Two days later.
Inside the small house where Ye Ba lived.
Chu Yao's entire body trembled violently as the aura around her suddenly surged several times over.
With a look of joy on her face, she opened her eyes. Feeling the surging spiritual power within her body, she trembled with delight, her snow-white skin flushing with excitement.
She had actually broken through! Now, she was already at the 6th Layer of Qi Condensation!
"The effect is simply too powerful!" Chu Yao looked at Ye Ba, who was lying to the side in a deep sleep, feeling deeply shocked in her heart.
Moreover, she had not yet fully absorbed all those benefits. If she absorbed them completely, her cultivation would definitely rise by another notch!
"Ye Ba's constitution is definitely not an ordinary Pure Yang Constitution! Otherwise, the effect wouldn't be this good!" Chu Yao thought to herself.
After glancing at Ye Ba once more, she pondered for a moment, took a pill from her Storage Bag, and placed it by the bedside.
Then she got dressed, transformed into a wisp of fragrant wind, and left the room, flying toward the Outer Sect Scripture Pavilion!
She was going to look through the ancient texts to confirm exactly what kind of constitution Ye Ba had!
After she left, Ye Ba slowly opened his eyes.
A smile curled the corners of his mouth.
As for that Grand Supreme Dragon-Swallowing Technique, apart from feeling a little tired in his limbs, his body did not show any other negative conditions at all.
Feigning sleep was simply to confuse Chu Yao.
He picked up the pill from the bedside, realized it was a Qi Replenishment Pill, and casually stowed it away.
Chu Yao had tasted the sweetness of his benefits and realized his importance.
That was why she had taken the initiative to leave behind a cultivation pill.
He was hardly going to feel grateful to Chu Yao for this; everything Chu Yao did was purely for her own sake.
Her goal was to let him, her King of Leeks, grow sturdily.
So that she could harvest him over and over again.
He reined in his thoughts and looked at the virtual panel before him.
[Alchemical Dao Experience +24!]
[Rank 1 Low-Grade Alchemist (25/10) can break through!]
[Wood Spiritual Root Aptitude +24!]
[Low-Grade Wood Spiritual Root (25/10) can break through!]
[Fire Spiritual Root Aptitude +24!]
[Low-Grade Fire Spiritual Root (25/10) can break through!]
After two days of hard work, his gains were equally substantial.
He silently chanted in his heart to break through!
Crack!
Within his mind, a shackle seemed to break open.
A wave of clarity flooded into his heart.
The alchemical techniques that used to be obscure and difficult for him to understand were now gradually becoming clear.
Numerous insights flashed rapidly across his mind.
His comprehension of alchemy had deepened.
Furthermore, his perception of the fire and wood spiritual qi surrounding him had also become much clearer.
Looking at the virtual panel again, it had completely changed its appearance.
[Name: Ye Ba]
[Constitution: Supreme Yang Immortal Body (Immortal Grade)]
[Realm: Qi Condensation 1st Layer]
[Aptitude: Medium-Grade Wood Spiritual Root, Medium-Grade Fire Spiritual Root, Low-Grade Earth Spiritual Root, Low-Grade Metal Spiritual Root, Low-Grade Water Spiritual Root]
[Talent: None]
[Alchemy: Rank 1 Medium-Grade (15/100)]
[Technique: Great Bliss Dao Technique]
[Spells: None]
"My alchemy, earth spiritual root, and fire spiritual root have all improved!" Ye Ba felt a surge of joy in his heart.
The enhancement of his spiritual root aptitude would allow his cultivation speed to become even faster!
However, now that his earth and fire spiritual roots had been upgraded to Medium-Grade, they were on par with Chu Yao's aptitude.
This meant he would no longer be able to gain spiritual root aptitude experience from Chu Yao.
Meanwhile, the upgrade in his alchemy level would allow him to refine Rank 1 Medium-Grade pills.
The problem, however, was that he was very poor and simply had no surplus spirit stones to purchase the required alchemical materials.
He didn't even possess a single Rank 1 Medium-Grade pill recipe.
"Next time Chu Yao comes over, I can try to get some spirit stones in advance!" Ye Ba planned in his mind.
Chu Yao had acquired a taste for it and would not be satisfied with just the fourth of every month.
She would definitely spend spirit stones on him in the future.
By then, he could offer Chu Yao a monthly discount package so as to get the spirit stones into his hands first.
And use them to buy various pills for cultivation.
Immediately afterward, he tapped on the small text details next to 'Constitution'.
[Supreme Yang Immortal Body: Immortal-grade Spirit Slave constitution. Can assist female cultivators in rapid cultivation, helping them quickly break through bottlenecks, increase cultivation comprehension, raise the probability of entering epiphany, and assist in developing hidden constitutions... The constitution is exceptionally staunch and pure Yang, unafraid of Yin-poisonous ghostly mist... Essence and breath never run dry.]
"This..." Looking at the long string of introductory effects for the Supreme Yang Immortal Body, Ye Ba was shocked.
He hadn't expected his constitution to be this overpowered!
The first thing that came to his mind was that he could infinitely assist others in cultivation!
Which meant he wouldn't end up sucked dry and killed by some female demon lord like those two senior brothers with Pure Yang Constitutions!
He could act as anyone's Spirit Slave at will!
"No! I cannot let anyone know about this!" Ye Ba warned himself inwardly.
Once the female demon lords found out how heaven-defying his constitution was.
They would definitely imprison him completely and use him as a machine to assist in their cultivation!
By then, he would completely lose his freedom and be reduced to a mere tool.
It would be impossible for him to leave the Great Bliss Immortal Sect even in death!
No, rather, it would be difficult for him to even die.
After all, he couldn't be sucked dry.
"Sigh!"
Ye Ba let out a sigh, feeling as though he were walking on thin ice within the Great Bliss Immortal Sect!
A single misstep and he would be doomed beyond redemption!
He walked out of the room and simply washed up in the water basin in the courtyard.
Then he returned inside, swallowed the Qi Replenishment Pill, and began to calm his mind for cultivation.
Although his aptitude was lacking, he had practiced diligently every single day for the past nine years without slackening.
Now that he had a golden finger, he naturally needed to work even harder.
The Qi Replenishment Pill melted in his mouth, transforming into spiritual qi that surged into his meridians.
Although it was only a Rank 1 Low-Grade spirit pill, it was more than enough for his current cultivation at the Qi Condensation 1st Layer.
"Eh?" Ye Ba suddenly let out a startled cry.
He sensed that the effect of this Qi Replenishment Pill was actually much better than it had been in the past.
He had eaten Qi Replenishment Pills before, but given his garbage spiritual root aptitude, he had only been able to absorb a third of the medicinal power.
But now, his spiritual root aptitude had improved, and he could absorb nearly seventy percent of the medicinal power!
That was more than double what it used to be.
Moreover, his speed in absorbing spiritual qi had also increased!
Amidst his pleasant surprise, he began to concentrate on circulating the Great Bliss Dao Technique, devoting himself entirely to absorbing the medicinal power and raising his cultivation.
Time quickly flew by until evening.
Ye Ba's entire body shuddered as he finally opened his eyes.
A thick look of joy flashed across the depths of his eyes.
Eight years! Who could know how he had endured these past eight years?
Day after day of cultivation, yet his cultivation realm had never budged an inch. That kind of torment... if not for his resolute state of mind, he would have given up long ago.
Facts had proven that when talent failed, hard work truly was useless.
Some things could not be attained simply through hard effort.
Now that his spiritual root aptitude had improved, he had also smoothly broken through to the Qi Condensation 2nd Layer during this cultivation session!
"Hehe, congratulations, Junior Brother, on successfully breaking through your realm!"
"Junior Brother's talent is so poor, yet your cultivation is still so diligent; I must say I am quite impressed."
Just at that moment, Ye Ba caught a whiff of fragrant wind at the tip of his nose, and Chu Yao had appeared in his room before he knew it.
A flash of snow-white skin was swaying erratically before his eyes.
"Does Senior Sister need something?" Ye Ba thoroughly appreciated Chu Yao's outfit from head to toe before speaking indifferently.
"Seeing that Junior Brother's complexion is quite good, you should have mostly recovered. Help me with my cultivation tonight, then." Chu Yao walked over to the bed, sat down beside Ye Ba, and crossed her legs.
She had gone to the Scripture Pavilion during the day to peruse ancient texts, but after reading through every single Pure Yang Constitution recorded in the books, she had failed to find a single one whose traits matched Ye Ba's constitution.
This had left her deeply shocked.
Their Great Bliss Immortal Sect's research into the Pure Yang Constitution could claim second place in the entire Xuanxiao Continent, and no one would dare claim first.
The Pure Yang Constitutions recorded in their texts numbered over three thousand six hundred kinds.
Yet none of them matched Ye Ba!
This meant that Ye Ba's constitution was extremely rare!
So rare that it had never even appeared in the entire sect before!
Furthermore, Ye Ba currently looked as though nothing had happened to him at all! This only further confirmed her conjecture.
This made her even more determined to keep Ye Ba firmly under her control.
Today, she had also brought a little surprise for Ye Ba.
"Senior Sister only has two days left of cultivation time." Ye Ba reminded her.
"It's fine, I've also accumulated some spirit stones over the years; I can compensate you with spirit stones."
Cultivating together with Ye Ba yielded better results than taking spirit pills; spending a few spirit stones was nothing!
"Senior Sister, you really have a huge craving! Why don't you buy a monthly pass?"
Ye Ba reached out and placed his hand on Chu Yao's slender waist.
Chu Yao paused in her movements, a flush of red blooming across her face.