystals.
Yenma sat cross-legged and closed his eyes as he sensed the Zu Qi around him and like a siren calling out towards the wild pirates at the sea, he drawed upon huge amounts of Zu Qi into his body to fill up his meridians.
Yenma started filling up his main meridians first as per the order in the book.
Every time Yenma completely filled up one of his meridians, he felt a sense of accomplishment and rejuvenation.
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As Yenma kept filling up his meridians with the rich and pure Spiritual Qi of the cave, a month had already passed.
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Sirgil Village, Tin Family Residence.
Tin Yepong, the current family head of Tin family and also the Village-chief of Sirgil Village had a troubled look on his face as he put down a invitation letter on his desk.
"The Situ Family of Sermil Town is going to host a grand celebratory fest to announce some big news! And all the nearby village-chiefs are to be present for this event? what a joke!", Yepong scoffed.
Although the region in which Sirgil Village was situated was a remote region, there were still a handful of towns and villages in the region. Sirgil Village's geographic location isolated them from the rest of the villages and towns of the region, so although they couldn't actively interact with other villages and towns; they nevertheless led peaceful and independent lives.
The reason why Yepong wasn't in a good mood was because the inviting party was well-known for their arrogant nature and this didn't sit well with Yepong who didn't like the so-called 'noble-airs' that people put up.
After thinking deeply about whether to attend the event or not, Yepong could only sigh, "Although they are an arrogant bunch, they have the strength to back it up. Sirgil Village can't really afford to reject them."
"Since the event is about announcing some big news, they hopefully wouldn't cause troubles to the chiefs of the weaker villages."
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'Maybe I should bring around my nephew to this event. It would be a good experience for him.', Yepong suddenly smiled as he recalled that brat, Yenma.
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Miaoxiao Mountain, inside the Spiritual Crystal Cave.
Yenma suddenly opened his lustrous jade black eyes as two bright rays of light shot out of them.
He exhaled a huge amount of air as he stood up from his position.
'Finally! All the meridians in my body are filled to the brim with Zu Qi but there seems to be a wall preventing me from making the breakthrough to the next realm.'
Although Yenma was excited, his excitement was suppressed by his sudden rumbling stomach.
He didn't know how long he had been inside the cave, but he knew one thing: He was extremely hungry now!
Wasting no time, Yenma ran out of the cave and proceeded to make him way into the deeper regions of Miaoxiao Mountain to find himself a meal.
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As he searched around for some wild prey, he didn't forget to check his progress.
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'System, show stats.'
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*Beep*
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[Displaying Host's stats.]
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Name:Virsil Yenma
Race:Human
Age:17
Status:Healthy
Cultivation:Half-step Qi Formation Stage
Physique:Golden Yin-Yang Body(Supreme Grade)
Skills:None
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After finding himself a wild rabbit, Yenma gleefully set up a fire pit and roasted the rabbit.
As he chewed upon the sumptuous fat rabbit leg, he asked out, 'Wasn't I supposed to get a reincarnation attempt every major realm? when I advanced from Sensing Zu Qi to Unblocking Meridians Stage, why didn't I receive a notification?'
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[Sensing Zu Qi is considered as a part of the Unblocking Meridians Stage, hence Host received no reincarnation attempt.]
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'So it's like that, but now I would soon advance into Qi Formation Stage, I should be eligible for a reincarnation attempt then! Don't deny it.'
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[Yes.]
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Yenma had for breakfast a whole family of fat wild rabbits. These bunch of rabbits had lived peacefully and without fear in the Miaoxiao mountain, that was until Yenma came along.
Yenma easily caught a bunch of the chubby rabbits as they couldn't even run properly. They were practically asking to be feasted upon.
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Yenma walked back towards Old Luang's cottage. Now that he had his hunger satiated, he wanted to seek guidance regarding how to step into the Qi Formation Stage.