The words fell.

He picked up the freshly brewed tea and gently took a sip.

Soon after, he felt the abundant vitality from the tea flowing into his body, like a clear spring.

Slowly nourishing every part of his body.

Looking at Jiang Ning with slightly squinted eyes, the elderly man’s face held a faint smile.

"Your ’Divine’ strength is extraordinary! In the Immortal Dao, your achievements might be even greater!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning opened his eyes and nodded, "Someone has mentioned this to me before."

"Has your Immortal Root grown?" the elderly man asked.

Jiang Ning nodded, "The Residence Master noticed?"

"Of course I noticed!" The elderly man nodded slightly, then said, "Without formally cultivating the Immortal Dao, yet your Immortal Root sprouts and grows into a sapling, it seems you have great fortune."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning drank some tea and nodded.

Then he shifted the topic, "Residence Master, how many days have passed?"

"Three days," the elderly man replied casually.

"Only three days have passed?" Jiang Ning was taken aback.

The elderly man: "..."

He glanced at Jiang Ning, feeling speechless inside.

Then he silently picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip.

He originally wanted to say something, that for ordinary prodigies, achieving Three Flowers Gathering at the Top requires countless years of bitter cultivation.

If it weren’t for his presence here activating the Grotto Heaven’s essence to help Jiang Ning recover, this alone would be a massive hurdle.

However, thinking about Jiang Ning’s current age and the years since entering Martial Arts, he chose to remain silent.

To reach this stage in such a short period, the improvement in strength is reckoned by the day, rather than by years.

"Residence Master, I wish to continue!" Jiang Ning said.

"Accompany me for half a day of tea!" The elderly man replied casually.

"Yes!" Jiang Ning responded.

He continued to drink his tea silently.

Cup after cup of tea went down.

He could feel the vitality in the tea weaving through his body, with the vitality in his body growing more vigorous.

Quietly sensing the changes in his body, he immediately understood why the elderly man asked him to drink tea here for half a day.

Because through countless cycles of extraction and recovery, hidden dangers had already appeared throughout his body.

The sublimation of Qi-Blood and True Yuan both cause certain damage to the body.

The infusion of Grotto Heaven essence, although it can restore the body and rapidly replenish his consumption.

But with each repeated cycle, the body also suffers repeated destruction.

Although this damage is temporarily harmless to him now, it does exist.

With each sip of tea.

The vast vitality contained in the tea also sorted out the hidden dangers within his body.

"Thank you, Residence Master!" Jiang Ning thanked again.

"Did you feel it?" the elderly man asked.

Jiang Ning nodded.

"These hidden dangers may be temporarily harmless, but when you aim for higher peaks in the future, any anomaly in your body could become a hindrance," the elderly man said.

"Thank you for your guidance, Residence Master!" Jiang Ning sincerely thanked.

"Continue drinking tea! Drink as much as you can! Outside, you won’t get such good tea." The elderly man spoke casually, then continued sipping on his own.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning no longer hesitated and took the opportunity to drink the tea vigorously.

He hadn’t forgotten that drinking this tea could increase his Source Energy Points.

Just this benefit alone was enough to make him tempted.

Not to mention, the tea’s vitality was so vast, it helped him sort out bodily hidden dangers.

Time passed.

The elderly man and the young one had emptied pot after pot of tea.

At this moment, the elderly man looked at Jiang Ning, his mouth slightly twitching.

His tea bowl had barely been touched, while Jiang Ning already consumed two bowls of tea, and the vitality-laden tea leaves were being chewed in Jiang Ning’s mouth.

Like a cow chewing on peonies, he simply chewed a few times before swallowing.

Afterwards, the elderly man again glanced at the empty tea bowl in front of Jiang Ning, his mouth twitching once more.

The next moment.

With a flick of his finger, a jade-green leaf slowly descended three inches above the tea bowl.

And then it landed at the bottom of the bowl.

"Thank you, Residence Master!" Jiang Ning thanked once more.

He picked up the nearby boiling tea kettle.

Gurgle-gurgle-gurgle—

As the boiling water was poured in, the tea in the bowl emitted a faint green light.

He then comfortably took another sip, his eyes slightly squinted, wearing an expression of enjoyment.

The winter sun shone brightly overhead, combined with the hot tea in hand, giving him a drowsy feeling.

The elderly man: "..."

He watched Jiang Ning’s expression, a faint trace of speechlessness on his face.

After a moment.

A few simple brews later, Jiang Ning swallowed the tea leaf in the bowl, chewed it twice, then swallowed.

Then, he placed the tea bowl on the table, looking at the elderly man.

"No need to look! The hidden dangers in your body have already been eliminated!" the elderly man said.

Jiang Ning smacked his lips, wearing a face of regret.

"Residence Master, it’s not yet two hours, hardly half a day as agreed."

The elderly man: "..."

He looked at Jiang Ning with faint indifference, prompting Jiang Ning to stand up immediately.

"The Residence Master is right! The hidden dangers in my body are gone, it’s time to continue!"

The elderly man nodded slightly at this sight.

...

The next moment.

Jiang Ning sat cross-legged in the open space of the cottage yard.

Above his head hovered two flowers, red and gold, juxtaposed, making him seem like a Divine.

At this moment, the Qi-Blood and True Yuan within his body became extremely active, as if completely boiling.

Endless power surged from within him.

"Only two flowers, Three Flowers Gathering at the Top will be the complete form of this secret technique!" he thought.

Then the Spirit Platform returned to clarity, all distractions dispersed.

"Divine Flower, use spiritual power as fire, ignite the silver flower."

His thoughts arose again.

His ’Divine’ had always been immensely powerful, reaching the Benevolent Immortal level, and now his Spirit Platform craft and the True Self method reached Perfection, True Self unified, Spirit Platform clear.

Gathering the ’Divine Flower’ is not about supplementing and strengthening, but to compress, purify, and ignite this overly strong spiritual power, to elevate the most radiant ’Divine Flower.’

This process cannot rely on external forces, relying solely on personal mind control, any carelessness could harm the Divine Soul’s root.

Jiang Ning took a deep breath, plunging all his Heart Spirit into the Spirit Platform.

The next moment.

Hiss—

Within the Spirit Platform, silver flame suddenly sparked out of nowhere.

Just within a fleeting instant, silver flames flooded every corner of the Spirit Platform.

This flame is not a typical flame, but the Divine burning.

Then, threads resembling silver light beams began appearing in the Spirit Platform Space.

These threads converged toward the center.

Outside, Jiang Ning’s surroundings displayed no intense visible changes.

But the elderly man could clearly sense Jiang Ning’s brow as if lit up by a formless lamp, its light reserved yet highly concentrated.

Though his eyes remained shut, it was as if he could see Jiang Ning’s eyes dazzling like a star burst, sensing the spiritual fluctuations vibrating with a mysterious frequency.

Time passed step by step.

The red and gold flowers above slightly rotated, scattering light sparks, as if echoing the dramatic change within the Spirit Platform.

At a certain moment.

The elderly man raised his hand and pointed.

A waterfall of origin appeared above Jiang Ning’s head, then cascaded down, infused into Jiang Ning’s body.

The silver flame gradually extinguishing in the Spirit Platform at that moment seemed to receive external assistance, once again shining bright silver flame.

As time passed.

Jiang Ning’s mind’s spiritual power was exhausted time and again, replenished time and again.

Through this repeated cycle, his Spirit Platform steadily gathered the first silver petal.

Seeing the Spirit Platform’s first Divine Flower petal, Jiang Ning inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

Getting started is always hard, having accomplished this step, the rest will be by the book.

He made some adjustments, allowing the Grotto Heaven essence to flow into his body, replenishing his depleted spiritual power.

After a brief moment.

Under his urging, the silver flame burned more intensely in the Spirit Platform Space.

Silvery streaks converged in the void, then gathered toward the phantom flower in the center.

As the silver streaks merged, that silver flower gradually materialized.

Quickly, it formed the second petal, followed by the third...