46: Qi Refining Stage 7, Ancient Spiritual Well

This was Yongrong's residence.

At this moment, Yongrong was also in seclusion.

Black mist swirled around Yongrong, and a grey-black gas took the opportunity to emerge from his Sea of Consciousness.

It was originally a third-tier Yao Beast from the Qingyang Mountain Range—the Soul-Seizing Ash Python.

The Soul-Seizing Ash Python possessed a unique innate skill—Soul-Seizing, which allowed it to abandon its Physical Body and reside in the Sea of Consciousness of other creatures.

The Cultivation world had all sorts of abilities, and this was not Possession.

If it truly were Possession, then Yongrong would have already lost his self-awareness.

As for why it chose to reside in Yongrong's body, the reason remained unknown.

Yongrong concluded his Cultivation, and the black Qi around him slowly dissipated; this was the Cultivation Technique he practiced—the Blood Soul Art. The Blood Soul Art exchanged the rapid increase of Cultivation for the cost of overdrawing one's life Origin and potential.

At this very moment, Yongrong's Cultivation had already reached the Qi Refining Stage Tenth Level, only a step away from Qi Refining Stage Great Perfection.

However, his face had become somewhat weary, and parts of his hair had turned grey-black.

He knew that practicing this Cultivation Technique was not a long-term solution, but what came to his mind was that if he could Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage in one go, his Lifespan could increase by another hundred years.

The exhilaration of rapidly increasing strength made him addicted; once he started Cultivating, he couldn't stop.

"Senior, you've emerged!" Yongrong said respectfully.

The Soul-Seizing Ash Python's body was between solid and ethereal; it circled the room once, seemingly adapting to the new environment.

"This Venerable One needs you to do one thing, and that is to compile a detailed distribution of the various forces near the Qingyang Mountain Range."

Yongrong was somewhat shocked; he seemed to have thought of something but dared not refute: "Senior, I know the basic situation, but detailed information might still require me to inquire in Yang City."

"You may speak."

"The Cultivation forces in this area are nestled between the Qingyang Mountain Range and the Dark Abyss. Due to the birth of several Spiritual Veins, many Cultivation forces have also emerged.

Among them, the strongest is undoubtedly the Qinglan Sect; no one can shake the Qinglan Sect's dominant position.

Next is Yang City. Yang City is equivalent to a Loose Cultivator Alliance, and most Loose Cultivators live within Yang City.

Finally, there are the major Cultivation Families: the Lin, Han, Zhu, and Cao families are the four strongest Cultivation Families, with each Family having a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator overseeing it.

Of course, there are also some very small Cultivation Families that haven't amounted to anything..."

Yongrong meticulously introduced the surrounding situation, while the Soul-Seizing Ash Python listened very attentively.

Yongrong said, "Senior, I have a request; I hope you can grant it."

The Soul-Seizing Ash Python was somewhat displeased but did not show it; Yongrong was still useful to it at the moment.

"Speak—"

Yongrong: "Senior, I want to kill someone, a Cultivator from our Lin Family..."

...

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.

Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff.

Lin Yongmao smoothly circulated all his Spiritual Qi throughout his body; his Meridians were now incredibly tough.

He believed that even if he swallowed a thousand-year purple jade fruit whole, he could slowly absorb its violent energy.

This was merely the result of Cultivating the Mystic Spirit Body Tempering Art to the second level. All his Meridians were now unblocked and widened. Although his Cultivation speed was not as fast as that of a single-attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, it was not far off.

In the past half-month or so, besides Cultivating the Mystic Spirit Body Tempering Art to the second level, Lin Yongmao also successfully Cultivated the Azure Wood Art to the seventh level.

In other words, his Cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level.

The Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level was equivalent to the Qi Refining Stage Late Stage Realm, with a significant difference from the sixth level, as the Spiritual Qi that could be contained within one's Dantian directly doubled.

As his Cultivation improved, the items he obtained from signing in also changed; this was a result of his Luck changing.

"Sign-in successful. Congratulations on obtaining [spirit dew grass seed] x 1."

Every day thereafter, he received these spirit dew grass seeds.

[spirit dew grass]:

Grade: High Grade First Order

Description: A Spiritual Plant nurtured by natural rain and dew, containing a small amount of water Spiritual Qi. It can be used to enhance the Spiritual Qi of water-attribute Cultivators and Spirit Beasts.

spirit dew grass was a water-attribute spiritual plant. Under the influence of the World Tree's Law of Time, it only took ten days to mature.

Its value was far higher than spirit rice and spirit gathering grass, so as soon as Lin Yongmao obtained spirit dew grass seeds, he planted all of them.

It was just a pity that the only way to obtain spirit dew grass seeds was through signing in; natural growth simply would not produce seeds.

Even in the Medium-Level Spiritual Plant Compendium, there was no information about spirit dew grass, so spirit dew grass was a premium product from the System.

The Gold-Eating Beast loved to eat spirit dew grass. Lin Yongmao could use spirit dew grass whether he was Cultivating or performing Body Tempering with plants.

Today was a special day. Lin Yongmao had bathed and changed early; it was time for the thirty-day double critical sign-in.

Lin Yongmao: "System, I want to sign in!"

"Sign-in successful! Congratulations on obtaining a Naling Ancient Well."

Before Lin Yongmao, the base of an ancient well floated. He could materialize it whenever he wished.

He chose a higher elevation to materialize and place the Naling Ancient Well.

The Attribute Panel contained detailed information about it.

[Naling Ancient Well]:

Grade: High Grade Second Order

Description: A Spirit Gathering Formation is empowered at the bottom of the well, capable of absorbing Spiritual Qi from the Earth Veins and producing a fixed amount of Medium Grade spiritual spring water daily.

Lin Yongmao had previously felt it was a pity that the Low Grade spiritual spring water obtained from signing in was gone, but now that the Naling Ancient Well could produce a fixed amount of Medium Grade spiritual spring water every day, he couldn't be happier.

So he eagerly began to test how much Medium Grade spiritual spring water could be produced daily.

This Naling Ancient Well and the Small Spirit Stone Vein belonged to the same type: fixed output, never-ending. Only the System's Golden Finger possessed such power.

Lin Yongmao used water control to draw out the Medium Grade spiritual spring water from the Naling Ancient Well, putting some into wooden buckets, and directly drawing some out to irrigate the spiritual plants.

"This is too much!"

Previously, the Low Grade spiritual spring water he received was a small bottle every day, but this Medium Grade spiritual spring water could fill at least three large water tanks every day.

Even if all the spiritual plants were irrigated with Medium Grade spiritual spring water, it would not be a problem.

It was not just a change in quantity, but also in quality.

The quality of Medium Grade spiritual spring water was far superior to Low Grade spiritual spring water.

Each irrigation would shorten the maturation time of the spiritual plants by approximately eight hours.

Taking spirit rice as an example, it originally took more than three days to mature, but if it could be irrigated with Medium Grade spiritual spring water every day, it would mature in two days.

The benefits of Medium Grade spiritual spring water did not stop there. If the water consumed daily was Medium Grade spiritual spring water, it could also continuously improve one's Physique.

Although it wasn't as fast as directly increasing Cultivation, this change was subtle and gradual.