Yun Yun was the first to be alerted.
Having returned in such a rush, having just announced the acceptance of a new personal disciple and then being summoned by the elders, she hadn't had time to arrange anything. Yun Yun directly took Chen Mo back to her palace.
However, she resided in the inner hall, while his was in a side hall.
The changes in the surrounding battle qi couldn't escape Yun Yun's notice, who was constantly watching the side hall.
"This kid, here again. But what kind of technique is this? So domineering."
Despite her doubts, Yun Yun still acted, using her abilities to envelop and shield the palace.
As a result, because the action was so fast, many people noticed it immediately, but seeing it was the sect leader's palace, they didn't suspect anything.
Therefore, this didn't cause much of a stir in the Yunlan Sect.
This endless absorption continued for an unknown amount of time until the commotion in the side hall finally subsided.
Yun Yun was drenched in sweat. Enveloping the palace wasn't a particularly powerful technique, but it was time-consuming, laborious, and consumed a great deal of battle qi.
Side Hall.
Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes, his mind filled with endless confusion.
First, such a massive beast hadn't even awakened a single giant elephant embryo. (Only one had awakened in total.)
Second, aside from the initial rapid progress in cultivating the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique, reaching the first minor success level, he hadn't made any progress at all.
Third, Chen Mo only just realized that while the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique absorbed battle qi quickly, very little of it was converted into energy within his body.
Fourth, he seemed to have hit a bottleneck.
"Damn it, other transmigrators are invincible from the start, some even starting out as unbeatable, while I've only been through a few chapters, haven't even gained an advantage, why am I already weak?"
"Where exactly is the problem?"
"Could it be the difference in the worlds? One cultivates primordial energy, the other battle qi? Well, the descriptions in the Saint King world are much more advanced than in the Battle Qi Continent, but what about the rapid progress at the beginning?"
Let me think, how did the protagonist in Saint King obtain the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique?
Women?
No, that's his romantic history.
"Could it be a lightning strike?" Chen Mo asked in alarm.
Although this is the Dou Qi Continent, a world of cultivators where absorbing fire and water for cultivation is commonplace, Chen Mo would never attempt to draw lightning.
Even the Thousand Thunder Technique states that drawing lightning into the body is the fastest cultivation method.
Even if he were to die, jumping off the summit of Yunlan Mountain, he would never attempt to draw lightning.
"Let's try the Companion Amethyst Source."
With a thought, four bottles of Companion Amethyst Source were placed before Chen Mo.
Without hesitation, Chen Mo picked up a bottle, uncorked it, and gulped it down.
Instantly, Chen Mo felt a surge of heat.
Yes, he was definitely intoxicated; his entire head turned bright red.
His body grew increasingly hot, waves of heat emanating from his meridians, and the veins on his arms suddenly bulged.
In just over ten seconds, even his skin gradually turned purple.
"Damn, this is so stimulating!" Enduring the discomfort, Chen Mo quickly circulated the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force to refine it.
And so...
Another anomaly occurred.
Yun Yun, in the main hall, noticed this sudden change and her eyes widened. "Again?"
She had no choice but to block it again.
But she discovered that the fluctuations this time were even greater than the previous two, and she was finding it difficult to control.
"It's here, it's here, that feeling is back!"
Chen Mo was overjoyed. The pure energy transformed from the symbiotic amethyst source flowed through his meridians. He closed his eyes and meditated, visualizing himself as 840 million tiny particles, guiding the energy towards one of them.
"Crack."
A faint sound, like shattering glass, emanated from Chen Mo's body. A tiny particle suddenly cracked, emanating the aura of an ancient, primordial beast awakening.
Just as Chen Mo felt this giant elephant about to emerge from the particle...
the energy was gone.
Damn it, another bottle.
Another bottle of symbiotic amethyst source was downed.
Yoshi, the feeling is back.
Again.
Another spiritual sublimation.
Damn it.
The third bottle was downed.
This time, it finally lived up to expectations.
The aura of the primordial beast fully awakened.
In an instant, the entire palace seemed to tremble in fear at this aura.
"Pfft." Yun Yun, who was shielding the palace from the inner hall, was directly attacked by this aura and coughed up blood.
The aura spread outside.
The elders living near the palace all turned their gazes in this direction.
This aura made them feel threatened and tremble.
At the same time, they also noticed that this aura did not belong to their sect leader, Yun Yun.
There were other people in the sect leader's palace.
Chen Mo had also awakened the power of the second giant elephant, and his cultivation had reached the two-star Dou Shi level.
Tragically, he had only refined a small portion of the third bottle of symbiotic amethyst source, and the majority was still unrefined in Chen Mo's body.
Therefore, before Chen Mo could fully experience it, he fainted.
"Clang." As Chen Mo fell, he accidentally bumped into a teapot placed next to him.
Hearing the noise from inside, Yun Yun hurriedly came in.
But when she saw the unconscious Chen Mo, her expression changed drastically. She rushed over, helped Chen Mo up, and placed her head in her arms.
"It's so hot." Yun Yun felt a burning sensation when she first touched his skin. She touched his arm and channeled a wisp of battle qi into it, exclaiming in surprise, "Such domineering energy! What on earth did this guy do?"
A quick glance revealed something. Yun Yun picked up a jade bottle at Chen Mo's feet and smelled it. Even with her knowledge, it took her a while to realize it was a companion amethyst source.
"Good heavens, he drank three bottles of amethyst source in a row! Is he courting death?" Yun Yun's anger flashed, but then a hint of heartache appeared.
She felt that the sect competition had put pressure on him; his previous arrogance was just a way to reassure her. Now that she was gone, he was cultivating desperately.
"How could you be so foolish? It's all your fault. But don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you." Yun Yun's eyes were filled with determination. She decided that after Chen Mo was alright, she would convene another elders' meeting.
Another attempt to reason with him.
Yun Yun's jade-like hand brushed across Chen Mo's face, a hint of struggle in her eyes. After a moment, she gritted her teeth, first unbuttoning Chen Mo's robe, then her own, and finally pressing her entire body against Chen Mo's back.
She decided to use this gentlest method to control the turbulent energy within Chen Mo.
(End of Chapter)