Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms: Sunflower Lord

Within the aperture, it's warm like spring.

Outside the circle of light, five powerful monsters lingered and roared, but dared not cross the line.

Ji Ruchang stood at the edge of the light, her gaze sweeping over them one by one.

The armored corpse has thick skin and flesh, making it incredibly defensive.

These are vengeful spirits, elusive and unpredictable, skilled in attacking the soul.

Blood Corpse, covered in blood scabs, is eerie and insidious, but its defense is relatively weak compared to its kind.

"That's it."

Ji Ruchang made a decision instantly.

The bronze lamp held in the left hand trembled slightly, and the starlight essence surged in like a flood!

"Buzz—!"

The lamp emitted a deep, excited hum, and the golden veins inside the short pillar instantly lit up!

In the center of the shallow dish above, a fist-sized, solid, golden fireball suddenly burst into flames. Then, under Ji Ruchang's mental control, it transformed into a blazing golden stream of light, whistling as it crashed into the blood corpse hovering at the edge of the light circle!

"boom!"

The fireball exploded in the blood corpse's chest!

Golden purifying flames instantly clung to it, frantically scorching the dark red scab!

The blood corpse let out a mournful roar, staggered backward, its chest charred black and billowing with black smoke.

Ji Ruchang's eyes lit up.

efficient!

Moreover, it was more effective than he had anticipated!

He clearly felt that the attack had triggered the power of the four sunflowers within the light circle—the second-tier Golden Sunflower, the second-tier Holy Sunflower, and the two first-tier Golden Sunflowers. The four rays of light flashed slightly at the same time, and an invisible, holy blessing power flowed along his true essence and merged into the fireball.

The fireball struck not only the blood corpse's body, but also its very essence!

Within the spotlight, he has the home field.

Four sunflowers were his support.

In this place shrouded in light, his destructive power against evil spirits is amplified!

"Again!"

The second, third, and fourth fireballs, one after another, like a barrage of bullets, slammed into the already wounded blood corpse!

The blood-soaked corpse roared madly, trying to dodge and charge into the circle of light to fight back—

But as soon as it approached the edge of the light, the combined light from the four sunflowers acted like a red-hot iron, fiercely scorching its surface and causing it to instinctively retreat.

dilemma.

They can only take the beating.

When the fourth fireball exploded, the blood corpse finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Large patches of its dark red scab had peeled away, revealing the charred, festering flesh beneath. Its crimson eyes dimmed completely, its massive body swayed a few times, and then collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Ji Ruchang did not stop.

He suddenly hurled his flaming blade with his right hand—no, not hurled, but "swung"!

The low-grade magic weapon, the Flaming Blade, was wrapped in gold and silver flames. Like a flying arrow, it accurately pierced the neck of the fallen blood corpse. Then, the true essence attached to the blade suddenly erupted, blasting the hideous head away from the body!

"Come in!"

Ji Ruchang made a grasping motion with his left hand, and his true essence transformed into an invisible pulling force, dragging the mutilated corpse along with its severed head into the circle of light!

Under the light, the remains quickly disintegrated.

A black mist, far denser than that of the entry-level zombies, surged from the wreckage and was eagerly absorbed by the four sunflowers.

Ji Ruchang focused her attention on the second first-tier Golden Sunflower.

The sunflower trembled slightly, and the golden light on its flower head became noticeably brighter.

Information refresh:

[Tier 1 Sunflower: Golden Sunflower (Growth: 79/100)]

[Daily Semen Reserves: 9.1 units]

One blood corpse provided a full 27 growth points!

Adding the 15 points from killing five beginner zombies, this second Tier 1 Golden Sunflower is only 21 points away from perfection!

Ji Ruchang was slightly out of breath.

The consumption of firing four lamp fireballs in succession was greater than he had anticipated.

This bronze lamp, which appears to be a high-grade magical artifact, is indeed incredibly powerful, but its consumption of true essence is equally astonishing.

He looked inward at himself.

Within the dantian, the light of the five main spiritual threads dimmed slightly.

The points of Tanzhong and Baihui also suffered losses. The spiritual threads in the thirty-six acupoints were even smaller.

The remaining true essence is less than 30%.

Beyond the circle of light, four ferocious monsters lurked—

One armored corpse, three vengeful ghosts.

They witnessed the blood corpses being burned alive, their eyes blazing with ferocity, yet they still dared not step into the circle of light.

The roars grew even more furious, and the pacing became even more anxious.

A slight smile appeared on Ji Ruchang's lips.

Then, he flipped his left hand and obtained the ancient bronze mirror.

The remaining thirty percent of the Starlight True Essence—like a final frenzy—all surged into the mirror!

"Buzz—!!!"

A thick beam of light, even more intense than before, burst forth from the mirror's surface, like a sword of divine punishment, sweeping across the four monsters outside the circle of light!

The armored corpse was struck head-on by the mirror light, howling as it staggered back several steps, the eerie green flames in its eye sockets flickering wildly, almost going out.

The three-headed vengeful spirits are even worse off—they are spirits by nature, and therefore have the weakest resistance to the mirror light.

The moment they were struck by the mirror light, their fleeting forms twisted and disintegrated violently, their screams pierced the night sky, and they fell several feet away, their auras plummeting!

Ji Ruchang did not pursue.

The moment the mirror lit up, he turned around, put away the ancient mirror, grabbed his knife, and ran wildly towards the bottom of the dry well without looking back!

Behind them were four monsters that were temporarily blind, deaf, and disoriented, attacking wildly and colliding with each other, their roars deafening.

He had long since vanished into the depths of the dry well.

At the bottom of the dry well, four sunflowers swayed quietly, their light warm and comforting.

Ji Ruchang sat cross-legged among them, panting heavily, her clothes soaked with sweat.

His vital energy was almost depleted, and his meridians were aching slightly.

But his eyes were full of excitement.

This battle was worth it!

Killing a Blood Corpse yields 27 growth points and 9.1 units of daily essence.

More importantly, he verified several things:

First, being inside the light circle and attacking monsters outside the light circle can draw upon the power of the four sunflowers.

This means that from now on, whenever he fights on the edge of the light, it will be his home ground and the monsters' away ground.

Secondly, the light from the ancient bronze mirror, combined with the fireball from the lamp, is extremely efficient at defeating monsters with weak defenses, such as blood corpses.

You can suppress them with mirror light first, then bombard them from a distance with fireballs, without even needing to engage in close combat.

Third, the recovery ability of the Thirty-Six Star Apertures far exceeded his expectations.

At this moment, he sat down cross-legged, and as soon as the external circulation of the Star Scripture began, all thirty-six star apertures in his body trembled!

Like a sleeping star being awakened, strands of starlight essence flow and resonate between the acupoints, forming a mysterious energy network that covers the entire body.

This network is not just a channel for storing and circulating true essence.

It is also a—Spirit Devouring Formation!

The bottom of the dry well was already filled with spiritual energy because of the presence of the four sunflowers.

At this moment, all thirty-six star apertures pulsated simultaneously, and the pure spiritual energy that permeated the air, full of the aura of sunlight, was frantically absorbed into Ji Ruchang's body, like rivers flowing into the sea!

The speed is astonishing!

The efficiency is astonishing!

Ji Ruchang felt as if every pore of her body was cheering and every meridian was leaping with joy.

The spiritual energy surged into the body and was rapidly refined and purified by the star map network formed by the thirty-six star apertures, transforming into the purest starlight essence, continuously replenishing the parched dantian.

The ancient bronze mirror, suspended above the four sunflowers, seemed to sense his cultivation state, and its surface shimmered with golden light.

It slowly rotated, absorbing wisps of golden sunlight from the flower heads of the four sunflowers.

Then, starlight-like essence dripped from the mirror, like golden rain, sprinkling onto Ji Ruchang.

The essence quickly penetrates the skin upon contact and is eagerly absorbed by the thirty-six acupoints.

Double your cultivation speed!

One hour later.

Ji Ruchang opened her eyes.

The true essence within the body has been fully restored.

He didn't stop.

Continue circulating the star chart.

The second hour, past halfway through—

"Buzz..."

A deep, resonant sound, like the movement of stars, came from within my body.

All thirty-six acupoints trembled simultaneously!

Within the dantian, beside the five main spiritual threads, a sixth brand-new, pale silver starlight spiritual thread slowly condensed and took shape!

Inside the Tanzhong acupoint, next to the original two spiritual threads, a third new one has emerged!

Inside the Baihui acupoint, next to the original two spiritual threads, a third new one has emerged!

Three new spiritual threads were born simultaneously!

Ji Ruchang introspected on herself.

Six pathways in the dantian, three in the tanzhong point, three in the baihui point, plus thirty-three spiritual threads scattered throughout the body—

A total of forty-five strands of true essence and magical power!

There are three more steps than before.

According to the classification standards of the "Star Classic", this person has already firmly stepped into the threshold of the mid-to-late stage of the fourth level of Qi Refining.

(The standards of the Star Classic need to be reconsidered when applying them to Ji Ruchang; he's different!)

Ji Ruchang slowly clenched her fist.

Feeling the surging true energy within my body, feeling the faint outline of the star map forming from the thirty-six star apertures, feeling the warm light from the four sunflowers and the starlight quietly falling from the ancient bronze mirror.

He raised his head and looked up at the still churning gray mist above the dry well.

Outside the aperture, those four monsters should still be there, right?

Maybe next time, I can give it a try—

Take it all in one go.

(Happy New Year, fellow book lovers!)