Mortal: I have a gathering technique

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After leaving the Six-Linked Palace, Fang Qing and Xin Ruyin continued to wander around the market, buying whatever they could find that they needed.

Half a day later, the two returned home laden with their loot.

Xiao Huandao Cave Hall.

The two sat facing each other. Fang Qing took out the jade slip containing the array inheritance and placed it in front of Xin Ruyin:

"Keep this for now. After you've studied it, just give me a copy."

Xin Ruyin picked up the jade slip with a generous air, put it into her storage bag, looked up at Fang Qing again, and said in a complicated tone:

"Are you going back to Tiannan?"

Fang Qing nodded and explained:

"I haven't mentioned the teleportation array to my master yet, so it wouldn't be appropriate to just leave like this."

He paused, then, meeting Xin Ruyin's gaze, carefully said:

"Now that your cultivation has reached the perfect tenth level of Qi Refining, why not establish your foundation here... I'll feel more at ease once you become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, what do you think?"

"Foundation Building?"

Xin Ruyin's eyes flashed, her voice trembled slightly, and she was both excited and hesitant.

Her problem with the Dragon Roar Body was not resolved, and she worried that her yang energy would be generated even faster after she became a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Fang Qing could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her expression, and comforted her:

"Don't worry, I'll help you extract the excess yang energy, so your life won't be in danger."

Upon hearing this, Xin Ruyin took a deep breath and nodded silently.

……

Inside the cultivation chamber, Xin Ruyin sat cross-legged with her eyes closed, her body surging with spiritual energy...

Fang Qing sat to the side, acting as a protector.

Just one day earlier, Fang Qing used his gathering technique to extract all of Xin Ruyin's accumulated yang energy.

Without the torment of yang energy, Xin Ruyin felt as if she had unloaded a heavy burden, and her whole body felt incredibly relaxed, requiring almost no further adjustment.

So, after calming herself down a bit, she took the Foundation Establishment Pill directly.

At this moment, wisps of turbid air can be seen leaking out from the pores of the skin; this is called "washing the tendons and marrow".

Soon, Xin Ruyin's aura began to rise steadily. After reaching a certain point, her aura suddenly changed, and a faint but powerful pressure from the Foundation Establishment stage began to radiate outwards.

Having experienced the Foundation Establishment stage, Fang Qing knew that Xin Ruyin was currently in the stage of mana liquefaction.

At this point, it can be said that the foundation has been successfully laid.

However, due to her Dragon Roar Physique, Xin Ruyin's breakthrough in cultivation resulted in the rapid generation of a large amount of Yang energy within her body in a short period of time.

The scorching yang energy spread through her meridians, and a stinging pain, as if she were being roasted by hot coals, entered her consciousness, causing Xin Ruyin to tremble involuntarily.

Fang Qing frowned slightly, raised his hand at the right moment, and activated the gathering spell again the instant Xin Ruyin completed the liquefaction of her mana.

With the heat of Yang energy gone, Xin Ruyin calmed down immediately, and her furrowed brows finally relaxed. She seized the opportunity to stabilize her realm and consolidate her cultivation.

Fang Qing glanced at it a few times, nodded slightly, walked to the side and sat down. With a flick of his palm, a jade slip appeared in his hand.

The next moment, his divine sense probed in and carefully examined the text.

This jade slip contains a recipe for an elixir called "Zi Yin Wan".

Fang Qing had seen it by chance when he was wandering around Tiandu Street Market collecting pill formulas.

He remembered that in the original story, Old Demon Han had used this pill to help Tian Qin'er balance the dryness of her Dragon Roar Body.

At this moment, after a little contemplation, he roughly understood the effects of this elixir.

"Although this Purple Yin Pill can balance dryness, its effect is limited. Judging from the quality of the Yang energy that Ruyin just generated, it can only balance this much Yang energy at most."

"In other words, this pill is only useful during the Foundation Establishment stage. Once Ruyin becomes a Core Formation cultivator, the Purple Yin Pill will be of little use."

"In the end, this pill can only be used as a temporary emergency measure. To save your life, you still need to rely on my gathering skills."

Thinking of this, Fang Qing scratched his head and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​collecting star data again.

After glancing at Xin Ruyin, who was consolidating her cultivation, Fang Qing left the secret chamber and entered the weapon-refining room next door.

Inside the cave, which was neither too big nor too small, Fang Qing sat cross-legged. He ran his hand over his storage bag, and a piece of wood about a foot long appeared out of thin air.

The outer layer of this piece of wood has been peeled off, revealing a smooth, dark brown wood underneath.

Judging from the cross-section and texture, this is a piece of paulownia wood that is a thousand years old.

Despite its considerable age, this piece of wood is only a small section, and since the paulownia tree isn't a particularly precious spiritual wood, its value is actually quite low, worth only a hundred or so low-grade spirit stones.

However, when Fang Qing saw it, a special magical artifact immediately came to mind:

Great Relocation Order!

Therefore, I bought it on the spot.

At this moment, Fang Qing opened his mouth and spat out a wisp of golden-red flame, which enveloped the green paulownia wood.

A miraculous thing happened: under the burning of the golden-red flames, the paulownia wood did not burn, but gradually melted into a dark brown gelatinous mass.

Then, as Fang Qing continuously infused the magic runes, the gelatinous mass eventually shaped into a palm-sized token.

The lid was lifted, revealing a box of bright blue powder.

Fang Qing pointed his finger, and the blue powder transformed into a thin thread that flew toward the token.

The silk threads danced, and in a few breaths, a profound and ancient rune was drawn on the surface of the token.

Seeing this, Fang Qing opened his mouth again, and a ball of true fire enveloped the token.

Under the tempering of true fire, the ancient runes burst forth with a dazzling blue light, eventually seeping into the token like water seeping into sand.

Then, with a flash of light, the dark brown token transformed into a bright blue token with an antique pattern on its surface.

Fang Qing reached out and took the token in his hand. After examining it for a few moments, he swept his other hand across his storage bag, and another gleaming blue token appeared in his hand.

Seeing the two identical Great Teleportation Tokens, Fang Qing nodded in satisfaction and put them away.

"We have the Great Teleportation Token; now it's time for the teleportation array!"

As his thoughts raced, Fang Qing suddenly flicked his sleeve, and pieces of spiritual materials flew out of his storage bag.

There are white jade stones, blue metals, and some strange materials that are either powders or pastes.

These spiritual materials look extraordinary, but in the world of cultivation, most of them are just ordinary items.

After tidying them up one by one, Fang Qing got busy again.

……

Time flies, and more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, Fang Qing stretched and finally took a break from her busy schedule.

At this moment, two circular array bases had appeared in front of him.

The base of the array is about half a zhang in diameter, and its surface is engraved with intricate patterns.

It's a pair of mid-range teleportation arrays!

Fang Qing checked the array base several times, and after confirming that everything was correct, he put one of them away.

Then, exit the weapon-refining room.

Standing in the main hall of the cave, he extended his divine sense, covering Xin Ruyin's secret chamber.

Seeing that Xin Ruyin had initially stabilized her realm, Fang Qing left a letter and quickly left Xiaohuan Island, heading towards the deserted island where the ancient teleportation array was located.

……

Teleportation array on a deserted island.

Fang Qing stood at the entrance of the stone cave, made a hand seal, and used the petrification technique to seal the entrance and erase any traces.

Then, they used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to enter the cave where the teleportation array is located).

Inside the spacious cave, Fang Qing took out the array base he had crafted and placed it in a corner.

Next, take out six low-grade spirit stones and press them into the groove.

On the surface of the array base, a flash of light appeared, and a faint yellow light enveloped the entire array base.

Upon seeing that this array base was connected to the array base of Xiaohuan Island, Fang Qing walked into the teleportation array and activated the runes.

With a flash of light, when his vision returned, Fang Qing found himself back in the weapon-refining room of the Little Huan Island cave.

"Haha, it worked!"

Fang Qing couldn't help but throw her head back and laugh.

After laughing for a while, he pressed the spirit stone back in, activated the teleportation array, and returned to the deserted island cave.

Then, stepping onto the ancient teleportation array...

……

Tiannan, Yuanwu Kingdom, Xiaozhushan.

With a flash of light, Fang Qing's figure reappeared on the platform of the ancient teleportation array.

Upon returning to this place, Fang Qing did not linger. He put away the teleportation array base and quickly headed towards Huangfeng Valley.

As for everything about Xiaoshanzhu, Fang Qing did not touch it. He only activated the "Illusory Heavenly Net Array" set up by Xin Ruyin to cover the entire Xiaoshanzhu Mountain.