My Endless Life.

Chapter 523 Sophie Arrives
"Wait...Captain! Don't play tricks on me!!"

Seeing Milia being killed by the fire magic, Shen Cong, who was watching from the sidelines, yelled at Li Qi who was hiding in the dark.

Then Li Qi found his position and pierced his head with a flying needle from a flying weapon.

Milia: “…”

Even though Milia was a person with a rather indifferent attitude, she couldn't help but feel speechless when she noticed this.

She was eliminated and appeared on the sidelines. She turned the video of her fight with Li Qi and said softly:
"The captain has become stronger again."

"Oops! We already agreed not to use magic!"

Shen Cong, who was also eliminated, was a little unwilling.

She has been practicing hard for the past few months. Although she is not as good as Li Qi and Milia who have reached the fourth level, she is at least steadily moving towards the peak of the third level.

I originally thought that in this simulated battle with the captain, I would be able to team up with Milia to defeat Li Qi once.

But who could have thought that Li Qi would use magic in such an unethical way... This was clearly a prohibition as agreed upon before.

It was Li Qi himself who said that! Don't use martial arts or magic to fight them!
Listening to Shen Cong's protest, Li Qi's figure solidified on the scene.

He did not appear in the scene suddenly. The flames first gathered in the middle to form a human shape, and then Li Qi's figure appeared.

It was like an elf walking out of the flames.

With a flick of his fingers, the flying device followed Li Qi's fingers back to his side and circled around him.

Li Qi looked up at Shen Cong and Milia, shaking his flying machine and said:
"I didn't break my promise. What I used just now was not magic."

"Liar!"

Shen Cong didn't quite believe it.

Li Qi raised his eyebrows and looked at her: "Have I ever lied to you?"

"Woo..."

Shen Cong was speechless.

Although Li Qi was very strict with them during training, he was just like an instructor training new recruits in the army.

But... I have to say that Li Qi really didn't deceive them.

"If it's not magic, then what is it?" Milia asked Li Qi puzzledly.

Li Qi opened his palm and flames rose in the palm.

"It should be considered as a magic technique."

He said so.

Or it can be said to be a method of protecting the Tao used by cultivators.

This was something he got from Jiang Xuanjun, a method of cultivation from the world of immortals.

The method of cultivating immortals in the Cang Xuan Realm is completely different from the method of cultivating immortals that Li Qi has seen.

Although they both involve drawing Qi into the body, there seem to be some additional restrictions, and they also require something called spiritual roots.

Of course Li Qi knew about spiritual roots.

The immortal cultivation methods in the interstellar world also require spiritual roots, but the immortal cultivation methods in the interstellar world can only be practiced to the fifth level, which is not even as good as martial arts. The immortal cultivation methods collected by Li Qi have no other function except to enrich his own library of skills.

Besides, Li Qi himself did not have the spiritual roots to cultivate immortals, so he did not have much idea about these methods of cultivating immortals.

After obtaining the cultivation method of Cang Xuan Realm this time, Li Qi discovered that the "spiritual roots" of the interstellar world are not the same as the spiritual roots required by Cang Xuan Realm.

The spiritual roots in the interstellar world have a little more artificial aura, as if someone had forcibly implanted the spiritual roots into the human body, which can be regarded as fake spiritual roots.

The spiritual roots of the Cang Xuan Realm are something that everyone is born with, and are the "true spiritual roots".

This is where the cultivation method of the Cang Xuan Realm differs from the cultivation method of the interstellar world.

During this period of time, Li Qi asked people to collect various rare medicinal materials. Using the method given by Jiang Xuanjun, he created a set of pseudo spiritual roots for himself, so that he could practice smoothly.

But now, Li Qi's "path of cultivation" has reached its limit.

There is a round golden elixir in his body. According to the standards of the Cang Xuan Realm, he is a golden elixir cultivator. However, this golden elixir is suppressed by this world and cannot break through the elixir to become an infant, let alone mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for his own use.

From then on, Li Qi finally understood why, except for the consciousness cultivation method, no matter what kind of martial arts, one can only practice it to the seventh level at most.

The reason is here.

The interstellar world, or the 'Ten Thousand Stars Realm', is a world dominated by soul power. Any method that goes against the method of cultivating consciousness will be suppressed.

Especially the skills coming from other big worlds, the degree of suppression is even deeper!

Although Li Qi has reached the Golden Core stage, he can only exert the power of the Foundation Establishment stage, which is even inferior to his own martial arts power.

Li Qi knew that the differences in the rules of different worlds would cause the cultivation methods to be completely ineffective.

But I didn't expect that even this big world that seemed to be able to accommodate all cultivation systems would be restricted in this regard...

No, perhaps the big world itself has limitations in this regard. It is only because it has swallowed too many small worlds and too many rules of the small worlds have been integrated into the big world that it appears to be all-encompassing.

Li Qi has thought a lot in the past few months.

In the end, he decided to give up the path of cultivating immortals temporarily.

The technique given by Jiang Xuanjun can be steadily cultivated to the stage of spiritual transformation. However, Jiang Xuanjun himself also said that the spiritual consciousness of the Ten Thousand Stars Realm is itself the supreme path that can lead to the unity of the Tao. There is no need for Li Qi to lose sight of the important and pursue the trivial.

It's ok to use the immortal cultivation method as a reference, but it would be a waste of time to practice it step by step. Li Qi recalled everything about the immortal cultivation method.

Shen Cong in front of him asked curiously:
"Immortal arts? Are they those...immortal practitioners? How come you even learn this?"

"There are too many skills to overwhelm."

Li Qi explained casually, then looked at Milia: "Your fourth-order power has been stabilized, and you can start preparing to build the mecha."

Mecha masters and mechanics need to reach level five to build their own exclusive mechas and mechanical fleets.

But this does not mean that no preparation can be made before the fifth level.

It would be better to say that the fourth stage is the critical period for collecting materials and making preparations. Only when you are well prepared at the fourth stage can you quickly improve your strength when you reach the fifth stage.

Li Qi has also been preparing for his own interstellar fleet. Two large groups that own part of his shares have acquired a mineral planet in accordance with his orders and built a manufacturing plant on it. The manufacturing plant is currently working overtime to manufacture small warships.

Everyone stayed in the consciousness space to communicate, summarize and draw lessons from the battle just now.

When they were about to leave, Milia asked Li Qi:
"The secret realm test will be held in a few days. Do you want to go?"

"Of course I have to go. The reward for the top ten in the fourth level is the rare meteorite metal. How could I miss it?"

Meteorite metal is a special metal that is created after the destruction of a planet. Not only does it have excellent strength and toughness, it also has high growth and recovery capabilities.

Basically, mechanics and mecha masters with great potential will choose to use meteorite metal as the main material when making fleets and mechas at the fifth level.

Although with Li Qi's status and position, it is not difficult to get this kind of metal.

But... free is always better than paid. Why buy something that can be obtained for free?

"I heard that someone from the empire will come to watch this test, and it seems to be a princess."

Shen Cong said from the side.

Li Qi's smile gradually disappeared when he heard this.

The princess that Shen Cong was talking about was Sophie Yuna. The news that she would come to the Federation to observe the secret realm assessment had been widely publicized within the Federation a month ago.

And what a coincidence, the college she visited was the Wuling branch.

She was clearly qualified to go to the main hospital to watch the game, but she chose to come to the Wuling branch. It was hard to say whether she already knew Li Qi's location.

"Whatever the princess or prince is, it has nothing to do with us. The secret realm assessment will take some time. We should train and improve ourselves in the consciousness space these days. Don't pay attention to those trivial things."

Li Qi said calmly.

Shen Cong blinked at him: "I thought you would care a lot, after all, you seem to have a good relationship with the third-year senior sister Ephisia..."

"Which eye of yours sees that I have a good relationship with her?"

"Eh? Didn't she give you a gift during the Harvest Festival a few days ago?"

"She's not the only one who sent gifts. There's also Grey's and Zoe. Can you say I have a good relationship with them?" Li Qi rolled his eyes at Shen Cong. "Instead of gossiping here, you might as well go to training quickly, or you'll die in the test."

Compared to the completely safe entrance examination, the secret realm examination could actually result in death.

Given Shen Cong's attitude, Li Qi found it hard to believe that she could leave the secret realm alive.

……

Sophie Yuna's arrival was actually a little faster than Li Qi had imagined.

Although the Academy Star's propaganda said that Sophie Yuna was still on the way, in fact, when the news was announced, Sophie Yuna had already entered the Wuling Galaxy.

Today, she even landed directly on the Academy Star. During this period, Sophie Yuna did not alarm anyone except the senior federal officials.

According to her words, she wanted to experience the learning atmosphere of the Academy Star as an "ordinary person".

But only Sophie Yuna herself knew that she did this just because she didn't want to scare someone away.

But even Sophie Yuna herself didn't expect this.

She has been so low-key, but she was still visited by her own sister.

"Why are you here!"

Somehow, Effisia found Sophieuna. After her identity was confirmed and she was let in by Sophieuna's guards, Effisia questioned Sophieuna without any hesitation.

"Hey, isn't this my lovely sister Effie? How did you get here?"

Facing her sister whom she had not seen for many years, Sophie Yuna did not show any affection, but instead there was a hint of subtle sarcasm in her words.

Ephisia bit her lower lip and stared at Sophie Yuna.
"Who is your sister? From the day you drove me out of the empire, I am no longer your sister!"

"Effie, don't be so petty. Whether you are willing to admit it or not, you are my sister, one of the royal family of the empire, although... you can't go back."

Every word Sophiuna said seemed to rub salt into Ephisia's wounds.

Effie's face turned red instantly, and the anger in her eyes almost took shape.

But just when Ephisia was about to explode, Sophiuna skillfully suppressed her anger.

Ephisia heard Sophiuna say:

"As for why I'm here... Richie ran away, and I came to find him, and he was here, so I came. Do you understand what I mean?"

"..."

Sophiuna's words made Ephisia's face turn pale.

(End of this chapter)