With the current strength that Situ has, he could indeed take on the monster if it came back, but always felt uneasy.
"No! I should jump back in this pond and locate the source of energy and if it can be taken, I can do just that." He thought of this as his figure shook off all other thoughts.
Without wasting time, he jumped back into the pond. The cold temperature didn't have much effect on him, until he finally saw a dazzling blood red Crystal the size of an egg.
"This is!" He could already tell this was the good thing at the bottom of the pond. He just didn't have any courage to grasp it by his bare hands.
Instead of rushing over to grab it, he approached cautiously. He could see the blood red Crystal resembled blood but very dense and on a higher level.
"It seams that many opportunities are present, as long as I can get hands on some of them, it wouldn't be a problem to speed up the cultivation speed." When he thought of this, he already had mobilized the Qi and blood in his body.
It gathered towards his palm and he grasped the blood red Crystal but even so, he could feel strong blood energy trying to rush into his body.
"Indeed, blood Qi can be used in this way!" As he thought of this, he used force to of his legs to kick the water propelling himself to the surface.
Feeling the sense of impending doom, he didn't waste time to find out the source of his uneasiness. He ran off, and vanished from the pond appearing about forty meters away.
His figure vanished completely and the senee of danger vanished only after he escaped from this place.
What he didn't know was that just a few minutes after he had escaped, Su Wei appeared in place with a massive monster heart.
"What a shame! He has escaped again!" The woman had a strange smile as she looked in the direction that Situ had escaped from.
Compared to before, Su Wei had a black shadow handing behind her.
Everywhere she walked seemed to wither.
"I'll let you live a while longer." With this statement, she actually casually took a bite at the monster heart, and walked in another direction.
It was indeed right for Situ to escape, or he might not have been able to survive meeting her. He only escaped due to feeling uneasy, and this was thanks to the practice of the Five Animals Boxing.
With the crystal in hand, he kept moving forward by jumping above rocks, clinging onto trees, and avoiding any place with danger.
When his figure finally reached the mountain they had taken residence on, he walked up slowly.
Seeing his figure appear, Xiaohe looked over and commented casually, "You are back!"
But the moment she set her eyes on the red Crystal gem her desire made her incapable of looking away.
"What is that?" She asked.
"Something good I obtained out there. Let's prepare some large pit and fill it with water. This should be useful for us to cultivate in the body forging stage faster." He didn't hide the effect of this crystal.
Even though the effect on him might have been reduced, it would still be faster than training by himself.
He was clearly not going to do that, the time wasted hunting and digesting food was just too much. With this crystal, he might be able to get rid of this problem.
Even though the speed might slow down, it would still be much better than practicing while consuming meat.
"It seams that you have good luck out there!" Xiaohe wax clearly still angry he refused to take her along.
"It's not as simple as you think. This time I escaped because I felt strong danger approaching. I won't be leaving before I manage to reach the peak of body refinement."he was not just telling her, but reminding himself too.
"Can you really not leave until you reach the peak of body refinement?" She asked doubtfully.
"Why not? I think with this crystal it should be possible to achieve this result in less than a year." Without waiting for her to respond, he walked toward the place with a stream.
"Let's set it up here." Just like that he got to work and started digging a pit.
Four hours later, water was diverted into the pit about three metes in diameter.
The pit wasn't deep just about a meter in depth. Situ threw the crystal inside before letting water flow in.
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"You are sure this water can help me cultivate faster?" Xiaohe asked doubtfully.
To this, Situ didn't respond but jumped into the pit and sat cross-legged. He enter the stage of breathing method. Even though it was slower compared to when he practiced the moves of the Five Animals Boxing, he didn't intent to rush.
The cold energy seeped into his bones, and he felt it, before closing his eyes.
When Xiaohe jumped into the water, the coldness that invaded her body, made her cry out.
But she remembered Situ's instructions and tried to calm down before focusing on the breathing rythm. The moment this happened, she felt it, the energy was being absorbed and devoured by her Blood Qi before washing over her skin.
It was faster, that she could actually feel her skin being tempered by every second.
With this passage of time, the essence in the crystal gem was slowly being absorbed by the two of through the water.
When Xiaohe walked out of the water, her skin was indeed crystalline, but she her face pale. Clearly she had broken through to the third level of body refinement, but no happiness could be seen on her face.
"He actually doesn't feel the cold at all. No! I have to go and rest. I will continue tomorrow." Xiaohe knew her limits.
The next day she discovered the guy was still in the water. When this sun set, Situ left the pit and started to practice the Five Animals Boxing.
After completing the repeated movements and panting all over, he rushed back into the pit.
She didn't think much about it until three months passed just like this. What shocked her was that Situ's skin seemed far more fair than her's.
In the period, he had already reached that eight level of Body refinement.
The dedication to practice Five Animals Boxing when the sun rose and use breathing method to absorb energy the rest of the time even forced Xiaohe to spend more time in the pit.