Vampire Cultivation Notes

Li Jieqing glanced through the "Threshold Encounter Wind-Subduing Sword Technique" once and then set it aside.

He didn't know how precious this method of combining supernatural powers was within the Foundation Establishment realm, but there were a bunch of them on the two Blood Heart Sect's power transmission stone tablets he had picked up, so there was no need to value them.

After the method of combining evil spirits, the flying boat contained various scriptures, magical items, precious pills, utensils, and miscellaneous tools.

Li Jieqing merely glanced at the spiritual objects and precious pills with his divine sense and then temporarily skipped them.

Since acquiring the Ruyi Green Lotus, he has never lacked elixirs. Even though the Ruyi Green Lotus slows down the growth of spiritual plants needed for Foundation Establishment, it is still enough to support his cultivation.

"So many random things, even a bunch of shoddy flying swords forging qi... and they even hide so much malevolent energy?"

"This fellow usually stays quietly in the Imperial Observatory, but it turns out he's been plundering quite a bit in this Blood Heart Cave."

Li Jieqing carried out a large glass cabinet from the flying boat. Inside, six streams of evil energy were displayed, all stored in the Ruyi Sect's white mirror. Three of them had physical forms and were sufficient to be used to refine supernatural powers, while the remaining three were only slightly inferior in quality.

Even Li Jieqing, a self-taught practitioner, knew that evil energy was extremely precious in the East China Sea, and this Bao Wu had indeed made a fortune.

Now he's gotten all the benefits.

Li Jieqing examined the white mirror and identified the type of evil energy within it. He couldn't identify the specific type, but he could tell that two of them were demonic evil energy, two were wood evil energy, and the remaining one was wind evil energy and one was corpse evil energy.

The Foundation Establishment stage can condense a total of four streams of malevolent energy into the body. If one doesn't choose now, there will be no shortage of cultivation for the entire realm.

Without immediately deciding on the next source of malevolent energy, Li Jieqing put the glass cabinet into the treasure pearl space and then searched through the flying boat space, finding more and more miscellaneous items.

Whether on Xiaoxin Island or in the Eastern Court, Master Baowu was a powerful figure with a considerable amount of miscellaneous items.

Li Jieqing was busy intermittently all day, sorting things into categories. He stuffed low-end spiritual items used in the Qi Refining stage into the flying boat and jade bracelet space, while storing the small, easy-to-store classics and techniques into the treasure pearl space.

"Indeed, Bao Wu is more skilled in alchemy than Bao Cheng, and he has several second-tier pill formulas hidden in his possession."

Li Jieqing happily took out the brand-new elixir formulas to examine them. Needless to say, the formulas for the Foundation Building Elixir and the Jade Toad Elixir were widely known in the East China Sea.

There is also a formula for the Chang Geng Dan (Evening Venus Pill), which is used to enhance spiritual awareness.

The recipe for the Pure and Subtle Auspicious Pill is used to assist in refining the evil energy.

"Reforging the evil aura?"

Li Jieqing glanced at the few words of description on the Qingwei Ruyi Pill formula, but couldn't quite figure out what the pill's function was.

If we refine the evil energy again, what will happen to the evil energy supernatural powers that we refined together before?

After looking through it several times and finding some of Bao Wu's notes, he spent most of the day but still couldn't find any further explanation of the Qingwei Ruyi Dan formula.

Judging from the name of this elixir formula alone, it is probably produced by the Ruyi Sect.

I don't know if it's a unique feature of the sect, but it's a special kind of elixir in the Ruyi Sect's cultivation system.

"Never mind, the medicinal herbs required by this pill formula are also scarce. I'll refine a few pills when I have the chance in the future."

Li Jieqing put the newly acquired elixir formula into his sleeve for future reference, and then put all the books he had found in the courtyard back into his treasure pearl space.

There wasn't anything else particularly noteworthy.

Among all the books in the courtyard, more than half were Taoist scriptures and sword techniques compiled by the Ruyi Sect.

It is not magic, but a method of cultivating the mind through visualization.

It's somewhat like metaphysics in the mundane world, focusing only on cultivating the mind and not on physical objects.

"Whether it's Baowu or Baocheng, both of them have so many visualization texts, and many of them are the same. It's probably some kind of compulsory course in the Ruyi Sect."

Li Jieqing pondered for a while, but still couldn't figure out what the purpose of these mysterious books on self-cultivation was. Could it be something like the method that only those who are proficient in Buddhism can master the seventy-two unique skills?

Unable to find a way to circulate magical power after searching left and right, Li Jieqing had no choice but to put it aside for the time being.

When I have time another day, I'll take it out and look through it carefully. Maybe there's some secret in it, but I haven't found the method of cultivation yet.

But that's no longer possible.

Li Jieqing had been on leave for some time, scheming against Bao Wu and spending several days hiding in the Di Huo Courtyard, laughing and taking stock of his gains. This morning, a message came from the palace, asking if he had left the pass yet, as the court was short of people.

This great job can't be lost because of absenteeism.

Since breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, Li Jieqing has accumulated quite a few cultivation puzzles. For example, why is it that every time he releases his divine sense, it is detected by others? This is completely unreasonable for a perfect Foundation Establishment cultivator.

There are also many things in the collection of Bao Cheng Bao Wu that are incomprehensible to many people.

Now Li Jieqing is just waiting for this cleansed identity to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, so he can have a few pleasant discussions with his fellow cultivators in the Eastern Lands and make up for his lack of Foundation Establishment cultivation experience.

Therefore, if the imperial court were to offer sacrifices, who else but me?

It's also a good opportunity to see the current state of the Eastern Court after the death of the new Imperial Preceptor, Master Baowu.

Taking out the communication jade talisman, Li Jieqing sent messages to the Imperial City, the Yu family, and the Bai family's merchant guild, explaining that he had just emerged from seclusion and had made great progress in his cultivation.

He quickly tidied up the small courtyard and went straight out the door.

"Have you made significant progress in your spiritual practice?"

One of the people in the Ningrong Mansion of the Yu family became anxious and hurriedly arranged to go into seclusion, preparing to break through ahead of others. With the help of the entire Ningrong Mansion's direct descendants, there was no reason for them to lose to someone from outside the mansion!

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"My senior brother is dead?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"What? The demonic tiger has reappeared?"

"Then it's not surprising..."

"Please wait, messenger. I have my own plans and will not delay important matters."

The Director of the Imperial Observatory of the Eastern Court, the Foundation Establishment disciple of the Ruyi Sect in the Eastern Sea, and the True Man Baozhang of Xiaoxin Island in the Eastern Sea, after exchanging a few words with the messengers from the court who were reporting the death, turned around and announced the closure of the entire Imperial Observatory.

"This indigenous government is untrustworthy!"

Inside the towering pagoda with its dense eaves, Master Baozhang sat alone, restless. Even the complete closure of the Imperial Observatory could only bring him a tiny bit of security.

Senior Brother Bao Wu came from the Yang family within the sect, with a true Golden Core ancestor above him, and was also in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Yet, he suddenly died without a sound, leaving only a trace of his remains that was brought back. There was absolutely no warning before his death.

No, perhaps a little.

Although Master Baozhang had been keeping the calculations of the Blood Heart Cave Heaven hidden in the void and its corresponding node in the outside cultivation world a secret and rarely lost focus, he did know that his senior brother Baowu seemed to have contacted the local indigenous family for a while before his death.

Thinking of this, Master Baozhang immediately summoned his disciples to bring the head of the Xue family for questioning.

He dared not go out, but sent another message to the Eastern Court, in case the Xue family refused to come, and if necessary, to force the Xue family members to come.

As a result, the Xue family, whose patriarch had died, had been summoned by the imperial court for questioning. Master Baozhang threatened them with the matter of searching for the exit of the cave, and then brought all the Xue family members to the Imperial Observatory for soul-searching and interrogation.

"An old man in red robes? Who is that?"

Master Baozhang examined the information obtained from the soul search, but the truth remained elusive.

Before his death, Bao Wu kept his junior brother completely in the dark, so that he could keep the benefits for himself.

"His body transformed into a blood shadow and moved away, like a secret technique of the Blood Heart Sect... Could it be that Blood Demon?!"

Master Baozhang looked utterly bewildered.

Heaven have mercy, as the weakest of the Seven True Ones, when he arrived at Xiaoxin Island, he was only busy fighting the Demon Tiger. Afterwards, he was assigned to do hard labor to measure the entire Xiaoxin Island. Bao Wu only cared about covering up the whole story, so he really didn't understand it.

It was only after the Blood Demon invaded the Seven Immortal Cities and created numerous puppets that the name "Blood Demon" came into being.

But isn't the Blood Demon the demoness Fairy Shecai? How come he's a man?

Master Baozhang couldn't understand it, so he silently went up to the high building, stared at the algorithm device placed on the altar, and recalled his long-standing sense of impending doom.

At that moment, he felt as if there was a large "danger" character on his forehead.

"This is no place to stay any longer, quickly find an exit and escape!"

"Bao Wu's death is suspicious. These locals can't be trusted. They probably want to kill Bao Wu so they can control me, who is weak and outnumbered. But they need me to figure out the exit. Until I do, they must keep me around to help them, and they must tolerate me..."

Having figured this out, Master Baozhang immediately issued a new order to the Imperial Observatory, instructing his disciples to carry it out.

Starting today, the gates of the Imperial Observatory will be closed, and no new personnel will be accepted. He must personally oversee the transport of supplies.

Furthermore, all Foundation Establishment cultivators of the imperial court must stay away from the Imperial Observatory's territory and are not allowed to approach!

Now he is the only one left. Master Baozhang is betting that the Eastern Court must tolerate him. If they perish together, he will destroy the progress of his calculations and perish together with the Eastern Court!

Since being drawn into the Blood Heart Cave, Master Baozhang has been terrified for a long time. Now that Master Baowu is dead, he is even less willing to trust anyone. In order to survive, he has no choice but to take a crazy gamble to eliminate external threats and create a safe zone for himself.

And in the end, he didn't make the wrong bet.

The Imperial Observatory was closed, and the court promised that envoys would not disturb it under normal circumstances, but would only come near it when transporting supplies.

After the death of Master Baowu, the cooperation between the Eastern Lands and Master Baozhang needs a new balance.

Therefore, the Eastern Court openly tolerated Bao Zhang Zhenren's various actions, allowing him to stay at the Imperial Observatory with peace of mind.

Behind the scenes, this was the moment when the Eastern Court made its move.

"Yu Huanxiu, are you still loyal to the court?!"

"Loyalty beyond words, Commander!"

"Very good. You are a veteran of the Imperial Observatory; return to your post immediately!"

Dan Quan scrutinized Li Jieqing before him, his expression grave: "I have observed you for a long time. You are a person devoted to cultivation, willing to walk the righteous path, and a noble son who understands the principle of the nation's fate being intertwined with its own… The new Director of the Imperial Observatory is untrustworthy; he most likely intends to harm the dynasty's destiny. You will continue to guard the Imperial Observatory. Although you are not capable of monitoring the new Director, as long as you keep a close eye on the progress of the calculations within the tower and report it during the monthly exchange of supplies, it will be a great achievement for you. At that time, I will recommend you to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage and be promoted to the first rank!"

"It's our duty, Commander!"

"It's our duty, Commander!"

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"It's our duty, Commander!"