Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 161

Chapter 161 Kill Huang Feng! Spiritual Consciousness Foundation Building! (Three in One, Please Subscribe)

“Why is there a flash of blood in my body?”

Huang Feng was confused, but even more terrified.

As a cultivator,

he should have been fully aware of his own physical condition.

But the flash of blood that appeared now was completely beyond his control.

“It seems you don’t know either.”

Li Changan’s eyes were alert as he slowly retreated.

When faced with such unknowns,

he always assumed the worst.

“Try using an ordinary puppet first.”

Li Changan retreated to a distance and released a mid-grade puppet.

With a thought, he controlled the puppet forward, slowly approaching Huang Feng.

Under Huang Feng’s terrified gaze,

a magical dagger with a cold glow appeared in the puppet’s hand.

“Li Changan, what are you doing?” Huang Feng

roared in horror.

Li Changan’s expression was solemn, but he didn’t reply, simply controlling the puppet to continue its movement.

In the next moment,

the puppet removed Huang Feng’s armor.

Then, with a “chi” sound, the sharp dagger suddenly plunged into Huang Feng’s chest.

“Ahhhh—”

Huang Feng screamed miserably, his features contorted as he tried to struggle.

But confined by the chessboard,

he could offer no effective resistance.

He could only allow the puppet, holding the dagger, to sever his sternum, tear through his flesh, and slowly split his torso open.

“This is…”

Li Changan’s eyes fixed on the split torso.

He saw

countless slowly wriggling blood-colored threads within the flesh.

Like long, thin, dense, and countless blood-colored worms ,   they were everywhere,

not only within the flesh but also within his internal organs.   Even within his severed bones, these terrifying blood-colored threads could be seen.   Huang Feng was like a human puppet held aloft by blood-colored threads.   He himself was unaware of this.   ”What a strange thing! These blood-colored threads seem to have become one with Huang Feng.”   Li Chang’an’s expression grew increasingly solemn.   He fell into deep thought, replaying various legends from the world of immortal cultivation, but he couldn’t find anything that matched these blood-colored threads. Meanwhile   ,   Huang Feng, through the bronze mirror at Li Chang’an’s side, observed his own condition.   His face paled, his whole body icy cold, as he was instantly consumed by an indescribable fear, nearly speechless with terror.   After a long moment,   he screamed hysterically, “Li Chang’an, what are these blood-colored threads? Pull them out! Quick!”   From his perspective,   these blood-glow threads resembled parasitic insects,   devouring his flesh, his magic power, and even his very soul, threatening to consume him completely!   ”I’ve been injured before, but these things weren’t present in my flesh. It must have been contracted in the secret realm. This damn secret realm! I shouldn’t have entered!”   Huang Feng’s voice trembled, barely daring to look at himself.   Hearing his words…   Li Chang’an was startled and immediately turned around.   He released a finger of spiritual power, splitting the skin of his own body and examining it carefully.   ”Fortunately, there are no blood-colored threads.”   He slowly breathed a sigh of relief and activated the Painted Skin technique to repair the wound.   Afterwards,   he went into the dark room and brought out the bodies of Jin Mu and Jin Ze.   ”I easily severed their heads; there shouldn’t be any such threads in their bodies.”   Li Chang’an pondered for a moment, removed their armor, and released two fingers of magical power.   Two snaps were heard,   and the bodies were cut into four pieces.   Just as he had suspected, there were no threads in their bodies; everything was normal.   It seemed that   Huang Feng hadn’t contracted these strange blood threads during this trip to the secret realm.   ”Fellow Daoist Huang, I’m fine. There are no blood-colored threads in Jin Mu and Jin Ze’s bodies either.”   ”This… This is impossible…”   Huang Feng muttered in disbelief, staring at the bodies.   A group of four.   He was the only one experiencing problems. Li Changan   added   , “Friend Huang, please be patient for a moment. I need to observe further.”   With a thought, he controlled the puppet, continuing to dissect Huang Feng’s body.   ”Ah—”   Huang Feng screamed again, his voice shrill.   A moment later,   his entire chest and abdomen were dissected open by the puppet.

You can see it.

Below his beating heart,

countless blood-colored threads converged, forming a misshapen blood tumor shimmering with blood, like a second heart.

Or perhaps a seed.

All of the blood-colored threads grew from this blood tumor, eventually covering Huang Feng’s entire body.

“What is this?”

Li Chang’an frowned, observing carefully.

“Blood-colored seeds…blood seeds?”

At that moment,

he suddenly remembered a rumor from the world of calamity cultivation.

It was said that

a long time ago, a peerless demon appeared.

That person had inferior spiritual roots and a poor talent for cultivation,

even inferior to Li Chang’an.

Under normal circumstances, let alone building a foundation, even breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining would be difficult.

However,

he possessed extraordinary comprehension and brilliant talent, creating his own “Demon Planting Method.”

Using this method, he forged ahead, building a foundation,

forming a pill, and even breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, causing a monstrous bloodbath throughout the world of cultivation!

Back then, that man boasted, “Why can’t those with inferior spiritual roots enter the Immortal Sect? Why is Heaven so unfair? Since I lack the talent for cultivation, I’ll let those so-called geniuses cultivate for me!”

During that time,

countless geniuses with exceptional spiritual roots were planted with blood seeds by him, their entire cultivation devoured by him, becoming the nourishment for his bloody path of cultivation.

However,

not long after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he vanished. He vanished

from the face of the earth, never to be seen again.

Vanishing with him was the heaven-defying “Demon Planting Technique.”

In the years since,

countless Tribulation Cultivators and Demon Cultivators have pursued his footsteps, attempting to find that peerless magic technique and use it to break the spiritual root barrier, but none have found it.

But…

today.

Li Changan actually saw this bizarre object, resembling the legendary “blood seed”!

Huang Feng’s reaction was immediate.

His face was filled with horror, his lips trembling. “This… could this be a blood seed… Is this the “Demon Planting Technique” created by that demonic figure, Mo Qingkuang…”

“Mo Qingkuang?”

Li Changan pondered.

It turned out that the demon’s name was Mo Qingkuang.

The name sounded somewhat arrogant, a fitting match for his personality.

“Fellow Daoist Huang, how much do you know about that kind of magic? If this is truly a blood seed, who planted it in you?”

Li Changan asked gravely, hoping to extract some useful information from Huang Feng.

However,

Huang Feng seemed to have fallen mad with fear at this moment,

even somewhat unconscious.

“How could I have become a blood seed? Who… who on earth…”

He muttered to himself, his eyes glazed over.

“Could it be Master? No, no, Master has been so kind to me, repairing my meridians at all costs. It couldn’t have been him, it had to be someone else…”

In fact,

the moment he saw the blood seed,

the image of Master Murong Kang emerged in his mind.

It was Murong Kang who had the most contact with him.

As early as when he first began his cultivation, Murong Kang had often used his magical powers to clear his meridians and regulate his body. It was very possible that he had quietly planted the blood seed in him.

However, he simply didn’t want to believe it.

This time, he risked his life exploring the cave to give Murong Kang the Soul-Nourishing Flower and the Evergreen, in return for his kindness.

“No, absolutely not. There must be something else, perhaps not the Blood Seed…”

Huang Feng’s face was pale, seemingly oblivious to Li Changan’s words, mumbling endlessly.

Seeing his expression,

Li Changan understood that there was nothing more he could get out of him. Feeling

a little regretful, he could only bow.

“Fellow Daoist Huang, have a safe journey!”

With that, he unleashed a second-level Jade Sword Talisman.

The talisman ignited, transforming into a formidable sword energy.

This time,

the blood-colored threads failed to stop it.

With a snap, Huang Feng’s head flew off.

Faintly,

Li Changan seemed to hear the Blood Seed let out a sharp scream.

The blood-colored threads squirmed frantically, as if trying to retract back into the Blood Seed, but were restrained by the Soul-Forbidden Chessboard.

“Come!”

Li Changan casually summoned Huang Feng’s soul and tossed it into the Soul-Respecting Banner.

Then, he cast several second-level talismans in quick succession.

Incineration talismans!

These talismans hovered in mid-air, encircling Huang Feng’s corpse. The golden lines on their surfaces began to ignite.

In the blink of an eye, the golden-red flames engulfed Huang Feng’s head and body.

The blood creature seemed to struggle,

releasing clouds of blood mist in an attempt to extinguish the raging fire.

But it was all in vain.

A moment later,

Huang Feng’s body, along with the blood seed within it, was reduced to ash!

Uneasy, Li Chang’an used several more talismans to incinerate the ashes once more.

Then,

he unleashed several more sword formations, crushing the remaining ashes into dust!

“It should be fine,”

Li Chang’an nodded slightly, and disposed of Jin Mu and Jin Ze’s bodies.

After cleaning up everything,

he returned to the dark room and took away the stardust and four precious spiritual plants. He

then

left the cave, removing the veil array outside.

Without the illusion array’s cover, the cave entrance was exposed to the outside world, though the treasures within were no longer within.

“Time to go,”

Li Chang’an gathered everything and prepared to leave.

But then,

several familiar figures suddenly appeared in his sight.

“Poison cultivators,”

Li Chang’an frowned.

Those

were the disciples of the Five Poison Wanderer lineage who had attacked them earlier.

At this moment, the poison cultivators also happened to spot Li Changan.

Their faces lit up with delight.

“Haha, what good luck!”

“Isn’t this the guy from before? How come you’re the only one left? Did the other three dislike your low cultivation level and abandon you?”

“This guy has a cave behind him. It seems he just got a chance!”

The poison cultivators sneered and slowly approached Li Changan.

In their eyes,

Li Changan was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and could be manipulated at will.

However,

the next moment,

a blood-red sword formation appeared in Li Chang’an’s hands.

“Go!”

The entire sword formation transformed into a deadly streak of blood, piercing the sky and instantly reaching the bodies of several Tribulation Cultivators.

The smiles on their faces froze, and deep fear filled their eyes.

“A Foundation Establishment Cultivator!”

They had never expected it.

Li Chang’an’s casual strike unleashed the full force of the Foundation Establishment!

Faced with this terrifying force, the poison cultivators were powerless and were instantly shattered by the sword formation, reduced to a pile of blood and flesh.

“With such limited strength, how dare you be so arrogant?”

Li Chang’an’s expression was indifferent. With a casual gesture, he collected the storage bags and personal belongings of the several people.

He removed the restrictions, opened the bags, and casually examined them.

They were mostly filled with poison treasures. They

were of no use to him.

They could only be fed to the Ten Thousand Poison Gu.

Among them were several tokens engraved with the dark green word “poison,” representing the lineage of the Five Poisons Sanren.

But Li Chang’an also discovered two more unique tokens.

One was engraved with the character “Cao,” the other with “Wu.”

It seemed likely

that two of them were disciples of the Cao and Wu families, who were at the foundation-building stage.

While these two families were righteous factions, they had long colluded with the Tribulation Cultivators, so it was not surprising that their disciples joined the Five Poison Wanderer lineage.

…

About two hours later,

Li Changan left the secret realm and returned to the Black Dragon Mountains. As soon as he

emerged,

he felt a sense of relief.

The overwhelming sense of oppression vanished.

“This secret realm is truly strange. It’s best not to enter unless absolutely necessary.”

Li Changan’s experiences in the secret realm had left a deep impression,

but it was mostly negative.

He glanced back.

For some reason, despite the negative impression, he felt no resistance; instead, he wanted to enter a few more times.

“Perhaps the abundance of treasures within has given me this thought, but I must not let the treasures blind my mind, or I will eventually perish.”

Li Changan shook his head slightly, suppressed his thoughts, and began his journey home.

…

Not long after he left.

Murong Kang entered the secret realm and arrived at the cave.

He paused at the spot where Huang Feng had been killed, his eyes flashing with blood, his face thick with rage, as if he were ready to devour someone.

It was here.

His bloodline had vanished!

“Who dares to kill my bloodline?”

Murong Kang cried, his rage uncontrollable, his murderous intent evident.

He tried to capture any remaining aura within the cave, but Li Changan had completely wiped it out.

It was as if no one had ever been there.

After a fruitless attempt,

Murong Kang left the secret realm and headed for the black market, heading straight into the secret chamber of the Three Tribulations Alliance.

He grabbed the Tribulations cultivator who was managing the task and coldly demanded,

“Who has Taoist Feng been with recently in the secret realm?”

He had long known that Huang Feng was a Tribulations cultivator, but he hadn’t cared.

After all, he had no real intention of cultivating Huang Feng; he simply treated him as a bloodline, his character unconcerned.

“Senior…” The Tribulations cultivator’s face changed drastically.   Sensing the terrifying aura of a Foundation Establishment cultivator emanating from Murong Kang, he was nearly speechless with fear.   Under Murong Kang’s repeated questioning, he was

utterly stunned .   He stammered out the truth.   ”There were three people, namely… the Jin brothers, and Li Fan…”   The Jin brothers were renowned Tribulation Cultivators, even Murong Kang had heard of them.   He knew very well that   with their strength, barring any unforeseen circumstances, they wouldn’t be able to kill Huang Feng.   Only Li Fan,   possessing a treasure like the Honored Soul Banner, proved to be a formidable force.   ”Li Fan… must have been the one who killed him!”   Murong Kang muttered the name, murderous intent surging within him.   From then on,   besides Li Changan,   he had one more person he had to kill!   …   At this moment,   Li Changan had returned to the mansion.   He retrieved the storage bags of Huang Feng and the Jin brothers, removed the restrictions, and searched through them one by one.   ”Huang Feng’s array-breaking speed was average; he only obtained the materials for four small formations.”   With a thought, he immediately retrieved these materials.   Meanwhile, the brothers Jin Mu and Jin Ze   each dismantled seven small formations.   Li Changan searched their storage bags, extracting all the materials.   It wasn’t long.

He had obtained the materials for eighteen small formations.

Adding his own Blazing Sky Formation, the entire grand formation was complete!

“The Thundercloud Illusionary Formation is a bit insufficient, so this chain formation arrived just in time.”

Li Changan immediately began to set up the formation.

He copied the formation from the cave’s secret room and recreated the entire formation in his own house.

This was his first time setting up such a complex formation, and even with his memory to reference, he still made more than ten mistakes.

After about an hour,

he finally successfully completed the stacked formation of nineteen formations!

“Finally,”

Li Changan wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face pale.

Then, he had the Black Water Turtle test it.

Even with its strongest innate magic, the Black Water Turtle couldn’t break the chain formation.

“Yes, the power of this formation is just as I expected, comparable to a second-tier mid-grade formation, and vaguely approaching a second-tier upper-grade.”

Li Changan nodded slightly, deeply satisfied.

With this formation,

his future cultivation would be much more stable.

He then continued to look through the remaining treasures in the three men’s storage bags.

Huang Feng’s bag held valuable treasures, exceeding those of the average ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator. He contained several quasi-second-tier magical instruments, as well as some treasures intended for foundation building.

Li Chang’an, with a thought, pulled out a spellbook. “

Burning Blood to Transform Tribulation”!

This spellbook was of top-grade quality.

It was the same lifespan-sapping spell Huang Feng had used during his escape.

Li Chang’an briefly glanced through it.

“Burning Blood to Transform Tribulation is quite effective, far superior to the Zheng family’s Exploding Spirit Pill. However, the damage to lifespan is far too severe. It should never be used unless in dire straits.”

He silently memorized the contents.

While he might not necessarily use them in his lifetime, learning them was always a good idea.

Besides this escape spellbook, there were several other top-grade spellbooks, but unfortunately, none of them matched Li Chang’an’s attributes, so he would have to find an opportunity to sell them.

The storage bags of the two brothers, Jin Mu and Jin Ze, contained a standard number of treasures, none of which were particularly impressive.

Li Changan carefully counted the items for a long time.

When everything was over,

it was already late at night.

Overall, the greatest gain from this trip was the formations and treasures within the cave.

Li Changan sat cross-legged and took out the soul-nourishing flower.

“This soul-nourishing flower is of exceptional quality, worthy of being cultivated in such spiritual soil as stardust. I wonder how much it will boost my spiritual power?”

Li Changan pondered.

His spiritual power was already far superior to that of cultivators of his level, even surpassing the ninth level of Qi Refining. Otherwise, he would have struggled to draw a fine second-level talisman.

If he swallowed this precious soul-nourishing flower, would he be able to reach another level?

He couldn’t help but feel a sense of anticipation, but he didn’t swallow it immediately.

“Hu…”

Li Changan took a few deep breaths, slowly adjusting his state.

To be absolutely certain,

he even used several tranquilizing treasures to calm his mind and suppress all emotional fluctuations.

After about a quarter of an hour of regulating his breathing,

he swallowed the soul-nourishing flower without hesitation.

The next moment,

a refreshing sensation washed over his mind.

Li Chang’an closed his eyes slightly, his heart as still as water. He calmed his mind and slowly channeled the medicinal power.

His spiritual power began to expand, gradually transforming into a vortex.

Meanwhile,

Li Chang’an unknowingly fell into a mystical state, oblivious to everything else and motionless.

It was as if his mind wandered into another world, completely oblivious to time. He

didn’t know how much time had passed.

It seemed like thousands of years, yet it seemed only a moment.

Beneath the vortex of spiritual power in his mind, a drop of silvery liquid suddenly appeared. An

outsider would have cried out in shock if they had known.

From the void to the solid!

This is the sign of foundation building!

Just as the mana of foundation building transforms from gaseous to liquid, the spiritual power of a foundation-building master will also undergo this transformation.

From then on,

spiritual power can be called divine consciousness.

This transformation often occurs during the foundation-building phase.

However, Li Chang’an’s unique nature, coupled with the possession of such a rare treasure as the Soul-Nourishing Flower, allowed him to take this step prematurely.

A moment later, everything was over.

He emerged from that mystical state of oblivion, slowly opening his eyes with a flicker of joy.

“Spiritual consciousness foundation building!”

Feeling the changes in his sea of consciousness, Li Changan was overjoyed.

He had never imagined

he could actually break through this level ahead of time!

Now, he was already considered a near-foundation building expert!

In the future, when he

broke through to the foundation building stage,

he wouldn’t need to worry about the divine consciousness level anymore; he only needed to focus on the first two levels!

“This is my foundation!”

Li Chang’an beamed, his mood brightening.

He’d often heard that the deeper one’s foundation before building the foundation, the easier it would be to break through.

His foundation was so profound that it had led to an early breakthrough.

“With my current foundation, even without the Foundation Building Pill, I have a very high chance of reaching the Foundation Building stage!”

Li Chang’an’s assessment of his current situation was remarkably accurate.

He’d heard Zheng Qingqing explain the entire foundation-building process and read numerous articles on foundation-building experiences. He was no longer the clueless, low-level cultivator he once was .

“With my physique, the physical barrier won’t be difficult. The only thing I need to worry about is the mana barrier.”

Thinking of this

, Li Chang’an took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing his joy.

He had once again sensed the opportunity for a breakthrough.

“Xiao Hei, continue to protect me!”

After giving the order,

Li Chang’an took out his spirit eye and placed it in front of him.

He also crushed a large number of spirit stones and used a formation to temporarily lock away the spiritual energy, temporarily increasing the concentration of spiritual energy in the room to an astonishing level.

After completing all this, he finished.

He sat cross-legged again, calming his mind and slightly closing his eyes.

Months ago, he had felt the impending breakthrough, and now he could no longer suppress it.

“Hoohoo…”

As he practiced his technique, the spiritual energy in the room rushed towards him frantically, almost forming a small spiritual energy vortex.

Da Huang stood by, his expression tense, constantly crushing more spiritual stones to maintain the spiritual energy concentration in the room.

Time passed slowly.

The sky outside was already slightly brighter.

At this moment,

a mysterious aura emanated from Li Changan.

He opened his eyes, his face lit up with joy.

“Eighth level of Qi Refining, done!”

(End of this chapter)