Junior sister, I really need to control you.

Inside the grotto.

Li Yinsheng sat cross-legged on the white jade platform, his eyes slightly closed, his hands constantly changing intricate hand seals in front of him.

His chest had almost stopped heaving, and even the magical power that had been enveloping the Blood Refining Pivot and the Bing Fire Blood Refining, which had been maintained for countless years, had paused. He was completely focused on breaking through to the tenth level—

Although mental energy is not depleted, if one is distracted and uses multiple things, it will inevitably affect the details of the breakthrough.

As the hand seals in his hands changed, a faint blue light appeared on Li Yinsheng's body.

The blue light grew stronger and stronger, and just as it was about to solidify into a physical form, it suddenly became clear again, like a ray of bright moonlight.

Just as Li Yinsheng's hand seals, which had been changing rapidly and were almost leaving afterimages, suddenly stopped, the moon-like light on his body also instantly disappeared.

Li Yinsheng suddenly opened his eyes, and a tangible blue light emanated from his pupils before instantly vanishing.

"call……"

Li Yinsheng slowly exhaled.

"The tenth level of the Pure Profound True Scripture is complete!" Li Yinsheng sat in meditation, observing his inner vision. "Ninety-eight years of cultivation..."

"Although according to the Qingxuan True Scripture, after breaking through the tenth level and stabilizing one's cultivation, one can begin to attempt to break through to the True Person level."

"The so-called century of cultivation is only a rough measure, not an absolute threshold, but..."

Li Yinsheng shook his head.

To break through to the level of a true immortal requires reversing one's innate nature, resulting in a complete transformation of one's essence, energy, and spirit. This is a matter of great importance, so it is best not to act rashly.

Moreover, the first step before breaking through to the True Person level is to stabilize one's cultivation at the tenth level.

With his current profound cultivation of nearly a hundred years, it may take him one or two years, or even two or three years, just to stabilize his realm.

Li Yinsheng got up and walked to the edge of the white jade platform. He casually cut off a lotus flower and looked down at his reflection in the water.

His eyes remained as black as the night, unchanged, but a hint of imposing, deep blue light shone through them.

"According to the Qingxuan True Scripture, only when I can achieve inner turmoil and conceal the blue light in my eyes can I be considered to have completely stabilized the tenth level..."

Li Yinsheng blinked, figuring it was unlikely he wouldn't return to this grotto for a year or two.

Instead of thinking about how to solidify his cultivation outside, he should think about how to use the Pure Profound Divine Light to help his junior sister cleanse her tendons and marrow.

In some ways, she was much more anxious about this than I was.

According to the Qingxuan True Scripture, the Qingxuan Divine Light is used to cleanse the tendons and marrow. The consumption per use is actually very small, but it requires persistence, so the total consumption is relatively large.

In addition, since it involves cleansing the meridians and marrow, some pain is inevitable during the process.

Ordinary people scream in pain when they get bone-setting massage or take a hot bath, so it's impossible to go completely painless for something as transformative as bone-cleansing and marrow-removing.

However, Li Yinsheng believed in Junior Sister Mu.

She's someone who's outwardly greedy but inwardly lazy... no, she's outwardly gentle but inwardly strong!

She can definitely persevere!

Li Yinsheng silently cheered Mu Xiaoyu on in advance.

When I looked down at myself again, I realized that something was wrong.

My hair... seems different...

He carefully examined his reflection in the water.

His hair was already thick, and some new hair grew after he broke through the first level of the True Blood Scripture.

At this moment, the True Blood Codex has reached the fifth level. It has not increased in any further, but its hair color has become even darker, and it has also gained a layer that has a crystalline luster under the moonlight.

Li Yinsheng pulled out his hairpin, and his unbound black hair fell down, resembling a quietly flowing waterfall in the cold moonlight.

He picked up a strand, examined it carefully, and confirmed that what he saw in the water was not an illusion.

In addition to looking darker and shinier, it also felt much smoother to the touch than before, even giving him the illusion of touching silk.

Only then did he realize that the True Blood Secret Manual was a technique no less powerful than the Pure Profound True Scripture, and that a divine phenomenon would be born every three levels.

The third level of the True Blood Codex does not produce any useless miracles like "making hair thicker and better in quality," but rather it raises the upper limit of true blood to thousands of drops, a full ten times that of ordinary body cultivators.

However, it is also clearly recorded that when a divine being is born, there are indeed some noticeable changes reflected in their appearance.

Hair is derived from blood, and the third layer brings about a change that makes a person's hair "black as clouds, neither thinning nor fading, without a single blemish, smooth as silk, crystal clear and shiny, and free from dust and dirt."

In layman's terms, it means thick, black hair that doesn't fall out, has no gray hair, feels silky smooth and shiny, and doesn't have oily scalp or dandruff.

Once Li Yinsheng understood this, he lost interest.

He doesn't have many requirements for his hair; as long as he doesn't go bald, that's enough for him.

The fact that it prevents oily scalp and dandruff is quite useful, since ordinary cultivators also need to bathe, and this effect can save time spent washing their hair so they can do something more meaningful.

But he's not far from being a real person. A real person is completely free of dirt and grime, and doesn't even need to take a bath.

So this effect is meaningless to him.

However, he soon realized that he was already at the fifth level of the True Blood Codex, and the sixth level would bring new changes.

Next time it won't just be hair; the sixth level's record says, "When Qi and blood reach the teeth and lips, the teeth will be as even as pearls, and the lips as red as cinnabar."

The former is undoubtedly a good thing; whiter teeth are always better.

But the latter...

Li Yinsheng prayed in his heart that this "lips as red as cinnabar" wouldn't make him look like he was wearing lipstick, which would be too effeminate.

He doesn't want to be the foundation general.

However, he couldn't possibly give up this extremely practical auxiliary cultivation technique for blood circulation just because of a few side effects.

At worst, you can control your blood and qi yourself. You can adjust your lip color yourself; it's all a minor issue.

Just as Li Yinsheng was lost in thought, the handwriting on Bai Yutai changed, reminding him to go back to his cultivation.

Li Yinsheng's lips twitched slightly.

Although he has cultivated for ninety-eight years, he should not have much time left in the cave, so leaving now is not a loss.

But he felt it was a waste to leave like that, so he simply sat down cross-legged and continued his cultivation.

We must eat the meat, drink the soup, and even lick the bottom of the bowl!

Sure enough, according to his senses, after only a short while, the clear chime of the bell rang out.

……

Li Yinsheng opened his eyes and saw the main hall of Xuanzhen Temple in front of him, and on the table was a register signed and sealed by Mu Xiaoyu.

He immediately closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and suppressed the glint of rage in his eyes.

This doesn't mean he has stabilized his cultivation level; he has simply suppressed it temporarily to prevent this outward manifestation of his cultivation from affecting Mu Xiaoyu.

"Senior brother, is it done? Can I go back to sleep now?"

Holding her blood-stained magic seal and Dao certificate, Mu Xiaoyu said weakly.

She was happy to suddenly become a butler, but she was really too tired and had no extra energy.

Today's training, combined with the punishment, left her not only sore all over but also dizzy and disoriented. She had lost count of how many hours she had been training.

Anyway, it was definitely the most tiring time she'd ever had since she joined the temple!

Especially considering she was carrying an 80-pound weight!

Mu Xiaoyu really wanted to cry, and even wanted to wail! She wanted to let this bad senior brother know that the consequence of bullying her was that his ears would suffer a lot!

But she didn't even have the strength to squeeze out tears, let alone wail.

You should know that crying is also a physically demanding activity.

All she wants to do right now is lie in her bed and sleep until dawn.

Mu Xiaoyu thought her day couldn't get any worse.

Until she heard Li Yinsheng, who was smiling in front of her, say those words.

"Junior sister, if you can still hold on, don't rush to sleep. I have a technique that can cleanse your meridians and marrow. It can not only help you cultivate faster, but it might also boost your spirits and relieve fatigue."

A ball of clear light, as bright and beautiful as moonlight, appeared in Li Yinsheng's palm. He smiled and said, "Junior Sister, would you like to go back to sleep directly, or would you like to try it out first?"

He didn't lie to Mu Xiaoyu. Using the profound mysteries of the Pure Profound Divine Light to restore the body and relieve fatigue of mortals was just a minor incident.

"Really?" Mu Xiaoyu nodded with difficulty. "Then... then I'll give it a try."

She gazed at the beautiful, clear light in Li Yinsheng's hand, her weary body barely managing to stir her thoughts—

What beautiful magic! I wonder if I can learn it? It must feel so good to have such a beautiful spell applied to my body, right?

Did my senior brother learn a spell to relieve fatigue specifically for me?

Ultimately, my senior brother is still a good person...

Li Yinsheng let the bright moonlight fall on Mu Xiaoyu's head, as if pouring down a cup of sweet rain.

At the same time, he used his other hand to perform a manipulation technique in case Mu Xiaoyu might fall.

……

"Waaaaaaaahh ...

A piercing scream tore through the night sky, echoing throughout Xuanzhen Temple and waking the sleeping Uncle Jiang.