Zhang Ergou lay on his bed for a full fifteen days.
During this period, Chi Yu and others had come in several times.
They had also encountered Zhang Ergou waking up, but Zhang Ergou had brushed them off with the excuse that he needed to rest.
There was nothing anyone could do. Given Zhang Ergou's current state, it was normal for him to be in a bad mood.
They dared not provoke Zhang Ergou too much.
They were afraid he would do something irrational, or have dangerous thoughts.
Even Old Man Tiandao and Qiao Yunyan did not say much.
Although Zhang Ergou remained in bed, his complexion slowly became rosy.
This was the only piece of news that somewhat reassured everyone.
"Senior Brother, Ergou has been lying in bed for so long. Will he be alright if he continues like this?"
During these fifteen days, Chi Yu and the others had not just waited around.
Chi Yu, Chi Ling, and Qiao Yunyan had scoured the entire library of scriptures.
They had not even spared the ancient texts covered in dust.
Yet, they still could not find a way to save Zhang Ergou.
Lin Yichen watched everyone with their heads hanging low, wanting to tell them not to worry several times.
But the words caught in his throat.
When Zhang Ergou woke up, he had specifically told no one else but himself, clearly wanting Lin Yichen to keep his secret.
After much hesitation, Lin Yichen held back.
"Ergou lying there like this is not a solution. Master, is there really no way to heal him?"
Liu Cuilan tugged at Chi Ling's sleeve, her swollen eyes filled with hope.
Chi Ling opened her mouth but did not know how to respond.
"Hoo..."
After circulating the spiritual energy in his body for one full cycle, Zhang Ergou exhaled a breath of turbid air.
He had been lying in bed for a full fifteen days.
Today, he could finally circulate spiritual energy, and the damaged meridians within his body had been completely repaired by the tempering of spiritual fire.
Compared to before, the strength of his meridians had also significantly increased.
This was also due to Zhang Ergou's cultivation of the Heavenly Phoenix Body Refining technique. Having undergone countless physical repairs, the spiritual fire was already very familiar with such matters.
His body had also adapted to this unusual cultivation method of damage and repair.
Therefore, throughout the entire fifteen days, there were no major obstacles.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly and slow manner.
Just this morning, as the spiritual fire traversed the last segment of the damaged meridians, Zhang Ergou's meridians were completely repaired.
Although his meridians had recovered, the physical injuries still remained.
Zhang Ergou sat up of his own accord, circulated his cultivation technique, and drew in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body to heal himself.
Fortunately, the density of heaven and earth spiritual energy in the Lingyu Peak of the inner sect was relatively high.
Zhang Ergou only needed to sit down and circulate his cultivation technique.
This time, guiding the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to circulate within his meridians for one grand cycle took a full four hours.
However, after Zhang Ergou guided the spiritual energy to circulate within his body for one cycle.
Something strange happened.
"Pop..."
As if something had been broken, the spiritual energy within his body began to circulate uncontrollably, on its own.
Its speed far exceeded Zhang Ergou's understanding.
At this moment, Zhang Ergou once again lost control of his body.
Like a bystander, he helplessly felt the spiritual energy raging within him.
His cultivation technique also operated at an accelerated pace.
It completely disregarded his commands.
"What happened?"
Outside the room, Old Man Tiandao and the others stared, puzzled by the surging heaven and earth spiritual energy.
Was someone breaking through?
The sky quickly darkened, and dense heaven and earth spiritual energy surged towards Lingyu Peak.
Everyone's gaze involuntarily turned towards the room. Chi Yu and the others' mouths gaped in astonishment.
A large amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy flowed continuously into Zhang Ergou's room.
A giant vortex of spiritual energy formed around the room.
Before long, people gathered around Lingyu Peak, all of them peak masters or elders from the various main peaks of the Misty Sect.
When everyone saw Old Man Tiandao present,
they all wisely restrained their auras.
This allowed Lin Yichen, Xiao Qingyu, Lin Yueru, Liu Cuilan, Lu Xiaoyu, and the others not to feel particularly uncomfortable.
"If you're going to watch, watch properly. Don't do anything foolish," Old Man Tiandao's voice was low and powerful.
Although he was also somewhat unclear about Zhang Ergou's current condition, he still issued a warning to the restless inner sect elders.
Over the years, although everyone outwardly showed respect to Chi Yu and Chi Ling,
Old Man Tiandao knew that these people did not truly accept the two sisters.
If not for Chi Yu and Chi Ling being the sect leader's sisters, how could they, with their cultivation at the peak of the Golden Core late stage, possess a main peak?
Within the inner sect, there had been more than one occasion where people had voiced their opinions about Chi Yu and Chi Ling occupying Lingyu Peak.
Especially now that the sect leader had been away from the sect for so long and no news had been received.
These voices had become more and more frequent in recent years.
Chi Yu and Chi Ling had naturally felt this pressure, so while diligently cultivating, they had specifically sought out disciples with exceptional talent.
This was precisely to ensure that Lingyu Peak would have someone to guard it.
Now, it seemed Zhang Ergou was to benefit from misfortune. Chi Yu and Chi Ling exchanged glances. Although the sisters did not speak,
they each understood the other's thoughts.
In previous years, with their brother's protection, no one in the inner sect dared to speak ill of them.
In recent years, with Sect Leader Chi Chen's prolonged absence and no news, these people had become somewhat audacious.
Although there was no overt suppression of the sisters, the repeated reduction in the allocation of cultivation resources to Lingyu Peak over the past few years clearly indicated that
they had long harbored dissatisfaction towards Lingyu Peak.
The sisters had been holding their breath.
Now, although neither sister had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage yet,
being able to see their disciple break through to the Nascent Soul stage was a cause for great excitement for them.
As for the figures gathered in the void around Lingyu Peak, their gazes towards the two sisters were somewhat complex.
The heaven and earth spiritual energy continued to surge towards them.
Under Old Man Tiandao's reminder, Lin Yichen and the others quickly meditated. Even Liao Yiyi, who had been standing alone, did not miss this opportunity.
Although her mood was somewhat complicated, she had to admire Zhang Ergou's good fortune.
As the heaven and earth spiritual energy continuously poured into his body, the Golden Core within Zhang Ergou's body spun faster and faster.
It was like a greedy child, ravenously absorbing the surging heaven and earth spiritual energy.
While joyfully absorbing it, it also emitted dazzling light.
Pop!
Suddenly, Zhang Ergou, who had been closely watching his Golden Core, discovered that it had cracked after absorbing a large amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy.
This discovery frightened him, and his face turned ashen...