Immortal Refiner

Qingling Domain, Lingyun Sect.

In the main hall of the Sect Leader, Sect Leader Xu Xia sat alone on the seat of the Sect Leader, with a sad face and gloomy clouds.

"Senior Sect Leader, Dong'afang City and the Qin family were all killed by the demons. When we received the distress signal, the people were already..."

An elder who was building the foundation under the seat reported in a deep voice, his face was also extremely solemn.

Hearing this, a trace of sadness flashed in Xu Xia's eyes, and he slowly said: "It's really troublesome. I didn't expect that these ancient demons from the lower world also know how to transform the bodies of human cultivators with demonic energy. Now nearly half of the entire domain has fallen, and there has been no news from the Wuji Patriarch."

Li Qing had previously swept away the ancient demons that descended from the Qingling Domain, and even wiped out the demon nests.

But no one expected that there were human cultivators in the Great Wilderness Domain who accepted the demonic energy and turned into acquired demons. Their lifespan and strength increased greatly. With so many benefits, they completely defected to the demons.

The acquired demons from the Great Wilderness have already extended their invasion to the Qingling Region, causing the entire region to be almost half occupied.

The market where a large number of independent cultivators gathered, as well as some immortal cultivation families affiliated with the Lingyun Sect, have all been destroyed by these acquired demons.

"Master, do you think we should organize the disciples in the sect to fight back?" said a foundation building elder with a fierce look in his eyes.

But this proposal was rejected by Xu Xia. He said, "Don't be so reckless. Some time ago, the Supreme Elder sensed that there was a strange breath outside the sect, and it was suspected that there were demons spying on our sect."

"The strength of the ancient demon spying in secret is still unknown. If a counterattack is launched, it is likely to cause huge losses."

"Before the Wuji Patriarch returns to the sect, you must not act rashly!"

At this time, Xu Xia must consider the sect, and look at everything from the perspective of the sect's interests, and resolutely not take any risky actions.

He was also very sad about the destruction of the independent cultivators outside the sect and some immortal cultivation families, but no matter what, he had to let the sect disciples stay in the mountain gate, so that at least there would be a fourth-level formation to protect them. Even if a powerful ancient demon really came, they could resist for a while.

Now he only hoped that the Wuji Patriarch outside could return safely as soon as possible.

At this moment, a figure hurriedly came to the outside of the master's hall.

"Master, there was a loud noise suddenly coming from Qingyun Peak where the Wuji Patriarch was. I don't know if this noise is the Wuji Patriarch returning to the sect!"

Hearing this report, Xu Xia stood up with a happy look on his face, but he soon realized that something was wrong with his careful mind.

The cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage can fly high and high, and they can fly freely in the air. How could they make a loud noise when returning to the cave?

Could it be that the Wuji Patriarch was seriously injured and in such a bad condition that it was difficult for him to even fly in the air?

Xu Xia immediately judged that the Wuji Patriarch might be in a bad condition, and he ordered repeatedly:

"Keep this matter secret for the time being, and do not spread it around the sect. Just pretend that nothing happened, understand?"

The foundation-building elder who reported it was slightly startled, thinking that the Wuji Patriarch's return to the sect should be a good thing, why did the head brother look like he was facing a great enemy.

But Xu Xia has also developed a high level of dignity in the sect over the years, and the young foundation-building elder did not dare to say much, and could only obey orders.

"Besides me, there are two other disciples who know about this. I will go and tell them to keep their mouths shut."

Seeing this, Xu Xia left the headmaster's hall without thinking, and then flew to several spiritual peaks deep in the sect, intending to inform several supreme elders in the sect about this matter.

As Xu Xia guessed, Li Qing's condition was indeed extremely bad at the moment.

When he returned to his spiritual peak, it was difficult to maintain flying in the air. There was only a trace of true energy left in his body, and he was very reluctant to open the restrictions of the cave.

In addition, his body was even more exaggerated, his skin was dull and lifeless, and he could not see any vitality. It was an exaggeration to say that he was a thousand-year-old corpse.

The demonic energy in his body was raging, and the poison attacked his heart. Under such terrible double destruction, Li Qing was able to hold on until now, which was really a miracle.

Li Qing opened the dark room in the cave with difficulty and almost crawled to the edge of the blood pool.

Finally arrived

But before he could be happy for too long, Xuanhuang Zhenyan's calm voice rang out again: "The poison has begun to attack the heart. I have tried my best. Boy, you can only wish you good luck."

Almost as soon as this voice fell, Li Qing's face changed again, and a heart angina came, almost making him faint.

The poison in the Heart of Heavenly Poison had been accumulating in his body for too long, almost merging with his body.

Coincidentally, after returning to the cave, the power of the three spiritual fires in his body was completely exhausted. Without the maintenance of spiritual power, they slowly extinguished.

At this moment, the poison also erupted in an instant, completely breaking through his heart meridians and beginning to eat away at his last bit of life.

For a moment, Li Qing's consciousness began to gradually become blurred. He rushed back to the sect from the sea with heavy injuries all the way. Even the strongest willpower has its limits.

Obviously, Li Qing has reached his limit at this moment. Coupled with the double blow of poison and demonic energy, his consciousness gradually began to disappear.

"That's it...?"

In Li Qing's mind, pictures began to disappear and flicker. They were the countless scenes he had seen since he started practicing Taoism, the things he had experienced, the people he had met, and the places he had been to.

"Master, Jing'er wants to go with you and travel the world together."

"Brother Li, I know you have a foundation-building pill. I need it. I must succeed in building the foundation!"

"I want to see, I want to see where the future of Qi and Blood Martial Arts lies!"

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"Brother Li, I can't bear to leave you."

Finally, the picture was fixed on a beautiful face with a simple and cold look. It was Shen Ningbing looking at Li Qing with tears in her eyes, and she made a promise with him to see each other again in the spirit world.

It was at this moment that a beautiful melody like fairy music resounded again.

Delicate fairy music!

It was this fairy music that could only passively protect the body again. This pleasant music pulled Li Qing's consciousness up again.

He was like a last ray of light, and his body regained some strength again.

Without saying anything, Li Qing took out several demon bodies. This time, he didn't even refine them. He just threw them into the blood pool.

Bang! Bang!

After doing all this, Li Qing gritted his teeth and struggled to climb up to the swaying blood lotus platform step by step.

Just like receiving nourishment again and again, the petals of the blood lotus wrapped around him again, absorbing the life essence in the demon corpse and nourishing Li Qing.

Li Qing's body was originally like a dry stream, and at this moment, spring water gurgled again.

Vitality was injected into his body again, and the dried essence gradually began to become vigorous.

And the poison that eroded his vitality became more intense again, ferociously eating away the vitality of Li Qing's body, which was simply stubborn and terrible.

Li Qing regained his ability to move. He roared, and even in such a terrible situation, he used the secret method of burning blood to extract true essence again.

However, using this secret method repeatedly will eventually have great side effects. The true essence extracted is even less than 10%, which is pitifully small compared to the first use.

But this is enough. Li Qing injected true essence and awakened the soul-devouring demon flame in his body, thereby resisting the erosion of his vitality by the poison. Although it cannot be eradicated, it can also delay it well.

As for the remaining true essence, he took out the corpses of the ancient demons again, performed a simple refining, and then threw them into the blood pool.

In this repetitive process, Li Qing's rapidly dissipating vitality finally stabilized.

"Huh, I finally got rid of the edge of death, but it's only temporarily. The current situation is really terrible." Li Qing clenched his teeth and felt the terrible situation in his body.

He really reached the most difficult juncture in his life. He had never been in such a bad state as now.

But anyway, it was considered to be holding on.

He brought back a large number of ancient demon bodies this time, some of which were collected from the Qingling Domain Demon Nest, some of which were killed in the battle on Tianji Island, and some of which he ventured into the Sea Rift Valley to collect.

The number was so large that it even exceeded a hundred, and most of them were ancient demon corpses in the Nascent Soul stage, which was definitely enough for him to use to refine essence.

"First restore your mana, and then slowly start healing."