Establishing a Clan in the Eastern Wilderness: A Daily Divination, Cultivating Longevity in a Grotto

Li Changsheng immediately activated the black jade and used the [Shadowless and Unseen] technique again to conceal his figure.

He looked around and saw a garden of medicinal herbs.

The herb garden was small, about two acres in size. The broken array barrier around it had been destroyed, with rubble scattered all over the ground, and traces of lightning and fire still visible on the surface. Clearly, a fierce battle had taken place here not long ago.

As Li Changsheng approached the herb garden, his pupils suddenly contracted.

The herb garden is home to more than a dozen kinds of medicinal herbs.

"This is……"

Take a closer look.

Then, three kinds of spiritual herbs came into view—Crimson Sun Grass, Ice Heart Lotus, and Dragon Saliva Fruit. These were the three main ingredients for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill! Although they were not yet fully mature, judging from their appearance, they would require at least another sixty years, but these were the main ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill!

This is a resource that only families of the ninth rank or above, who have been granted official titles by the imperial court, can possess.

The main medicinal plant for building a foundation is extremely rare.

Li Changsheng took a deep breath, suppressing the overwhelming joy in his heart.

He first scanned his surroundings with [Malice Perception] to confirm there was no danger before carefully crouching down and casting a spell to transplant all the spiritual herbs, roots and all, intact into a specially made jade box and put it into his storage bag.

at the same time.

A surge of inspiration flowed within the celestial book:

[Family Luck Value +1000, Current: 8700/10000]

We're not far from turning to the next page.

After finishing tidying up, he stood up and headed towards the back of the mountain.

……

Behind the mountain, in front of a smooth, mirror-like stone wall, the barrier had been opened, and the light curtain rippled like water. At the entrance of the barrier, a person lay on the ground, covered in blood, both arms severed at the root, barely alive.

Li Changsheng stopped in the distance, and activated [Malice Perception] at full power.

An intense, suffocating malice emanated from the "corpse"—not the aura of a dying person, but the lurking venomous snake, ready to bite at any moment.

This person is very malicious.

It was so strong that his [malice perception] had never reacted so intensely before.

Without hesitation, Li Changsheng turned and left.

The moment he turned around, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shone with a blinding light. Countless runes surged from the ground, weaving together to form a magic array about ten feet in diameter, trapping him firmly within it.

Possession Formation.

"Owner!"

Mo Yu was isolated outside the formation. She desperately attacked the formation's light shield, bombarding it with Pipa-style arrows and soul-capturing sounds. The light shield trembled violently, but remained completely still.

Li Changsheng found himself unable to move.

His limbs were stiff, his spiritual energy was sluggish, and he couldn't even speak.

"Hehehe..."

A strange scream.

Ye Gongfeng's ghost floated up from the possession formation.

His soul was solidified like a real person, his eyes were bloodshot, and his single eye was filled with regret and resentment. He looked at Li Changsheng in the formation, sized him up, and a grotesque smile appeared on his lips.

"Qi Refinement Level 5...tsk, how come it's just a Qi Refinement Level 5 kid?"

He shook his head, his tone like that of a woman picking through leftovers at a market: "But the foundation is quite solid, better than those useless Qi Refining Peak cultivators. Oh well, we'll make do."

He floated down to Li Changsheng, looking down at him with a hint of pity and expectation in his single eye.

"Boy, being able to be possessed by me is a blessing you earned in your past life." He reached out and touched Li Changsheng's forehead. "Don't worry, I will make good use of your body."

After speaking...

The ghost entered Li Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness.

...

...

The sea of ​​consciousness, a hazy, boundless space.

Li Changsheng's soul orb—a fist-sized, chaotic, pale golden light—was rapidly fleeing.

Behind them, Ye Gongfeng's soul solidified like a real person, its entire body dark, radiating the unique divine pressure of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, relentlessly pursuing them.

He was much faster than Li Changsheng, but he didn't pounce on him immediately. Instead, he followed behind at a leisurely pace, like a cat toying with a mouse.

"Run, keep running." Ye Gongfeng's voice drifted from behind, with the leisurely air of a cat playing with a mouse. "This sea of ​​consciousness is only so big, where can you run to?"

Li Changsheng ignored him and continued flying forward. His sea of ​​consciousness was boundless, but the speed of his soul light cluster was limited, and the distance between him and Ye Gongfeng was gradually decreasing.

"A mere fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator, yet his soul is considerably stronger than others of the same level." Ye Gongfeng clicked his tongue in amazement. "He's cultivated a divine sense technique? Not bad, not bad at all. I'm quite lucky."

He quickened his pace, closing the distance to Li Changsheng to just a few feet.

"Don't run away, little thing." He stretched out his jet-black claws and grabbed at Li Changsheng's soul orb. "Be a good boy and let me swallow you, so you'll suffer less."

Li Changsheng suddenly turned around, barely avoiding the grab.

Ye Gongfeng remained calm and continued to follow behind, muttering to himself:

"What's the point of struggling in your death throes? The more you struggle, the more painful it will be for me to devour you. What's the point?"

Li Changsheng did not answer.

He was waiting, waiting for the right opportunity.

The Heavenly Book contains a hidden realm, inaccessible to the physical body but accessible to the soul. Since the ghost of Ye Gong has already entered his sea of ​​consciousness, it could theoretically also be absorbed into the Heavenly Book's hidden realm.

But he must not let Ye Gongfeng realize his intentions.

If the opponent is prepared, with his current soul strength, he has no power to resist.

About half a cup of tea later.

Ye Gongfeng figured that Li Changsheng probably didn't have any special tricks up his sleeve, and felt it was time, so he stopped hesitating and suddenly sped up.

"Boy, prepare to die!"

The pitch-black claws reached out again, and this time they didn't miss—they grabbed a corner of Li Changsheng's soul orb.

"Gotcha!" Ye Gongfeng was overjoyed, opening his blood-red maw to swallow Li Changsheng's soul whole.

This was the moment Li Changsheng had been waiting for, and immediately his mind stirred:

"receive!"

The next instant, the world spun around.

The two orbs of light disappeared.

……

Heavenly Book Space.

Li Changsheng's soul light appeared in the thatched hut, solidifying into his own likeness—though still somewhat ethereal, it was much clearer than the chaotic light outside. He stood at the window of the thatched hut, looking out.

Ye Gongfeng stood outside the thatched hut.

He looked around blankly at the gray space, the empty ground beneath his feet, and the chaotic sky above. Confusion, unease, and then shock gradually appeared on his face.

"This is... a blessed land?" he muttered to himself, a glint of greed flashing in his single eye before dimming again. "No, there's no spiritual energy here... just a dilapidated thatched hut..."

He walked to the door of the thatched hut and reached out to push it open.

The door remained completely still.

He pushed the door several times, even banging it with his shoulder, but it remained unmoved.

"Little thing, are you in there?" He peered through the crack in the door, but could only see darkness.

no respond.

Ye Gongfeng circled the thatched hut several times, trying various methods—attacking, ramming, and even attempting to pass through the wall—but the thatched hut seemed to be protected by an invisible force, and all his efforts were in vain.

As time went by.

He gave up.

He simply sat cross-legged at the entrance of the thatched hut and closed his eyes to rest.

A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes, a strange glint flashing in them:

"The spiritual energy here... is so concentrated."

He sensed it—although this space was devoid of spiritual energy, it was permeated with a pure, attribute-less soul power. His soul was here, slowly but surely growing stronger.

"A blessed land...this must be a blessed land left behind by some powerful being!" Ye Gongfeng's eyes grew brighter and brighter. "That little thing actually had such an opportunity!"

His greed burned even brighter.

"Little thing, come out." He stood up, patted the door of the thatched hut, and his tone became kind. "I have something to discuss with you. Come out, and I will not possess you. Let's talk properly."

Inside the thatched hut, Li Changsheng let out a cold laugh.

Not possessing another's body? Nobody would believe that.

Ye Gongfeng said a lot of nice things and made a lot of empty promises, but Li Changsheng remained unmoved.

Ye Gongfeng gradually lost patience, and his voice turned cold again:

"Little thing, you think you're safe hiding inside? I'll be waiting right here. You have to come out eventually. Your physical body is still outside. If you don't go out, your body will decay sooner or later. Then, your soul will have nowhere to go, and you'll have no choice but to come out obediently."

Obviously.

Ye Gongfeng was unaware that this space was one with Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng would not encounter the situation he described.

After confirming that Ye Gongfeng was indeed unable to enter, Li Changsheng spoke up: "Senior, I have a question I would like to ask you."

Sure enough, the kid was hiding in the thatched hut.

Ye Gongfeng's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Ask! Ask away! I will answer everything I know!"

"Who was the woman who came in with you?"

Ye Gongfeng's smile froze.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly let out a cold laugh, a deep-seated hatred flashing in his single eye: "That woman is my master, master... Heh, what a fine 'master'!"

He gritted his teeth, as if recalling some unbearable past.

"My original name was Ye Wushuang. I was a retainer of the Eastern Wilderness Heavenly Dragon Tribe. Thirty years ago, while hunting, my entire family was wiped out by my enemies. I escaped with my life, but was seriously injured and lay dying in the wilderness."

His voice was deep, as if he were telling someone else's story: "She saved me. She healed my wounds, gave me elixirs, and helped me break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. I thought I had met a benefactor, and I was extremely grateful."

Tianlong Tribe?

Li Changsheng frowned. If he remembered correctly, this tribe was very close to their Anyang County, and the Tianlong tribe had invaded them many times.

The Tianlong tribe also participated in the last bandit uprising.

just.

He never expected that Ye Gongfeng was a traitor who had served three masters.

"That woman saved me, and she also took me in," Ye Gongfeng sneered. "She planted a restriction in my soul, making me acknowledge her as my master. From that moment on, I was no longer Ye Wushuang, but her dog. If she tells me to go east, I dare not go west; if she tells me to kill, I will never set fires."

His voice gradually turned hateful: "I've been hiding in the Zhuo family for fifteen years, concealing my identity and playing the fool. And what was the result? When I entered the forbidden area and encountered danger, she used me as a shield without saying a word."

"More than a decade of loyalty, more than a decade of being a dog, and in the end, I'm not even as good as a dog." Ye Gongfeng's voice was a little hoarse. "If a dog is lost, its owner will feel sorry for it. What about me? She didn't even glance at me."

Judging from his tone.

After being rescued, Ye Gong initially developed feelings of love for the woman. His love was unrequited, and he was instead reduced to a servant, which turned into resentment.

They can subdue Foundation Establishment cultivators as servants.

This woman is definitely not simple!

"What's her name? Where is she from?" Li Changsheng was more concerned about these questions.

Ye Gongfeng shook his head: "I don't know. I only know her surname—Murong. I know nothing about her given name, where she comes from, or what kind of power she has. Her cultivation level is far above Foundation Establishment, but in order to enter the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave, she used a secret method to suppress her cultivation level to the peak of Qi Refining, all in order to find something."

"What is it?"

"I don't know. That woman didn't divulge a single word, only saying that she was retrieving a treasure that was of utmost importance to her."

Li Changsheng's heart stirred.

Could it be that the woman was also after the Void Stone?

If that's the case, then things will be difficult.

"Where is that treasure hidden?" Li Changsheng asked hurriedly.

Ye Gongfeng was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Little thing, I can tell you, but you must agree to one condition."

"What are the conditions?"

"After you leave, you must help me find a suitable body to possess. I swear on my life and soul that everything I say is true."

The oath sworn by one's soul is the most solemn vow a cultivator can make.

If this is violated, the soul will be damaged, resulting in a decline in cultivation or even the complete destruction of the soul.

Li Changsheng sneered: "You swear first."

Without hesitation, Ye Gongfeng formed the hand seals, chanted the incantation, and then solemnly swore: "I, Ye Wudao, swear on my life and soul that I will truthfully tell Li Changsheng everything I know about Fairy Murong and the forbidden palace. If there is even a single falsehood, may my life and soul be shattered and I be condemned to eternal damnation."

As the vow was made, an invisible force surged from his soul, transforming into a tiny rune that disappeared into the void.

Li Changsheng knew what the other party was planning, and said nonchalantly, "Speak."

"That woman has a jade talisman on her, which is the key to open the palace gates," said Ye Gongfeng. "Her natal artifact self-destructed during the battle with the puppet beast, and she is currently unconscious. This is the perfect opportunity to retrieve the jade talisman. The jade talisman is an ancient treasure and cannot be put into a storage bag, so you must leave immediately. If you are late, and this woman awakens, neither of us will survive."

Li Changsheng remained unhurried and asked again, "Besides that treasure, what else is in the palace?"

"I don't know," Ye Gongfeng shook his head, "but there's more than one treasure that a woman would covet. Little thing, you're lucky, I admit defeat. But I advise you—take the item and leave quickly, if that woman wakes up, you won't even have a chance to escape."

After speaking...

Ye Gongfeng then sat cross-legged.

At the same time, he was calculating in his mind that he should take advantage of this excellent environment to enhance the strength of his soul, so as to ensure that there would be no mistakes when he possessed Li Changsheng's body.

"Old ghost, still thinking about possessing someone? Dream on!"

Knowing about the Heavenly Book Space, how could they let him leave alive?

Li Changsheng looked out the window from the thatched hut.

The Heavenly Book Space can temporarily trap this old ghost.

But this is only a temporary measure.

He must eliminate this hidden danger as soon as possible.

But right now, the more important thing is to get the jade talisman, enter the palace, and take the Void Stone.

With a thought, he withdrew from the Heavenly Book Space and returned to his physical body.

The possession array lost the caster's control, the runes gradually dimmed, and the light shield shattered inch by inch.

"Owner!"

Mo Yu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Li Changsheng was safe and sound.

Li Changsheng moved his stiff hands and feet and exhaled a breath of stale air.

He glanced at Ye Gongfeng's corpse lying on the ground; his essence and blood were still there.

hum!

A blood-red light surged from the belt, drawing out the essence and blood from the corpse bit by bit, transforming it into warm blood energy that flowed into his body.

Li Changsheng activated the "Iron Bone Forging Technique" to refine this energy of blood and temper his bones.

Bone Refining Realm, Minor Success.