Chapter 24
Breakthrough!

He returned to his room.

Luo Mu put the storage ring on his finger.

This ring could automatically adjust to the size of his finger, which was quite strange.

After recognizing it with his blood.

His consciousness instantly entered a small space.

As Cheng Qing Man had said, it could indeed hold one hundred human heads.

And the heads of Mo Luo and the others had already been placed inside by Cheng Qing Man.

"It'll be much easier to kill and loot in the future."

Luo Mu nodded slightly.

Then he opened the jade box, revealing a jade herb, completely emerald green with silver stripes, and the rich medicinal aroma instantly filled the entire room.

"Third-grade Silver Stripe Herb."

Luo Mu's eyes were filled with a fiery light.

The Silver Stripe Herb had seven leaves.

These were the essence of its medicinal power.

Each leaf had an effect far greater than a Breaking Yuan Pill.

The medicinal power of this single herb alone was enough for him to break through seven Great Apertures!

If he could get a few more critical hits.

Reaching the True Aperture Realm Completion should be no problem.

Luo Mu picked off a leaf and swallowed it.

Boom!

Almost the moment it entered his stomach, a vast, overwhelming medicinal power like a river surged forth.

Even though he was prepared, Luo Mu was still shocked.

It was indeed worthy of being a third-grade spirit herb!

With no time to think, Luo Mu began to absorb the medicinal power, and his blood essence soared in a short time.

Up to ten times its original level!

He could even faintly hear the roar of a raging river in his veins!

To break through the apertures.

One's own blood essence had to be extremely powerful, otherwise, they would never be able to break through the aperture barriers.

Luo Mu was able to break through to the True Aperture Realm primarily due to the Breaking Yuan Pill.

However, the medicinal power of the Breaking Yuan Pill was not enough to break through the third Great Aperture, only spirit herbs like the Silver Stripe Herb would do.

"Break!"

Feeling that the time was right, Luo Mu channeled all of his blood essence and charged towards a Great Aperture on his right foot.

The blood essence surged, wild and untamed.

It was visible to the naked eye that the Great Aperture barrier was shaking violently under the impact of the blood essence, then cracks appeared, and pieces began to peel off.

Luo Mu waited patiently.

About half an hour later.

Crack!

The Great Aperture barrier finally shattered completely.

Pale golden Primordial Blood flowed throughout his body, being absorbed by his flesh, greatly enhancing his physical capabilities and the quality of his blood essence.

Whew!

Luo Mu let out a sigh of relief.

He remembered that breaking through the first Great Aperture had been very simple, easy to do.

The second one hadn't been too difficult either.

But now, at the third one, he clearly felt the difficulty, as evident from the time it took.

A full half an hour.

If the medicinal power of the Silver Stripe Herb wasn't strong enough, he would have most likely failed.

And this was the problem of aptitude.

The better the aptitude, the weaker the Great Aperture barrier, easily broken, why would it take half an hour?

"The third Great Aperture was this difficult, it's only going to get harder from here on."

Luo Mu's eyes narrowed slightly.

There were also spirit objects in the world that could improve one's aptitude, but these were rare and hard to find, he didn't know when he would ever encounter one.

"Ding!"

"You diligently cultivated, took a spirit herb, broke through a Great Aperture, triggered a critical hit, and gained a thirty-fold harvest!"

Suddenly, a prompt sounded.

His mind also showed the picture of breaking through thirty times.

"It's fine if I can't find one, I'll just keep breaking through, I have plenty of opportunities!"

Luo Mu's lips curled into a smile.

A thirty-fold harvest was equivalent to breaking through thirty times.

As long as his luck wasn't too bad, if he succeeded just once out of the thirty times, he would have succeeded in reality!

"Next, consolidate my realm."

Luo Mu sat cross-legged.

His hands sank down to his abdomen.

The True Aperture Realm was unique, every time you broke through, you needed to spend some time consolidating, absorbing all of the Primordial Blood before you could attempt the next stage of breakthrough.

——

Time flew by, and five days later.

Luo Mu pushed open the door and stepped out.

He stretched his body, feeling the sunshine.

A smile appeared on his face.

The absorption of Primordial Blood could be done actively or passively, so in the system's rules, it also counted as cultivation.

Therefore.

Normal people might need several months to absorb it all.

He could do it in one or two days with a critical hit.

As a result, in these five days, he had broken through two small realms, successfully reaching the True Aperture Realm, fifth stage!

Whew!

Luo Mu casually threw a few punches.

The force of the punches was heavy, like punching through water, the surrounding air felt as if it was being pulled.

"I should learn a fist technique when I get the chance."

Luo Mu thought to himself.

His current physique was far superior to other martial artists at the same realm, if he learned fist techniques, he would definitely be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort.

Dong dong dong!

The courtyard door was knocked on.

He didn't need to think to know it was Cheng Qing Man.

He opened the door, and sure enough, it was her.

"It's rare, you're not practicing."

Cheng Qing Man raised an eyebrow.

Quite surprised.

"I haven't been practicing with my sword these past few days."

Luo Mu smiled slightly.

Upon hearing this.

Cheng Qing Man seemed to notice something, and she took a sharp breath.

Because she had noticed that Luo Mu had actually broken through to the True Aperture Realm, fifth stage!

She remembered that he was only at the True Aperture Realm, second stage, five days ago!

Was this cultivation speed a little too outrageous?!

"It seems your aptitude is truly exceptional."

Cheng Qing Man swallowed hard.

She was a genius in the eyes of the world, but every time she broke through a Great Aperture, it would take her more than twenty days to absorb all of the Primordial Blood.

But Luo Mu.

If you counted it up, it was probably only a day!

"With enough resources, reaching the True Aperture Realm Completion would be a breeze for you."

Cheng Qing Man was stunned.

To this, Luo Mu just smiled and didn't explain much.

Instead, he changed the subject.

"Let's go, weren't you going to take me to get the spirit sword."

"Right."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Qing Man nodded, this was the purpose of her coming here.

Today was the day the spirit sword was to be forged.