Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 388

Chapter 388 Acting Together, Spiritual Veins Enhanced (Seeking Subscriptions)

According to ancient records,

it takes at most a month for a Gu worm to break through to the fourth rank.

“Delaying for a month shouldn’t be a problem.”

For a Golden Core cultivator like Ye Qiuling, a month isn’t too long; it’s just the time for a short seclusion.

However,

what puzzled Li Chang’an was that

he hadn’t had much interaction with Ye Qiuling before. He had only sent Luo Qiantong to contact Ye Qiuling and inquire about her willingness to trade.

Moreover, he used the identity of Li Fan.

Logically speaking,

Ye Qiuling shouldn’t have noticed Changqing Mountain.

In this battle between good and evil, Changqing Mountain had performed mediocrely and wasn’t particularly prominent among the many Golden Core forces.

“For someone of Ye Qiuling’s status, personally dealing with Changqing Mountain would be a waste of time. It seems someone invited her.”

“When Liang Chang arrives, see if he has more aura on him.”

Li Chang’an left the Fire Cloud Secret Realm and returned to his cave in Changqing Mountain, instructing the Myriad Poison Gu to prepare.

Then, he began to wait.

Several hours later,

the sky began to brighten.

A streak of light streaked across the sky, instantly arriving outside Changqing Mountain and transforming into a figure.

It was Liang Chang, a cultivator from the Qingyun Sect!

Li Chang’an first met him at the auction in Huanghe Immortal City.

At that time,

he controlled Nie Ting, disguised as a strange Golden Core cultivator, and bought the main ingredient for forming a Golden Core from Liang Chang.

Back then, Liang Chang was already nearing the end of his lifespan.

Many years have passed.

Liang Chang is now over five hundred years old, with only a few years left to extend his lifespan with the help of longevity-enhancing treasures.

It is said that he has recently been enjoying his retirement, no longer concerned with the affairs of the cultivation world.

“I never thought that Fellow Daoist Liang would suffer such a calamity even at the moment of his death.”

Li Chang’an stepped out of his cave and looked at Liang Chang outside the formation of Changqing Mountain.

With his Nascent Soul eyesight, he could naturally see that Liang Chang had been refined into a poison avatar.

This refining technique is called “Hundred Poisons Refining Puppet Body.”

Ye Sang also knew this technique back then.

Ye Qiuling and Ye Sang both came from the Five Poisons Valley and belonged to the same lineage. Their master was the “Azure Scorpion True Monarch” of the Five Poisons Valley, so naturally they also knew this kind of magic.

“It really is Ye Qiuling’s aura.”

“Besides, there is also a very faint aura, belonging to Teng Ying

, the Holy Son of the Yellow Springs Sect.” “It seems that Teng Ying has doubts about the previous array…”

Various thoughts flashed through Li Chang’an’s mind.

He understood the matter almost instantly.

All the problems stemmed from Teng Ying.

This person most likely suspected that he was a fourth-level array master, otherwise he wouldn’t have asked Ye Qiuling to take action.

If Ye Qiuling couldn’t deal with him either, this person might call in an even stronger enemy.

“This Teng Ying cannot be allowed to live. It would be best to deal with him and Ye Qiuling together this time!”

Li Chang’an didn’t want his main body to be targeted by demonic cultivators.

His other identities didn’t matter, and his reputation didn’t matter.

Thinking of this…

He cupped his hands and asked, “Fellow Daoist Liang, it’s been many years. I heard you no longer manage sect affairs. What brings you here today?”

“Fellow Daoist Li, it has indeed been many years.”

A hint of emotion appeared on Liang Chang’s withered old face, as if he were truly reuniting with an old friend.

He explained his purpose: “My lifespan is nearing its end, only a few years left, but I can’t bear to leave this vast cultivation world. Recently, I’ve been searching for news of longevity-extending treasures.”

“Oh? Has Fellow Daoist Liang found anything?”

“Of course.”

“Please come in and tell me.”

Li Chang’an seemed somewhat intrigued, dispelling the Changqing Mountain formation and inviting Liang Chang into the courtyard.

Liang Chang immediately transformed into a stream of light and landed in the courtyard.

Meanwhile,

in a market town some distance from Changqing Mountain,

Ye Qiuling and Teng Ying sat facing each other, discussing the situation at Changqing Mountain.

“This Li Chang’an is indeed as rumored, cowardly and greedy for life, especially valuing longevity treasures.”

“The aura of a fourth-tier longevity treasure is enough to lure him out of Changqing Mountain!”

She sneered, a turquoise spiritual fruit appearing in her hand.

This fruit is called the “Thousand-Year Fruit,” a fourth-tier treasure, a rare longevity treasure.

Of course,

its longevity effect is seriously inconsistent with its name; it cannot truly extend life by a thousand years, only forty.

Teng Ying reminded her, “Fellow Daoist Ye, don’t be careless. I’m afraid Li Chang’an will see through the flaw.”

“Don’t worry, with his cultivation, he can’t possibly see through the problem with my Hundred Poisons Refined Puppet Body.”

Ye Qiuling was very confident, bringing up Ye Sang’s matter.

“Back then, my junior brother Ye Sang disguised himself as a third-tier spiritual doctor in the Southern Region of Zhao Kingdom. None of the Golden Core cultivators in the entire Southern Region saw through the disguise. Unfortunately, he insisted on getting close to Zi Xi, and in the end, he died at Zi Xi’s hands.”

The cultivators of her lineage all believed that Ye Sang died at the hands of Zi Xi.

Ye Sang had mentioned to them that he wanted to get close to Zi Xi and gain her favor.

No one knew that

Ye Sang had actually died at the hands of Li Chang’an.

His soul was still trapped in Li Chang’an’s Soul Banner, constantly tormenting the souls of demonic cultivators like Ye Feng and Wu Gu, and endlessly battling the souls of righteous prodigies like Gu Yunqi.

Ye Qiuling was full of confidence: “As long as Li Chang’an leaves that turtle shell, I can easily take him down. After I make him my servant, I’ll take him to see Zi Xi and see her expression.”

As she spoke,

she manipulated Liang Chang to take out a small jade bottle.

Sealed within this jade bottle was a wisp of the aura of the Thousand-Year Fruit.

“Fellow Daoist Li, please look.”

“What is this?”

Li Chang’an pretended not to know and took the small jade bottle.

He opened the bottle and immediately smelled the familiar aura.

“A Thousand-Year Fruit?”

“Fellow Daoist Li actually knows about it?”

A look of surprise appeared on Liang Chang’s face.

This surprise was genuine.

Ye Qiuling had originally intended to explain to Li Chang’an, but his knowledge had exceeded her expectations.

Li Chang’an had once traded with the Vermilion Bird Sect, exchanging a large piece of Fire Cloud Crystal for three longevity treasures.

Among them was the Thousand-Year Fruit.

Ordinary cultivators and demonic beasts could only consume one; the second would have no effect.

But Li Chang’an was different.

Due to the unique nature of the Ancient Evergreen Technique, even if he consumed another Thousand-Year Fruit, he would still receive its longevity-extending effect, albeit with a weakened one.

“Ye Qiuling likely possesses a complete Thousand-Year Fruit,”

Li Chang’an mused to himself, handing the jade bottle back.

He smiled and explained, “I am a guest elder of the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty. I have seen the Thousand-Year Fruit in the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty’s treasury, but its exchange requirements are too high; only a Nascent Soul True Monarch can fulfill them.”

“I see,”

Ye Qiuling immediately understood.

She had investigated Li Chang’an and knew he held the status of a guest elder of the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty.

“Fellow Daoist Li, do you know where I obtained this aura of the Thousand-Year Fruit?”

“Please tell me, Fellow Daoist Liang.”

Li Chang’an took out fine spiritual tea and pastries, smiling as he entertained her.

Ye Qiuling explained, “A few days ago, in search of a longevity treasure, I went to an ancient ruin and accidentally discovered a spiritual herb garden of an ancient sect. That garden was protected by a near-fourth-order array, though it was damaged, I couldn’t break it.”

As she spoke, she held up a small jade bottle.

“The aura in this jade bottle is precisely what overflowed from the cracks in the array.”

“If that’s the case, why didn’t Fellow Daoist Liang seek out the array masters of the Qingyun Sect, but instead came to me?”

“The array masters of the Qingyun Sect have all gone to the Northern Region.”

Ye Qiuling gave a very reasonable explanation.

She stated that the reason she invited Li Chang’an was because he had once controlled a third-order superior-grade array in Huanghe Immortal City.

At that time, Li Chang’an had said that he had received help from a friend.

So many years have passed.

Everyone already knew that the friend was himself.

“Fellow Daoist Li, you were already a third-tier high-grade array master back then, truly gifted in array formations. Now you’re probably not far from becoming a fourth-tier array master, right?”

“Haha, Fellow Daoist Liang overestimates me. Fourth-tier skills aren’t so easy to break through!”

Li Chang’an laughed, indicating that he was only a quasi-fourth-tier array master, far from the threshold of fourth-tier.

This rank was just right for breaking through the array formation in the spirit herb garden that Ye Qiuling had mentioned.

Therefore,

she directly extended an invitation.

“Fellow Daoist Li, that herb garden has many spirit herbs, there should be more than one Thousand-Year Fruit. Would you like to come with me to take a look?”

“Of course I want to go, but my body won’t allow it.”

“Why is that?”

Ye Qiuling was somewhat surprised and immediately asked.

Li Chang’an explained, “Fellow Daoist Liang, a few days ago when I was refining pills, I was too eager for quick results, causing the pill furnace to explode, resulting in a backlash. My spiritual energy flowed in reverse, and my meridians and dantian were damaged, and I haven’t recovered yet.”

“This…”

Ye Qiuling truly hadn’t expected to encounter such a situation.

Feigning concern, she asked, “Fellow Daoist Li, when will you recover?”

“About a month,”

Li Chang’an gave an approximate timeframe.

“A month?”

Ye Qiuling and Teng Ying exchanged a glance.

For them, a month wasn’t too long. They

could afford to wait!

As long as they could subdue a fourth-tier array master’s servant, even a few more months would be worth the wait.

Ye Qiuling immediately said, “Fellow Daoist Li, then I’ll come to find you again in a month. I need to go to the spirit herb garden to make some arrangements, just in case outsiders discover us.”

“Alright, Fellow Daoist Liang, take care.”

Li Chang’an cupped his hands in greeting, seeing her off at Changqing Mountain, watching her disappear into the distance.

In today’s conversation

, he hadn’t revealed any flaws; his disguise was excellent.

Ye Qiuling also thought she hadn’t revealed any flaws.

Li Chang’an waved his hand, sealing off the Changqing Mountain formation, leaving his clone outside while he entered the Fire Cloud Secret Realm.

He arrived at his secluded cultivation spot deep within Changqing Divine Mountain and told Wan Du Gu about the breakthrough and tribulation experiences he had read about in ancient books.

Of course,

no matter how much experience one has, it’s ultimately not as good as practice.

Although Li Chang’an himself possessed Nascent Soul strength, he relied on faith and hadn’t yet reached the tribulation stage.

Whether he could succeed depended on Wan Du Gu itself.

As Wan Du Gu’s master, he had done all he could.

“Alright, maintain your composure. If your composure remains unstable, then consume the pills I’ve refined.”

“Master, rest assured, I will definitely succeed!”

Wan Du Gu’s tone was firm, full of confidence.

Seeing this,

Li Chang’an said nothing more.

He slowly retreated, leaving the secluded cultivation spot.

In the past, he could guard Wan Du Gu during its breakthrough, but this time was different.

During the tribulation, if he got too close, he himself might be drawn into the heavenly tribulation and the inner demon tribulation.

A moment later.

With a thought, Li Chang’an caused the Primal Spirit Flower to bloom.

A dense surge of spiritual energy erupted from the depths of Evergreen Divine Mountain, causing its spiritual energy concentration to rise rapidly, almost instantly breaking through the third-tier barrier and reaching another level. A

fourth-tier spiritual vein!

In that instant, all the cultivators in the Fire Cloud Secret Realm sensed it and looked towards Evergreen Divine Mountain.

“The spiritual energy concentration of this world seems to have increased.”

“Evergreen Divine Mountain has become a fourth-tier spiritual vein!”

“The God Lord’s methods are truly wondrous; even if we exhaust our entire lives, we cannot compare to him…”

Many God Emperors rushed to Evergreen Divine Mountain.

Feeling the dense spiritual energy brought by the fourth-tier spiritual vein, almost everyone’s face was filled with joy and excitement.

Since the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty extracted the fourth-tier spiritual vein, no new fourth-tier spiritual vein had appeared in the Fire Cloud Secret Realm. Even the most powerful cultivators could only cultivate on third-tier spiritual veins.

This was the first time in their lives they had experienced a fourth-tier spiritual vein.

Li Chang’an waved his hand, sending out hundreds of prayer mats.

“Since you’re all here, please sit.”

“Over the next month, carefully observe and experience this; it might help you break through to the Nascent Soul realm.”

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback, then quickly realized

what was happening. Someone was about to break through to the Nascent Soul realm!

They all looked at the Fire Cloud God Lord, but he was filled with surprise, clearly indicating that the one attempting the breakthrough wasn’t him.

Filled with doubt, everyone sat down.

They all wanted to see if the person attempting the breakthrough this time would succeed.

Before this, several Golden Core peak cultivators in the Fire Cloud Secret Realm had already attempted to break through, but all had failed.

Not long after,

a mysterious aura emanated from the secluded cultivation area deep within the Evergreen Divine Mountain.

Immediately afterward, the winds and clouds shifted, and endless spiritual energy surged forth, transforming into a massive vortex of

spiritual energy. In just a moment, the vortex expanded to a size of several hundred miles.

“Less than a thousand miles,”

Li Chang’an mused, gazing at the sky.

When a human cultivator breaks through from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage, it causes a celestial phenomenon spanning a thousand miles.

But the Myriad Poison Gu is different .

Back then, when it broke through from the second to the third tier, the celestial phenomenon wasn’t as significant as a human breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

“It’s still normal, nothing unexpected.”

Li Chang’an carefully sensed that the Myriad Poison Gu’s aura remained stable, steadily increasing.

Beside him,

the Xuan Shui Turtle and Da Huang also looked up at the celestial phenomenon.

If they wanted to break through to the fourth tier in the future, they would also have to go through this process.

The Xuan Shui Turtle was already close to the peak of the third tier, while Da Huang was still a bit behind, not yet having broken through to the late third tier, and still had a long way to go.

Changqing Divine Mountain was silent, everyone quietly comprehending.

Time flew by.

Soon, more than half a month had passed.

During this time, the Myriad Poison Gu’s aura continued to rise, already exceeding the near-fourth tier range, gradually approaching a critical point.

“It should be soon.”

Li Chang’an’s expression was solemn as he continued to sense.

He wasn’t too confident about whether the Myriad Poison Gu could break through.

After all,

he wasn’t a fourth-tier Gu Master.

Back then, due to the lack of a suitable Gu worm inheritance, he had caused problems raising the Myriad Poison Gu, resulting in the Myriad Poison Gu lacking many of the basic techniques of a third-tier Gu King.

Although he later made up for these problems, he still had some worries.

“It seems that, if nothing unexpected happens, it will break out of its cocoon and complete its transformation in at most three days.”

Li Chang’an calculated the time, hoping that no accidents would occur.

He had already activated the formation, covering the entire Changqing Mountain.

If any Golden Core cultivators within Changqing Mountain dared to interfere, they would be killed on the spot.

Li Chang’an’s gaze was profound as he swept over the many Golden Core cultivators.

At this moment,

everyone was immersed in their comprehension, except for the Fire Cloud God Lord, who noticed his gaze.

He bowed and said, “God Lord, do you have any orders?”

“No, I’m just taking a look.”

Li Chang’an shook his head slightly.

He looked the Fire Cloud God Lord over a few times and found that his aura was much stronger than before.

At the current pace, at most in ten years, he would be able to break through in the Body Refinement path and become a fourth-tier Body Refinement expert.

Of course.

Even if the Fire Cloud God Lord broke through, he couldn’t escape the control of the Wood Seed Technique and remained Li Chang’an’s puppet.

Li Chang’an focused his attention and continued to monitor the situation of the Myriad Poison Gu.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

His prediction was correct.

On this evening, the Myriad Poison Gu’s aura suddenly surged, completing its final leap and successfully entering the fourth tier!

“It’s done!”

Sensing this aura, everyone showed expressions of shock and envy.

Just then,

a deafening roar suddenly echoed between heaven and earth.

“Boom!”

The massive vortex of spiritual energy dissipated.

Following it was a thick thundercloud.

The dark clouds pressed down, bringing an aura of destruction and oppression, darkening the entire Fire Cloud Secret Realm, as if it were about to destroy this small world.

Not long after ,

a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, instantly piercing through the entire world.

“Boom!”

Evergreen Divine Mountain trembled violently, as if it were about to shatter in the heavenly lightning.

Many Golden Core cultivators showed expressions of horror.

They never imagined that the first bolt of lightning would be so terrifying; almost none of them could successfully pass through it.

Li Chang’an frowned, carefully sensing the aura of the Myriad Poison Gu.

Fortunately,

its aura remained stable.

It successfully passed the first bolt of heavenly lightning.

Immediately afterwards, bolts of heavenly lightning descended from the sky, striking the Myriad Poison Gu one after another.

In an instant, eight bolts of lightning had passed.

Only the ninth remained.

Just like the final strike from the Xiao family patriarch, this lightning bolt had been brewing for a moment before finally striking down with power far exceeding the previous eight.

After a deafening explosion, the thunderclouds slowly dissipated,

and the world returned to its clear state.

The aura of the Myriad Poison Gu was still present, showing no signs of weakening.

Clearly, the remains of the insect lord had perfectly shielded him from the tribulation.

“Thank goodness, I’ve survived.”

Li Chang’an felt slightly relieved.

Next, only the final tribulation remained, the most bizarre one:

the Tribulation of the Heart Demon!

“The Tribulation of the Heart Demon usually evolves into a demonic illusion based on obsessions and fears. What are the obsessions and fears of the Myriad Poison Gu?”

Li Chang’an pondered to himself.

This insect seemed to have no obsessions, only eating and sleeping.

As for fear…

“Perhaps, like me, it’s afraid of death.”

This insect had followed him for many years, recognizing him as its master when he began cultivating Qi.

Over the years ,

its personality had gradually become similar to that of its master, Li Chang’an.

“With that Heart-Questioning Insect Pill, I should be able to survive.”

Just as he was thinking this,

Li Chang’an suddenly realized…

The consciousness of Wan Du Gu fluctuated for a moment.

The illusion of inner demons might last for thousands of years for a tribulation seeker,

but in reality, it was only a fleeting instant.

At this moment,

Wan Du Gu’s tribulation of inner demons had ended.

Unlike the Xiao family patriarch, his aura hadn’t weakened at all, remaining at the fourth rank and extremely stable.

This meant he had successfully passed the tribulation!

A powerful aura of a fourth-rank insect lord emanated from the secluded cultivation area.

Wan Du Gu’s excited voice rang out,

“Master, I succeeded! I succeeded!”

(End of Chapter)