Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 221 Golden Corpse Curse Seal
After receiving a message, Qin Henian quickly led Li Ji'an to a stall.

The stall owner was not only wrapped in a black robe, but also wore a straw hat and a veil, appearing very cautious.

Their stalls mainly sell medicinal herbs and plants.

However, the crowd gathered around the stall was drawn to three Heavenly Heart Grasses that shimmered with starlight.

Heavenly Heart Grass is one of the few spiritual plants, besides those used for Core Formation, that can help with Core Formation. When Foundation Establishment cultivators attempt to form their Core, swallowing and refining it raw can help solidify the liquid into a Core.

Although the effect was slight, it was still a rare treasure that the Heavenly Azure Domain could only obtain from the Holy Palace and sects.

Furthermore, under normal circumstances, Heavenly Heart Grass is basically controlled by sects, and once it appears in the world, it is basically not up to ordinary cultivators to trade.

The sight of three Heavenly Heart Grasses laid out before them stirred anticipation in the eyes of the crowd at the stall.

However, they all hesitated.

Because the age of the Tianxin Grass is difficult to determine, the only way to accurately judge it is to carefully sense the balance of the five elements' spiritual energy by cutting open its roots and stems. However, the spiritual energy here is weakened, making it even more difficult to judge accurately.

If the age of medication is not determined correctly, it will not only be useless but also harmful.

"Fellow Daoist, may we make a deal? If this plant is cut open and is 500 years old, I will offer 10,000 spirit stones. How about that?" One person examined it for a long time, but still wasn't sure, so he tentatively asked.

Although Heavenly Heart Grass is also a third-tier spiritual herb, its value as an ingredient in ordinary pills is average. However, because it helps with the formation of the core, it is not only extremely rare, but its price is also several times that of ordinary third-tier spiritual herbs, with a market price of around eight thousand spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist, you'd better refrain from speaking!" the stall owner said coldly.

Once the roots and stems of the Heavenly Heart Grass are cut open, its five elements' spiritual energy will be lost, and it will be useless after a month at most.

The three plants on the stall all had complete root systems and were still covered with soil. If they were less than 500 years old, they could be nurtured further.

"Alas, if I had known there was Heavenly Heart Grass this time, I should have asked Master Wu to take a look."

"Although Master Wu's alchemy skills are extraordinary, he is only a second-level senior alchemist. He may not be able to guarantee the Heavenly Heart Grass."

"Unfortunately, we can't hire a third-tier alchemist."

After looking at it for a long time, the group still had no clue and couldn't help but feel discouraged.

Normally, a third-tier alchemist must be involved with the spiritual essence of heaven and earth. With their control over third-tier spiritual herbs and the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, they can relatively accurately determine the age of the Heavenly Heart Grass.

Alternatively, a skilled alchemist who can refine high-quality or even top-grade second-tier pills may also have a certain degree of confidence.

However, those people were mostly elders of the Holy Palace sect, and they no longer looked down on Core Formation spiritual objects that were not of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure level.

"Xiao Li, how is it? Can you figure it out?" Qin Henian looked at Li Ji'an.

When Li Ji'an was in the Qi Refining stage, he had already used the spiritual energy of the Little Fire Spirit to refine top-grade pills. Later, he also studied talismans and formations. Both of these require a high level of sensitivity to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Now he has refined third-order talismans, which is enough to show that his understanding of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is beyond that of ordinary people.

"I'll give it a try," Li Ji'an replied.

Qin Henian nodded with a smile, not putting pressure on Li Ji'an, and encouraged him: "Look boldly, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, and you don't need to be precise, just make sure it doesn't exceed five hundred years."

The reason for inviting Li Ji'an along was not actually to rely on him to accurately determine the age of the medication.

He only asked that it be less than five hundred years, and that he would bring it back to Cangyun Prefecture afterward and ask the Jade Pill Master of the Biyun Sect to make a judgment.

Then Qin Henian unleashed the power of the fake pill, clearing a path for Li Ji'an to reach the front row of the stall.

All eyes were on Li Ji'an.

However, after sensing his mid-Foundation Establishment level magical power, most people were not optimistic.

However, after carefully sensing the three Heavenly Heart Grasses, Li Ji'an was delighted.

One of the herbs is nearly a thousand years old. If it were used as a pill for Core Formation, its five elements affinity would be too strong, which might cause the core to explode. However, if it were used as one of the main ingredients for Crystal Condensation Pill, it would be a superior choice.

Because of the medicinal properties of the Tianxin Grass required for Ningjing Dan, the older the grass, the better it is.

The other one is just over 500 years old and can be used within the next 100 years.

The last medicinal plant was only a little over two hundred years old.

"This plant has too much potential and is bound to exceed its lifespan."

This plant is too young.

Only this one, the younger generation felt, was not much different. Li Ji'an told Qin Henian the truth without using telepathy.

"Alright! I'll buy this one." Qin Henian didn't hesitate at all and immediately took out spirit stones to pay.

This scene aroused the curiosity of those around them.

"Could this person be a master alchemist?"

"This fake alchemist trusts him so much, his alchemy skills must be quite good."

"Just as I predicted, it seems that the remaining two plants are indeed insufficient."

Seeing that Qin Henian had finished the transaction with the stall owner and had acquired the Heavenly Heart Grass, the onlookers all felt a sense of regret.

They also lost interest in the remaining two Heavenly Heart Grasses.

Qin Henian's trip was originally for the Heavenly Heart Grass. Now that his wish had been fulfilled, he had no other interest and prepared to return to Qin Chuan's stall to keep an eye on things.

Li Ji'an then took the opportunity to say goodbye to him and continued browsing the stalls.

After watching Qin Henian disappear from sight, Li Ji'an turned and left. At the same time, he altered his qi and blood, changed his bone structure, and used his disguise technique to transform his appearance. After a hundred steps, his body and appearance changed completely, and his clothes also changed drastically.

Most people on the floating platform did not show their true appearance. Some people not only disguised themselves, but also used magic to shroud themselves in a light screen. This was especially common for people like Li Ji'an. Occasionally, you could see people changing their appearance as they walked.

Before long, Li Ji'an acquired the other two third-tier spiritual herbs of the Crystal Condensation Pill.

At this point, only three herbs remained in the recipe for the Crystal Condensation Pill. One of them was the Heavenly Heart Grass, which was right in front of him, while the other two were the herbs that Jade Flute Immortal had promised to help him find.

Without further hesitation, he returned to the Tianxincao stall.

Because of his confident judgment at the stall, coupled with Qin Henian's trusting payment, the remaining two Tianxin Grass plants were almost completely ignored.

Having changed his identity, Li Ji'an pretended to carefully sense the surroundings again, then shook his head: "Fellow Daoist, I wish to refine these two Heavenly Heart Grasses into the Flying God Pill. Could we trade them for the price of a third-grade spiritual herb?"

As a Core Formation Elixir, 8,000 spirit stones isn't much, but as a Tier 3 Elixir, its market price is around 2,000.

The stall owner was clearly a medicine vendor, with his stall mainly selling spiritual herbs. He was probably incredibly lucky to have accidentally found three Heavenly Heart Grasses somewhere. Given his various methods of concealment, he must have been worried about his sect finding out later.

Once the Tianhe Grand Gathering is over, he probably won't dare to show himself in public.

Several people had already examined and sensed the remaining two Heavenly Heart Grasses, so he had a general idea of ​​their identities. In addition, the old man in front of him had a strong spiritual soul and claimed to be refining a third-tier spirit pill, so he was most likely a third-tier alchemist.

This led him to basically conclude that his remaining two Heavenly Heart Grasses could not be used as elixirs for Core Formation.

"Cheng Hui, three thousand eight hundred spirit stones!" The stall owner pondered for a moment before making his decision.

Li Ji'an promptly paid the spirit stones and received two Heavenly Heart Grasses.

"Hmm?" Just as Li Ji'an put away the Heavenly Heart Grass and turned to leave, a slight sense of disorientation suddenly arose in his mind.

This isn't the first time I've felt this way.

It first appeared three years ago when it sensed and contacted Guagua after killing the ancestor of the Liu family who was practicing the Immortal Golden Body Technique.

At that time, his consciousness was slightly dazed, and he did not immediately connect with the Guagua spirit contract. He thought that there was a master present at the Liu Family Strange Stone Forest Spirit Vein Dojo, and Guagua dared not reveal its aura, thus affecting the spirit contract connection.

However, at this moment, although the feeling in his sea of ​​consciousness was very slight, it was very similar to that day.

"What's going on?" In his surprise and doubt, Li Ji'an once again looked into his sea of ​​consciousness.

The sea of ​​consciousness is the place where a cultivator's spirit resides, and it is also the source and foundation for uniting with heaven and earth. It is even more wondrous than a cultivator's dantian. Unless one's divine sense is far stronger than the other's, only by forcibly using the secret technique of soul searching can one invade another's sea of ​​consciousness. Even if one looks inward at one's own sea of ​​consciousness, one can only see the surface and cannot see through the bottom layer covered by the divine soul.

Li Ji'an had previously carefully observed his own sea of ​​consciousness and found nothing unusual.

This time, upon examining himself, his divine sense found nothing different.

However, just as he was about to exit his sea of ​​consciousness.

Suddenly, a slight sense of disorientation returned.

At the same time, in his divine sense, there seemed to be something within a hundred feet that resonated with him.

"What is this?" The moment this sensation appeared, he suddenly stopped. He saw a faint dark golden light spot floating up and down on the surface of his sea of ​​consciousness, which was originally filled with divine soul.

"A cursed seal?" Almost instantly, this was the only possibility he could think of.

Among the ancient texts he had read, only the strange method of "curse" had the ability to directly invade another person's consciousness and merge with one's own soul.

"Curses" are impossible to guard against, and in addition to "curses" that invade the sea of ​​consciousness, there are even legendary super poisonous curses in ancient times that can infect the bloodline and enter the cycle of reincarnation.

However, "spells" were defined as heretical in ancient times and have long been lost.

"Or is it some other method I don't know about?" Unable to determine the anomaly in his mind, Li Ji'an felt even more uneasy.

If it weren't for the fact that his sea of ​​consciousness couldn't be invaded by the little fire spirit, he would have loved to immediately summon the little fire spirit to scorch his sea of ​​consciousness.

"Is the other party using this sense to find me?" Suddenly, I sensed something a hundred feet away rapidly moving towards me.

The event was packed with people, and Li Ji'an couldn't see the other person, but he didn't dare to delay any longer. He quickly headed towards Qin He'nian's location, since the fake Dan Zhenren could provide him with a little sense of security.

However, since the other party could sense him, he could not reveal his true identity and could only approach Qin Henian under a different identity.

At the same time, the man and woman sensed each other's rapid movement and also quickened their pace.

"Hmph! Still trying to run? This holy son will see which fearless person is so audacious as to kill the golden corpse raised by my master!" The man's face turned cruel as he fixed his gaze on the direction of the withered bone in his hand.

"Senior Brother Du, don't forget my contribution in this long pursuit of the murderer. I hope you'll put in a good word for me with the Golden Puppet Saint Lord so that my Blood Spirit Sect and your Corpse Puppet Sect can remain on good terms for ten thousand years and unite against external enemies." The Blood Spirit Saintess smiled effeminately.

Du Haizang, the direct descendant of the Holy Son of the Corpse Puppet Sect, smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, Junior Sister Blood Spirit. The fact that Master allowed you and me to join forces in the Heavenly Azure Domain is to give your Master a way out."

"With your words of comfort, Senior Brother, I'm relieved. This time, Senior Brother's capture of the thief will not only avenge the Holy Lord, but may also yield the formula for a pill that is suspected to be a Core Formation Saint Medicine. This is a tremendous achievement. Junior Sister congratulates Senior Brother in advance." Xue Ling'er continued to flatter him.

Du Haizang frowned slightly: "Don't be careless. Don't forget that we are now in the Tiancang Domain. I heard that several of their people have died in our Wuya Domain. It's hard to guarantee that they won't retaliate in secret."

"Hmph, neither our Blood Spirit Sect nor your Corpse Puppet Sect made a move. Their deaths can only be attributed to their incompetence."

As for the thief in front of us, ha, the Wanfa Palace has been investigating for several years but has not been able to find him. They have already ruled out that he is from a sect or a True Core family.

"So, who in this Heavenly Azure Domain could possibly withstand our combined efforts? At most, it would be a mere Pseudo-Core Formation cultivator from some family." Xue Ling'er said dismissively.

"This Holy Son has never said that he was worried about not being able to defeat this person; he was only worried about these hypocritical sects' True Core cultivators making a move."

Furthermore, the fact that this thief was able to evade numerous patrols by the sect demonstrates his caution.

"I cannot fully activate the golden body and sacred bones bestowed upon me by my master. I can only sense its exact location within a hundred feet. If it escapes again this time, it will probably be even more cautious, making it difficult to find it again." Du Haizang was quite impatient.

"Hehe, Senior Brother Du, don't worry. With your junior sister here, he won't be able to escape this time. Don't forget the essence blood mark of my Blood Spirit Sect," Xue Ling'er said confidently.

Du Haizang nodded slowly: "Then I'll have to trouble you, Junior Sister."

"Huh, it's stopped!" At this moment, Du Haizang sensed that the other party had stopped moving.

"Hehe, Senior Brother, you've probably overestimated that thief. The Holy Monarch's curse seal was transferred from the failed golden corpse's remnant soul without anyone noticing, so the thief definitely wouldn't have discovered it."

Perhaps he didn't even realize at that moment that disaster was about to befall him.

A hint of joy appeared in Du Haizang's eyes, which greatly reduced the difficulty of the mission.

Before long, the two followed the remnant bones and arrived at Qin Chuan's stall not far away.

"Huh? Qin Henian?" Xue Ling'er's pupils, which were glowing with a faint blood-red light, shrank instantly.

"It's my real body, not a disguise!"

Du Haizang also looked suspicious. Before entering the Tiancang Domain, his master had already given him detailed instructions.

This rules out the possibility that Qin Henian ultimately killed the golden corpse he was raising.

"How could it be him?" He applied his magic power to the hidden bone fragments in his hand again, sensing that the area was near Qin Henian.

There are only four people beside Qin Henian now. Apart from Qin Henian, the other four are all only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

And unsurprisingly, Qin Henian, as the leader who personally led the alliance to expose the Liu family patriarch, and the culprit who personally fought him and forced him to reveal his true form as a golden corpse, was the prime suspect.

Why didn't the Myriad Laws Palace investigate this?

"Could it be that there is some secret hidden behind it?"
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"Haha, it seems that I, Qin, am destined to meet you again, fellow Daoist. It's been so long since we parted ways that I never expected to see you again today." Qin Henian greeted Li Ji'an warmly.

At this moment, Li Ji'an, disguised as the old man who sold talismans that day, stood with Qin He'nian.

Meanwhile, they had noticed a man and a woman standing two stalls apart.

(End of this chapter)