39: Refining the two beads, before parting

Roar—

With a low growl, the might of a Vicious Beast quietly spread.

At this moment, Li Yun could clearly feel the power surging within his body, and even some violent emotions gushing out.

It took a full fifteen minutes before Li Yun deactivated the Qiongqi Transformation. He stood in the courtyard panting continuously, his eyes filled with excitement.

Powerful!

Unparalleled power.

The transformation techniques of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations were simply incomparable to those of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations.

He had just experienced it; he had indeed mastered the power of the Qiongqi, though because of his own cultivation level, he could only exert power at the Early Stage of a Taiyi True Immortal.

But this also meant one thing.

That as his cultivation continued to improve, the strength of the Qiongqi he transformed into would also rise accordingly.

And this was only the beginning.

After all, the transformation techniques of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations possessed thirty-six slots.

Now he had only used one, which meant he could still absorb the Origin of thirty-five more Vicious Beasts, Divine Beasts, or Yao Beasts for transformation in the future.

"Where did this beast come from? Invading my Wu Clan Territory is truly seeking death!"

"Eh? Why has the aura disappeared?"

"What's going on? Has that beast left?"

"But why can't we see any trace of it?"

"..."

At this moment, several exasperated voices came from outside the courtyard.

Because the aura Li Yun emitted when he transformed into the Qiongqi was sensed by the Wu Clan members staying in the Houtu Tribe. They rushed here immediately, but the Qiongqi's aura was gone, and they couldn't find any trace of the intruder.

For a time, a group of Wu Clan members were walking back and forth in the surrounding area, searching for the intruder's tracks.

Listening to the commotion outside, Li Yun awkwardly rubbed his nose.

He really hadn't noticed this; trying out the Qiongqi Transformation while inside the Wu Clan Territory was indeed a bit provocative.

"Bang, bang, bang~"

Just then, the sound of knocking rang out.

Immediately after, the courtyard gate was pushed open, and a Great Wu walked in. His eyes lit up when he saw Li Yun in the courtyard.

Walking forward quickly, the Great Wu spoke, "Fellow Daoist Li Yun, have you been here the whole time?"

"Did you see any Yao Beast appear just now?"

Hearing this, Li Yun gave an awkward smile but didn't hide anything, saying, "Sorry, that aura just now was likely caused by me practicing a Divine Ability."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, the Great Wu's expression froze. He never expected that the sudden violent aura would actually come from Li Yun.

However, he didn't doubt Li Yun's words. After all, they were all very clear about the latter's situation and even clearer about Li Yun's importance to the Wu Clan.

Thinking of this, the Great Wu immediately spoke: "So that's how it is. Since it wasn't an enemy invasion, then it's fine."

"Then Fellow Daoist, you rest first. I'll go out and explain the situation to everyone."

"After all, the commotion just now was quite large; quite a few people in the tribe came here."

"Then I shall trouble you." Cupping his hands in a salute, Li Yun replied with a smile.

Once the Great Wu left, Li Yun also breathed a sigh of relief.

Having resolved the external unrest, Li Yun fell into deep thought.

His cultivation had successfully broken through to the level of a Taiyi True Immortal. Staying in the Wu Clan any longer would essentially have little value.

After all, Mount Buzhou no longer had the things he urgently needed, whereas Kunlun Mountain had what he desperately required.

Although this place was indeed safe, and with the protection of the Ancestral Witch and the Wu Clan he could Cultivate with peace of mind.

But as a transmigrator, Li Yun knew all too well that time was money.

Although he didn't know exactly when Hongjun would Attain the Dao and become a Saint, basically all the top Great Divine Power Holders in the Prehistoric World had already entered the stage of Great Overarching Golden Immortal Perfection.

As such, the time for Hongjun's enlightenment was likely not far off.

Once Hongjun attained the Dao and Zixiao Palace opened, it would herald the arrival of a new era. By then, the difficulty of collecting the items he needed would increase significantly.

Most importantly, compared to the slow progress of closed-door cultivation alone, only by traveling outside to find Opportunities would his improvement be rapid.

"I can't stay any longer."

"I must bid farewell to the Ancestral Witch as soon as possible and leave for West Kunlun."

Taking a deep breath, Li Yun immediately made up his mind.

However, Ancestral Witch Houtu had not yet returned. If Li Yun wanted to leave for a long time, he still needed to bid her farewell.

Thinking of this, Li Yun turned and went back into his room.

Immediately after, he did not hesitate to mobilize his Divine Sense to enter the middle dantian space.

As far as the eye could see, dense clusters of innate spiritual roots were gathered inside.

Directly ignoring those Low Grade and mid-grade innate spiritual roots, Li Yun's gaze locked onto those of High Grade.

After observing for a few moments, with a thought, Li Yun directly took out a High Grade innate spiritual root.

In an instant, an innate spiritual root burning with flames appeared inside the room.

However, Li Yun had no intention of examining it closely. He directly summoned the swallowing heaven gourd and absorbed it into it.

The next second, information from the swallowing heaven gourd emerged: [In three thousand years, the wine will be formed!]

"Three thousand years!"

"That long!"

His pupils shrank, and Li Yun's expression changed drastically.

He never expected that just absorbing one High Grade innate spiritual root would require such a long wait.

Had he known, he might as well have absorbed a Low Grade innate spiritual root, at least to find out in a short time how effective the wine evolved from an innate spiritual root would be.

Unfortunately, it was too late for that now.

The item had already been taken in, and it was impossible to take it back out.

Thinking of this, Li Yun helplessly put away the swallowing heaven gourd.

Immediately after, he stopped thinking about other things and once again sank his Divine Sense into the middle dantian, directly taking out the light pearl and dark pearl.

After looking them over for a few moments, Li Yun opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of essence blood.

In the next second, he mobilized his Divine Sense and magic power to inject into them for master-recognition and refining.

Fifteen minutes later, the light pearl and dark pearl were successfully refined, turning into one black and one white beam of light that drilled directly into Li Yun's Sea of Consciousness.

At that very moment, the hunyuan pearl within his Sea of Consciousness vibrated.

It seemed to sense that the light pearl and dark pearl shared the same Origin, and it began to vibrate directly within the Sea of Consciousness.

A mysterious and profound power spread out. The light pearl and dark pearl that had just entered were directly drawn by it to fly to the area beside the hunyuan pearl, flanking it like guards.

"They didn't fuse directly?"

Raising an eyebrow, a flash of surprise crossed Li Yun's eyes.

After all, all three were formed from fragments of the Chaos Pearl. He had thought that placing them together would lead to direct devouring and evolution, but he hadn't expected there to be no movement in that regard at all.

After a brief contemplation, Li Yun soon thought of the reason.

Since they were formed from fragments, to completely merge them together, he probably needed to learn the art of Artifact Refining and Cultivate it to an extremely high level to complete the Fusion process.

Thinking of this, Li Yun's eagerness to leave grew even more. He subconsciously looked out the window and murmured, "Artifact Refining... isn't the number one Artifact Refiner in the Prehistoric World Yuanshi Tianzun?"

"This trip to Kunlun Mountain, besides searching for the ten great innate spiritual roots for Fusion, it looks like I also need to learn Artifact Refining from him!"