Alone

Over the next two days, Li Weiyi and Zuoqiu Qingying became inseparable friends.

Through this connection, Li Weiyi successfully borrowed Zuoqiu Courtyard's alchemy room.

Refining High-grade Dharma Pill like the Star Day Pill requires extremely high standards for the Alchemy Furnace and the flame.

Yin Er was a pragmatic and efficient person. The very next day, he sent someone to deliver thirty drops of Extreme Day Light Dew to Peach Plum Mountain. With all the materials ready, Zen Sea Observing Mist didn't want to waste a single moment.

If she hadn't promised to help Li Weiyi refine pills, she would have gone to Fuzhou long ago.

Zuoqiu Qingying looked at Li Ling as she walked into the alchemy room and closed the door behind her, quite surprised. "Li Ling can already refine pills?"

"Her? She's a complete novice with a huge addiction. She's only at the Great Mind Master level of the Calamity Fire Realm; she can't possibly refine a magic pill."

Li Weiyi changed the subject, asking, "Sister Qingying is already Mind Master, right?"

Zuoqiu Qingying revealed a proud look, but smiled modestly, "I'm just a beginner at the Mind Master level."

"One-star Mind Master?" Li Weiyi asked.

Calamity Fire Realm Great Mind Master must undergo the "Calamity Fire Nine Refinements" and condense Psychic Power Stars before they can be considered to have entered the Mind Master level.

The ranking of Mind Master is from one star to nine stars.

In terms of combat strength, they are comparable to the Dao Seed Realm experts on the path of martial arts.

Zuoqiu Qingying nodded and sighed, "Weiyi, the path of cultivating mental power is not easy. It's much more difficult than martial arts, and the cost is extremely high. The Spiritual Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment is a shortcut, but it's too expensive. My father went to talk to Elder Qi, but that old fellow is very stubborn and won't give face to anyone."

"However, there is one path we can try."

Li Weiyi showed a look of delight and hurriedly asked what the solution was.

Zuoqiu Qingying said, "You can join the Secret Realm Department! Members of the Secret Realm Department, because they travel to extremely dangerous places year-round, can purchase clan resources at only 60% of the price. In addition, you can use merit points instead of Spring Coin to pay."

Li Weiyi said with a bitter face, "Even at 60% of the price, that's still 1.2 million Spring Coin, which I still can't afford."

Zuoqiu Qingying laughed and said, "Are you stupid? You don't have any merit points, but my father has been in the Secret Realm Department for thirty years. He has quite a few merit points."

"This... I can't accept a reward without having done anything right!" Li Weiyi fell silent.

Zuoqiu Qingying said, "At the Qianlong Lantern Festival, if it weren't for your desperate help, the Zuoqiu Courtyard wouldn't have won! I heard that the first batch of resources from the Du'e Temple Zuoqiu Courtyard has already been sent to Peach Plum Mountain. This includes three Longevity Pill every year... You should know that in the past thousand years, Lingxiao Palace only received ten pills every sixty years."

In the era when Zen Sea Observing Mist lived, Du'e Temple would provide ten Longevity Pills each year to help her contend for the world. However, Lingxiao Shengjing at that time covered Three Hundred Prefectures, and the number of martial artists was far greater than in this era, making the situation more complex.

Li Weiyi was shocked. "Doesn't that mean that Thirteenth Uncle will soon be able to break through to immortality?"

Zuoqiu Qingying gently shook her head, but couldn't hide the joy in her eyes. "Not so fast. My father only recently reached the Ninth Heaven the Dao Seed Realm and still needs time to accumulate experience. But becoming Longevity Realm Giants is only a matter of time. So, his merit points are just sitting there anyway, might as well use them to help you. Don't feel guilty, it's all something the Zuoqiu Courtyard owes you."

Li Weiyi smiled and said, "If I refuse again, it would seem like I'm being pretentious... Well, thank you, Sister Qingying, and thank you, Thirteenth Uncle."

"However, to join the Secret Realm Department, you still need to make a show of it first. You should at least go to the secret realm to carry out a mission," Zuoqiu Qingying said.

Li Weiyi said, "That's natural, but we'll have to wait a bit longer. I want to try cultivating the Dao in the Wind Mansion. It won't be too late to carry out secret realm missions after I've become Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator."

Zuoqiu Qingying smiled charmingly, her beauty captivating. "No rush. Focus on your cultivation. You can come to me for anything that comes up. Treat the Zuoqiu Courtyard as your own home."

It took Zen Sea Observing Mist five days to refine the Star Day Pill, a total of twenty-nine pills.

The yield rate is astonishingly high.

Li Weiyi asked, "How long until we leave?"

"We'll leave tonight," said Zen Sea Observing Mist.

Li Weiyi said, "So urgent? Since it's such a serious matter, why don't we just tell Zuoqiu Courtyard and let them figure out a solution?"

"We can all learn something from them; those old guys couldn't possibly be completely ignorant. Don't underestimate the extraordinary individuals of our time; each one of them has lived for over a thousand years, and none of them are simpletons."

Zen Sea Observing Mist held a hint of mist as she said, "I'm going because I have a compelling reason. Those three old men are coming with me; Li Yuanzhe's Nine Emperor Banner will be of great use."

Li Yuanzhe was the Coffin Master and also the leader of the Jiu Li Tribe a thousand years ago.

Zen Sea Observing Mist, Li Ling, the Coffin Master, the Master Urn, and the Spirit Tablet Master left together overnight.

Li Weiyi did not travel with them, and she was very clear about what she should and should not do at that moment.

What needs to be done right now.

He was going into seclusion to consolidate his strength and strive to complete the Calamity Fire Nine Refinements as soon as possible to break through to the Mind Master. If he could truly activate the time power of the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish, his cultivation speed would be completely different.

At the same time, one must continue to temper one's Qi and cultivate the Sixth Sea.

Before leaving, Coffin Master used the Spatial Power of the Nine Emperor Banner to implant the Dao Fruit into Li Weiyi's Wind Palace, expanding it to 20,000 square meters. Adding 10,000 square meters of Dharma Qi would require at least two months of tempering.

The limits of Fengfu's cultivation are still unknown; it is far from being perfected.

Li Weiyi returned to the Blood Mud Space, where the whole world was quiet, and he felt an unprecedented sense of loneliness.

On the jade boat, there was no longer any Zen Sea Observing Mist, nor any of Master Urn's nagging underground.

The coffin of the Coffin Master, the memorial tablet of the Spirit Tablet Master, and the Spring Coin in the five boxes... all disappeared!

"I have this feeling that she's robbed me of my home? Could this 'Mist Son of Heaven' be trying to trick me into marriage?"

Li Weiyi sighed, flew onto the jade boat, and prepared to cultivate alone, only to find that there were more than a dozen glittering ice crystals on the boat.

Inside the ice crystal are five dragon bones and seven dragon seeds.

"This..."

Li Weiyi couldn't believe his eyes. He quickly took out the four dragon bones, two dragon seeds, and one Longevity Pill that he already had from his storage bag.

"Okay, I misunderstood her! She does like to surprise people... She must have taken the Longevity Pill, and since she knew I had one, she didn't leave any for me?"

Li Weiyi took out seven of the dragon bones and gave them to the Seven Little Ones.

The seven little guys helped him countless times; without their assistance in many fierce battles, the outcome might have been completely different.

Now, they are nine inches long, and their combat power is comparable to that of some martial artists at the First Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.

Of course, even though they are both at the First Heaven the Dao Seed Realm, the difference in combat power is enormous.

Even disregarding those at the Inheritor-level, a martial artist like Wang Zhi, who First Heaven the Dao Seed Realm, can only be considered average.

First, he did not cultivate any Daoist arts.

Secondly, he is not Pure Immortal Body.

Third, the warrior is only a first-rank, hundred-character weapon.

If the Seven Little Ones could gain the power of a dragon bone, then each of them would definitely be able to stand at the top of the First Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm. They wouldn't be unable to challenge even experts at the Second Heaven.

Li Weiyi sat cross-legged on the jade boat, with twenty-one Star Day Pill remaining in the elixir bottle.

The remaining eight were taken by Li Ling.

"Old Li has to pay! Otherwise, his daughter will become Mind Master before she's twenty, and he'll be laughing all the way to the bank!"

Li Weiyi held a Star Day Pill between his two fingers. The light was extremely dazzling, and he couldn't open his eyes at all to see the inscription on it.

Swallow it all in one gulp!

As it entered my stomach, a warm power spread throughout my entire body, reaching every pore and flesh.

His entire body was illuminated, radiant with divine light, and glowing light filled the entire Blood Mud Space.

The Fusang Divine Tree Meditation Method is activated, imagining oneself as those two towering mulberry trees, transporting strands of the radiant light emanating from the elixir within the body into the spiritual realm, repeatedly refining it to achieve a transformation of spiritual light.

The first test of the fire took a full three days.

For the next three months, Li Weiyi waited for news from the Zen Sea Observing Mist while simultaneously engaging in seclusion and spiritual practice.

Calamity Fire Nine Refinements, tempering his magical energy, practicing the Chan Sect Twelve Loose Hand Techniques, and researching methods for condensing Dao seeds.

Martial arts and telekinesis go hand in hand.

With the help of nine Star Day Pills, he accomplished the "Calamity Fire Nine Refinements," a feat that would take other Calamity Fire Realm Great Mind Master several years or even decades to complete, in just three months.

Within the Glabella Spiritual Realm, the spiritual light shone so brightly it was almost liquefied.

However, he tried many times but was unable to condense Psychic Power Stars.

"The cultivation of Mind Master is indeed difficult; each step requires a great deal of time to accumulate and repeatedly refine. I wonder if Yin Er has any news about the Spiritual Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment and the three-thousand-year-old Thousand-Year Elixir?"

With that thought in mind, Li Weiyi put the Seven Little Ones into the Insect Pouch, left the cave, and went down the mountain.

Zuoqiu Qingying caught up with Li Weiyi at the mountain gate after learning that he had emerged from seclusion. "Weiyi, I heard that someone is using your name to make a high-profile purchase of Spiritual Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment in Qiuzhou City?"

Li Weiyi laughed and said, "Since the Jiu Li Hidden Gate is helping me, I should think of more ways. Hey, Sister Qingying, do you have any missions to go to the secret realm recently? I have some time now!"

Zuoqiu Qingying's eyes lit up, and then she smiled and said, "Right now, almost all the people from the Secret Realm Department have gone to the Fuzhou Underground. There are a few missions that aren't too dangerous, so the two of us can go together."

"How long will it take before we can go?" Li Weiyi asked.

Zuoqiu Qingying said, "If you're in a hurry, I'll help you with the procedures for joining the Secret Realm Department tomorrow, and then we can set off together."

"That's wonderful! I'll go and say hello to the people from the Jiu Li Hidden Gate, and we'll set off tomorrow." Li Weiyi expressed his gratitude to her again.

Watching Li Weiyi leave in high spirits, Zuoqiu Qingying's smile faded, and she turned to head towards the council hall of the Fourth Heaven.

Li Weiyi and Yin Er sat in a noodle shop by the bridge, each ordering a bowl of soup noodles.

"There's news about the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone. Xue Jian Tang Ting secretly contacted my men a few days ago, saying they have it. But he insists on speaking with you personally. I'm afraid there might be a trap, so I didn't agree rashly. The existence of the Seven Mysterious Insects has made many people eyeing you covetously," Yin Er said.

Li Weiyi added some vinegar to the bowl and laughed, "Who says otherwise? I am innocent, but possessing a treasure is my crime. Hmm! Tang Wanqiu is quite reliable, Xue Jian Tang Ting... he can't be too bad. Let's meet him!"

"Also, please inform Hidden Five that we will meet at the North City tomorrow at noon, and that he will accompany me on my journey."

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