Cultivating immortality begins with formations.

Upon hearing this...

Lu Yuan's gaze fell on the turtle egg.

The turtle shell floated on the water, rising and falling with remarkable agility.

Seeing his interest, the middle-aged manager opened the cabinet door and fished the turtle egg out of the water, explaining, "To be honest, senior, this Xuan Shui Ling Turtle egg was purchased from a cultivator from the East Sea region decades ago. He said he obtained it by chance on the shore. According to the elders of the clan, once it reaches maturity, it should have the strength of a mid-grade second-tier cultivator. Even a full-force attack from a Foundation Establishment cultivator might not be able to break through its defenses."

I've heard...it should...maybe...

Lu Yuan immediately recognized this as a typical cliché.

But one thing is undeniable: this tortoise has a long lifespan, even if I use my blood and lifespan to nourish its spirit and plunder its lifespan.

They wouldn't die so quickly.

Lu Yuan had studied the Blood Longevity Feeding Spirit Technique.

The reason why they can plunder the lifespan of spirit pets is mainly because they absorb their life force to nourish themselves.

Furthermore, one cannot frequently use magic to draw life force, otherwise it will damage the spirit pet's essence and cause it to die instantly.

Only those with abundant and profound life force can withstand the Blood Longevity Feeding Spirit Technique and draw upon its life force.

The fact that spirit pets need to be fed with essence and blood means that Lu Yuan cannot feed spirit pets indiscriminately and on a large scale.

You must know that the essence and blood of every cultivator is extremely precious.

Furthermore, after losing essence and blood, it takes a very long time to recuperate and gradually recover.

This is also why Lu Yuan insisted on choosing a spirit pet with a long lifespan.

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Yuan looked up and said.

"That's it."

……

As soon as Lu Yuan stepped out of the Beast Taming Pavilion, he sensed a subtle, imperceptible gaze upon him from behind.

Once the Qi Concealment Technique has been perfected, you will be very sensitive to the secret prying eyes of others.

Moreover, as a formation master, Lu Yuan's spiritual sense far surpasses that of a fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator.

However, to avoid alerting the enemy, he did not intend to use his divine sense to spy on them.

Seeing a three-story building next door that offered rental training rooms, Lu Yuan smiled slightly and went inside.

After paying ten low-grade spirit stones and renting the space for two hours, Lu Yuan entered a cultivation room.

Then I felt that the previous feeling of being spied on had disappeared.

This training room is also a product of the division of the market into inner and outer cities.

Many cultivators living in the outer city will come here when they are about to break through to take advantage of the vast spiritual energy of the inner city for a few hours.

Although the price is relatively expensive.

However, at crucial moments, the surrounding environment still has a significant impact on the success rate of a cultivator's breakthrough.

Therefore, at this moment, only a few of the dozens of cultivation rooms on the three-story building remain unused.

As a result, people came and went in an endless stream.

The cultivators who had been following and watching them were now looking this way from across the street, unsure of what to do.

"So it was him."

Lu Yuan walked out of the building, using another face from the Thousand Illusions Mask.

Recognizing the furtive figure opposite, he recognized it as an elderly cultivator with a gloomy expression who had been among the guests on the second floor of the Beast Taming Pavilion.

"Have we encountered another cultivator raider?"

Lu Yuan glanced at him casually, then looked away, pondered for a moment, and decided to ignore him.

The perpetrators may be looking for targets to rob and kill in the market.

Now that I have evaded their notice, it would be tantamount to asking for trouble if I were to step forward again.

However, he did remember the person's appearance very well.

To be continued in the future.

The elderly cultivator was still waiting for Lu Yuan to come out, seemingly intending to find out where he lived first, unaware that Lu Yuan had already disguised himself as a burly man and slowly walked past him.

……

Return home.

Lu Yuan took out the Xuan Shui Ling Turtle egg from his storage bag.

The Lin family used a secret beast-taming technique to suppress it, preventing it from suddenly hatching. After all, if a spirit beast hatches and its appearance is poor, its price will definitely drop.

"Little darling, show your face!"

Lu Yuan made a hand seal to remove the restriction that the Lin family had placed on the eggshell.

The moment the restriction was lifted, the turtle egg in his palm suddenly trembled.

A faint fluctuation of spiritual energy emanated from deep within the eggshell, like a dormant life being gently awakened.

Lu Yuan stared expectantly at the turtle eggs.

Click.

At the top of the eggshell, a crack as thin as a hair quietly appeared.

Then, the crack meandered down from the top, and a little bit of crystalline viscous liquid, glowing with a blue spiritual light, was the first to overflow from the egg.

Click, click.

The cracks spread at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, they covered the entire eggshell like a spider web.

at last.

A small fragment at the top of the eggshell was pushed up from the inside, twitched slightly, and fell into Lu Yuan's palm.

A tiny, wet turtle head emerged from the egg.

Then, the little turtle used its head to pry open a larger piece of eggshell, stretched out its two front claws, grabbed the edge of the hole, and kicked hard to get out.

Its slender tortoise feet were not even as long as Lu Yuan's fingers. It took it a few kicks to barely squeeze a small section of its body out of the eggshell.

pat.

It rolled off the eggshell and landed on Lu Yuan's palm, its belly up, its four little legs flailing helplessly in the air.

It took a long time before the turtle finally turned over.

"This thing... is it really a second-tier demonic beast?"

Looking at the Xuan Shui Spirit Turtle, which was smaller than his own hand, Lu Yuan couldn't help but wonder if he had been tricked by the Beast Taming Pavilion.

The Xuan Shui Ling Turtle in his hand had a palm-sized shell that was a translucent aquamarine blue.

Golden patterns naturally grow on the shell on its back, radiating outwards from the center of the carapace.

These golden patterns were still very faint and fine at the moment, but as the Xuan Shui Ling Turtle swallowed its shell completely, they disappeared.

These golden patterns emitted a faint glow, as if they had come alive, and began to flow slowly, stopping after a moment.

Only now did Lu Yuan realize that the Xuan Shui Spirit Turtle in his hand was emitting considerable spiritual energy fluctuations.

With this thought in mind, without further ado, he used the Blood Longevity Nourishing Spirit Technique to force out a drop of essence blood from his fingertip.

The moment the enticing essence blood appeared, the tiny Xuan Shui Ling Turtle suddenly raised its head, no bigger than a finger.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the drop of semen.

In an instant.

Lu Yuan felt warmth in his palm, and the Xuan Shui Spirit Turtle emitted spiritual light all over its body.

Amidst the azure radiance, a touch of gold began to flow slowly.

In just a few breaths.

The Xuan Shui Ling Turtle grew rapidly, almost covering Lu Yuan's entire palm, and its size increased several times over.

And the gold patterns on its back became even more dazzling.

Lu Yuan's heart stirred slightly...

This Xuan Shui Ling Turtle appears to be a mutated species.

……

Several days later.

When Lu Yuan arrived at Jiang Zhi's residence, he happened to see a figure standing outside the gate.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, may I come in and speak with you?"

Inside the courtyard, Jiang Zhi, dressed in a plain blue robe that concealed her graceful figure, said indifferently, "I have nothing to say to you."

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, you..."

The man was about to speak again, but Jiang Zhi interrupted him. Her tone remained calm, but there was a hint of coldness in it.

"I already said..."

"I no longer need the assistance of a formation master, so please, Fellow Daoist Feng, stop bothering me."

"Take care, and don't bother seeing me off!"

He finished speaking.

Jiang Zhi raised her hand and pushed the gate shut.

The man's face turned ashen upon seeing this. He opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing. With a cold expression, he flicked his sleeve and strode out.

Lu Yuan stood in the shadows.

He thought to himself, "Has this met Sister Jiang's suitor?"

He smiled, then stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Are you trying to force me to use force...?"

"Sister Jiang, it's me, Lu Yuan."

The shrewish roar from inside the gate abruptly ceased. After a moment of silence, the gate opened a crack, revealing Jiang Zhi's face from behind it.

She glanced at Lu Yuan, her gaze lingering on his face for a moment, before hesitatingly asking in a low voice, "You saw it?"

Lu Yuan smiled noncommittally: "Although Sister Jiang is not young, her charm has not diminished."

Jiang Zhi glanced at him and suddenly said, "Don't misunderstand, that person is a new array master from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion. He wanted to cooperate with me, but after I refused, he shamelessly kept pestering me..."

"With you... this one array master is enough."

"Um."

Lu Yuan nodded.