Free Web NovelChapter 604: Chapter 303: Ten Years Pass in a Flash
Although he obtained the third piece of the Profound Celestial Immortal Leaf, it was still not enough to allow him to perform the avatar technique.
In other words, he still had only two incarnations.
"But how long has it been."
Lin Chang’an smiled; when the time comes, with three avatars, it wouldn’t just be a trump card in battle.
It could also assist with cultivation skills, and with one more avatar, he would have more than enough time to cultivate.
"The Youthful Appearance Pill... The materials this time are indeed plentiful, though the price has also increased significantly."
With each herb dropping into the Tier Three Middle Grade furnace of the Profound Sound Pavilion, Lin Chang’an took a deep breath, revealing a look of concentration.
He still hadn’t purchased a Tier Three Pill Furnace over the years, mainly because the Profound Sound Pavilion already had one, and he didn’t want to waste Spirit Stones.
If he were to buy a Pill Furnace, he would naturally purchase a Tier Three Upper Grade one.
However, for such high-level items, he would definitely go to Sea Abyss City.
Here on Five Dragons Island, due to the Secret Realm, resources had indeed become abundant, but mostly in terms of cultivation.
Half a month later, the Youthful Appearance Pill was successfully refined.
Under his Tier Three Middle Grade Pill Master skills, it was incredibly smooth.
"Five top-grade Youthful Appearance Pills!"
Because the main ingredients’ age was relatively high this time, two extra pills were refined.
Afterward, Lin Chang’an and his avatar, Wen Danshi, walked out of the alchemy room of the Profound Sound Pavilion, and many disciples saw the two Elders.
Outsiders would only marvel at how familiar the two Elders were, but no one would link them together.
Later, Lin Chang’an and Sword Servant each took one of these five Youthful Appearance Pills to disguise the abnormalities in their appearances.
Moreover, with Lin Chang’an openly collecting materials for the Youthful Appearance Pill and requesting his friend Wen Danshi to refine it, there was no concealment.
In this way, if anyone were to investigate, they would naturally have no reason to suspect anything else.
Moreover, some powerful cultivators or perceptive Spirit Beasts could detect the unique scent of the Youthful Appearance Pill.
As for the other three, Lin Chang’an gave one to Yun Yao during a secret meeting.
After all, Yun Yao had been a significant help to him over the years.
The last two were sold to the Profound Sound Pavilion in exchange for cultivation resources.
...
Time flew by.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
The lush mountains and rivers remained unchanged, but for mortals, ten years took a child into teenagehood.
[Life Span: 185/609]
[Realm: Core Golden Early Stage (60/100)]
In the Earth Fire Cavern, amidst the hot aura, golden light shimmered.
At this moment, Lin Chang’an sat cross-legged before the Fusang Tree, with strands of black aura swirling around him, as pure demonic Qi continuously cleansed his body.
"Body refinement has broken through to the Tier Two Late Stage, even the speed has increased!"
Slowly opening his eyes, Lin Chang’an felt the powerful force surging within his blood, which brought a satisfied smile to his face.
The speedy cultivation in body refining was not only thanks to the assistance of pure demonic Qi but was also due to the strength of his self-healing body.
One could say the self-healing body was most suited for body refining.
"And also the cultivation speed!"
As if thinking of something, Lin Chang’an raised his hand, and a spirit root testing magic disc, gathering dust in the corner of the cave mansion, floated slowly into his palm.
With his mana infused, the spiritual light rose slowly, from Low Grade Spirit Root, to Middle Grade, to Upper Grade, finally reaching Earth Grade.
"Indeed!"
At that moment, Lin Chang’an smiled, no wonder his cultivation speed had taken a leap; it turned out that over the years, his body had been purified by pure demonic Qi.
His cultivation speed had already reached the Earth Grade Spirit Root.
Having reached the Golden Core Realm, searching for techniques or spiritual objects to enhance spirit root was no longer a luxury.
But the cost, and the wasted time, were unacceptable to most cultivators, not to mention some drawbacks.
"If others knew, that in less than a hundred years, my Low Grade Spirit Root improved to Earth Grade without any side effects, it would surely tempt many."
The cultivation speed of the Earth Grade Spirit Root was not much slower than the Celestial Spirit Root.
The biggest difference between the two was that the Celestial Spirit Root had no bottlenecks before Core Formation and could cultivate all the way to the Core Formation Realm.
And now, he was already a Core Formation Cultivator.
"Master!"
As Lin Chang’an stood up, the Phoenix Cry Bird on the Fusang Tree behind him turned into a streak of golden light and landed directly on his shoulder.
Then came the familiar flattery, as Lin Chang’an gave the bird a disapproving look.
This Phoenix Cry Bird’s mind was nothing like the simple Cyan-Horned Bull.
Behind him, the vast trunk of the Fusang Divine Tree, a tenth of it appeared in a pale golden color, exuding a fiery red aura.
Strands of demonic Qi were expelled from the tree trunk, then slowly sealed in the jade bottles at the array eyes around, bound by the arrays.
In these ten years, out of his thirty-six Sun-piercing Divine Swords, three had been completely purified.
With the recovery of the Fusang Divine Tree’s spirituality, its inherent strength in restraining demonic Qi had accelerated this process.
"With the divine sense of a Core Formation Middle Stage, body refinement of Tier Two Late Stage, and the cultivation level of Core Formation Early Stage, my current strength is already no less than that of a typical Core Formation Middle Stage Cultivator."
Feeling the strength within, Lin Chang’an lifted his hand nonchalantly.
In an instant, three golden Sun-piercing Divine Swords appeared before him, causing the Phoenix Cry Bird to open its eyes wide, filled with anxiety.
Its nest, the Fusang Divine Tree, was again a patch of darkness with only a hint of golden light.
The Phoenix Cry Bird was so greedy for the Fusang Divine Tree not just because it liked shiny things, but because it sped up its cultivation speed.
Even nesting on the Fusang Divine Tree daily had greatly enhanced its golden divine flame under this pure Yang aura over the years.
"Truly worthy of the Golden Flame Divine Phoenix, its aura has reached the peak of Tier Three Early Stage; it won’t be long before it breaks through."
For Lin Chang’an, not to be envious of the bird’s innate bloodline would be a lie.
If only he had an Upper Grade Spirit Root back then, he wouldn’t have had to work so hard.
Three golden Sun-piercing Divine Swords spun around him, forming a sword shield. Now, with his Core Formation Middle Stage divine sense, he could control up to six Lifebound Treasures at once.
"Master, about these swords..."
Gazing at the Phoenix Cry Bird’s flattering demeanor, Lin Chang’an gave it a disapproving yet amused look.
"I’d like to, but there are no suitable containers to seal the demonic Qi right now."
Lin Chang’an sighed, slightly helpless, as the jade bottles at the array eyes around the Fusang Divine Tree for sealing demonic Qi were nearing saturation.
This, even though he, the Cyan-Horned Bull, and the Sword Servant had been absorbing and consuming constantly during cultivation.
But the abundance and purity of the demonic Qi were hard to contain and required jade bottles made from Tier Three Yin Attribute Spirit Jade to seal.
Moreover, demonic Qi came with its own corrosiveness and loss.
"If demonic Qi leaks, it will be a major problem."
Previously, Lin Chang’an experimented with a Tier Two Demon Beast, which lost control and went berserk after inhaling a wisp of demonic Qi, its eyes turning blood red until it succumbed and exploded into a rain of blood, resembling a demon.
And the effects of purified demonic Qi, such as cleansing the body and spirit root, and strengthening the physique, are extremely valuable once sold.
He was unwilling to waste it and could only bear the cost to store it first.
"Once I break through to Tier Three in body refining, my ability to absorb demonic Qi will significantly increase."
Lin Chang’an nodded to himself, retrieving the three Sun-piercing Divine Swords into his body under the Phoenix Cry Bird’s reluctant gaze.
Continuing to accelerate the purification of demonic Qi via the Fusang Divine Tree, soon his Earth Fire Cavern would transform into a demonic Qi cavern.
"Alright, Bihai Palace has invited me to study an array, the reward being a piece of Tier Three Upper Grade Yin Spirit Jade."
Lin Chang’an soothed the Phoenix Cry Bird, as this bird was about to break through to the Mid-Stage of Tier Three, giving him an extra powerful trump card.
In increasingly chaotic times, more self-preservation was essential.
"Over these ten years, the restrictions of the Yin Soul Sect’s Secret Realm have grown thinner, largely due to the many external cultivators, causing continuous damage."
Lin Chang’an sighed internally, hearing that quite a few potential Tier Three, and Tier Three Array Masters arrived.
With more peers, his business was somewhat affected.
Perhaps it was time to reveal his identity as a Tier Three Middle Grade Array Master.
Otherwise, he could end up lumped in with these external Array Masters.
