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

Ye Wushuang hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth:

"My master, my personal wealth is hidden in a desolate mountain in the southeast of the Zhuo family's fiefdom, but there is a 'Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array' set up there."

It was thought that Li Changsheng was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Ye Wushuang thoughtfully wrote down a method to break the formation and eagerly handed it to Li Changsheng: "Master, when the time comes, find a reliable first-tier formation master, and you can break this formation by following the instructions on this."

Li Changsheng glanced at it and nodded: "Hmm, not bad."

He planned to collect it after the competition ended.

The wealth of a Foundation Establishment cultivator would likely not disappoint him.

"Make a copy of your insights on spiritual plants. Take good care of these foundation-building herbs in your daily life."

"Yes, Master!" Ye Wushuang bowed and replied, his face full of a fawning smile and his eyes filled with genuine fervor.

Li Changsheng turned and walked towards the thatched hut. Behind him, Ye Wushuang squatted by the spirit field, carefully loosening the soil and watering the Foundation Establishment main medicine, while muttering incantations.

at the same time.

The Heavenly Book trembled slightly.

A line of text appears:

[Family Luck Value: 10100/12000]

To start a new chapter, you need to accumulate 2,000 luck points.

……

With a thought, Li Changsheng vanished from the thatched hut and returned to the House of Earthly Fire in the next instant.

He glanced at the gray sky outside the window—there were still two months until the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave closed. He couldn't leave, nor did he want to. Outside, ghost soldiers roamed freely, and powerful families fought amongst themselves. It was better to stay here and peacefully refine pills and cultivate his skills.

The House of Fire and Earth here comes in handy.

He carefully studied the formula for the Soul Transformation Pill once more.

The Soul Transformation Pill, a first-grade superior medicine, is made by refining the Soul Transformation Grass as the main ingredient, supplemented with twelve auxiliary ingredients such as Soul Nourishing Flower, Mind Concentration Fruit, and Benzoin.

This elixir is specifically designed to aid in the cultivation of spiritual awareness techniques. After ingestion, it protects the soul, preventing the agony of soul tearing during cultivation. The formula is obscure, the steps are complex, and the requirements for timing, spiritual power, and technique are extremely high.

Li Changsheng took a deep breath and opened the furnace.

As the earth ignited, the Hundred Herbs Cauldron floated above the flames, its body glowing slightly red.

He placed the Soul-Transforming Grass into the cauldron, his spiritual power transforming into invisible hands that carefully removed impurities. The Soul-Transforming Grass was extremely fragile; too high a heat would burn it, while too low a heat would prevent purification. He held his breath, concentrating his mental power to its limit, extracting the medicinal liquid bit by bit.

The first batch.

Purification and fusion went smoothly, but during the condensation of the elixir, the medicinal liquid suddenly rioted and turned into a cloud of black smoke.

failure.

Li Changsheng cleaned the residue from the cauldron and summarized his experience.

The medicinal properties of the Soul-Transforming Grass clash with those of the Soul-Nourishing Flower. When fusing them, benzoin is needed as a medium to slowly neutralize the poison. He acted too hastily during the fusion, causing the conflict.

The second batch.

He advanced the timing of adding the benzoin by a few breaths, using his spiritual power to slowly guide the Soul-Transforming Grass and the Soul-Nourishing Flower's medicinal liquid to come into contact, probe, and merge. This time, the medicinal liquid did not erupt violently, but slowly fused together, transforming into a dark, viscous mass. The twelve auxiliary ingredients were added in sequence, purified, fused, and refined. When condensing the elixir, he slowed down the speed of his incantation, allowing the medicinal liquid to slowly contract and condense within the cauldron.

Three pills were formed.

The pill is about the size of a longan, jet black, with a faint silver sheen on its surface.

Superior quality.

Li Changsheng put the elixir into a jade bottle and continued to start the furnace.

One batch after another, one plant after another. The quantity of Soul-Transforming Grass was limited, and he dared not waste it, giving his all to each batch.

Several days later, the last Soul Transformation Grass was placed into the cauldron, forming two pills.

He counted the jade bottle—there were twenty-three Soul Transformation Pills in total.

The Heavenly Book Trembled:

[Successfully refined a Tier 1 High-Grade Soul Transformation Pill. Alchemy proficiency increased. Current: Tier 1 High-Grade (20/100)]

【Hundred Herbs Cauldron: Tier 1, Mid-Grade (20/100)】

Li Changsheng glanced at the Hundred Herbs Cauldron, where a pattern of a Soul Transformation Grass had appeared on its surface, its leaves as black as ink and lifelike.

……

With a thought, Li Changsheng entered the Heavenly Book Space.

Inside the thatched hut, he sat cross-legged on a futon, took out a Soul Transformation Pill, and put it into his mouth. The pill entered his stomach, transforming into a cool medicinal power that rushed straight to his sea of ​​consciousness. The medicinal power spread within his sea of ​​consciousness, forming a thin membrane of light that enveloped his soul's radiance.

He opened the Heart Sutra, the second level of the "Refining God Technique".

"The spirit is the pivot of the soul. Consciousness is the abode of the spirit. The way to refine the spirit begins with opening the orifices. When the orifices are opened, the spirit manifests; when the spirit manifests, consciousness arises. When consciousness arises, all things become clear, and nothing can confuse..."

The scriptures were obscure and profound, but with the aid of the Soul Transformation Pill, he found every word crystal clear. Under the protection of the medicine, the ball of soul light slowly expanded, contracted, and solidified, as if someone were repeatedly hammering and forging it with an invisible hand.

The first level is to refine the soul, making it resilient.

The second level is to open the aperture of the spirit, enabling it to be projected outward.

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, at the center of the soul's radiant light, a tiny point of light was slowly coalescing. That was the seed of divine consciousness, the first gateway to the path of Foundation Establishment.

The potency of one Soul Transformation Pill was exhausted. He took a second one.

The light spot grew larger and brighter.

Under the protection of the medicine, the ball of soul light continued to solidify, gradually taking on a blurry outline from a chaotic mass of light—that was his appearance.

The third one. The fourth one. The fifth one.

The point of light finally solidified, transforming into a tiny mark that hovered between the eyebrows of the soul's light cluster.

The aperture of consciousness is opened.

An invisible force surged from the sea of ​​consciousness and spread outwards.

Divine consciousness.

He developed a divine consciousness.

Li Changsheng opened his eyes, overwhelmed with excitement.

The three major hurdles of Foundation Establishment are Qi and Blood, Mana, and Divine Sense. Divine Sense is the most difficult to cultivate; countless cultivators have been stuck at the peak of Qi Refining for decades because they cannot condense their Divine Sense and take that final step. But he, at only the fifth level of Qi Refining, has already given birth to Divine Sense!

He tried to project his consciousness outwards.

An invisible force surged from between his brows, passing through the walls of the thatched hut, through the mist of the Heavenly Book space, and spreading outwards. One zhang, two zhang, three zhang... ten zhang. The area that his divine sense could cover was only ten zhang in radius.

Beyond ten feet, everything was a blur.

But that's enough.

With divine sense, he could anticipate his opponent's movements in battle, detect hidden traps and restrictions, retrieve objects remotely, and control artifacts with his divine power. He could even attempt to refine higher-grade pills—because divine sense is an alchemist's best assistant, capable of accurately perceiving every slight change in the medicinal liquid within the cauldron.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, and continued his cultivation.

One Soul-Transforming Pill after another was consumed, and the progress of the second level of the Divine Refining Technique gradually increased. Minor Success, Intermediate Success, Major Success—

The second level is the Great Accomplishment.

The range of his divine sense expanded from ten zhang to twenty zhang.

……

Outside the thatched house.

Ye Wushuang was squatting by the spirit field, carefully loosening the soil for the Foundation Establishment cultivator. Suddenly, he felt an invisible force surging from the thatched hut, sweeping over his body. The force was weak, yet undeniably real.

Divine consciousness.

He looked up abruptly, his single eye filled with shock.

Having reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, divine consciousness was born?

He had lived for nearly a hundred years and had seen countless geniuses, but he had never heard of anyone being able to condense divine consciousness at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

This isn't just genius, this is prodigy.

A reincarnated great power.

He must be a reincarnated great being.

Only a reincarnated great being possesses such extraordinary talent.

"Following a powerful being, becoming an immortal or a patriarch in the future is not a dream!"

Ye Wushuang's heart was filled with fervor.

……

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Changsheng awoke from his meditation and glanced at the jade bottle in his hand.

Of the twenty-three Soul Transformation Pills, only one bottle remains, containing eight pills.

He put the jade bottle into his storage bag and stood up.

It's time to go out.

With a thought, he appeared inside the House of Earthly Fire.

Looking around, with its alchemy furnace, earth fire, and obsidian stones—this house of earth fire—he truly wished he could move it back to Qinglan Mountain. Refining pills with earth fire was infinitely better than using spiritual materials to fuel a fire.

He secretly made a mental note that once he returned to his family, he would definitely find a way to build a house of earth and fire.

He scanned it with his divine sense.

The lucky charm has disappeared!