Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 246 Breakthrough to the Late Jindan Stage
Cangming Immortal Sect.

"Master, the monitoring array has been triggered again."

The Internal Affairs Elder urgently reported: "This time, we also detected a large-scale spiritual energy tide, which suggests that there is a fight between Yuanying Zhenjun."

True Lord Iron Fan's expression was calm. "Destroy the monitoring records. Do not reveal a single word to anyone."

He already had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

Just yesterday, we detected that a Jindan cultivator had broken into the forbidden area, and tonight happens to be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

To sneak in at this time would be almost tantamount to suicide.

I guess the unlucky intruder was discovered by Su Li and then killed.

For him, the matter itself is not very important.

As long as Su Li is willing to stay on the island and not come out, everything else will be easy.

But then again, why are there suddenly so many Jindan cultivators going there this year?

Was it that the news was leaked somewhere, causing those daring cultivators to take risks, or was it that some people began to become restless amidst the turbulent times?
After all, Su Li is a real Yuanying Zhenjun, and his existence itself cannot be ignored.

You never know, someone might be targeting her.

How about sending people to set up patrols?
True Lord Iron Fan was a little worried about this. In the past two years, various major events had occurred one after another, and the sect was very short of manpower.

His eyes couldn't help but sweep over the invitation letter on the table, and he felt a little troubled by this newly emerged Chongzhen Temple.

He immediately held the Nascent Soul Ceremony and sent out invitations widely.

Now they are advertising everywhere that they will add a segment at the end where the True Lord will give a sermon, and all casual practitioners are welcome to attend.

I don't know what they are up to.

There is also the Zhaokong Sect in the north, which seems to have contacts with several hidden families, and is also sending people to contact Buddhism.

They look like they are ready to make a move and there is no sign of peaceful coexistence at all.

Fortunately, the Cangming Immortal Sect has the Tiangang Sect and Mozhang Sect to the north, and the Yuntao Sword House to the east as natural barriers.

If something really happens, it won’t be affected immediately.

"Oh, what a troubled time."

True Lord Iron Fan couldn't help but sigh. If he had known that he would encounter so many troubles in the future, he should never have taken over the position of the head from his master.

No wonder some sects pushed each other back and forth, and finally chose to let a young Jindan generation to serve as the head of the sect and handle trivial matters.

Because these few major issues alone are enough to make people upset.

Lonely Island.

As the sun rose, another lunar eclipse finally ended.

Su Li looked at Xiao Chen in front of her with mixed feelings. She naturally saw the prophecy clearly.

Of course, she didn't want to look for the reincarnation of a celestial witch, for she was afraid that things in this world would not always go as one wishes.

Thinking of this, she suddenly didn't want to actively suppress her cultivation.

Having power does not necessarily mean you can completely change your fate, but at least you can have more choices.

The Nine Yin Disaster Spirit is both a kind of destiny and can also help her improve her cultivation.

"Su Li?"

Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her: "Are you okay?"

The lunar eclipse was over, why was she still in a daze?

Of course she often spends her days alone in a daze, sometimes for entire days, so that's not the point.

The key point is that you give me the blood crystal first.

"It's okay."

Su Li came back to her senses and smiled: "Let me help you refine the blood crystal."

She reached out and took out the solidified blood crystal from the groove in her chest and shook it gently.

"Hey, wait a minute."

Su Li looked at the blood crystal in her hand, her eyes fixed, a little confused: "Why do I feel that this blood crystal is different from the previous ones?"

In fact, the difference is not that big, it just looks a bit inconsistent.

The color seems to be a little darker than before?
"Have it?"

Xiao Chen examined it carefully and guessed, "Witchcraft weapons can absorb curses and enhance blood crystals. Perhaps this is the reason?"

"It should be fine, just give it a try."

It was a little hard for him to judge at the moment, but it didn't matter, he had nothing to be afraid of with the veil of divine protection.

Although there is a slight change in color, when it is actually absorbed, the energy and blood power contained in it is not much different.

But in just a moment, with the help of the blood crystal, Xiao Chen's life pill increased by another ninety true essences.

The total amount of his true essence directly reached six hundred and six.

However, as the last bit of Qi and blood was refined, the temperature in his body began to rise abnormally.

Soon the whole person turned red from head to toe, like a cooked shrimp, with wisps of white steam coming out.

"what happened to you?"

Su Li's face changed immediately. She reached out to touch Xiao Chen's forehead, but felt as if she had touched a branding iron.

She immediately realized that there must be something wrong with the blood crystal.

The power of the curse was previously released slowly during the lunar eclipse.

But this time, with the help of magical weapons, all of them were condensed into the blood crystal.

Could it be that the curse this time is too strong, so that even Xiao Chen's special physique can hardly resist it?

A hint of anxiety flashed across Su Li's eyes, and she didn't know whether she should take action.

She wanted to help, but was worried that rash interference might backfire.

"It's okay, it seems to be a blood problem."

Xiao Chen took the time to answer, then continued to close his eyes and concentrate on looking inward with his spiritual sense, checking his meridians inch by inch.

For a Jindan Zhenren, high temperature itself is just a small problem.

Even if this continues, it will not have any effect on him.

However, abnormal body temperature is just a superficial phenomenon, indicating that there are other problems in the body.

Therefore, finding the root cause of the anomaly is the key.

An hour later.

The sudden high temperature in Xiao Chen's body subsided on its own, and he inexplicably returned to his original state.

There were no other symptoms from beginning to end, which left him a little confused.

Since Hextech didn't move, it meant that this shouldn't be a negative effect.

What would happen?

In fact, Xiao Chen had already been mentally prepared for the reason for this sudden change.

After all, every time you absorb blood crystals, the part of qi and blood that melts in the meridians will definitely not disappear out of thin air.

But all that lost energy and blood was just to make him have a fever occasionally?

Obviously it won't be that simple.

"Su Li, how much do you know about the process of refining blood crystals?"

Xiao Chen was having a hard time thinking on his own, so he decided to gather some ideas.

So he simply repeated the feeling of Qi and blood merging into his meridians.

In this regard, she might have seen related inherited memories.

"Refine the blood crystal?"

Su Li lowered her head and carefully recalled the inherited memories of the past.

Yuanying Zhenjun has an extremely strong memory, and he can remember even a photographic experience like a lunar eclipse.

But on weekdays, she is not willing to recall the painful past, and even consciously avoids it.

That's why I didn't think of the relevant content at the first time.

After thinking carefully, she quickly recalled several relevant messages.
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"Sounds like it might be witch blood purification."

Su Li explained, "In the past, if a witch in the Moon Witch Clan could obtain and absorb blood crystals six times, she would have the opportunity to purify her witch blood."

"You can purify your own bloodline and even gain bloodline witchcraft."

She calculated for a moment and felt something was wrong: "Strange, this is clearly the fifth blood crystal, how could the witch blood purification have occurred prematurely?"

Xiao Chen understood immediately.

He had picked up one before, so there were exactly six in total.

So that's how it is. No wonder the qi and blood have merged into the meridians.

"But I'm not entirely sure."

Su Li was a little unsure: "Well, do you feel that your witchcraft has awakened now?"

"Or perhaps seeing the memories carried in bloodline inheritance?"

Ok?
Xiao Chen shook his head: "No."

In the past hour, he hadn't felt anything except the heat.

"Have you noticed any changes in your body?"

Su Li continued to ask, "For example, war marks or tattoos appearing on the body?"

"Generally speaking, after witch blood is purified, it will leave behind such representative traces."

Xiao Chen checked it with his spiritual sense and answered with certainty: "No, is this normal or abnormal?"

The situation didn't match up, and Su Li was a little confused.

She repeatedly recalled the inheritance scenes she had seen, but could not remember any more.

"Forget it, don't worry about it."

Xiao Chen persuaded her instead, "I have a special physique, so maybe the witch blood purification is just like the curse, and it has no effect."

He was now more concerned about another thing: "Will my absorption of blood crystals trigger witch blood purification?"

He doesn't have the blood of the witch clan, so there's no point in purifying it.

Su Li hesitated a bit: "If I successfully awaken my witchcraft, I'll have another chance after absorbing six more."

"Witches who have failed in the past are no longer eligible to obtain blood crystals."

Tsk, this rule is really cruel.

After finding the cause of the high temperature, Xiao Chen no longer paid attention to this issue.

At present, the most serious consequence is that you will get a fever every time you absorb six blood crystals.

This little inconvenience is hardly worth mentioning.

"By the way, I have two more things for you when I come back this time."

Xiao Chen took out the Rejuvenating Pill and the stack of intelligence books: "This information may not be accurate, but I thought it might be helpful for you to kill some time."

The moment he saw the thing, a hint of joy flashed in Su Li's eyes.

However, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on her face, and she did not reach out to take it.

He just shook his head slightly: "I am in this state now, there is no need to waste the elixir."

"And after a hundred years, I don't really care about these things anymore."

Ok?
Xiao Chen didn't quite understand what she meant.

He thought about it carefully and finally reacted.

Su Li specifically emphasized the word "hundred years"!
She should be saying that this anti-aging pill appeared too late and she didn't take it when she was young.

To be honest, this is a bit too serious.

According to the thousand-year lifespan of Yuanying Zhenjun, Su Li, who is now over a hundred years old, is equivalent to a girl in her teens, and is in the prime of her youth.

Of course, Xiao Chen could fully understand that female cultivators might care more about this.

So he immediately praised her: "It's okay, don't you look pretty like this?"

Su Li was a little bit incredulous: "Really?" She hadn't heard such comments since the lunar eclipse.

Xiao Chen nodded: "Of course it's true."

Su Li suddenly changed the subject: "What kind of book is this?"

She reached out to take the Rejuvenating Pill and put it behind her back, her eyes fixed on the pile of information, two red clouds rising on her cheeks.

“This, this is not a book.”

Xiao Chen flipped open the information and said, "I went to the market to get some information, and brought it back to you to cheer you up."

"The one above is more reliable but boring to read. The one below is just rumors and might be more interesting."

Su Li was silent for three breaths before saying, "Thank you."

It had indeed been a long time since she had known what was happening outside.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen was so thoughtful and thought of this, and specially brought her the latest information.

"It's time. I'm going to practice first."

As the sun rose, a strong wave of spiritual energy swept across the sea.

Xiao Chen immediately seized the opportunity and went to the beach to start practicing.

Since arriving at the Sea of ​​Mercy, it has almost become his habit to seize the spiritual energy surge every morning to practice.

After all, this one hour of practice is almost equivalent to three hours at ordinary times, and it cannot be missed.

In the following days, Xiao Chen continued to practice diligently every day as usual.

He had previously obtained fifteen demon pills, and this was just the right time to absorb them.

Including those third-level spiritual fruits, he ate them all to maximize his cultivation efficiency.

On the contrary, Su Li's appearance completely changed.

Originally, she spent her days just staring blankly at the sea, almost like a statue.

But now he takes his magic tools and goes to the forest to pick flowers or dive in the sea.

Even when she was happy, she would randomly pick a lucky sea fish and bring it back to cook it into a dish to eat with Xiao Chen.

To be honest, there is basically no seasoning on the island.

In the past hundred years, Su Li has almost always relied on breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for a living.

But it doesn’t matter. Ever since he started practicing the Black Fire Crow, Xiao Chen has developed the habit of carrying salt with him.

Combined with the spiritual honey he had bought before, it was enough.

After all, high-end ingredients often only require simple cooking methods.

"Hoo~!"

Another evening, Xiao Chen had been practicing for three consecutive hours and was about to take a short break.

"Ding~!"

The red line bell rang.

Su Li calculated the time and rushed back.

In her hands, she held a starfish that was almost half the size of her body. "Shall we eat grilled starfish today?"

Ok?
Shouldn't this be steamed?

But Xiao Chen was never picky about food: "Okay."

The monks have spiritual fire, so they don’t need to chop wood to make a fire, they can just start roasting with a wave of their hands.

You can even sit together and chat while grilling.

Su Li handed the task of controlling the spiritual fire to Xiao Chen, took out a piece of information and sat next to him and read it quietly.

The dancing flames reflected on them, lengthening their shadows.

"I never thought that the Yi family's ancestor is still alive."

Su Li was a little surprised: "I met him once before, and he was already over a thousand years old at that time."

"He looked very old, as if he might die at any moment."

“I didn’t expect that after a hundred years, he would still be alive.”

Turning the page, she couldn't help but sigh, "This True Lord Dielang actually broke through to the Nascent Soul stage at the age of fifty-eight."

"In the next period of time, Yuntao Sword Pavilion should be revitalized."
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A month passed in the blink of an eye like this, a dull day.

February 15th soon arrived.

This time they had plenty of time, and at Xiao Chen's suggestion, the two of them also prepared some spiritual fruits and spiritual fish as offerings.

At the same time, a temporary platform was built with stones as an altar.

Although it still cannot catch up with the real moon worship ceremony, it looks much more formal.

At the same time, after a month of accumulation, a lot of curse power should have been stored in the magic weapon.

Or maybe it can no longer be called a curse now, it should be called the power of moonlight.

According to the content of the inheritance scene, the accumulated power of moonlight can enhance the effect of blood crystal.

Xiao Chen is looking forward to this.

I can’t wait to experience it as soon as possible and see what powerful effects the enhanced version of blood crystal has.

Midnight arrived as expected.

Su Li raised the magic weapon and crawled into his arms, beginning to accept the inherited memories in her blood.

Tsk tsk tsk, Xiao Chen couldn't help but curl his lips.

Otherwise, how could it be said that the Moon Witch clan eventually disappeared in the long river of history?

It has something to do with their various strange rules and outrageous behaviors.

It's been a month since Su Li got the magic weapon, but she still can't master it. Isn't this just a waste of time?

Fortunately, there is no foreign invasion now, otherwise how should we deal with the enemy?

The person who designed the magic weapon back then should have reflected on why he made it so complicated.

For example, the spiritual weapons that are popular nowadays have ordinary forms and spiritual upgrade forms, which can be very convenient for early Jindan cultivators to use.

But none of this matters anymore.

Xiao Chen reached out and hugged Su Li, and watched the inheritance scenes with her.

This time the inherited memory is different.

The first scene that appeared was the battle scene of the Moon Witch Clan in the past, which involved a large number of battles.

There are battles with other witches and humans, as well as scenes of clearing out different monsters and opening up territories.

"Hiss~, Kunpeng!"

Xiao Chen looked at the picture and saw the huge body leaping out from the sea and soaring into the blue sky with its wings spread. He couldn't help but take a breath.

He had thought it was just a legend, but he didn't expect that there really was Kunpeng in the Kunpeng Sea!
That beef noodle...

Well, this is not important. The key point is that there really were mythical beasts in ancient times.

Then doesn’t the previous Dragon-Slaying Sea mean that a dragon really appeared in the inland sea back then?

The more critical question is, is it still there now?
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but feel a little excited. If he had the chance, he really hoped that he could see those legendary beasts with his own eyes.

Of course, it would be best if you could catch it and use it as a spiritual pet while witnessing it.

However, achieving the latter is not an easy task.

Not to mention the Jindan cultivators, even the Yuanying True Lord would be in trouble.

Xiao Chen shook his head slightly and withdrew his thoughts. There was no need to worry about these things now.

The most urgent task is to improve one's own strength. Without sufficient cultivation, everything is useless fantasy. Only by being well prepared can one seize opportunities in the future.

The scene ends with the Moon Witch Clan successfully driving away Kunpeng.

What followed was a grand sacrifice.

To Xiao Chen, it doesn't mean anything.

The last scene is of a large number of warriors in the tribe practicing together.

It was estimated that there were about several thousand people, all of them with their upper bodies naked, and clear battle marks could be seen on the bodies of many soldiers.

Especially when casting witchcraft, those battle patterns glow slightly like runes.

Or it is more like the inscriptions carved on magical instruments and spiritual weapons.

Those lines can be used to help Moon Witch Warriors better cast spells or strengthen their bodies.

"interesting."

Xiao Chen looked at those battle patterns. It was a completely new way of utilizing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, he did not pay too much attention to this. The most important thing at the moment was to strengthen the blood crystal.

As the lunar eclipse finally ended, Su Li took out a blood crystal from her arms that was even darker in color, like a ruby.

Under the morning light, it almost reflects a dazzling light.

And when Xiao Chen's eyes were drawn to staring at the blood crystal, he clearly felt the rich vitality flowing inside.

Just looking at it makes it almost impossible to take your eyes off it, and you feel like touching and devouring it.

And this feeling is not an illusion, but a real attraction.

"If there's anything unusual during the trip, or if you feel uncomfortable, tell me."

Su Li specifically reminded him that she was a little worried that this blood crystal that had absorbed too much curse power would put too much pressure on Xiao Chen.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Xiao Chen gave her a reassuring smile, then sat cross-legged and began to refine.

"Boom~!"

At the moment of contact, the surging energy and blood power like a flood passed through Xiao Chen's abdomen and poured into his body.

Compared with ordinary blood crystals, the Qi and blood power in enhanced blood crystals is more violent.

The difference between the two is almost equivalent to the gentle spring breeze and the bitter winter wind.

These qi and blood forces ruthlessly and madly washed over every organ, every meridian, and even every drop of blood in Xiao Chen's body that they could touch.

The effect itself is almost equivalent to a strong body tempering.

If you can hold on, you will gain a stronger body.

If you can't hold on, you will suffer serious injuries.

If Xiao Chen had come into contact with the enhanced blood crystal at the beginning, he would have been at risk of injury.

Fortunately, he now has the foundation laid by the previous blood crystal sacrifices. His physical strength has improved several times compared to the beginning, and he can completely withstand such an impact.

At the same time, a considerable amount of qi and blood also took the opportunity to melt into his internal organs.

Xiao Chen could clearly feel that this part of qi and blood suddenly disappeared in his body, just like the qi and blood that had melted in the meridians before.

Fortunately, more qi and blood were absorbed by the acupuncture points all over his body that he had prepared long ago.

Under the guidance of the mental method, it was continuously transported into the life pill.

After absorbing only about half of the blood and qi in the enhanced blood crystal, Xiao Chen felt that he had reached the perfection of the middle stage of the Golden Core.

"cough!"

He immediately made a light sound, signaling Su Li not to interrupt him next time.

Then, with the help of the still surging blood and energy in the blood crystal, he began to break through the bottleneck of the late Jindan stage in one go.

Originally this should have been a very difficult thing.

After all, the small bottleneck in the Jindan stage is almost as big as the previous big bottleneck.

However, when it comes to the total amount of Qi and blood, which is the most important for physical cultivation, Xiao Chen has already far surpassed his peers, even surpassing half of the late Jindan cultivators.

Therefore, the chasm that is insurmountable for others is almost like a small ditch for him.

As he accumulated a large amount of energy and blood as motivation, he finally jumped with all his might after he could no longer hold back.

This small bottleneck was easily overcome.

He also successfully broke through to the late Golden Core stage in physical cultivation.

(End of this chapter)