Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Improving Spiritual Root Aptitude

The Seven Friends of Mangshan's conspiracy concerns the lives of Wu Fan, Zhao Xuan, and Lin Shu, but Wu Fan is completely unaware of it at this moment.

He was in seclusion in his room, and this seclusion lasted for a full seven days.

On the morning of the seventh day, the first rays of sunlight pierced through the window, casting golden rays that fell upon Wu Fan.

Wu Fan slowly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them before he quickly concealed it. The spiritual energy around him settled completely, and his aura became steady.

He had completely stabilized his cultivation at the late stage of Qi Refining, his dantian was full, his meridians were unobstructed, and he no longer had the restlessness and unease he felt when he first broke through.

Wu Fan slowly got up, stretched, and felt a surge of comfort.

He turned and walked to the next room, gently pushed open the door, and saw Zhao Fu curled up on a soft plush cushion, fast asleep. His little body rose and fell slightly, and there was still a trace of dried monster meat on the tip of his nose. His fluffy head would occasionally rub against the cushion, looking adorable.

Upon seeing this, Wu Fan unconsciously curled up a gentle smile.

He knew that although the blood and qi contained in the monster meat jerky were not very strong, Zhao Fu was still young and could not withstand such blood and qi. Every time he ate it, he would fall asleep for a long time. He would eat and sleep, and sleep and eat. He spent most of his time sleeping and digesting the blood and qi in his body.

Wu Fan did not go forward to disturb them, gently closed the door, and turned back to the main room.

Walking to the window, Wu Fan pushed it open, and the fresh morning air rushed in, invigorating him and dispelling most of the fatigue from his days of seclusion.

Having been in seclusion for seven days without leaving the house, breathing in the fresh air now brings me a great sense of relief.

But Wu Fan did not indulge in this comfort, and his expression quickly returned to calm.

Although he had broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining and stabilized his cultivation, there was still one important matter he had not dealt with.

After refining the Dang Kang Banner, he had been unable to activate its transformation power. This breakthrough in cultivation was the perfect opportunity to try.

After this matter is resolved, he will wander around the market for a few more days. If he still cannot find fire-attribute materials that are of great help to the Five Elements Beads, he will quietly leave the Falling Star Valley market and head to Falling Star Valley.

Wu Fan stood quietly by the window, watching the sunrise slowly rise and dispel the night, his mind gradually calming down.

Then, he turned around and walked to the table, ate some food that had been prepared beforehand to fill his stomach, and then returned to the meditation cushion and sat cross-legged.

He raised his hand and flipped it over; a flash of light appeared at his fingertips, and a yellow flag appeared in his palm.

It was during the Kangqi period.

Since refining this flag, he has tried many times to activate its transformation ability, but due to his previous cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining, his spiritual power was insufficient, and he could only use the basic ability of the Dangkang Flag, "Wind and Soil Qi", and could not reach the core of the transformation power.

Having broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining, his spiritual power had increased several times over, and he wanted to try again to see if he could successfully activate this illusionary power.

Wu Fan took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and focused his mind on his dantian, urging the spiritual energy within his body to flow slowly.

A moment later, he slowly guided the spiritual energy in his dantian along the meridians of his arm and into the Dangkang flag in his palm.

In an instant, as the Kangqi flag trembled slightly and slowly detached from Wu Fan's palm, hovering in front of him, a faint yellowish-brown halo instantly appeared on the flag's surface. As the halo swirled, a faint beastly cry, almost imperceptible, came from deep within the flag, like the whisper of an ancient ferocious beast.

Immediately afterwards, a cloud of yellow sand burst forth from the flag, condensing into a ball of spiritual light in front of Wu Fan. At his will, it sometimes split into two, sometimes merged into one, moving freely and dynamically.

This is Kang Qi's basic ability, "Wind and Soil Qi". Wu Fan had already mastered this control when he was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and now he can use it with even more ease.

Wu Fan did not linger. He immediately began chanting incantations, and at the same time, spiritual energy surged continuously from his dantian, increasing the intensity of the infusion into Dang Kangqi.

He could clearly feel that Kang Qi was frantically absorbing his spiritual power, like a ferocious beast that had been starving for a long time, greedily devouring the hard-won nourishment.

After a long while, when Kangqi seemed to have absorbed enough initial spiritual power, the spiritual light on the flag suddenly surged, the earthy yellow halo became more and more intense, and even faintly shimmered with a dark golden light. The trembling of the flag body also became more and more violent, and the sound of beast roars became clearer, resounding throughout the entire room.

Fortunately, a soundproof barrier had been set up in advance, otherwise the huge commotion would have certainly alerted others.

Wu Fan's heart tightened, and he dared not relax for a moment. He immediately recited a more complicated and obscure incantation and fully activated the illusionary power within the flag.

But at this moment, the spiritual power connecting to Kangqi suddenly became sluggish, as if blocked by an invisible barrier. Every inch forward required several times the effort, and the spiritual power in his dantian began to churn violently.

Wu Fan's brows furrowed suddenly, his face paled slightly, but he still gritted his teeth and increased the output of his spiritual power, continuing to pour it into the Dang Kang Banner.

The spiritual energy within the dantian was being consumed at a visible rate, and the once abundant dantian gradually became empty.

Wu Fan was prepared. With a flick of his finger, a pill to restore spiritual power entered his mouth, transforming into a stream of pure spiritual power to replenish the energy consumed in his dantian.

He dared not pause for a moment, taking the pills and refining them quickly while continuously channeling the spiritual power in his dantian into the Dangkang Banner.

And so, half an incense stick's time quietly passed.

The yellowish-brown halo in front of Kang Qi gradually coalesced into a blurry shadow.

Although it was gathering, the speed at which the light and shadow gathered was extremely slow. For every bit of light that gathered, the spiritual power in Wu Fan's dantian would decrease by one bit.

His chest rose and fell slightly, his breathing became heavy, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face grew increasingly pale.

But his gaze remained resolute as he stared intently at the blurry figure of light and shadow before him.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the blurry light and shadow finally began to take on a clear outline.

A ferocious beast, resembling a fat pig with a robust body and covered in thick, ochre-yellow short fur, appeared. Fine earth patterns were faintly visible among its fur, exactly the same as the pattern on the Dangkang Banner.

As spiritual energy continued to flow in, the earth patterns slowly lit up, gleaming with a faint dark golden light.

This is the phantom image of Dang Kang, formed from the power of Dang Kang's transformation?!

Wu Fan slowly opened his eyes, his gaze falling on the half-zhang-tall phantom of Dang Kang, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Although his voice carried a hint of weariness, it could not hide his joy:

"As expected...it worked..."