104: Chapter 104 Qi Refining Not Yet Completed, Forced Consumption of Foundation Establishment Pill

Xu Changsheng pulled down his hood.

He wanted to avoid exposing his voice.

He shook his head directly.

He ignored Zhou Yu's subsequent words of invitation.

He left directly from the side of the road.

"You!"

A Zhou Family Disciple, seeing that Xu Changsheng gave their Young Miss absolutely no Face, blocked the path, wanting to demand an explanation.

"Our Young Miss is asking you a question! Why aren't you speaking?"

However, he was pulled away by other Disciples nearby: "Are you crazy? The Young Miss was just asking. How dare you block the Immortal City's grand-Disciple?"

Only then did he realize he had done something stupid.

He stood aside resentfully.

Zhou Yu watched Xu Changsheng's receding back and chuckled, covering her mouth: "This Lin Fan is quite interesting."

"Let's go."

Meanwhile.

The distant Xu Changsheng looked at the light screen before him, his expression freezing.

[Todays Intelligence (White): Hermaphrodite]

[Zhou Yu possesses a Yin and Yang mixed body; every twenty years, their gender switches. There are five years left until the next transition.]

"What does this have to do with me? Whether they are male or female, I don't want to have any involvement with them."

But it was indeed white-grade intelligence, which held no meaning for him.

He sighed inwardly; since arriving at the Immortal City, good intelligence had rarely appeared.

Half a year had passed since the last green-grade intelligence, which was a small bag of Spirit Stones left on Huangniu Mountain.

He speculated it was because he had been in closed-door cultivation in his Immortal Cave; without meeting new people or experiencing new things, it was difficult to obtain good intelligence.

Especially in a place with such strict discipline like the Immortal City, it was even harder to find windfalls.

He was now a second-tier Body Refiner.

And the Cloud Sand Body Refining Art he had taken from Liu Erniu's pocket could only support his cultivation up to this point.

He definitely needed to take another step forward.

He quietly added another Body Refining Cultivation Technique to his wish list.

But it wasn't urgent yet.

Just like the second-tier Artifact Refining Legacy, a second-tier Body Refining technique could wait until after Foundation Establishment.

While considering this...

He saw Chu Linger.

The girl's Face was flushed, her expression full of excitement: "Master, you are truly amazing! I didn't expect even that Bedrock Puppet would be no match for you!"

"When I was in the Qi Refinement Stage, I didn't even have half of Master's level!"

Xu Changsheng smiled slightly: "Where did you learn such flattering words?"

Chu Linger shook her head vigorously: "I didn't! Master, I'm telling the truth."

"Alright, otherwise what did you think I've been doing cooped up in the Immortal Cave these past few years?"

He took an iron key from his Storage Pouch: "This is the key to the Spirit Talisman Workshop. As the manager of the shop, you should have a copy."

Taking the key, she muttered to herself: "I am the Second Leader; Master, you are the First Leader!"

Just then.

A sharp, explosive sound of breaking through the air came from the horizon, sounding like paper being torn.

The two of them turned to look.

They saw a streak of light wrapped in yellow mist sweeping over the Immortal City, flying toward the City Lord's Manor at extreme speed.

"What is that?"

Xu Changsheng knew nothing.

But he saw Chu Linger's mouth hang slightly open, her eyes filled with surprise: "It's Master. Why would he return so early?"

Suddenly, her expression changed.

Her delicate hand reached for her waist and took out the yellow ox token.

"What happened?"

Chu Linger shook her head: "I don't know, but Master has summoned all of us Disciples back. Something must have happened."

A sense of unease rose in Xu Changsheng's heart. He nodded: "Alright, you go ahead first. If there's any news, tell me via the communication talisman in time."

...

Half a day later.

Xu Changsheng had settled the affairs of the Spirit Talisman Workshop and hired a pair of brother Cultivators named Li Er and Li San.

He placed a sufficient quantity of Talismans in the shop and then officially opened for business.

Since it was just the beginning and he wasn't yet clear on the Immortal City's business environment or the situation of his competitors, Xu Changsheng did not put out any Quasi-Second Tier Talismans.

Now, he had returned to his Immortal Cave and was sitting cross-legged in cultivation.

Soon, Chu Linger sent him a message.

After hearing the whole story, Xu Changsheng's expression flickered uncertainly.

The reason was...

According to what Chu Linger said, Yellow Ox's hurried return this time seemed to be because he was unexpectedly injured.

He arranged for his Disciples to continue maintaining order in the Immortal City.

Then he went into closed-door cultivation, reportedly for at least three to five years.

Chu Linger also didn't know who had injured Yellow Ox.

One must know that Yellow Ox was a Late Stage Golden Core grand Cultivator, and he also had a Tier 3 Great Perfection Dutian Yellow Ox.

Logically, there should be few people below the Nascent Soul stage who could contend with him.

He extinguished the communication talisman.

Xu Changsheng felt increasingly uneasy.

He had his own speculations in his heart.

Yellow Ox might have been injured by a Demonic Path Cultivator.

Because according to intelligence and what he had seen before, the Immortal City seemed to have already been infiltrated by the Demonic Path.

Whether it was Xiong Meng, who had become an undercover agent, or the invasion of the Mara Sect that day.

Furthermore, he also suspected that Liu Bai, who lived next door, was a demonic Cultivator.

He was just a minor Qi Refining Cultivator, yet so much demonic Cultivator intelligence had appeared around him.

This already explained some problems.

Feeling that chaotic times were approaching, Xu Changsheng's heart was somewhat anxious.

He made a secret resolution: "No, I must reach Foundation Establishment as soon as possible!"

With his Medium Grade Aptitude, even if he took Medicinal Pills continuously, it would take at least seven years to reach Great Perfection.

Previously, it had taken him five years of intermittent effort to go from the eighth to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

He took out a foundation establishment pill and let it weave through his fingertips.

He suddenly thought of a method to quickly advance to Foundation Establishment.

Rumor had it that if one consumed a foundation establishment pill during Qi Refining, as long as their cultivation hadn't reached Great Perfection, they would automatically advance by one level.

And it could also increase the probability of successful Foundation Establishment by five percent later on.

Pondering, he placed the foundation establishment pill near his mouth.

But then he thought again.

"After all, it's just a rumor. What if it's unreliable?"

He put it down again.

But the sense of crisis was still like a Sword of Damocles, hanging high above his head.

He cursed himself helplessly: "Xu Changsheng, oh Xu Changsheng, you've really become more and more cowardly as you live. If you're this afraid, what Longevity are you talking about?"

Thinking of this.

He no longer hesitated.

Sitting cross-legged, he smoothed out the aura on his body.

...

Half a day later, everything reached its optimal state.

Xu Changsheng did not hesitate and swallowed a foundation establishment pill in one gulp.

Then he refined it with all his strength.

Before long, he felt the medicinal effects kick in.

A pained expression appeared on his Face.

"How can it be this painful?"

"Sure enough, reading novels on Blue Star and actually consuming it are completely different experiences."

A surge of Spiritual Qi, far exceeding the load capacity of a Qi Refining Cultivator's Meridians, departed from the Dantian, forcibly propping open and expanding every meridian in an almost brutal manner.

It was like digging a stream into a river; the level of pain was no less than when he broke through to the second tier of Body Refining, and it was even more violent.

It lasted for a full two hours.

Only then did Xu Changsheng collapse to the ground, barely finishing the digestion of the medicinal effects.

Beneath his green robe.

Grey-black, oily, and foul-smelling viscous substances constantly seeped out from his body's surface.

Mixed with a few dark red blood streaks.

Another three hours passed.

The Spiritual Qi wandering through his Meridians was finally digested by him.

Feeling the massive ball of Qi in his Dantian.

Xu Changsheng couldn't help but smile knowingly: "The rumors were indeed true."

His current Realm...

...was already Qi Refining Great Perfection!