Chapter 94: Chapter 2: All Spirits and Monsters Advance

During this period, there was no additional information about the Inverted Mountain in the briefings. Each time, they were essentially praising the Three Sects for their efforts to resolve the issues left by the Loose Cultivators within the Inverted Mountain.

Li Jizhou just smiled at this.

Although the Celestial Secret Tower originated from the cultivation world of Qinzhou in the Central Domain, wherever it went, it had to follow the local rules of the game.

And the rules of the game in each place are naturally set by the rulers.

No one outside currently knows what stage the Three Sects have reached in excavating the Thunder Flame Sect’s underground treasury.

After three years of cultivation, Li Jizhou is about to reach the Qi Cultivation Ninth Level.

This year, he is thirty-eight years old.

Had it not been for continuously providing the Little Fire Spirit with the Eternal Spring Magical Power, he might have already reached the Qi Cultivation Ninth Level by now.

However, it was all worth it.

Because three months ago, the Little Fire Spirit had already regained its spirituality and showed a childlike dependence on Li Jizhou, who had nurtured it these years, as if he were its father.

“Come.” Li Jizhou gently beckoned.

The Little Fire Spirit, now the size of an egg and milky white, came bouncing over.

Initially, Li Jizhou was worried about the power of the Fire Spirit and dared not touch it.

Eventually, he found out that this little fellow could restrain its divine might at will. Once retracted, the entire flame was only a shell, and touching it was without any warmth.

“Bai Yi, it’s your turn to contribute!” Li Jizhou patted its head and pointed to the Pill Furnace.

For good fortune, hoping it would soon break through to Tier Four and transform, Li Jizhou gave it this name.

He had also taught it how to perform Alchemy.

Of course, with its current intelligence similar to a three-year-old child, too complicated matters were definitely out of the question.

It was only Tier One Junior Level Pills, and Li Jizhou had already set up all the ratios within the Pill Furnace according to its flame power, leaving a trace of his Divine Soul to control it.

It just needed to provide light and heat.

Despite this, it had already burned through three Pill Furnaces this month.

This wasn’t really to squeeze out its remaining value; it was entirely for it to quickly advance and adapt to the alchemical life sooner.

And on this day, the sleeping Guagua finally awoke after three years!

With a dull “Quack~”, the pond in the residence suddenly began to churn.

Soon after, a multicolored frog back with a pattern like an eye imprint emerged.

Li Jizhou merely glanced at it, and his gaze was instantly captivated by that eye, feeling a slight dizziness; he quickly closed his eyes and used his Divine Sense to probe.

Soon, Guagua fully emerged from the water, its size about the same as three years ago, with no major changes.

The main change was that it had transformed from a wholly green hue three years ago to a multicolored one now.

“Quack~” Upon seeing Li Jizhou, it leapt over vigorously, squatting in front of him, wobbling its head from side to side, and blinking its eyes continuously.

As if to show off.

“Avoid arrogance and rashness!” Li Jizhou smiled, patted its head, and glanced at the eye on its back.

He found that its divine might was restrained.

Having just advanced to Tier Two, the evidently mutated Guagua couldn’t keep calm and kept circling around Li Jizhou.

“Then let’s see how much your strength has improved after advancing to Tier Two?” Li Jizhou said without further ado, indicating for Guagua to attack him.

Guagua paused, its big eyes blinked, seemingly saying, “I’m a Tier Two Great Demon now, are you sure?”

Li Jizhou impatiently waved his hand to urge it.

During these three years, his Body Refining Skill had finally broken through the Body Refining Second Layer, stepping into the Body Refining Third Layer realm.

From previous tests, his current protective magical shield was much sturdier than that of his Late Stage of Qi Cultivation, comparable to the Mana Shield of the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

As Demon Beasts advance to Tier Two, their power is comparable to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment; however, Guagua isn’t the physical type of demon beast, so its physical strength might still be weaker.

With a “bang~”, Guagua hesitated no longer and slammed its tongue over.

Sparks flew instantly.

The tip of its fleshy tongue was already twisted and deformed.

“Quack~” Guagua cried out in pain, opening its mouth wide and rubbing its tongue with its paw.

Then it looked at Li Jizhou with an incredulous expression.

“If you want to live long, you must stay modest and humble, remember?”

“Quack~” Guagua finally calmed down from the excitement of advancing to Tier Two Demon Beast.

Seeing it calm down, Li Jizhou tossed over all the Illusory Spirit Powder he had casually prepared over the years.

Guagua opened its mouth wide and swallowed it, then affectionately nuzzled against Li Jizhou’s leg again.

Just then, it suddenly noticed the Little Fire Spirit in the alchemy room, illuminating and heating under the Pill Furnace.

Four years ago, its paw was burned with a hole, the piercing pain still fresh in its memory.

Moreover, watching Li Jizhou meticulously care for Bai Yi before its slumber, it drove it mad with jealousy.

It was precisely this jealousy that spurred its potential, allowing it to advance to Tier Two in order to maintain its status in Li Jizhou’s heart.

Now, having advanced to Tier Two and received such abundant Illusory Spirit Powder as a reward, while Bai Yi had been reduced to a mere tool.

It was instantly overjoyed.

“Quack!” It immediately jumped to the alchemy room door, grinning at Bai Yi, as though mocking it.

Upon suddenly seeing a multicolored large frog, the naturally timid Bai Yi was startled, hurriedly seeking Li Jizhou’s shelter.

“Crack!” The next moment, Guagua’s head was pressed to the ground by a slap from Li Jizhou, who then picked it up and tossed it back into the pond.

Then, under Guagua’s aggrieved gaze, Li Jizhou gently comforted Bai Yi, infusing it once again with the Eternal Spring Magical Power.

This scene shattered its heart.

…

Finally, Li Jizhou confirmed once again the changes in Guagua.

Aside from its physical body reaching the strength of an early Tier Two demon beast, the most significant aspect was the eye on its back, which had powers akin to a Tier Two Illusion Array.

In situations where the Divine Soul of a cultivator at the early stage of Foundation Establishment is unstable, it’s quite easy to get trapped.

This injected a strong boost into his card pool, which had been gradually weakening due to the lack of Tier Two Talisman inheritance as his realm improved.

Over the past three years, Li Jizhou had also frequently plotted to obtain Shen Zian’s Tier Two Talisman inheritance.

Though Shen Zian had reluctantly agreed to exchange.

The exchange conditions, however, were ones Li Jizhou could not yet meet.

In the cultivation world of Qi Kingdom, above the Foundation Establishment Stage, many key resources are no longer traded with Spirit Stones, as resources become rarer the further one advances.

Many things cannot be bought even if one has Spirit Stones.

Shen Zian clearly informed Li Jizhou that his Tier Two Talisman inheritance is of high quality, incomparable to ordinary Tier Two inheritances.

Except for the favor toward Li Jizhou, it would never be passed on to outsiders.

He required two authentic Foundation Establishment Pills or one Fixed Face Pill for the exchange and needed to swear a Heart Demon Spell to prevent passing it on to a third party.

Converting this condition into Spirit Stones would be around eight thousand Spirit Stones, which isn’t actually high.

After all, the power of a Tier Two Talisman corresponds to Foundation Establishment, and if the inheritance grade is high, the success rate and quality of drawing talismans will be substantially higher.

The price for a single Tier Two Junior Level premium Talisman is around two hundred Spirit Stones, which cannot be compared to Tier One Talismans.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep