"One hundred and one... one hundred and two..."

"One hundred and three..."

"One hundred and five..."

It was not until this moment that Shen Lian's spiritual consciousness stopped growing.

At the position of the heart, the attached blood and essence beads are gradually merging into the body.

When his eyes opened and closed, two bloodshot eyeballs were revealed.

The devil's way is the devil's way. Even with the help of the Qingxin Jade, it is impossible to completely offset the side effects.

If one's will is not firm, it is easy to be corroded and gradually fall into bloodthirstiness.

The two pieces of Qingxin precious jade emitted spiritual light, and a warm, fresh, thick and vast aura lingered. Shen Lian quickly suppressed his bloodthirsty thoughts.

The divine consciousness is one hundred and five feet long, which is comparable to the foundation-building stage.

He is still at the eighth level of Qi training.

After being promoted to the ninth level of Qi training, the mind will have another chance to improve through self-nourishment, and the strength of the mind will be further enhanced at that time.

He stood up and moved around for a while, then called Dahei back and asked him if there was any movement nearby during his days of seclusion.

“Hiss—”

Looking at the shriveled corpses of monsters piled in front of Shen Lian, Dahei raised his head and neighed softly.

"You only know how to eat. Let's get down to business first."

The place chosen this time was really good. Dahei and his descendants had been guarding it for so many days, and they had never seen a single cultivator passing by.

"Go ahead and call all your descendants here."

Soon, Dahei called back the black-horned demon ants scattered outside and began to eat the shriveled demon beasts on the ground.

Although Shen Lian had sucked the essence of the monster's flesh and blood, the remaining bones were still of great benefit to the black-horned demon ants.

The remains of more than a dozen monsters were eaten by the black-horned monster ants, and not even a bone residue was left in less than half an hour.

After finishing their meal, half of the black-horned demon ants began to experience a surge of demonic energy, and their strength showed a tendency to increase.

Looking at the demon ant lying on the ground surrounded by demonic energy, Shen Lian also showed a thoughtful look.

"It seems that I still need to buy a spirit beast bracelet."

The function of the spirit beast bag is to hold the spirit beast, and after the spirit beast enters it, it will fall into a dormant state.

However, the spirit beast bracelet is different. The spirit beast can eat and practice in it.

After the black-horned demon ant finished its training, it crawled out of the cave again and stood guard everywhere.

Shen Lian took out the secret method of refining blood and generating souls, and prepared to practice the soul attack spell Soul Binding Seal that came with it.

All cultivators know how powerful attacks from the soul are, but soul techniques are extremely rare. Only those who can access them at the Qi training and foundation building levels are almost like encountering an immortal.

Some monks would also use a clumsy method, spending dozens of years or even decades compressing and beating their own spiritual thoughts bit by bit, condensing them into shapes of swords, guns, axes, etc. as their own means of attack.

But these stupid methods are very superficial and their effectiveness cannot be judged.

There are corresponding tempering methods in the secret method of refining blood and generating souls, so Shen Lian does not need to explore it on his own. It is naturally much easier to practice at the level of his predecessors.

“Buzz——”

After spending two days adapting to his newly improved spiritual power, Shen Lian separated a part of his spiritual power and began to condense the Soul-Binding Seal.

This method requires that the growing spiritual thoughts be compressed first, and then condensed little by little into a seal shape.

…

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

"How dare you be lazy!"

Dahei, who was lying under the yellow earth, suddenly started and jumped out of the soil.

“Hiss—”

Dahei let out a scream.

Just now, a purple halo suddenly emerged from its little head. The shape was blurry, which frightened it.

“It’s the master!”

Dahei reacted and lay on the ground hissing.

Soon, a yellowish-brown light flashed in front of Dahei, and Shen Lian grew out of the mud and grabbed Dahei.

Looking at Dahei who was trembling in his hands, he began to comfort him.

"Forgot your brain is too small."

Shen Lian was scratching his head as he had just perfected his magical power and almost broke the record in the world of immortal cultivators for scaring one's own spirit beast to death.

It took Dahei a long time to recover, and fear appeared in his black eyes.

I wanted to try out the power of the Soul-Binding Seal that I had just condensed, but I didn't expect that Dahei was too weak to withstand the blow. If he hadn't stopped at the critical moment.

Dahei is about to die of old age.

"well……"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

Shen Lian tapped Dahei's head, tried to comfort him again, and stuffed a yellow bud pill into Dahei's mouth.

Putting the scattered black-horned demon ants into the spirit beast bag, Shen Lian headed towards the Nine-Layered Immortal City.

…

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days passed.

It has been almost two months since Shen Lian arrived at the Jiuchong Immortal City.

The past two months have been very peaceful. I spent most of my time drawing talismans during the day, practicing at night, and finding time to comprehend the truth.

Life is fulfilling.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, there will be an auction in the Fifth Floor Immortal City in three days. If you are interested, our shop can give you an admission ticket."

Wu Xiang, the owner of Baina Pavilion, summoned him again.

After the previous two transactions, the two sides had a relatively stable intersection.

Shen Lian thought about it and decided that since it was within the Immortal City, safety shouldn't be a problem. It would be a good idea to go and see if he could obtain any useful resources.

The two hundred pieces of talisman paper purchased last time have also been drawn into talismans.

You have to sell the talismans in your hand first before you can have spirit stones to participate in the auction.

…

"Fellow Daoist Shen."

In the Baina Hall, seeing Shen Lian appear, Wu Xiang walked up quickly with a smile on his face.

Although he had only traded with Shen Lian twice, the transaction volume of the Wu family's Baina Pavilion in the past month had increased by one third compared to the previous year.

Everyone comes here for the top-grade thunder and fire and the magic talisman.

For cultivators, a thunder and fire talisman of the same rank but with greater power may be able to help them avoid death in a fight.

In comparison, spending two more spirit stones is nothing.

Wu Xiang led Shen Lian into the quiet room at the back of the shop and did not mention the talisman.

Instead, he said, "My Wu family also asked someone to find out about some exquisite spiritual objects that appeared at the auction."

Wu Xiang's various behaviors, no matter whether they were deliberate or intentional, made Shen Lian feel very comfortable.

When it comes to transactions, it’s more about the actions than the heart.

If he had a sour face, Shen Lian would not tolerate it and would just turn around and leave. There were so many shops in Xiancheng, it didn't matter who he sold it to.

Soon, a jade slip appeared in Wu Xiang's hand and he handed it to Shen Lian.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, you can take a look and see if there is anything suitable for you."

Shen Lian immersed his spiritual thoughts into the jade slip, and the information of various spiritual objects manifested in his perception.

He looked down one by one.

"The second-level low-grade magical weapon, the Flowing Moon Blade, is forged with the frontal bone of a deep-sea giant whale as the main material."

…

"Second-level low-grade talisman, the Fire Mountain Burning Talisman."

"A water-based spiritual object, a deep-sea clam pearl."

…

“Calming tea.”

"Blood Spirit Fruit."

"The Mysterious Light Water Dividing Plate, a second-level, low-grade magical instrument."

…

When Shen Lian saw a spiritual object in the jade slip, he was slightly surprised.

"The Five Elements Mountain, a second-level, low-grade magical weapon."

Wu Xiang has been observing the changes in Shen Lian's expression, "It seems that there is a spiritual object that has aroused the interest of Fellow Daoist Shen."

"There are indeed some spiritual objects that I'm interested in, but I don't know if I can get them."

Putting down the jade slip, Shen Lian chuckled and said.

"I wonder if Shopkeeper Wu could tell me the origins of these spiritual objects?"

Wu Xiang chuckled and said, "Fellow Daoist Shen, don't worry. The auction is backed by Master Qiushan, so no one dares to cause trouble."

"As for the spiritual objects, some were given by various families, and some were given by the monks in the city. There won't be any entanglement."

"Take the Five Elements Mountain inside for example. This magical instrument has been auctioned off more than ten times."

"There is no way. Although there are many cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation who have all five elements of spiritual roots, most of them have very poor spiritual root values. Few can cultivate to the late stage of Qi training, let alone build a foundation."

"This Five Elements Mountain was specially made by a famous casual cultivator of foundation building in the city, a weapon refiner in Tuoxian City. Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. The cultivator died outside just after the Five Elements Mountain was made."

"The Five Elements Mountain is now in the hands of this weapon refiner. He wants to sell it to make back his investment, but he can't. He is so helpless."

As he spoke, Wu Xiang sighed and shook his head, "It really is a matter of time and fate."

"It is rumored that this foundation-building cultivator came from the Wanxing Sea in the north. He practices a five-element technique that leads directly to the golden elixir level. He is also a person with great opportunities."

(End of this chapter)