Mortal Transformation into Immortal

"It seems we'll have to go further afield."

At noon, Yu Ling stood under the tree, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked into the distance, saying...

They searched for almost an hour without finding anything.

Climbing and wandering around in the mountains was exhausting.

Yu Ling continued searching into the distance.

"Um?"

When they reached a valley, the centipede in their hand suddenly moved.

"Weight? What's wrong?"

Yu Ling stopped and looked at the centipede.

Then the weight jumped off his hand and darted forward on the ground.

Finally, it stopped under the rock next to its feet.

"Is it hungry and looking for food?"

"Didn't we just eat this yesterday?" Yu Ling wondered, puzzled as to what was going on.

"Um?"

But the next moment, something even more unexpected happened: the little guy started nibbling on a blade of grass under the rock.

Didn't they eat insects? Why are they eating grass now?

"Wait, this grass..."

Yu Ling realized what was happening and quickly squatted down in front of the stone, reaching out to touch it.

"It really is a miracle drug."

To his surprise, he discovered that there was a very faint spiritual energy fluctuation in the grass.

It is undoubtedly a miracle drug.

Perhaps because it had only recently undergone transformation, its spiritual essence was so scarce that it was impossible to detect unless one approached it and carefully sensed it with their hands.

"Weight? I didn't expect you to have such a skill."

Yu Ling was overjoyed.

"Strange, it wouldn't eat the elixir before when I fed it to its mouth, but why is it like this now..." he wondered.

"Could it be because I fed it spirit insects yesterday?"

He recalled the strange reaction Jinliang had experienced after eating the spirit insect yesterday.

Yu Ling observed it carefully and discovered that the little guy did not eat the whole herb, but chewed it in his mouth and sucked out the juice rich in spiritual energy.

At the same time, faint blood vessels reappeared on the skin.

"Won't there be problems if I take spiritual medicine like this?" he suddenly wondered. He thought that it would be bad for a cultivator's health if he took spiritual medicine indiscriminately.

"Jinliang used to be a spirit insect, which feeds on spirit creatures. I must have been overthinking it. Spirit insects are different from humans," Yu Ling pondered.

"This appears to be a fishbone grass."

Upon seeing the medicinal herb, Yu Ling immediately took out the book of medicinal herbs from her person and began to look through and compare it.

"That's true. Fishbone grass can enhance blood circulation, but its branches and leaves contain fire toxins, and consuming it raw can damage the heart."

He looked at the book and compared it with the book beside him.

In no time at all, Jinliang had finished the fishbone grass.

Yu Ling reached out his hand, and it obediently climbed onto his hand.

Yu Ling carefully sensed its body and found spiritual energy fluctuations different from those of the fishbone grass. She exclaimed in surprise, "Jinliang, you've turned into a spirit insect again!"

The little one lay motionless on his arm, silently digesting what he had just eaten.

"Looks like I'll have to keep you well hidden."

Yu Ling thought to herself, "The weight has turned into a spirit insect, which is very valuable. When we tested the spirit bone before, Elder Sun said that this kind of spirit insect is worth several low-grade spirit stones."

One spirit stone can be exchanged for a hundred Ziyang coins.

This value might not be considered by the formal disciples of the sect, but it might be valued by the miscellaneous disciples living on the outskirts.

"This bamboo basket has the function of isolating spiritual energy, so you can't sense the spiritual herbs inside by weighing them."

Yu Ling looked at the bamboo basket on her body, which contained several medicinal herbs, but it didn't react to the weight.

Fishbone Grass is very common, and the weight was used up in no time, and the blood vessels on the skin disappeared.

"You little guy have the ability to sense spiritual herbs, it seems that picking them will be much easier for me." Yu Ling smiled to himself. This was an innate ability of his, and now that he had become a spiritual insect, this ability was beginning to recover.

It looked like it hadn't had enough, its little mouth still chewing.

"Okay, let's keep looking."

Yu Ling continued walking through the mountains and forests with it.

Half an hour later.

"There is a miraculous herb there."

At the foot of a cliff, Yu Ling immediately noticed a strange-looking plant in the grass ahead.

Having prior experience with searching, he immediately realized it was a miracle drug.

"It seems you have a certain range of perception."

Yu Ling looked down at the weight; it hadn't yet noticed.

That's true. It has only just recovered somewhat, so its perception is definitely still very limited.

So he went over and observed the reaction of the weight.

When it was about half a zhang away, the little guy in its hand finally moved, and Yu Ling was able to roughly determine its current perception range.

"Go."

Yu Ling placed the weight next to the medicinal herb. Since it liked it, she decided to let it eat it.

"It seems to be mentioned in this elixir book."

Yu Ling sat down beside him, took out the book and opened it. It just felt familiar; he couldn't possibly recognize all the medicinal herbs described in the book so quickly.

"Jade Beard Grass..."

Soon, he learned what the elixir was called.

Jinliang ate very quickly, and in no time he had chewed the elixir into tiny pieces.

"It seems you need a lot of elixirs to nourish your body."

Yu Ling held it in her hand, hoping to use the spiritual herbs from the Ziyang Sect mountains to help her regain her strength.

Although its current sensory range doesn't seem very useful, it will definitely expand as the body gradually recovers.

Yu Ling continued on his journey.

The figure moved about in the mountains.

Until nightfall.

"Not bad, we harvested eight medicinal herbs today."

That evening, Yu Ling stood on the ancient tree, looking at the bamboo basket with satisfaction. Today, she had found a total of eight spiritual herbs. She had given five of them to Jin Liang to eat, and she would use the remaining three to complete her mission.

Among these medicinal herbs, a total of three were found.

Although his perception range was limited, he could always find transformative herbs in some corners that he couldn't otherwise detect.

"We need to add some common wild herbs."

Yu Ling plucked a small grass and put it in the bamboo basket.

He has the expertise to help him determine that each plant is a miraculous herb.

But after all, it's only the first month of herb gathering. It would be too good if the bamboo baskets were full of spiritual herbs. Some spiritual herbs have too weak a spiritual aura, and when the handymen disciples are unsure, they just stuff them all into the baskets.

It's getting late, so I'll stop here for today.

Yu Ling climbed up the ancient tree, found a large branch, and sat cross-legged against the trunk.

Begin your cultivation.

Yu Ling controlled the spiritual bones within her body and began absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into her body.

The spiritual bone had already accumulated power. After absorbing spiritual energy, strands of immortal blood flowed into its blood vessels, tempering its flesh and blood, gradually transforming its mortal body into an immortal one.

"More magic is about to be unleashed."

Yu Ling could sense that another magical force was beginning to form.

Once you reach the first level of Qi Refining, you can cultivate nine streams of magical power in your dantian. After that, you can try to break through to the second level of Qi Refining.

The mountain forest was bustling at night, filled with the chirping of insects and the calls of animals.

One night passed.

In the early morning, the sunlight pierced through the leaves and shone on Yu Ling.

"It seems I need to cultivate for another two or three days before this magical power can be fully condensed."

Yu Ling opened her eyes, feeling the magical power within her dantian, and murmured.

Although he failed to condense it, he was not disappointed, because he was already very satisfied with the speed, which was even beyond his expectations.

"I might as well just live in these mountains from now on," he thought to himself, looking at the area where the handymen disciples lived in the distance.

The herb-gathering disciples spend most of the month eating and sleeping on the mountain, so there's no need for them to go back.

He stayed in the mountains, diligently completed his monthly tasks, and searched for more spiritual herbs to help his body recover. With no other worries, he could devote himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.

Yu Ling made up her mind, and that was it.

Make good use of the resources of Ziyang Sect, and gradually increase your capital for cultivation in these mountains.