Is this the true cultivation at the Nascent Soul level?

Jiang Li suddenly remembered his master, Elder He. Even though his body was covered with animal blood tattoos from head to toe, he looked ferocious and seemed ready to fight anyone at any time.

But he is extremely gentle to his own people.

In the Sutra Valley, he also personally helped Jiang Li train many times. But in fact, from beginning to end, Elder He never showed his true momentum in front of him.

Even before, when he had a conflict with the Pavilion Master of Shengxian Pavilion and stood up for Jiang Li, he deliberately blocked the opponent's power and did not cause any impact on him.

Now that he was facing the five Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators head-on, he finally realized what terror was.

Those five guys were clearly tied up and nailed down, and they couldn't even move a finger.

But just one look is enough to kill.

At this moment, his spiritual world was as messy as a typhoon. Many ghosts that had been absorbed and refined by him and buried underground as storage nodules were now uprooted and exposed in the air, swaying.

Jiang Li inevitably suffered some mental damage, but fortunately, Jiuyou's clone stood in front of him to block the direct mental impact, and the third parallel consciousness was behind him to bear most of the mental pollution.

As a result, the mental damage suffered by Jiang Li's body was relatively limited, and he would be able to recover after meditating for a few times.

It's just a pity for the newly born third parallel consciousness. It is still a blank slate and has suffered such a situation as soon as it was split out.

From Jindan to Yuanying, the mental pollution from hundreds of high-level demon cultivators is simply too much for life to bear.

The parallel consciousness, which was originally only the size of a palm, now grew to more than one meter high.

You can still tell a bit of Jiang Li's appearance from his eyebrows and eyes, but his whole body is black and his body is round and plump.

The things stuffed inside the third parallel consciousness have nothing to do with beauty. They are all darkness, murder, evil, and the worst things in the world.

It was almost more miserable than the last time the sword cultivator's clone endured the blood of madness.

Jiang Li originally wanted to throw it into the outside world and dissolve it directly, but he suddenly thought of something and decided not to do so. He let it remain in this form for the time being and stay in the consciousness space.

After calming down for a while, Jiang Li looked at the eighth-floor tower monument. As expected, it was also a stone ball suspended in the air.

"Thank you, Senior Demon Suppression Master."

After bowing, he sat directly on the cushion in front of the pagoda.

The futon here was covered with a thick layer of dust, and it was obvious that it had not been used for a long time.

The spirit of the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda looked at Jiang Li, and his expression under his white hair and beard became a little strange.

It's like looking forward to something for a long time, and when you finally get it, you feel unbelievable.

He stretched out his hand and patted the stone ball. A pure spiritual energy of the earth was guided out from it, passed through the chain to the cushion, and was finally absorbed by Jiang Li.

After modifying the status with ease, the spiritual charm was successfully integrated with the blessing of the earth veins. From the appearance, the stone man was completely complete.

But Jiang Li could feel that there was still a gap inside the chest of this stone man.

That is the final key.

Jiang Li's tightly closed eyes slowly opened, and some strange changes seemed to have taken place in his eyes.

There is a heaviness in the clarity. If you look closely, you may be able to see five towering mountains in his eyes.

When Jiang Li looked at the Demon-Suppressing Tower Spirit again, the other party's kind smile had completely disappeared.

"Senior Zhenyao, do we still need to go to the ninth floor?"

Jiang Li smiled, as if he hadn't noticed anything.

But the white-haired old man seemed to have no intention of pretending anymore.

"No, we can't go down anymore. Even I can't open the formation below."

He waved his hand, and the layer of earth vein gauze covering Jiang Li suddenly tightened and became extremely heavy, and it connected with the surrounding earth vein power, instantly binding him firmly in place.

[Suppressed by the power of the earth veins, the earth veins bind themselves. 】

"Senior Zhenyao, what are you doing?"

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows with an innocent expression, as if he was really caught off guard.

"Young friend Jiang Li, you already know this, don't you?"

"After you got my eyes, you should have seen it."

The old man in white still looked like an immortal, but his face no longer had the kind look.

"Yes, I saw it, and it was very clear. It's a good pair of eyes. I am very grateful to you."

"Then maybe I should change my name, right? Senior from Shushan Five Elements Peak."

Just as the other party said, after Jiang Li absorbed the two streams of earth spiritual aura representing his eyes, his earth spiritual body became more complete and the world before his eyes had completely changed.

The flowing power of the earth veins was clearly visible in his eyes, as if he were seeing fire.

But in his eyes at this moment, the old man in white who claimed to be the spirit of the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda was filled with the power of the earth veins all over his body, which was even more intense and pure than the eight pagoda steles he had seen.

It is true that the Demon-Suppressing Tower was built relying on the earth veins of the Five Elements Peak, but its essence should still be an architectural magic weapon that just uses the formation to borrow the power of the earth veins. Even if a tower spirit is really generated, it will never look like this.

So there is only one answer, the phantom of the old man is not the spirit of the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, but the spirit of the earth veins of the Five Elements Peak of Shu Mountain.

"Humph! My name is Lu Yun Wu Jian Feng! Not Shu Shan!"

"You are quite smart, but it's a pity that you realized it too late."

"Do you know who is imprisoned on the ninth floor of this broken tower?"

The image of the white-clothed old man, the spiritual force of Shu Mountain, began to change gradually. Clusters of crystals grew out of his body, his human appearance was pierced, and his immortal image quickly shattered.

"I'm afraid that the only one who can surpass the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator and be imprisoned in the ninth floor is you, Senior Jianfeng."

Jiang Li remained calm and unhurried, sitting cross-legged there motionless.

"That's right! Damn Shushan Sword Sect! They attacked my mountain for no reason and took away my spiritual energy! They tore my body apart and suppressed me under this Demon Suppression Tower for a thousand years!"

"Let me and those demon cultivators and monsters consume each other, just to extract our strength! Forge a flying sword!"

The old man of Diling became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He called Shushan Five Elements Peak the Shushan Sword Sect, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with them. He had no sense of identity at all.

"Humph, if you were a Shushan disciple, you would know that Shushan doesn't have a Tower Spirit Master Uncle, but unfortunately you are not one."

"After a thousand years, I finally managed to infiltrate a part of the Demon Suppression Tower's formation. After waiting for who knows how many more years, I finally met you! A genius who could make it this far!"

At this time, the earth spirit had completely torn off its human appearance and turned into a huge heart composed of countless crystal clusters.

This heart is made up of transparent crystal clusters in five colors, and when it beats, it radiates soft and brilliant light.

If the dwarves in Middle-earth saw this, they would probably throw away the Arken gem on the spot and worship this earth heart instead.

He was the part of the earth vein heart that escaped from the ninth floor of the Demon Suppression Tower! He was also the spiritual wisdom of the Shushan earth spirit.

"Senior Wuxing, you've told me so much, aren't you afraid that I'll tell the people of Shushan? Or do you want to kill me right now to silence me?"

Jiang Li tried his best to put on a frightened expression. If it were any ordinary human, they would have known that he was just pretending. But the earth spirit was not so cunning and thought he was really scared.

Buzz! A crystal cluster suddenly grew out of the heart and pierced Jiang Li's body directly.

Even with Jiang Li's defense, he was powerless and was pierced fiercely. Jiang Li felt pain, but he still held back and did not move.

Then, streams of energy surged into his body. In Jiang Li's sea of ​​​​qi, a similar earth vein heart gradually took shape and began to beat regularly.

This is the last piece of the puzzle that will complete the "blessing" of the earth vein.

This has always been Jiang Li’s goal, and he certainly cannot give up halfway before he achieves it.

From the very beginning, he never really trusted this so-called "Tower Spirit".

Because his deception and acting skills are far inferior to those of any human con man.

A strange spirit was very enthusiastic towards him for no reason at the beginning.

What's more, what he said was very purposeful. In just a few sentences, he explained his origins and the reason for his appearance clearly.

How could a normal person take the initiative to explain everything about themselves to someone without even asking any questions when meeting them for the first time?

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It's obvious at first glance that this rhetoric was prepared long ago, revealing a desire to make people believe in it as soon as possible.

People who say this kind of thing are mostly liars, and the information they report is mostly false.

So from the beginning, Jiang Li was on guard. Later, he deliberately tested the opponent a few times and offended him slightly.

But the earth spirit was not displeased. Instead, it instructed Jiang Li to find materials for monsters and used some small favors to gain their trust.

For someone who calls himself "the old master of Shushan", this is very unreasonable.

His subsequent words and actions also revealed his purpose.

In this case, how could Jiang Li really believe him?

It was just that Jiang Li wanted it and the other party wanted to give it, their goals had always been the same, and both sides were confident that they would be the final winners. That was why they were friendly on the surface until here, when they finally fell out.

Soon, the crystal heart in front of Jiang Li gradually faded and disappeared.

There was a strong heartbeat in Jiang Li's body, and the heart of the earth veins had been completely transferred to the sea of ​​​​qi in his body.

[Absorb the spiritual essence of the Five Elements Peak's earth veins, and the earth veins' spiritual charm (heart) acts on oneself]

Jiang Li couldn't help but smile, then he pressed the minus sign for the negative status [Earth Vein Binding] in the status bar for five seconds.

The negative state was eliminated, and the heavy restraints on his body disappeared instantly. Jiang Li stretched himself, raised his hand to support his head, closed his eyes again, and his consciousness had fallen on the qi sea.

As soon as the crystal heart took shape, it flew towards the stone man impatiently.

The Earth Spirit of the Five Elements Sword Peak is very excited now. As long as he merges with the other eight spiritual auras in front of him, he can form a smaller version of himself.

Then he could snatch the body of this disciple and escape secretly.

Although he could not take away the power of his original body, nor could he take revenge on the powerful Shushan Sword Sect, he could only find a new mountain to settle down and start farming from scratch.

But he had been locked up in the Demon-Suppressing Tower for too long, and his spiritual energy and consciousness were slowly being worn away in the endless fight against the demon cultivators.

Although the Five Elements Peak is large and has a rich heritage, if it continues like this, as the spirit of the earth veins, he will probably slowly lose his intelligence and become a pure foundation, being exploited by Shushan forever.

So he couldn't wait any longer. Geniuses like Jiang Li's level were extremely rare. He had to seize this opportunity and use Jiang Li's body to escape.

He had made up his mind that if he went out this time, he would find an inconspicuous hill to settle down.

Otherwise, when he finally manages the mountain well, it will be snatched away by others in the blink of an eye.

However, just when he bumped into the stone man and wanted to merge completely, he found that he couldn't get in? After squeezing for a long time, he was bounced out again.

What's going on?

This happened before when I was in the upper tower. They were all my own spirits, so why couldn't they merge? Could it be that Shushan did something in the Demon Suppression Tower? They turned me into their shape?

The spirit of the earth veins was filled with grief and anger. My poor body has been ruined.

At this moment, the Five Elements Earth Spirit felt that something seemed to have changed about him, but at the same time, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

He felt a little strange, but at this critical moment, he couldn't afford to be distracted.

The earth spirit regrouped and, unwilling to believe in evil, once again crashed into the body it had just created, but this time it was unexpectedly smooth.

The beautiful earth vein heart composed of five-colored crystal clusters was easily integrated into the stone man. As the earth vein heart beat, the whole little stone man seemed to come alive, becoming smart and full of vitality.

Even more heavy and powerful energy surged out, slowly and steadily transforming Jiang Li's body.

"Hahaha! I did it! I did it! I'm finally free!"

In the sea of ​​qi, the Shushan earth spirit laughed wildly and was about to attack and seize Jiang Li's body, but he was horrified to find that he could not move at all.

"This is... What happened! What did you do to me!?"

"Let me out! Jiang Li, my friend! Let me out now!"

The wild laughter gradually turned into cries of despair.

The earth spirit, who had been plotting for thousands of years, successfully completed his plan and escaped from the iron-clad demon-suppressing tower.

However, he was too unlucky and ran into another cage, a cage from which he could never escape.

Jiang Li shook his head, having expected this.

If you want to blame someone, blame the earth spirit for disguising itself so well.

It always gives you buffs that make you drool.

Although this blessing from the earth spirit is a sugar-coated bullet with hidden dangers.

But now that the buff status has been bestowed on Jiang Li, he should forget about escaping.

He has more than one condition that could be fatal afterwards, and after such a long time, has he ever seen any chance of them occurring?

Even if the will of the earth spirit is hidden in the blessing, so what? He can't change the state or eliminate the state, he can only silently provide blessings in Jiang Li's body with tears for the rest of his life.

From the very beginning, the Five Elements Sword Peak Earth Spirit wouldn't even have the chance to take over another body.

Ignoring the wailing earth spirit, Jiang Li checked the status bar.

[Earth Spirit Blessing (9/9): The essence of the earth spirit nourishes, improves aptitude, and slowly returns to the innate. Powerfully assists in foundation building, and additionally builds the "Earth Five Elements Dao Foundation", duration ∞] (-)

The state of the Earth Spirit's blessing has been completed, and the Earth Spirit's body no longer has the word "incomplete".

Yes, even though I didn’t make it to the ninth floor, I was lucky enough to complete the geomagnetic puzzle.

After silently feeling the changes in the Earth Spirit's physique for a while, he could now do more things.

Jiang Li stretched out his hand and pressed on the stone eyeball. A force of the earth veins was easily drawn out by him and turned into a layer of gauze that covered his body.

Jiang Li followed the earth spirit's example and synchronized the power of that layer of earth veins with the surroundings. He took a deep breath and decided that it was time to leave here.

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