I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

a few days later.

The Inner City Fair is drawing to a close.

Wei Tu gained a lot. In addition to the [Phantom Scale Armor] and [Shrinkage Talisman] that he purchased later, he also used the remaining spirit crystals to purchase some auxiliary medicines for refining the Five Essence Pills.

These powerful beings in the state of fusion all have experience in refining and taking the Five Essence Pill, so they have some leftover auxiliary medicines on hand.

And the price is also very cheap, there is no premium.

At first, Wei Tu did not notice this "little leak". It was only when he met Xu Qingxuan again at the venue and saw him buying these auxiliary medicines "on a large scale" from these powerful masters that he instantly realized it.

There is no doubt that Xu Qingxuan is much smarter than him and knows how to make money by "reselling" this information gap.

——In the eyes of the great masters of the fusion stage, the small money that is not worth mentioning, when it falls into the hands of these small cultivators of the refining stage, it becomes a large amount of money that is enough to change the path of their lives.

Of course, Wei Tu was not so despicable as to steal Xu Qingxuan's business. He only bought a portion of the auxiliary medicine for the Wujing Pill that he needed and then immediately stopped.

"It's too early for you to prepare for a rainy day, fellow Daoist." Xu Qingxuan stared at the storage bag on Wei Tu's waist and said meaningfully.

She knew Wei Tu's background and was aware that Wei Tu, a Void Refining cultivator who had just ascended to the Immortal Realm, should be quite poor in his pocket.

Nowadays, it seems foolish to spend limited financial resources to buy auxiliary medicines for Wujing Dan that will be difficult to use for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

But for that.

Wei Tu just smiled and didn't say much.

Because of the blood oath sworn in the "Blood Curse Secret Book", although he trusted Xu Qingxuan, their relationship was not good enough to the point where he would reveal everything.

"Fairy Xu comes from a wealthy family, so she knows how to be frugal and try to collect as many resources as possible. I, Wei, was born in a poor family, so I'd also like to make a little profit from this..." Wei Tu evaded the question casually.

This statement implied a "run on the bank". Having said that, Xu Qingxuan naturally didn't want to continue talking about this topic, so he rolled his eyes secretly and ended the topic.

"See you in Yunwu Swamp in 20 years."

Xu Qingxuan bowed, flicked her jade sleeves, and left.

"See you in twenty years."

Wei Tu nodded in return and watched Xu Qingxuan's slender figure leave the hall and disappear.

……

Return to the attic.

Wei Tu also said goodbye to Fairy Yu and left, without staying in the inner city trade fair for long.

Whether it was the appointment in twenty years, or the birth of a powerful combined power in the Demon Cloud Sect... he should not waste any more time. Before these two time points arrived, any increase in strength would ensure his future ease.

"Sixth-rank monster hide, Ringo crystal, parasitic blood vine..."

"Green dragon ambergris..."

"Phantom Scale Armor, Instant Step Talisman..."

After returning to the cave, Wei Tu sorted out the proceeds from the inner city trade fair one by one.

He raised his hand and called out the Blood-Winged Mok that was practicing in the beast room, asking it to help him complete the rough preliminary work of making talismans and grinding spiritual ink.

Making talismans involves more than ten steps, including nitrifying fur and solidifying spiritual power. The higher the level of the talisman paper, the more steps there are.

However, the early stages are all rough work, not fine work, so it is no problem to leave it to the Blood-Winged Mok, a demon that can transform into a human.

Wei Tu also understands the principles of division of labor and cooperation and saving time.

The Blood-Winged Mote did not slack off at all after receiving the order. After a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, he immediately worked hard to help Wei Tu complete the preliminary work of making the talisman.

It still remembers the pain when Wei Tu carved the "Secret Sword Talisman" on its back. It not only consumed its magic power and damaged its vitality, but also caused it to lose the hair that it had worked so hard to maintain.

"Next is the parasitic blood vine..."

After the blood-winged mole left, Wei Tu, who was in the retreat room, played with the dry blood-colored vine in his hand, and a rare look of excitement appeared on his face.

After finishing playing, he raised two fingers of his right hand and scratched his left wrist. Drops of crystal clear blood with a hint of light golden color flowed out and poured onto the dried blood vine.

But until now.

This dried blood vine has not revived and is still in a listless, dry and dying state.

Wei Tu's blood did not mix with it. The two were clearly separate and mutually exclusive.

However, Wei Tu was not in a hurry when he saw this scene. He thought for a while, took out many spiritual materials and medicines with different properties from the storage bag, crushed them into powder, and mixed a bottle of light silver spiritual liquid.

Then, he raised his hand, gathered the blood that had been poured on the dried blood vine, dripped it into the bottle of spiritual liquid, and injected dozens of spells into it.

After finishing the spell, he let it sit for about half a day before pouring the spiritual liquid in the bottle onto the dried blood vine.

next moment.

An amazing scene appeared.

The dry blood vine, which was lifeless and looked like an ordinary object just now, immediately seemed to come alive after being soaked in the spiritual liquid, greedily devouring every drop of the light silver spiritual liquid poured on its body.

At this time, Wei Tu bled himself again and poured the pure blood on the dried blood vine.

At this moment, the dried blood vine had no rejection or resistance to his blood. It devoured his blood as greedily as it did the light silver spiritual liquid.

Not long after, Wei Tu gradually felt that there was some vague connection between him and the dried blood vine.

However, the consciousness of this dried blood vine was not "intimate" towards him, but instead wanted to use it to invade his soul.

Upon seeing this, a trace of disdain flashed across Wei Tu's eyes, and with a collision of his huge spiritual sense, he immediately wiped out the original consciousness of the dried blood vine and imprinted his own soul on the vine.

"melt!"

A few days later, Wei Tu looked at the "parasitic blood vine" in front of him, which had plump roots and branches and exuded a strong bloody glow. He took a deep breath and pressed it against the wound on his left wrist.

The next moment, the "parasitic blood vine" entered his blood vessels and meridians, drilled into his left arm, and took root deeply in his left arm.

time flies.

Half a year later, Wei Tu's left arm was completely integrated with the "parasitic blood vine", and there was no longer any rejection between them.

“Go!” Wei Tu raised his arm and a strong vine came out from his fingertips and hit the table in front of him.

There was a "pop" sound.

The table was broken into pieces on the spot.

Wei Tu's mind moved, and he casually took out a fifth-grade top-grade spiritual treasure, hung it in the air, and activated the spiritual restriction inside it.

The vigorous vines as thick as fingers once again obeyed Wei Tu's command and swung hard towards the fifth-level spiritual treasure.

However, unlike dealing with the several cases, in front of this fifth-rank spiritual treasure, the power of the "Parasitic Blood Vine" was greatly reduced. After simply shaking the spiritual restriction on the surface of the spiritual treasure, it was easily defeated.

but--

Wei Tu was not disappointed at this moment. He raised his eyebrows, and the vigorous vines at his fingertips immediately turned into "blood color", and layers of blood light floated on the surface.

next moment.

There was a loud "ding" sound.

The fifth-grade top-grade spiritual treasure was shaken instantly, and the spiritual light flickered continuously, as if it had received a huge impact.

But this "blood-colored vine" is not limited to this. The "blood light" emanating from its surface immediately shot towards the spiritual restriction of the spiritual treasure in front of it like a fine needle.

Click!Click!
The spiritual restriction that seemed like a solid wall of steel just now suddenly dimmed and almost broke.

"Is this the blood of the defeated? It's really impressive!"

Wei Tu's face showed surprise. He retracted the bloody vines and looked at the few strands of bright red blood left in his palm.

Corrupt blood and energy is a derivative magical power of the "parasitic blood vine", and it is also the most filthy thing in the world of cultivation. It can not only pollute the spiritual treasures of cultivators, but also has the effect of breaking taboos.

"However, the only drawback is that condensing this 'blood of defeat' requires consuming too much of my blood and essence..."

Wei Tu frowned slightly.

According to his estimation, in order to break the spiritual restriction of the sixth-grade upper-grade spiritual treasure, he would have to lose at least more than half of his blood and essence before he could condense enough "blood and energy".

Of course, this is not useless.

After all, his current body refining realm is only the early sixth stage. When he reaches the middle and late sixth stage, this situation will be greatly improved.

In addition, "Blood of Defeat" is also a "spiritual object" that can be accumulated continuously. It does not have to explode during a fight. It can be accumulated before the war begins.

"During these twenty years, I have been accumulating the 'blood of defeated people' while trying to use these two 'green dragon saliva' to break through the peak of the early stage of refining emptiness, or even the middle stage of refining emptiness..."

Wei Tu flicked his sleeves and used his great magical powers to restore the retreat room to its original state. He then took back the "parasitic blood vine", took out the "green dragon saliva" obtained at the trade fair, and began to practice.

"Green Dragon's Saliva" is not a spiritual elixir for cultivation, but a natural treasure found in the cultivation world. It can greatly reduce the difficulty of breaking through for cultivators in the early stages of the Void Refinement Realm in a short period of time.

Otherwise, this thing would not be so expensive. It is almost twice as expensive as the same level of spiritual elixir for cultivation.

Cultivation takes no time.

In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.

During these ten years, the Xue's Business, which had experienced some pain, returned to normal and began to prosper.

During this time, Wei Tu also received a secret letter from "Xue Qiong Yu".

It was pretty much what he expected.

Madam Xue II was the gift this woman sent to him, with the purpose of letting him take control of the "Xue's Business" in Wanling Fairy City and obtain sufficient resources for cultivation, so as to prevent him, an ascending cultivator of humble origin... from being left too far behind in cultivation and missing the time to go to the "Dinghai Fairy Ruins".

"It's thrown too far..."

Wei Tu was silent, looking at the words in the letter.

At this moment, more than thirty years have passed since we parted from the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm.

Xue Qiongyu is the only daughter of the Snow Infant Clan leader and Pei Hong's fiancée. She has also broken through to the "Middle Stage of Refining Void".

Moreover, the date of the breakthrough was fifteen years ago!
In terms of cultivation realm, he was indeed far behind Xue Qiongyu.

If you are still cultivating in the Holy Emperor Territory...

Wei Tu thought to himself that at this moment he was probably even further away from Xue Qiongyu's realm.

"If the difference in aptitude is not too big, it is difficult for a humble cultivator to catch up with these nobles in terms of cultivation speed..."

Wei Tu thought secretly.

If it were the previous timeline, the only possibility for him to catch up with Xue Qiongyu's cultivation speed would be to overtake her when he broke through the fusion realm!

In terms of resources for breaking through the Fusion Realm, Xue Qiongyu would not be much better off than him. After all, her fiancé Pei Hong was still stuck at the peak of the Void Refining Realm...

The difficulty of the fusion realm is indiscriminate!

It won't change because of your origin.

"Fortunately, the middle stage of the Void Refining Stage has opened up a new corner for me..."

Wei Tu put down the letter, closed his eyes, smeared another portion of "Green Dragon Saliva" on his body, and began to try again to reach the peak of the early stage of refining emptiness.

After ten years of hard training, he already felt that he was very close to this state, almost at the finishing touch.

……

Seven years passed in a flash.

On this day, Wei Tu finally seized that fleeting "breakthrough opportunity".

His magic power surged in, and the barrier of the realm was suddenly broken.

"I have finally reached the peak of the initial stage of Void Refining!"

Wei Tu was overjoyed and glanced inward at the Lianxu Faying in his dantian that was growing stronger and stronger.

You know, at this time, it was less than a hundred years before he broke through to the Void Refinement Realm.

In a hundred years, he had grown to the peak of the early stage of the Void Refining Realm. Of course, this was due to his "luck" in recent years - for example, he had made great gains in the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm, and received an apology gift from the "Monk Baozhi" from the Fusion Monk of the Divine Fire Temple. Later, thanks to the financial resources of the Xue Company, he was able to exchange for many spiritual objects at the Wanling Immortal City Trade Fair...

But this is also due to his own "efforts"!
Without sufficient strength to rely on, he might not even be able to survive the calamity in the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm, let alone the various opportunities that would come later.

"It's a pity that there are only three years left before the twenty-year agreement. Three years seems too short to stabilize my realm. It's not enough for me to borrow Master Su Xin's essence and break through to the middle stage of refining emptiness..."

Wei Tu shook his head and sighed.

If he could break through to the middle stage of the Refining Void Realm and then go to the Cloud and Mist Swamp, it would undoubtedly give him more confidence.

Fortunately, with the help of many "powerful means", his personal realm improvement, although important here, is not enough to affect the outcome of the battle -

So, after thinking about it for a while, Wei Tu suppressed this distracting thought and continued to practice so as not to waste the remaining medicinal power of "Green Dragon Saliva" in his body.

Two years later.

Wei Tu’s state of stabilization ends.

He used the short-distance teleportation array in the city to quietly leave Wanling Fairy City and head towards the Yunwu Swamp.

However, on the way, he first went to Dingyuan Immortal City near Yunwu Swamp to inquire about information.

The last time he set out from the Divine Fire Fairyland and headed for the Wanling Fairy City, he deliberately avoided the Dingyuan Fairy City because he was not strong enough and was worried about meeting his two major "enemies" - the Demon Cloud Sect and Chai Shouzuo.

But things are different now…

At this moment, in terms of hard power, he still has the courage to "sneak attack" the powerful ones in the combined state, so naturally he is not afraid of those who are at the same level of virtual refining.

At worst, he could use the [Shrinking Step Talisman] in his hand to escape. After all, this talisman can be used only once.

A month later.

Wei Tu came to Dingyuan Immortal City and arrived at the underground black market under Dingyuan Immortal City with ease.

Following the water vein, Wei Tu, standing on a canoe, drifted towards the black market shop that sold intelligence.

On the way, he passed by "Chengxin Pavilion". After taking a quick look, he looked away and did not venture in.

Anyway - he already knew the specific location of "Chengxin Pavilion" in Dingyuan Xiancheng last time, so there was no need to go to such lengths and take the risk of exploring from its shop.

Soon, Wei Tu came to a stone castle made of various strange stones and walked in.

"Information about the Five Essence Pills in Dingyuan Immortal City." He said in a hoarse voice, without deliberately mentioning the words "Demon Cloud Sect".

The Five Essence Pill is an elixir that can break through the fusion realm, so it is naturally a hot topic.

It is of concern to the cultivators of the Lianxu realm.

So - as long as the news Xu Qingxuan said was true, this would be enough for him to get some information about the Demon Cloud Cult from this store.

At that time, he can use this as a basis to further purchase intelligence about the Demon Cloud Sect, and no one will doubt him because of this.

"Five Essence Pill?" Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper nodded without any doubt, and then took out the information about the Five Essence Pill, asked for a hundred low-grade spirit crystals, and handed it to Wei Tu. (End of this chapter)