Vampire Cultivation Notes

Under the moonlight, in just a moment, Li Jieqing regained his youthful appearance, and his withered and lifeless aura disappeared, except for his full head of white hair.

Opening his scarlet eyes, which had regained their luster, Li Jieqing carefully assessed his own condition.

Only the appearance was restored. Taking so many pills at once without fully refining them caused the medicinal power to circulate wildly within the body, resulting in severe poisoning.

Even more serious is that after using the Blood Escape Technique for so long, which was clearly a secret method for escaping, Li Jieqing used it as if it were an ordinary method for traveling, and his life essence was almost drained along the way.

"Such injuries are already life-threatening. My body is riddled with holes, and my blood and flesh are almost melting away. I'm afraid I... won't recover for at least ten days to half a month."

Li Jieqing put down the blood vial and clicked his tongue.

Fortunately, he has the constitution of a vampire; an ordinary cultivator would have been dead by now, let alone recovered.

Having consumed the blood of cultivators day and night, Li Jieqing's recovery ability is actually stronger than when he was first resurrected.

Unless he is touched by those extremely yang spiritual objects, or is simply struck by spells like yang lightning, the tenacity of his own life force is beyond even his own estimation.

It is worth mentioning that Li Jieqing has protected this weakness, which is countered by those of the Yang type, very well, and it has not been exposed to this day.

"So what should I do next?"

Having confirmed that he had been abandoned, Li Jieqing couldn't help but start thinking about where he would go next.

If we're just going to travel through the sea like this, we'll just hope to find a safe place by chance.

That doesn't seem quite right.

After all, the road ahead is uncertain, and we don't even know where we are now. There is no village in front of us and no shop behind us. We see no one before us and no one after us.

Daring to wander into unfamiliar territory and act recklessly is not Li Jieqing's style.

At this time.

Beneath the sea where the bright moon hangs in the sky, a colossal creature, seven hundred and seventy-seven miles long, suddenly emerged from the seawater. As soon as it appeared, it opened its abyss-like maw to draw down the moonlight.

Strands of moonlight descended from the sky, transforming into imperial nectar, which was absorbed by this colossal object.

After a while, the giant smacked its lips and looked up at a spot in the sky.

It was completely empty.

Upon seeing this scene, the person had already vanished in a flash.

The colossal creature shook its head, stirring the vast expanse of sea.

It doesn't like to eat people; they're not chewy and their cries are unpleasant. However, if it encounters a land-based monster or something similar, it would be a delicious snack.

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"This island is called Xiaoxin Island, which was named by the predecessors of the sect when they were pioneering the island."

"It is over 9,600 li wide from east to west and over 33,000 li long from north to south. To the south there is a country called Xin Dynasty, with a population of ten million. It is the perfect place to take in disciples and spread my Ruyi Daoist teachings."

"More than ten spiritual veins of varying sizes have been found on the entire island. Half of them are in the north, which is a desolate land inhabited by demons, and the other half are in the south, which are owned by cultivators. There is a near-second-tier spiritual vein, which is located in Taiping Market and is under the jurisdiction of my Ruyi Sect."

"Now, in the Moon Gazing Valley, a near-third-order spiritual vein has emerged, nourishing the heavens and earth and nurturing all things. It is expected that within a few years, several second-order spiritual veins will also appear, and the immortal landscape will surely flourish."

"Such a blessed land as Xiaoxin Island has now been found by the seven of us. We should make a good plan, recruit cultivators, and cultivate spiritual herbs to lay the foundation for our path to enlightenment."

"So...why are you all so eager to prey on me?"

Having failed to kill Li Jieqing, Yang Huangli returned with seven or eight parts less momentum, and could only force a smile during the Foundation Establishment gathering that had been invited.

One of them, however, remained displeased, saying, "A mere Qi Refining technique, and it's nowhere to be found? Did anyone see carefully whether that person was truly using the old Heavenly Sword Sect's method?"

Yang Huangli said, "Precisely because he was a cultivator who fled overseas and never returned, how can we find him?"

At this time, an old Taoist priest came from the ruins of Taipingfang Market and arrived nearby.

The six people, including Yang Huangli, bowed and addressed him as "Senior Brother".

The old man chuckled, hands behind his back, "This is a fine place. I've already driven away the monsters in the market and gathered a group of rogue cultivators who can serve me from now on. With the seven of us advancing and retreating together, what's wrong with taking this treasure land as our base?"

The six people quickly agreed.

The old man continued, "I also asked around. The person who came forward cultivated the Blood Heart Sect's techniques and was brought here by a female cultivator from the Wanbao Pavilion. He had mastered the techniques and was known as the Blood Hand Old Demon. He was a lone wolf whose origins were unknown. Seeing that things had come to a head, he slaughtered all the rogue cultivators in the area who knew him before he went to sea and took their blood."

"So, are we truly so hard to find?"

One person, unwilling to accept this, asked a question.

Yang Huangli immediately spoke up: "This demon is cunning and vicious. He didn't hesitate to use his blood escape technique to fly into the vast sea. I'm afraid his whole body has melted away, which is why I couldn't find him halfway there."

The old man looked over and shook his head, saying, "We cannot be hasty in our judgment. If the opportunity arises in the future, we can ask the True Lord to perform another divination, or we can recruit more disciples and search for this demonic person overseas..."

The old man offered a suggestion to arrange local affairs, and the six people, including Yang Huangli, agreed.

The Ruyi Green Lotus and the Invisible Heavenly Sword are indeed very important, but since that person is impossible to find, there is nothing they can do.

The overseas situation was dangerous, and the target was a local cultivator from Xiaoxin Island. He was short-sighted and did not recognize the local sea chart, so he rushed around recklessly, only caring about running away.

—That demon is probably dead.

It would be better for the seven of them to focus on the immediate benefits first.

A near-third-tier spiritual vein! They've struck it rich.

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"That's terrifying!"

On the northern part of Xiaoxin Island, Li Jieqing hurriedly ran back after identifying his location, fearing that he would be caught up by the giant sea monster whose full appearance he could not see for a long time.

The vast ocean is truly unfamiliar to people.

Why bother running away? Why go on a solo adventure overseas?

Rather than spending my days in fear and anxiety searching for a safe place of unknown location, or looking for a spiritual vein of unknown origin, it would be better to sneak back again.

Compared to that giant beast, the seven Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Upper Sect were far too benevolent.

It wasn't that Li Jieqing looked down on them, but as long as they weren't caught on the spot, their hiding skills were enough to make it difficult for someone at the Foundation Establishment stage to see through them.

He had really had a lot of bad luck before. He had just emerged from underground when he ran into seven Foundation Establishment cultivators. At that time, he was the only one on the shore of the East Sea. It was obvious that something was wrong, and he had nowhere to hide.

Things are different now.

Who would have thought that Bloodhand the Old Demon would return!

Its appearance changes in countless ways.

Li Jieqing transformed completely, becoming an ordinary middle-aged man whose appearance bore only a slight resemblance to himself.

This ever-changing mask is a top-grade magic treasure, capable of shielding the divine sense of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Furthermore, after being nurtured for seven years by the Treasure Nourishing Technique, its effectiveness has been further enhanced.

stable!

After changing his appearance and posture, Li Jieqing was not in a hurry to re-enter the island. Instead, he chose to sit cross-legged on a seabed reef north of Xiaoxin Island, held his breath, and then used a black jade hairpin to cover his breath.

The black jade hairpin was a natural treasure that Jiang Ping mentioned. Although Li Jieqing couldn't tell its grade, he knew it was precious, perhaps no less so than the Thousand Illusions and Hundred Transformations.

With the combined effects of the Thousand Illusions Mask and the Jade Hairpin, the magical aura on Li Jieqing's body instantly vanished.

In the distance, the first-tier sea monster that had just been attracted swirled around, looked around blankly, and then swam away again.