Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 676 Consolidation
The sudden thunderstorm on Qingyun Peak did not hurt Li Qing at all. He relied on his own vast magic power to withstand it.

After the thunderclouds gradually dissipated, Li Qing's figure slowly fell from the air, and at the same time, he restrained the spiritual pressure that was constantly emanating from his body.

The cultivation level of Nascent Soul Stage!

He is definitely one of the top existences in the lower realm. No matter where he is placed, he is a well-deserved ancestor-level figure.

In the past, some people might have thought that Li Qing was only at the Jindan stage, and that it was somewhat unworthy of him to call himself the Wuji Patriarch. But now, no one can question his identity and status anymore.

After Li Qing landed, several great elders in Lingyun Sect all clasped their fists towards Li Qing and said, "Congratulations, Senior Brother Li, for achieving the Nascent Soul Stage!"

Immediately afterwards, all the sect disciples and foundation-building elders shouted in unison:

"Congratulations to Ancestor Wuji for successfully congealing his infant and achieving great success in his cultivation!"

While saying this, many people showed excited expressions.

Now there is one more cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage in the sect, which means that Lingyun Sect finally has the capital to compete with the foreign Xiaoyao Sect.

They had really had enough of being trapped in the formation like this.

Everyone in the sect was looking at Li Qing eagerly, waiting for him to declare war!

However, Li Qing was not so reckless and impulsive. He put his hands behind his back and looked around the sect.

Of course, he knew what the other disciples in the sect were thinking.

But now he had just succeeded in condensing his infant, and it was not in line with his style to go into a head-on confrontation with the Xiaoyao Ancestor.

It’s not that he has no confidence in defeating the opponent, but Li Qing likes to be cautious in doing things. He will not consider taking action until he is at least 70% sure.

"Everyone, I understand what you are thinking now!"

"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and there is no two suns in the sky. Everyone understands this truth."

"But the timing is not yet ripe. If we rashly go to war with Xiaoyao Sect, the losses we will suffer may be quite heavy."

"We have to wait, continue to wait for the right time, and then we will fight to the death and take down Xiaoyao Sect in one fell swoop!"

After hearing Li Qing's words, many disciples regained their composure.

It was actually because they were too excited when they saw Patriarch Wuji successfully condense his infant, which caused them to get too excited and their blood ran wild, so they couldn't wait to start a war with the Xiaoyao Sect.

But if you think about it carefully, that idea is too reckless and may very likely play into the enemy's hands.

At this time, Li Qing chuckled and said:
"Next, I plan to conceal the fact that I have successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, and even continue to close the mountain gate, so as to let Xiaoyao Sect relax its vigilance."

"In the days ahead, I hope you can continue to work hard and improve your strength to a higher level."

"I assure you that the day when my Lingyun Sect will come back to life will not be far away!"

Hearing this, all the disciples of Lingyun Sect became excited again, and they shouted:

"How magnificent Lingyun is! How magnificent is the Wuji Patriarch!"

It has been quite a while since they joined the sect. While enjoying so many conveniences, many disciples naturally developed a heartfelt sense of identification with Lingyun Sect.

Amidst this surging emotion, Li Qing waved his hand and returned to his cave.

At the same time, he sent a message to several other supreme elders, asking them to come along.

Inside Qingyun Peak, in Li Qing’s cave.

Wu Chong, Ziqing Zhenren, Shen Ningbing, Fu Xuan Zhenren, and Su Xin, the five supreme elders of Lingyun Sect, followed Li Qing into the cave.

"Li Qing, what's the important matter that made you call me here?" Wu Chong asked curiously.

Inside the cave, Li Qing did not put on any airs as a Nascent Soul True Lord. He remained the same as before, without any changes.

"Although the infant condensation was successful this time, the process was extremely dangerous. Any slight mistake could lead to an irreparable situation."

"However, due to this dangerous experience of condensing the infant, I have also gained a lot of personal insights. Later, I will write down all these insights and put them in the sect's power transmission hall. You can check them freely."

After hearing this, several people couldn't help but look happy.

The insights of breaking through the realm recorded personally by a Nascent Soul cultivator who had just successfully condensed his Nascent Soul was definitely something of incredible value.

If they reach the peak of Jindan in the future and are at the critical moment of Ningying, this realization may be of great help to them.

Even Master Fu Xuan, who was usually serious, showed a hint of gratitude in his eyes at this moment.

But this is not the end. What Li Qing took out next made everyone gasp.

"Also, do you remember the thousand-year-old dragon blood vine in the sect?"

"I asked someone to refine it into a furnace of Dragon Transformation Pills. If it weren't for the incredible effect of this pill, which provided some help at the critical moment, the result of my Infant Condensation this time would really be unknown."

As he spoke, Li Qing took out five dark red elixirs from his storage bag.

Li Qing smiled and said, "One furnace of the Dragon Transformation Pill produced seven pills. One of them was given to Tianbao Zhenjun of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce as a reward, and the other one was naturally taken by me."

"There are five left now. Each of you can take one back."

hiss!
Looking at the five dark red pills that Li Qing took out, the five people all gasped at this moment, their inner emotions were shocked to the extreme.

This is really too shocking. Five Dragon Transformation Pills, these are pills of astonishing value!
Taking any one of them out would drive all the Jindan stage cultivators in the world crazy, and they would fight for it at all costs.

For a moment, they didn't know what to say.

reject?

This is really against their conscience. They are also cultivators in the Jindan stage, and the temptation of the Dragon Transformation Pill is too great for them.

Master Fu Xuan gritted his teeth and shook his head:

"This is really too precious. I didn't put any effort into refining this Dragon Transformation Pill. I feel unworthy of receiving such a great gift."

Shen Ningbing also pursed her red lips and said: "Brother Li, this pill is of astonishing value. It is a bit unreasonable to give it away like this..."

The others also nodded, obviously embarrassed to accept this gift.

But Li Qing insisted on giving the elixir away:
"A person can only take one Dragon Transformation Pill in his lifetime. For me, there is no other use for these five pills."

"And if we hadn't worked together to break through Shangqing Sect, how could we have obtained the most important ingredient of the Dragon Transformation Pill, the Dragon Blood Vine?" "Everyone has contributed to this matter, so don't refuse it, just accept it."

"If the sect can have one or two more Nascent Soul cultivators in the future, this will be the most important thing!"

"Or have you given up on cultivation and are not planning on reaching the Nascent Soul stage?"

Now that things have come to this, it would seem hypocritical to refuse.

In the end, they still accepted the Dragon Transformation Pill and silently accepted this great favor from Li Qing.

Only Patriarch Ziqing waved his hand and rejected Li Qing's kindness with an indifferent attitude.

"I don't want this pill. I don't have much time left to live. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to make any progress in my cultivation. I probably won't have the chance to use this precious Dragon Transformation Pill in this lifetime."

When Patriarch Ziqing said this, he was extremely free and easy, without any sadness on his face.

After hearing this, Li Qing was slightly startled, and then he said, "Grandmaster, why are you saying such discouraging words? The sect now has a recipe for the Soul-Nourishing Pill. In the future, I can go out to sea and hunt down some third-level monsters for you to refine the demon pills."

Before Li Qing could finish his words, Patriarch Ziqing raised his hand to interrupt him. He said with relief:

"It's enough for you to have this intention. There's no need to spend so much energy on me."

"I have taken the Nourishing Spirit Pill before, but I have wasted a lot of time over the years. Now I am old, my blood and qi are gradually drying up, and my energy is declining. The effect of the Nourishing Spirit Pill is not very obvious to me."

"Now that you have advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, you are the ancestor of the sect. You should think more about yourself. Only when you become stronger can the sect prosper."

In the end, Patriarch Ziqing rejected all of Li Qing's good intentions. He knew his current situation and didn't want to waste the sect's spiritual resources.

It would be better to let the other young supreme elders grow up. This is called proper use of sect resources!
No matter how Li Qing tried to persuade him, Patriarch Ziqing's attitude was extremely firm.

Just like that, as the five supreme elders left their cave, Li Qing looked at the last Dragon Transformation Pill left in his hand and sighed heavily.

The reason why he was so generous in taking out the Dragon Transformation Pills was not only because they had a share of these pills, but more because Li Qing sincerely hoped that they could go further on their path.

The higher the level of cultivation, the longer the life span.

In that way, his future path might not seem so lonely.

Just before this, when Li Qing successfully passed the inner demon calamity and officially became a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, he also clearly saw that his lifespan had increased by more than 600 years!
Normally speaking, a cultivator in the Jindan stage can easily live over 500 years old, and for those who live longer, it is very normal to live to 600 or 700 years old.

The life span of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage is more than a thousand years!

Since Li Qing formed the elixir, he has refined many magic weapons and instruments. Although he also consumed his own lifespan by using the "Transformation Magic Art" to condense the seven-colored life essence, his lifespan is still extremely abundant.

From the moment he officially became a Yuanying Zhenjun, Li Qing's remaining lifespan reached an extremely exaggerated number.

Two thousand four hundred and eighty-two years!

In the past, he would feel complacent about his long life, but now he inexplicably felt a little timid.

Even for immortal cultivators, a lifespan of more than 2,000 years is too long. Even many monsters may not have such a long lifespan.

Just imagine that after a thousand years, the old friends gradually faded away from the world, and the world of immortal cultivation was replaced by a batch of faces.

No matter whether they were old friends or enemies, they were all gone. Looking around the world, it seemed that just finding someone to talk to had become a luxury.

This is probably what is called the silence of the world.

"Is immortality a blessing or a curse?"

Li Qing sighed deeply in the cave, and the joy of successfully condensing his infant was diluted a lot for a moment.

He understood that because of his special circumstances, such a somewhat lonely future would eventually come.

Therefore, Li Qing hopes that his old friends can live longer, climb higher on the path, and delay such a future as much as possible.

Putting away the emotions that had just arisen along with the last Dragon Transformation Pill, Li Qing took out a jade slip and began to engrave some of the insights he had gained from his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

He wrote down all these insights in a jade slip, hoping that it would be of even a small help to other people in the sect in their efforts to achieve the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

The first thing is naturally the tempering of the state of mind, which is directly related to the success or failure of the final inner demon calamity, and is also what Li Qing believes is the most important part of the impact on the Nascent Soul.

Li Qing mentioned in his insights that no matter what, before reaching the Nascent Soul stage, one should review the path one has taken and the things one has experienced. It would be best if one could personally walk the future path again step by step.

He did just that and made up for many shortcomings in his life!

But even so, he still encountered considerable difficulties and obstacles in the inner demon calamity. If he had not returned to the mortal world, Li Qing knew that even with the help of Linglong Xianyin, it would be difficult for him to get through the inner demon calamity.

“What is the inner demon? It is the demonic obstacle in one’s heart. Sometimes, even one cannot realize where the demonic obstacle is in one’s heart, so one needs to take it seriously!”

After carefully writing this down, Li Qing began to think about the cracking of his golden elixir when he was in the Nascent Soul stage.

Having successfully condensed his Nascent Soul, he gained a lot more insights when he looked back on this matter again.

That is caused by the inherent deficiency of one's own qualifications and the lack of acquired accumulation.

Li Qing originally thought that he would have no worries after he reached the peak of Jindan, but he forgot one thing.

He was just a cultivator with four spiritual roots and his innate qualifications were very average. Under such circumstances, when he was trying to reach the Nascent Soul stage, he was less than two hundred years old!

This is really shocking, the foundation is really a bit thin.

Therefore, when he absorbed a huge amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth while breaking through the barrier, a slight crack appeared on his flawless golden elixir.

"If I were to do it all over again, without considering other external factors, I'd better polish and settle for another thirty to fifty years. That way, it would be much safer to condense the infant, and the golden elixir would most likely not crack."

Li Qing looked back at himself at that time with his cultivation in the Nascent Soul stage and could see things more clearly.

In this way, Li Qing imprinted his complete understanding of the Nascent Soul stage into this jade slip, and then sent it to the highest level of the sect's power transmission hall.

After doing all this, he consolidated his own cultivation and realm in the cave, allowing his slightly restless aura to quickly settle and stabilize.

After that, Li Qing picked up a scripture left by Chihuang Tianjun and studied it patiently and carefully.

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he was able to practice more magical powers and methods inherited from the Chihuang Tianjun. In order to rapidly increase his own combat power, Li Qing put more of his thoughts and energy into the inheritance of the Chihuang Tianjun.

In addition, he also did not forget to use his own pure true energy to nourish the Hunyuan Wushuang Hammer at all times.

During this process, the Hunyuan Wushuang Hammer was also rapidly evolving into the natal magic weapon of the Nascent Soul cultivator, and its power was gradually becoming stronger.

(End of this chapter)