Within the mountain cave, Lu Ye diligently practiced without rest, consuming Spirit-Nurturing Pills one after another. As one spiritual orifice filled up, the barrier of the next began to break. When tired, he slept; when hungry, he ate.
The days passed uneventfully, even somewhat dull and tasteless, but Lu Ye, feeling the continuous accumulation of spirit force within him, knew this was the process of growing stronger.
Before achieving the Spirit Stream Realm, he had managed to open an orifice every three days, consuming about six Spirit-Nurturing Pills each time.
Now that he had reached the Spirit Stream Realm, he could still maintain the pace of opening an orifice every three days, but the consumption had increased a bit, requiring eight or nine Spirit-Nurturing Pills to open each orifice.
The reason he could maintain the pace of orifice-opening was that his cultivation had improved, and he could refine the elixir pills more efficiently than before.
