Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

After putting the zombie away, he surveyed the cavern before him. The Yin Qi here was incredibly dense. Only a Jindan-level cultivator could resist the intrusion of Yin Qi. Lü Hua, without a special magical weapon, wouldn't have been able to reach this point. Liu Xing explored the rock wall and found a depression in a corner. A small stalagmite stood upside down in a small pit. A drop of stalactite was forming on its tip. The pit contained a thick layer of milky, pale yellow liquid that emanated a striking aura.

"Yinming Stone Milk!" Liu Xing was overjoyed. It seemed like this trip had been well-deserved. He immediately pulled out a jade bottle and carefully collected the Yinming Stone Milk from the small pit. It must have accumulated over a thousand years to reach this amount. This amount was enough for him to refine more than a dozen furnaces of Haoyin Pills. However, even the eight-hundred-year-old Haoyue Grass was extremely difficult to obtain.

Satisfied, he put away the stalactite and looked around, trying to figure out the source of the Yin Qi. After a long search, he couldn't figure it out, so he gave up. Now safe and quiet, he set up a defensive formation, swallowed a pill, and began meditating to heal his wounds. Once his injuries healed, he took out a spirit stone to restore his mana. Three days later, he finally returned to his peak form, feeling relieved.

After reviewing the battle, he had gained a great deal. He had particularly mastered the art of controlling his spirit through flute music. Through actual combat, he had developed numerous techniques. He then compiled these insights, including movement patterns, coordination of his spiritual consciousness, and musical attainments, into a set of exercises he titled "The Magical Sound of the Jade Flute." While the theory was still rudimentary, he knew it would be refined through continued research and practice. He was actually planning to create his own sonic technique! This research and development took him over ten days. Estimating a month was almost up, he began his return journey, soon arriving at Lü Hua's retreat. The restrictions were designed to isolate his spiritual consciousness, and he had no idea what powerful secret technique Lü Hua was cultivating. While his spiritual consciousness could force its way through, doing so would inevitably awaken Lü Hua, drawing hostility and a completely unnecessary task. So, he sat cross-legged nearby, patiently waiting for Lü Hua to emerge.

Three days later, Liu Xing felt something in his heart and opened his eyes, just in time to see Lu Hua happily opening the restriction and coming out of seclusion. It seemed that his secret technique practice was very successful, but Liu Xing could not see any changes in Lu Hua.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Lu, for mastering the secret technique!" Liu Xing stood up and congratulated Lu Hua. He gained a lot from this trip and was very grateful to Lu Hua.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Liu, for your protection." Seeing Liu Xing sitting cross-legged beside him, seemingly constantly protecting him, Lu Hua was deeply moved. He put away the formation flags and plates on the ground and was so attracted by Liu Xing's Azure Sea Tide Formation that he wanted to buy it.

"Junior Brother Liu, your Blue Sea Tide Formation is extremely powerful. Can you sell it to me? I am willing to pay 20,000 points." Lu Hua asked sincerely.

"If Senior Brother Lu likes it, I'll give it to you. No need to buy it," Liu Xing said politely. He had several formations on hand, so if they weren't enough, he could always make his own. Lu Hua was quite powerful, so it would be nice to be able to establish a good relationship with him through this.

"Junior Brother Liu, you are too polite. I won't accept any reward without merit. How can I accept such a generous gift?" Lu Hua was secretly delighted, but still politely declined.

"I'm not being polite to Senior Brother Lu. I haven't been in the sect long, and I'll need you to take care of me in the future." Liu Xing insisted on seeing me off.

"Junior brother Liu is such a joker. As the number one person in the forbidden department and favored by the great elder, it's more like he takes care of me, how can I be qualified to take care of junior brother. Let's put it this way, this set of formation plates is really useful to me, so I'll accept it. I see that junior brother has been issuing tasks and looking for elixirs, so I will also help you to issue tasks in the divination department and help junior brother collect information." Lu Hua pondered for a moment and decided to accept Liu Xing's favor, and at the same time help do things within his ability.

"That's great. Thank you, Senior Brother Lu. I'm in urgent need of the bone marrow of a fourth-level Tianmu beast and eight-hundred-year-old Haoyue grass. I will reward you handsomely for any information you can provide." Liu Xing was overjoyed. He had more hope when he could get help from the number one person in the divination department.

"Haoyue Grass? It seems that Junior Brother Liu has obtained Yinming Stone Milk. Congratulations." When Lu Hua heard that Liu Xing had purchased Haoyue Grass, he instantly understood Liu Xing's plan.

"To be honest, senior brother, I did obtain a small bottle of Yinming Stone Milk deep in the Yinming Cave, and I am preparing to refine a furnace of Haoyin Pills." Liu Xing took out a small bottle of Yinming Stone Milk that had been prepared long ago and said.

"Junior Brother Liu, this is such a great opportunity! Can you lend it to me for a look? I have never seen such a treasure." Lu Hua was envious.

"Of course." Liu Xing generously tossed the vial to him. Lü Hua hurriedly caught it, giving Liu Xing a long look. Junior Brother Liu was so generous and trusting, wasn't he afraid I'd snatch the treasure? Liu Xing was indeed testing him. Few people wouldn't be tempted by a treasure. Whether Lü Hua was worth associating with depended on his character.

Lu Hua opened the bottle cap. The pale yellow spiritual milk lay at the bottom, emitting astonishing spiritual power. Every breath he took made him feel refreshed. He greatly envied this wonderful thing. His ancestors had once refined the Hao Yin Dan, but his generation had never been able to gather the necessary ingredients. Therefore, he had only seen the image of the Yin Ming Stone Milk, never the real thing. He took a deep breath, suppressed his greed, and returned the vial to Liu Xing. Liu Xing took it with a smile, silently giving a thumbs-up.

"Junior Brother Liu is blessed with great fortune. Is there only this little bit of Yinming Stone Milk at the bottom of the cave?" He asked again without giving up.

"That's right, and the Yin and Ming energy at the bottom of the cave is ten times denser than here. It is extremely difficult to resist. Junior brother, I destroyed two top-grade defensive magic weapons and risked my life to obtain this little bit." Liu Xing replied.

"Junior brother, wait a moment, I'll go in and take a look!" Lu Hua did not give up and decided to go and take a look himself.

"I'll go with you, brother." Liu Xing had no objection and kindly accompanied him, mainly because he wanted to see how strong Lu Hua was.

"Okay, thank you, Junior Brother," Lu Hua said, and took the lead. He was a man of great skill and courage, a man of decisive character. However, he collapsed halfway through the cave. He looked back at Liu Xing, who appeared fine, and immediately sensed the difference.

"Junior Brother Liu is extremely powerful, I am not as good as him. Let's go back." Lu Hua sighed. Although he still had a special trick that he hadn't used, he estimated that it wouldn't last long if he used it, so he gave up and kept some tricks in reserve.

"Brother Lu, you're too modest. I'm almost at my limit," Liu Xing said modestly. He knew Lu Hua couldn't make it to the bottom, so he didn't have to worry about him discovering that he had obtained a large bottle of Yinming Stone Milk.

"The work is done, let's go back." The two of them came to the entrance of Yinming Cave together. Liu Xing sensed the changes in the "Life and Death Reincarnation Formation" with his spiritual sense, so he asked Lu Hua to follow his footsteps and walked out of the formation easily. His skills were really amazing, which made Lu Hua admire him very much.