Yi Han frowned slightly, his expression solemn, and said, "These people probably won't offer any good pills to us with these useless spiritual roots. Let's not take them for now." "Okay." A hint of resentment flashed across Chu Yao'er's beautiful eyes. She nodded lightly and put away the pill, resolutely saying: "Besides you and me, there isn't a single good person in this Cloud Stream Sect!" "Alright, let's start cultivating." Yi Han didn't want to waste any more words. The most urgent task was to try cultivating. "Okay." Chu Yao'er immediately sat cross-legged on the bed, her beautiful eyes gently closed. Yi Han also sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to calm his mind, starting to cultivate according to the cultivation method. Before long, fine beads of sweat quietly climbed onto Yi Han's forehead. He couldn't sense the so-called spiritual energy of heaven and earth, or the guiding of Qi into the body at all. He only felt that he was sitting there motionlessly, no different from doing nothing. However, Yi Han didn't have the slightest intention of giving up, nor did he feel impatient.
If it were so easy to succeed, wouldn't he be a genius? Steadying his mind, Yi Han continued to immerse himself in cultivation. About half an hour later, Yi Han's eyebrows twitched slightly. In that instant, he felt all the pores on his body suddenly open, and wisps of faint airflow entered his body, flowing slowly along the meridians, converging into a stream of heat that slowly returned to the lower abdomen. Yi Han knew that this was the sign of guiding Qi into the body as described in the cultivation method, and then the spiritual energy would gather in the dantian through the meridians. He was overjoyed and hurriedly tried to retain this stream of heat as described in the cultivation method. But in an instant, the stream of heat was like a dream bubble, disappearing without a trace, leaving not a single mark. What's going on? Yi Han frowned and fell into deep thought. After carefully reviewing in his mind and confirming that there were no errors in the incantation and cultivation method, he once again concentrated his mind and tried to guide Qi into his body. Before long, the feeling of spiritual energy entering his body reappeared, but it still dissipated completely as before, without leaving any spiritual energy behind. This made him very puzzled. It seemed that truly achieving the guiding of Qi into the body was by no means an easy task. Yi Han slowly opened his eyes, wanting to ask Chu Yao'er if she had the feeling of spiritual energy entering her body. Turning his head, he saw that she was already lying on the earthen bed, sound asleep. Seeing this, Yi Han shook his head helplessly and had to dismiss the idea. In fact, Yi Han didn't yet know that in the path of guiding Qi into the body, spiritual root aptitude was certainly important, but comprehension talent and temperament were also indispensable. Even with excellent spiritual root aptitude, if one's comprehension talent was low or one's temperament was unstable, wanting to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth would be as difficult as ascending to heaven, let alone guiding Qi into the body. At the same time, Yi Han also didn't understand his own advantages.
Although his spiritual root aptitude was extremely poor, his comprehension talent was absolutely heaven-defying. It should be known that even those with excellent spiritual root aptitude rarely could sense the existence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in just half an hour. Of course, spiritual root aptitude was the foundation of cultivation, although it had an impact on the cultivation ceiling of people with good spiritual roots, it truly determined the cultivation ceiling of those with useless spiritual roots. People with useless spiritual roots, even if their comprehension was extraordinary and their temperament was strong, would find cultivation extremely difficult, and would mostly only be able to remain in the Qi Refining stage in this lifetime. Unless they could obtain some opportunities or obtain a treasure, then they could defy fate and break this shackle of destiny. Yi Han exhaled a breath of turbid air and refocused his mind and calmed his Qi. Ah— Just as he was about to try again, a shrill scream came from outside the cave. Yi Han was startled and instantly jumped off the bed, picked up his sword, and stared at the cave entrance with piercing eyes. Chu Yao'er was also awakened by the scream. She flipped over and got out of bed, quickly picked up her large blade, and asked anxiously, "What's going on?" Before she could finish speaking, another scream came, making one's hair stand on end. "I don't know, it seems we have to go out and find out." Yi Han's expression was solemn, but his feet didn't move an inch. "Go!" Chu Yao'er charged out directly with her large blade. The corners of Yi Han's mouth turned up slightly, he had his own plans in mind. If there was real danger outside, he would let Chu Yao'er go out to resist first, and then he would look for a way to escape. Although he really couldn't bear for Chu Yao'er to be in trouble, compared to his own safety, a little girl was insignificant. Yi Han listened carefully. After Chu Yao'er walked out of the cave for a while and he didn't hear any unusual sounds, he stepped out of the cave with a solemn expression. Outside the cave, the screams not only didn't stop, but had increased by three or four people. Under the moonlight, Yi Han looked up and saw that many people were already standing outside the cave with weapons in their hands, cautiously scanning their surroundings. "What exactly happened?" "Who is screaming?" The exclamations of the crowd rose and fell. It seemed that everyone was awakened by the screams, not knowing what was happening. Those few screams continued to come, and upon careful identification, they were coming from several caves. Judging from the screams alone, the encounter of the voices' owners... was quite miserable. But the surroundings were eerily quiet, with no traces of wild animals or sounds of fighting, which made Yi Han very puzzled. At this moment, the screams seemed to have stabilized, and there were no new additions except for the initial six. "Let's go, everyone go and check it out together!" Someone shouted loudly from the crowd.
"Go, let's go together!" Immediately, several people quickly gathered and walked quickly towards a cave from which a scream was coming. Because the caves were about seven or eight zhang apart, all the young people were scattered. Of course, there were also people like Yi Han and Chu Yao'er who lived together in a cave. At this time, if there was no one to accompany them, no one would be willing to be the first to stick their neck out. "Let's also go and see what exactly happened." Yi Han signaled to Chu Yao'er with his eyes, and then the two walked towards the nearest cave from which a scream was coming. Before long, Yi Han led Chu Yao'er back to his own cave. It turned out to be a false alarm. Those who had screamed had all taken the pill that was said to assist in cultivation. According to those people, after taking this pill, they first felt a heart-wrenching pain, as if their entire meridians and dantian were about to explode. But after the pain, they would feel comfortable all over, refreshed, and even the feeling of hunger would disappear completely. Some even said that they didn't feel anything when cultivating before, but after taking the pill, they actually felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and had the wonderful feeling of guiding Qi into the body. "It seems that this is indeed a cultivation pill, but the side effects are so great, will there be any drawbacks?" Yi Han picked up the pill with two fingers, squinted slightly, and carefully examined it. "Yi Han, why don't we take it too? This young lady just happens to be hungry." Chu Yao'er's understated voice came. Yi Han slowly shook his head: "Don't rush, wait a little longer." It wasn't that he didn't want to succeed in cultivating to the first level of Qi Refining as soon as possible, but he really didn't trust Elder Qingmu's character. He planned to try cultivating through his own efforts first, and if that didn't work, then he would take the pill. He could only rely on his efforts, his aptitude was really too poor. However, Yi Han only gave himself three days. If he didn't succeed in cultivating, then he would take this pill. Now that life and death were at stake, he couldn't afford to waste too much time trying. If he missed the opportunity to take the pill due to delays and ultimately failed to cultivate successfully, then he would die too unjustly. "Let's cultivate on our own for three days first. If we don't succeed after three days, then we'll take this pill." Yi Han said solemnly. "Okay." Chu Yao'er responded and put away the pill.