Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

The superior-grade magic weapon, the Qingyue Spear, has an extremely hard body. If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, it would probably be difficult to destroy this superior-grade magic weapon and obtain spiritual materials, spiritual objects, and spiritual energy.

Jiang Shi cultivated the "Devouring Gold Technique" and mastered this mid-level Earth-grade technique to the point of perfection.

Jiang Shi could now directly consume this top-grade magic weapon, the Qingyue Spear, as spiritual food.

Jiang Shi thought this way, and that's exactly what he did.

Jiang Shi swallowed the top-grade magic weapon, the Qingyue Spear, bite by bite. The incredibly hard spear body turned into a puddle of mud in Jiang Shi's mouth.

The phrase "chewing iron like mud" perfectly describes this skill.

Jiang Shi began to circulate the "Gold-Chewing Technique," breaking down the superior magical artifact, the Qingyue Spear, into various kinds of essence.

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It contained the true essence of Geng metal, which Jiang Shi directly absorbed by using the [Gold Chewing Technique], turning it into proficiency to improve his cultivation method.

In addition to the Geng metal essence, there is also a large amount of earth-type spiritual power.

In the past, these earth-elemental spiritual energies had nowhere to go and needed to be expelled from the body in a timely manner. Otherwise, once absorbed by the body, it would lead to the body being strengthened in an incorrect way.

By then, being overweight will be a minor issue compared to having one's foundation polluted and damaged.

However, right now, we need this massive amount of earth-elemental spiritual power.

Jiang Shi wanted to use this earth-elemental spiritual power, and combine the gentle yang energy within the Xihe Stone with the life-giving energy within the Huangya Stone, to finally create the True Essence of Earth!

With that in mind, Jiang Shi no longer hesitated and slowly began to operate.

And so, as planned, Jiang Shi created the True Essence of Earth through his meticulous work.

Although the process was slow, the result was completely uneventful.

The true essence of Earth was created very simply.

This is because Jiang Shi was well-prepared, having absorbed a large amount of earth-elemental spiritual power from the superior-grade magic weapon Qingyue Spear, a third-grade Xihe Stone with gentle Yangyang energy, and a second-grade Huangya Stone with earth-elemental vitality.

These three rare and precious materials are all indispensable!

The true essence of Earth has been formed! The next step is to integrate it into the spleen, refine the true essence, and strengthen the spleen.

Finally, I created an earth-based body-refining technique!

Having created the "Gui Water Transformation Qi Technique", Jiang Shi was experienced this time and directly activated the "Three Fiends Suppressing Prison Technique".

A crimson phantom of a Kui ox appeared behind Jiang Shi.

Blood and qi swirled around Jiang Shi's body, enveloping a wisp of Earth Essence which surged into Jiang Shi's spleen.

Just like before, even a trace of the true essence of the Earth element entering the spleen severely damaged Jiang Shi's spleen.

A bloody aura emanated from Jiang Shi's body. His spleen was injured; if he were an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, he would already be severely injured.

However, Jiang Shi was prepared. The blood energy directly activated inside Jiang Shi's spleen, frantically repairing it.

Thus, the true essence of Wu Earth damaged the spleen, while the blood and qi repaired it. Under these circumstances, Jiang Shi's spleen was gradually strengthened by the true essence of Wu Earth.

This is a delicate skill that requires careful and slow work, and it takes a long time; one cannot rush it.

Time passed little by little, and a month later...

Jiang Shi was in seclusion, while his apprentice Jiang Yu was at the courtyard gate, talking with others.

The person was close in age to Jiang Yu, only one year older than her, and was also a beautiful young woman.

"Sister Yu, has your master not yet emerged from seclusion?" The woman who spoke was named Ouyang Lan, the niece of Ouyang Yu of the Lingxu Sect.

Because he was close in age to Jiang Yu, he was specially assigned to get closer to her.

Ouyang Yu valued Jiang Shi highly. After learning that Jiang Shi had gone into seclusion, he sent Ouyang Lan over to bring Jiang Yu food from time to time.

"I'm still in seclusion," Jiang Yu said. She had become much more familiar with Ouyang Lan these past few days.

However, without Jiang Shi's permission, she dared not let Ouyang Lan enter the courtyard.

The two were talking outside the courtyard.

Ouyang Lan handed over a bag of dried fruit, and the two began to eat it familiarly.

During this time, Ouyang Lan knew that Jiang Yu had a sweet tooth and liked to eat street food, so she specially brought some food for Jiang Yu to cater to his tastes.

The price wasn't high, but the food was delicious, which made it hard for Jiang Yu to refuse, and she ate with great relish.

"Oh? Sister Yu, you've broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, and you've already entered the middle level of Qi Refining! Congratulations!" Ouyang Lan wasn't just flattering her; she was genuinely surprised.

A month ago, Jiang Yu was only at the third level of Qi Refining. It seems that he had just broken through not long ago. In just one month, he has broken through again.

"Could it be that Jiang Yu is a genius?" Ouyang Lan wondered to herself.

She herself was a cultivator, a Qi Refining Stage 3 cultivator.

Even though Ouyang Lan, whose talent was average, came from one of the three major sects, Lingxu Sect, she couldn't obtain many resources.

Without resources and with average aptitude, cultivation will naturally be very slow.

Therefore, Ouyang Lan was very surprised by Jiang Yu's breakthrough.

"Haha, I just broke through the day before yesterday." Jiang Yu, being naive, revealed his breakthrough under Ouyang Lan's prompting.

"Haha, I just broke through the day before yesterday." Jiang Yu, being naive, revealed his breakthrough under Ouyang Lan's prompting.

However, although Jiang Yu is innocent and naive, she is not stupid. She knows what to say and what not to say.

She didn't reveal any information about her master, Jiang Shi, nor did she dare to.

When she talks to others, it's all about herself, some trivial and innocuous issues.

For example, she likes to eat dried fruit, and the dried sweet potatoes on Central Street are also to her liking.

And then there are things like, "Today's strawberries are very sweet, and the oranges are very sour."

Of course, Ouyang Lan wasn't that abrupt and wouldn't ask those offensive questions.

When Ouyang Yu sent her over, he specifically instructed her on this point, so as not to offend Jiang Shi if he found out after he came out of seclusion.

The reason Ouyang Yu sent Ouyang Lan here was not specifically to use Ouyang Lan to gather information.

He just wanted to befriend Jiang Shi.

As for prying for information, I wouldn't dare do that at all.

You should know that ever since Elder Sui died, no one in the entire Lingxu Sect has dared to risk investigating other people's information.

This is why, in the recent joint activities of the three sects, no one from the Lingxu Sect participated.

The Canglin region is now in turmoil.

Qingyun Sect and Biluo Valley are located in the middle of the vortex and are key locations in this storm.

The Lingxu Sect is the same as them; their Golden Core stage True Person Ancestor is still alive, and he is still several hundred years away from passing away.

They weren't in a hurry at all. Within their sect, there were quite a few late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, ensuring that their lineage would not be interrupted in the future.

Therefore, the order issued by the Lingxu Sect's higher-ups was that the entire sect should not get involved in the affairs between the Qingyun Sect and the Biluo Valley.

"Sister Yu is really amazing. She has already reached the middle level of Qi Refining at such a young age," Ouyang Lan exclaimed in praise.

These words were spoken with utmost sincerity, without a trace of falsehood.