togophonebook Chapter 128 records the bloodline of Gu worms, and the year of Core Formation.
Chapter 128 records the bloodline of Gu worms, and the year of Core Formation.
Inside the cave, all was silent.
It lasted for more than ten breaths.
"Sigh, my good disciple, it seems your vital energy is of little use to the spirit gu."
"That's all we can gather for the Thousand Gu Essences."
After carefully examining the insect corpses several times, Feng Yuan, the old ghost, spoke with a rather regretful tone.
At this moment, after refining a few strands of spiritual energy from the Spirit Eye Spring, Lin Li saw a prompt appear before him.
[Inclusion successful]
[A superior fourth-tier bloodline, the Nine-Turn Life-Returning Gu!]
The next moment, a crimson-gold butterfly, over twenty inches long, appeared on the Reincarnation Disc. Nine circular, deep blue magic patterns adorned the butterfly, and an extremely astonishingly vast pressure emanated from the seemingly tiny Gu worm.
"The aptitude for the late-stage Nascent Soul realm."
Lin Li's expression brightened upon seeing this.
The Gu worm that this old ghost was trying so hard to revive truly possessed a talent and bloodline that exceeded his expectations.
It turned out to be the bloodline of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
The Nine-Turn Resurrection Gu on the Reincarnation Disc flew around a few times before landing on the towering jade pillar-like divine banyan tree in the center.
Both possess superior fourth-tier bloodline aptitude, making them quite harmonious in their interactions.
"My good disciple, this place is full of spiritual energy."
"There is also the Spirit Eye Spring; you can cultivate here."
"As for what the situation is like outside our Hidden Soul Cliff, there's no need to worry about it."
"Once you advance to the Core Formation stage, I will take you to a place where your cultivation will greatly increase."
"It might even allow one to advance to the mid-stage of Core Formation or higher in one fell swoop."
After saying this, Feng Yuan Lao Gui threw out more than ten bottles of pills used for Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, as well as pills needed for breaking through to the next realm, from his storage bag.
At the same time, he raised his hand and cast a hand seal, and the formation here began to operate, with layers of spiritual energy shielding the Spirit Eye Spring.
Standing outside the layers of protective array, Lin Li saw this scene and knew perfectly well that it was meant to protect him.
After doing all this, Feng Yuan Lao Gui turned and left without hesitation.
"My good disciple, with your talent and the pills I gave you, if you still can't advance to the Core Formation stage in ten years..."
"That will be the time when you are turned into a spirit puppet."
The old ghost Feng Yuan's aged and deep voice rang in Lin Li's ears.
"The worst that can happen is that I can start over in my next life."
Lin Li felt no fear whatsoever.
But Lin Li's goal in this world is to accumulate more experience to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
With these elixirs and the undisturbed cultivation environment here, ten years would indeed be a suitable time to break through to the Core Formation stage.
These Nascent Soul stage old ghosts have very sharp eyes.
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Outside the cave.
Feng Yuan, the old ghost, dressed in a black robe, walked on the streets of the Hidden Soul Cliff sect town.
He looked at the people coming and going, his eyes filled with a thoughtful expression.
At this moment, the nascent soul within his body suddenly opened its eyes and unleashed several profound hand seals. Strands of divine power were drawn from the cultivators of these small towns and gathered upon him.
"That's too little."
"We still need to go to the Black Dragon Mountains."
"We can't miss out on this fun."
After consuming this mouthful of divine power, Feng Yuanlaogui was not satisfied. The nourishment it provided to himself was pitifully little, barely better than nothing.
This is mainly because most of the cultivators at Hidden Soul Cliff this time are at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, with not a single one at the Core Formation stage.
As for those Foundation Establishment cultivators inside Hidden Soul Cliff, in Feng Yuan's old ghost's eyes, they were all mediocre.
It would be extremely rare for even one of them to advance to the peak of Foundation Establishment.
However, the purpose of this Hidden Soul Cliff stronghold was only to raise that Gu worm. These cultivators who played the role of town residents here were just objects of his daily amusement.
By having them perform the role day after day and by giving them techniques to hone their spiritual sense, their spiritual sense cultivation can become significantly stronger than that of cultivators of the same level.
Only in this way can more divine thoughts be consumed.
"You're the one."
Feng Yuan Lao Gui's gaze fell on the street in front of him. A little girl in red who looked only seven or eight years old walked by. She had two pigtails sticking up in the air and her talent had reached the level of three spiritual roots.
The other Qi Refining cultivators around them were mostly of the four or five spiritual roots, so they were not qualified to consume Foundation Establishment spiritual items.
If you don't have spiritual root aptitude.
Even if they were given foundation-building spiritual objects, it would ultimately be a waste of those objects.
In the blink of an eye.
Feng Yuan Lao Gui casually tossed out a second-tier spiritual herb from his storage bag that matched the other party's spiritual root attributes.
His figure vanished into thin air the next moment.
"Is this the Foundation Establishment spiritual item my senior brother mentioned?"
Qu Mei, who had only been here for a year, looked at the blue spiritual herb hanging in the air half a step in front of her, her crystal eyes filled with excitement.
now,
The Foundation Establishment cultivators inside the pavilions on this street immediately flew out of the pavilions and landed in front of the girl in red.
"To be bestowed a Foundation Establishment spiritual item by the sect leader, you are truly blessed."
"To be bestowed a Foundation Establishment spiritual item by the sect leader, you are truly blessed."
"Choose one of us to be your master."
"From now on, you won't have to be busy on this street all day."
"You can enter the pavilion to cultivate, and after you advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, you may even receive rewards from the elders."
"We might even grant you a chance to leave Hidden Soul Cliff and reunite with your family."
At this moment, one of the old men in black with a goatee spoke to Qu Mei, who was dressed in red in front of him.
Qu Mei's eyes lit up when she heard the news that she could reunite with her family.
However, only these few Foundation Establishment cultivators knew that from the moment they entered this town, they would never have the chance to leave.
Their sect leader at Hidden Soul Cliff wouldn't even give them a day to rest, let alone a chance to leave this place.
Only by saying this can we motivate these newcomers to strive for further breakthroughs.
In the blink of an eye.
Ten years have passed.
In the town of Hidden Soul Cliff.
In the unchanging attic, Qu Mei, who was originally seven or eight years old, has now grown into a graceful and slender young woman. Her cultivation level has risen from the first level of Qi Refining to the fourth level.
Within these ten years.
Qu Mei has no shortage of elixirs for cultivation every month.
That is precisely why she has made such progress.
Right now.
Suddenly, Qu Mei sensed an extremely strong fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from outside the pavilion. She immediately opened her eyes, as she was sitting cross-legged on the futon.
She walked out from outside the attic.
She followed the fluctuations of spiritual energy and looked towards the mountains behind the town.
"Isn't that a forbidden area of the sect?!"
Qu Mei looked at the back of the town, which was shrouded in layers of malevolent energy, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Meanwhile, the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the surrounding pavilions flew out and gathered in one place, looking towards the back mountain with surprise in their eyes.
"This oppressive aura... it's from a Core Formation cultivator."
"A cultivator has advanced to the Core Formation stage in the sect's forbidden area."
"Are you a disciple of the sect leader?"
The Foundation Establishment cultivators present were shocked, but also showed a hint of envy.
In their hearts, their sect leader never gave them a second glance.
"continue."
"Don't stop."
At this moment, due to the pressure emanating from the forbidden area of the sect, all the cultivators in the entire Hidden Soul Cliff sect town stopped in their tracks as if frozen in time.
But then one of the leading Foundation Establishment stage elders hurriedly shouted angrily.
The sound, like muffled thunder, echoed throughout the entire town.
The Qi Refining cultivators who had been standing there in a daze were immediately awakened, and one by one they began to follow their predetermined route, repeating the same actions day after day.
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at the same time.
Inside the cave of the Spirit Eye Spring.
Lin Li has now revealed his true form: a plump spirit rat with silver fur, his body larger than when he was in the Foundation Establishment stage, and his fur shimmering as if coated with silver powder.
A glimmer of light flashed in a pair of pale golden eyes.
Within the dantian.
He possessed a silver golden core, and his magical power had increased more than tenfold compared to when he was at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.
The power of divine sense has also doubled, and based on the previous range, it is estimated to be at least eighty miles.
Ordinary early-stage Core Formation cultivators can only travel about fifty li.
Because Lin Li cultivated the Soul-Suppressing Seal Technique, his spiritual sense cultivation had definitely reached the mid-stage of Core Formation, or even approached the late stage.
"call!"
Lin Li let out a long sigh of relief.
Although Feng Yuanlaogui had prepared a full range of pills for himself, he was still apprehensive when he was going through the tribulation of inner demons.
Lin Li's greatest trump card was discovered by that old ghost, and the illusion in the inner demon tribulation was so real that Lin Li's emotions still fluctuated slightly when he recalled it.
Fortunately, it was a close call!
He finally reached the early stage of Core Formation.
Moreover, it was a success on the first try, and it was at this moment that the bloodline talent came into play.
Without the blessing of bloodline talent, even with the assistance of breakthrough pills for the Core Formation stage, the chance of success is only one in ten thousand, or even lower.
Ninety-nine percent of the time, it's a dead end.
The only way is to cultivate unorthodox methods and rely on external forces to form the elixir.
Of course, the resulting golden core can only be of low-grade gray-core quality, and it can only remain trapped in the early stage of core formation.
Lin Li's newly formed elixir is of true quality.
Although he had a slight chance to try forming his Nascent Soul, Lin Li was also very clear that he could probably only try once. Once he failed to form his Nascent Soul, he would be devoured by the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and his physical body and soul would probably be destroyed by the great calamity of heaven and earth in the first instant.
The Nascent Soul stage is considered the top level of cultivators in this world.
As for cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, there is only one publicly known cultivator in the two major cultivation kingdoms of Nan Yue and Dong Ming.
Moreover, he has been in seclusion for many years, and his fate is unknown.
"If you calculate the time, it's exactly ten years."
"It's all in the blink of an eye!"
Lin Li felt a mix of emotions.
Ten years have passed since then, and it's unclear what the situation is like now.
"Old Ghost Feng Yuan should be returning to his sect soon."
Lin Li made his own guess.
Those Nascent Soul stage monsters are all shrewd and calculating. They had all planned this date precisely. They had previously said that once Lin Li's cultivation level advanced to the Core Formation stage, they would take him to a place where he could improve his cultivation.
That old ghost will definitely come back as long as he's alive.
Lin Li didn't dwell on it any longer, but instead focused his mind and stabilized his cultivation.
Soon, another two years passed.
Lin Li's inner core was stable, and he had also completed the initial training of several earth-based techniques recorded in the "Earth Vein Devouring Spirit Technique".
At the same time, a divine sense imprint was left on the Xuan Yin Ling Sha Sword, which Lin Li could easily control. Although the magical power attributes were different, at least when fighting with other Core Formation stage cultivators, he would not be at too much of a disadvantage.
"My good disciple, you have indeed not disappointed your master!"
"I've been quite diligent these past twelve years."
"The time difference between my calculations and yours is not that great."
"This is a third-tier spirit fruit. I'll let you try it, my disciple."
A few steps in front of Lin Li, a figure wearing a loose black robe and a wooden ghost face mask suddenly appeared.
"It's all thanks to the elixir left behind by my master."
"Only then can my disciple be promoted smoothly."
Lin Li raised his hand and put the fist-sized, earthy-yellow spirit fruit into his pocket, then said respectfully.
"good."
"The timing is perfect, come with me."
Feng Yuan nodded. This little treasure-devouring rat does have a clear understanding of itself.
The words were spoken.
Lin Li felt a magical power envelop him, and together with the old ghost Feng Yuan in front of him, they transformed into a black stream of light and flew out of the cave.
"I know what you want to ask."
"This jade slip records some changes between the two cultivation kingdoms of Nan Yue and Dong Ming."
After saying that, Feng Yuan Lao Gui threw a jade slip at Lin Li.
Lin Li took the jade slip and brought it to his side. He probed it with a wisp of his divine sense, and then a series of events concerning the two great cultivation kingdoms appeared in his mind.
Twelve years ago.
During their trip to the Black Dragon Mountains, several Nascent Soul cultivators from the Southern Yue Alliance joined forces to try and kill Jiang Yuan, a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Flood Dragon Clan.
But in the end, Jiang Yuan still managed to escape.
The water-based magic weapon of the Jiaolong clan is incredibly fast, and its escape light is invisible.
Despite his injuries, Jiang Yuan used all his strength to break free from the encirclement of several Nascent Soul stage cultivators, each with their own agendas.
However, the many demon servant races belonging to the Jiaolong clan in the Black Dragon Mountains suffered a great purge, with heavy casualties.
All the disciples who participated in the siege of the various sects reaped considerable rewards.
In particular, Fang Qingya of the Ziyun Sect, with his Hundred Ghosts Demon Body, was able to kill three Core Formation stage sea demons with the power of his own spiritual body, even though he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.
His reputation grew even more, and he was hailed as the number one person below the Core Formation stage.
As for the cultivation world of the Eastern Sea Kingdom, it was a scene of utter chaos.
The sea monsters in the Starry Sea are divided into two factions. One faction is the coastal faction, which mainly wants to avoid war with the human and demon cultivators in the Eastern Sea.
All I want is a place to cultivate.
However, the other faction was the warmongering faction, many of whom entered the cultivation world of Dongming Kingdom, causing numerous deaths and injuries among the cultivators within Dongming Kingdom.
Apart from these, no other content was recorded in the jade slip.
"My good disciple, take this pill."
"Once we arrive at the destination, we can transmit the Dharma to you more smoothly."
"Secret realm tokens are gradually appearing in various places within Lingxu City, and it is very likely that the secret realm will open soon."
"The first thing to do now is to raise your cultivation level to the mid-stage of Core Formation, my disciple."
"Only in this way can they be of assistance to their teacher."
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