Minor Gains, Spirit Refinement Aptitude

Su Qiuzhen's mind conjured a fantasy of himself as a master of the Embryonic Breathing Realm, his father bestowing all family wealth upon him, the entire Jinmen bowing respectfully, and even foreign Seven Gods Church Potion Practitioners offering gifts just to open churches and preach.

As he mused, his thoughts drifted far away, that familiar feeling of cool comfort, as if all the world's beauty were within reach, jolted him awake.

"My mind is unsettled, my spirit senses a life-or-death tribulation!"

In an instant, Su Qiuzhen felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

Within his brow's Ancestral Aperture, the small divine soul figure sitting cross-legged suddenly opened its eyes, and the Twelve Rank White Lotus, representing minor success in Spirit Solidification, exploded.

Li Xijun, who had already closed in to within a hundred meters behind his opponent, suddenly felt locked on.

"Show yourself, and die!"

Su Qiuzhen's words, a mix of relief, resentment, and killing intent, hadn't even finished when

In the dark night, a crimson light and a faint blue current flashed simultaneously.

"Zzzt!"

The Blood Vein Cord flying sword, which had been targeting the vital point of the brain, was deflected.

It grazed Li Xijun's Nano Protective Suit on his right arm, emitting a piercing metallic clang before

embedding itself into the stone wall behind him.

"Thump!"

Su Qiuzhen, with more than half his head gone, his face still etched with hatred, his corpse heavily collapsing onto the bluestone ground, was devoid of life.

Li Xijun, meanwhile, had already stepped forward quickly.

While searching the body for loot, he pulled out a silk-woven brocade, then uncapped a bottle and aimed it at the center of Su Qiuzhen's remaining half-head.

"I guess this is a case of using his own methods against him."

A moment later, Having completed the revenge killing, disposal of the body, and soul collection in one go, Li Xijun, as usual, played with his machines outside, hid the Mockingbird Drone and Nano Protective Suit, and returned to his home in the main world.

Looking at the spoils on his bed, Li Xijun couldn't help but sigh:

"Since ancient times, murder and robbery have been the best ways to get rich!"

Firstly, to Li Xijun, the least valuable items were the four hundred taels of silver found on Deng Gao and Su Qiuzhen.

To the people of the Da Sheng World, this might have been the most coveted treasure.

But Li Xijun had no interest in looking at it more than a few times, only planning to find a time to throw the silver down a drain.

He had no shortage of silver, and there was no need to spend money from Deng Gao and Su Qiuzhen; if there were any markings on it, spending it would only cause trouble.

Although Li Xijun felt this was a very small probability event, it was only because he didn't lack silver.

Next was the Soul Bottle, which could be considered a semi-Mystic Item.

Generally, a cultivator's Divine Soul would be damaged at the moment of death, leaving them with little consciousness.

Once the soul's will was erased using the "Eternal Life Salvation Mother Vacuum Contemplation,"

it would become a relatively pure Divine Soul resource, and absorbing it would significantly strengthen the Divine Soul.

However, Li Xijun had no interest in such things.

His talent in Spirit Refinement was even stronger than in Martial Arts, and he had no shortage of Spirit Nourishing Incense resources; he would never absorb or devour other people's Divine Souls.

"However, I remember that a cultivator's Divine Soul can be used as nourishment for Mystic Treasures."

"I wonder if Su Qiuzhen's flying sword is a Mystic Item or a Mystic Treasure?"

Li Xijun grasped the peach wood sword, which looked palm-sized.

After attempting to communicate with his Divine Soul, he indeed easily established a preliminary connection with the flying sword, and smoothly infused his Divine Soul power, which he had just cultivated in the Spirit Solidification Realm, into it.

In an instant, the peach wood sword, which had originally looked like an ornamental display piece, revealed the sharp essence of the Blood Vein Cord, and under Li Xijun's control, it easily extended to the size of a short sword.

"Go!"

With a thought from Li Xijun, the flying sword instantly cut a dumbbell, used during middle school physical training, in half in the corner of the room.

"This speed already far surpasses Apprentices at the 9.0 Qi and Blood level. Cutting through steel is also effortless."

"No wonder the books say that cultivators at the minor success stage of Spirit Solidification can kill Greater Bone and Tendon Refinement Martial Warriors as easily as killing chickens."

"It's a pity that this flying sword can only be considered a top-grade Mystic Item flying sword, but not a Mystic Treasure."

Li Xijun was a bit disappointed, but he had already prepared himself mentally.

After all, if this flying sword were truly a Mystic Treasure, his Nano Protective Suit would likely have been sliced apart, and his right arm severed on the spot.

Furthermore, to nurture a Mystic Treasure, the Divine Soul power of a mere Spirit Solidification Realm cultivator wouldn't even be enough to fill a gap.

Li Xijun had only tried to activate this Mystic Item flying sword for a dozen seconds, and he already felt his Divine Soul somewhat drained.

This was thanks to his naturally high Mental Strength level and the fact that he had "Condensed" himself in the Da Sheng World, raising his Divine Soul's core Mental Strength level to the absolute limit.

For an ordinary Spirit-Refining cultivator, who had just broken through to the Spirit Solidification Realm, let alone driving a flying sword, even a simple Mystic Item could cause their Divine Soul power to be depleted and make them faint on the spot.

"As expected, only after reaching the minor completion stage of the Spirit Solidification Realm can one truly wield a flying sword."

"However, the previous incidents with the Mythic Rift and the Blood God Cult still prove that this world is not safe."

"Even if this flying sword can only unleash its power briefly, it can serve as a trump card if real danger arises."

After some thought, Li Xijun decided to put the flying sword in his school bag when he went to and from school.

If he truly encountered danger, the enemies in this world probably wouldn't expect a flying sword to come out of a student's school bag, would they?

With his mood becoming even more pleasant, Li Xijun finally focused his gaze on the main event.

He took a deep breath and opened the silk-woven cloth, and indeed, he saw densely packed scriptures and a visualization diagram of twenty-four white lotuses in full bloom.

He sensed it slightly with his Divine Soul power, and felt as if the white lotuses were imprinted in his mind, conveying their true meaning:

Clarity!

Purity!

Nirvana!

This was in stark contrast to the "Cold Mountain Pine and Cypress Chart" he had previously cultivated.

It made Li Xijun truly feel the vast difference between a mid-grade Contemplation Method with special attributes and a low-grade Contemplation Method with no attributes.

Moreover, there was also an accompanying spell that attacked and killed the Divine Soul, but Li Xijun's realm was too low to comprehend its profound meaning.

This made him unhesitatingly take out the Spirit Nourishing Incense, light it, and directly focus on cultivating the "Twenty-Four Rank White Lotus Salvation Chart."

The difficulty of cultivating the "Twenty-Four Rank White Lotus Salvation Chart" was indeed much greater than that of the "Cold Mountain Pine and Cypress Chart."

Li Xijun cultivated until midnight and had only managed to visualize nineteen petals of the white lotus.

This, after he had easily visualized the "Cold Mountain Pine and Cypress," gave him a rare sense of fighting spirit.

"Not bad, although it's more difficult, and it will probably take a few more hours to complete the visualization, the efficiency is on a completely different level. One cultivation session here is equivalent to three or four times before."

As one stick of Spirit Nourishing Incense was extinguished, seeing that it was too late, Li Xijun contentedly lay back down on his bed and fell asleep.