Cultivating immortality begins with formations.

Gu Qingyao's home...

Lu Yuan slowly woke up, a fragrant aroma lingering in his nostrils.

This is a woman's boudoir, simply furnished but quite elegant.

He got out of bed and stood up. Just then, the door opened, and Gu Qingyao stepped in, her graceful figure stopping in front of Lu Yuan.

"Brother Lu, how are you?"

Lu Yuan felt a fragrant breeze on his face and smiled, "Much better."

He fainted due to excessive consumption of spiritual energy and consciousness, but his body was actually fine. He has recovered after resting enough.

As for how they address each other, they have become more intimate at some point.

Lu Yuan didn't investigate further; he knew that his efforts over the past few days would eventually pay off.

"Qingyao's safe passage through the onset of the cold poison and her successful foundation building are all thanks to Brother Lu's great help. Qingyao thanks you again..."

Gu Qingyao cupped her hands and smiled, her previous aloof demeanor gone.

"You're exaggerating."

"Since I made a promise to Fairy Gu, I will keep it. This time it was a close call, so you don't need to worry about it."

Lu Yuan spoke casually, as a gambler, he had won again.

But in Gu Qingyao's view, the other party had risked their life to help her during this trip to the Nine Ridges Mountains, and the debt of gratitude was truly profound.

How could she not take it to heart...?

Gu Qingyao pursed her lips, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. After a moment, she suppressed her smile and looked at Lu Yuan seriously.

"Although Qingyao is not good with words, she has a clear sense of right and wrong..."

As she spoke, she took out several items and placed them on the table.

"These two storage bags belong to that couple who were robbing cultivators. I've checked them and there are no marks left. Please accept them, Brother Lu..."

Lu Yuan nodded and saw that in addition to the two storage bags, there was also a second-tier fire-type demon core on the table.

Finally, Gu Qingyao took out a white jade porcelain bottle. "Inside is a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill. I have already successfully established my foundation, so this item is of little use to me. Brother Lu saved my life, so please do not refuse it."

Lu Yuan certainly wouldn't refuse, but his words betrayed his astonishment: "How can this be? Foundation Establishment Pills are far too expensive. Even if Fairy Gu doesn't need them, she should exchange them for spirit stones."

"No amount of spirit stones could buy Qingyao's life."

Gu Qingyao shook her head and said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan reached out and accepted everything on the table, saying, "Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Gu Qingyao's expression relaxed slightly when she saw him accept the gift.

This was the most appropriate way she could think of to repay the favor; if the other party refused, she really wouldn't know what to do.

As for romantic love, she only considered it briefly before completely rejecting it from her mind.

Lu Yuan was unaware of her ulterior motives.

He appeared calm and composed, but was actually overjoyed inside.

This is a top-quality Foundation Establishment Pill!

Whenever a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill appears in the market, major forces and independent cultivators will fight tooth and nail to get their hands on it.

And yet he obtained it so easily.

At the same time, Lu Yuan also understood that Gu Qingyao's actions were both to repay a debt of gratitude and to draw a clear line between them.

Having taken this Foundation Establishment Pill, he would consider this favor wiped clean, and the two would be even.

Lu Yuan didn't mind at all.

Even if he has further dealings with Gu Qingyao in the future, he will not mention this matter again.

He never expected Gu Qingyao to develop any romantic feelings for him.

Even he himself was full of calculations; what Lu Yuan wanted was never love or romance.

Spirit stones, elixirs, cultivation techniques, magical artifacts, formations...

These tangible things pleased Lu Yuan more than the vague and ethereal concept of love.

really.

Upon seeing Lu Yuan accept the gift, Gu Qingyao's eyes darkened slightly, but her expression returned to its usual coolness as she spoke softly.

"I will stay in the market for several more months. If you encounter any trouble, you can come to me. I will still do my best to help you."

Thank you.

Lu Yuan nodded, his tone sincere.

……

Upon returning home, Lu Yuan immediately took stock of his gains.

no doubt.

The biggest gain from this trip to the Nine Ridges Mountains was the Foundation Establishment Pill.

After rubbing the porcelain bottle containing the Foundation Building Pill in his hands for a while, Lu Yuan excitedly put it back into his storage bag.

Then.

He then took out the three storage bags and used his divine sense to examine them.

The first one was the storage bag of Zhang Su, a ninth-level Qi Refining Array Master.

Because Zhang Su hadn't acquired anything at the auction and hadn't spent a single spirit stone, the spirit stones piled up like a small mountain in his storage bag, causing Lu Yuan to gasp for breath.

A quick sweep of his divine sense revealed over six thousand low-grade spirit stones.

"You've struck it rich!"

Lu Yuan was overjoyed.

No wonder that after entering the Nine Ridges Mountains, even legitimate demon-hunting teams would occasionally take on the role of thieves; it is indeed a highly profitable profession.

So much so that he had some different thoughts at this moment.

Realizing he was distracted, Lu Yuan closed his eyes for a moment, and only after calming down did he slowly open them, cursing inwardly.

"Lu Yuan, you're just a lowly cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining, yet you dare to dream of becoming a Tribulation Cultivator. You truly don't know your own limitations."

Check the storage bag again.

After glancing over a few mid-grade magic artifacts and talismans, Lu Yuan's attention fell on a few jade slips in the corner.

After checking them one by one, Lu Yuan smiled broadly.

Of these jade slips, three contained magical techniques, while the other three contained the array formations he had been longing for.

The Spirit Serpent Transforms into a Vine Formation.

The Spirit-Slaying Array.

Besides these two formations, the other one is the Qi Gathering Formation, which Lu Yuan has already mastered to perfection.

He tossed the jade slip containing the Qi Gathering Array aside.

He had also witnessed the Spirit Serpent Vine Formation before.

Lu Yuan then carefully examined the jade slip containing the Spirit-Slaying Array...

The jade slip contained a complete array diagram and pattern.

Its formation effect is the opposite of the Qi Gathering Formation. After setting up this formation, it can turn the surrounding area of ​​several feet into a spiritless domain.

When a cultivator uses any spell or talisman, relying solely on their own spiritual power yields extremely poor results, as they cannot avoid interacting with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Once the Spirit-Severing Array transforms the surrounding area into a spiritless realm, it will invisibly eliminate the effects of any spells.

As the formation becomes more refined, its range will also increase.

When Lu Yuan discovered the effect of this formation, he immediately realized that it was a formation that was naturally suited to body cultivation.

The cultivation method of body cultivators is to draw spiritual energy from heaven and earth into the body to temper the physical body. They do not rely on magic techniques. All their cultivation and spiritual power are transformed into a powerful physical body.

Lu Yuan picked up the other three jade slips that he had just tossed aside and found that one of them contained a technique called the Nine Revolutions Body Refining Technique.

Reaching the perfect cultivation level is the Ninth Revolution, and the strength of one's physical body is comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stages.

"This is good!"

Lu Yuan was delighted at the sight of the hunt.

In order to successfully establish his foundation in the future, he will definitely need a body-refining technique to lay a solid foundation for the perfection of his physical body.

At this moment, having obtained both the Spirit-Severing Array and the Nine Revolutions Body Refining Technique at the same time further solidified this idea.

It's just unknown how much lifespan will be required to cultivate both techniques to perfection simultaneously.

Lu Yuan discovered that the longevity pills he had won in the auction seemed to be insufficient.