Chapter 148: The Jiuli God Sneaks In
Qi Ascending Pill, I’ve never heard of it.
This really opened up a new world for Li Weiyi!
But soon he calmed down: “If Senior could refine it, you would have refined it long ago. Just say it straight, what’s missing?”
“Missing the pill furnace, missing materials… to be precise, all are missing. Of course, as long as there’s money, these things are easy to buy in the prefectural city. What you lack least now is money, right?” Zen Sea Observing Mist knew clearly everything he had done in Zangxian Town.
If they could really refine Qi Ascending Pills, this wouldn’t be spending money?
It was clearly making a fortune.
“Wait a few more days. I must first cultivate the first sea of qi to completion.”
Li Weiyi thought of Governor Zhu Qin Feng’s governor’s official robe of Yan Prefecture and really wanted her to try activating it, but he had reservations, so he asked first: “May I ask Mist Heavenly Child, the governor’s official seal on the magic tool jade boat is a treasure I searched for. Do you intend to claim it for yourself?”
Zen Sea Observing Mist was not a talkative person, but… the man before her was different after all, so she could afford enough patience.
She said: “Let’s not mention that it was forged by me a thousand years ago. Right now, can you activate and use it?”
“No.”
Li Weiyi whispered thus, so he temporarily gave up taking out the governor’s official robe.
Taking this thing out now would likely mean he couldn’t keep it; he needed to find another opportunity.
…
After breaking through in the Five Seas Realm, martial cultivators almost always chose secluded cultivation to accumulate qi. In the short term, they wouldn’t fight others; this was a necessary stage to stabilize the realm.
For two whole days, Li Weiyi had been meditating.
The instant the first sea of qi was completely filled with magic energy, the sea of qi resonated with the lung leaves. Strands of magic energy overflowed from the sea of qi, entering the lung leaves and enveloping them.
Li Weiyi only felt his chest swelling. A long stream of magic energy exhaled from his mouth.
The magic energy turned into green smoke clouds, forming a long bridge.
Then, he inhaled.
All the magic energy quickly returned to the lung leaves and entered the sea of qi.
“The lung leaves and sea of qi are now integrated. The first sea of qi is finally complete. In the future, using the breathing technique, I can absorb the magic from heaven and earth without relying only on the ten spring eyes.”
“Directly breathing through mouth and nose, even if all the magic energy in the first sea of qi is depleted, it would only take one or two hours to refill it.”
“This is just the first lung leaf, the first sea of qi! Next is cultivating the second sea of qi and the second lung leaf.”
Li Weiyi took out a Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine that could help open a sea of qi and swallowed it directly, beginning to impact the second realm of the Five Seas Realm.
Zen Sea Observing Mist sensed something. Her wondrous fairy-like figure flew down from the magic tool jade boat onto the more than ten meters long Silver Coffin, slightly bending over to gaze at the coffin lid and listen to the inside.
“What was that sound just now?”
The soul shadows of the three Masters immediately gathered around.
They also noticed the subtle movement.
“Boom!”
Zen Sea Observing Mist waved her red sleeve, and the heavy, enormous silver-white coffin lid suddenly flew open, crashing to the ground.
Inside the coffin, the eleven-to-twelve-meters-long Silver Skeleton Heavenly Clan bone lay quietly, emanating strands of silver light. The inside of the bones was liquid-like, like rivers of stars compressed within.
“Whoosh—”
A massive demonic shadow that seemed about to burst the Blood Mud Space rushed out from inside the Silver Skeleton Heavenly Clan bone, holding a battle axe, its might intimidating, shaking the soul shadows of the three Masters away entirely.
Even Zen Sea Observing Mist gracefully flew backwards, landing on the ground.
That demonic shadow was like a mass of black cloud mist, extremely eerie, with vast battle intent, as if it could split the heavens with one axe. But just an instant after rushing out, it surged back into the coffin like receding tide, disappearing inside the Silver Skeleton Heavenly Clan bone.
Zen Sea Observing Mist’s expression was grave: “This doesn’t seem like the power fluctuation of the Silver Skeleton Heavenly Clan. Why does it feel a bit like your Jiu Li clan’s Cang Wang?”
For Jiu Li martial cultivators, Cang Wang was a legend, an old ancestor, a clan faith second only to the Jiu Li God.
But to her, he was just a cultivator she had once seen.
Jar Master’s remnant corpse crawled out from the coffin. His soul thought hard to calm, shouting: “That is the Jiu Li God’s battle intent… I know, I know. It was at Blood Moon Lake, at the Jiu Li God’s burial site. This battle intent followed us into the Blood Mud Space, residing inside that Silver Skeleton Heavenly Clan bone.”
“That intent shadow just now was indeed not simple. Could it really be a method left by the Jiu Li God?” Jar Master said.
The usually steady and wise Jar Master said: “It must be the Jiu Li God’s battle intent without doubt. Just don’t know if it’s one or several.”
Jar Master said: “Did the Jiu Li God really die completely? Logically, no matter how high the cultivation, once departed, the battle intent would dissipate.”
Jar Master guessed: “It should be that before the Jiu Li God buried himself, he used some supreme method we can’t understand to preserve the battle intent at Blood Moon Lake. When I appeared there, the battle intent sensed it, so it left with me.”
Jar Master poked holes: “Then why didn’t this battle intent reside directly in your corpse, but in that Silver Skeleton Heavenly Clan’s bone?”
Jar Master didn’t know the reason either and sighed: “Perhaps the old ancestor felt I was a waste, not worthy of possessing his battle intent.”
Spirit Tablet Master comforted in a low voice.
Li Weiyi’s face was pale. He shakily stood up, lungs aching, blood at the corner of his mouth, appearing before the group of departed spirits.
Zen Sea Observing Mist seemed to have expected it: “Failed?”
“Mm!”
Li Weiyi said: “After reaching the Five Seas Realm, the difficulty of breaking through has indeed increased. It’s no longer an easy matter.”
Jar Master said: “It’s not that the breakthrough difficulty of the Five Seas Realm has increased. It’s that you boy are too hasty. You just completed cultivating the first sea of qi and couldn’t wait to impact the second realm.”
“How did you get injured?” Li Ling’s eyes showed concern.
Jar Master said: “The lung leaf is damaged, of course!”
Li Ling said: “Lung leaf damaged, doesn’t that mean unable to impact the second realm of the Five Seas Realm again within a year?”
“Not to that extent. The one damaged is the lung leaf of the first sea of qi. Under the nourishment of magic energy, it will recover quickly, but this pain is still quite tormenting.”
Jar Master continued: “To impact the second sea of qi, one must borrow magic energy from the first sea of qi. This requires sufficient strength from the lung leaf of the first sea of qi. If the lung leaf isn’t strong enough, it will naturally be damaged.”
Li Ling said: “Why didn’t you tell him? You just watched him fail the breakthrough and get injured?”
“His physical body is strong; he can endure it. Failing the impact is also experience. This way he knows to what extent he needs to nourish the lung leaf before impacting the second realm of the Five Seas Realm!”
Jar Master added: “Besides, I advised him earlier, but he might not listen. After all, his breakthroughs in the Spring Gushing Realm were too smooth!”
Li Weiyi’s expression was serious. He quickly emerged from dejection and said with great fighting spirit: “Exactly. Experiencing this failure has brought no small gains. Now that the first sea of qi and lung leaf are connected, nourishing them will be quick. I think at most half a month! Give me half a month, and I will definitely break through the second realm of the Five Seas Realm.”
“Whoosh—”
Inside the Silver Coffin, the massive demonic shadow rushed out again, humanoid in form, momentum overwhelming.
But different from last time, the demonic shadow’s hands virtually embraced, with a pitch black vortex between its palms, devouring surrounding light and energy.
Moments later, it receded like tide.
Li Weiyi could feel the tyrannical aura oppression from inside the demonic shadow, himself tiny as dust: “If this really is the Jiu Li God’s battle intent, Jar Master, what do you think should be done with it?”
“Send it to the Jiu Li Hidden Sect and select a suitable hidden person to inherit it. You are a Hidden Person; cultivating hidden persons is also your duty.” Jar Master said.
Jar Master said: “It’s a pity your breathing technique is too orthodox, completely opposite to the demonic nature of the Jiu Li clan’s stuff. Otherwise, absorbing it and turning it to your own use would make your combat power extremely impressive.”
Jar Master said: “Only commoners with Jiu Li bloodline can directly absorb it.”
“Inheriting the Jiu Li God’s battle intent would indeed allow bursting with powerful combat power in a short time. But I believe the battle intent cultivated from Chan Sect Twelve Loose Hands will go further in the future.”
After Zen Sea Observing Mist said this, strands of magic energy overflowed from her fingertip, levitating the Silver Coffin’s coffin lid from afar and covering it back.
…
Nether Realm of the Dead, eternal darkness.
Li Weiyi crawled out from the cave, surveyed the surroundings, confirmed no danger, then brought Li Ling and the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors out from the Buddha’s Sarira.
After folding and stowing the ghost flag, he opened the insect tube and put all the Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors inside.
It was very crowded inside the insect tube.
The seven little ones hadn’t stopped eating for the past month, consuming quite a few precious medicines.
Their body lengths had reached two and a half inches, with strength grown greatly.
Li Ling’s pupils flickered with dao light, her eyes exactly like Zen Sea Observing Mist’s: “If you borrow the power of Shaoyang Star to go to the sea area where the Fusang Divine Tree is and pick Xihe Flowers to feed them, their growth speed will be far faster than now.”
Li Weiyi silently noted it down, to wait until breaking through to Great Mind Master.
He said: “Senior Zen Sea… Mist Heavenly Child… um, this Lingxiao Life Realm is full of masters. Even magic energy transmission might be overheard. I think it’s necessary to give you a more low-key title.”
“As you wish.”
Li Ling stepped out first, taking Zou Wu out from the black cloth bag.
These days, it had been fed, so it hadn’t starved to death.
“You appear with Li Ling’s face; calling you Senior isn’t quite right. How about also calling you Li Ling?” Li Weiyi quickly caught up, walking shoulder to shoulder with her.
Li Ling clearly wasn’t satisfied: “Zen Heart, you can call me that!”
“Then Miss Chan Wu!”
Li Weiyi said: “Miss Chan Wu, how long do you plan to take back that strand of your soul spirit from my body? Being locked in position by you anytime really lacks privacy and security.”
“When did I say I’ve given up the yang marriage?” Li Ling asked.
Li Weiyi said: “…”
“Give me some more time. I want to try if I can feel moved.” Li Ling said.
Li Weiyi chuckled speechlessly: “This isn’t just your matter alone!”
“You can try too, see if you can fall in love with me. We try together?” Li Ling stopped, phoenix eyes smiling, melting the ice and coldness deep in her pupils.
Li Weiyi met her gaze for a moment, sensing she was serious, and said: “Since Miss Chan Wu sincerely invites me, I don’t mind trying. Consider it a cultivation in life. But you occupy Li Ling’s body. I’m afraid after this cultivation, my dao heart will be greatly disrupted, and I’ll directly love both. Wouldn’t that be a big problem?”
Li Ling thought for a bit: “You can give me some of your blood. After I absorb it, my true body can detach from Li Ling’s body at night. Rest assured, I’ll trade with you using pills; I won’t let you give without return.”
“What kind of name is this exactly? Dating?” Li Weiyi said.
Li Ling’s eyes were moving, trying hard to find the feelings of her youth, and said: “Romance between heavenly child and mortal? Yin-yang romance? Seems both a bit taboo, somewhat improper, totally unrelated. But without trying, how know if it fits?”
The two walked into the night, gradually blurring.
“Alright, hope it will be a good ending.”
