Immortal Refiner

Qingling Domain, in a mysterious cave in the central and southern regions.

When the demon world invaded, this place was the worst hit by the demon disaster. The land of more than 10,000 miles was now polluted by demonic energy, and the vitality and spiritual energy were exhausted.

Even Li Qing felt a slight discomfort when he came here.

Now the space rift has been completely closed, but the spiritual environment here has not improved much, and it is still very bad. The avenue of heaven and earth seems to be suppressed here.

"That day, a great man in the transformation period was born here. Unfortunately, too many things happened later, and he didn't take the time to come and explore the secluded cave of that senior."

"Later, the demon disaster was settled, and this place was forgotten."

Outside the cave, a tall figure stood in the void, whispering to himself.

Li Qing glanced around, and then rushed down to the cave below.

This was not the first time he entered this cave. When this cave was just opened, he came here to explore once, and finally got a heart of poison.

Apart from that, he did not find anything else. He also explored the area below several times, but did not find anything else unusual.

At that time, he had never thought that in the depths of this cave, there was actually a great master of the God of Transformation who was ranked the best in this world and was in seclusion here.

At that time, he was only in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, so it was normal that he did not find the cover-up method left by a great master of the God of Transformation.

Li Qing's figure quickly swept out, turned into a red escape light, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Passing through the deep cave passage, he came to the bottom of the original exploration, which was the poisonous swamp where the Heart of the Sky Poison was found.

Now there is no poisonous miasma here, and what surprised Li Qing was that even the poisonous swamp had disappeared.

"So that's how it is. The cave of the great man in the Spiritualization Stage is actually even lower down, but it's covered by this poisonous swamp. No wonder I didn't find anything unusual after all my investigation!"

Looking at the ground that was originally a poisonous swamp and now replaced by a deeper and more secretive passage, Li Qing couldn't help but sigh.

For a moment, he was very curious about why Chen Yuan Zhenjun could find this place?

Obviously, this old man with a goatee is not a cultivator from the Qingling Domain, so he shouldn't have found this place.

"Boy, since you're already here, what are you looking at? Come down quickly!"

A vague voice came from below the poisonous swamp, urging Li Qing to go down quickly.

Li Qing continued to go deeper following the sound. After a long time, he saw a stone door covered by restrictions that was tightly closed.

These restrictions have the effect of covering the exploration of spiritual consciousness. The spiritual consciousness alone cannot find the abnormality here. Only the naked eye can see that there is a stone door here.

Before Li Qing could speak, the restriction on the stone door was suddenly unlocked, and the two tightly closed stone doors opened automatically.

Buzz!

A burst of dust fell down, and a monk in a black brocade robe stood behind the door with a kind smile on his face.

"Master Li, it's been a long time since we last met in Bailian Tower!"

Li Qing recognized the identity of the person who spoke at a glance. Wasn't it the Taoist friend Qiu who he met when he opened Bailian Tower in the Great Wilderness?

At that time, Qiu Zhen came to his Bailian Tower to hang out all day long, wanting him to help refine a piece of purple-veined copper mother with greatly damaged spirituality into a top-grade magic weapon.

Not only that, Qiu Zhen invited Li Qing to explore some ancient tombs together more than once, which was very sincere.

Unfortunately, Li Qing's cultivation was low at that time, so it was naturally impossible for him to go to explore any dangerous ancient tombs with him.

"Hahaha, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you, Taoist Qiu Zhen?" Hearing the three words of Master Li, whom he had not seen for a long time, Li Qing was in a very good mood.

Now his attainments in weapon refining can actually be called a true master of weapon refining.

Qiu Zhen clasped his fists and said, "Thanks to Master Li, I have had some opportunities over the years and even recognized an unreliable old man as my master."

"But I still can't compare with you. We were both in the foundation-building stage at the beginning, but you are so far ahead of me and have become a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage who is admired by thousands of people."

Before Li Qing could reply, the voice of the old man Chen Yuan rang out from inside:

"Hmph, you are such an unfilial disciple. You dare to say that your master is unreliable. Sooner or later, I will have to clean up the mess."

Hearing this, Qiu Zhen immediately shut his mouth. It was obvious that he was still in awe of his master.

Under Qiu Zhen's guidance, Li Qing walked into the stone door.

Soon, the scene ahead suddenly became bright. I didn't expect that there was another world deep inside.

It wasn't a cave, but a bright space with mountains and water, as if I had come to another small world.

As soon as I came in, I saw a withered spiritual tree. On this spiritual tree, there was a cushion, as if it had merged with the spiritual tree.

The spiritual tree cushion was natural, and the old man Chen Yuan with a goatee sat on the cushion, as if he was meditating.

"Don't look at it. There is no opportunity inheritance left here. When I came, there was only this cushion left."

"Don't say that the Taoism was passed down. Even a good spiritual medicine was not left. Qian Gu is really petty."

Hearing this, Li Qing felt a little ashamed, thinking that the only Yuanying Zhenjun who dared to arrange a cultivator in the God Transformation Stage like this in the world was probably this weird old man in front of him.

At least he didn't dare. What if the great man called Qian Gu was still alive?

"Senior Chen Yuan, when are you going to break through?" Li Qing asked with a fist.

Chen Yuan Zhenjun said calmly: "Start right away!"

So fast!

Li Qing was a little surprised, but after all, it was not his breakthrough, so he didn't say much.

But he couldn't help but think of the previous Jin Bao Taoist. Because of the deterioration of the cultivation environment in this world, even though Jin Bao Taoist made sufficient preparations and used three sets of Dan-forming spiritual objects, he still failed to form Dan in the end and ended sadly.

And now this senior Chen Yuan is going to break through to the God-forming stage, which is definitely much more difficult than Jin Bao Taoist!

In Li Qing's opinion, this is almost impossible to accomplish.

"Alas, it's not that I don't want to wait any longer, but I don't have much time left. In addition, there are ominous signs in this world. If I wait any longer, I'm afraid I won't be able to take this step in this life."

"If I die with a lot of regrets, I'm afraid I won't be able to rest in peace even in the reincarnation!"

"If I fail, you can refine a spiritual treasure for me, your inferior disciple. The reward after success will definitely satisfy you!"

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Zhen behind the stone gate clenched his fists and said with a moving expression: "Master."

Although the master and disciple don't seem to have a good relationship at ordinary times, when it comes to this moment, Qiu Zhen can't help but feel touched.

If his master fails to break through the barrier, then there will only be death.

For this old man with a goatee, he naturally respects him in his heart.

But he also understands that his master's life is really not much left. He has tried all kinds of methods to prolong life in the world, and now Chen Yuan Zhenjun has only seven or eight years to live at most.

For a Yuanying Zhenjun who has lived for a long time, seven or eight years is indeed too short. Instead of quietly waiting for death to come, it is better to give it a try now.

If you break through, there will be a brand new world. If you can't break through, it will be a pile of ashes!

The path of cultivation is extremely cruel and harsh. Li Qing understood this truth very early. I think the other party can live so long, and there is no need for me to persuade him any more.

Then, a grand breath came out from the hunched old body of the goat-bearded old man.

At this moment, he no longer suppressed the breath in his body. This is the peak of the Yuanying stage. He has reached the end of this realm and can't go any further!

One step forward is the bottleneck of the Huashen stage. This bottleneck is as thick as a barrier, blocking too many brilliant cultivators in ancient, modern and future!

"Boy, if I attract a heavenly calamity later, I will rely on you to protect me!"

After saying that, Chen Yuan threw an old lightning-proof robe into Li Qing's hands. It was the lightning-proof robe from before.

This time, Chen Yuan Zhenjun did not say who the lightning-proof robe belonged to. I guess he didn't care much.

If you can pass this level, what does a lightning-proof robe count for?

If you can't pass it, you will die and disappear forever. The lightning-proof robe is not important.

"Don't worry, senior. I will do my best!" Li Qing took over the old robe and clasped his fists.

Chen Yuan Zhenjun didn't say much, but closed his eyes, grabbed a handful of pills from somewhere, and threw them directly into his mouth.

Boom!

In an instant, the aura in Chen Yuan Zhenjun's body became stronger, and it had faintly exceeded the scope of the Yuanying stage.

Li Qing, who was watching all this from afar, was slightly shocked.

At this moment, it seemed that what he saw was not a hunchbacked old man, but a peerless beast. The aura was too powerful, enough to sweep away everything!

The spiritual energy of the world outside also became completely violent. There seemed to be something mysterious in this small world. Li Qing noticed that under the surrounding land, there were suddenly bursts of dazzling spiritual light.

Not only spiritual light, but also a stream of rich spiritual energy!

Soon, the earth opened up, revealing the whole picture below.

Li Qing then noticed that there were a large number of spiritual stones buried here. It is roughly estimated that there are at least hundreds of thousands of them!

There are also many medium-grade spiritual stones!

Not only that, around Chen Yuan Zhenjun, three spiritual stones with dazzling green light floated out.

Three top-grade spiritual stones! They are all top-grade spiritual stones of wood attribute!

Seeing this scene, Li Qing was deeply shocked. This was the first time he had seen a wood-attributed top-grade spiritual stone since he started practicing Taoism. Such a rare treasure almost only existed in the legends passed down by word of mouth.

The three wood-attributed top-grade spiritual stones contained extremely abundant wood-attributed spiritual energy, and they were extremely pure.

These spiritual energies, along with the spiritual energy torrents from hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones around them, poured into the body of Zhenjun Chen Yuan, causing his breath to rise step by step at this moment, as if he began to impact the thick barrier of the Spiritual Transformation Stage.

"It's unbelievable that he would not hesitate to use so many spiritual stones to exchange for spiritual energy." Li Qing was really deeply shocked by this move, especially the three wood-attributed top-grade spiritual stones. Even if he dug through countless spiritual stone veins, he might not be able to dig out one.

And now, Zhenjun Chen Yuan took out three at once!

I think the spiritual environment provided by these three top-grade wood-attributed spirit stones alone is far superior to any top-level spirit veins in the world, not to mention there are so many spirit stones around!

The torrent of spiritual energy poured into the body of Master Chen Yuan at an unimaginable level. It can be seen that the wood path technique he practiced was also a very superior technique, definitely not inferior to the "Chihuang Burning Heaven Technique".

Master Chen Yuan gathered his energy with both hands, and there was a breath visible to the naked eye flowing between his mouth and nose.

"Has the barrier of the Spiritualization Stage not been broken yet?" Qiu Zhen was a little dizzy. After absorbing such a huge amount of spiritual energy, his master didn't seem to have broken through the barrier of the Spiritualization Stage.

To be honest, Li Qing was also very shocked by this. Even such a thorough preparation was not enough?

However, it is too early to draw a conclusion now. The spiritual energy in the small world is still very rich. These spiritual stones are still continuously providing Master Chen Yuan with pure spiritual energy.

Li Qing kept paying attention all the time, and even dared not blink, for fear of missing anything. You know, these are all valuable experiences!

It is definitely not a common thing for a cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage to impact the Spiritualization Stage.

In the future, he will also reach this step, so it is absolutely right to see more and accumulate more experience.

In this way, this huge momentum lasted for a full seven days, and even the three wood-attributed top-grade spirit stones seemed to be running out of spiritual energy.

"Still not working?" Li Qing looked at the figure sitting cross-legged on the futon without blinking.

Such a majestic spiritual energy has not broken through the bottleneck barrier of the Spiritualization Stage, which is simply incredible to the extreme.

If it ends here, then Chen Yuan Zhenjun, who has not broken through the bottleneck and is still in the Nascent Soul Stage, will be blown up by this majestic and heavy spiritual energy flowing back, and there will be no room for survival.

But Chen Yuan Zhenjun's face is still calm, as if he had expected this, and he said: "The demonic disaster has just ended, and the great way is not obvious. It is really not easy to break through the shackles."

"It seems that this is the only way."

He actually prepared a back-up!

As soon as the words fell, a very strong dark yin energy suddenly emerged from the body of Chen Yuan Zhenjun.

A large amount of yin energy diffused out, and even Li Qing, who was so far away, could feel it very clearly.

This was not over yet, another pure yang energy rose up, and it actually came from Chen Yuan Zhenjun's body!

What happened next made Li Qing feel unbelievable.

Chen Yuan Zhenjun actually began to cause the yin and yang energies to collide with each other, and continuously impacted his body.

That's right, it was not a yin and yang harmony, but the collision and impact of these two opposite forces.

Li Qing's eyes widened when he saw this scene. He even thought that Chen Yuan Zhenjun was crazy. At this critical moment, he actually caused such a big mess.

Are you going to die?

Chen Yuan Zhenjun naturally did not go crazy. He was still very calm. The yin and yang energies collided in his body, producing a terrifying energy fluctuation.

And this destructive energy fluctuation that was enough to easily kill a Yuanying period cultivator did not kill Chen Yuan Zhenjun, but seemed to be pulled by something.

The next moment, in this small world, a slight cracking sound resounded.

Although the sound was small, it sounded very clear and loud to Li Qing.