Breakthrough is imminent

  Fang Yun returned home for a moment, and Ye Lao also came back with him. At the same time, the servants carried in several boxes of energy crystals.

  Fang Yun's eyes widened with excitement, so many energy crystals were enough for him to set up dozens of mid-to-low-level formations. He didn't expect that after keeping a low profile for two or three years, his first big haul would be so rewarding.

  As for Hei Lang and others, Fang Yun had no obligation to care about their outcome. Even if Ye Lao didn't kill them, they probably wouldn't have a good ending anyway.

  "Yunshao, I brought back all the energy crystals from that shop."

  Although this is a robbery, Ye Lao and Fang Yun didn't care at all. The shopkeeper and Hei Lang were not good people to begin with, and countless people in Yan City had been persecuted by them. Now that Fang Yun has eliminated the tyrant of Yan City, they are overjoyed and wouldn't have time to mourn for Hei Lang.

  "Hmm, with these energy crystals, it's enough to make your aura break through in the shortest time." Fang Yun said.

  "What's next?" Ye Lao was equally eager. Since Fang Yun was so confident, he naturally had full confidence in him as well.

  "Don't be so impatient, I need to get ready first, come back tonight," said Fang Yun.

  Fang Yun first set up a Na Yuan array, the function of which was similar to that of the Ling Spirit Array. The difference lay in the fact that the Na Yuan array could gather extremely dense spiritual energy in the shortest possible time.

  The Ling Gathering Array cannot gather such a dense spiritual energy, but the advantage of the Ling Gathering Array lies in its durability, which is far beyond that of the Na Yuan Array.

  The Spirit Gathering Formation set up by Fang Yun two years ago has not failed to this day. According to Fang Yun's predictions, this formation can still operate for at least another twenty years, whereas the Nascent Soul Formation can only last for three to five days before losing its effect.

  The energy crystals that Fang Yun brought are used to maintain the operation of the formation, and the energy in the energy crystals is extremely pure. They have many uses, and people in this world often use them for cultivation, alchemy, refining gold, and magic formations.

  Fang Yun discovered that energy crystals could also be used in place of immortal energy to set up formations.

  This discovery saved Fang Yun a lot of effort. When he first set up the Spirit Gathering Array, Fang Yun was less than three years old and his cultivation was not even at the mid-stage of Qi gathering. Setting up a Spirit Gathering Array had almost depleted his immortal energy, and it took him several days to recover.

  At that time, the family almost thought that Fang Yun had contracted some kind of illness. Fang Yun was originally a lazy person, and if it wasn't for the convenience of future cultivation, he wouldn't have bothered to set up an array.

  But now with these energy crystals as substitutes, it saves a lot of effort, at least won't be like several years ago, exhausted to the point of near death.

  The upper and middle level array method of Na Yuan Zhen Suan, if it is a normal array method, Fang Yun will have to exhaust his immortal power to complete the array method.

  However, with the energy crystal, Fang Yun's deployment speed has increased significantly. The energy crystal is consumed quickly, and a mid-grade energy crystal is depleted in an instant. If it were a high-grade energy crystal, it would be able to support him for a while longer.

  If the shopkeeper could see it, he would probably bleed from his heart. Fang Yun spent a full three hours and finally set up the Na Yuan array, but next to the array method, a pile of dull and energy-exhausted energy crystals had already been piled up.

  The energy crystal required to set up the Na Yuan array is more than what Fang Yun had predicted, and he secretly felt fortunate that he had managed to grab so many energy crystals today. Otherwise, he would have had to consume a lot of immortal energy to complete the Na Yuan array.

  Fang Yun chose the night, not randomly chosen, the spiritual energy of the night is more abundant than during the day, and the effect of the Na Yuan array will also be significantly improved.

  After a while, Ye Lao returned to Fang Yun's courtyard. Fang Yun had been waiting for a long time and immediately invited Ye Lao to sit in the center of the array as soon as he arrived.

  "Tonight, just focus on running the incantation and absorbing the energy around you into your body. You can boldly absorb this energy without worrying." Fang Yun said.

  Ye Lao nodded, sat cross-legged, and began to recite the incantation. This incantation Ye Lao had long been familiar with, and he had a deep understanding of it under Fang Yun's guidance.

  Now that it's rotating, it's getting more and more sophisticated, and the feeling of spiritual energy is many times more sensitive than before. Although Lao Ye has been cultivating Dou Qi for a lifetime, Dou Qi is not about absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but rather comes from the energy within the body, so his understanding of spiritual energy is not intuitive.

  But as he delved deeper into the incantation and Fang Yun's explanation, Ye Lao began to slowly become familiar with the endless energy around him.

  He also understood that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was different from the Dou Qi in his body. However, the mantra taught by Fang Yun could absorb these energies into his body, and after being refined, a part of it would be converted into pure Dou Qi, which would remain in his body.

  This was like opening another door for him, allowing him to have a deeper understanding of his own aura and energy.

  What surprised Lao Ye was that the energy around him seemed to be several times more intense than before.

  If ordinary spiritual energy is like mist, floating in the air, then at this moment it's as if he's submerged in a pool of water, surrounded by an unimaginably dense spiritual energy.

  The dense spiritual energy, with the rotation of the incantation, like a surging wave, rushed into Lao Ye's body. Lao Ye didn't even have time to rotate the incantation, and his entire body inside and out was completely occupied by the dense spiritual energy.

  At night, Lao felt his body was bloated, just like a person who had eaten too much, but still continued to stuff more spiritual energy into Lao's body, which he couldn't digest in time.

  Even if he stopped chanting at this moment, the spiritual energy would still be pouring into his body incessantly.

  Fang Yun watched intently from the side, observing Ye Lao, observing the spiritual energy around him, and the changes in the Dou Qi within Ye Lao's body.

  After a moment, Ye Lao finally couldn't bear it anymore, his face showing a hint of pain, and he called out in a low voice: "Yun Shao, I can no longer endure..."

  Actually, this isn't real suffering. Although spiritual energy can't be directly absorbed by people, absorbing some of it will make one feel comfortable. If you absorb more, you'll feel bloated. But if someone over-absorbs spiritual energy like Ye Lao did, they'll naturally react this way.

  Fang Yun saw that Ye Lao had reached his limit, and immediately stopped the operation of the Na Yuan array. At the same time, he opened his mouth and said: "Now, immediately convert all the spiritual energy in your body into Dou Qi."

  Fang Yun was going to use this filling method to make Lao Ye's Dou Qi reach the critical point in the shortest time.

  This approach is similar to some black-hearted breeders on Earth, of course, Fang Yun didn't have any malicious intentions, he just wanted to see the breakthrough and transformation process of Ye Lao's aura at this level.

  If it's a normal breakthrough, Ye Lao might need to spend one and a half years or even longer to break through the current level.

  Moreover, when breaking through, a lot of energy is needed, and many people will choose to use energy crystals. However, at the level of Ye Lao, breaking through one product requires an astronomical amount of energy crystals, which even the Fang family would find difficult to bear.

  So, when breaking through at night, it's very likely to end in failure. Then, you have to spend several years accumulating energy and making another breakthrough. Many people often spend more than a decade, or even longer, on just one breakthrough.

  Although Ye Lao said before that it would only take half a year to break through, what he meant was that it's possible to try and break through, not necessarily successfully break through.

  At night, Lao uses several times the normal speed to continuously refine and transform spiritual energy into his own Dou Qi. The explosive growth rate of this Dou Qi is like a huge water tank constantly being filled with water.

  Soon, Ye Lao's Dantian was fully filled with Qi, his face was rosy, and his body slightly trembled.

  Fang Yun's immortal energy was observing the changes in Ye Lao's Dou Qi within his body, and when he found that Ye Lao's Dou Qi had completely filled his Dantian, he activated the formation again.

  "Alright, Old Ye, you can make your breakthrough now. I'll help guide the energy into your body afterwards, so don't worry about it," said Fang Yun.