Cultivation of Immortality: This is what unorthodox methods are like.

Within the Foundation Establishment Platform, the few martial artists experienced a significant increase in strength.

However, the spirits made even greater progress.

Many spirits and monsters underwent three or four evolutions in their bloodline in just five or six years.

In the past, they would only have a chance to evolve their bloodline if they became demons or consumed special elixirs.

But now, all you need to do is work to evolve your bloodline.

That's enough for them to brag about for the rest of their lives.

There was a bull demon with six pairs of horns growing from its forehead, each pair of horns capable of spewing out different spells such as earth fire, wind, water, thunder, and lightning.

Some butterfly spirits grew more wings, fluttering and becoming even more beautiful.

These spirits, having evolved their bloodlines, are just one step away from becoming demons.

However, very few people actually manage to get involved.

Wang Quan occasionally asked them and learned that these spirits needed to undergo some special internal changes to become demons.

If you can get through this, you'll become a monster.

Becoming a demon queen allows one to transform into human form: from the inside out, her internal organs, muscles, bones, and flesh are all exactly the same as a human's.

Such demons are far more terrifying in strength; most of them are comparable to cultivators whose true forms have descended to the second level of the world.

A small number even overpowered the cultivators in their original forms.

Wang Quan initially thought that these demons would leave after becoming stronger.

As a result, instead of leaving, they called on their friends and acquaintances, wanting more of their kind of spirits to come and work for them.

However, Wang Quan felt that these spirits and demons actually wanted to exchange their labor for his protection and some resources.

Hmm... Linjiang Mountain is quite wealthy these days.

Even if they cannot enter the Foundation Establishment Platform, those spirits working outside can improve their cultivation, refine their techniques, and hone their skills faster and more efficiently than in other places.

Wang Quan didn't care about this.

Whether Linjiang Mountain is prosperous or in decline, it is merely a base for him to achieve his own goals.

Now, if he wanted, he could easily acquire a better piece of land than Linjiang Mountain.

The black bird flies and the rabbit runs:

January....

March....

May....

That day, Wang Quan was practicing "Yu Meiren" with Ying Jiaren in the second-floor scripture pavilion. While comprehending the Taoist scriptures, he suddenly had an epiphany.

He picked up his pen and began to answer the questions in a flowing and elegant style.

Ying Jiaren was stunned for a moment, then chanted a spell, transforming into a beautiful snake with the lower half of her body. She coiled around him and slowly slithered away, her heart pounding with excitement.

"Senior brother, have you completed the 30,000th volume of the Daoist scripture?"

She watched as Wang Quan answered the questions with lightning speed.

A cup of tea's time...

A stick of incense...

Two incense sticks...

Wang Quan answered questions very quickly, but it took him a long time.

A full hour later, the final test was over.

Whoosh!

The Taoist scriptures automatically turned the pages, revealing the 30,001st volume of the Taoist scriptures.

However, Wang Quan was in no mood to look at it.

He immediately checked the Daoist script information:

The information on the Daoist seal script doesn't change much, but every change seems significant.

He glanced at it briefly, then focused his attention on the features.

"If no new good traits emerge, I will directly choose the Dao Scripture as my fourth trait; the fifth trait born from the third-grade Dao Seal will be retained as a reserve."

This study of the last few volumes of the Daoist scriptures took far too long.

Several times he couldn't help but want to choose "Taoist Scripture +1" a second time.

But, considering the future, he endured it.

Now that he has reached the third rank of Daoist seal, he no longer needs to endure.

Of the more than 300 properties, more than a dozen have disappeared; those that have disappeared are mostly simple properties such as dust repellency and water repellency, which he felt were not very useful.

Instead, several new features have been added: [Soaring], [Mountain Carrying], [Secluded Passage], etc.

These characteristics are also quite mysterious.

However, after studying it, Wang Quan abandoned it without hesitation.

While these effects are good, increasing one's foundation and even enhancing certain aspects of combat power, they are not as profound as [Reading Scriptures +1], which brings a much stronger foundation.

Moreover, after obtaining the third-grade Dao Seal, he gained a lot of information about the [Purple Mansion] realm.

These characteristics were of no help to the [Purple Mansion] realm, so he naturally abandoned them.

After selecting the characteristic, the information for 【Three Grades of Daoist Seal】 changes as follows:

[Third-Rank Daoist Seal - Royal Power - Lifespan 36/330]

[Promotion requirements for Daoist Seal Rank: 3/4]

[Realm: Qi Refining / Breakthrough Limit 108 Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Yang God!]

[Magic Power: [Bright Moon Magic Power - 1001 Paths], [Purple Qi Magic Power - 500 Paths], [Great Sun Magic Power - 11 Paths].

[Fundamental Methods: A total of 365 methods, including the "Bright Moon Illuminates Me Method," the "Purple Qi Reaches the Heavens Method," and the "Great Sun Across the Sky Method."]

[Spells: A total of 108,000, including [Plain Moon Paper Cutting Technique], [Moonlight Escape], [Yang Qi Furnace], and [Poppy Beauty].]

[Characteristics: Qi Gathering +1, Spirit Refinement +1, Dao Scripture +2 — Consumes 10,000 Heavenly Secrets to condense the fifth characteristic.]

[Heavenly Secrets: 100.]

[Virtue accumulated: 200 units!]

[Qingfuqian: 500 million]

Elixirs, essences, and magical treasures can all be transformed into celestial secrets.

[Legendary +1]

[Special Information: This information will be displayed after the second-level interior area is unlocked.]

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The biggest change in the third-grade Daoist seal compared to before is actually its lifespan.

Wang Quan never expected that simply raising his Dao seal by one rank would extend his lifespan once again.

You should know that he is only a Qi cultivator at the moment.

It hasn't even reached the foundation stage yet.

In this world, even a true Foundation Establishment cultivator only has a lifespan of five hundred years.

He observed it repeatedly before finally snapping out of his daze.

At this moment, Ying Jiaren rubbed her face against his a few times: "Did you choose the fourth characteristic?"

"Is it +1 for scripture reading? Or some other trait?"

Wang Quan took a deep breath, suppressing his surging emotions: "Scripture reading +1!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ying Jiaren closed her eyes.

A breath...

Three breaths...

Nine breaths...

She opened her eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips: "I also chose scripture reading +1."

Wang Quan was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Perhaps the new characteristics you gain after mastering 30,000 volumes of Daoist scriptures are different from mine; some of them are even better than the +1 from reading scriptures!"

Ying Jiaren shook her head: "Our characteristics are the same whether we're at the first or second rank!"

"The same applies when you reach the third rank!"

Wang Quan nodded, no longer dwelling on the issue of special characteristics, and happily said, "Come on, let's continue!"

"Um!"

With the "Taoist Scripture +2" buff, Wang Quan's reading speed of the Taoist Scripture increased dramatically.

The time it used to take to study one volume of the Daoist scriptures can now be used to study 1.5 volumes.

Ying Jiaren reaped even greater rewards.

She is currently working on reading 30,000 volumes of Taoist scriptures, and after increasing the Taoist scripture's properties by +2, her reading efficiency has tripled.

This made her quite annoyed: "If I had increased the Taoist scripture's attributes by 2 earlier, I would have 30,000 volumes of Taoist scriptures by now."

Wang Quan smiled: "After you reach the third rank of Daoist scripture, you can choose Daoist scripture +1 again and go ahead to explore the path."

Ying Jiaren chuckled awkwardly, "Actually, it's also important to have a special ability available for emergencies!"

Snapped!

Wang Quan slapped her: "You can slowly comprehend the Taoist scriptures yourself. I'm going out to take care of some things."

Ying Jiaren blinked: "Deal with what?"

"Could it be that the third-grade Dao seal reveals another hidden secret of Foundation Establishment?"

"Are you going to adjust the foundation-building platform?"

Wang Quan shook his head: "This time, the notification is about the [Purple Mansion] realm."

"My foundation building is almost complete."

"We need to prepare the items for the [Purple Mansion] realm in advance."

Ying Jiaren nodded: "Yes, after you complete your Foundation Establishment, I will also begin preparing for my own."

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