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Cultivation flies by, years uncounted.
The Peach Blossom Pavilion.
Inside the training room.
Fang Xi was meditating deeply, his appearance still resembling a young man, radiant as jade. A verdant, vibrant blue light of vitality swirled around him as he sat tranquilly detached, like an elegant orchid or a noble tree...
By his side, an empty jade bottle remained, its fragrance of herbs still lingering at the mouth.
After a long while.
Fang Xi opened his eyes, a gentle blue gleam flickered within them, "Finally... the upper limit of my Dantian Qi Ocean has expanded to forty drops of liquid magic power... In theory, I should now be able to advance to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, but I still need the assistance of a breakthrough pill..."
This was also a flaw of the ancient method, where quantification was quite vague.
