CHAPTER 486: CHAPTER 479: MEETING QINGLIAN AGAIN (FIRST UPDATE, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE)

After a brief conversation, Lu Xuanji had already left.

Ye Wanyi also departed, heading to her Cave Mansion to comprehend the Cultivation Technique, to sort through, summarize, and adjust it. This process would take quite a long time.

...

Leaving the main hall, Lu Xuanji wandered leisurely around Changyuan Mountain.

At this moment, the Lu Family’s ancestral land consisted of eighteen mountain ranges, with seventy-two smaller ranges surrounding them. Beneath the mountains were nine Fifth-Grade Spirit Veins and eighty-one Fourth-Grade Spirit Veins. These numerous spirit veins combined, their energies interconnected, and were suppressed by powerful arrays.

At the central core position, there was even a Sixth-Grade Array set up.

This array was designed by Qinglian.

Recently, after returning to the Lu Family, she set up this arrangement.

The scattered array formations of the Lu Family became more solidified, combining into a large integrated operation, resembling a gigantic hedgehog.

At this moment, the Lu Family’s defenses were so strong that even a Divinity Transformation Cultivator would take three days and nights to break through.

The Lu Family had changed, becoming significantly different.

It seemed that the array setup extracted Spiritual Qi from the outside world so harshly that the surrounding Spiritual Qi withered, almost appearing as if entering the End of Dharma Era.

Walking within the Lu Family, Lu Xuanji felt a faint sense of unfamiliarity.

It had been about a hundred years since he last saw the Lu Family, and it had changed remarkably.

Many places were different.

Walking among the mountains, he saw large halls where Qi Refining Cultivators were teaching. They educated children on literacy, martial arts, identifying human meridians and acupoints, learning basic cultivation knowledge, and more.

The number of cultivators was increasing, with the Lu Family alone hosting thirteen million cultivators. Among these, over ten million were newly recruited novices, with a cultivation level of just the first or second stage of Qi Cultivation.

As the number of cultivators increased, the Lu Family seemed rather overcrowded, with various pressures mounting.

Many cultivators complained endlessly, but after complaining, they could only remain silent.

...

As he walked, wandering idly, Lu Xuanji reached the back mountain area.

There lay a series of tombs.

"Father, Mother, I’ve come to see you!"

"Grand Elder, I’ve come to see you!"

Walking there, Lu Xuanji’s emotions fluctuated.

His eyes flashed with memories of past events.

As time flowed, most of the older generation of cultivators dissipated, and most of his peers also passed away, even many of the younger generation had mostly died.

By now, he could be regarded as the ancestor.

Many cultivators of the Lu Family looked up to him with admiration and awe, yet there was no sense of closeness.

Recalling the past, the memories of those people gradually became blurred.

When recalling them again, he unexpectedly couldn’t remember their appearances.

After a brief stay, Lu Xuanji disappeared.

As he walked, he wanted to become closer to some cultivators of the Lu Family, but he couldn’t even remember most of their names.

Returning to the Cave Mansion, Lu Xuanji was about to meditate and cultivate when he suddenly saw a woman in a blue dress appear. She had a stunningly beautiful appearance, with an air of nobility that resembled a high and mighty phoenix.

Her hair was styled in a phoenix-shaped bun; voluptuously elegant, with bright eyes and a captivating gaze, her skin was smoother and fairer than frost, delicate and tender, dressed in a purple floral dress, with an enchanting and alluring demeanor.

Her graceful figure stood tall, approximately 1.75 meters, exuding a faint Daoist charm that offered a sense of pure clarity. However, at a deeper level, a terrifying demonic thought seemed to rise, as if it might evolve into a Dominant Domain of the Celestial Demon.

"Qinglian, congratulations on proving the Dao and achieving Divinity Transformation, leading us forward!"

Lu Xuanji stepped forward and said.

"I merely seized the opportunity!" Qinglian spoke. "Every time a calamity of heaven and earth arrives, it is also a moment of opportunity. This time, when Chu Country faced calamity, as the heavenly killing intent arose and the Human Race suffered immensely, in the void, Destiny blossomed, and boundless Destiny descended upon me, allowing me to soar and rise to the heavens!"

"Moreover, my essence is Qinglian, inherently a Seventh-Grade Spiritual Treasure, and I was also formed using the flesh and blood of Jin Xi, making my core potent and strong. In the past, restricted by Jin Xi, I struggled to grow. However, after cultivating the Yin-Yang Body, I severed the connection and advanced further!"

"But every gain has its loss. Qinglian accomplished me, but it also limited me. Reaching the Peak of Void Refining was my limit, and stepping into Harmonization seemed almost impossible!"

Listening, Lu Xuanji smiled and said, "The limitations of the essence are just temporary. I’m sure not long after, you’ll break through shackles and ascend sky-high."

"How difficult it is to break the shackles?"

Qinglian said, "Back then, Daoist Monarch Yuhua only managed to refine the Purifying Lotus into a Seventh-Grade form, partly due to insufficient materials and time. But fundamentally, it’s because upgrading it was difficult. Xuanji, would you be willing to help me?"

"Of course!"

Lu Xuanji said, "But how can I help you?"

"The [Yin-Yang Body] follows a path of Two Principles Creation, Yin and Yang Life and Death, with its core in the existence and extinction of Yin Yang Qi. I am female, naturally not lacking in Yin Qi. But I need to borrow the Yang Qi from your body to cultivate!" Qinglian said.

"Sure!"

"Then alright!"

Soon, the two integrated with each other. Initially, it was primarily for improving cultivation, but they gradually became immersed in it, forgetting cultivation, with a sense of putting the cart before the horse.

Many things seemed controllable at the beginning, but in fact, controlling them was difficult.

Several times, Lu Xuanji tried to remind, but Qinglian did not heed, instead continuing for several days.

After experiencing days and nights, it finally came to an end.

...

On the bed, Qinglian’s cheeks flushed with a rosy hue, feeling an indescribable sense of comfort. The pleasant times always make one linger.

Lu Xuanji’s eyes flickered uncertainly, his body slightly weak, unable to withstand it much. The difference in cultivation had made the disparity in combat power even larger.

"You must carefully comprehend this cultivation technique!"

Qinglian said, pointing with her finger, passing on a cultivation technique, containing the mysteries of Yin and Yang, the Xuanji of all things, with the supreme Great Dao within.

Very soon, the cultivation techniques began operating together, with Yin Yang Qi circulating, gradually entering a miraculous state.

The cultivation speed increased, and both gradually entered the condition.

At that moment, Lu Xuanji felt the Elixir Poison settled within his body slowly melting away, absorbed by the body, transforming into Magical Power.

All medicine is three parts poison, and every Elixir has Elixir Poison.

Cultivators can dispel Elixir Poison through Magical Power.

But too frequent or excessive consumption of Elixirs disrupts this orderly detoxification.

Recently, he had consumed a significant amount of Nascent Soul Pills, and somewhat excessively, causing Elixir Poison to settle in his body.

But through this dual cultivation, the Elixir Poison slowly dissolved, stabilizing the cultivation growth.

The Elixir Poison deposited within the body, under the washing of Yin Yang Qi, continually dissolved away, transforming into strands of Magical Power. Cultivation increased steadily, saving decades of time in just a short moment.