Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 520 - 526: Harvest

Yun Leiʼs breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, along with Qing Leiʼs absence for many years, leaving his cultivation level unknown, placed significant pressure on Li Zhirui. That is why he strove to cultivate every minute he could.

In reality, Li Zhiruiʼs cultivation speed was already extremely fast, but cultivating in the Nascent Soul Realm concerns the Spiritual Soul and requires meticulous attention without the slightest negligence.

Moreover, the Spiritual Soul has a limit to what it can bear. Thus, to break through, one either needs to acquire some rare heavenly or earthly treasure to hasten the process or else proceed to cultivate step by step honestly and earnestly.

Based on Li Zhiruiʼs own calculations, if he could maintain his current pace of cultivation, he would be able to break through within five years.

The question remained whether he would have the peaceful environment necessary for his development in the meantime.

Dismissing the complicated thoughts in his heart, he focused on his cultivation.

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”Li Zhiruiʼs words have thrust Shen Leishan into the spotlight, drawing the vigilance of Wuya Mountain and Water Spirit Sect. In the short term, it would be difficult for them to act against the Li family,” Yun Lei said somewhat helplessly.

Otherwise, in the interest of self-preservation, the two would certainly set aside past grievances and unite to confront Shen Leishan.

Li Zhiruiʼs speculation was not incorrect; Qing Lei had stayed out of sight all these years for the very reason that he had fortunately made a breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul!

He contemplated using this as an advantage against the Li family when the time came, serving as a decisive secret weapon on the battleground.

Regrettably, now was not the time to take action.

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Li Zhixuan, holding her life-bound Magic Sword, cautiously navigated through the dense forest.

But in the next moment, countless vines burst from the ground, frantically lashing out to smash her.

”This is...” Li Zhixuan said, not startled but delighted, ”It seems this is the core location of a third-rank Vine Devil.”

The vines she had dealt with earlier were just offshoots, which didnʼt pose significant harm to the main body; but now the situation was different—the main bodyʼs vines, like a personʼs limbs, were crucial.

If they were damaged, it would cause the Vine Devilʼs main body to suffer as well.

Facing the ferocious vines, Li Zhixuan was fearless. With her right hand wielding her sword, she focused and made a downward slash. A surge of Sword Qi shot out, forcing the vines back and interrupting their attack.

She then deftly twisted her wrist, sending out strokes of Sword Light one after another to form a net of swords that blocked the incoming vines.

But the Sword Light was not just for defense; it also bore formidable offensive power. The sharp Sword Qi relentlessly prodded at the vines.

Roar!

Accompanied by a painful roar, the vines retracted.

It was this opportunity that let Li Zhixuan discern the exact location of the Vine Devilʼs main body.

”Go!”

Li Zhixuan channeled her potent Mana into her life-bound Magic Sword and hurled it forcefully, shooting like a meteor towards the Vine Devil.

Boom!

A deafening explosion resounded, kicking up dust into the air.

Unfortunately, when the dust settled, all that remained was a large crater, with no trace of the Vine Devilʼs remains.

”Escaped?” Li Zhixuan frowned slightly and said, ”It seems that this Vine Devil possesses a kind of burrowing spell.”

If thatʼs indeed the case, capturing it wouldnʼt be an easy task.

Especially for Sword Cultivators like Li Zhixuan, who are ferocious and sharp in their attacks but lack the variety of techniques that regular cultivators have, thereʼs usually only one way to kill a Vine Devil capable of burrowing—corner it with no escape!

But Li Zhixuan was now hesitating; did she really need to stubbornly fight to the death against a Vine Devil? Wasnʼt her main purpose for entering the Secret Realm to search for Spiritual Objects?

Especially since the area she was currently in was very dangerous. If she acted recklessly, she probably wouldnʼt end up in a good situation.

”Maybe after finding Cheng Huo, I can bring him in to try,” Li Zhixuan thought. After all, his treasured pagoda had the effect of suppressing and restraining.

Having clarified this point, Li Zhixuan gave up the idea of chasing the Vine Devil and began to focus on collecting the Spiritual Objects in the dense forest.

Once she stopped obsessing over the Vine Devil, Li Zhixuanʼs gains immediately increased; the previously empty Jade Box now held several Spiritual Objects.

Among them, the more precious ones included the third-grade Green Light Fruit and the third-grade Rainbow Flower—both of which could be used to repair the Spiritual Soul.

And this was just the result of her selective gathering. She had not touched some of the immature Spiritual Objects that the families had; otherwise, even with her preparations, the Jade Boxes in her storage ring would be half empty by now.

A few days later.

As Li Zhixuan was about to leave the forest, she suddenly discovered a very prominent trail left by another cultivator, indicating that besides her, there were other cultivators in the forest.

”I wonder which fellow daoist had the courage to venture into the Ancient Vine Forest; they must be very confident in their abilities,” Li Zhixuan mused with curiosity, even feeling the urge to challenge the person to a contest.

However, with her current bountiful harvest, it seemed wiser to first reunite with Li Chenghuo and the others.

After Li Zhixuan left the forest, a Golden Core team excitedly rushed through, hoping to find a large number of Spiritual Objects, only to realize that things were completely different from what they had imagined!

”A cultivator has been here before us! The precious Spiritual Objects have all been taken by someone else,” one of them said dejectedly.

The four had quickly assembled with the intention of entering the forest together to harvest its rich Spiritual Objects, only to find that someone had beaten them to it, leaving them nothing but scraps.

”I hope I never find out who it was; Iʼll make sure they regret it!”

Although they were disappointed, they couldnʼt just leave without anything after making the trip. They didnʼt scorn the remaining Spiritual Objects and, like bandits passing through, seemed determined to sweep them all up.

”Whoever spread the rumor that this forest is extremely dangerous was lying; thereʼs no danger at all. I bet they just wanted to keep this treasure trove to themselves!” said a cultivator disdainfully.

In reality, it was because the Vine Devils had been scared off by Li Zhixuan, retreating and not daring to provoke her, but these cultivators werenʼt influential enough to make the Vine Devils give way.

”Searching for Spiritual Objects together is too inefficient; shall we split up?”

If the four of them stuck together, the Vine Devils might have had some trouble dealing with them, but thereʼs always someone foolish enough to overestimate their abilities and suggest splitting up.

But that was understandable since everyone has their greed. When in a group, thereʼs no way to hoard the found Spiritual Objects, but going alone doesnʼt present that problem.

Their fate, of course, was obvious and it didnʼt take long for them to become fertilizer for the Vine Devils.

Li Zhixuan was completely unaware of these events in the forest.

After all, when she was there, the Vine Devils had dared not to show themselves.

But the reason Li Zhixuan left the forest wasnʼt just because she had harvested too many Spiritual Objects; it was also because, while exploring deeper into the forest, she sensed a presence that sent shivers down her spine!