X-Dragon Era

Confronted with the second volume of the Combat Dragon Scripture, Xin Yun once again had a strange idea. Since all energy was ultimately supposed to fuse with the energy inside the Dragon Ball, why not, at the end of the mental method, directly input the energy into the Dragon Ball and let the energy within it absorb on its own?

With this thought in mind, Xin Yun changed the mental method once again. Energy emanated from his heart, but in the end, it did not return to his heart but was instead sent directly into the Dragon Ball.

Upon trying, it turned out to be completely feasible. After circulating within his body for a week, and after the nourishment by the upper Dantian, middle Dantian, and lower Dantian, all the energy surged into the Dragon Ball. Instantly, the entire Dragon Ball emitted a dazzling light.

To verify the practicability of this method, after several weeks of operation, Xin Yun guided his soul to sink into the Dragon Ball. Indeed... just as Xin Yun imagined, once the energy entered the Dragon Ball, all the origin energy automatically began to absorb the free energy in the space, and it did so very evenly, with each Origin Energy Sphere faintly lighting up.

From this point on, what Xin Yun cultivated could no longer be considered the Combat Dragon Scripture. The Combat Dragon Scripture was only a part of the cultivation technique he practiced. The entire cultivation technique put together should combine the Concentrating Spirit and Returning to the Origin with the Combat Dragon Scripture, naming it—Primordial Spirit Heart Sutra.

After a strenuous month of cultivation, he finally reached the monthly break, which is a schedule of Combat Dragon Academy. Life there was intense and the cultivation arduous. Hence, at the end of each month, starting from the last Sunday and continuing to the beginning of the next month, a week off was given, allowing students to adjust their emotions.

A month later, the three of them finally left the academy again and returned to the new villa Xin Yun had purchased. Looking around, the walls surrounding the villa had been freshly painted, and a new gate had been installed. The flowers planted around the villa had begun to sprout, greening the place.

Not only that, but even the exterior walls of the villa had been freshly painted. Viewed from a distance, it looked like a brand new villa, very white and very eye-catching.

Especially noteworthy was the quaint sandalwood building standing quietly among the green seedlings in the backyard, secluded yet elegant, immediately endearing to anyone at first glance.
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Entering the villa, Mother Lan and the three maids lived on the first floor, while Xin Yun and the two girls' rooms were on the second floor. Furthermore, the basement had been converted into four serene cultivation rooms, one for Xin Yun, Yi Luo Xiang, Yan Qingying, and Ming Xuan each.

As soon as he returned to the villa, Xin Yun settled the two girls and immediately rushed to the wooden building in the backyard. It had been a month, and he had no idea how Master Xi Ming's research was progressing.

After taking a tour inside the wooden villa, although it was spotless, he did not find Master Xi Ming anywhere. After searching for a good while, he eventually found the hidden door leading to the basement. If he hadn't known the approximate location of the basement entrance beforehand, it would have been really hard to spot.

Upon entering the basement, the spacious area was brightly lit. Looking around, Master Xi Ming was busy bustling among head-sized stones, continuously adjusting their positions and occasionally grabbing the notebook hanging around his neck to quickly record something.

Seeing this scene, Xin Yun knew the old man was in a state of obsession and should not be disturbed. Therefore, Xin Yun found a quiet corner to sit down and silently cultivated the Primordial Spirit Heart Sutra, waiting for the old man to finish his work.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Master Xi Ming finally noticed Xin Yun's arrival and hurriedly stopped his work, running over with his eyes shining.

Hearing Master Xi Ming's footsteps, Xin Yun slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, Master Xi Ming excitedly said, "You're finally here, I've been waiting for you a whole week!"

Hearing Master Xi Ming's words, Xin Yun's eyes lit up as he excitedly asked, "What's up? Did the research make progress?"

"Yes, yes, yes..." Nodding excitedly, Master Xi Ming said with elation, "That's right, there's finally progress. I have researched the basic Formation for gathering single elements!"

As he spoke, Master Xi Ming seemed to recall something, quickly turned around, and hastened towards a wooden cabinet. Carefully, he retrieved a dozen odd-looking items from the cabinet.

Soon, Master Xi Ming came running back with a dozen objects, placing them around Xin Yun. He randomly picked one up, and Xin Yun examined it closely.

The object was very crude, a circular base with a hole in the middle and a colorless and transparent diamond-shaped crystal cone placed on top, with no apparent secret to behold.

While observing, Master Xi Ming suddenly snatched the object from Xin Yun's hand, measured it carefully, and placed it in an odd position. In an instant... Xin Yun could distinctly feel an invisible stream of energy begin to rotate slowly around his body as the center.

Looking towards Master Xi Ming in amazement, Xin Yun knew this Formation was the one Master Xi Ming had displayed at the stall. However, the problem was that such energy was useless to Xin Yun!

Doubtful, Master Xi Ming smiled and said, "I've tried it out. This Formation can only use these stones, and only by arranging them in this position will it be activated. Changing to other materials won't work."