Your Immortal Cultivation World Is Not In Good Taste.

Chapter 6: Vertical Cloud Mountain Travelogue

The terrain of Vertical Cloud Mountain is quite interesting.

Before entering the mountain, he had already noticed that this area was composed of many small mountain ranges, but he didn't expect the scenery to change almost every time he walked a certain distance.

The dense jungle scenery he had seen before was no longer visible on this mountain top. Instead, there were knee-high dense meadows.

The tall grass was very soft, and as he stepped on it, it seemed to part slightly as if it had a spirit.

It was quite strange.

On the mountaintop, there was a tree that was tens of zhang tall.

There was only one tree on this mountain top, and it looked lonely.

Wu You waded through this sea of green.

The breeze blew, causing the tall grass to bend towards the lonely tree on the mountaintop.

He walked to the tree, leaped onto the sturdy branches, and while resting on the tree, he was attracted by a slight wave of spiritual power above his head.

...

He pushed aside the dense branches and leaves, and a large red spiritual fruit hung from the branch.

??? Wu You was puzzled.

He summoned his flying sword and compared the tree to the purple-leafed phoenix tree, but it looked somewhat similar.

"This... doesn't look like a tree that bears fruit, right?"

Flying back to the spiritual fruit, he patted the trunk and said.

This is quite amusing.

He picked it!

Although he couldn't recognize what kind of fruit it was, he could roughly judge its quality to be Yellow Rank or above based on the concentration of spiritual energy contained within.

He put it in his storage ring and planned to ask his master about it later.

He rested for a while.

Before leaving, he took out a small bottle of spiritual liquid and poured half of it into the soil next to the tree roots.

Spiritual liquid has the effect of restoring spiritual power and stabilizing the soul. It can be considered a relatively versatile Spirit Medicine.

Using it to water the tree was a bit extravagant, but Wu You didn't like owing favors, and he didn't want anything from the tree either.

He put away the jade bottle and patted the trunk, saying, "We're even now."

...

In the forest that Wu You passed through today, Qiu Yunqing was briskly walking along the same path towards a deeper area.

With each leap, his blood and qi surged.

His body was becoming increasingly thirsty for the blood of dragon-like Demonic Beasts. If it weren't for Qin Lao helping to suppress it, he would have lost control by now.

"Qin Lao, can't you find a reliable cultivation technique for me?"

While running, he complained to Qin Yu in his ring.

"Oh... Young Master, the Sutra Pavilion of the Heavenly Mirror Sect only has one Heavenly Rank cultivation technique, and it has some flaws... There's nothing we can do about it."

"Tsk."

Although he knew that if given another chance, he would still choose to cultivate this technique.

"Hmm? What is it?"

Qin Yu suddenly spoke up.

"Young Master, go south."

Qiu Yunqing immediately turned south and asked, "Did the Jiao Beast change its position?"

"No, there's a Demonic Beast ahead."

"With your cultivation level, can't you pass through with me?"

Qin Yu felt somewhat helpless upon hearing this.

"Young Master, I am currently in a Spirit Body state. I need to conserve my strength as much as possible. It's better to save it if I can."

Qiu Yunqing sighed and continued on his way.

...

Wu You had now arrived at a cliff in a ravine, standing at the edge and gazing down.

All he could see was clouds and mist, and he couldn't see what was below the cliff. Even his divine sense couldn't reach the bottom.

It must be at least a kilometer deep.

He was considering whether it was necessary to jump off the cliff without using his flying sword to trigger any fortuitous encounters.

"Ah."

In the end, Wu You compromised.

A kilometer high, even a Foundation Building realm body couldn't withstand it. It was too risky, so he could only slowly descend using his flying sword.

The cliff walls on both sides were extremely smooth, almost completely vertical.

Sinking into the clouds and mist, he descended slowly for more than ten minutes before finally reaching the bottom of the cliff.

Looking at the clean and empty cliff wall in front of him, Wu You's expression became serious.

"There's nothing here..."

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After waiting quietly for a while, nothing happened.

"Dong"

Wu You punched the cliff, causing a spiderweb-like pattern of fine cracks to appear.

"Damn!"

Just as he was about to fly back up the cliff with his sword, he felt that something was wrong in his divine sense...

He turned around and saw a few pieces of rubble falling from the cliff he had punched, revealing faintly visible words behind them.

He walked back to the cliff and thoroughly cleaned the surface of the stone.

It was a stone tablet.

"Monster Race invasion, the path of Spirit Beasts has been severed..."

Most of the words on it were already blurry, and there were many characters that Wu You didn't recognize.

Only this line of words he could read.

What does it mean?

"Monster Race invasion... Does it refer to the same kind of Demonic Beast I killed today?"

And what is a Spirit Beast?

There is too little known information, and it is impossible to analyze anything useful.

Wu You simply pulled out his sword and cut the stone tablet out of the cliff. The Mountain-Breaking Sword Technique was always quite useful in situations like this.

"Wait..."

Wu You paused, looking at the spiritual sword in his hand.

The sword energy of the Mountain-Breaking Sword Technique covered the blade, making it look extremely sharp.

He remembered the hesitant expression on Jiang Bing's face when he saw this technique.

"It can't be used for mining, right?!"

This question had been bothering him all the way until he flew back up the cliff with his sword.

...

Several miles away from the cliff, Qiu Yunqing finally caught up with the dragon beast he had been chasing for half a day - a green serpent.

The serpent was over ten meters long, with emerald scales and golden eyes, coiled on a huge rock, its eyes filled with ferocity.

It was only a Rank Three Demonic Beast, but it was not something that a weak human cultivator at the Body Refining stage could provoke.

Qiu Yunqing was only five feet tall, not enough to be swallowed by the green serpent in one bite, but he showed no signs of fear.

The green serpent looked disdainful, releasing its Rank Three spiritual pressure, exerting it on the person in front of it.

But he showed no reaction.

The wind blew, lifting the corner of Qiu Yunqing's clothes. He looked at the green serpent with excitement, as if he was looking at a prey that was already in his hands.

"[Qin Lao, attack!]"

Before the telepathic shout could finish, a mysterious light suddenly shot out from the ring on Qiu Yunqing's chest!

The green serpent sensed the approaching danger and summoned a green scale-shaped spiritual shield in front of it.

But it was destined to be in vain.

The spiritual shield was completely pierced by the mysterious light in an instant.

The light then pierced straight into the green serpent's forehead, cutting off its life force in the blink of an eye...

Qiu Yunqing relaxed, walked up to the huge snake body, and touched the cold scales.

"Finally done... Qin Lao, protect me here while I absorb its essence blood!"

"[Alright, young master, please wait.]"

Qiu Yunqing quickly refined the essence blood of the green serpent into a few drops, and the crystal-clear blood droplets floated in mid-air.

Qiu Yunqing sat cross-legged on the giant rock, carefully reached out and took the essence blood, and put it into his mouth, while fully operating the Dragon Emperor's Infinite Technique.

The golden scales appeared faintly under his skin once again.

The pain and ferocity rushed into his mind once again, but this time it was slightly different - he could feel that the essence blood of the green serpent was helping him adapt to that kind of power.

Stabilizing his mind, the impulse of ferocity was forcibly suppressed...

...

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Qiu Yunqing finally completed the absorption of the essence blood.

His clothes were already soaked with sweat.

The Dragon Emperor's Infinite Technique no longer needed to be deliberately maintained, it was now circulating with his breath, carrying qi, blood, and spiritual luck.

Qiu Yunqing looked at his palm, slowly clenched his fist, and smiled excitedly, "Qin Lao! It's a success!"

The process of absorbing the essence blood had also helped him break through the Foundation Building stage in one fell swoop!

He could feel the power of the early Foundation Building stage... It was completely different from the Body Refining stage!

Now, he could easily defeat the group of wastrels who had extorted spirit stones from him with just one hand.

"[Congratulations, young master! Young master should return to the sect as soon as possible, so as not to arouse suspicion from others.]"

"Alright!"

Qiu Yunqing leaped up.

...

After a while, Wu You finally stepped on the flying sword and leaped onto the mountain cliff.

He frowned.

"Weird... Did I hear Qiu Junior Brother's voice just now?"

(End of this chapter)