Zi Linling felt a dizziness in her head, but it passed in a moment, and she quickly recovered.
She carefully sensed the soul power in her mind and couldn't help but exclaim!
Heavens! Was this still her mind?
Her mind, originally the size of a fist, had now become as large as a basketball court, with a miniature version of Zi Linling sitting in the center with her eyes closed. The small Zi Linling was surrounded by dense soul power.
What was happening? Why was there a little person?
Zi Linling couldn't help but worry, as she didn't know if this change was good or bad.
"Little girl, have you broken through to the Saint King realm?"
Old Du's surprised voice echoed in Zi Linling's mind.
Zi Linling was confused by the question and stammered, "No! I haven't started cultivating yet."
"No? Then how did you form a Sea of Consciousness?"
Old Du, disbelieving, sensed Zi Linling's dantian and found it hard to believe.
Old Du's depleted soul power had long since recovered, but in the past few days, due to being in the Divine Maiden Palace, his soul power had been suppressed into a forced slumber.
However, just now, Zi Linling's soul power had broken through and formed a Sea of Consciousness, breaking some kind of restriction, which allowed him to wake up.
"Sea of Consciousness? What is that?"
Zi Linling asked confusedly.
It wasn't her fault for being ignorant; after all, the original owner couldn't cultivate and knew nothing about spiritual cultivators.
Old Du said speechlessly, "The soul power you speak of, spiritual cultivators call it divine sense."
"Oh! Divine sense? What does it have to do with the Sea of Consciousness?"
"Everyone is born with divine sense, but it's only as thick as a strand of hair, scattered throughout the brain. That's why ordinary people can't feel it."
"As thick as a strand of hair?"
Zi Linling was surprised, having never heard of it before.
"Yes! As spiritual cultivators absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate, their divine sense is also nourished by the spiritual energy and slowly grows to the size of a fingernail, gathering in a certain area of the mind and forming a mass."
Old Du paused and continued, "At this time, the spiritual cultivator can perceive this mass of divine sense. As this mass of divine sense continues to be nourished by spiritual energy, it will grow to the size of a walnut, and eventually, a miniature version of the spiritual cultivator will be formed, stationed in the mind."
"At this point, the mind is called the Sea of Consciousness, and the spiritual cultivator will break through to the Saint King realm because of the formation of the Sea of Consciousness."
After listening to Old Du's explanation, Zi Linling finally understood that the so-called Sea of Consciousness was actually an evolved version of soul power.
She frowned and asked, "Has anyone's divine sense been the size of a fist without cultivating?"
Old Du stroked his goatee and shook his head firmly, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to realize something and looked at Zi Linling incredulously, "You don't mean..."
Zi Linling nodded, "I'm also very puzzled. A few days ago, I couldn't sense my divine sense, but before the breakthrough just now, I found that my divine sense was already the size of a fist."
Old Du's mouth gaped open, so wide it could fit an egg, and he asked, "Then how big is your Sea of Consciousness now?"
Zi Linling said a little sheepishly, "It's only the size of a basketball court!"
Old Du was so angry he wanted to jump up and curse!
The size of a basketball court! And "only"!
Doesn't this little girl know that the size of a basketball court is equivalent to that of an Emperor realm expert!
Old Du glared at Zi Linling and said, "What have you been doing recently?"
He remembered that before his soul power was depleted, Zi Linling's divine sense was only the size of a fingernail. He had thought it was due to the "Human Emperor's Medicinal Canon" and hadn't thought much of it.
Therefore, Zi Linling's divine sense suddenly growing must be related to her recent experiences.
Zi Linling said nonchalantly, "Nothing much, just refining some pills for a few days?"
"Refining pills? Didn't you say you couldn't?"
"I originally couldn't, but after wasting some medicinal herbs, I learned how!"
"Then did you succeed?"
"So far, I've only refined one Muscle Strengthening Pill."
Old Du glared at Zi Linling angrily and retreated into the Nine Spirit Ring with a dark expression, not making another sound.
He felt that talking to this little girl was too infuriating.
What did he mean by "only" and "just"?
Refining pills requires talent! Without talent, it's useless no matter how many medicinal herbs you waste!
Only refined one Muscle Strengthening Pill!
The formula and refining technique for the Muscle Strengthening Pill had been lost for thousands of years!
Also, being able to refine pills without spiritual power was being a monster!
He had once looked down on this owner, but now he had been slapped in the face, and it was a very painful slap!
Thinking of this, Old Du decided to ignore Zi Linling for three days, no! Ten days!
Zi Linling looked at Old Du's angry appearance, completely bewildered.
However, now that she understood the change in her mind, she no longer had to worry.
So, after calling out to Old Du a few times and receiving no response, she withdrew from the Sea of Consciousness and returned to her body.
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Huang Yi saw her wake up and looked at her excitedly.
But when she saw Zi Linling, a strange expression appeared on her face.
For some reason, her master felt a little different.
Zi Linling ignored her and walked directly to the pill furnace, sat down, divided the medicinal liquid needed for the Marrow Cleansing Pill into two portions, and began refining.
Although the Marrow Cleansing Pill was very difficult to refine, Zi Linling, with her experience in refining the Muscle Strengthening Pill, found it much easier.
After one failure, a blood-red pill appeared at the bottom of the pill furnace, emitting an alluring fragrance.
Zi Linling struck while the iron was hot, poured the remaining medicinal liquid into the pill furnace, and continued refining.
Two hours later, two more blood-red pills appeared in the pill furnace.
This was a pleasant surprise, and a hint of joy flashed across Zi Linling's face.
Furthermore, Zi Linling discovered that after refining three consecutive furnaces of pills, her soul power had not been significantly depleted, which was perhaps the benefit of having a Sea of Consciousness!
Huang Yi's eyes sparkled. In just eight days, her master could not only refine pills but also improve her success rate.
Zi Linling put the extra two Marrow Cleansing Pills into the Nine Spirit Ring for safekeeping, then sat under the Bodhi tree with the Muscle Strengthening Pill and Marrow Cleansing Pill.
She recovered her strength, then took the Muscle Strengthening Pill. A moment later, a strange itching sensation spread through the broken meridians and damaged internal organs in her body, making her want to scratch herself.
Zi Linling knew that this was the effect of the Muscle Strengthening Pill; her broken meridians were regrowing, and her damaged internal organs were slowly healing.
As long as she endured this phase, she could completely repair her broken meridians and internal organs and join the ranks of cultivators.