owlsbooks Chapter 155 Nascent Soul Aptitude, Three Immortal Mountains
Chapter 155 Nascent Soul Aptitude, Three Immortal Mountains
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Yunzhou.
Outside Jubao Fang Market.
A seemingly ordinary flying boat, hundreds of feet long, sailed into the dock outside the market.
Lin Li transformed into a streak of light from the flying boat and flew straight towards the Jubao Market in front of him. Although there was an anti-flying formation here, it did not restrict Foundation Establishment cultivators, but only Qi Refining cultivators.
It's completely unrecognizable!
At this moment, Lin Li stood floating in the air, looking at the endless cluster of buildings in front of him, with pavilions rising from the ground one after another.
Because of the Fallen Immortal Valley incident, many cultivators have been attracted to Jubao Market. Many of them came by flying boat with their families, mostly for the spiritual vein.
As the Fallen Immortal Valley secret realm gradually merges, one after another spiritual vein lands descend, which is a great opportunity for cultivators around Yunzhou in the Southern Yue Kingdom.
Moreover, the Nascent Soul stage forces within the Southern Yue Kingdom did not interfere with this.
As long as it's not a fourth-order or higher spiritual vein, Nascent Soul stage forces aren't very interested in second- or third-order spiritual veins. Leaving them for the lower-level cultivator forces to compete for is actually a good thing for the Southern Yue Kingdom.
Within the Southern Yue Kingdom, Nascent Soul stage forces rarely interfere with the sects below them; at most, they maintain a vassal relationship.
Nascent Soul stage cultivators rarely target weaker forces; their aim is to create more cultivators within the Southern Yue Kingdom.
This is also a rule that most Nascent Soul stage cultivators abide by.
Unless you deliberately offend a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, you generally won't face a fatal disaster.
Just by looking around, the number of cultivators in this Treasure Market is at least ten times greater than before, and the docks below...
In just a short while, several flying boats, each a hundred feet long, had already docked at this spot.
This clearly demonstrates the current popularity of Jubao Market within the Southern Yue Kingdom.
Lin Li did not stop and headed straight for the center of the neighborhood.
Simultaneously.
At this moment, Lin Li seemed to be moved.
In that very instant, his own bloodline and aptitude underwent a complete transformation.
He has been promoted from the top tier of the third rank to the lower tier of the fourth rank, thus becoming an ordinary bloodline of the Candle Eye Clan.
Having the potential to reach the Nascent Soul stage, and given that he is not very old in this life...
It can be said that the possibility of becoming a disciple of Xuandu Cave has greatly increased.
If one could obtain what the other party left behind within the Fallen Immortal Valley secret realm, using the few orthodox minor techniques of the Xuanmen sect that one had previously cultivated...
If Lin Chuan of Xuandu Cave senses this, he might come here in person.
At that time, my current Nascent Soul stage aptitude will definitely come in very handy.
...
...
After a while.
In an ordinary chamber of commerce.
Lin Li visited several markets and chambers of commerce, and the information he obtained about Fallen Immortal Valley was basically consistent with what he had learned. Even if there were discrepancies, they were only minor details.
The original entrance to the Fallen Immortal Valley secret realm has long since crumbled.
It was a group of Nascent Soul cultivators from within the Southern Yue Kingdom who joined forces and, relying on their immense Nascent Soul power, temporarily erected a passage to the Fallen Immortal Valley.
However, due to the fusion of the two, the temporary portal can only last for a maximum of six months.
Six months later.
Then they would be unable to enter the Fallen Immortal Valley Secret Realm. The only thing they could do was wait for the Fallen Immortal Valley and the surrounding space to merge and descend.
The entrance to Fallen Immortal Valley is now extremely expensive, costing 1,000 spirit stones each, and you can only stay for one day after entering.
Lin Li randomly selected one of these chambers of commerce and purchased a spot to enter Fallen Immortal Valley.
This quota can be found in the entire Jubao Market, and almost every reputable merchant guild in the city sells these slots, with the amount of spirit stones obtained from them being extremely high.
For some poor Foundation Establishment cultivators, such a sum of spirit stones is something they wouldn't even bother to look at.
They simply came to the outskirts of Jubao Market, waiting for a spiritual vein to descend from the heavens.
In that case, it will be time for those Foundation Establishment families who have no fixed abode to settle down.
Sunset West Mountain.
It was already late at night.
But Lin Li left the Treasure Market and headed straight for the entrance to Fallen Immortal Valley.
The flight took nearly half an hour.
Upon arriving at their destination, atop a towering peak that seemed to pierce the clouds, though it was the dead of night, the area around the giant peak was filled with floating white pillars of light, each imbued with a luminous spell that illuminated the surroundings as if it were daytime.
On the platform atop this giant peak, several astonishing magical auras merged together, forming a massive, multicolored portal ten zhang high.
Eight nine-story pavilions were built around the gate, each serving as a key point in the formation. A top-tier third-order formation was thus set up outside the gate.
This is also the hope that those Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Southern Yue Kingdom place in their hearts.
What if the Fallen Immortal Valley secret realm still harbors native cultivators who escaped from that fourth-order restriction?
With the support of such a detection array, it can be detected immediately.
"Um?"
"It's them!?"
Standing on the platform atop the mountain, Lin Li looked at the dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators sitting outside the platform. Among them, an old woman and a young girl were people Lin Li had seen before. They were the old woman and the young girl he had seen when he traveled by flying boat from the cultivation world of Dongming Kingdom.
It seems that places where one can encounter opportunities are the truly attractive places.
Having already purchased all his spots, Lin Li headed straight for the location of the array's core. At the entrance, there was a stone platform about ten feet off the ground, upon which sat an elderly man in a blue robe, a Core Formation stage cultivator.
It was precisely because of the presence of Core Formation stage cultivators that the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators on this platform waited obediently.
The concentration of spiritual energy outside this gate is comparable to that of a fourth-order spiritual vein, and if any spiritual land were to descend, it would most likely be near this gate.
By staying here, they can better find their own opportunities.
Lin Li handed over the talisman, and the old man in the green robe took it in front of him. He released a wisp of his Core Formation stage divine sense, and after sensing it and confirming that there was no problem, he raised his hand and cast a few hand seals to remove the restriction on the gate behind him.
Enter.
It is indeed different from the previous chaotic space.
The entire sky was filled with colorful halos, and below was a desolate Gobi Desert. In the distance, one could see clusters of light of varying sizes flying across the desert.
Each ball of light was enveloped in astonishing spiritual energy. Like a shooting star, it was impossible for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to catch even one of them.
"It's the same as the intelligence we received."
Lin Li was not too surprised when he saw this scene.
This is the biggest part of the changes in the Fallen Immortal Valley Secret Realm.
Originally, this Fallen Immortal Valley secret realm was filled with the remains of various formations. Opening them would yield many spiritual items, and many Core Formation and Foundation Establishment cultivators made their living from this.
But now, after such a huge change, they can no longer continue.
The changes within the secret realm were too great.
Many Core Formation stage cultivators were powerless against those passing orbs of light.
Lin Li stood suspended in the air, then formed hand seals and began to perform a minor esoteric technique: the Spirit Detection Technique!
Unlike ordinary spirit-detecting techniques, this technique is known only to those who follow the mystical path.
This technique was originally taught to me by Zhou Jing in his previous life.
Now it comes in handy.
"Haunting!"
A phantom of a silver-glowing spiritual eye suddenly appeared between Lin Li's brows. As soon as the spiritual eye appeared, it saw a faint trace of spiritual energy in the surrounding void.
"It really exists."
Lin Li's expression brightened with joy.
This might be the connection to Xuandu Cave.
Half an hour later.
On the branch of a withered tree, Lin Li reached out and plucked a leaf from it; this was the target of his spirit-detecting technique.
As soon as the divine sense probed into it, a familiar voice immediately rang out from the sea of consciousness; it was the voice of Lin Chuan from Xuandu Cave.
"Fellow Daoists of the Xuanmen sect, are you welcome to gather at the Three Immortal Mountains of Yunzhou?"
next moment.
The leaf in his hand suddenly scattered into the void.
"Three Immortal Mountains?"
Lin Li's mind unfolded a map of the entire Yunzhou, and indeed there was a place called Sanxian Mountain, located on the edge of Yunzhou.
Moreover, this Three Immortal Mountains was originally occupied by a Nascent Soul stage early cultivator. After that cultivator passed away, that small fourth-order spiritual vein was occupied by three Core Formation stage perfect cultivators.
Two of the three Core Formation stage cultivators were also formation masters, and one was an alchemist. The three of them joined forces and occupied the Three Immortal Mountains, which is why more than a hundred years have passed since then.
After leaving this place, Lin Chuan from Xuandu Cave will inevitably raise his cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage.
In the cultivation world of Nan Yue and Dong Ming, once Lin Chuan's cultivation can advance to the Nascent Soul stage, then the previous so-called struggles and the covetous Nascent Soul stage cultivators within Nan Yue can be ignored.
Everything went very smoothly.
Now that he knows where Linchuan is located, he is no longer in a hurry to go there.
Lin Li still plans to raise his bloodline aptitude to the late Nascent Soul stage or above, and then perhaps go to the vicinity of the Three Immortal Mountains to impersonate a Taoist disciple's remnant soul reincarnated.
After all, the minor esoteric techniques that Zhou Jing taught were only for the young disciples in Xuandu Cave to practice, and they did not have the same restrictions as the disciples.
But once one becomes a legitimate disciple of the Xuanmen sect, the number of techniques one can cultivate increases significantly.
Once the objective is achieved.
Lin Li did not linger in the Fallen Immortal Valley secret realm. Instead, he quickly returned to the entrance and used the talisman on his assistant to return outside.
"Ugh."
"I never expected that Fallen Immortal Valley would become like this. Those orbs of light are too difficult to capture."
After Lin Li stepped out the door, he pretended to look dejected.
However, the Core Formation stage cultivator sitting cross-legged on the stone platform remained motionless, just like a statue.
If there were any real benefits inside this portal, why would they let these rogue cultivators in for nothing?
If there were anything truly valuable, it would have already been divided up by the sects under those Nascent Soul stage monsters.
From outside Fallen Immortal Valley.
Lin Li flew straight away, deciding to stay in this Jubao Market for a year or two, waiting for his bloodline aptitude to be upgraded to the fourth rank or higher.
After that, they set off for Sanxian Mountain.
"Fellow Daoist, wait!"
"I see you are also a member of my fox clan. Would you be interested in joining the Fox Clan of our Southern Yue Kingdom?"
"The Fox Clan has a senior fox spirit at the late Core Formation stage who can protect our fox spirits within the Southern Yue Kingdom."
"When a Foundation Establishment stage fox demon enters the Fox Guild, no spirit stones are charged. In fact, there is a lecture given by that senior fox spirit once a year."
"I observed that you, fellow Daoist, do not possess any special spiritual aura indicating participation in the Fox Clan, so I approached you rashly. I hope you will forgive my intrusion!"
Just as Lin Li had flown several miles, a red-haired fox in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage blocked his path. The fox was dressed the same as Lin Li, with a fox head and a human body.
The red fox, dressed in a black Taoist robe, looked at Lin Li with a smile and introduced himself.
"The Fox Gathering?"
Lin Like had never heard of such a Fox Society force within Yunzhou.
The Fox Society this guy is talking about is definitely not that simple.
"Feel sorry."
"I'm used to being carefree."
"I don't want to join any faction; I only seek a carefree life."
Lin Li finished speaking.
He then flicked his robes and took control of the flying boat beneath his feet, continuing towards Jubao Market.
"What a pity."
"Such a talented spirit fox, if it were sold, would definitely fetch a top price."
The red-haired fox behind him narrowed its eyes as it looked at Lin Li in front of it, a hint of disappointment appearing in its eyes.
But then the red-haired fox seemed to ponder something for a moment, and then it used its magic to chase after Lin Li's back.
After returning to Jubao Market.
Lin Li quickly forgot about the previous incident and rented a cave dwelling in the market.
...
...
In the blink of an eye.
Cold comes and heat goes.
He secluded himself in the cave for a year.
"Bloodline aptitude, fourth tier, superior."
At this moment, Lin Li sensed that his bloodline aptitude had reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, making it easier for him to form his core.
For those with aptitude at level four or above, there are significant differences between each minor rank.
In the two great cultivation countries of Dongming and Nanyue, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator is considered to be at the very top level, a pinnacle of Nascent Soul cultivation.
Furthermore, a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage can easily defeat several mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivators, making them a terrifying force capable of annihilating early Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
"It's time to leave."
A trip to the Three Immortals Mountain.
Lin Li stood up and stretched his body. After a year of seclusion, his cultivation level had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.
at this time.
I can now find a secluded place to cultivate and raise my cultivation level to the Core Formation stage.
The opportunity to advance to the Core Formation stage can be achieved by breaking through in the Three Immortal Mountains.
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