Immortal Refiner

"I never thought that the person traveling with me would be Junior Sister Shen. I haven't seen you for a few years. Junior Sister Shen's cultivation has reached a level that I can't even catch up with."

On the way to Lingyunfang City, Li Qing looked at the cool and slender figure traveling beside him with a full face of emotion.

From the aura emanating from Shen Ningbing, he clearly sensed that the other party had already been promoted to the middle stage of foundation building.

At the beginning, they joined the sect together and successfully built the foundation together. However, they haven't seen each other for a few years, but the gap between the two in cultivation has already widened a lot.

Sometimes, the gap between people is so big!

With ice spirit roots and worshipping a Jindan Zhenren as his master, Shen Ningbing's cultivation can be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds, far beyond the comparison of those who joined the sect at the same time.

"Brother Li, you are too kind. I just got the help of my master. This achievement is nothing."

"I think your cultivation progress is not bad. Now your aura is solid, and I guess your magic power is much deeper."

Shen Ningbing's voice is as cold and penetrating as she is, like frost emitting cold air.

If you hear this in the hot summer, you may feel a sense of comfort that cools your heart. However, this place is close to the snowfield and the temperature is inexplicably cold. It will only make people feel a bit more chilling.

"I exchanged all my contributions to the sect for elixirs. If I don't even make this little progress, I might as well end it here." Li Qing smiled bitterly.

Shen Ningbing didn't say much, but Li Qing was happy with it. In this way, the two of them flew to the sect's market in silence.

The journey was peaceful, and no other episodes happened.

As expected, two foundation-building cultivators traveled together, and this lineup was enough to make most casual cultivators retreat.

Moreover, this land belongs to Lingyun Sect. Who dares to plot against the elders of Lingyun Sect here, unless they are really tired of living.

Lingyun Market is built on an island in the center of an ice lake. Although it is called an ice lake, it is actually very large, far larger than any lake Li Qing has ever seen.

The ice lake is frozen all year round, so walking on it is not a problem at all. The ice surface will only become thin at a certain time of the year.

Li Qing, driving the snake-headed spirit boat, was flying high in the sky, staring at the scenery inside and outside the ice lake.

There are several mortal villages living by the lake, but the lake is shrouded in a lingering thick cold fog.

This strange cold fog is definitely not naturally generated, but a product derived from a powerful formation set up by Lingyun Sect here.

The purpose is naturally not to stop the monks, but to prevent some mortals in the village from accidentally breaking in.

"Speaking of which, I still have a good understanding of this market under the name of the sect.

The fog is very cold. If you touch it carelessly, you will face the risk of frostbite.

Of course, this is only for mortals. Cultivators only need to protect their bodies with magic power, or physical cultivators with strong physiques like Li Qing can ignore these.

After approaching the formation, the cold fog in front of him quickly dissipated, and Lingyun Market finally appeared in Li Qing's eyes.

This is almost a world of ice and snow. The market, which is composed of white and ice blue as the main tones, looks quite dreamy.

When Li Qing and Shen Ningbing approached, the Lingyun sect disciples stationed in the market soon came out to greet them.

"Disciple greets Elder Li, Elder Shen!"

Li Qing smiled and nodded and said, "It's hard for you to be stationed in such a cold place. "

Shen Ningbing, who was wearing a light blue dress, did not speak, as cold as ever, so the next task of dealing with these disciples fell on Li Qing.

"The news of the Ascension Conference has been released. Are there many cultivators participating?" Li Qing asked.

"The roster is here, please take a look, Elder Li! "The disciple looked at Li Qing with respect, obviously having heard of his successful foundation building with four spiritual roots.

Now, most of the lower-level Qi Refining disciples of Lingyun Sect actually regard Li Qing as their role model and example, which is not surprising to Li Qing.

Looking through the list of applicants for the Ascension Conference, the information recorded on it is relatively superficial, with only information such as name, age, cultivation level, and spiritual roots, and nothing more.

There are quite a few people, and there are already nearly two hundred Qi Refining cultivators registered on the list. If we wait for a while, there will be more people.

"Well, if there are applicants with natural spiritual roots or special spiritual roots, remember to

Even with such a powerful foundation as Lingyun Sect, it is impossible to easily ignore such a fairy seedling with excellent cultivation qualifications. Cultivators with such roots can be said to be the seeds of future Dan formation.

Once they appear, they will definitely be the focus of attention. Even if the other party does not participate in the Ascension Conference, Lingyun Sect will find ways to absorb them into the sect.

"Disciple understands. The two elders' caves are ready. Please follow me!"

There are naturally caves for cultivation in the market. After all, this place is also the location of a second-level spiritual vein, so there is no need to worry about daily cultivation.

Under the guidance of the disciples, Li Qing and Shen Ningbing both found their own caves.

After the disciples left, Li Qing nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad. I thought I would have to do a lot of work in this Ascension Conference, but I didn't expect these disciples to be able to do things so well."

In fact, this is exactly the case. Every time the elders of the sect come to preside over the Ascension Conference, they are different. They are definitely not as familiar with the various procedures as the disciples of Lingyun Sect who are on duty in the market.

Therefore, every time the Ascension Conference is held, the elders of Lingyun Sect come here just to go through the motions, and there are really not many things they are responsible for.

It is nothing more than sitting here to guard against people making trouble during the Ascension Conference, and finally bringing all the selected immortal seedlings back to the sect safely.

"There is still some time before the Ascension Conference begins. It's a rare trip to the market, so go out for a walk."

"If you want to subdue the nether cold fire, it may not be safe to rely solely on the characteristics of the "Chihuang Burning Heaven Art". It is best to find some extremely strong and yang treasures to assist."

Subduing the spiritual fire of heaven and earth is not an easy thing. It will be accompanied by danger. It is even common to be backfired by the spiritual fire if you are not careful.

Be fully prepared to minimize the danger contained in it. This is also part of Li Qing's layout.

For this purpose, Li Qing had already read a lot of classics in the sect, and finally found some spiritual objects that have a certain restraining and neutralizing effect on the Netherworld Cold Fire.

"As a spiritual fire of heaven and earth derived from the Nine Nether Ghost Fire, the Netherworld Cold Fire also has a certain restraining effect on the soul."

"So when the time comes to subdue it, some spiritual objects that can protect the consciousness will be needed."

Regarding this kind of spiritual object, Li Qing's first thought is naturally the high-year Tianxing grass.

Tianxing grass can nourish the soul, and once the age is high enough, the medicinal effect will become very significant. Once the soul is damaged, it can recover quickly.

Of course, if you want to exert the maximum medicinal effect of Tianxing grass, it is better to refine it into a pill.

But Li Qing will definitely not do this. Any thousand-year-old spiritual medicine is the most precious thing for the alchemist. Once it is exposed, God knows what unpleasant things will happen.

"In addition to the Sky Star Grass, it's best to collect some other spiritual objects that can protect the soul."

"And the Netherworld Cold Fire is extremely yin and evil, so we have to find some extremely strong and yang things to fight it."

With these thoughts, Li Qing walked out of his cave.

He glanced at the direction of the cave where Shen Ningbing lived, and after seeing the many restrictions in front of the cave, he flew out alone.

Lingyun Market, although not as prosperous as Tianhe Sect, is still the largest market in the south of Qingling, and the flow of people cannot be underestimated.

Li Qing subconsciously restrained his own breath, but soon he changed his mind and thought that he was already in the foundation-building period, and there was no need to hide when visiting the market of his own sect.

On the contrary, showing his identity as a foundation-building elder of Lingyun Sect can get many conveniences here!

So, Li Qing no longer restrained his breath, and at the same time hung the identity token symbolizing the elder of Lingyun Sect around his waist.

The effect was almost immediate. The aura of a cultivator in the foundation building stage was more eye-catching than the sun in the sky among the scattered cultivators in the Qi refining stage!

Feeling the pressure from Li Qing, all the scattered cultivators wandering in the market looked at Li Qing with awe.

After seeing the identity token on his waist, the awe in their eyes became even stronger.

Being stared at by such eyes, although Li Qing had experienced it many times in Lingyun Sect, it was still difficult for him to adapt.

To put it bluntly, he was used to struggling at the bottom of the cultivation world. Even after so many years, his mentality was still a little bit hard to change.

"Well, as expected, Wanbao Chamber of Commerce also opened a Wanbao Building in Lingyun Market. It seems that as the rumors say, the markets of the three immortal sects in Qingling Domain are all related to Wanbao Building."

Li Qing looked at the exaggerated building in the market and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"It's worth a look. There weren't many spirit stones before, but it's different now."

As he said that, Li Qing smiled and walked over.

Almost as soon as he stepped into this magnificent palace, a sweet and friendly female voice sounded:

"This senior from Lingyun Sect, is there anything I can help you with?"

A woman in a pink cheongsam came over. She had a graceful figure, a bun, and a very decent and friendly smile.

Unlike the Wanbao Tower in Tianhe Sect, this time, Li Qing received the highest courtesy of Wanbao Tower and was directly invited to the second floor.