Not only was San Liu's gaze intense, his heart brimmed with desire.
Mu Jinyu looked at the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring, nearly five hundred meters in diameter, with a blazing look in his eyes.
With such a vast Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring, he could not only refine his Bloodline Power to an exaggeratedly terrifying level but also allow the exotic species he possessed to fully mature and see what it truly was.
He estimated he could significantly enhance his strength, perhaps even directly breaking through to the Seventh Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm, the Advanced Divine Realm?!
If that were the case, the so-called Ye Wushuang and Li Zhexiong probably wouldn't be able to withstand a single breath from him!
"Let's go, head down!"
Mu Jinyu turned to look at the eager San Liu and said with a smile.
"Mm."
San Liu responded and then leapt down, plunging into the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring below with a splash.
"You cultivate for a while, I'll go get that tree seed."
Mu Jinyu called out to San Liu below.
"What?"
San Liu was momentarily stunned, then understood Mu Jinyu's intention. He feared that if he also jumped down and cultivated together, like before, he wouldn't be able to absorb much of the spring!
"Dragon Master..."
San Liu's eyes showed his moved emotions, then in order not to let Mu Jinyu's expectations down, he closed his eyes and started to operate his cultivation technique.
"Boom!!"
An even more surging spiritual power than what he had absorbed before suddenly blasted into San Liu's body, automatically smelting into True Essence Power!
However, because the process was too violent, it overwhelmed San Liu.
"Damn, I didn't get to drink much earlier and felt it was a pity I couldn't drink more. Now that I can drink all I want, I simply can't handle it!"
San Liu endured the excruciating pain that was nearly bursting his body, trying to make light of his hardship.
"It seems my constitution is simply not up to it, I really can't drink much at the end of the day, I'm going to disappoint Dragon Master's good intentions!"
"I can only drink as much as I can, I'll do my best!!"
With that thought, San Liu stopped wallowing in random thoughts, focused his mind, closed his eyes tightly, and frenziedly refined the waves of fierce spiritual power attacking him!
Soon, three minutes passed.
Finally, San Liu couldn't bear it anymore, feeling his body could no longer absorb so much spiritual power. Otherwise, he would really explode and die. He hastily stopped the operation of his cultivation technique, stamped his feet on the water, and propelled himself up from the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring, stepping on air and returning to the cave above in just a few steps!
"Hm? Why have you come up so soon? Didn't you want to cultivate a bit more?"
Mu Jinyu was in the process of dismembering a Nine-Eyed Bichan, partitioning its frog skin, meat, bones, and nine eyeballs. Surprised by San Liu's sudden appearance, he asked curiously.
"Huff...pant..."
San Liu, panting heavily and drying off the water on his body with a spell, waved his hand at Mu Jinyu and said, "I couldn't endure it. If I absorbed any more, I'd die..."
"Hmm?! This..."
Hearing San Liu's words, Mu Jinyu was speechless.
He had given him the opportunity, and yet he couldn't make use of it!
After examining San Liu's cultivation progress more carefully, he discovered that in the short three minutes, San Liu had only reached the peak of the Third Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm, just one step away from breaking through to the Fourth Layer, the Middle Stage of the Divine Realm!
Mu Jinyu couldn't help but persuade, "Go down and cultivate a little more. You're almost at the Middle Stage of the Divine Realm!"
"I can't do it, it's too fast. Although it's just a bit short, it's better to take it slowly, otherwise, I really will die!"
San Liu heard the words, fear flashing in his eyes as he waved his hand to refuse Mu Jinyu.
He knew his own condition well. It seemed like he was just a step away from breaking through to the Mid Stage of the Divine Realm, but that very step, if forced further, could lead him to explode since he couldn't absorb and digest it!
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu did not insist on San Liu using the opportunity to break through to the Fourth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm.
He understood that San Liu actually had a great chance to break through to the Mid Stage of the Divine Realm using this opportunity, but it involved some risks. With himself present, he wouldn't let San Liu's life be in danger, though the process might be painful.
However, since San Liu had refused, he wouldn't force him to endure the unbearable pain to break through to the Mid Stage of the Divine Realm sooner.
Everyone has their own choices, and one shouldn't force others.
"Then okay."
Mu Jinyu said, quickly handling the corpse of the Nine-Eyed Bichan and then placing it into the Shennong Cauldron before standing up and saying, "Then I'm going to cultivate, you protect me."
"Yes, Dragon Master." San Liu responded respectfully.
Mu Jinyu put away the Shennong Cauldron, slipped it into his pocket, and holding the seed that had sprouted tender buds, he leaped into the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring below!
"Splash!"
As he hit the water, Mu Jinyu strained to operate the True Dragon Art, vigorously devouring the Dragon Power from the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring.
This time, Mu Jinyu, unlike before, was not completely immersed in the state of cultivation. He felt as if he was about to burst from the formidable Dragon Power, which prevented him from fully immersing himself in cultivation.
But, he could still bear it!
Mu Jinyu, enduring pain as if being cut and sliced by thousands of knives, crazily allowed his Azure Dragon Bloodline to devour the rare essence of the Dragon Marrow!
Thus, his Bloodline Power became increasingly intense, even starting to expel his own mortal blood, undergoing a complete blood transformation!
This process was both agonizing and exhilarating!
What Mu Jinyu hadn't noticed was...
While he was frenziedly absorbing the Dragon Marrow from the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring to enhance his Bloodline concentration, the seed he tightly held was also crazily devouring the vast Spiritual Power and immense Life Source Energy from the Immortal Spring!
Suddenly, the seed that only sprouted new buds started to grow rapidly, quickly turning into a small sapling!
San Liu, watching from above, was amazed at this sight.
But what alarmed him more was that as the seed transformed into a sapling, the vast Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring had decreased by a whole meter in height.
"My goodness, this sapling is too domineering! It's swallowed so much Spiritual Power and Life Force, and it's only as big as a palm. If it keeps growing, won't it swallow the whole Earth?"
San Liu muttered in shock.
Then, seeing the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring drop another meter, San Liu hesitated whether to wake Mu Jinyu and alert him to the sapling in his hand, lest the Immortal Spring be completely depleted before Mu Jinyu could cultivate enough!
However...
Just as San Liu made up his mind, preparing to wake Mu Jinyu,
A strange scene occurred!
The small sapling in Mu Jinyu's hand, having grown to about a foot high, suddenly burst into a gentle green light and then vanished without a trace.
"Huh?! Where did the sapling go?!"
San Liu, slightly stunned by the scene, then rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he opened them again, he still could not find any trace of the sapling!
"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..."
Then, San Liu saw, centered around Mu Jinyu, a mysterious vortex formed, stirring the nearly five hundred meters in diameter of the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring, being endlessly devoured by it!
What was strange was that, under such frantic devouring, Mu Jinyu's strength and momentum showed no changes whatsoever!