The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

"Um?"

Zhu Yu looked at the insect and the ginseng spirit with a puzzled expression.

Xiao Hei nodded enthusiastically, its mind leaping with joy, "The 'Starry Sky Wood' loves to eat the life essence that Xiao Qi condenses, it grows incredibly fast and well, and it's even become sentient!"

Zhu Yu turned to look at Shen Ling Xiao Qi. He hadn't noticed before, but upon closer inspection, he realized that her once chubby face had become thin with a pointed chin, and she looked listless and exhausted.

This startled him. He quickly summoned Xiao Qi to his palm, scanned her with his divine sense again and again, and then used his "Eye of Truth" to examine her once more, still not entirely at ease.

Finally, after confirming that it was just that its vital energy had been excessively depleted and that it would recover with rest, I was relieved.

Zhu Yu frowned and asked, "What's going on?...?"

Little Qi's eyes instantly filled with tears, her lips trembled, and she burst into tears. Lying on her back in Zhu Yu's arms, she rocked back and forth, kicking her little legs, crying and shouting:

"Little Seven is out of strength, Little Seven is out of strength... Waaah..."

Zhu Yu was stunned. When she came to her senses, she looked at Xiao Hei with a dark face.

Xiao Hei turned around and showed him its backside.

Zhu Yu glared at it.

At this point, he understood perfectly well that the life essence was indeed very beneficial to "Starry Sky Wood." With his orders and the status of "Fate Master," Xiao Hei directly used Xiao Qi as a black slave.

However, the results were indeed outstanding.

Not long after all this time, the "Starry Sky Tree" has developed spiritual intelligence and become a true "divinely bestowed spiritual seed," and the next step is to condense it into fruit.

"Don't you dare treat Xiaoqi like that again, understand? If you do it again, I'll teach you a lesson."

Zhu Yu was satisfied, but he couldn't show it on his face, otherwise Xiao Qi would make a scene. He scolded Xiao Hei a few times, and seeing that Xiao Qi's crying had subsided, he added a few more words before comforting her:

"Alright, alright, if Little Black dares to do that again, you can come find your master..."

He offered a lot of comforting words.

Xiaoqi sobbed as she climbed onto his shoulder, hugged his cheek, and hummed softly without saying a word.

Zhu Yu could sense the unease in the little man's heart. Perhaps it was because he had been starving in the "Yi" Spirit Ruins before, and this sudden loss had brought out the fear hidden in his heart.

He had no good solution for the time being, so he could only keep comforting the child, who whimpered and gradually fell silent, turning into specks of light that disappeared into a cluster of flower buds not far away.

Zhu Yu stepped forward to check on Xiao Qi's body, confirming that she was unharmed. He patted the little black head that had come closer and gently instructed her:

"Next time we let Xiao Qi gather life essence, we need to let it rest for a while. We can't let its body become depleted again, understand?..."

"Yes, Master."

Little Black nodded hastily. It was also startled by Little Seven's sudden wailing. It would never dare to do that again. Thinking to itself, it glanced at the large patch of grass that had grown wildly after being watered by Little Seven's tears.

"What a pity about his teeth!..."

Zhu Yu gave a few words of advice, then stepped to the "Starry Sky Tree," ignoring its irritable tendencies, and placed his hand on its trunk, gazing intently at it.

[Target: Starry Sky Wood "Divine Gift"]

[Growth Period]

[Attribute: Moon]

[Tier 1 Superior Grade: 99%]

[Effects: Generates divine essence, prolongs life, and enhances innate talents in the Five Elements and Yin-Yang theory]

[Status: Rage.]

"Three uses..."

Although Zhu Yu had some suspicions, he couldn't help but feel a little happy when he actually saw the "Effects" section.

Three uses.

Among them, prolonging life is the top-tier effect of a divinely bestowed fruit, while strengthening one's talents in the five elements and yin and yang is the middle-tier effect.

As for the derivative Shenhua.

Zhu Yu had a vague feeling that the effect of producing exotic spiritual energy was even more precious and rare than prolonging life.

A thought suddenly occurred to him.

"Could the Starry Sky Wood be a divine gift?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

If that's really the case.

That's a huge profit!

"It's a pity that Hanabishi won't be back for several more months..."

Zhu Yu shook his head inwardly, then a thought suddenly occurred to him, "With Cai Ling watching over me, and with the help of Bald Head, Fire Tail, and other first-tier perfected spirit beasts, there might be danger, but it shouldn't be too great..."

"Then let's go to the 'Fungal Domain'..."

One of them is to seek divine gifts.

Secondly, it allows them to contact the Zerg outside the region.

Now that he has advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, he has gained a passive talent: he can cast rings to merge with his "Divided Spirit," thereby increasing the foundation for his growth.

In other words.

The "Insect Realm" avatar no longer needs to worry that the ring will not be able to support the breakthrough to the "Mountain Lord Realm". Once the "avatar" is promoted to Mountain Lord, he will have a resource-rich area of ​​great value.

Carefully managed.

Its output will greatly increase his cultivation speed in the Foundation Establishment stage.

"There's also the 'Martial World,' where those with a split-stage cultivation level might find it possible to quickly improve their original identity..."

""name"…"

Thinking of all this, a smile appeared in Zhu Yu's eyes. Coming back to his senses, he sensed the anger of the "Starry Sky Wood," flicked its trunk lightly, and disappeared in an instant before it could rage.

Xiao Hei clearly didn't want to listen to the angry "Starry Sky Wood" nagging again, so it ran to an open space and comfortably basked in the sun.

The sunlight was not intense.

Instead, it is filled with a heartwarming and calming power.

Before long, Xiao Hei fell into a deep sleep.

At the mountaintop, there are palaces and halls.

Zhu Yu sat in the chair and waved his sleeve.

A streak of light rolled down, nearly ten feet tall, and a "whale" with prominent horns appeared. It dazedly regained its senses, saw the young man in the head seat, and without thinking, turned and fled.

But they had only taken one step.

Suddenly, he felt an irresistible and terrifying force coming from all directions, and he couldn't even resist it; his body stiffened and he couldn't move.

At this time.

A gentle voice echoed in its mind.

"In accordance with the promise of 'Sea,' I have taken you under my wing. When you break through to the second tier in the future, you can introduce your foundation into my 'Spirit Ruins,' thus becoming a subordinate Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"If you wish, you may temporarily cultivate with me. If you do not wish, I will send you back to the 'Spiritual Marsh Realm' and replace you with one of your own kind."

The whale didn't know what it meant to introduce its foundation into the "Spirit Ruins" and to establish a foundation there, but being naturally intelligent, it could discern some of the meanings conveyed by the tone of this young man, who was far more terrifying than the "sea".

This is a great thing for it.

The opportunity was obtained by the "sea" through a deal with this person; if it had disagreed, it would have given the opportunity to those foolish kin.

Upon discovering that its confinement had vanished, the "whale" knelt down on the ground without hesitation, as images of the "sea" teaching it flashed through its mind.

When you meet someone, especially someone much stronger than yourself, you must be respectful, humble, and make sure they feel satisfied.

bang bang bang...

Nine resounding slaps, so powerful they cracked the floorboards.

"Not bad, not bad..."

Seeing this, Zhu Yu was even more satisfied, and regretted even more that he had not used its original bloodline as a companion. Regardless of whether "Whale" was sincere or not, at least this intelligence was real.

He waved his hand to help him up and gave the instructions:

"Don't resist."

After speaking, he used his powerful divine sense to probe into the body.

"Whale" suppressed its palpitations and discomfort, keeping its head down and motionless.

Cola Novels: turn the page and you're in another world.

And this investigation.

This made Zhu Yu even more certain that "Whale" was not a Tuyuman, but a "Jiaoman" containing Jiao blood. He wondered where "Sea" had found such a great treasure.

According to the "Genealogy of Humankind" promulgated by the "Twelve Celestial Alliance".

Those with pure bloodlines like the "whale" are ranked as the lowest grade of the second rank.

Don't underestimate its value. In terms of its own worth, a whale is worth far more than the sea.

Zhu Yu suppressed his divine sense, raised his hand and tapped lightly. A large amount of information and language about the "Immortal Tomb and Spirit Ruins", as well as a first-order "Body Refining" method for developing bloodlines, flooded into the "Whale's" mind.

With a wave of his hand, he moved it to a tomb within the underground palace mausoleum, allowing it to slowly digest the information.

Zhu Yu pondered for a moment, the faces of Xiang Sui and others appearing in his mind.

With his "natal spirit ruins", it is not difficult for him to temporarily support three subordinate foundation builders. As he successively builds "coffin ruins" and "corpse ruins", he can support even more subordinate foundation builders.

But this doesn't mean he would randomly collect subordinates for foundation building.

After all, the more foundational elements a building has, the greater the pressure on the "natal spiritual ruins," and at the same time, its aura will attract more "floods."

If it's useless to his island, then it's better not to take it.

"There are two spots left..."

The images of Xiang Sui, Liang Kuan, and others flashed through Zhu Yu's mind.

In terms of relationships, it would be best to recruit the two of them. The former is good at alchemy and is somewhat useful, while the latter cultivates the "fire" calamity of the "Three Calamities Corpse Record" and is barely decent in strength. However, there are too many cultivators like him, so he is not of much use to them.

"Let's wait and see. They still have plenty of lifespan left; perhaps they have other ideas..."

As Zhu Yu's thoughts flashed through his mind, he was just about to check if there was anything interesting or interesting to see in the "Heavenly Dao Sect" group today.

Zhu Yi walked up with small, quick steps, knelt down, and said respectfully, "Master, this servant would like to request a day's leave to go out of the island."

Before Zhu Yu could ask, she explained.

The Qingping Pagoda's large-scale recruitment of disciples and its friendly treatment of independent cultivators have attracted many people to it.

Among them was Zhu Yi's family, including her son who was preparing to join the sect; they had all moved here and had just sent her a letter the day before yesterday.

I hope you're absolutely furious.

The reason for this leave is that he wants his son to go back and become a disciple of a certain family for cultivation.

Zhu Yu nodded in understanding, thought for a moment, and smiled, "I will soon be establishing my own household. If you are willing, you can take him over to work with the servants to build a foundation. After some time, when the household is established, you can have him join the household."

Zhu was stunned for a moment.

The master is going to establish a new residence? ...

When she understood what it meant, her eyes lit up, and excitement appeared on her face. She quickly kowtowed and said, "Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master! May you enjoy eternal bliss!"

He was so excited that he stammered.

Zhu Yu waved to help her up, then smiled and waved again, "Alright, go ahead."

"Yes, this servant will take her leave."

Zhu Yi forced himself to suppress his excitement, bowed and left the hall. Outside the hall, his body trembled uncontrollably, and he was even a little unsteady on his feet.

"The master wants to establish his own residence..."

"I'm the butler appointed by the master, so wouldn't that mean..."

Thinking of this, Zhu Yi's heartbeat quickened considerably, and it took her quite a while to calm down. She recalled the letter from home yesterday, saying that she could enter the "Qingping Pagoda" without spending spirit stones, and that it would allow her to redeem herself.

This is certainly a well-intentioned gesture.

Her family cared about her and couldn't bear to let her continue being a servant.

Zhu Yi was deeply touched by this, but it was absolutely impossible for her to redeem herself. She had gone through countless hardships to be with the right master, and now that the master had become successful, it was no surprise that her status as the master's housekeeper would rise accordingly.

Redeeming herself now?

Only someone with a screw loose would do that.

"Oh, and there's Mie'er too. Let him become the master's apprentice..."

Redeeming herself now?

Only someone with a screw loose would do that.

"Oh, and there's Mie'er too. Let him become the master's apprentice..."

Zhu Yixin made his decision, and with the feeling of returning home in glory, his steps became much lighter. When he returned to the temple, he saw Xiaoqing and Xiaobai lying lazily on rocking chairs not far away, pretending to be asleep, and his steps became even lighter.

A short while later, he came out carrying a package.

Just as she was about to leave.

Xiaoqing's voice came from the side.

"Whoa?"

Zhu Yi turned his head. Having dealt with Xiaoqing and Xiaobai for a long time, he understood to some extent what she meant, and respectfully replied:

"Lord Qing, Lord Bai, I have asked for leave from my master and need to go home."

After a series of explanations and gestures, Xiaoqing and Xiaobai finally understood what it meant.

Whoa! ...

Xiaoqing didn't notice anything and wanted to lie back down, but Xiaobai temporarily took over the body, beckoned to Zhu Yi, and took out an exquisite wooden box from his beast pouch and handed it to her.

"My lord, this servant cannot accept it..."

Upon seeing this, Zhu Yi was filled with trepidation. She had spent a lot of time with Lord Qing and Lord Bai and naturally knew them well. Lord Bai loved beautiful clothes and accessories the most, so how could she dare to ask for his favorite?

Xiao Bai simply shoved the wooden box into her hands.

Zhu Yigang wanted to decline.

A soft, childlike voice echoed in her mind.

"You should dress more presentably when you go back."

Zhu Yi was stunned for a moment. Then, she heard a calm voice again, "Xiao Bai gave it to you, so just accept it."

"Yes, this servant thanks Master Xie and Lord Bai for the reward."

Zhu Yi's eyes reddened, and he bowed respectfully before carefully accepting the wooden box.

"Open it and try it on."

Xiao Bai looked on expectantly.

Zhu Yi didn't hesitate. She thought that when she returned, she would buy Lord Bai another beautiful robe. She then opened the wooden box.

A surge of spiritual energy.

A light blue robe, exuding a gentle and ethereal charm, appeared.

"High-grade robes..."

With just one glance, Zhu Yi recognized its grade. She was pleasantly surprised but also a little uneasy. The best magic robe she had ever worn in her life was a low-grade magic robe that her Daoist partner bought for her when they got married.

I've only ever seen high-grade robes, never worn them.

Zhu looked up at Xiaobai, wanting to say something, but was stopped by her raising her hand. Under her instructions, she carefully put on the robe with "Qinglan" embroidered on the sleeves.

The robe felt as light as a feather, and the powerful energy transmitted from the restriction filled Zhu Yi with joy. She carefully smoothed the hem of the robe, feeling somewhat flustered.

Xiao Bai looked at the plain robe and nodded in satisfaction.

She finally managed to give away the dress she didn't like. "Manager Luo" was really something; she wanted her to keep it even though it was obviously ugly. She would never collect such an ugly dress.

That's what I was thinking.

But his face showed an expression of appreciation and satisfaction.

Sensing her thoughts, Xiao Qing was very disdainful. She rudely grabbed half of her body, stepped in front of the cramped Zhu Yi, and took out a handful of spiritual fruits from her "beast bag" and stuffed them into her arms.

He then began to eat the fruit.

The thought and the little white dog bickered as they walked toward the little black dog.

When Zhu came to his senses, he saw that there was another cloth bag in his arms, similar in style to those of the Qing and Bai masters.

"Since it's a family reunion, let's rest for a couple more days..."

Underground palace and mausoleum.

Ignoring Zhu Yi's profuse thanks, Zhu Yu took out the "virtual crystal" he had purchased last time. With his divine sense as sharp as a knife, he quickly inscribed the "array pattern" and placed it on the array base, which resembled an altar, and then infused it with spiritual power to activate it.

"Let's try sending over three thousand divine soul particles first..."

"And the Life Stone, I wonder if it can replace the life essence that Xiao Qi has gathered..."