Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

in the following time.

Lu Zaian prepared to protect Xiao Yi.

With the assistance of another white magnolia, it would be enough for Xiao Yi to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

The surrounding spiritual energy continued to slowly approach Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment without encountering any bottlenecks.

However, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of several miles had been completely absorbed by Lu Zaian.

At this moment, there was only a faint trace of spiritual energy in the space.

This made Xiao Yi very unhappy, and she let out a mournful "ee-ooh".

"Haha, Xiao Yi, I'm here to help you."

Lu Zaian chuckled and with a wave of his hand, tossed out over a thousand low-grade spirit stones from his storage bag.

However, in just a moment, it was swallowed up by the vortex around Xiao Yi.

"Come again!"

Lu Zaian felt no pity. To him, Xiao Yi was not only a partner, but also like family.

In the blink of an eye, another two thousand low-grade spirit stones flew out.

These were all looted by Lu Zaian from the spoils of war.

Another half day passed.

The spiritual energy within these spirit stones was completely absorbed by Xiao Yi, and the stone skin turned into dust.

"Isn't it enough?"

Lu Zaian took out twenty mid-grade spirit stones this time!

Some of the mid-grade spirit stones belonged to Lu Zaian, while others were recently extracted from raw stones in the mine.

One mid-grade spirit stone is worth one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Moreover, the spiritual energy of mid-grade spirit stones is purer, making them more suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators to condense liquid mana.

Now, the vortex around Xiao Yi slowly stopped, and she began to break through the bottleneck of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

Two hours later.

A surge of magical power emanated from Xiao Yi, its powerful aura reverberating throughout the mine.

A touch of human color seemed to appear on Xiao Yi's fair face.

"Ugh!"

It hovered happily in the air, its aura already at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

"Well done, Xiao Yi."

Lu Zaian was genuinely happy.

This will further enhance my overall strength.

With Xiao Yi, who was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and herself, who cultivated both body and magic, they could be considered to have a place in this desolate marshland, and even in the entire Northern Sky Domain.

"Let's consolidate our cultivation first, and then cultivate in seclusion for a while."

"Ee-woo~"

Lu Zaian still has a lot to do.

He first continued to cultivate the "Ghostly Netherworld Tribulation".

Of the five tribulations, Lu Zaian still has two tribulations to go: the fire and the earth.

Above the Sea of ​​Souls.

Boundless flames appeared out of nowhere, like an underwater volcano erupting.

Lava erupted, scorching Lu Zaian's consciousness.

However, this time, Lu Zaian did not use the healing power of the Longevity Body.

Now, Lu Zai'an's divine sense strength is like pure gold that is not afraid of being tested by fire!

They successfully survived the fire...

Lu Zaian now has a solid foundation of spiritual consciousness and is no longer as weak in spirit as before.

The same applies to Earth Calamity.

Lu Zaian conjured up several rock giants with bodies as large as mountains.

The sea of ​​souls can only submerge them up to their knees.

They unleash towering waves, like deep-sea Titans, dominating the vast ocean.

Lu Zaian's consciousness transformed into a deep-sea reef, unmoved by the raging waves...

Two months later.

The visualization of the Five Elements Tribulation in "The Ghostly Wheel of Calamity" is complete!

At the very moment it was completed.

Lu Zaian could sense that his divine sense had become about 50% stronger.

Now, by unleashing his divine sense to its fullest extent, he can cover four and a half miles!

Once a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, it becomes incredibly difficult for them to enhance their spiritual sense.

Previously, when Lu Zaian was in the Qi Refining stage, he almost doubled the intensity of his spiritual sense by visualizing the three tribulations of metal, wood, and water.

However, having survived the fire and earth tribulations together, the total amount of divine consciousness has only increased by 50%.

This is due to the increased base number.

Just like doubling one's spiritual awareness during the Qi Refining stage is 1+1.

However, for someone in the Foundation Establishment stage to double their spiritual sense, it would be 10 + 10.

Meanwhile, some secret techniques of the soul also slowly emerge in "The Ghostly Wheel of Calamity".

"This is... a secret technique for searching souls—capable of searching for the souls of others."

It is only applicable to those whose souls are one level lower than one's own.

"Furthermore, the Soul-Stealing Secret Technique—projecting the tribulations one has visualized overcoming into the sea of ​​souls of others!"

"Hiss... What a twisted secret technique!"

What level of cultivation technique is this "Ghostly Netherworld Tribulation"?!

Lu Zaian couldn't help but gasp.

Although "The Ghostly Tribulation" is extremely difficult to get started with.

This deterred the vast majority of people.

But once you delve deeper into its study and practice...

Lu Zaian then realized the terrifying nature of this secret technique.

This Soul-Stealing Secret Technique alone is truly monstrous.

The Five Elements Calamity is extremely dangerous.

Lu Zaian was able to enter the Daoist path only with the help of the Longevity Body.

The same calamity is reflected in the sea of ​​others' souls.

Wouldn't that leave everyone completely bewildered?

This is yet another trump card!

With a breakthrough in spiritual awareness, the next step is to upgrade various skills.

On the path of cultivation, one must continuously acquire resources.

One can never do without having a skill to rely on.

Lu Zaian had a first-grade high-quality alchemy furnace in his storage bag.

And some blank array plates and array flags.

This was something he had prepared for long ago.

Unfortunately, there weren't many other spiritual materials.

Even with the assistance of divine sense, the practice process still requires a large amount of spiritual materials.

It's impossible that just because Lu Zaian has divine consciousness, his alchemy and array formation skills can instantly be upgraded to the second level.

To achieve a breakthrough, the only way is through extensive practice and accumulation of knowledge...

"However, with the Water Core Ore Mine here, it should be able to provide me with a steady supply of spiritual materials for practicing my skills..."

Speaking of the Shuixin raw stone mine, Lu Zaian suddenly thought of a question.

He extended his divine sense and saw Xu Yan'er, a raw stone miner in the mine tunnel.

Xu Yan'er only has the strength of the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Some of the raw stones are so hard that there's no way to get rid of them; the outer layer can't be peeled off at all.

It took Xu Yan'er two whole months to excavate two-thirds of one of the tunnels in the mine.

"No, this won't work, it's too slow."

When will we be able to dig until then?

Even with me and Xiao Yi involved, the speed still wouldn't be much faster..."

Lu Zaian stroked his chin with one hand, pondered for a moment, and then had an idea.

"I'm so confused. Isn't there still the puppet method?"

Lu Zaian slapped his forehead and chuckled to himself.

"With my current spiritual power, after a few more attempts, refining a first-grade high-quality puppet should not be a problem."

Even the two carcasses of the Wood Crocodile King.

If we can utilize them, why worry about miners?

Just do it.

Lu Zaian waved his hand, tossing out a pile of first-tier wood crocodile corpses, along with a large heap of first-tier spiritual materials he had collected...

The "Heavenly Puppet Manual" records countless methods for crafting puppets and combining materials.

Lu Zaian needs to personally screen and match them one by one.

Pay attention to the properties, strength, plasticity, and compatibility of different materials...

It can be said that being a puppeteer is a profound and powerful profession.

It's just a rather niche practice, so it's relatively rare in the cultivation world.