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

This is because I have been taking elixirs to accelerate my cultivation over the past two years.

Lu's liquid mana stored in his Dantian increased by twenty drops.

The current drop count is 160.

This speed is already quite terrifying among Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, it should be noted that a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators are stuck in the early stages for their entire lives, unable to make any progress...

Although the group of demonic apes appeared to be fierce, they were all first-tier demonic beasts.

Lu Zaian only needed to make a slight move to resolve them.

Crash——!!

Lu Zaian's hands moved with magical power, creating a large, ceaselessly flowing wave of water.

Then pull it to the left or right.

The water waves immediately split into countless curved, shimmering water swords, resembling crescent moons!

【Water Moon Sword Manual: One Hundred Swords!】

With a slight wave of Lu Zaian's hand, countless crescent moon water swords crisscrossed, forming a sword array, and swept towards the outside of the city wall!

shhhhhh! ! !

In an instant, the charging horde of demonic apes was struck head-on by the sword formation, and their shrill screams rang out.

"Roar!!"

Water burst into foam, severed limbs flew everywhere, and blood gushed out...

In the blink of an eye, countless still-warm corpses of demonic apes were piled up outside this section of the city wall.

"Hiss... What a terrifying sword formation!"

"This senior's water-based martial arts are truly remarkable."

The group of low-level cultivators gasped softly in amazement.

Although Lu Zaian had tried to conceal his abilities, he was still considered an extraordinary figure by low-level cultivators.

He was using the second-tier, low-grade "Water Moon Sword Manual".

I bought it along with the "Boundless Ocean Sutra" to use as a disguise.

Lu Zaian also studied and practiced it when he had some free time.

The Water Moon Sword Manual can condense water swords to form sword formations to kill enemies.

From a purely visual perspective...

The array of hundreds of swords crisscrossing and slaying demons was indeed much more dazzling than Yang Ying's single sword strike.

However, in terms of sheer power, Lu Zaian's sword formation is far inferior.

After all, Yang Ying had killed a second-tier frog king with a single sword strike.

"Haha, Brother Lu's 'Water Moon Sword Manual' is just as impressive. It seems you've already achieved some success!"

However, Yang Ying still offered a compliment.

The Water Moon Sword Manual is divided into three stages: Lesser Completion, Greater Completion, and Perfection.

At a minor level, one can condense a hundred water swords.

At its peak, it can condense a thousand water swords.

When perfected, it can condense into myriad water swords.

In Yang Ying's view, Lu Zaian was an older Foundation Establishment cultivator with average talent, and he also had to focus on alchemy.

It's already quite impressive that you can master the "Water Moon Sword Manual" to a minor degree after ten years of arduous training!

"Hehe, not at all, it's just a little trick, nothing compared to Brother Yang..."

Lu Zai'an smiled sheepishly.

The "Water Moon Sword Manual" was merely a technique he used to deceive others.

If he wanted, he could even condense a thousand water swords by using more of the vast magical power within his dantian!

However, this doesn't fit his persona of being "of average talent".

The beast tide remains fierce.

The monsters that everyone had killed before were just a drop in the ocean, insignificant in the vast army of millions of monsters.

The battle continues!

A group of low-level cultivators then took action to annihilate the demonic beasts.

Yang Ying would only step in to help relieve the pressure when they could no longer hold on, or when a second-tier demonic beast appeared.

Lu Zaian gazed at the endless tide of beasts, his eyes unfathomable, and then said to Yang Ying:

"With the city's protective formation and the elite troops from your city lord's mansion, Brother Yang, this beast tide won't cause any trouble."

There's no need for me here. I'll return to my pavilion, start refining two batches of pills, and send them to the front lines as a small token of my appreciation..."

"Haha, I understand. The alchemy room is Brother Lu's main battlefield."

On behalf of the City Lord's Mansion, I thank Brother Lu for his kindness.

You can go without worry!

Yang Ying didn't seem to mind and nodded with a smile.

A beast tide of this scale would last at least ten days to half a month.

This is just the appetizer.

Some of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the city were still observing and did not rush to make a move.

This also serves as an opportunity for the lower-level cultivators to earn contribution points...

Lu Zaian leaped off the city wall and leisurely left.

He first returned to Youjian Dange, reassured Gu Xi and the others, and instructed them to continue as usual.

Then Lu Zaian returned to Chunqiu Pavilion.

"Master, how is the beast tide outside?"

As soon as they returned to Chunqiu Pavilion, Xueyi came up to them, asking anxiously.

The entire city is now under martial law.

These maids and servants dared not move around freely; they could only rely on this Pavilion Master.

"Don't worry, the city won't fall. You can all go back to what you were doing..."

Lu Zaian reassured everyone.

He was telling the truth.

The desolate city has a third-order grand formation and a mysterious Core Formation city lord in charge, so the city is safe.

only……

Lu Zaian narrowed his eyes, making many connections.

Originally, Huangze City was one of the few pure lands in the Northern Sky Domain.

Why did the beast tide arrive precisely when the northern airspace was in chaos?

Yang Ying explained that the beast tide riot was caused by a "great demon's patrol" in the desolate marshland...

But Lu Zaian felt it wasn't that simple.

His keen senses led him to suspect a conspiracy...

It seems I need to start implementing some of my backup plans and strategies ahead of schedule.

After activating the layers of arrays, Lu Zaian moved to his top-secret training chamber.

As soon as I stepped into the dimly lit room.

Then came a rhythmic drumbeat.

It was like a muffled thunderclap, and then a tidal wave surged in!

Thump—thump—thump!!

The entire room seemed to vibrate in sync with the rhythm of drumbeats.

If there were any Qi Refining cultivators present, they would probably suffer a sudden surge of Qi and blood upon hearing just one sound, and explode on the spot!

Lu Zaian ignored him and walked to the center of the room without changing his expression.

There, a blood-red stone body, ten feet tall, was situated.

Upon closer inspection, a complete human figure was found to be emerging from the blood-red, somewhat transparent stone core.

Limbs, head, internal organs, flesh and blood, veins, dantian—everything is complete…

The humanoid fetus was curled up in a ball, strangely encased inside the stone fetus.

The rhythmic beating sound comes from the fetal heart!

This is the Nine Nether Blood Spirit Embryo that Lu Zaian obtained two years ago.

After two years, Lu Zaian nourished his essence and blood every day.

It has changed from the size of a fist to its current oval shape, which is about ten feet tall.

Luo Quan of Haitian Auction House probably never expected this.

What they considered incomplete was actually cultivated by Lu Zaian.

And it's so bizarre.

In the understanding of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce, the maximum size a Nine Nether Blood Spirit Embryo can mature is only that of a watermelon.

And it must never conjure a complete human form.

All of this is thanks to Lu Zaian's extraordinary blood essence, both in quality and quantity...

A faint, bloody light reflected in Lu Zaian's deep pupils.

At the same time, it made his face appear eerie and sinister, like a priest performing an evil ritual.

"Hehehe... The Nine Nether Blood Spirit Embryo is indeed extraordinary."

I was originally planning to wait a few more months, but since the beast tide has arrived, I'll let you be born ahead of schedule..."