Returning to the Ghost Market

The days of cultivation are very dull, drop by drop forming rivers, ultimately becoming the sea. Yet, how easy is it to achieve?

The simplest truth is that one must eat their meals one bite at a time. How can one become fat in just one meal? It's the same with cultivation. He thought he would quickly break through to the Second Stage of Spiritual Agility, but after obtaining this ability, he practiced for another month and still found himself stuck at this bottleneck. He felt like there was some kind of barrier in between preventing him from spreading spiritual energy throughout his body.

It's a frustrating feeling, knowing you're just a hair's breadth away from breaking through but constantly failing to do so.

However, in these recent days, something significant happened among the outer disciples of the Qingyun Sect, attracting everyone's attention.

It's said that a disciple named Hou Qing visited Danxia Valley to visit a female disciple. They seemed familiar, but as soon as he reached the entrance of Danxia Valley, he was stopped by three disciples at the Second Stage of Spiritual Agility. Seeing him alone and unfamiliar, dressed in fine clothes with a remarkable jade pendant at his waist, they had thoughts of extortion.

Hou Qing remained silent, smiling, but swift as a sword. He defeated the three without a word and left.

This shocked all the outer disciples.

Wasn't Hou Qing just like them, an outer disciple of the sect who entered the immortal gate together? And now, in just six months, he had the ability to defeat three disciples at the Second Stage of Spiritual Agility?

Hou Qing's reputation soared, stirring up the sect. Some even claimed he would break through to the Fourth Stage of Spiritual Agility within a year and become an inner disciple of the Qingyun Sect.

"Hou Qing, is that the guy who caught me back then?"

When Fanghai Daoist mentioned this person, Fang Xing suddenly remembered and looked at him maliciously, "I remember you had a good relationship with him back then. You even helped him register without queuing..."

Fanghai Daoist, feeling uneasy under Fang Xing's gaze, hurriedly explained, "Fang Junior, please don't make fun of me. How could I, with my status, befriend someone like that? He was polite to me outside the mountain gate, but once we entered, he completely changed. Not long ago, I met him at the Miscellaneous Office, and when I greeted him with a smile, he didn't even look at me..."

"With your tone, if he did look at you, would you rush to flatter him?"

Fang Xing looked down on Fanghai Daoist, who laughed awkwardly and tried to change the subject, pouring wine.

"He's the one who helped you catch me back then and even kicked Xiaoman. I must get back at him..."

Fang Xing cursed angrily, his eyes blazing.

Fanghai Daoist was startled and quickly tried to comfort him, thinking that this guy was young and held grudges too much.

"Fang Junior, calm down. If you're still angry about what happened at the mountain gate, you can beat me up to vent, but you can't offend that person..."

Fang Xing jumped up, shouting, "You think I dare not..."

After angrily kicking Fanghai Daoist a few times, Fang Xing finally stopped. Fanghai Daoist, still smiling, didn't mind. After four months of knowing each other, he understood Fang Xing. Although he was ruthless and bold, he wasn't like a mad dog biting anyone. He was young but very loyal. He even gave him two spirit stones without hesitation at first, which not everyone would do.

After eating and drinking, Fang Xing sent Fanghai Daoist away and continued to cultivate, determined to break through to the Second Stage of Spiritual Agility today!

Feeling frustrated after hearing about Hou Qing's achievements, Fang Xing decided to push harder. He took out his thirteenth spirit stone.

He breathed and circulated his energy, gradually absorbing the spiritual energy from the stone. Soon, he encountered the familiar problem. Every time he tried to spread the energy throughout his body, he lost control, causing the energy to overflow, failing to break through the Second Stage.

But this time, Fang Xing persisted and slowly understood the rules of energy overflow. When the next breakthrough was imminent, he suddenly shook, accelerating the circulation of his energy.

The consequence of this was a rapid increase in energy absorption from the stone, flooding his body with spiritual energy.

Just as overeating can choke a person, too much spiritual energy caused intense pain in Fang Xing's meridians.

But he endured the pain, using his full energy to break through the invisible barrier.

Boom!

Suddenly, something seemed to break in his mind, and a cool sensation spread throughout his body.

This feeling was peculiar. When his body was hot, it felt refreshing, and when cold, it felt warm and comfortable. This was the wonderful use of spiritual energy.

"I finally broke through!"

Fang Xing whispered to himself, finally breaking through to the Second Stage of Spiritual Agility, with spiritual energy filling his body.

Now, with a thought, his energy could reach every part of his body. Although not enough for complete defense, in case of injury, he could immediately channel energy to heal, even forcibly sealing wounds to prevent excessive blood loss and energy consumption...

Initially, when Senior Liu got cut, he wanted to do this, but Fang Xing immediately punched his wound, dispersing his energy, making it difficult for him to recover.

To achieve this breakthrough, Fang Xing took a risky approach, but it paid off. If it had failed, his meridians might have been damaged, taking at least ten days to heal.

But that was his nature, ruthless to others and to himself.

"Let's try the Nine-Serpent Golden Flame Sword again!"

Fang Xing felt excited, stopping cultivation and taking out the sword. However, he found that while he could manage a full strike now, his remaining energy wasn't enough for a second one, leaving him dizzy.

Fang Xing put away the sword, realizing he needed a lower-grade flying sword. Remembering the Ghost Market, he decided to go there again.

The next day, Fang Xing prepared and went to the Ghost Market, determined to find a suitable flying sword.