My Optimized Immortal Life

Next, Chen Qing and Xu Lingxin first rode Xiao Hei back to the island.

He couldn't take the three pavilions here away. After all, he didn't have a storage bag that big enough. Moreover, the three pavilions were connected by a formation and could not be separated at will. Therefore, Chen Qing planned to leave the three pavilions here. If the old turtle had nothing to do, he could come back and take a look.

The three pavilions could not be taken away, but some things in them still had to be taken away. Chen Qing first counted the spiritual objects in the pavilions, picked out some that needed to be taken away, and left the rest here. Then, he reinforced the formation here and upgraded it to the fourth level. Then he turned back to Xiao Hei's back and left with Xu Lingxin on Xiao Hei.

The edge of the great wilderness.

A python nearly a hundred feet long flew out from the gray fog. Its entire body was dark, emitting a cold light and a sinister aura, causing the animals surrounding the lake to flee.

Chen Qing and Xu Lingxin stood on Xiao Hei's head, pointed it in the direction of Luo Yingzong, and then let Xiao Hei fly over.

Xiao Hei is only at the initial stage of the third level of cultivation now. Although his bloodline is extraordinary, his escape speed is limited by his cultivation level and is not very fast. If Chen Qing does not mobilize his magic power to bless it, it will take several days for it to fly back to Luo Yingzong.

However, Chen Qing and the others were not in a hurry. Luoying Sect was now a fourth-level sect with a profound foundation. In a place like the Central Region, there would be basically no threat.

Luo Yingzong.

The cave residence of foundation-building disciples.

Yin Lingzi sat cross-legged on the cushion and slowly opened his eyes. His aura was perfect and complete, and it was obvious that he had made considerable progress in his practice.

He exhaled and slowly stood up.

His cultivation in the foundation-building period was completely stabilized, and he did not feel any discomfort during the process of switching to practicing the "Three Souls Evolving Divine Art". Now all his magic power has been completely transformed into soul-evolving magic power, and is connected with his soul and spirit.

He even used his soul, which had reached the third level, to transform his magic power, far exceeding the magic power cultivated by ordinary foundation-building cultivators.

Yin Lingzi walked out of the cave and looked towards the foot of Qixia Peak with anticipation in his eyes.

This retreat is over, and I have gained a lot. The transformation of my magic power alone has made me strong enough to rival a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. If I add magic, even a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building will be able to fight as long as he has not entered the false elixir stage.

With such strength, I will definitely take the first place in the foundation-building competition. In this way, I will be able to obtain a lot of contributions. With this contribution in hand, I don’t have to worry about the cultivation resources during the foundation-building period.

As a Jindan Zhenren, after taking over another body and cultivating again, Yin Lingzi had plans for each stage of cultivation. During the Qi Refining Stage, the cultivation method he provided to Chen Changsheng laid a solid foundation for his transition to cultivation after the Foundation Establishment Stage. Now that the Foundation Establishment Stage has been thoroughly consolidated, it is time to turn his attention to the Jindan Stage.

In his eyes, he saw hundreds of monks gathered on the wide bluestone square at the foot of Qixia Peak.

The Jindan Elder was standing high in the sky, presiding over the start of the foundation-building competition.

In recent years, Luoying Sect has been promoted to a fourth-level sect, and with the help of Chen Qing, it has obtained three resource points. It has developed for more than a hundred years and has accumulated a lot of experience.

It is precisely for this reason that the rewards for Luoying Sect’s foundation-building competition are extremely generous, and even figures like Yin Lingzi are particularly concerned about it.

He took off into the air and flew straight down. After a moment, he joined the crowd and walked into the bluestone square below.

At this moment, a sword light flew from the sky and hovered above the square, revealing Di Jian's figure.

As a Jindan elder, Di Jian naturally has a part in the foundation-building competition. In fact, the annual foundation-building competition is also a good opportunity for the elders of the sect to select disciples.

The cultivation level of cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage is too low, and their magic power is scarce, so they can only use a few methods. But it is different when they reach the Foundation Establishment Stage. Not only do they have sufficient magic power, but the extra two hundred years of lifespan is also enough for cultivators to study and enrich their fighting methods.

At this time, the disciples' talent in cultivation can be best seen. Some disciples may have average spiritual roots, but they have excellent talent in magic. Ordinary magic can often produce miraculous effects in their hands.

Some disciples have average spiritual roots and are barely qualified in terms of magic, but they may have some talent in controlling weapons and using talismans.

Disciples like these may not be conspicuous in their cultivation speed, but the foundation-building stage does not focus on the speed of cultivation. The most important thing is to accumulate the foundation sufficient to form a pill.

Therefore, when the Jindan elders recruit disciples, they basically choose those conspicuous disciples.

Of course, this happened only after Luoying Sect was promoted to a fourth-level sect. Before that, when Luoying Sect was still a third-level sect, the elders still selected disciples based on their spiritual roots. After all, the sect masters at that time were only at the Jindan stage. Whether it was earth spiritual roots or heavenly spiritual roots, they could help cultivators break through the Jindan stage, but the practice after the Jindan stage was not as helpful.

Yin Lingzi squeezed through the crowd and finally arrived at the center of the square, only to see Di Jian and several Jindan elders standing in the center of the square, presiding over this foundation-building competition.

Di Jian glanced around, and the aura of the Jindan stage emanated from him, causing the surrounding disciples to stop talking immediately. The entire square suddenly became silent, and you could hear a pin drop.

Seeing this, Di Jian nodded with satisfaction, and then another elder began to explain the rules of this competition and related matters of the upcoming fight.

Yin Lingzi listened for a while and nodded slowly.

This competition is completely different from the previous ones. There is a time limit for the fight. The winner must be decided within one stick of incense to be considered the winner. Otherwise, it will be considered a draw and both sides will fail.

In this way, these foundation-building disciples have to try their best to fully display their methods and create a suppressive scene. They cannot get entangled too much, otherwise it will be difficult to win within the limited time.

This kind of rule means that there is no room for pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, and it all depends on your luck.

Yin Lingzi felt okay about this. He just took a quick look around the place. Apart from the Jindan elders, among the foundation-building disciples here, there were only seven or eight with strong auras and their cultivation was in the late foundation-building stage. Most of the other cultivators were only in the early foundation-building stage, and there were not many in the middle stage.

This is actually quite normal. Since Luoying Sect was promoted to a fourth-level sect, the rewards for sect missions have also been increased. Many disciples in the late stage of foundation building mostly take on missions to earn contributions in exchange for spiritual objects or elixirs that can help them form elixirs. Basically, they are not in the sect.

Although the rewards for the first place in the Foundation Establishment Competition are generous, they are of little use to those disciples in the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Those late stage disciples who participate in the competition mostly want to show themselves in front of the many elders to see if they can be accepted as their disciples.

Only disciples like Yin Lingzi, who have just broken through the initial stage of foundation building, are thinking about the reward for winning the first place in the competition.

After the elder announced the rules of the competition, the first fight began soon. The two people who came on the field were randomly selected by the elder, and both were in the early stage of foundation building.

Only when there is no difference in their cultivation levels can we see what their respective talents are.