darknovel Chapter 91: The Scheme Begins
Chapter 91: The Scheme Begins
Yang Jiuli named the island Luoxue Island (Falling Snow Island).
"As expected of an island with a second-tier spiritual vein, the density of spiritual energy here is significantly higher than that of the outer islands!"
Upon arriving at Snowfall Manor, Lu Wenzheng took a deep breath, his face filled with envy. Unfortunately, he would never have that opportunity.
Unless he has children with mid-grade spiritual roots, he can only live on the outer island with the collateral descendants of the Li family.
He has now switched to drawing talismans, but his talent is only slightly better than that of alchemy, and he is currently only a first-level low-grade talisman master.
I fear I will never achieve great things in this life.
"Although the spiritual energy on the outer island is not as good as that on the inner island, as long as you cultivate diligently day and night and solidify your foundation, you will also have a chance to reach the late stage of Qi Refining." Yang Jiuli patted Lu Wenzheng on the shoulder and said. The latter only had a low-grade spiritual root, so it was indeed difficult for him to establish his foundation.
Lu Wenzheng nodded slightly and unconsciously patted his son Li Yunhai's head.
Knowing he lacked talent, he placed all his hopes on his son.
Even if they don't have the surname Lu, they are still my own offspring.
Not long after, Li Feiyu came to congratulate Yang Jiuli on moving to his new home.
"I will be stationed at the Medicine Mountain in the Beijiang Mountains for a long time after this... I'm afraid I won't have much time to see you!" Li Feiyu said after drinking a pot of wine. Twelve years ago, the Li family expanded the pill market and rented many medicine mountains to grow spiritual herbs.
Things were fine in previous years.
Recently, rogue cultivators have frequently attacked Medicine Mountain, attempting to plunder medicinal herbs, so the Li family had to send people to guard it.
Li Feiyu has now reached the eighth level of Qi Refining and is a direct descendant, so sending him is the most reliable option.
At the same time, the Li family also wanted to take this opportunity to hone his skills.
"Take care while you're away from home, Yu Shao!" Yang Jiuli said, cupping his hands in greeting.
"Haha, take care!" Li Feiyu laughed loudly, then flew away on his sword.
"Someone has actually started attacking the Li family's medicinal herb mountain. It seems that the Li family's expansion of the medicinal herb market has begun to cause discontent."
Yang Jiuli whispered.
These people dared to attack Li Family Medicine Mountain, which must have been guided by certain forces.
"Looks like I need to hurry up and improve my skills!"
Now he has mastered the first level of the "Heavenly Fiend Body Refining Technique".
Unfortunately, Yunmeng Lake did not provide him with any malevolent energy for body tempering.
Otherwise, by using the "Drawing Injury to Refine His Body" technique, his combat power in martial arts would soar, reaching a level comparable to the Perfected Qi Refining stage.
……
Spring comes and autumn goes, and in the blink of an eye, three years have passed.
Yang Jiuli has been in the Li family for nine years!
He has now reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.
His alchemy skills became increasingly proficient, and the "Azure Mystic Pill" refined by Yang Jiuli reached the highest quality.
It's almost a masterpiece!
However, only three pills are formed each time.
As for Liu Yuelong, the "Azure Mystic Pill" he refined was only of inferior quality.
However, he produced five pills.
The alchemists in the Li family only pursued the number of pills they successfully produced in order to make money.
There is no pursuit of improving quality.
Yang Jiuli was the only exception.
He needs spirit stones.
But he also needs to maintain his alchemy skills.
If one gets used to refining low-quality pills, it will become a bad habit.
He still needs to advance to the second-tier alchemist level, so his requirements for himself are naturally exceptionally high.
As for spirit stones...
As things stand, he doesn't lack anything.
The Li family never interfered with Yang Jiuli's alchemy, since a high-quality "Azure Mystic Pill" could sell for eighty low-grade spirit stones.
The low-grade "Azure Mystic Pill" has seen its price drop to fifty low-grade spirit stones in recent years due to a decline in its reputation.
It is worth mentioning that last December, the Li family received three years' worth of dividends, totaling a thousand low-grade spirit stones.
If we add the money Luo Qiuping gave us in the past, as well as the hundred coins in the storage bag of that Qi-refining cultivator in Xuan Yin Valley and the money from recent years.
Yang Jiuli had a total of 1,300 low-grade spirit stones.
He's quite the local tycoon!
In addition, Yang Jiuli also bought a first-grade high-quality alchemy furnace and privately refined pills.
This superior alchemy furnace has a special spirit-storing array that can absorb and store the earth's fire within it.
It enables alchemists to refine pills at any time, even without true fire or earth vein fire.
However, the stored alchemical fire is limited and can only be used for about two months before it needs to be recharged.
With the alchemy furnace in hand, it's not difficult for Yang Jiuli to earn spirit stones now.
……
This day was the seventh day of the fifth lunar month.
At Snowfall Manor, next to a pavilion, there is a cold pond measuring ten zhang in size.
At this moment, Yang Jiuli stood in the pavilion. With a flick of his hand, three pills appeared in his palm.
These three pills are actually Qi Condensation Pills.
As soon as the elixir appeared, a splash of water rose from the cold pool, and a python's head, as clear and translucent as white jade, emerged.
A chilling aura emanated from the python's head.
This was none other than the spirit beast, the Xuanyu Python, that Yang Jiuli had successfully hatched three years ago.
However, this Xuanyu Python is different from ordinary Xuanyu Pythons. In addition to its scales being as hard as jade, it also possesses an icy aura.
It was clearly a mutated spirit python, which could be called the Mystic Ice Python.
Therefore, Yang Jiuli kept it in the cold pond in the mountain villa.
At this moment, the Xuan Yu Python's aura had clearly reached the peak of the third level of Qi Refining in a human cultivator. (Peak of the early stage of the first tier of demonic beast)
This cultivation speed is clearly beyond that of ordinary cultivators.
This is not only related to the rich second-tier spiritual veins of Snowfall Island.
It is also closely related to the fact that the Xuanyu Python itself possesses a second-tier bloodline.
In fact, Yang Jiuli sensed a special aura of inheritance when he examined the Xuan Yu Python's bloodline several times.
This is a bloodline inherited only by descendants of third-tier spirit beasts.
According to Yang Jiuli's speculation, the Xuanyu Python is very likely to possess the bloodline of a third-tier spirit beast.
Therefore, Yang Jiuli nurtured the Xuanyu Python with great care and refined many elixirs for it to consume.
This time, he even took out three "Qi Condensation Pills" in preparation for him to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.
Spirit beasts with third-tier bloodlines will have the opportunity to awaken their bloodline inheritance when they reach the fourth level of Qi fusion.
Spirit beasts with second-tier bloodlines can only awaken some of their own special divine abilities after entering the Foundation Establishment Realm.
He threw down a Qi Condensation Pill.
The black jade python opened its mouth and swallowed it whole.
The creature squinted, its endearing expression continuing to gaze at Yang Jiuli, seemingly still unsatisfied with the Qi Condensation Pill.
(For advancing to a minor realm, Qi Condensation Pills are still useful for spirit beasts; for advancing to a major realm, the corresponding 'Beast Blood Pill' is required.)
Yang Jiuli had known all along that this guy was a big eater.
Then two more were thrown down.
The Jade Python swallowed it whole and then submerged into the pool to begin refining it silently.
Yang Jiuli did not interfere.
……
The next day, early in the morning.
Yang Jiuli stopped cultivating.
He looked inward into his sea of consciousness and gazed at the Three Lives Stone.
Name: Yang Jiuli.
Lifespan: 33/133.
Location: Chu Kingdom, Tianyun Star (a third-level cultivation kingdom)
Immortal cultivation level: Qi Refining Level 5.
Mastery of spells: Wind Control, Object Manipulation, Green Wood Cage, Wooden Spikes
……
Spiritual Root: Superior Grade Spiritual Root. (Repair Successful (10000/10000)).
Spiritual energy attribute:
Gold: (58/58)
Wood: (74/99)
Water: (66/66)
Fire: (79/79)
Earth: (51/51)
The Three Lives Talisman (Past Life Talisman) Tier 1. Usable 9 times.
Mental strength: Level 9.
Soul Arrows: Three.
Flame Talisman: Three.
Taiyin Qi Talisman: Two.
"Nine and a half years have passed, and the spiritual root repair is complete!" Looking at the data in his sea of consciousness, Yang Jiuli breathed a sigh of relief.
In his previous life, he cultivated fire-attribute techniques.
Therefore, in this life, it inherited a large amount of fire attribute, and now that the repair is successful, it has temporarily surpassed the wood attribute.
However, the wood attribute can be further improved.
Yang Jiuli still needs to verify how to improve it.
Now that his spiritual root has been successfully repaired, Yang Jiuli's first goal in coming to Yunmeng Lake has been achieved.
Next, it's time to improve my cultivation and aim for Foundation Establishment!
Just then, Yang Jiuli suddenly opened his eyes, looking down at himself with a face full of surprise.
But beneath his bed, there was a white jade python.
However, this python was only as thick as two fingers and nine inches long.
He had a small jade-like mark on his forehead, which made him look quite cute.
At this moment, the little guy was curled up, raising his head and looking at Yang Jiuli with his big, jewel-like eyes in an adorable manner.
"Bingbing...it's you!" Upon seeing this, Yang Jiuli's face showed a look of surprise.
Yang Jiuli named this black jade python Bingbing.
He wasn't surprised that the little guy had shrunk!
Instead, each time he cultivates, he activates a first-grade high-level array outside to create a light shield that envelops the cultivation room.
Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator could not enter this room silently.
But this little guy actually did it, how could Yang Jiuli not be surprised?
Seeing that Yang Jiuli had opened his eyes, Bingbing blinked her jewel-like eyes and climbed up the bed.
It came to the space between Yang Jiuli's legs as he sat cross-legged.
Yang Jiuli stretched out his palm, and the little guy crawled into his palm and curled up, looking up with an adorable expression.
Yang Jiuli understood, and with a flick of his left hand, he took out a pill bottle from his storage bag and poured out a pill into his palm.
The little guy swallowed it in one gulp, then rolled over in Yang Jiuli's palm, turned over, and then looked at the man obediently, letting out a soft cry, as if trying to be cute.
"Let me see what bloodline skills you've awakened this time!" Yang Jiuli smiled slightly.
He gently tapped the little guy's forehead with his finger.
Suddenly, a mark appeared on the little guy's forehead.
This is the blood pact mark of the master-servant class.
Yang Jiuli inserted the little guy into the egg when it was about to hatch.
With this bloodline inscription, Yang Jiuli could not only control the little guy's life and death with a thought, but also...
It can also sense the internal condition of the Xuan Yu Python.
He could even capture some of the Black Jade Python's memories through the bloodline inscriptions.
For example, Yang Jiuli could sense how it entered the cultivation room just now.
Of course, this also requires the cooperation of the Jade Python.
If you don't cooperate, it will affect the sensation of the blood pact mark.
After Yang Jiuli bestowed upon him a Qi-Nourishing Pill, Xuan Bing was unusually obedient, letting the finger lightly touch his forehead.
As the bloodline insignia appeared, Yang Jiuli released a wisp of divine consciousness, which entered the bloodline insignia.
In an instant, a feeling of being connected to the Xuan Yu Python by blood and having a shared understanding surged into his heart.
Yang Jiuli successfully captured fragments of the Xuan Yu Python's memories.
It turns out that the Xuanyu Python had awakened a "restriction-breaking" ability that allowed it to pass through restrictions, directly ignoring the restriction barrier.
Of course, this ability to break through restrictions will be limited.
At this point, the Xuan Yu Python can only ignore first-order restriction formations; if it were a second-order formation, it would trigger the restriction.
However, this ability to break through restrictions will also increase as its cultivation level improves.
Yesterday, it used this method to enter Yang Jiuli's cultivation room silently.
In addition, the Xuanyu Python also awakened the snake-specific "Earth Escape Technique" and its own unique "Water Escape Technique".
"So it's awakened the ability to break through the restrictions!" Yang Jiuli suddenly realized after seeing this information.
He looked at the Jade Python and smiled slightly.
This little guy certainly didn't disappoint him.
The black jade python flicked its tongue, seemingly sensing its master's approval.
"Since you were able to break the barrier... and you also have the 'Earth Escape Technique,' could we send Xiaobing to 'Frosty Dew Island' to take a look?"
Yang Jiuli touched his chin with his left hand.
His eyes gleamed.
His gaze shifted to the distant island where the deceased Foundation Establishment ancestor of the Li family was enshrined.
A plan he had been brewing for a long time resurfaced in his mind.