Dragon Devouring Cultivation

Chapter 167 Provocation
Wu Ao was flying, his expression was solemn and his eyes were cold.

As a Jindan Zhenren guarding a high-level fortress at Aoki University, his combat power is beyond words. He is also the top one among the Jindan Zhenren.

His current garrison mission, in addition to honing himself, is also to gain more merits in the hope of obtaining resources for advancement to the Nascent Soul stage from the Immortal Kingdom.

Even though Wu Ao has some status in Qingmu University, the resources for advancement to the Nascent Soul stage have always been centrally managed by the Immortal Kingdom, and only those with sufficient merits are eligible to apply.

Today's beast tide was originally a very ordinary beast tide, and it was also a means for the Demon Country to regularly clear out excess demon beasts.

Ever since a space rift appeared in the Demon Kingdom and connected it to the Immortal Kingdom, the top monsters in the Demon Kingdom have integrated the monsters in the Demon Kingdom and limited the unnecessary killing among the monsters.

This was originally a strategy to fight against the Immortal Kingdom, and it did prevent the Immortal Kingdom from invading the Demon Kingdom.

If the Immortal Kingdom leaves its defensive fortress and encounters an endless tide of beasts in the wild, it will be swallowed up by the tide of beasts unless the gap in strength is so great that the number can be ignored.

Although the Immortal Kingdom has powerful cultivators, the Demon Kingdom also has top-notch monsters. The gap in top combat power between the two sides is not that big. The huge number of monsters in the Demon Kingdom has become the biggest obstacle for the Immortal Kingdom to invade the Demon Kingdom.

However, such a strategy will also have adverse consequences, that is, the huge number of monsters will make the resources of the monster country tight.

The reproduction rate of monsters, especially some species that are good at reproduction, has exploded exponentially in the absence of natural enemies.

This is why the Demon Kingdom drove too many demon beasts to the fortress of the Immortal Kingdom and launched a beast tide to reduce the number of demon beasts. At the same time, among the demon beasts that have experienced the beast tide, there is a certain probability that demon beasts will leap to a higher level, which can also restrain the development speed of the Immortal Kingdom in the Demon Kingdom world.

In fact, using the beast tide to restrain the development speed of the Immortal Kingdom in the Demon Kingdom world is very effective. Although the beast tide will leave a large number of demon beast corpses to the Immortal Kingdom, it also causes damage to the fortress and can even cause casualties among the Immortal Kingdom cultivators.

Even though no students died in this beast tide at Aoki University's high-level fortress, this is the fortress of a top university, guarded by a powerful late Jindan stage master.

Every time a beast tide occurs, a general fortress has to pay a heavy price to be able to hold back the beast tide.

Even some fortresses will be destroyed by the beast tide, causing the space rift to fall into the hands of the demon country, posing a certain threat to the fairy country.

Master Wu Ao didn't care about this beast tide at first, but when the tide ended, he was provoked.

The one who provoked him was his old rival, 'Wind-Calling Moon-Chasing Dragon Beast'. Like him, 'Wind-Calling Moon-Chasing Dragon Beast' also wanted to go one step further and become a fourth-level demon king.

If the Wind-Calling Moon-Chasing Draco wants to go further, it needs not only resources but also battles with opponents of the same level.

This is a unique way for monsters to advance, and they can gain insights more easily during battle.

Therefore, the 'Wind-Calling and Moon-Chasing Dragon Beast' took the initiative to challenge Master Wu Ao, late third stage versus late golden elixir stage.

Li Zhen did not go back to Aoki University directly, but found an empty cave one hundred kilometers away from the high-level fortress. He found a huge rock to cover the entrance of the cave, and then activated his space magic to leave the demon country world and appear in the ancient cultivation world.

He walked out of the room, came to the small building of the shopkeeper Gu Siqi, and sent out a sound transmission note.

After getting permission, he walked into the small building.

"Please sit down first!" Gu Siqi was handling some matters. She said without looking up.

This is not a neglect of Li Zhen, but a manifestation of treating Li Zhen as one of his own.

She has been very busy recently. Although she no longer has a store in Fancheng, she still has a complete management system and all her subordinates are there.

Now she is staying in Hanmeifang Market, where she has both cooperation and competition with the shopkeeper Fang Zihao.

The current situation is not good, and the conflicts among the three sects are intensifying. This chaos has brought troubles as well as opportunities. Every day, many cultivators come to Hanmei Market to buy resources in order to survive in the chaos.

"You have advanced to the late stage of Qi training!" She asked in surprise when she raised her head.

Li Zhen's promotion speed was still too fast. She watched Li Zhen advance from the middle stage of Qi training to the late stage of Qi training in just a few months.

But she was overjoyed afterwards. The biggest benefit of Li Zhen's advancement to the late stage of Qi training was that Li Zhen had the ability to draw high-quality talismans used in the late stage of Qi training. The reason why Li Zhen could become a true guest official of the Fortune Pavilion, rather than a guest official who took advantage of his connections, was because of his ability to make talismans.

In the middle stage of Qi training, one can rely on the ability to make talismans to increase the power of medium-grade talismans to a level close to that of high-grade talismans.

Now that Li Zhen is in the late stage of Qi training, Gu Siqi is very curious about the power of the top-grade talismans drawn by Li Zhen.

"I still have to thank the pavilion for its help. I had very good luck during this retreat and succeeded in getting promoted in one go!" Li Zhen said with a smile.

"Promotion depends on your own strength. The help from the pavilion is limited. I will improve your treatment to match your current late stage of Qi training!" Gu Siqi said with a smile.

The Caiqi Pavilion did not provide Li Zhen with the resources to advance to the late stage of Qi training. Even if the Caiqi Pavilion provided Li Zhen with resources, they were what Li Zhen deserved.

The reputation boost that Li Zhen's mid-grade talisman brought to Caiqi Pavilion far exceeded the guest salary paid to him by Caiqi Pavilion.

In the past, because he was a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training, the treatment he received as a guest was of first-grade, mid-level quality.

Of course, if you really want to calculate, even if Li Zhen is a cultivator in the late stage of Qi training, his treatment as a guest official will not be directly improved until he has the ability to produce first-grade superior talismans.

Gu Siqi offered such benefits in order to win over Li Zhen.

"Thank you, Manager Gu. I just happened to have drawn a top-grade talisman. Could you please give me some advice?" Li Zhen knew the rules of Caiqi Pavilion. He didn't want Gu Siqi to break the rules, so he took out three top-grade talismans and said.

"You have made a top-grade talisman?" Gu Siqi was even more surprised.

Even though she guessed that Li Zhen's talisman-making skills had reached the level of drawing top-grade talismans, in order to truly be able to draw top-grade talismans, it would still require a lot of practice to achieve this.

But who would have thought that Li Zhen would give her such a big surprise as soon as he came out of confinement.

She took the top-grade talisman and released her spiritual sense to sense the conditions of the three top-grade talismans.

"A perfect top-grade talisman. This is the strongest top-grade talisman I have ever seen!" Gu Siqi gave his own evaluation.

She is in charge of a shop in Caiqi Pavilion. She has handled many high-quality talismans and her evaluations are very accurate.

"From now on, all high-quality talismans should be handed over to me. I will charge them at the market price, and the materials for making talismans can be provided for free at a ratio of three to one. You will have to purchase the excess by yourself!" Gu Siqi thought for a while and continued.

It seemed like she was at a disadvantage under these conditions, but top-grade talismans were a scarce resource in every market town, let alone top-grade talismans of this perfect level.

Such high-quality talismans can even be sent to auctions. At the Qi training level, such high-quality talismans can completely change the situation of the battle.

Although she purchased Li Zhen's top-grade talismans at the market price and paid three times the materials for making the talismans, she got much more in return, including favors, benefits exchange, and advantages in the competition for power.

In addition, the reason why she took over the transaction personally was that she didn't want the shopkeeper Fang Zihao to interfere in the matter, and she didn't even want Fang Zihao to know about it.

Of course, once a perfect, top-grade talisman appears, Fang Zihao will be able to guess its origin in no time. But even if he knows it, what does it matter, Li Zhen is hers.

Li Zhen left the small building with a large number of first-grade high-quality talisman paper and talisman ink. This time he did not leave the Fortune Pavilion, but returned to the room.

He started the cycle of cultivation and talisman making again, and at the same time he did not forget to practice the 'Butterfly Transformation and Conservation Technique'.

By the appointed time of return, he had increased his spiritual power by 15 points, his spirit had also slightly increased, and he even drew twenty first-grade superior talismans.

Almost ten hours of practice can increase spiritual power by 15 points. This is not only the effect of the 'Ninth Edition of the Immortal Kingdom Qi Training Method', but also the essence of the elixir obtained by the Dragon Heart Space when it devoured the first-grade top-grade elixir that was obtained before. These are the guarantee of his practice efficiency.

Of course, the most crucial thing is the perfect integration of the five elements of top-grade spiritual roots, which enables him to possess cultivation abilities far beyond the talents of top-grade spiritual roots.

With his current training speed, it would only take him more than four months to advance to the eighth level of Qi training.

(End of this chapter)