Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

"what?!"

"Such a precious spiritual object, how could you just abandon it like this?"

A series of exclamations rang out from the crowd, further igniting their anger.

It should be known that the Three Elements Ascension Pill is a famous immortal pill. Most importantly, it is a breakthrough pill that can help people break through to the Earth Immortal Realm. Even rogue cultivators have heard of it.

"Quick! Search the vicinity for any clues left behind. We absolutely cannot let that thief escape!" A certain Earth Immortal hurriedly issued an order, wanting to find the thief who had stolen a large number of precious spiritual items.

No matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find a single trace of the thief. On that spiritual field, there were only empty holes left after the spiritual creatures were pulled away, and nothing else.

"Thieves with such abilities are rare. Could they be one of those Earth Immortals who haven't appeared yet?" A cultivator subconsciously blurted out what was on his mind.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he knew he had gotten himself into trouble, and his face immediately turned pale.

He silently prayed that this wasn't the case. If it was really as he suspected, then it would be best to catch them, otherwise he might be in big trouble.

The voice was quite loud, immediately attracting the attention of several Earth Immortals not far away.

"Indeed! The only ones who could steal the spiritual item without leaving a trace and without us all knowing are those few Earth Immortals who haven't shown themselves yet!"

Although they don't know if it's true or not, it is indeed the most likely guess.

"We must not let them go!"

But then a problem arises: the secret realm is vast, and if they just find a random place to hide, they will be impossible to find.

Especially since the other party is an Earth Immortal cultivator, then apart from these few people, others with insufficient cultivation would probably not be in a good situation even if they discovered the other party, but would instead bring their lives into danger.

With just these few people searching? There's even less hope.

Especially for the Earth Immortals of the other side, they were unwilling to give up their chance to obtain spiritual items in the secret realm just to search for the thieves' whereabouts.

If they can't find the other party, or if the spirit item isn't on them, the time they've wasted can't be recovered.

It's important to understand that this is just a guess, and no one knows how credible it is.

"There's only one way now: guard the entrance to the secret realm. As soon as they appear, take them down immediately!"

The portal to the secret realm is the only way to leave, unless they don't intend to leave! Otherwise, they can definitely wait for a few Earth Immortals to appear!

"Why don't we use this method?"

They can just go there a few days before the secret realm closes, and they can still search for spiritual items in the secret realm during the rest of the time, so it can be said that they can do both without any delay.

“Alright! Let’s agree on this. Three days before the secret realm closes, we’ll all go to the entrance and intercept those Earth Immortals.” Seeing that none of the other Earth Immortals on his side had any objections, Tu Sen took the initiative to step forward and reach an agreement with them.

The great battle ended abruptly, with both sides tacitly avoiding mentioning the heavy casualties of the battle and departing in different directions.

……

"Hahahahaha..."

Hundreds of miles away from that spirit field, a burst of laughter suddenly rang out, reaching the heavens. A cultivator dressed in black excitedly said, "Fellow Daoist Liu, what do you think will be the expressions on those fools' faces when they discover that the spirit treasure has disappeared?"

"I bet it was shock and anger!"

Liu Rongyuan smiled and said, "Thanks to Brother Hu's idea, otherwise the three of us wouldn't have been able to obtain so many spiritual items so easily."

"The real test has not yet begun, fellow Daoists, don't be too happy too soon." Hu Shenhui was not as happy as the two of them; on the contrary, her face was full of worry.

"We've already obtained the spiritual item, what else is there to worry about, fellow Daoist?" the black-clad cultivator asked, puzzled.

"Have you two fellow Daoists forgotten where we are right now?"

"A secret realm! This is a closed space with only one exit. If they block the exit, how will we deal with it? And how can we possibly deal with it?"

Based on strength? Although the three of them were all Earth Immortals, the opposing side had more than a dozen Earth Immortals, so the two sides were not even in the same league.

Relying on luck? As long as those earth immortals aren't stupid, they'll all think of blocking the entrance to the secret realm.

After these words were spoken, the smiles on the faces of the other two Earth Immortals vanished, replaced by worry.

"Brother Hu, you have always been resourceful. Since you dared to do this, you must have a plan in mind, right?"

But soon, Liu Rongyuan realized what was going on and said with a fawning expression, "This whole plan is thanks to you, fellow Daoist. You can take half of the spiritual items, and the rest can be divided between me and Fellow Daoist Huang. I only beg you to save our lives."

"Yes! Please help me, Brother Dao!" Huang Xuanjiang wasn't stupid, and quickly chimed in.

"The solution is simple! We just need to hurry up and use all those spiritual items!" Hu Shenhui said confidently, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.

"what?!"

The two were stunned, not quite understanding the meaning of the sentence. Wasn't it too wasteful to directly consume those precious spiritual items?
“Brother Hu, many of those spiritual creatures are not yet mature. Isn’t it a waste to consume them now?” Liu Rongyuan subtly expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Although it's a waste, it's better than having evidence found, right? If that happens, it won't just be that the spirit item is confiscated, but you might even lose your life!"

A hint of disdain flashed in Hu Shenhui's eyes. In the current situation, they were still considering such issues. Couldn't they even distinguish between what was important and what was urgent?
"Please consider this matter carefully, fellow Daoists. I'll take my leave now and hurry up and refine the spiritual item."

Having said that, before the two could react, he flew away without hesitation.

The spirit has arrived, and he no longer needs to stay with these two to avoid them making foolish mistakes and dragging him down with them.

As for whether these two would betray him, Hu Shenhui wasn't too worried. This was not only because they had sworn an oath not to reveal this matter to others, otherwise their cultivation would be halted and they would not make any progress.

Of course, in the face of life and death, the binding force of the Dao oath is still slightly weaker. After all, even if you break the Dao oath, you can only stop improving your cultivation, but you can still live a good life.

The reason he was so fearless was that his identity as 'Hu Shenhui' was fake!
That's not his name at all, and he doesn't look like that either!

Anyway, after the news of the Dark Forest Secret Realm spread, countless cultivators gathered here, and their identities and origins were very easy to fake.

The main reason he recruited these two as his accomplices was because of their special abilities. One was proficient in escape techniques, appearing and disappearing without a trace, which could help them escape; the other was skilled in illusion, undetectable even to ordinary Earth Immortals, making it easier for them to collect spiritual items. From this, it's not hard to see that this mysterious Earth Immortal had predicted from the beginning that a great battle would break out between the two sides at the core spiritual field of the secret realm, and had contacted Liu Rongyuan and Huang Xuanjiang early on, persuading them to cooperate with him.

Now that he has achieved his goal, he doesn't want to stay with those two any longer, lest he bring trouble upon himself.

Liu Rongyuan and Huang Xuanjiang were left standing there, looking at each other, unsure of what to do.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, what are you planning to do?"

"Let's think about it some more, what about you?"

"I don't know either." Huang Xuanjiang shook his head, then said goodbye and left quickly.

"Hmph! I didn't expect you all to be so cowardly." Liu Rongyuan let out a disdainful snort, seemingly not intending to take that method.

……

As time passed day by day, the number of spiritual creatures in the secret realm continued to decrease.

These spiritual objects, which used to be commonplace, are now very hard to find.

Under these circumstances, the fighting and battles between cultivators became more and more frequent, no longer as peaceful as before.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Li Zhirui and Fu Chenguang. The two of them remained in that valley, one comprehending the cultivation system of the Myriad Rivers Realm and the other comprehending the innate formation, without interfering with each other.

"The cultivation methods of this world do have some merit."

Judging from the advanced cultivation techniques he has obtained so far, these techniques place greater emphasis on the strength of the soul, which is beneficial for them to comprehend the laws and make it easier for them to improve their cultivation level.

However, it's not without its drawbacks; in the process of strengthening the soul, the strengthening of the physical body is somewhat neglected.

With Li Zhirui's current vision and abilities, he can fully extract the essence of it and try to integrate it into his own cultivation technique.

As for the drawbacks? With his Chaotic God-Demon Body, even if he neglects certain aspects, he doesn't need to worry about the intensity.

"If there's a chance, we should collect as many of the methods from this world as possible."

During this period of time, Li Zhirui had read through all the classics and methods he had, and had gained a deeper understanding of the Myriad Rivers Realm.

It must be said that every world has its unique and special characteristics, whether it is the civilizations it has nurtured or the most basic and direct spiritual beings.

Therefore, during this period, he learned a lot and made certain improvements in his own spiritual path.

This is merely the most basic principle and law of the world, which Li Zhirui has not, or rather, cannot yet explore in depth.

Otherwise, his current gains would be even greater.

As for which is more important compared to the spiritual objects he had previously obtained, he believed they were equally important.

The essence of civilization can directly affect Li Zhirui's realm and promote his path to enlightenment.

Those spiritual objects would allow him to refine more pills, many of which would be exclusive and monopolized, bringing him huge profits.

Many cultivators like to categorize Dharma, wealth, companions, and land into different levels of importance, but in his view, all four are equally important.

In the following days, Li Zhirui began to try to integrate the local magic into his own cultivation method. At first, it was not very smooth and even caused conflicts.

However, before he could explore further, Fu Chenguang awoke from his comprehension of the formation.

"Thank you for waiting these past few days, fellow Daoist. I've wasted a lot of your time."

Li Zhirui shook his head and smiled, "It's alright. I haven't been idle these past few days; I've gained quite a lot."

"That's good." Fu Chenguang also breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most afraid of was delaying others because of himself, but fortunately, that didn't happen.

"correct!"

He suddenly remembered something, immediately took out a jade slip, and used his divine sense to imprint something on it, leaving something behind, but finally handed it to Li Zhirui.

"Fellow Taoist, what is this?"

"You'll see when you take a look," Fu Chenguang said mysteriously, telling him to check it out himself.

Li Zhirui had no choice but to accept the jade slip and probe it with his divine sense. Sure enough, it was a restriction, but he couldn't understand its effect. "What is this?"

"This is a restriction I extracted from this innate formation. Its greatest function is to seal spiritual objects, causing their spiritual essence to dissipate at an extremely slow rate. I'm not entirely sure how long it can preserve them, but I imagine that within five hundred years, there's no need to worry about the spiritual objects' effects weakening."

As for that innate grand formation, it has more than just this one effect. It has many other functions, such as concealing one's aura, but most importantly, it can induce spiritual objects to mutate!

The final effect alone caused the value of this formation to skyrocket!
Of course, this mutation is completely random. Whether it is good or bad for the spirit creature depends entirely on luck. Moreover, the higher the spirit creature's rank, the more stringent the conditions, such as the time required for mutation and the auxiliary spirit creatures, will be.

Fu Chenguang did not hide this from Li Zhirui, but told him directly, saying, "I will find an opportunity to refine a Myriad Spirits Transformation Array for you and teach you the array. In this way, even if the array has problems in the future, you can repair it yourself or try to set it up."

Although he had never learned formations, it wasn't because he couldn't learn them, but because he didn't bother to learn them!
With Li Zhirui's current level of skill, he might not reach the same level of mastery as alchemy when learning other arts, but he certainly wouldn't be too far off.

Therefore, given enough time, he could learn such a formation.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"

He first expressed his gratitude, and then said, "With this formation and restriction method, you don't need to look for any other spiritual objects for me."

This refers to the promise Fu Chenguang made when he took the spiritual plant, promising to compensate Li Zhirui with a spiritual object of the same grade.

“That won’t do!” Fu Chenguang objected without hesitation.

This formation and restriction weren't discovered by him alone; Li Zhirui originally shared in the gains, and those methods originally belonged to him.

How can you use something that already belongs to someone else to repay their kindness?!
"If it weren't for you, fellow Daoist, how could I, with my abilities, have obtained these two methods?"

Li Zhirui said sincerely, "Fellow Daoist also knows how important spiritual objects are to me as an alchemist. If I master a formation that can mutate spiritual objects, it would be an endless source of wealth for me!" (End of this chapter)