Junior sister, I really need to control you

She gasped, "The Ancestor wants to invite a master craftsman with the title of True Person, which is related to the magic treasure, the Illuminating Mystery Stele."

"There seems to be something hidden within the stele, or some information, which is why the ancestor needs a weapon refiner with sufficiently high skill..."

To illuminate the Xuan Stele?

Li Yinsheng wasn't too surprised; he had guessed this before.

Not far away, Shangguan Ling'er's pretty face showed an undisguised surprise.

She also deduced that the ghost immortal had taken the Zhaoxuan Stele and used it to establish a sect.

However, she never expected that the Zhaoxuan Stele would contain a secret that even a ghost immortal cared about, and was willing to go to great lengths for it.

What exactly is the origin of this treasured artifact of Xuanzhen Temple?

"Do you have any deeper understanding after comparing the Xuanbei? Or do you have any other guesses after comparing the Xuanbei?" Li Yinsheng asked.

The alluring female cultivator shook her head repeatedly: "The Illumination Stele has always been kept by the Ancestor himself. It is only released briefly when the Precious Illumination Scripture is being passed down."

"Therefore, our understanding of the Zhaoxuan Stele is extremely limited. We only know that it is a powerful magic weapon closely related to the Baozhao Sutra."

Li Yinsheng did not react immediately.

Because when she said that "the Zhaoxuan Stele has always been personally kept by the Ancestor," the resounding sound of the great bell of the cave rang out.

The word "gold" appeared before his eyes.

[My ambition in cultivation: to reclaim the Zhaoxuan Stele!]

The master of the grotto-heaven has become the abbot of Xuanzhen Temple. Now that he knows the exact whereabouts of the Zhaoxuan Stele, he should try to find the treasure that protects the temple in order to have the foundation to revitalize Xuanzhen Temple!

This spiritual practice will last for thirty years, and will be closed after thirty years or when the Zhaoxuan Stele is completely destroyed.

Cultivation Rewards: Upon retrieving the Illumination Stele, cultivation points are gained based on the stele's integrity, with a maximum reward of a thousand years of cultivation.

A reward for a thousand years of cultivation.

But what does "the integrity of the Zhaoxuan Stele" mean? Does it mean that the Zhaoxuan Stele is no longer whole?

Li Yinsheng suppressed his doubts and looked at Mu Xiaoyu not far away—she was looking at him thoughtfully, seemingly also pondering the Baozhao Scripture and Zhaoxuan Stele mentioned by the female cultivator.

In any case, what is certain now is that to retrieve the Zhaoxuan Stele, we must confront that ghost immortal head-on.

From this perspective, the reward for cultivating for a thousand years is not much at all.

The current junior sister hasn't even become a true immortal yet.

Although the cultivation period lasts for thirty years, if it comes to fighting ghost immortals...

He shook his head, dismissed the golden words before him, and looked back at the alluring female cultivator.

"Then please continue to explain about that ancestor, fellow Daoist," he said with a smile.

This time, the alluring female cultivator's performance was more intense than ever before, with her internal magical power surging wildly, seemingly trying to forcibly break through the seal on her cultivation.

However, under the suppression of the Five Elements Treasure Wheel, this was all in vain.

Realizing that she could not break free no matter what, she simply closed her eyes, appearing determined to resist to the death.

This gave Li Yinsheng a bad feeling.

Since the Ghost Immortal was a demonic being, it wasn't unusual for him to place restrictions on his disciples to ensure they wouldn't reveal their personal information.

Sure enough, after he tried several different interrogation methods, separating the five elements and using them on this alluring female cultivator in turn.

Just like the female evil cultivator Li Yinsheng had encountered before, she turned into a cloud of blood mist the moment she opened her mouth.

But what made Li Yinsheng frown was that the way this person died was extremely similar to that of the female evil cultivator.

This made him wonder if the restrictions on the two of them had some similarities.

Although the demonic path and the evil path cannot be completely confused, it is not uncommon for some morally corrupt individuals in the demonic path to associate with evil cultivators.

……

Although the alluring female cultivator exploded, her Qiankun bag remained.

Li Yinsheng even found the Baozhao Scripture, which she had been cultivating and which was comparable to the cultivation techniques of immortals, among them.

However, without the Illumination Stele, there is really no need or value in cultivating this Precious Illumination Scripture.

……

In a stone chamber of the cave, in a small, milky-white spring that had been carved out, the eggs of the Spirit-Swallowing Fish lay quietly.

The fluorescence of the millennium-old spiritual milk flowed into the egg little by little, and was then absorbed into the deepest part of it.

Li Yinsheng and Mu Xiaoyu sat to the side, staring at the fish egg.

Only after all the millennia-old spiritual milk had lost its milky white color and turned into a clear liquid did the eggs of the Spirit-Devouring Fish suddenly become bright.

"You've already been promoted?"

Li Yinsheng put the jade bottle back into his Qiankun bag, somewhat pleasantly surprised.

He only used less than 30% of the thousand-year-old spiritual milk in the bottle, but he didn't expect the spirit-devouring fish to be so promising, and thus it successfully advanced to become a spirit beast.

"Junior sister, you can now perform the blood oath ceremony," Li Yinsheng said, rubbing Mu Xiaoyu's head.

Mu Xiaoyu, who had been eagerly anticipating the moment, rushed forward and slashed her palm with her sword without hesitation, causing blood to gush out.

There wasn't a trace of pain on her face, only anticipation for having a spirit pet.

The moment the blood was absorbed by the Devouring Spirit Fish Egg, a resounding bell rang in Li Yinsheng's ears.

Chapter 176 The Spirit Devouring Fish

Inside the grotto.

Li Yinsheng sat cross-legged on the white jade platform and slowly opened his eyes.

Obtaining a spirit pet of the Elf Beast level will reward you with a total of 350 years of cultivation.

After receiving the reward, he not only mastered the supernatural power of the Wrathful Poison in the Five Poisons Scripture, but also developed a certain level of skill in the Slow Poison.

In addition, there is the third level of the withered realm of the Six Realms of Withering and Flourishing, which is not far from perfection.

He estimated that after another relatively long period of seclusion, he would be able to reach the third level of the Glory Realm.

The withered and flourishing spiritual energy born during the cycle of withering and flourishing will be sublimated again during the cycle of three cycles of withering and flourishing.

But what surprised him most during this seclusion was that the Five Elements Treasure Wheel itself had undergone some changes.

He rose from the white jade platform, and with a flick of his fingers, the Five Elements Treasure Wheel appeared before him—

However, calling it "Five Elements" is no longer appropriate at this point.

At this moment, in addition to the earth-yellow color in the center of the treasure wheel, and the four colors of blue, white, red, and black occupying the east, west, south, and north directions respectively, there are also gold and silver halos on the outermost perimeter.

Li Yinsheng guessed that it was probably because he had condensed the Seven Luminaries Dharma Image, and during his seclusion, he never stopped condensing moon dew and consuming true blood to cultivate the essence of the sun.

Therefore, during the long process of cultivation, the Five Elements Treasure Wheel gradually merged with the two, transforming into its current form.

Therefore, it would be more appropriate to rename the Five Elements Treasure Wheel as the Seven Luminaries Treasure Wheel.

The Seven Luminaries Wheel is not only more powerful than the Five Elements Wheel, but it is also more flexible to control.

Unfortunately, the upgraded Seven Luminaries Wheel is much more difficult to cultivate than the Five Elements Wheel, and it doesn't seem to have much value as a separate supernatural power to be passed down to future generations.

As he put away the Seven Luminaries Treasure Wheel, a glint of purple-gold flashed in Li Yinsheng's eyes.

Then, centered on him, within a radius of hundreds of square kilometers, it was as if an invisible, enormous force suddenly fell, and the surrounding lake water was immediately pushed aside.

The once vast and calm lake surface looked as if a hemisphere had been instantly scooped out.

After looking around, the purple-gold color in Li Yinsheng's eyes faded, the invisible force around him disappeared, and the lake returned to calm.

This is the killing technique that comes with the slow poison, which is not a very practical ability for him, so he put it last to cultivate.

Its effect is that, once cast, it exerts tremendous pressure on the surrounding cultivators, making it difficult for them to move or even causing serious injury or death.

It sounds powerful, but for cultivators with similar cultivation levels, it can only restrain their actions; it's impossible to win solely based on this.

It is only very convenient and useful when one is strong and bullies the weak, using it to bully cultivators whose cultivation level is lower than one's own.

After comparing them, Li Yinsheng concluded that, in terms of suppressing cultivators, even if the slow poison was mastered to perfection, it was still not as effective as the Seven Luminaries Treasure Wheel.

However, the suppressive power of the Seven Luminaries Wheel cannot encompass such a large area as the Slow Poison.

In short, in Li Yinsheng's opinion, this slow-acting poison ability is only good for bullying weaker opponents and is not very practical.

Moreover, it has a negative effect that's hard to say whether it's a drawback or not.

With a wave of his hand, he conjured a giant ice mirror. Looking at himself in the mirror, Li Yinsheng frowned slightly.

He had already sensed it when he looked inward earlier, but now, seeing himself in the mirror, he was even more certain—

After he began cultivating the slow poison, his entire demeanor subtly gained a touch of awe-inspiring arrogance and imposing power.

It's quite normal for cultivation techniques to influence a cultivator's temperament; the only difference is the degree of influence.

Originally, any poisonous thought in the practice of the Five Poisons Scripture would affect one's temperament.

However, since he practiced the Five Poisons Sutra in reverse, his own temperament was not affected by the Five Poisons Sutra, and his demeanor was naturally unaffected.

Only the slow poison had such a drastic effect on one's temperament that even though he practiced the Five Poisons in reverse, a slight change still occurred.

Fortunately, this change was limited to appearance and did not have any further impact on his temperament.

He figured that as long as he paid a little attention when interacting with people, there shouldn't be any problems.

At most, his first impression might be that he's not someone to mess with, but that's not all bad.

……

Inside the stone chamber.

Mu Xiaoyu's hand has stopped bleeding, and the wound is healing little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Her gaze remained fixed on the Soul-Swallowing Fish's egg, and her eyes brightened with each slight tremor of the egg.

Li Yinsheng walked over and patted Mu Xiaoyu's head.

She turned to look at her senior brother and was slightly taken aback.

Senior brother seems... a little better looking than I remember?