Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 554 - 560: The Eye of the Mind

Several days later.

Li Chengshuo had healed from his injuries and immediately left the valley, picking a direction at random and galloping for most of the day before he saw a towering Immortal City.

Upon entering the Immortal City, he headed straight for a general store to purchase a map of the nearby area to ascertain his location.

”Was I actually transported to the Central Region?”

Li Chengshuo stood stunned, his face full of shock, and his hands clenched involuntarily.

”Fellow Daoist, be careful not to crush the Jade Slip!” the shopkeeper quickly reminded him.

After regaining his composure, Li Chengshuo said apologetically, ”How much is this map? Iʼll buy it.”

He took out more than two hundred Spirit Stones and hurriedly left the shop.

ʼBlack Stone! It must be those black stones!ʼ Li Chengshuo confirmed his earlier guess.

After she left the Secret Realm, she noticed that the bag she was carrying had become significantly lighter. She had vaguely suspected this but wasnʼt sure of her location and thought she was still near the Secret Realm, so she couldnʼt confirm it.

But now, the Central Region, where Li Chengshuo was located, was tens of thousands of miles away from the Secret Realm, something definitely not achievable by a mere Second Order Secret Realm!

Although she didnʼt know exactly what the black stones were, the fact that they could transport her such a great distance meant they were undoubtedly a type of highly valuable Spiritual Objects!

Fortunately, back then, because she felt carrying the bag into the city was too conspicuous, Li Chengshuo had hidden the black stones in a concealed place. Otherwise, if there were cultivators in the Immortal City who recognized the black stones, her end would be very miserable.

Li Chengshuo wanted to dig out the black stones and immediately set off back to Wanxian Island, but fortunately, reason prevailed, and she suppressed the impulse.

With her current Cultivation, traversing tens of thousands of miles safely back home was an impossible task! Not to mention the territories of Demon Cultivators along the way.

”I should now look for a way to enter seclusion and strive for a breakthrough to Golden Core before considering going home.”

Having made up her mind, Li Chengshuo decided to temporarily stay in this Immortal City. After earning the last of the Spirit Stones, she would go rent a seclusion Cave Mansion.

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On Wanxian Island.

”Xue Feng, how are the preparations for the Nascent Soul ceremony coming along?” Li Zhirui asked, ”Have all the Spiritual Objects been bought?”

Everyone from Li Zhirui to any member of the Li family placed great importance and had high expectations for this Nascent Soul ceremony!

Because it meant that the strength of the Li family would be elevated to a new level, giving them the confidence to control this vast Territory.

”Everything is arranged properly, just waiting to know when Elder Ancestor Jiang will leave his seclusion so we can officially start organizing and sending out invitations,” Li Xuefeng asked.

Li Zhirui thought for a moment; Jiang Fengwu had been in seclusion for one or two years after his breakthrough.

Even if the Tribulation Transcendence process hadnʼt gone smoothly and he had suffered some injuries, the post-Tribulation Spiritual Energy restoration and the long period of treatment should have resolved most issues by now.

”It should be soon, just within this period.”

Li Zhirui suddenly remembered something and asked, ”Are there any clan members who have performed excellently in this batch of tests?”

Li Xuefeng hesitated slightly and shook his head embarrassingly, ”A few clan members performed well, but none could be described as ʼexcellent.ʼ”

The two of them were discussing a recent event where the family had provided resources to all cultivators in the late stages of Qi Cultivation to test their talent in Cultivation Skills.

Actually, the Li family had hosted this event long ago, but due to various reasons, they had not organized a second large-scale event until now.

With the Li familyʼs significant increase in strength and resources, yet somewhat lackluster continuity in Cultivation Skills, they decided to revisit this initiative.

And from then on, it became a regular family activity where each member in the late stages of Qi Cultivation could access family resources to test their talents in specific areas.

Everyone had only three chances.

Compared to the countless available Cultivation Skills, three chances might not seem much, but one must know that most powers did not have this privilege!

The Li family was already doing very well in this regard.

Now, because there were too many family members in the later stages of Qi Cultivation, they had to proceed in several batches.

”Let it be, how many talented clan members can there be? Weʼll just focus on cultivating those who performed well,” Li Zhirui was prepared for this and wasnʼt too disappointed.

Having finished discussing business, Li Xuefeng left as the Clan Leader still had many responsibilities, even with many Elders helping him; he was incredibly busy and rarely had time to rest.

”By the way, Cang, shouldnʼt you also be breaking through soon?” Li Zhirui turned his attention to Cang, who was perched on a tree.

Ten years ago, Cang had already been at the late stage of Second Order, but now even Jiang Fengwu had achieved Nascent Soul, and Cang hadnʼt shown any signs of progress!

This puzzled Li Zhirui.

Initially, Li Zhirui thought there might be something wrong with Cang, but whether asking him directly or checking personally, he found nothing amiss.

Over time, Cangʼs Spiritual Intelligence had indeed improved quite a bit. Although he still couldnʼt speak human language, he understood it.

”Roar, roar!” I want to break through too, but I just canʼt sense the presence of Thunder Tribulation!

”Sigh.”

Hearing the same response countless times, Li Zhirui sighed helplessly.

In his heart, he had a vague guess that as a member of the highly gifted Dragon Tribe, Cangʼs path of cultivation might not be smooth sailing.

Such is the fairness of the Heavenly Dao.

”Never mind, Dragons have long lifespans and my fortune is substantial. I can afford you, so thereʼs no rush.”

Glancing at the closed door of the quiet room, Li Zhirui got up and walked into the Alchemy Room; he was going to refine a batch of Fourth Order Precious Pills.

Apart from selling them, the well-made Precious Pills would be kept for his and Jiang Fengwuʼs consumption.

Over the years, the agreement with the Southern Edge Commerce Association had been mostly fulfilled.

But the Li family had played a bit of a trick.

Previously, it was agreed that only the Southern Edge Commerce Association could operate commercially on Li family Territory.

This practice wasnʼt good because it would lead to a monopoly!

In the future, the Li family would rely heavily on the Southern Edge Commerce Association for some precious resources. At that time, they could set prices arbitrarily, and the Li family would have to spend more Spirit Stones.

Thus, under Li Zhiruiʼs direction, the territories near the Great Void Province were divided off! Those areas were no longer under Li family Territory.

The reason was also easy to state; the Li family lacked the strength to resist the strong Devil Race of Great Void Province and thus had to artificially create a ʼbuffer zone.ʼ

With Li family leaking the news, the Xuanfa Pavilion quickly occupied the region and managed to keep the Southern Edge Commerce Association at bay.

This strategic positioning of the nearby Xuanfa Pavilion ensured that over the years, whether selling Spiritual Objects or buying Spirit Pills, the Southern Edge Commerce Associationʼs pricing had remained very fair.