At that moment, all the disciples paid closer attention to the instructions given by the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor. They were surprised by the fact that the amount of money to be paid for a baptism per day was ten thousand gold coins. With that information, they realized that they must not waste this opportunity that came for free. They shall take advantage of it to refine their physical body.
"Actually, it's quite reasonable for something as important as this to have a high cost. Besides, we can't do anything to change it. Although the water in the Enlightening Pond is naturally formed, it must take a lot of Treasures from Heaven and Earth to reach its present state. Otherwise, how can it help in efficiently refining your body?" said the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor as he looked earnestly at each of the disciples.
"In my humble opinion, the amount of ten thousand gold coins a day is still not enough."
When they heard what the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor had said, all the disciples present were a little dumbfounded, for they were quite confused why such a big amount of money was still not enough.
The Skyward Sword Spiritual King and the Array-shattering Spiritual King who were behind the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor both smiled in secret.
"Well, I won't say anything further about it. Next, you will begin to enter the water in the Enlightening Pond for baptism, but please bear in mind that the refining process is extremely difficult and painful. If you could not endure the said process, I suggest you come out of the pond as soon as possible, or worse things will come to you," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor compassionately reminded all the disciples at the next moment.
"Deputy Dean, we completely understand your instructions!" answered all the disciples in high spirits.
Then, all of them jumped into the water of the Enlightening Pond one after another, guiding the water into their own bodies and starting the process.
Ricky felt as if he were being bathed in the infinite enlightening power as the water in the Enlightening Pond slowly enveloped his body. Involuntary, the four zones in his body helped him refine this pure enlightening power.
At the same time, Ricky felt another pure force, which could only be the so-called energy that came from nature.
After that energy sank into his body, it spontaneously began to refine every part of him. His bones, flesh, and skin were constantly being refined, and soon enough, he felt impurities gushing out of his body.
'It is said that the energy of the nature is the best and most suitable power to refine one's body. It seems that this statement really makes sense, ' Ricky thought to himself in great excitement for he was amazed by the fact that even his body could still discharge impurities.
Of course, the process was not without its challenges. While in the process of refining, the huge amount of enlightening power made his whole body ache, and the pain became more and more intense as every minute and second passed by.
Although Ricky had such a strong body, he could still feel a strong amount of pain. It actually felt like the pain was seeping into each an
rteen days had already passed, and it looked like Ricky and Soar still had no intentions of coming out of the Enlightening Pond.
At that moment, Louie's expression looked like he was at his highest level of being furious. He also felt disdain coming from the other disciplines who kept glancing at him from time to time.
Thirteen days had passed. Needless to say, it was only two days away from the record of fifteen days.
"Humph! The longer they stay in the water in the Enlightening Pond, the harder it should be for them to hold on. Although thirteen days is only two days away from fifteen days, there is a world of difference between them," Louie grunted a little loudly. Although the look on his face was rather gloomy, as if he was becoming more and more hopeless, Louie was still reluctant to concede.
When they heard Louie's words, all the disciples around him became derisive of his apparent jealousy towards Ricky. However, to some extent, Louie did make some points. The matter of the fact was that the more time Ricky and Soar spent in the water in the Enlightening Pond, the more pain they would suffer. All the disciples knew this very well because just days ago, they had their own experience in the dreadful Enlightening Pond.
Therefore, at that moment, many disciples prayed in their hearts that Ricky and Soar could have enough perseverance to survive for at least two days more.
"I'm afraid that this little guy from the Bing Clan is getting a little too jealous of others who are superior to him," the Skyward Sword Spiritual King said when he noticed Louie's contempt.
"If a person is too jealous of other people and cannot help himself to get rid of this vicious cycle, he will certainly go mad one day. If a cultivator harbors malicious intent in his heart, he would either give up his cultivation of martial arts or truly become corrupted," the Array-shattering Spiritual King sighed.
"There is no way to change that, though. It's quite natural that everyone would be jealous. What matters is whether we can restrain it or not."
During their earnest discussion, fifteen days had already passed.