Vampire Cultivation Notes

What a rabble! No wonder they were chased and beaten by the demon tiger.

Seeing that he couldn't come to any conclusion, Li Jieqing shook his head and simply turned and left.

Let's wait.

If the white tiger has already been killed by Master Baozhou, there should be follow-ups in the community soon, and several managers should be dispatched to search for it in Wangyue Valley.

Conversely, if there is none, then we can have some hope.

Li Jieqing exhaled a breath of stale air, and left silently through the alleyway of South Street.

Upon seeing this, the group of returning rogue cultivators also stopped lingering and dispersed, each making their own plans.

Only Yu Mingli of the Yu family, watching Li Jieqing leave, finally spoke up to ask the others, "That person... what connection does he have with the demon tiger?"

"Brother Yu, you are a cultivator from out of town, no wonder you don't know..."

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As the saying goes, things don't always go as planned.

Li Jieqing originally intended to manipulate the wandering cultivators in the streets as pawns, sharing in a great opportunity.

Unexpectedly, after Master Baozhou entered the valley, the bustling exploration of Wangyue Valley immediately came to a halt, and no one went to help clear the mines anymore.

Moreover, under the imposing presence of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, without proactively revealing information, others don't even have the courage to ask about the demonic tiger's outcome.

Li Jieqing went out to inquire about the movements of the local managers.

As usual, none of the leading stewards showed any sign of going to Wangyue Valley.

This probably means that the cave has not yet been exposed.

Therefore, Li Jieqing was impulsive several times and planned to go out of the market and explore Wangyue Valley again.

Because that demonic tiger is cunning and ferocious, if it is not dead, it will most likely show itself and bite you if it discovers that you are the one who escaped from its jaws last time.

Once it's confirmed that the demon tiger is still alive, then we can once again command the wandering cultivators from the streets to enter the valley.

That's what he thought, but several times when he reached the archway and was about to leave, Li Jieqing gave up and turned back.

There's nothing wrong with it; it's just too strange.

After Master Baozhou returned from the valley, he did not take any action. If anyone suspected him of being the source of the rumors, they should have summoned him long ago.

Taipingfang remained as strange as ever.

So after much consideration, Li Jieqing chose to remain patient.

I'm not going out!

Let's play him one more time and see what kind of monsters and demons are lurking behind the scenes.

Li Jieqing sat cross-legged in the quiet room, meditating and cultivating himself.

This is a matter of survival.

A whole year has passed.

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Li Jieqing was fifty-seven years old, three years away from the age of sixty, when a normal cultivator's qi and blood begin to decline.

Fortunately, he's not abnormal.

In the alchemy room.

As always, Li Jieqing skillfully manipulated the fire in the alchemy furnace, just like in his youth. His long black hair was tied at the end with a knot and hung down his back.

The pallor on his face caused by his recent transformation into a vampire had disappeared. Over the course of a year, the green lotus seed had subtly improved his condition.

Now, apart from a pair of red eyes, there is no longer any sign of inhumanity.

If an outsider were to enter the alchemy room, they would see Li Jieqing sitting cross-legged amidst the black cauldron and white smoke, with flames swirling around him, looking every bit the part of an enlightened hermit.

An hour later.

Li Jieqing opened his eyes and withdrew the magical power from the alchemy furnace.

The fire descended and gradually died out in the swirling furnace.

At the same time, a bright red pill lay quietly in the remaining flames, its surface markings gradually disappearing and turning into a faint glow.

The alchemy furnace was opened, and a strong fragrance of elixirs wafted out, causing Li Jieqing to nod in satisfaction.

"This top-grade pill is truly difficult to refine; at least one pill has been successfully made."

Top grade Feng Xin Dan.

Wanbaoge sells each spirit stone for 42 yuan.

With its effects of strengthening the body, replenishing blood and energy, and reducing the aging process of cultivators to a certain extent, it has always been sought after by older cultivators.

However, Li Jieqing did not intend to sell this single pill that had been so painstakingly refined.

Inside the alchemy room, Li Jieqing shifted his gaze from the alchemy furnace, immediately swallowed a Qi-Nourishing Pill, and quickly recovered most of his magical power by grasping two spirit stones.

Then, while the effects of the Qi-Nourishing Pill were still in effect and his internal magical power was rising, he used his object manipulation technique to drag the freshly made Devotion Pill into his mouth and swallow it to refine it.

Originally made from his own blood, the pill replenished his blood energy after being ingested.

Li Jieqing formed hand seals in front of him, fully activating the Blood Heart Freedom Secret Record, circulating magical power, and taking the opportunity to draw upon his own essence and blood.

In a corner of the body, within the opened ventricle of the heart, a perfectly round blood cell was activated and began to beat.

This is the heart of blood!

Following the familiar cultivation path, the essence and blood drawn from Li Jieqing's body transformed into viscous blood energy, which flowed into his heart chambers like mist.

With each heartbeat, it continuously absorbs the blood mist.

With each wisp of blood essence absorbed, the Blood Heart's appearance becomes one step rounder.

More of one's own blood and energy continue to flow in, repeating this process until the entire blood heart is filled.

a moment.

Li Jieqing stopped the magic seal, ceased transporting blood energy, and stopped actively controlling the blood heart.

But the perfect blood heart did not stop beating again; instead, it began to beat on its own, slowly but powerfully, like a human heart.

"Finally, this blood and heart have been successfully condensed..."

Li Jieqing sighed weakly, and the two spirit stones he had just been holding turned into fine sand and slipped from his hand.

He wanted to possess the constitution of a vampire, and it took him almost three years of hard work, including using the Heart-Nourishing Pill to supplement his cultivation, before he finally condensed his blood heart and perfected his cultivation technique.

If it were an ordinary rogue cultivator, wouldn't it be difficult to achieve great success even after a lifetime of cultivation with this new technique?

"It's finally been completed, hopefully its power will live up to expectations..."

With a little bit of the Qi-Nourishing Pill's potency remaining in his body, Li Jieqing decided to take advantage of the fact that his cultivation technique was now complete and his true qi was even more abundant to try and break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, and see how much he still needed to go.

As a result, they ran out of steam as soon as they started, with the true energy belonging to each of the five elemental roots dragging them down.

Judging from this, it will probably take at least one or two decades to complete.

But if we really wait another twenty years, Jiang Wei's daughter, Jiang Ping, who is far away in the Ruyi Sect, might return. At that time, investigating the matter of her parents' silent disappearance would be another kind of trouble.

"Well, a year has passed without incident, so the rumors in Wangyue Valley should have died down by now."

Taking advantage of the failed breakthrough, Li Jieqing drank a bottle of cultivator's blood and made up his mind.

It was time for him to go back to Wangyue Valley and investigate further.

Although there is still a distance to go before breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining, over the past year, not only has the Blood Heart been successfully condensed, but the new cultivation technique has also been perfected.

He also successfully mastered the "Treasure Nourishing Technique," using the incantation to nurture the Azure Water Sword daily, and the effects were already visible.

The second-generation Azure Water Sword, as a superior-grade magic weapon, originally had three layers of restrictions inside: "Recognizing Master", "Preserving Magic", and "Breaking Force".

"Recognizing a master" is a minor restriction, and even slightly higher-level magical artifacts possess it.

The Qing Shui Sword is considered a high-grade magic weapon because of its "Storage" and "Breaking Momentum" properties. "Storage" allows the user to store magic power and use flying sword techniques, while "Breaking Momentum" is used for attack, adding a layer of damage and being particularly effective against metal, stone, and plant materials.