Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian headed west. First, they sent Yang Yitian into the space, and then they chose a place that was just within their limits to begin cultivating.
Yang Yitian, on the other hand, researches talismans that can extend the lifespan of talisman arrays. Afterwards, he plans to take the talisman arrays to places with significant time differences in space, and then cultivate within those locations.
In this way, while they cultivated inside for a long time, only a short time passed outside.
The time difference between the two sides varies from near to far. Near the border, the time difference isn't too large; it might be one day outside and ten days inside. In the innermost area, one day outside is equivalent to a year inside.
Yang Yitian was calculating in his mind that if he cultivated in the space, it would be equivalent to improving his cultivation level in a short period of time.
More than three months passed in this way.
There were quite a few talismans in the settlement this time, enough for them to cultivate for a period of time. Generally, once they had enough talismans, they began to cultivate.
After some time, Xiong Shuang was ready to make a breakthrough, and this breakthrough was quite significant.
Qi Zhiheng saw the commotion from his direction and decided to go back and check it out.
When Yang Yitian and Qi Zhiheng returned to the gathering place, the tribulation of lightning had not yet ended.
When Old Li saw the two returning, he went up to greet them and said, "You're back?"
Qi Zhiheng nodded slightly: "We saw the commotion here, so we came back to check it out."
This is the first time I've ever faced a tribulation of lightning in this world.
"I also tried to persuade Boss Xiong that it might not be safe to undergo tribulation here, but he insisted, and there was nothing we could do," Old Li said with some concern.
Qi Zhiheng said, "It is indeed somewhat dangerous. Since we can see it, others can see it too." He had never met people from other factions before and did not know what their plans were.
It's not unreasonable for Xiong Shuang to undergo tribulation. Although there are far fewer spirit stones available now, Qi Zhiheng is a newcomer, so it wouldn't be a problem for him to take out some spirit stones to help Xiong Shuang break through.
Just as Qi Zhiheng had expected, people from other factions followed the lightning tribulation and came over.
Qi Zhiheng followed Lao Li out to meet these people. Most of them wanted to see Xiong Shuang's fate. They had all seen the strangeness of the spiritual energy. Normally, it wasn't a big problem to come into contact with it, but when breaking through, one would inevitably have to absorb some spiritual energy, which greatly increased the danger.
Of course, there were also those with ill intentions who wanted to trip up Xiong Shuang during his tribulation and cause him to fail.
However, the people in the settlement were guarding the area and naturally wouldn't let them succeed.
If Xiong Shuang hadn't started her tribulation yet, Qi Zhiheng would have revealed the details of the talisman array. Unfortunately, Xiong Shuang didn't wait for their return before undergoing her tribulation and had to endure it alone.
After sending most of the cultivators away, Qi Zhiheng also helped guard those with ill intentions until the tribulation ended.
Xiong Shuang's tribulation went relatively smoothly this time. Although he was seriously injured, he was a body cultivator with a good physique. He also used talismans to create gentle spiritual energy, which helped him pull through.
Xiong Shuang became the first Nascent Soul stage cultivator in this world, which made everyone envious.
Qi Zhiheng was pleased with this outcome. With Xiong Shuang around, other cultivators wouldn't dare to act rashly, no matter what their intentions were.
Xiong Shuang's tribulation this time was largely thanks to Yang Yitian's talisman. Therefore, although he became the strongest cultivator in this world, he was still very polite to Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian.
He hadn't originally planned to undergo tribulation, but he made up his mind to do so because he saw the reasons why Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were undergoing tribulation, which made him believe that there was a glimmer of hope for survival if he underwent tribulation here!
Now that he has talismans in his hands, his hundred or so people might not be enough to defend against the other factions. He needs to have greater strength to make people wary and deter them from having any ideas.
"Brother Qi, Brother Yang, I never expected you would come back to help me when I was in trouble. This really touches my heart." Xiong Shuang was genuinely happy. These two had abundant spiritual energy and did not hold back their spiritual power when they fought. They drove away many unscrupulous cultivators when he was undergoing his tribulation.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Brother Xiong, there's no need to be so polite. We'll still need your help to make a living in the future, so how could we stand idly by? Besides, isn't our friendship enough to make me come back and lend a hand?"
After exchanging pleasantries, the two got down to business.
Yang Yitian felt that Xiong Shuang was a bit unlucky, so he explained the situation: "Actually, I've set up a talisman array here. Cultivating and undergoing tribulation within the talisman array can transform the surrounding spiritual energy into gentle, normal spiritual energy. If you wait a bit or ask around, you might suffer less."
Yang Yitian's words were like a knife stabbing into Xiong Shuang's heart: "Why didn't you say so earlier? Sigh! I feel like I've suffered for nothing! By the way, what kind of talisman array do you have? We can use it next time a brother needs to undergo tribulation."
Yang Yitian took out thirty talismans and said, "You need thirty talismans to set up a talisman array." He fiddled with them on the ground for a moment.
Xiong Shuang was immediately speechless: "Thirty talismans? I'd rather suffer more myself than waste so many talismans!" He only had about thirty talismans left, how could he bear to part with them? He only used nine when he was undergoing his tribulation.
Yang Yitian said, "You were able to successfully overcome the tribulation, which must be largely due to your being a body cultivator. If it were any other cultivator, without my talisman array, they would probably have been struck to dust by the lightning tribulation."
What he said was true. The person here had eaten a lot of ordinary food, so his body had a lot of impurities. When the lightning tribulation came, how could he withstand it?
Qi Zhiheng interjected, "Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage is very necessary. We can keep our situation a secret for a while, but not forever. Boss Xiong, we've been cooperating for so long, and I trust you more than anyone else. If your confidants can reach the Nascent Soul stage sooner, they can protect what you have."
Boss Xiong hesitated: "Your idea is good, but we have been eating mortal food for a long time, so breaking through is not so easy. I only broke through because I was old and had some understanding of the path of cultivation."
"Brother Xiong, many cultivators must have spent many years in this world, and their understanding of cultivation must have already reached its peak. They just haven't had the conditions to advance. Now that there's an opportunity to take it a step further, why not take it?" Qi Zhiheng advised.
He knew that Xiong Shuang didn't want too many people to become Nascent Soul cultivators like him yet, because that would mean losing the advantage he had worked so hard to create.
Qi Zhiheng took out a bottle of pills and said, "These pills can clear impurities from the body. Senior Xiong can try them. As for helping others break through, there's no need to rush. You can wait until Boss Xiong's foundation is stable before letting others advance."
Xiong Shuang himself was only a physical cultivator, and given that everyone could use spiritual energy, his physical cultivator status was indeed at a disadvantage. Therefore, he was unwilling to see others break through in the near future. Fortunately, Qi Zhiheng didn't force him to do anything he didn't want to do. At least for the next few months, he didn't want anyone to be like him, not even his trusted confidants.
Qi Zhiheng didn't try to persuade him any further. As long as Xiong Shuang could help him with his affairs without restricting his freedom, he didn't care what the other party thought.
Qi Zhiheng exchanged the pills for Xiong Shuang. Xiong Shuang was actually a little skeptical about the pills, but after taking one, she tasted the benefits of the Cleansing Pill!
Because of the many impurities in his body, Xiong Shuang's body was covered in filth after taking the pill, and a strong stench emanated from it. Yang Yitian and Qi Zhiheng immediately shut down their sense of smell.
Yang Yitian hurriedly told everyone about the talisman array and also asked Boss Xiong to reveal a little bit about it so that everyone could have some hope.
Xiong Shuang didn't mind this at all; it could encourage everyone to search for spiritual objects and also help solidify his position.
After hurriedly finishing his sentence, Yang Yitian pulled Qi Zhiheng away!
Although their sense of smell was blocked, they couldn't smell it, but the odor molecules were still flying around in the air. Yang Yitian felt disgusted at the thought that there was odor in the air when he opened his mouth, and that he might have ingested a lot of it.
Feeling a little embarrassed, Xiong Shuang quickly tidied herself up after Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian left, and then spread the news.
As expected, the news caused the cultivators in the gathering place to frantically search for spiritual items.
Previously, they only wanted to maintain their spiritual energy for use in dangerous situations, which cost the tribe a considerable amount of talismans. However, if they wanted to cultivate, it wasn't so simple. Now that they knew advancement was possible, they naturally needed to spend even more talismans. Therefore, they all embarked on a frantic search for spiritual items.
Some people, in order to accumulate enough talismans and runes for tribulation, wanted to engage in some buying and selling business. They were very shrewd, selling talismans at ten times the price and getting people from other factions to send over their talisman materials. Not only that, they could also send over large quantities of spiritual items and herbs.
The idea was quite interesting, but Xiong Shuang stopped them before it could get out. They would eventually reveal it to the outside world, but not now, as it would easily attract the attention of others, who might then take them all down.
Hearing Xiong Shuang's objection, the group calmed down and, for safety reasons, temporarily abandoned this option.
Xiong Shuang knew that this matter could not be kept secret for long, so he could only send his trusted confidants to undergo the tribulation as soon as possible.
After three months of consolidating his cultivation, Xiong Shuang began to reveal the matter of the Cleansing Pill to his confidants, urging them to exchange for some Cleansing Pills and take them to raise their cultivation level as soon as possible.
A group of confidants were both excited and groaning!
They were excited because the impurities on their bodies could be cleansed, and they were lamenting because they were searching for even more spiritual herbs and objects!
Not long after Xiong Shuang underwent his tribulation, people from other factions began to undergo their own tribulations.
Unfortunately, judging from the number of times he underwent the tribulation, he must have failed.
With Xiong Shuang's example serving as a catalyst, it's normal for other cultivators to also consider undergoing tribulation. However, undergoing tribulation in this world is by no means an easy task.
Xiong Shuang just sneered when he saw this.
Later, more than a dozen people were struck dead by lightning, which made the others lose interest in undergoing the tribulation.
Days passed by, and half a year went by in the blink of an eye.
When Qi Zhiheng returned to the camp, several cultivators were already waiting for them.
There was no other way; only Yang Yitian in the entire world could set up such an array. These cultivators, who had already regulated their physical condition and reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, were naturally waiting for Yang Yitian to return and help them overcome their tribulations.
Tribulations must be overcome one by one. This process takes a considerable amount of time. After sending Yang Yitian back, Qi Zhiheng went back to cultivating.
Yang Yitian could handle the current situation on his own. After all, he was the only one who could draw these talismans and set up the formation. Xiong Shuang would never let anything happen to him.
In order to avoid attracting the attention of others, Yang Yitian set up a concealment formation after finding a suitable location for the tribulation in the guest courtyard.
This is also to avoid other unexpected events.
It took more than a year for more than twenty cultivators to successfully overcome their tribulations.
Meanwhile, Qi Zhiheng's side arrived at the center where the spiritual energy was most abundant.
The situation before him was enough to make Qi Zhiheng's heart tremble! The reason for the violent spiritual energy here was not that there was anything unusual, but that the spiritual veins here were inherently spiritual veins with violent energy.
The spiritual veins contained violent elements, and naturally, they also emitted spiritual energy. There were about a hundred spiritual veins in front of him.
The spiritual veins here are not only numerous, but also grow very densely! After Qi Zhiheng entered, he used his own rule range to surround one of the spiritual veins and then sent it into his space. Since there were no spiritual veins in the area where time changes in the space, he moved more than a hundred spiritual veins along with the spirit stones into the space.
He didn't completely excavate all the spiritual veins here, leaving about ten to maintain the flow of spiritual energy in this world.
He knew that spiritual veins must still exist in other places, but that didn't mean he had to exterminate them all.
After dealing with all this, Qi Zhiheng planned to go back to the gathering place to take a look. He had been delayed for quite some time outside, and in the future, he would no longer need to cultivate in the outer space.
Once inside the space, not only was there a difference in time, but one could also use the violent spiritual energy to temper one's body and cultivate, which was undoubtedly beneficial to him.
When they returned to their encampment, all of Xiong Shuang's brothers had already reached the Nascent Soul stage of cultivation.
With such strength, Qi Zhiheng could confidently proceed to the next step.
Logically speaking, Xiong Shuang himself was powerful, and his subordinates were all at the Nascent Soul stage, so there was no need for him to act according to Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian's wishes. However, when Xiong Shuang saw Qi Zhiheng's calm and composed attitude, he became somewhat wary and felt that he might not be able to control Qi Zhiheng, which prevented him from offending Qi Zhiheng.
Xiong Shuang didn't think Qi Zhiheng was a fool, but if he wasn't a fool, how could he have made such a group of cultivators, who weren't even close friends, all reach the Nascent Soul stage?
The only thing Xiong Shuang could think of was that Qi Zhiheng had a solid foundation!
It is only when you have a trump card that you have confidence. In any case, Qi Zhiheng's existence does not hinder him. Xiong Shuang has no need to break ties with Qi Zhiheng, so he did not intend to go too far.
Qi Zhiheng returned to explain some things. He needed these people to quickly help him collect spiritual herbs and items. Even if they plundered all the spiritual herbs and items in this world, it wouldn't matter, because when he entered the space to cultivate and came out again, he might be able to leave.
Qi Zhiheng's goal is to become a Mahayana cultivator. This is the situation here. Without becoming a Mahayana cultivator, they have no way to leave. If he wants to leave, he has to work hard to become a Mahayana cultivator.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Now that the cultivators in our settlement are all incredibly powerful, there's no need to fear cultivators from other camps anymore. We can use talismans to trade with others. As for how many times the price you want to sell them to, that's up to you. You can also reveal the matter of the pills to the cultivators in the settlement. If we keep deceiving them like this, it won't be good if they lose faith in us."
Xiong Shuang was willing to listen to Qi Zhiheng's opinions, so she began to spread the word.
Upon hearing this news, everyone was eager to make a move! In fact, some people had already secretly made transactions with cultivators from other factions, albeit discreetly. They were able to earn a good profit from the middleman's deal, and Qi Zhiheng wasn't particularly concerned about the talismans, so he let them do as they pleased, since the Lin Chao and spirit patterns they plundered would eventually end up in his hands anyway.
This news spread to other factions, and many cultivators flocked to their gathering places, demanding to exchange for talismans.
Every inch of the surrounding land was ransacked by these cultivators like a locust swarm. Having found no more spiritual herbs or objects nearby, they turned their attention elsewhere.
The monks immediately set off to search every corner of the world.
Qi Zhiheng placed all the spiritual herbs and items he received into his own space where the time rules differed. As time passed, more and more spiritual herbs appeared in this space. The spiritual herbs that had been eaten by the spirit-devouring insects and had their violent factors consumed were planted outside by him so that they could be used when needed.
After that, they began to refine pills. The main pills were purification pills to remove impurities from the body. Next, someone will need to use purification pills.
After refining a batch of Cleansing Pills, Qi Zhiheng also entrusted them to Xiong Shuang for management.
Yang Yitian himself entered the space, which has a time difference range, so cultivating inside is naturally better than cultivating outside.
In order to keep up with Qi Zhiheng's cultivation progress, Yang Yitian also began to cultivate in the space. He drew many talismans and set up talisman arrays to support an area, and then cultivated in a place with normal spiritual energy.
Not wanting to be forced to stop midway, he took out 999 talismans to set up a series of talisman arrays. Whenever the power of one talisman array was about to weaken, another talisman array would fill in, so as not to interrupt his cultivation.
Although it's a bit wasteful of talismans, the spiritual energy inside, after being separated, has a purity and concentration that the spiritual energy of the Southern Continent cannot match.
Thus, the two would cultivate in the space for a period of time, and when they were about to break through, they would go out to undergo the tribulation of lightning, and leave some resources outside so that the cultivators outside would run around searching for spiritual items for them.
At first, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were still somewhat apprehensive, but once their cultivation reached the Nascent Soul stage, they were no longer afraid of the cultivators here.
There was really nothing for him to worry about regarding a group of cultivators whose spiritual energy was limited and whose cultivation level was below his.
Those cultivators, having witnessed Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian's cultivation levels, dared not openly harbor any ulterior motives. Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian had declared that if anything unexpected happened at the gathering place, they would no longer provide any talismans or pills.
This will prevent these people from harming the camp.
Seeing that Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian had reached the Nascent Soul stage in such a short time, Xiong Shuang was glad that she hadn't considered opposing them before. Otherwise, if she were investigated later, she might never have gotten what she had gained again.
Seeing that everything was normal, Qi Zhiheng re-entered the space to cultivate.
The place they are in is the center of the greatest time difference, where the spiritual energy is relatively rich. The time difference is that one day outside is equivalent to one year inside, so the cultivation speed is not slow.
After cultivating in the spatial realm for a century, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian successively reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. After undergoing tribulation in the outside world, they returned to their gathering place. After collecting a batch of spiritual items, they went out to undergo their tribulation again.
After successfully transcending the tribulation, he entered the Integration Stage and then returned to the space.
There are many spiritual objects in this world. Qi Zhiheng discovered that he could appropriately consume some spiritual objects containing violent energy. Moreover, these spiritual herbs and objects were ancient, and some were even used by Mahayana cultivators. In this way, he would have the resources for advancement.
Yang Yitian was unable to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy here, so he used something processed by the Spirit Devouring Insects, which allowed him to barely keep up with Qi Zhiheng's progress.
In addition, the spirit-devouring insects raised by Qi Zhiheng also mutated rapidly due to consuming violent factors, and their speed in processing spiritual objects also increased.
Yang Yitian discovered that absorbing small amounts of spiritual energy here did indeed have a body-tempering effect. As long as it was combined with body-tempering techniques, it would basically not damage his spiritual root or dantian. Injuries to his meridians and body could also be repaired with pills, so he would also set aside some time to cultivate with the violent spiritual energy.
Qi Zhiheng consumed the spiritual items here, and the violent factors within them helped him temper his body, which was much more effective than ordinary violent spiritual energy.
Now that the spiritual energy is gradually losing its effectiveness, his cultivation speed has also slowed down considerably.
Qi Zhiheng spent over a thousand years in this space before finally reaching the peak of the Integration Stage.
He opened his eyes as he sensed he was about to break through.
He and Yang Yitian absorbed a lot of the spiritual energy here, and he also used up a lot of the spirit stones in the spiritual veins during the process.
Once he reaches the Mahayana stage, he doesn't plan to continue cultivating here. Even if there's plenty of spiritual energy, their absorption rate will be problematic, and he can't possibly do something like draining the pond to catch all the fish.
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