In the End, You Could Not Resist the Temptation of Luxurious Indulgence...
[If you want to find a large amount of the Great Demon True Blood, there is only one place in this world.]
[ To the Southern Lands, in the Myriad Demon Domain!]
[You take out another Jade Slip, which contains clues about the "Nine-Aperture Star Marrow Fruit," also located in the heart of the Myriad Demon Domain.]
[The Nine-Aperture Star Marrow Fruit is the main ingredient of the Nine-Revolution Heaven-Defying Pill. If you want to upgrade your Spirit Root to a superior grade, you'll rely on this.]
[It seems this trip to the Myriad Demon Domain is inevitable.]
[Before leaving seclusion, you roughly reviewed your development within the Profound Beast Taming Sect over the past few years.]
[First and foremost, I naturally pushed my cultivation level to the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage.]
[Cultivation is the foundation of the Dao Path; this is undoubtedly your greatest gain from the Profound Beast Taming Sect.]
[Secondly, there's your Thousand Mechanisms Killing Intent.]
[After more than a decade of refinement, this Killing Intent has become increasingly unpredictable, and the Star River Myriad Blades technique has perfectly merged with the Thousand Mechanisms Killing Intent.]
[Now, combined with the "Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction," your Star River Myriad Blades can be both vast and powerful, capable of splitting heaven and earth with a single strike, and silent and stealthy, annihilating your enemy invisibly.]
[As for Cultivation Method, besides the "Small Heavens Cloud Restriction True Method" and the Sixth Layer the "Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula," you even re-analyzed the "Golden Crow Transformation."]
[Actually, this Cultivation Method looks quite grand and righteous, and its methods aren't particularly complicated.]
[The core principle is simply to continuously feed the spirit fire, allowing the Fire Crow Seed to evolve and advance on its own.]
[But, the final step—transforming into Three-Legged Golden Crow? There's probably more to it than meets the eye.]
However, you don't seem to care much about it.
[Speaking of Pills and Talisman, with your hamster-like nature, you're always hoarding them in your Storage Ring.]
[Aside from the severely scarce main ingredient, Qi-Returning Pill, your current inventory of other types of Pills and Talisman is enough to last you twenty years.]
[You even managed to use the Grand Elder's authority to purchase a Small Cloud Boat for yourself.]
[The kind with individual cabins...]
[Alas, you ultimately couldn't resist the temptations of extravagance and pleasure, and you fell into depravity...]
[You've already begun Void Refining Chapter of the "Azure Origin Dao Canon," which you're primarily studying.]
[This matter isn't urgent.]
[Furthermore, the deductions in the Void Refining Chapter are not significantly more difficult than those in the Spirit Transformation Chapter.]
[It can be said that Song Fuan's teachings in the last simulation almost pointed out the Great Dao to the Body Integration Realm for you. You only need to adapt it according to your own situation.]
These past few years, though seemingly peaceful, have paved the way for your future.
[If there's anything to regret, it's that Crow-Crow's improvement is quite limited.]
[After entering the Transformation Stage, Crow-Crow's requirements for spiritual fire became even higher.]
[In the last simulation, the spiritual fire gathered by the Profound Beast Taming Sect was enough to help Crow-Crow advance. Now, apart from the Southern Bright Separation Fire you refined yourself, which still has some effect on Crow-Crow, it will roll its eyes and show its disgust if Crow-Crow eats ordinary spiritual fire.]
[Oh, no... Crow-Crow's eyes are all black, there's no white in them at all...]
[Sigh, even his dislike for someone is so subtle, this idiot.]
[However, Crow-Crow has been in the early stages of Transformation for forty or fifty years, and is already on the verge of reaching the middle stage of Transformation.]
[All that's missing is the transport team leader's Sun True Fire.]
[You get up, push open the Stone Gate of the Quiet Chamber, and step into the courtyard.]
[Qinghe was standing under the eaves, flipping through a scroll of Formation Diagrams, while Little Toad was sprawled out on the stone table beside her, fast asleep.]
[Counting the years, Qinghe has turned eighteen this year.]
[After eight years of relentless "five-three-question sea strategy" and all-around intensive training with Pills, Talismans, Formations, and Artifacts, Mechanism Puppets, this girl's cultivation progressed steadily until just a few days ago, when she finally reached the critical point of Foundation Establishment Perfection.]
[Counting the days, it's actually about the same time as in my previous life.]
[The eighteen-year-old girl was tall and slender, dressed in a light blue Cloud-Radish Wide-Sleeved Dress, and wore a pair of Azure Nether Rings on her wrists. The childishness in her eyes had long since faded.]
Your gaze falls on the pair of Azure Nether Rings on her wrist.
[These Azure Nether Rings have a restrained spiritual light on their surface, indicating they are already low-grade Law Treasures.]
[In this life, because you taught her the "Spirit Refining Technique" ahead of time, Qinghe's Divine Sense far surpasses that of others of the same level.]
[Furthermore, you forced her to master both Artifact Refining and Formation Dao. She actually closed the final Restriction without a word, refining it into a low-grade Law Treasure.]
Hearing the door open, Qinghe put away the Formation Diagram in her hand, turned around, and bowed to you.
"Uncle-Master, you've emerged from seclusion."
[Her voice was clear and melodious, and her body was brimming with Spiritual Power, capable of triggering Golden Core tribulation at any moment.]
[You looked her over, a hint of relief flashing in your eyes.]
[In your previous life, you were still in the Nascent Soul Late Stage. To prepare for your mission to defeat the Golden Crow Demon Emperor Demon-Severing Cliff, and fearing an accident might occur while she Core Formation at home, you crafted a Spirit-Eroding Bracelet to lock her cultivation.]
[As a result, you had barely gone to the Demon-Severing Cliff when she was still pulled by the Fate Contract within her body, forcibly forming her Core Formation, and almost having Qingyu seize control.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: To be on the safe side, I'll take out the Spirit-Eroding Bracelet and put it on her as usual. We'll deal with Azure Feather Luan after we return from the Demon-Severing Cliff and the Myriad Demon Domain.]
[B: What's with the pretense? Let's stop pretending and take her straight to the Ancestral Spirit Cave in the Myriad Spirits Valley, where she'll undergo her tribulation Core Formation right in front of that old bird!]
[C: You take out a large iron lock and lock Qinghe in her cave abode on Returning to Truth Peak, saying earnestly, "Child, the outside world is full of bad people when you reach the Golden Core Stage. Your uncle has calculated it for you; you must repeat the Foundation Establishment Perfection for eight hundred years to solidify your Dao foundation!"]
Lu Ping looked at Little C, sensing a hidden meaning in its words. Fine, Little C, you should go to the Cold Palace and reflect on your actions.
Little B is just what I wanted.
Lu Ping chose B.
[You chose B.]
[You're already in the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage, with your combat power fully stacked at thirty-three times. You could even easily chew up Heavenly Demon's demise. Why do you still need to be as cautious as before?]
You waved to Qinghe.
"Your Foundation Establishment Perfection is complete; there's no need to suppress it any longer. Come with me to the Back Mountain."
[Qinghe's fingers tightened slightly on the Formation Diagram. She looked up at you, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.]
"Going to the Back Mountain? Uncle-Master, you mean... the Forbidden Ground Myriad Spirits Valley?"
["Good."]
You casually put the sleeping Little Toad back into the stove, then walked down the mountain with your hands behind your back.
"Although Returning to Truth Peak is rich in Spiritual Qi, it is not enough for you to Core Formation. Today, your uncle will find you a more auspicious place to undergo your tribulation."
[Qinghe stood watching your retreating figure, her lips slightly moving, but in the end, she asked no more questions and quickly followed.]
[Half an hour later, you landed one after the other on the outskirts of Myriad Spirits Valley.]
[The Valley-Guarding Formation sensed the approach of living beings, and the light barrier rose again, enveloping the entire valley.]
[Qinghe stopped and whispered a reminder,]
"Uncle-Master, the Myriad Spirits Valley is the place where our sect worships our ancestral spirits. No one may enter without the Sect Master's token. Forcing our way in might alert..."
[Options pop up.]
[A: Play it safe, turn around and find Sect Master Qi Huailin to demand the sect's token, then enter with a legitimate reason.]
[B: It's just a small protective Transformation; it can be broken with a flick of the wrist.]
[C: You took out the big red word "Happy" with your backhand and pasted it on the light screen that protected the valley, and let out a weird laugh: "Jiejie! Xiao Qinghe, watch it, my uncle has been single for many years, and today he broke the birdcage, and took out the thousand-year-old female bird inside to serve as the arrogant wing girl to fill his house!"]