195: All the skills are cultivated in the Great Stele Forest

Within the Inner City, inside the Bitter Bamboo Forest.

Shen Li sat down.

His Divine Soul was clear.

Before him were four treasures: Fleshy Body Enchantment, Technique Cultivation Forest, Lingnian Pool... and the item Shen Li considered most crucial: the moon laurel treasure tree.

Before his Heart Demon rose, Shen Li could see all the Immortal Fate intelligence from the celebration. However, due to his Heart Demon, he could only choose treasures beneficial to his future plans.

For example, the Six Roots of Purity Sub-Fire.

For example, this Lingnian Pool.

These were all treasures useless to his Heart Demon, useful to him, and beneficial to his Divine Soul!

As for the other treasures... his Heart Demon was acting up, leaving him no time to bother with anything else.

This final Yin item, the moon laurel treasure tree... was the Yin item Shen Li had explicitly left a recording stone for, instructing the female Cultivator to search for it in the city.

Upon entering the Yin Domain, all the Immortal Fate intelligence surfaced in his mind.

Among them, the intelligence pointing to this mysterious reward was the most unique.

The Immortal Fate intelligence even revealed the heavenly secret!

The old man from the funeral shop in the east of the city, whom it pointed to, was an external Cultivator who had long been hidden within the Inner City of the Yin Domain.

An Immortal Master... This Immortal Master also had another identity... a Cultivator from Qing State.

Therefore, the mysterious reward was not an item from Jingjue Ancient City at all, nor was it a legacy left by lonely spirits, wild ghosts, or native inhabitants of Jingjue Ancient City.

Instead, it came from Qing State... from the Qing State's treasury.

Was it an additional reward from Qing State for the Cultivators at this celebration?

It made sense. The Loulan Ancient Kingdom was originally the heartland of a Demonic Country, a land of yellow sand and Demonic Qi. Most of the techniques developed there were earth or wind-attributed. How could a Yin-attributed heaven and earth treasure be born there?

Moreover, how could such a rare heaven and earth treasure as a Grand Yin item appear?

Coming back to his senses, Shen Li infused his Moon Essence Spiritual Qi into the moon laurel treasure tree before him.

heaven and earth treasures require Spiritual Qi nourishment. If the Spiritual Qi is of the same attribute, they can complement each other. Therefore, most Cultivators choose items that are compatible with themselves for their Dao Foundation.

This ensures their combat strength and the power of their derived Divine Abilities.

Shen Li was naturally no exception!

As Spiritual Qi was infused, the moon laurel treasure tree began to take root and sprout!

Grand Yin controls the Divine Soul, specifically Divine Thought.

Shen Li's eyes flashed, and he threw it into the Lingnian Pool.

The lonely spirits and wild ghosts within the Ice Soul Technique were exhausted, and his Divine Soul had no omissions after severing his Heart Demon, its strength was also sufficient. Therefore, the remaining Lingnian Pool could nourish the moon laurel treasure tree!

As expected, the jade-like treasure tree slowly extended pure white, stalactite-like roots, beginning to absorb the liquid from the Lingnian Pool!

In an instant, it reached several meters in height.

However, it was completely bare, appearing rather unappealing.

At this moment, Shen Li finally sensed the aura within it.

“Is it just one step away from Sixth-Grade?”

“No... This item has sufficient foundation; it’s more like it has degenerated back to Seventh-Grade.”

Shen Li's face showed confusion, but then a new change quietly appeared!

The Yin Domain above his head was originally a hazy expanse, but as the moon laurel treasure tree suddenly trembled, a crack appeared in the murky sky above.

Soft, scattered Moon Essence washed over him.

It fell into the Inner City, becoming a shimmering expanse.

The glistening Moon Essence light in the murky, dark Inner City looked like countless spirits.

Then, all of it converged into Shen Li's Physical Body.

Soon... Shen Li felt a surging wave of Moon Essence Qi continuously rotating within his body, and a sudden chill permeated all directions.

The moon laurel treasure tree slowly became adorned with translucent, slender leaves, as if it had come alive.

After a long while... Shen Li felt a throbbing pain in his Meridians, knowing his Physical Body had reached its limit.

Before the Heart Demon disappeared, the Physical Body strength of the Ice Soul Technique was maintained at the Qi Refining Perfection Realm.

Without a living soul, the Ice Soul Technique could not advance, and there was no time to temper his Physical Body at the moment. Therefore, the powerful, vast, and continuous Moon Essence Spiritual Qi, even after completely filling his Physical Body, did not stop, continuing to deliver Moon Essence Spiritual Qi.

However, Shen Li had long anticipated this.

He looked up and saw a fruit.

This fruit was somewhat similar to the Ginseng Fruit Shen Li had seen, except this fruit was not in the shape of a baby, but more like a slender young girl.

Its overall color was also a delicate pink... At a glance, it made one feel exceptionally enchanting.

[Fleshy Body Enchantment (Eighth-Grade)]

This celebration, it must be said, Qingchi Mountain was quite generous. Both the Lingnian Pool and the Fleshy Body Enchantment, based on their efficacy and abilities, were undoubtedly in the Eighth-Grade category.

Shen Li's mind stirred, but he did not open his mouth.

heaven and earth treasures do not need to be refined in such a way.

At least... oral consumption is not the only method.

Actually, when Wang Teng refined that Juejia Workshop treasure... Shen Li had intended to remind him... but he forgot afterward.

Because of this, he was often ridiculed by Wang Teng later.

Coming back to his senses.

The Spiritual Guiding Thread in his palm slowly contracted, and then a pure force of Qi and blood converged into his Physical Body.

In an instant... countless Physical Body cells erupted with extreme longing... Someone once said, the human body is like a divine temple, and its various parts are deities.

And these deities now... all wanted to ingest this 'beautiful maiden'!

The 'Fleshy Body Enchantment' gradually shrunk in Shen Li's hand. In its place, Shen Li's gradually breaking Physical Body shackles appeared.

The cracks on the surface of the Ice Soul Technique caused by this Moon Essence Qi gradually closed, and at the same time, a vast Qi emerged.

Without the Heart Demon acting up.

Half-Step Dao Foundation arrived as promised.

The moon laurel treasure tree behind him also became the item for Shen Li to forge his Dao Foundation at this moment, gradually transforming from substance into a phantom.

It always floated behind Shen Li, like a towering tree, shielding him from wind and rain.

However, Half-Step Dao Foundation... was still not enough.

Shen Li's gaze shifted, finally resting on the Technique Cultivation Forest...

It was a section of bamboo...

But its aura formed a stark contrast with the surrounding Bitter Bamboo.

This bamboo, which had long since separated from the earth attribute, had not died. It exuded a profound aura and vigorous vitality.

Shen Li looked on in confusion, his Divine Soul gradually immersing itself within.

But he suddenly looked up.

He saw the surrounding Bitter Bamboo Forest seemed to be stained by some nameless entity.

It gradually transformed into... the appearance of this section of bamboo.

Shen Li looked towards the end of the Bitter Bamboo Forest... only to find an ocean of 'bamboo' standing against the wind...

And on the surface of these bamboo, dense, tiny characters were carved.

At first glance... it didn't look like a bamboo forest, but a stele forest.

The wind swept through, causing them to sway.

It was as if he had entered a different Grotto-Heaven.

Shen Li looked at the scene before him in shock, and within his heart... a terrifying conjecture surfaced.

“Qi Refining Cultivates Techniques.”

“Dao Foundation Sacrifices Divine Abilities.”

“Purple Mansion Nurtures Immortal Palaces.”

“When the Immortal Palace is complete... a Grotto-Heaven appears.”

“What wind is blowing in the mountain... that they would, during this Yin Domain event, within this insignificant celebration.”

“Drop down a... ”

“Key to entering a Grotto-Heaven??? ”

“Technique Cultivation Forest, Technique Cultivation Forest... I originally thought it was a minor technique randomly given by Qingchi Mountain.”

“This feeling...”

“But I never thought... it would directly pull me into the [Myriad Techniques Cultivation Grand Stele Forest]?”