The Immortal's Cave that Li Qingshan had opened up was neither elegant nor magnificent. It only had one word: large.
In the spacious belly of the mountain, Li Qingshan took out the Monster Core of the strange clam. This Monster Core was also of the water attribute, so the power it contained was the best tonic for him. He opened his mouth and swallowed the Monster Core.
A huge amount of energy was released from his body. Although it was not a self-explosion, the power was enough to take the life of an ordinary cultivator. Li Qingshan used the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression, but he felt like he could no longer suppress it any longer. His body immediately changed, rapidly growing taller and larger, turning into his original form as a daemon.
An enormous amount of Demonic Qi penetrated the mountain peak and shot up to the sky. The Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation immediately activated and locked this Qi. If this was in the Hundred Schools of Thought, this would inevitably reveal his tracks. Here, however, there was no need to worry about this.
The spirit turtle's daemon core shone brightly, spinning as it revolved. It pressed down with all its might, absorbing the daemon core bit by bit. Only then did Li Qingshan's figure gradually return to normal.
Seeing that Li Qingshan was fine, An sat down cross-legged at the side and summoned out the Corpse Soldiers. She activated the Blood Flame of Corpse Incineration and the Pale Flame of Bone Smelting, and refined a corpse in an instant.
Ten days later, a Skull Prayer Bead was forged. The fourteen little Skeleton Devils were jumping around as if they were welcoming their new companions.
Li Qingshan's cultivation had reached the most critical juncture. During the three years of secluded cultivation, he had been constantly practising the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression, never stopping. Originally, he thought he could easily break through to the fourth layer of the spirit turtle with the water element daemon core, but Just Now, he discovered it would not be that easy. Even if he completely digested the Demonic Core, he still needed a little more.
This was the essence of a Demon General that had been condensed for thousands of years! As his cultivation increased. The spirit turtle's daemon core's demand for resources became more and more startling. If he just sat there and absorbed the spiritual qi of the world, who knew how many years it would take before it was enough.
Li Qingshan suddenly remembered that when he killed the strange centipede, he had also obtained some low-quality Monster Cores, which were basically water-type. He took it out and swallowed it, making up for the last bit.
In the Sword Collection Palace, the white-haired Divining Elder. Sitting cross-legged in front of the Nine Provinces Map, the Tianji Sword rested horizontally on his knees. It spun endlessly.
While Fu Qingjin was investigating, Elder Diviner did not stop tracking. The Sumeru Ring was equivalent to a miniature world of its own. Apart from the owner, no one would be able to detect the situation inside, much less sense the aura of the Flying Dragon Sword.
Elder Divining pondered for a moment, then once again set his sights on the Soaring Dragon Elder's Sumeru Ring. It was difficult for the people of this world to find out what was happening in other worlds, but the "door" would always remain in this world. Until it was destroyed. Although it would not emit any aura, it was a trajectory that could be vaguely grasped.
A couple of years ago, Elder Destiny tried the same thing. As a result, he suffered a counterforce and was injured severely. What hurt him wasn't Oxen himself, but Oxen's spirit power, which was left in Ji Hao's ring. If it were not for this spirit power, the Sword Collection palace would have found Li Qingshan with the divination of the heavenly secrets a long time ago and cut him to pieces.
Li Qingshan thought Oxen had already left, but little did he know that in these past few years, Oxen's power had always been protecting him. But at this moment, the spirit power vanished. Li Qingshan was like a child who had lost his final layer of protection. Not only did he have to survive in this world alone, but he also had to face powerful enemies that he struggled to face right now.
"Rise!" Elder Destiny's hands were like a lotus, extending and moving with unbelievable dexterity. The Sword of Heavenly Secrets thrummed and rose up, pointing downwards and hovering above his head.
"One with the sword!"
The Sword of Heavenly Secrets fell down, stabbing into Elder Destiny's forehead and merging with it. Elder Destiny's pitch-black pupils conjured a Taiji diagram of yin and yang, constantly spinning as he gazed at the Nine Provinces Map.
At that moment, his gaze seemed to pierce through the mountains and rivers, gazing over the entire Clear River prefecture. He wanted to find the tiny sumeru ring within these fifteen hundred kilometers of rivers and mountains.
He did not need to investigate, he did not need to analyse, he did not need to ask, he did not need to think. He directly asked fate itself, begging the heavens for an answer.
After wandering around the river of fate for who knows how long, the corner of Elder Destiny's lips suddenly curled into a sliver of joy. He had finally found it!
It was like a ray of sunlight in the darkness. Now, all he needed to do was follow this ray of sunlight and trace it back to its source.
This also made Elder Destiny completely stop worrying. The last time he divined, the disaster of destruction had appeared with this ray of sunlight. In his daze, it seemed to be a back. It did not give off any hostility, nor did it purposefully attack him. However, this was the most terrifying part, as just the existence itself was enough to make his divination completely collapse.
If it were not for the fact that he had become one with the sword, allowing the Sword of Heavenly Secrets to absorb most of the damage, his sea of consciousness would have almost suffered a destructive blow. He felt like a flying insect that had accidentally flown into the crater of a volcano. The volcano erupted on its own, completely unaware of the existence of the flying insect. However, just a tiny wisp of smoke was enough to kill the flying insect.
Elder Destiny followed that beam of sunlight. Abruptly, he sensed a disturbance. He was surprised for a second, but soon, he calmed down. It seemed like the other party also knew divination, but Just Now, the other party's strength was still below his.
Little Ann, who was refining the Skull Prayer Beads, felt his heart skip a beat. He frowned slightly and used the Cloud Bookcase of the Seven Lots.
Elder Destiny immediately felt the interference intensify. The ray of sunlight twisted, and the path it pursued became unpredictable. Battles between practitioners of divination like this were even more profound and mysterious than any other form of battle.
Elder Destiny smiled. Confident, he nullified Little Ann's interference one by one, advancing towards his target firmly.
Li Qingshan had no idea that Little Ann beside him was currently engaged in a battle like this with Elder Destiny thousands of kilometers away. All he did was quietly comprehend the changes in the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression until his mind reached absolute tranquility.
Within the spirit turtle's daemon core that resembled a turtle shell.
Vaguely, there seemed to be something brewing within the tortoise shell, stirring restlessly. It was as if the primal chaos had just been born. The tortoise shell suddenly shook, and a pair of eyes lit up, deep and wise.
Li Qingshan opened his eyes, which flickered with a clear, blue light. In that moment, he felt like he had been enlightened, as mortals would say. Many matters that had been difficult to understand suddenly became clear. The entire world became clear.
Having broken through to the fourth layer of the spirit turtle, the profound glyphs on the spirit turtle's daemon core became even clearer. An invisible power radiated from his body, reaching deep into the vast river of destiny and stirring up ripples.
Elder Destiny opened his eyes in surprise. Just when the answer was about to appear, the ray of sunlight vanished completely, as if it had been obscured by a dark cloud. It was nowhere to be found anymore.
"You've finally awakened." Little Ann exhaled deeply.
"What's wrong?" Li Qingshan scratched his head. Although he was not particularly good at using the spirit turtle's ability of divination, hiding and fending off attacks were the instincts of the spirit turtle. From the perspective of the divination of heavenly secrets, what he hid was not just him, but his entire fate, in particular the existences closely connected to him.
"Didn't you sense it? Someone's using divination to find us, or should I say, find it. "Little Ann looked at the sumeru ring in his hand.
Hearing what Little Ann said, Li Qingshan returned to his senses. He frowned and said, "Earlier, I think … I felt like someone was spying on me, which made me feel bad, so I hid … Why would I think of that?"
An brought his palms together and smiled. "The buddhist scriptures say that there are twenty moments in a snap of a finger, and twenty thoughts in a moment. That's just one of your thoughts, so you obviously wouldn't notice it normally."
Li Qingshan flicked his finger and smiled. "So there are four hundred thoughts in there. They're probably the so-called subconscious!"
Many thoughts flashed through his mind. Even the person in question had no idea that they had thought that before. After reaching the fourth layer of the spirit turtle, not only did Li Qingshan's daemon qi increase drastically, but his thoughts became even more meticulous as well, reaching an unprecedented level.
Li Qingshan paced around. He even understood the protection from Oxen's soul sense, which made him feel very touched. Brother ox must have calculated his cultivation accurately. Even if he could not foresee everything after reaching the fourth layer of the spirit turtle, he would not fall prey to a method like this. He had basically resolved one of his worries.
He smiled. As for what he was going to do next, he already had an idea.
The Sword Collection palace definitely had a way to find the Soaring Dragon sword's location, which was why Fu Qingjin had asked like that. If he wanted to retrieve the items in the sumeru ring or even make the Soaring Dragon sword his own, he needed a suitable place that could avoid the Sword Collection palace's detection while weakening the Soaring Dragon sword's resistance.
A place like that was actually not difficult to find. It was right below Li Qingshan's feet. He kept going down, venturing even deeper underground and using the underground magnetic field.
"Little Ann, what do you think?" Li Qingshan shared his thoughts with Little Ann.
"Smart," Little Ann praised sincerely.
Li Qingshan laughed aloud before sighing emotionally. His fate had been led underground once again, but he was in no hurry to set off. He could not let the North Moon appear too soon.
After saying a few words to Little Ann and seeing her success, Li Qingshan calmed down and took out the Illusory Water Sword of Invisibility to begin refining it. Paired with the Glazed Mirror of Invisibility, it was a match made in heaven.
In the blink of an eye, over a month had passed. Autumn passed and winter came. Snow sealed off the mountains.
The Crystal Resin Cauldron was opened once more. Ru Xin rubbed her neck and stood up. She took out the refined pills from the Crystal Resin Cauldron and stored them into bottles. Looking through them, she saw that there were still quite a lot of spiritual herbs left behind by Li Qingshan.
I wonder how that guy is doing. He left me to toil here alone. I'll go out and take a breather!
Just as she was thinking about this, someone activated the spirit design. Li Qingshan's voice came from outside the cave. "Ru Xin, open the door."
Ru Xin activated the spirit design and opened the door to the cave abode. She scolded him. "Don't shout and shout in the future. What if I'm refining pills and you get distracted? You'll pay me or you'll pay me!"
"I know you're not refining pills. How's it going?" Li Qingshan walked in, minding his own business.
"How did you know?"
"I guessed." Li Qingshan smiled. This was not a lie. He had not deliberately divined anything. He just thought of Ru Xin and had a thought. That guy might have gotten bored with refining pills and came here. Kiss! If you think this site is good, please remember to help me promote it!
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