Cultivating Immortality: Beginning with Blessings from the Immortals

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi was taken aback, a look of surprise flashing across his face.

Seeing Chen Yi's shocked expression, Master Zhou smiled and said:

"That's right, I have the same three-colored mixed spiritual root as you."

"If it weren't for my mentor's appreciation, I probably wouldn't have been able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

Han Yimiao and Wu Yifeng looked on with admiration; they were also aware of Master Zhou's deeds. Master Zhou had endured many hardships to get to where he was today.

Master Zhou took out a formation plate and several formation flags from his bosom and handed them to Chen Yi.

"Master, what is this?" Chen Yi asked in confusion.

Master Zhou smiled and said, "To be honest, I have never given you anything precious before."

"This is a second-tier formation, the Swift Wind Killing Formation. It's probably impossible for you to activate it now."

"However, once you break through to the Foundation Establishment stage and strengthen your divine sense, you will be able to activate this formation."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi's expression turned to surprise. He could clearly sense the profound power contained within the array patterns. Second-tier arrays were extremely valuable, capable of easily trapping cultivators of the same level.

He immediately stood up and solemnly bowed to thank Master Zhou.

Master Zhou waved his hand, indicating that Chen Yi didn't need to be so polite. He would also teach Chen Yi about formations in the coming days.

He instructed Chen Yi to proceed steadily and surely during the Qi Refining stage.

Both he and Chen Yi possessed mixed three-colored spiritual roots, making their innate talents and foundations inferior to those of cultivators with celestial spiritual roots or three spiritual roots. If they went astray and suffered a qi deviation, their foundations would be severely damaged.

Master Zhou also gave Chen Yi many pills, herbs, and spiritual plants for cultivation.

Chen Yi was deeply moved and felt even more admiration for Master Zhou.

After several rounds of drinks and dishes, Master Zhou arranged for Chen Yi to rest in a courtyard.

For the next month, Chen Yi stayed at Xuyu Peak.

Master Zhou would instruct him on formation knowledge every day, helping him master the Xuan Guang Geng Jin Formation. The Xuan Guang Geng Jin Formation is ever-changing, and if one could master it with ease, it would certainly be a powerful weapon.

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"Master, I'll take my leave now," Chen Yi said apologetically, bowing slightly.

He is not yet a disciple of the Heavenly Spirit Sect and cannot stay there for long. Master Zhou is a formation master of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, which is why Chen Yi can stay on Xuyu Peak.

After giving Chen Yi a few instructions, Master Zhou told him to take the jade pendant and leave.

Chen Yi walked out holding the jade token. Before he left the courtyard, Wu Yifeng quickly walked over from the side.

"Junior brother, let's go together," Wu Yifeng said, beaming.

He was almost suffocating in Xuyu Peak these days. After Master Zhou came out of seclusion, he could only accompany Chen Yi to learn about formations.

They couldn't drink alcohol, nor could they listen to music in brothels.

Now that he sees Chen Yi leaving Xu Yufeng, he also takes the opportunity to find an excuse to leave with Chen Yi.

After the two left Xuyu Peak in their flying magical artifact, they went straight away from Tianling Sect.

After Chen Yi and Wu Yifeng left Tianling Sect, Wu Yifeng said goodbye to Chen Yi and left first, while Chen Yi went straight back to his own courtyard.

He had just broken through to the eighth level of Qi Refining and returned home to immediately begin seclusion to consolidate his cultivation.

When Chen Yi emerged from seclusion again, more than a month had passed.

Chen Yi pushed open the door, stretched his body, and then went straight to the backyard.

In the backyard, many pale gold spirit insects fluttered and hovered above the insect house. Thanks to the blessing of the Insect God, many Crimson Star Gold-Eating Insects had successfully hatched.

A small number of Crimson Star Gold-Eating Insects have already reached maturity, and Chen Yi estimates that these spirit insects will all reach maturity in six months.

However, the probability of a new Insect King being born is very low now, whereas previously the first blessing could greatly increase the probability.

Alternatively, auxiliary insects have a higher probability of producing an insect king, but neither the Ironfire Ant nor the Crimson Star Gold-Eating Insect has ever produced an insect king.

"It seems the only way is to gather enough offerings to bless and upgrade the Insect God's rank," Chen Yi thought to himself.

He had seen the conditions for advancing to the next level with the blessing of the Insect God, but many of the items were too precious, and there were even requirements for his cultivation level.

One must advance to the Foundation Establishment stage and sacrifice a small portion of one's essence and blood to advance.

Chen Yi could only focus on steady cultivation for now, and then think of another way after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

During this time, Chen Yi's mastery of insect control techniques made him increasingly adept at manipulating the Ironfire Ants. However, since the Ironfire Ants had already advanced to the second-tier spirit insect level, he could only control a maximum of half of them.

If one can control all the Ironfire Ants, the swarm can withstand Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Chen Yi took out the pills his master had given him, intending to devote himself to cultivation for a period of time.

Before he could make a move, a knock sounded at the courtyard gate.

An anxious voice rang out:

"Brother Chen Yi, Brother Chen Yi, are you there?"

"I'm Wu Tingting, Brother Chen Yi..."

Chen Yi sensed that Wu Tingting seemed to have something urgent, so he rushed over and opened the courtyard gate.

Upon seeing Chen Yi, Wu Tingting's face lit up with joy. She then grabbed his arm with both hands, almost pleadingly saying:

"Brother Chen Yi, my grandfather has been poisoned."

"He's still unconscious. Could you go check on him?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi immediately followed Wu Tingting to the next room. Wu Qingshan had once helped him obtain the Xuan Shui Pearl and the Jade Dew Essence, so there was still a favor to be done.

The two went next door and immediately entered Wu Qingshan's bedroom.

Chen Yi pushed open the door and immediately smelled a peculiar, fishy odor.

Wu Tingting pulled Chen Yi to the bedside and said:

"Brother Chen Yi, look at my grandfather, he's starting to lose his senses."

Chen Yi looked down at Wu Qingshan, his brows furrowing slightly.

Wu Qingshan's skin was a light grayish-blue all over his body, with several bite marks on his shoulders and neck. The wounds had turned dark blue, and even the blood had been corroded into a light grayish-blue.

Chen Yi immediately inquired about what had happened, as he needed to know how the poisoning occurred in order to treat the symptoms effectively.

Wu Tingting briefly explained what had happened: she and Wu Qingshan went fishing and encountered a group of sea monsters near the boundary between the Donghai Islands and the open sea.

The Sea Yaksha is a ferocious and brutal monster from the outer sea.

Wu Qingshan and his companion were also unlucky; while fishing, they encountered more than a dozen sea monsters, and were injured by them while trying to save Wu Tingting.

If Wu Tingting hadn't forcibly used her life essence to activate the magic boat, they probably would have been hiding at the bottom of the sea.

Chen Yi sighed inwardly, took out several antidote pills from his storage bag, and fed them to Wu Qingshan first.

She even took out a drop of the thousand-year-old spiritual milk and dripped it onto his wound.

Before long, Wu Qingshan's complexion improved somewhat.

Upon seeing this, Wu Tingting breathed a sigh of relief, then her body went limp and she fainted next to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi reacted quickly, immediately picking up Wu Tingting to check on her condition.

"Damaged essence and blood, coupled with sudden internal heat, he naturally fainted after relaxing and letting go of the tension in his heart."

Chen Yi sighed inwardly and placed her on a chair.

He took out another pill and fed it to her, then infused some spiritual energy into her body.

A short while later, Wu Tingting slowly woke up. Seeing Chen Yi, she realized she had fainted. She quickly thanked him and checked on Wu Qingshan.

Wu Qingshan's poison had not yet been cured, but Chen Yi had temporarily stabilized him with pills and millennium-old spiritual milk.

Wu Tingting came to the bedside and gently called out to Wu Qingshan.

Wu Qingshan, who had been in a coma, slowly opened his eyes with a slight twitch of his eyelids.