149: Get the spirit, return to the city to refine the formation! (Subscribe)

"zi shi (11 pm - 1 am) has arrived."

"Successfully triggered intelligence keywords."

"Awarded a Tier 3 purple intelligence."

"Tier 3 Intelligence: In the White Bone Mountain of the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain Range, its owner is a White Bone Essence Spirit who has Cultivated for many years. It obtained a Tier 3 Magic Treasure, the Yin Qi Pearl, an Opportunity from the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, and has been Cultivating in the White Bone Mountain for over several millennia to reach the Early Core Formation stage."

"You can use the treasure bottle that summons Chu Si Yin General to subdue it!"

...

Another day passed.

Shi Chuan's Divine Thought swept over the System, and he felt at ease.

At the same time,

You Tong and Cang Sha in Azure Horn Mountain had already helped the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Goat Demon with the Black Goat God Bloodline to advance to the Early Core Formation stage, and had also seized the Core Formation Stage Goat Demon's soul essence.

Ganling Mountain.

"Master, that sheep demon soul essence has been subdued!"

You Tong handed over a black jade soul bottle. Shi Chuan took the soul bottle and his Divine Thought probed into it, immediately sensing a sheep demon soul essence with blood-red patterns inside.

"The conditions for refining the reversal Formation have been met."

"We can start refining it now."

"The Old Spider Demon You Zhuer's calculations from Pan Si Cave have truly brought many benefits."

"Moreover, it can also subdue a Middle Core Formation stage demon servant."

"However, the current grade of the Tier 3 sheep demon soul essence is only Tier 3 low-grade, still two minor ranks away from the perfect state of the reversal Formation. This will naturally affect the reversal Formation's effectiveness."

Shi Chuan rose from his Immortal Cave in Ganling Mountain.

After many days of Cultivation, the Spiritual Qi in his body had consumed most of the Evil Qi treasures stored in his Storage Pouch's memory.

He had reached the threshold of condensing his third Law Seed, just one step away from success.

"Eh?"

"Qu Linglu has reached Foundation Establishment?"

"How can the aura of this power grant her Late Foundation Establishment strength as soon as she reached Foundation Establishment?"

At this moment, Shi Chuan suddenly sensed a slight change in the aura of the soul blood Qu Linglu, who had entered the Twin Saints Sect, had left with him.

He immediately used a branch of the Demonic Fiend Vine to sense her.

He could sense that Qu Linglu had completed Foundation Establishment, and even though she was only in the Early Foundation Establishment stage, the Spiritual Qi in her body was as vast as that of a Late Foundation Establishment Cultivator, immensely powerful, even stronger than his current self.

'As expected of the Twin Saints Sect!'

'A Cultivation Technique that can directly lead to Soul Transformation, like the Crimson God Art, must have a huge difference in effect compared to ordinary Cultivation Techniques.'

Shi Chuan sighed in his heart.

The stronger Qu Linglu became, the stronger the Demonic Fiend Vine branch he had left on her would become by absorbing her Bloodline and Spiritual Qi.

Once Qu Linglu advanced to Core Formation or Nascent Soul, absorbing Profound Wood Spiritual Energy once might increase his Lifespan by several hundred years, and the Demonic Fiend Vine would also grow significantly.

Now that the Demonic Fiend Vine had consumed the Goat Demons on Azure Horn Mountain, and its branches had returned to the main body, the main body's aura fluctuations had also increased to the Late Foundation Establishment stage, one minor rank higher than Shi Chuan's own Cultivation.

However, for the Demonic Fiend Vine to continue advancing after reaching the Late Foundation Establishment stage, it would need to cross a major Realm threshold.

Each threshold was hundreds of times more difficult than for an ordinary Cultivator. Now, when the Demonic Fiend Vine tried to consume the Evil Qi spat out by Cang Sha and You Tong, the two Core Formation Demon Cultivators, all the Evil Qi was like a stone sinking into the sea, unable to improve it even a jot.

It was probably impossible to raise the Demonic Fiend Vine's Realm threshold with just Tier 3 items; only Tier 4 would work.

Nascent Soul Stage Evil Qi spiritual items!

'What a glutton.'

Although Shi Chuan had a guess in his heart, he also knew.

With just the few Core Formation Demon Cultivators he currently had, it was still too early to plan for Nascent Soul spiritual items.

Facing a Nascent Soul Stage Demon Cultivator, You Tong and Cang Sha would probably be blasted to smithereens with a single blow.

"It's time to return to Five Elements Immortal City!"

"Go back and refine the Formation!"

Shi Chuan rose from his Immortal Cave in Ganling Mountain and transformed into a streak of light, flying out.

The Early Core Formation stage Golden Winged Spirit Gu immediately reverted to its original form, a giant Gu insect three zhang long, carved entirely like white jade, with four pairs of cicada wings radiating a faint golden glow constantly flapping.

Shi Chuan lightly landed on the back of the Golden Winged Spirit Gu, his feet feeling quite soft, as if stepping on a soft ball of cotton.

This was because the Golden Winged Spirit Gu had actively softened the hard shell on its back.

Swish!!

A faint golden streak of light instantly cut through the sky, heading straight for Five Elements Immortal City.

Many Human Race Cultivator rescued from Azure Horn Mountain were now sleeping in You Tong's belly. This was one of You Tong's innate Dao Arts, allowing her to wrap living Cultivators in silken cocoons, storing many living beings.

Now was also a good time to bring them back to Five Elements Immortal City.

During this time, Five Elements Immortal City's reputation in Hunting Spirit Basin had also spread due to the previous incident involving Real Person Xuan Ting and True Disciple Yang Tianci of the Twin Saints Sect.

This attracted even more Cultivators who admired its reputation, making it much more prosperous than before.

Moreover, the Twin Saints Sect had issued a decree that Five Elements Immortal City would henceforth be managed by Master Alchemist Wan Lixuan, and Real Person Xuan Hai from North Xuan Peak had been killed by a Core Formation Demon Cultivator.

Everything was thriving.

Five Elements Immortal City could perfectly serve as Shi Chuan's Cultivation base, where he could advance to Core Formation, and it also had the Twin Saints Sect's decree.

With this decree, Five Elements Immortal City also gained the backing of the Twin Saints Sect. The various merchant associations originally established by Purple Cloud Sect and Jiao Demon Sect in the city all honestly extinguished their small ambitions.

Previously, the two peaks in the Immortal City competed, leading to chaos, and there were opportunities to fish in troubled waters. But now that the Twin Saints Sect's decree had been issued, even the Sky Wolf Sect dared not covet Five Elements Immortal City.

The Twin Saints Sect's decree in Qi Country's Hunting Spirit Basin was something no Human Race Sect dared to disobey.

Several Core Formation powers in Azure Cloud Mountain Range immediately dispatched their envoys to present numerous spiritual items to Wan Lixuan, the newly appointed City Lord.

All were collected by Wan Lixuan into the Immortal City treasury, awaiting Master Shi Chuan to personally retrieve them.

...

Not long after.

With the Golden Winged Spirit Gu's speed, they arrived at Five Elements Immortal City in less than an hour. Both Shi Chuan and the Golden Winged Spirit Gu concealed their Cultivation, so only Core Formation Stage Cultivators could possibly see through their true forms.

Outside Five Elements Immortal City, which lay like a colossal beast from the ancient wilderness, nestled among the mountains.

Streaks of Cultivator escape light, like swarms of meteors, flew towards the city gate.

The number of merchant ships from various merchant associations was several times greater than before.

Shi Chuan used his Qi-observing technique with his eyes. The Human Race's Luck above Five Elements Immortal City had nearly doubled compared to before, and it was still slowly increasing, showing no signs of stopping.

If this continued, in another year,

the Luck in this city would surely be able to condense a Luck Treasure Pearl!

It was both a blessing and a curse.

A Luck Treasure Pearl was an item even Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators would covet. The city's flourishing popularity would also inevitably attract the prying eyes of Nascent Soul Stage powers from the mountains.

However, as long as they were not above Core Formation Great Cultivators, they would not be a threat to Shi Chuan, but rather nourishment for his growth.