After binding with a genius, I became an immortal by exploiting loopholes.

Chapter 139 Attack

Deep within the gray mist cave, water droplets condensed on the stone walls slowly slid down along the mossy traces.

The man in black robes sat alone at a stone table, with a piece of silk covered in tiny characters spread out in front of him.

Detailed battle report of the Battle of Qingmu Village: All five Qi Refining stage attackers were wiped out, the scarred man and Han Shuang committed suicide by biting into the poison sac, and only one person was captured alive.

His gaze moved slowly across the silk, his fingertips pausing at one spot.

The incense has lost its effectiveness.

This incense, personally blended by him, would put even early Foundation Establishment cultivators into a deep sleep upon inhalation. Yet, a Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator managed to remain conscious and even managed to revive the Manor Lord, Zhao Demao.

The man in black robes slowly rolled up the silk, and his pale, slender fingers tapped lightly twice on the edge of the stone table.

The Soul-Eating Insect was cracked, the Dream-Sinking Incense was cracked, and the five people sent there were all wiped out.

"A low-grade spiritual plant cultivator with five spiritual roots."

His voice was low and hoarse, "He was the one who cracked the Soul-Eating Insect, and he was also the one who cracked the Dream-Sinking Incense."

In a corner of the cave, a cloud of gray mist surged silently.

A hoarse voice came from the gray fog: "Sir, news from our informant at Qingmu Manor indicates that Lu Qingchen did not appear that night."

I'm captivated.

The man in black robes was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly: "Interesting. Both things have gone wrong because of the same person. This person must have a secret."

He changed his strategy.

No more people will be sent to infiltrate Qingmu Manor—the previous failure has proven that it is too costly to take action against someone who is under the sect's close surveillance on Qingxuan Sect's territory.

"Pass down the order to have the people on the periphery attack Qingxuan Sect's seven farms simultaneously."

The man in black robes stood up from the stone chair and walked to a map hanging on the cave wall. His pale fingers pointed to the seven locations marked with red circles.

"Cuiping Manor, Baiguo Manor, and Qingmu Manor—these three manors are the closest. First, use the Spirit Devouring Vine to rot half of the spirit fields. Qingxuan Sect's Spirit Plant Hall only has so many people; if they take care of one area, they can't take care of the other."

The voice from the gray mist hesitated for a moment: "My lord, if the seven manors act simultaneously, the Qingxuan Sect will definitely investigate with all its might. Let them investigate."

The man in black robes interrupted him, "The busier they are, the more opportunities we will have. This time, we won't use outsiders; let Protector Li make the trip himself."

"The other six villages are just feints; the real target is only one person—the spirit plant grower at the end of Qingmu Village."

He took out a black jade box from his sleeve, opened the lid, and inside lay a completely black vine.

The roots of the vines were still wriggling slightly, like the tentacles of a living creature, emitting an unsettling, predatory aura that even caused the surrounding gray mist to retreat slightly by half an inch.

"Use the Soul-Devouring Vine."

The man in black closed the jade box and handed it to a hand that emerged from the gray mist.

"Let half of Qingxuan Sect's spirit fields rot first, and see how much energy they have left to protect a spirit plant grower!"

Aoki-jō, the night was as thick as ink.

Inside the cave, the warm and continuous emerald light of the earth's spiritual essence illuminated the entire cave with a soft glow.

The golden patterns etched into the bluestone wall by the roots of the spirit embryo flowed slowly like living things under the emerald light.

Lu Qingchen squatted at the edge of the cave, his palms pressed against the ground.

Through the Dao trace of the Azure Path in his sea of ​​consciousness, he could clearly perceive the spiritual energy network of the earth vein spiritual embryo.

Those fine, golden roots intertwined densely beneath the protective field, covering every inch of soil with their root network.

But all the roots stopped at the boundary of the protective field. They circled around the inner edge of the protective array, as if bound by some invisible boundary, and never stepped out of it.

Lu Qingchen withdrew his hand, feeling both somewhat at ease and subtly filled with emotion.

This spiritual embryo clearly had the ability to extend its roots much further, with large tracts of spiritual fields in Qingmu Village within its reach, but it did not.

It seemed to understand his concerns and voluntarily withdrew its roots within the protective field, so as not to cause any trouble for its master.

He emerged from the cave and stood in the center of the protective field.

The concentration of the spiritual mist was approaching that of the inner sect's core disciples' cultivation rooms. The milky white mist swirled and floated in the night, enveloping the entire protective spiritual field like a fairyland.

He sat down cross-legged in the spiritual mist and began to circulate the "Azure Wood Spiritual Essence Technique".

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, on either side of the Dao stele, two illusory figures sat cross-legged side by side.

Since binding with Song Wenjin, the total amount of cultivation points that I receive every day has more than doubled.

Song Wenjin was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and his cultivation level was already higher than Chu Yunfeng's, so he naturally received more Qi Refining Wheels.

However, Chu Yunfeng's illusory aura was even more powerful than before he was injured. This prodigy did not stop cultivating during his recovery period. After his injuries healed, his cultivation improved again, and the amount of golden light pearl he contributed each day increased significantly.

At this rate, Chu Yunfeng will be able to catch up soon.

The two cultivation levels, one sharp and swift, the other long and stable, are settled precisely at Chenshi (7-9 AM) every day and continuously flow into the Dao Stele.

Lu Qingchen used 40% of his energy to temper his spiritual root, and his wood spiritual root has steadily broken through to the two-inch mark; 30% was transformed into pure energy in his dantian, which steadily increased in quantity and continued to approach the threshold of the fifth level of Qi Refining; 20% was used to continuously nourish the earth vein spiritual embryo; and 10% was reserved for future needs.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Qingchen opened his eyes from his meditation, and the amount of pure energy in his body had increased by another wisp in that short period of time!

At this rate, he will soon be able to reach the threshold of the fifth level of Qi Refining!

He stood up. According to the plan, there was another spell that needed to be refined tonight.

On the open ground outside the spirit-protecting field, the moonlight was softened by the pale blue light shield.

With a thought, Lu Qingchen channeled his wood-elemental spiritual power from his dantian, which flowed along the meridians in his arm and gathered in his palm.

Pale blue light intertwined and condensed in front of him, transforming into an oval-shaped light wall about half the height of a person in just a few breaths.

The surface of the light wall has fine textures and rounded, stable edges, no longer showing signs of spiritual energy dissipation as it did when I first started learning.

He took two steps back and made a sword gesture with his right hand.

The pure energy in his dantian vibrated, and a cyan sword energy shot out from his fingertips, accurately striking the center of the light barrier.

The moment the sword energy touched the shield, the light barrier trembled slightly, and the sword energy was dispersed into several small streams of spiritual energy, which slid outwards along the patterns on the surface of the light barrier.

Less than 20% of the force was transmitted to his body.

A shallow sword mark was left on the surface of the shield, and pale blue spiritual energy flowed slowly through the mark. After a few breaths, it healed itself completely.

"The first layer is now completely stable."

He muttered to himself, withdrew his shield, and then adjusted the way he circulated his sword technique.

This time, he no longer pursued the sharpness of the sword energy, but instead compressed a wisp of wood elemental spiritual power to its limit and hid it in the core of the sword energy.

A cyan sword aura shot out from his fingertips and struck a boulder three zhang away that had been repeatedly cleaved countless times.

Only a thin mark remains on the surface of the rock, almost imperceptible unless you look closely.

A few breaths later, a muffled explosion came from inside the rock.

Lu Qingchen walked over and squatted down to examine it.

Beneath the fine line on the surface of the rock, an extremely deep crack pierced through the core, and the rock at the edge of the crack was blasted into fine fragments.

The powder.

If this sword were to strike a cultivator, the superficial wounds might not appear severe, but the internal force would explode within their meridians, enough to cripple an arm.

"Good, things have basically stabilized."

He nodded slightly.

There's still a considerable gap between being absolutely certain and achieving it, but the rate of progress has already far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators.

The core challenge of the second level of the Green Wood Sword Technique lies in the control of hidden energy. If it is hidden too shallowly, the hidden energy will explode prematurely, and the sword energy will not even be able to touch the target; if it is hidden too deeply, the hidden energy will not be able to explode after hitting the target, and it will just be an ordinary sword energy.

He tried hundreds of times before he finally found the perfect balance.

Just as he was about to continue practicing, a faint ripple suddenly came from the direction of the cave.

The emerald light emanating from the Earth Vein Spirit Embryo was a bit brighter than usual, and the frequency of its brightening and dimming was also slightly faster.

Having spent a long time with this spiritual embryo, Lu Qingchen immediately understood its meaning—it was conveying some kind of sensation to him.

He closed his eyes and placed his palms on the ground.

Through the Dao trace of the Azure Path in his sea of ​​consciousness, his consciousness connected with the spiritual energy network of the Earth Vein Embryo.

Although the roots of the spiritual embryo are only located within the area of ​​the protective spiritual field, its perception range of underground spiritual energy is far wider than that of its roots.

At this moment, it extended its perception beyond the village, detecting extremely subtle abnormal movements in the soil about three miles to the southwest.

It wasn't the sound of human footsteps, nor the running of a monster; it was a finer, more continuous rustling sound, which sounded extremely eerie!

Moreover, the commotion was slowly moving towards Aoki Village.

Lu Qingchen felt a chill run down his spine, withdrew his consciousness, stood on the edge of the field for a moment, and went over the location and direction of movement he had sensed in his mind several times before quickly walking towards the village.