Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

For Lu Fan, who possesses the Heaven-Mending Furnace, the thing he needs to worry about least is pills; as long as he has a seed, he can mass-produce them.

For example, he dared to eat those extremely rare Rank 6 Soul Nourishing Pills like candy.

Of course, Soul Nourishing Pills shouldn't be taken casually. Although they can enhance spiritual awareness and soul strength, they shouldn't be consumed excessively.

If consumed during the Qi Refining stage, gaining Foundation Establishment stage spiritual consciousness would be harmless.

However, he has now reached the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and his spiritual sense is already at the level of the late stage of Foundation Establishment. If he were to take the Soul Nourishing Pill, he could indeed raise the strength of his spiritual sense to the Golden Core stage, but the price would be beyond Lu Fan's ability to bear.

At that time, if his physical strength cannot keep up with the strength of his soul, his divine sense will be like a sieve, uncontrollably spreading outwards, greatly affecting his daily life.

Only when one's cultivation reaches the late Foundation Establishment stage and one's physique is strong enough can one consume it for stable growth.

As for why the spiritual strength of a person who has reached the late Foundation Establishment stage will not automatically increase to the Golden Core stage, it is because the spiritual strength of a person in the Golden Core stage is several times that of a person in the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Soul Nourishing Pills I took before were insufficient to simultaneously enhance my spiritual sense; it's like comparing spiritual sense to water in a small bottle.

Although the Foundation Establishment stage is currently full of water, it's only a small bottle that's full. Once the Golden Core stage is reached, the water from the small bottle will be poured into a large bottle, and unless new water is added, it won't overflow. It's the same principle.

Therefore, Lu Fan will not take any pills other than the Qi-stabilizing pill at this moment, but will focus on thoroughly studying the Holy Spirit True Demon Art.

After learning the introductory path of the Holy Spirit True Demon Art, Lu Fan made his first attempt at cultivation.

So-called demonic arts are the savage absorption of spiritual energy traveling in the air and its flow into the dantian (energy center).

The Qi Sea then transforms this massive amount of spiritual energy into five mutated spiritual energies, condensing them into a liquid state, and repeating the cycle endlessly.

Therefore, Lu Fan began to regularly go into seclusion.

In the first month, he cultivated the Holy Spirit True Demon Art, steadily improving his cultivation level.

The second month: learn the first demonic technique, the Illusionary Demon Finger. Since Lu Fan directly cultivated the demonic technique from the Foundation Establishment stage, he can learn it directly.

In the third month, Lu Fan practiced the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique in the cave. At this moment, he was able to skillfully release a hundred sword shadows, which was a huge leap from the second level where he could only release a few dozen sword shadows. This was already a stable third level.

During these three months, Lu Fan would occasionally take some time to replace the fourth-tier demon core to restore the energy of the Heaven-Mending Furnace. At the same time, he would cut open the Youth-Preserving Pill, make several copies, and eat one himself to preserve his appearance.

Moreover, during this period, Lu Fan went to Ye Lingxi's small building twice, not only to return the magic script dictionary to her, but also to meet her and thank her in person.

Unfortunately, Ye Lingxi remained secluded, preventing Lu Fan from ever seeing her true face.

This is what Lu Fan mainly does during his seclusion.

He enjoys this sense of fulfillment and can clearly feel the exhilaration of steadily improving his skills.

And just like that, two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In two years, Lu Fan not only mastered the Illusionary Demon Finger, but also began to strive for the fourth level of the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique. Although he had not yet reached it, it was only a matter of time.

Moreover, the energy of the Heaven-Mending Furnace has been restored to 60%. It's not that Lu Fan didn't want to recover quickly, but the shops selling demon cores often run out of stock, and he has come up empty-handed several times.

Fortunately, he replenished 60% of his energy, which is enough for him to squander for a long time.

Moreover, his cultivation level had reached the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, and he was just a few dozen Spirit Tempering Pills and Body Tempering Pills away from entering the middle stage.

It must be admitted that the Holy Spirit True Demon Art is powerful; when cultivated, it is four or five times stronger than the Nine Spirits Technique!

This perfectly compensates for his extremely slow cultivation speed due to his mutated mixed spiritual root.

He just hoped that nothing would go wrong during his cultivation, otherwise the price of going into demonic possession would be something he couldn't afford.

Just as Lu Fan exited his cultivation state, a golden light flashed from the ventilation vent above his head, and a sound transmission talisman flew in and hovered in front of him.

"Junior brother, Senior Sister Wang has shown signs of Core Formation, and she will complete it within the next few days. Return immediately."

As soon as Steward Ma finished speaking, the communication talisman immediately burned and turned to ashes.

"My martial uncle is finally about to break through to the Core Formation stage!"

Three and a half years have passed since Lu Fan last saw Wang Qingzhu, but he still remembers the promise he made with her.

She said that if she could successfully form her core, she would break away from the Dao Sect and establish her own sect, and Lu Fan promised to become her first disciple.

However, he was still somewhat worried, after all, whether the Dao Sect would let her leave.

Thinking it over, Lu Fan decided not to linger in the market any longer, since he had already used up the two thousand spirit stones he had saved.

He could only use the Heaven-Mending Furnace to replicate another thousand spirit stones, and while he was at it, he went to buy two Grade 3 Spirit Tempering Pills and Body Tempering Pills, and then returned to the Dao Sect.

Lu Fan raised his hand and put Zi Yuan into his storage bag, then put away the Six Armor Thunder Array at the entrance, and stepped out of the cave.

After leaving the cave, Lu Fan headed straight for the shop where he had exchanged the demon core.

However, before Lu Fan even arrived, he heard a large number of cultivators gathered at the shop entrance, chattering about something.

Lu Fan released his divine sense and then saw what had happened.

At this moment, in the open space in the middle of the crowd, stood a handsome male cultivator dressed in white, whose cultivation level had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Beside the male cultivator stood Little Tiger, who stared at him with a pitiful expression, saying, "Senior! We agreed that I would lead the way for you, and you would give me a spirit stone as a reward!"

"Kid, what kind of path did you lead me down? The pills are so expensive, I think you're all ganging up on me to rip me off, aren't you? And you still have the nerve to ask for spirit stones? Get lost!" The male cultivator completely ignored Xiao Hu and turned to leave.

At this moment, Xiao Hu became anxious and grabbed the male cultivator's sleeve, saying, "Senior, Uncle Li's pills are the cheapest in the market. I didn't rip you off!"

Suddenly, Xiao Hu grabbed the corner of his clothes, and the male cultivator was clearly a little embarrassed and angry. He raised his hand and slapped Xiao Hu across the face.

Snapped!

With that slap, Little Tiger, a mere cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining, couldn't withstand it and immediately collapsed to the ground, seeing stars.

"Little beggar, don't get my clothes dirty," the male cultivator said, flicking the corner of his robe with a look of disgust.

Having just been slapped, Little Tiger paused for a moment, then stood up again, grabbing the male cultivator's sleeve once more, his face full of defiance, and said, "Give me the spirit stones!"

This scene really startled Lu Fan, who was watching from a distance. This little tiger was quite stubborn; he wouldn't let go even after being hit.

Perhaps because killing is prohibited in the market, Xiao Hu believed that this male cultivator would never dare to kill him, which is why he held on so tightly. Even if he was beaten, it would be worth it if he could get a spirit stone in return.

"You bastard! I think you're tired of living!" The male cultivator was clearly enraged at this moment, and raised his hand, ready to teach this arrogant little beggar a lesson.

Just as the male cultivator raised his hand, a figure flashed over and grabbed his wrist. It was none other than Lu Fan.