Chapter 112: Chapter 20: Thunder Flame Sect Treasury

The two little ones had just come out, both utterly delighted.

Previously in the Immortal City manor, though it was nice, it was not as carefree as here.

The main issue was that in the Immortal City, Li Jizhou never allowed them to appear in front of outsiders.

In the following years, when Li Jizhou was frequently engaged in alchemy, receiving and seeing off guests, often the two little ones didn’t even have time to relax.

Here, with no outsiders present, they could play as they pleased.

Especially since there was a Celestial Pool atop the peak, measuring ten zhang in diameter, it was Black Xuan’s favorite.

Li Jizhou was also quite satisfied with the environment here.

Since successfully achieving Foundation Establishment some time ago, he had been cultivating in the Immortal City manor; due to the increased Spiritual Qi needs of the Foundation Establishment Stage, he needed to cultivate for nearly three hours each day for perfection.

But here, with the Quasi-Third Tier Spirit Vein, he could complete his cultivation in roughly two hours, leaving ample time for refining techniques.

Half a year later, on this day,

“Xiaogang Peak doesn’t shelter idlers; you need to continue with alchemy, and additionally, Black Xuan must care for these herbs and water them timely!”

During these past six months, each month when Li Jizhou went to treat Hua Tianyang, he would casually buy a series of materials for Spirit Medicine cultivation,

By now, Xiaogang Peak had been planned by him to include a herbal field, arranged according to the growth habits of each Spirit Medicine.

“Croak~” Black Xuan responded and looked at Li Jizhou with a face full of grievance, then glanced at Bai Yi, feeling Li Jizhou was being unfair.

“Smack~” Li Jizhou slapped its head.

“You’re aspiring to become a Quasi-Third Tier Great Demon, a reliable officer; why compare yourself to a tool spirit like it?” A couple of days ago, Li Jizhou sensed Black Xuan seemed close to advancing to Tier Two Mid Stage, suddenly feeling this creature was extraordinary, already considering pushing it forward.

“Croak croak~” Black Xuan instantly beamed with joy, smugly sticking its tongue out at Bai Yi.

This scared Bai Yi into quickly hiding behind Li Jizhou.

Li Jizhou noticed Black Xuan’s intelligence had increased again, comparable to a ten-year-old child, whereas Bai Yi’s remained at a three-year-old’s level.

This aligns with the Fire Spirit aging one year per century, taking millennia to transform its form.

After defining roles, Li Jizhou called upon Black Xuan again.

“Come, let’s try again.”

As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Black Xuan’s reaction, Li Jizhou’s Dantian surged with Magical Power, in a breath entirely covering the outside of his body.

In an instant, Li Jizhou approached, his arms’ Magical Power suddenly swelling.

The enormous pressure caused Black Xuan to hurriedly stick its tongue out, the tongue instantly transforming into a massive shield.

“Boom!” A loud explosion ensued, sending Black Xuan’s whole frog flying three zhang away.

“Continue!” Li Jizhou didn’t pause, in the blink of an eye arriving next to Black Xuan, the ferocious Magical Power aura enveloping Black Xuan once more.

“Croak croak croak~” Black Xuan wailed, putting its all into resisting.

However, it was all just about defense.

“Boom boom boom~”

After over a hundred consecutive attacks, one identical strike finally erupted with several times the previous ferocious aura.

Black Xuan, sensing its pressure, widened its eyes, then darted into the ground with a swish.

“Boom~” The spot where Black Xuan was burrowed was instantly blasted into a large pit about a zhang wide by Li Jizhou.

“Croak~” After three breaths, Black Xuan emerged from afar, looking at the scene, dumbfounded.

Li Jizhou slowly withdrew his Magical Power, nodding slightly.

“Not bad, after twenty-five years of refining, the supposedly mediocre Eternal Spring Magical Power now possesses the same ferocious aura as Fire Element Magical Power, able to strike critically through cultivating this Battle Fighting Skill.”

Over the past half year, without acquiring Tier Two Talisman, lacking protective measures, he had begun cultivating a technique from his past life.

This Battle Fighting Skill is a close-combat technique; naturally, its power surpasses Magical Power battles somewhat, but in his past life, it was best suited for the Fire Element Magical Power, as Fire Element Magical Power inherently possesses a ferocious aura; when executing this technique, it can potentially arouse that ferocity, instantly erupting with manifold force.

“I still need to acquire the Tier Two Talisman as soon as possible! Close combat remains too unstable!” After pondering for a moment, Li Jizhou sighed.

His principle is to use external force when possible, from Talismans, Arrays, Poison, Spirit Beasts, to Magical Artifacts, and if necessary, resort to long-range Magical Power; only if absolutely necessary would he resort to close combat.

Reflecting on the Tier Two Talisman’s legacy left him a bit helpless.

Over these past six months, he had refined four furnaces of Tier Two Youthful Appearance Pill, producing only two pieces of fine quality.

The supreme Fixed Face Pill remains elusive.

There’s no hurrying this.

After slowly ending his cultivation, Li Jizhou walked to the peak and looked into the distance.

The other five peaks stood considerably shorter than Xiaogang Peak.

Especially the nearest peak, it seemed steady and serene, with relatively gentle paths leading up each side.

“No wonder it’s called Yurong Peak, really resembles the look of accommodating a hundred rivers.”

Over the past half year living here, he hadn’t interacted with the other four peaks yet.

Steward Chen had mentioned before that those residing here are sect members with limited potential and declining lifespans, fond of tranquility.

To his delight, it was this way.

He glanced toward Yurong Peak, shrouded by an array, unable to discern the situation of its Taoist ground.

“Continue with alchemy!” After relaxing for a moment, Li Jizhou returned to the Alchemy Room.

“Should be soon!”

In his past life, he attained the perfect Foundation Establishment stage but his pill mastery remained at Tier Two Mid Stage throughout.

In this world, aside from the differential legacies in technique, the most influencing factors are the Divine Soul and Magical Power followed by proficiency; as for talent, perhaps it’s the true divide discovered above Tier Three.

In his past life, his Divine Soul was ordinary, the Pill Fire condensed from Fire Element Magical Power was also ordinary, achieving Tier Two Middle Level Pill Master through sheer effort and sweat.

In this life, his Divine Soul was enhanced by past experiences, far beyond the norm, and the Pill Fire fused with the Fire Spirit’s Anomalous Fire, proficiency further complemented by past life’s mastery; surpassing his past life’s pill craftsmanship was within reach.

Li Jizhou was confident he could advance to Tier Two Late Stage Pill Master within three years.

Half a year later, Li Jizhou went for the last time to extend Hua Tianyang’s Dragon Vein.

In fact, using the boundless vitality stored in his years, if he wanted, three days would suffice.

However, he realized that each point of the vitality stored in his years, once consumed, diminished irreparably; given the amount needed for Hua Tianyang’s vein regeneration, it’d take a year to replenish completely.

Thus he went once a month, ensuring he could recover the next month after each treatment.

Regarding the vitality stored in his years, he valued it highly; it served as a lifesaving contingency.

Much like encountering those two Sacred Land pure Body Cultivators from Central Domain who had fled to Liang Kingdom in his past life, should he fall under misfortune again in this life, the boundless vitality stored in his years ought to save him once!

Soon, he arrived at Immortal City.

Passing through the Central District marketplace by chance, he found something unusual, nearly all the shops had increased their stock considerably.

Magical Artifacts, Talismans, herbs had increased suddenly.

Materials, too.

“Did someone discover a secret realm? Or… could it be the underground vault of Inverted Mountain’s Thunder Flame Sect was breached?”

Six years ago, the three sects breached Inverted Mountain, commencing message embargo.

Now, after six years, opening the underground vault would be unsurprising.

Li Jizhou contemplated, joining the material frenzy, preparing to buy materials for Tier One puppets beforehand.

Exploring secret realms and striving for fortune weren’t things he could do,

But, he had the wealth to purchase!

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