Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 1079 Long Family
"This bottleneck is like an insurmountable chasm. Without a special opportunity, it might take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to break through it."

"No wonder so many cultivators at the Integration stage are stuck at the early or middle stages for their entire lives."

Li Qing sighed deeply. He had just tried to break through to the late stage of the Fusion Realm, but he was firmly blocked by this bottleneck and could not budge it even a little bit.

Finally, he took out the Creation Source Crystal that he had previously obtained in the Myriad Treasures Ancient Realm.

This pale gray crystal is about the size of an infant's fist, but it contains an aura of creation, as if it can reshape all life. Even holding it in one's hand gives one a feeling of transcendence.

Creation Source Crystal is an advanced version of Creation Source Liquid. It requires tens of thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation to truly take shape, making it incomparably precious.

The power of creation within has been completely stabilized and formed. Once refined, it can generate a force within the body that defies the creation of heaven and earth. This force can then assist cultivators in the Integration Stage to break through a minor bottleneck.

Li Qing has kept this rare treasure ever since he obtained it, all for this very moment.

However, he lacked confidence at the moment because the bottleneck he faced in the Integration Stage was too heavy, and even with the help of the Creation Source Crystal, he might not be able to truly break through it.

"It must be because I've taken too many pills. My cultivation along the way has relied too much on the Dao Integration Pill, which is why the bottleneck is so thick."

However, the power of creation contained within the Creation Source Crystal is real after all. Even if it cannot truly break through the bottleneck, it can still play a significant role, reducing the thickness of the bottleneck by at least 80%.

Therefore, Li Qing still intends to take it and refine it first, so that the power of creation can be generated in his body. Whether to break it open in one go will be decided later based on the situation.

Thinking this, Li Qing put the Creation Source Crystal in his mouth and used his magic power to dissolve it again.

But he soon discovered that this Creation Source Crystal was an extremely rare treasure that had been formed over tens of thousands of years, and refining it was not an easy task.

Even with his pure magical power repeatedly refining it, it remained a solid crystal, its creative power unwavering.

This is such a hassle.
With that thought in mind, he swallowed the Creation Source Crystal in one gulp and finally put it into his dantian.

boom!
Six streams of celestial and terrestrial spiritual fire surrounded the Creation Source Crystal, continuously refining it. In addition, Li Qing's magical power surged like a tidal wave, washing over the Creation Source Crystal wave after wave.

After a long time, the Creation Source Crystal finally showed signs of melting. A wisp of pure Creation Power flowed into his dantian. This wisp of Creation Power emitted a clear light, forming a stark contrast with his hazy magic power.

Now that things have come to this, he is no longer in such a hurry to refine the Creation Source Crystal. Instead, he is multitasking, refining the Creation Source Crystal while simultaneously working on refining his own bottleneck.

Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The Creation Source Crystal within Li Qing's body had already dissolved more than half of itself, and a small ball of Creation Power was accumulating in his dantian, clearly distinct from the surrounding magical power.

Just then, Li Qiyin's lazy voice came from inside the Wuji Hall.

"Master, the Long family has sent a spiritual message. It seems to be from that prodigy who has more than half dragon blood flowing through his veins."

Upon hearing this, Li Qing slowly opened his eyes. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Bring the letter in."

Upon receiving the spiritual letter, Li Qing used his divine sense to examine it and read through all the contents recorded on it.

As he expected, they came to him to have a weapon crafted. He had once owed Long Yi a favor, and if he ever reached a certain level of strength, he would have to help Long Yi craft a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

That happened during the struggle for the Heavenly Fate Golden Spring in Divine Ox Valley. At that time, the Devouring Abyss Venerable of the Taotie family was about to attack him when he was still in the Void Refinement stage. Fortunately, Long Yi intervened and blocked the attack from the Supreme Elder of the Taotie family.

Therefore, he owed the other party a favor. He had promised Long Yi that he would help him once he was confident in refining the Heavenly Treasure.

The letter contained a blue spirit gold shaped like a dragon's claw, which served as a token for entering the Long family. The letter also contained instructions on how to get to the Long family's territory.

After a long while, Li Qing let out a long breath and finally stood up slowly, deciding to go to the Long family.

"Fine, even if I completely refine the Creation Source Crystal, I might not be able to break through the bottleneck in one go. I might as well continue to hone it for a while and break through in one go when the time is right in the future."

Li Qing plans to visit the Long family. From the letter, Long Yi seems quite anxious and wants him to go immediately.

"I'm going out for a while. All of you should stay in the hall and cultivate. If there's nothing to do, don't go out and cause trouble."

His disciples and Li Qiyin all replied, "Yes, Master!"

"Please rest assured, Master!"

Li Qing nodded, took out a jade bracelet, and a number of bottles and jars, leaving them all to his disciples. These were all pills that were of great use to the Nascent Soul and Void Refinement stages of cultivation. He was never stingy with his disciples in this regard, always giving them plenty, almost paving their path to enlightenment extremely smoothly.

After doing all this, Li Qing's figure flew out of the Wuji Palace and went directly to Xinghe City, stepping onto the teleportation star array within the city.

Panlongcheng!
A giant dragon is carved on the city gate, its head facing the city gate. Whenever the city gate is opened, it looks as if a real dragon is opening its mouth.

Everyone in the cultivation world knows that this city is a celestial city run by the Long family, but the exact location of the Long family's ancestral home is a well-kept secret.

The Long family is the most mysterious among the True Spirit Families, and the number of cultivators who can be invited to the Long family is extremely limited.

Upon arriving in Panlong City via the teleportation array, Li Qing immediately sensed a vast and boundless aura emanating from the earth.

"Beneath this city lies a dragon vein, its dragon energy extremely abundant, and it should contain astonishing dragon marrow."

"What a grand gesture! Using an entire dragon vein as the foundation of the formation to set up a powerful city-protecting array—only the Long family could pull off something like this."

Li Qing was secretly alarmed. The Long family's strength in this immortal city was extremely profound, and this was only the tip of the iceberg.

"No wonder the Ghost Horn Clan didn't attack Panlong City when they invaded. The city's defenses are so solid that even a dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators couldn't take it down."

After sighing, Li Qing stepped out of the teleportation array and entered the city. He carefully observed everything within the city.

This immortal city is not very prosperous and cannot be compared with other important human cities such as Flying Immortal City. For the Long family, Panlong City is just a place for external trade and communication, and they don't really care much about the operation of this city.

After wandering around for a while, Li Qing arrived at an extremely remote place in the city. Long Yi had mentioned such a place in his letter. There was a pawnshop there, which was a secret outpost of the Long family. As long as he showed the Dragon Claw Gold, he could go to the true territory of the Long family.

"Long'an Pawnshop. This should be it."

As he spoke, Li Qing stepped into the old pawnshop. Inside sat a young boy with a youthful face, sitting very seriously. But upon seeing Li Qing, he immediately perked up.

"Please come in, sir. Are you planning to pawn something, or perhaps redeem something?"

Li Qing calmly replied, "Dragons fight in the wild, their blood is black and yellow."

Upon hearing this, the young man paused slightly, then calmly replied, "What do you mean, sir? I don't quite understand."

Li Qing smiled, then took out the dragon claw spirit gold that was attached to the letter and slammed it onto the pawnshop table with a thud.

Upon seeing the Dragon Claw Gold, the young man's eyes gleamed, and he showed a respectful expression: "So you are the young master's honored guest. Senior, please come this way!"

The young man jumped down from his seat and respectfully led Li Qing to the upper floor of the pawnshop, which was directly connected to a large building behind it, making the space suddenly open up.

Following the young man into the back of this large pavilion, Li Qing walked further in. The interior was quite spacious, with faint dragon patterns imprinted on the four walls.

Finally, the two arrived in front of a wall, where a stone dragon statue was embedded in the wall. The stone dragon was carved so lifelike that only one of its five claws was missing.

"Senior, just complete the Dragon Claw Gold!" the young man said respectfully.

Li Qing nodded, pinched the dragon claw gold coin from before, and pressed it onto the missing claw of the stone dragon.

In an instant, the entire stone dragon came to life, as if it had triggered some powerful restriction.

The dragon energy within the earth's dragon veins was stirred, and the stone dragon seemed to come alive, flying directly off the wall.

Boom!

The stone dragon crashed heavily into the earth, and a deep passage suddenly appeared, from which waves of rich dragon energy emanated.

Li Qing's expression changed slightly, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. He finally knew where the Long family's ancestral land was. It turned out to be underground in Panlong City!
There is another space below, or rather, a separate secret realm!

"No wonder Panlong City, which is clearly not valued, is protected by such a powerful formation. So that's why. It's also used to protect the Long family's ancestral land." Li Qing muttered to himself.

The boy beside him lowered his head, extended his hand respectfully, and said, "Senior, the spatial passage of the Dragon Realm has been opened. You can go directly to my Dragon Clan's territory by entering from here."

"Understood!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing's figure flashed by and instantly entered the dark passage.

In no time, he passed through the secret passage, and then a bright light shone out.

A vast space came into Li Qing's view, with clear waters and green mountains, like a paradise on earth.

Scattered buildings and cave dwellings are nestled in this secluded paradise; these scattered buildings are the daily living quarters of the Dragon Clan.

Completely different from what Li Qing had imagined, he thought that the Long family's ancestral land would at least be a magnificent mansion with palaces and pavilions.

But to my surprise, it looked like a village, with only slightly better scenery.

Of course, the spiritual energy in this secret realm is quite abundant, making it an absolutely top-tier cultivation environment.

boom!
Several powerful auras erupted from the village below, and several figures flew out.

"Hahaha, it's been a long time, Fellow Daoist Wuji! Your name has truly resounded throughout the entire cultivation world these past few days, and even my Long family knows you." Long Yi laughed heartily as he came out to greet Li Qing.

Long Yi's cultivation has now reached the peak of the mid-stage of the Integration Realm, and he is obviously also trapped in the bottleneck of the late-stage Integration Realm. Li Qing was not surprised by this, and believed that this bottleneck would not hold him for too long. With the foundation of the Long family and his talent, he should be able to overcome it in a thousand years at most, or a few hundred years at the shortest.

Beside Long Yi was Long Lan, the valiant woman who had competed with him for the Heavenly Fate Golden Spring.

Her eyes lit up as she looked at Li Qing, and a fierce fighting spirit was surging within them. Clearly, she really wanted to fight Li Qing here.

“Brother Wuji, I didn’t realize you were so strong back in Divine Ox Valley. Shall we have a spar?” Long Lan, whose cultivation was still in the early stage of the Integration Realm, said eagerly. Her cultivation progress was not that fast, as she had spent the past few years comprehending the laws.

Li Qing waved his hand modestly and said, "It's just a little bit of empty fame, there's no need to care about it at all!"

“Fellow Daoist Long Lan has the bloodline of a true dragon flowing through her veins, how could I be her opponent? If we were to spar, Brother Peng Zhan from the Peng family would obviously be a worthy opponent.”

However, Long Lan turned her head away and said, "Tch, Peng Zhan has already fought with my brother Long Yi. He was completely defeated in less than ten moves. If Brother Long Yi hadn't held back, Peng Zhan would have died at his hands."

Upon hearing this, Li Qing couldn't help but show his astonishment. He hadn't expected that the Peng family's prodigy would be defeated by Long Yi so easily. This young master of the Long family, who had more than 50% of the blood flowing through his veins, was truly terrifying in combat.

No wonder there has been no news about Peng Zhan for a while; it's as if he has disappeared from the cultivation world.

"Alright, little sister, stop talking nonsense. I invited Fellow Daoist Wuji here today because of important business, not to spar with you!" Long Yi said gently.

Behind Long Yi were two elders at the Integration Stage, both high-ranking members of the Long family with considerable status and position.

"Hehe, young friend Wuji, your reputation is illustrious. Now, the fate of the human race will be in your generation's hands, while we old folks can retire and enjoy our old age," one of the elders said with a chuckle.

Li Qing also cupped his hands in greeting: "Greetings to all the senior members of the Long family!"

These are all cultivators with the bloodline of true dragons flowing through their veins; they are rarely seen in the outside world.

(End of this chapter)