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

The next morning, Jiang Shi began arranging matters before his seclusion.

He first went to Jiang Yu and carefully planned out her cultivation path.

Jiang Yu possesses three spiritual roots: metal, water, and earth, but her earth element is relatively weak. Jiang Shi decided to have her focus on the metal and water elements as her primary roots, with the earth element as a secondary root.

He taught Jiang Yu the advanced applications of the "Golden Spirit Technique" and the "Water Spirit Technique." He had already mastered these two techniques, so he could teach them with ease.

"Metal generates water, and water nourishes metal. You are born with the true meaning of metal generating water, which is your advantage." Jiang Shi said, gesturing with his hands. "When cultivating, first use metal-based magic power, then switch to water-based magic power, and repeat the cycle."

Jiang Yu listened attentively, nodding occasionally.

Jiang Shi then taught her a new technique—the Golden Water Double Blade.

This technique combines metal and water elements, with a metal blade in the left hand and a water blade in the right, both blades striking simultaneously for a unified offense and defense.

"Watch closely." Jiang Shi raised his hand, a golden light flashed in his left hand and a blue light appeared in his right hand, two light blades rotating in his palm.

With a gentle wave of his hand, two beams of light shot out, striking a blue stone in the courtyard. The stone was sliced ​​into three pieces, the cuts as smooth as a mirror.

Jiang Yu's eyes lit up.

Jiang Shi said, "You're only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, so your mana isn't enough for now. You can only condense one blade of light. Once you break through to the later stage of Qi Refining, you'll be able to unleash both blades simultaneously. Don't rush, practice slowly."

Jiang Yu nodded: "Master, I've got it."

Three days later, Jiang Yu entered the sect and was able to condense a blurry blade of light. Although its power was not great, it had already taken shape.

Jiang Shi nodded in satisfaction and then instructed her, "Don't be greedy for too much in these two years. Just lay a solid foundation. If you master the Metal and Water Twin Blades, it will be enough for you until the late stage of Qi Refining."

When Jiang Yu is still laying the foundation, once she breaks through to the late stage of Qi Refining, Jiang Shi can teach her the basic formulas of the Five Elements Cleansing Technique.

Jiang Yu's body is not yet strong enough to withstand the strengthening of his internal organs!

After arranging things for Jiang Yu, Jiang Shi returned to his cave. He first went to the stone wall at the entrance and set up an isolation array.

The formation was activated, and a transparent light barrier enveloped the entrance to the cave. Outsiders could not see what was inside, nor could they enter.

He then summoned the demon puppet from his body and had it guard the entrance to the cave.

The three-zhang-tall demonic puppet squatted beside the stone wall, its eyes glowing red, like a stone statue.

Jiang Shi glanced at it, then turned and walked into the cave.

Although it's in the Azure Valley, and no one should dare to attack him now, we still have to be careful!

The stone door closed, plunging the cave into darkness.

Jiang Shi sat cross-legged on the futon, closing his eyes and looking inward.

Within the dantian, the five-colored golden elixir slowly rotated. The five colors of light—gold, cyan, blue, red, and brown—flickered alternately, becoming much more stable than when it was first formed.

He took a deep breath and activated the Five Elements Mutual Generation Method.

Aquatic wood, wood generates fire, fire generates soil, native gold, gold generates water.

A complete cycle.

The true essence within the golden elixir flows through the meridians throughout the body and then back into the golden elixir. With each cycle, the true essence becomes more solidified, and the meridians widen slightly.

As time passed, Jiang Shi became completely immersed in cultivation.

The first year, spring turned to autumn.

The leaves in Biluo Valley turn yellow and then green again, and the osmanthus flowers bloom and then fade.

Jiang Yu practices swordsmanship every morning, cultivating his internal energy in the morning, practicing the Golden Water Twin Blades in the afternoon, and meditating to cultivate his inner energy in the evening. His days are fulfilling, and his cultivation is steadily improving.

Hua Luoyu would occasionally come to visit her and offer a few pointers, but she spent most of her time dealing with grain affairs.

After Senior Brother Ku Hong emerged from seclusion, he also came to give Jiang Yu guidance several times. He greatly admired Jiang Yu's aptitude, saying that she had good comprehension and was a promising talent.

Given Senior Brother Ku Hong's personality, his actions were a deliberate attempt to curry favor with Jiang Shi.

Jiang Yu cultivated diligently and never slacked off. She planned to wait until her master emerged from seclusion...

Let my mentor see a better version of myself.

Inside the cave, Jiang Shi sat motionless.

A thin layer of dust settled on him, and his hair had grown quite a bit, falling loosely over his shoulders.

The true essence within the Golden Core was 20% more abundant than before the seclusion. The five-colored radiance was more solid and no longer as erratic as before.

By the end of the first year, his cultivation at the early stage of the Golden Core realm was completely stable.

The following year, Jiang Shi began to try to condense supernatural powers.

He mainly cultivates the Five Elements, so his supernatural powers naturally originate from the Five Elements.

Jiang Shi first used the Divine Light of Earth as his foundation. This is an attack technique from the "Earth Suppressing Mountain Skill". He had used it for two years and was very familiar with it.

Then he tried to incorporate the energy of Geng metal into it.

Metal and earth, earth gives rise to metal. These two true elements share the same origin, so merging them is not difficult.

Jiang Shi spent three months initially fusing the Geng Metal Qi and the Wu Earth Divine Light. The power of the new technique was 50% greater than that of the pure Wu Earth Divine Light.

He then wondered, if metal and earth can be mixed, what about the other types?

Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are the five elements that generate each other, and theoretically, all five divine lights can be fused together.

Jiang Shi began to try.

Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood.

He merged them one by one in the order of mutual generation.

Wood and fire, melt together.

Fire and earth, fused together.

Earth and metal have already melted together.

Gold and water, blend together.

Water and wood, blend together.

The five divine lights successfully merged, forming the Five-Colored Divine Light.

When the five-colored divine light appeared, the five kinds of true essence erupted simultaneously, and its power was several times stronger than any one of the divine lights alone.

Water and wood, blend together.

The five divine lights successfully merged, forming the Five-Colored Divine Light.

When the five-colored divine light appeared, the five kinds of true essence erupted simultaneously, and its power was several times stronger than any one of the divine lights alone.

But the cost was high. Jiang Shi tried it once, and seventy percent of the true essence in his golden core was directly consumed.

With his current cultivation level, he can only barely use the Five-Colored Divine Light once. After using it up, his true essence will be depleted, and he will have no strength left to fight.

This is a trump card; it should not be used lightly unless absolutely necessary.

Jiang Shi was born with five spiritual roots and is now a first-grade golden core cultivator. His true essence is much deeper than others. Even so, he still consumed 70% of his true essence when he used the Five Elements Divine Light!

Jiang Shi practiced the Five-Colored Divine Light repeatedly until he could use it skillfully before stopping.

When the second year ended, Jiang Shi opened his eyes.

The five-colored light flashed in his eyes and disappeared in an instant.

He stood up, his bones cracking and popping like firecrackers.

His cultivation at the early stage of the Golden Core realm has been completely consolidated, and his true essence is 50% more abundant than it was two years ago. The Five Elements Divine Light has begun to take shape; although it can only be used once, its power is astonishing.

Jiang Shi walked to the stone gate and pushed it open.

The stone gate slowly opened.

As the sunlight streamed in, he squinted.

Outside the cave, the demonic ape and puppet remained squatting in the same spot, motionless.

Under the osmanthus tree in the distance, a young girl is practicing swordsmanship.

The sword flashed, radiating a golden and blue light.

It is Jiang Yu.

She has grown taller and her features have matured; she is no longer the little girl she was two years ago.

Qi Refining Stage 7.

Jiang Shi nodded.

Two years is not a slow pace; he went from the fifth to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Jiang Yu has resources, so his cultivation naturally progresses faster than that of ordinary people!

Jiang Yu seemed to sense something, stopped his sword, and looked towards the cave.

She was stunned when she saw Jiang Shi standing at the entrance of the cave.

Then, she dropped her sword and ran over.

"master!"

Jiang Shi watched her run up to him and reached out to pat her head.

"Great, you've grown taller."