Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 388 - 394: Illusionary Realm

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Li Zhirui had just stepped into the rest space when he realized with a clear heart what second-order Spiritual Object to select, bowing his head in contemplation.

Actually, before entering the Secret Realm, he had already thought about his backup plan. The best choice would be Spiritual Medicine or Spirit Plant, which Li Zhirui could quickly cultivate with the help of the space and later give to his family to enhance its foundation.

He was now undecided simply because he was struggling to choose which Spiritual Object to pick. After considering for a while, he spoke, ”Five Element Ganoderma!”

This was a very special type of Spiritual Medicine, which could change according to the environment it grew in, for example, if planted near water, it would grow into Water Ganoderma, and if planted in a forest, it would turn into Wood Ganoderma.

Moreover, the Li family had a second-order Pill Recipe named Ganoderma Spirit Pill, whose main ingredient was various types of Ganoderma. The accompanying Spiritual Medicines were exactly the same, and they only needed to adjust the quantities according to the attributes of the Ganoderma.

Cultivators who took Ganoderma Spirit Pills of the same attribute would grow their Mana in a much purer manner, saving the Cultivators a considerable amount of time.

When the Li family acquired the Pill Recipe, they had thought of collecting the Five Element Ganoderma, but alas, they had not succeeded over the years.

Besides, a class of Spiritual Medicine such as Ganoderma and Spirit Ginseng has a ”racial talent” that makes it easier to break through to a higher grade depending on the time it has grown!

You should know that with other Spiritual Medicines, out of a hundred plants, not even one might succeed in breaking through, but with a hundred plants of Ganoderma or Spirit Ginseng, as many as five or six plants might do so, which is five to six times higher!

Therefore, even though Li Zhirui had obtained only second-order Five Element Ganoderma, with the space in hand, he could eventually cultivate a large number of third-order and even fourth-order Ganoderma.

As soon as Li Zhirui finished speaking, the space suddenly rippled, and a gleam of jade light flashed by. A complete Ganoderma appeared before him.

Without a second word, he transplanted the Ganoderma into the space and casually buried a large number of Spirit Stones to accelerate the growth of the Ganoderma so that it could reproduce more quickly and produce more offspring.

Before retracting his consciousness, Li Zhirui looked at the somewhat disorganized space and thought to himself, ”I need to find an opportunity to tidy up.”

Because the space was large enough, even now, Li Zhirui had planted a considerable number of first-order and second-order Spiritual Medicines—itʼs just that they were scattered far and wide, looking chaotic and disorderly.

Third-order Spiritual Medicines went without saying; every time he acquired a new kind, he would find a place to plant them without any particular order.

However, now was not the time to do that. He would have to make a note of this for later, retracting his consciousness, he began to focus on restoring his Mana so that he could face the trials of the third layer in his best state!

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”Cough! Cough!” In a cave deep underground, Li Zhiyue, dressed in tattered clothes and pale as gold paper, leaned against the wall, her body completely devoid of strength, coughing from time to time with each cough bringing out a significant amount of blood.

Fortunately, before this, she had released her only third-order Spirit Beast, the Water Spirit Turtle. Although it had not yet taken a human form, it had cultivated its Henggu Bone and was full of worry as it asked, ”Zhiyue, are you alright?”

It was a pity that Li Zhiyue had no strength to respond at the moment, continuously closing her eyes to rest, and after an unknown amount of time, she finally spoke in a hoarse voice, ”Iʼm fine, Shuiʼer, fetch some healing Spirit Pills for me.”

A few days later, Li Zhiyueʼs condition had improved slightly, at least she was now able to use a bit of Mana carefully.

”Where are we now?”

That battle had been too perilous, with several Cultivators ganging up on Li Zhiyue, a narrow escape from death. Had it not been for her possession of the Starlight River Array, she might have met her end there!

Now, having fled with severe injuries, she had abandoned the Array Flags of the Starlight River Array; if she encountered such a dangerous situation again, she would have no way to set up that Formation.

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”As long as we enter the stone tower, weʼll be safe!” However, given Li Zhiyueʼs current condition, even if she entered the tower, she probably wouldnʼt be able to pass too many trials.

In the distant depths of the stone tower, Li Zhirui of course had no idea of the dangerous predicament that Li Zhiyue was in, having nearly perished; or rather, since entering the tower, Li Zhirui no longer cared for other matters, dedicating his heart and mind to preparing for the trials.

”Recovered well, time to continue the third layerʼs trial!” And this layer was meant to challenge the Golden Core Realm!

As Li Zhirui opened the door, a dense fog rushed over quickly, engulfing him entirely, and under the strong hypnotic effects, he soon fell into a deep sleep.

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”The third-layer trial passed!?” When Li Zhirui saw himself back in the rest space once again, he felt something was amiss, but joy soon overcame his suspicion, for as long as he passed the fourth layerʼs trial, he would at the very least obtain the Nascent Soul chapter of the Wanling Sutra!

Suppressing the joy and excitement in his heart, Li Zhirui requested the third-grade Spiritual Object he had decided on earlier, a small tree with a trunk that glowed red and had nine branches.

As usual, he planted it in the space, then began to close his eyes to restore his mana before continuing on to challenge the fourth floor of the tower, a Nascent Soul early-stage puppet!

Even though it was a rigid puppet with no Spiritual Intelligence, Li Zhirui exhausted all his techniques under the pressure of the opponentʼs realm, even using the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, and only then did he barely win against the adversary.

At that moment, Li Zhirui was in a sorry state, not a single piece of his clothing was intact, his hair disheveled, blood frothed at the corners of his mouth, his breath low and terrifying as if he had no more breath at all. If a mortal were to pass by at this time, they could easily kill him!

Luckily, after defeating the puppet, Li Zhirui returned to the rest space where he was undisturbed, giving him enough time to recover.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Li Zhirui painfully opened his eyes, and the first thing he said was to request the Nascent Soul chapter of the Wanling Sutra.

Waves undulated in the space, and Spirit Light converged, with a Jade Slip hovering in midair. Li Zhirui hurriedly reached out to grab it, eager to plunge his Divine Sense into it immediately.

Instantly, he was stunned!

Li Zhirui quietly pocketed the Jade Slip, and with his eyes closed, he searched for what felt off. After a moment, his eyes became exceptionally clear, and he spoke in an ice-cold voice, ”Illusory Realm!”

Crack—

Crack-crack—

After speaking those two words, the sound of shattering glass continuously echoed by Li Zhiruiʼs ears, and the surrounding space started peeling away piece by piece.

Soon, he saw the doorway to the rest space and walked through it without hesitation.

Only then did Li Zhirui breathe a sigh of relief!

The reason he realized he had been in an Illusory Realm was because the contents recorded in the Jade Slip were incorrect, or rather, too familiar!

Li Zhirui had previously obtained a complete copy of the Wanling Sutra from the Beast Taming Sect, but the Cultivation Technique materialized in the Illusionary Realm was the Wanling Sutra he had always been practicing, which the Beast Taming Sect had weakened!

If it truly were a reward from the trial, how could it possibly give him an incomplete method?