Iron Tail Scorpion Advances to Second Rank, Divine Sense Attack

Two years passed quickly. In a secret room in Green Begonia Courtyard.

Shen Long sat cross-legged on a Blue Prayer Mat, his gaze fixed on the Crimson Crow Cauldron not far away, with some spirit medicine placed beside him.

Shen Long can now refine mid-grade pills and is currently refining the Yellow Apricot Pill.

As his alchemy skills improved, he took the pills he refined and sold them at prices slightly lower than the market price. Many cultivators bought pills from him, and he became quite well-known in the Marketplace.

Shen Long purchased the Yellow Apricot Pill Formula from Yu Susu. Currently, he can refine He Yuan Pill and Yellow Apricot Pill, as well as more than ten other first-tier pills.

After a while, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out from the Crimson Crow Cauldron.

Shen Long flicked his sleeve, and the flames dissipated. He stood up and walked to the Crimson Crow Cauldron.

He opened the lid of the cauldron, revealing ten bright yellow pills inside. Each pill was plump and had six Pill Pattern on its surface.

Shen Long nodded in satisfaction and put the ten Yellow Apricot Pill into a Cyan Porcelain Bottle.

A yellow Spirit Beast Bag at his waist swayed slightly. He patted the Spirit Beast Bag, and the Iron Tail Scorpion flew out and landed on the ground.

The Iron Tail Scorpion was twice the size of its previous size, and its stinger was jet black and shiny, clearly indicating that it contained potent venom.

"You've advanced to the second tier, not bad."

Shen Long's face lit up with joy. After arriving at Mysterious Yin Marketplace, he had fed the Iron Tail Scorpion plenty of Spirit Feeding Pill, spirit medicine, and the Demon Core of Second-Rank Demon Scorpion. It would be too useless if it didn't advance to the second tier soon.

The Iron Tail Scorpion let out a joyful hiss, as if to announce the good news to Shen Long.

Shen Long took out two hundred-year-old Ink Mustard Grass and fed them to the Iron Tail Scorpion.

The Iron Tail Scorpion ate two Ink Mustard Grass, emitting a sharp hiss.

Shen Long felt a sharp pain in his sea of consciousness, and was filled with mixed feelings of joy and surprise.

After Iron Tail Scorpion advanced to the second tier, he gained mastery of Divine Sense Attack, which was truly beyond his expectations.

The advancement path of Mutated Spirit Insect is uncontrollable; no one knows what Divine Ability Mutated Spirit Insect will master when it advances to a higher realm.

Shen Long had reviewed the experiences of many predecessors of the Spirit Control Sect in cultivating Mutated Spirit Scorpion. Their Spirit Scorpion could mutate even at the first rank, with Bloodline Purity of only one. Only when the Mutated Spirit Scorpion advanced to the second rank could the Bloodline Purity reach two, at most the venom would be stronger.

After the Iron Tail Scorpion mutated, its Bloodline Purity reached level two. After advancing to the second tier, it gained the ability to use Divine Sense Attack, which was a pleasant surprise for Shen Long.

He took out the Demon-Testing Mirror to examine the Iron Tail Scorpion and found that its Bloodline Purity was still two. It seemed that improving the Bloodline Purity was not easy, which also showed the potential of the Golden-Winged Wind Peng.

The Iron Tail Scorpion let out a sharp hiss, its stinger swaying left and right.

"You've actually mastered Divine Sense Attack, not bad. Here are two more hundred-year-old Ink Mustard Grass for you."

Shen Long praised it and took out two hundred-year-old Ink Mustard Grass to feed the Iron Tail Scorpion.

As far as he knew, there were quite a few Spirit Insect that could master Divine Sense Attack Divine Sense Attack, but usually one had to advance to the Third Rank before they could master them.

When ordinary Spirit Beast Spirit Insect Spirit Bird advance to a higher realm, the Divine Ability they master remain unchanged, much like the cultivation Cultivation Method of immortals. The Divine Ability Cultivation Method they master depend on the cultivation technique they practice and the level they reach.

When a mutated Spirit Beast, Spirit Insect, Spirit Bird advances to a higher realm, the Divine Ability it masters are unknown; they could be powerful Divine Ability abilities or useless Divine Ability.

Shen Long took out the Spirit Control Tower Spirit Control Tower, entered it, and appeared on the First Floor.

More than two thousand Gold-Eating Ant flew over. The Ant Queen was at the First Rank Late Stage, there were more than a hundred Gold-Eating Ant at the mid stage of Tier 1, and the rest were at the early stage of Tier 1.

After Shen Long was able to refine mid-grade pills, his income increased significantly. He then purchased large quantities of metal ore to feed the gold -Gold-Eating Ant Gold-Eating Ant, and their numbers multiplied several times over.

Shen Long made a hand seal, and more than two thousand Gold-Eating Ant suddenly condensed into a golden Golden Long Saber. He changed his hand seal, and the Golden Long Saber transformed into a golden lotus flower, and then into a Golden Net.

He took out dozens of pieces of gold ore and threw them on the ground. More than two thousand Gold-Eating Ant swarmed over them, crawled on the gold ore, and began to gnaw at it. The Gold-Eating Ant Queen was not interested.

Shen Long took out a fist-sized piece of Ink Marrow Stone, which is a second-tier refining material that can be used to refine High-grade Magical Tool.

The Gold-Eating Ant Queen flew over, and Shen Long dropped the Ink Marrow Stone on the ground for her to enjoy.

Not long after, the Gold-Eating Ant Queen ate the Ink Marrow Stone.

Shen Long arrived at the second floor, where an astonishingly high temperature immediately hit him.

He whistled, and the Fire Rock Beast charged over; it too had advanced to the second tier.

The second floor of the Spirit Control Tower is rich in fire Spiritual Qi, Fire Rock Beast enjoys staying in. Shen Long feeds it fire-attribute spirit medicine and the Demon Beast Demon Core of second-tier fire-attribute demon beasts every now and then, so it's only natural that the Fire Rock Beast advances to the second tier.

The Fire Rock Beast has advanced to the second tier and mastered the Fire Shield Technique, which allows it to condense a red light screen on its body. This is a defensive Divine Ability Divine Ability.

Shen Long took out two Red Ginseng and fed them to the Fire Rock Beast.

He came to the spirit field and rained down on the spirit medicine and Spirit Peach Tree.

He has now cultivated 300 acres of spirit fields and planted a large number of fire-attribute spirit medicine and spirit fruit trees. There will be no profit in the short term, and the investment is not large. He only needs to rain once every now and then.

This is a highly profitable venture, so Shen Long naturally wouldn't object.

After finishing the rain, Shen Long patted a Cyan Spirit Beast Bag at his waist, and the Golden-Winged Wind Peng flew out from it. Its size was more than twice as large as before, and it was currently at the mid-stage of the first rank.

With a flap of its wings, the Golden-Winged Wind Peng took off and soared into the sky at a great speed.

Shen Long made a hand seal, and a strong wind arose, creating a five-zhang-tall Cyan Tornado. Upon closer inspection, hundreds of Giant Wind Blade were visible within the Cyan Tornado, rapidly sweeping through the void and emitting a piercing sound of air being torn apart.

Second-Rank Spell Wind Sweeps Away Clouds!

Shen Long's Life-Bound Spirit Bird is the Golden-Winged Wind Peng. He spends two hours every day practicing this Law Technique and has successfully cultivated it to the Great Perfection. If this were to get out, it would definitely astonish people.

The difficulty of cultivating Second-Rank Spell is much higher than that of first-tier spells. Many Foundation Establishment Cultivator spend more than ten years to cultivate a Second-Rank Spell to Great Perfection. This is only for the Five Elements Law Technique. Wind Law Technique, lightning Law Technique, and ice Law Technique require even more time.

Many cultivators of the Spirit Control Sect choose Spirit Bird as their Life-Bound Spirit Bird. It would take them at least ten years to cultivate a second-tier wind -Law Technique type spell to its Great Perfection. Shen Long, however, spent two hours every day cultivating Wind Sweeps Away Clouds Wind Sweeps Away Clouds and mastered it to its Great Perfection in just two years.

Shen Long's ability to cultivate Wind Sweeps Away Clouds to the Great Perfection so quickly is largely due to the Bloodline Purity the Golden-Winged Wind Peng's bloodline. This is not Shen Long's guess, but rather the experience of cultivators from the Spirit Control Sect in cultivating their Life-Bound Spirit Bird.

The higher the Bloodline Purity of Life-Bound Spirit Bird, the greater the feedback to the cultivator. This is one of the reasons why many Spirit Controller want to improve the Bloodline Purity their Life-Bound Spirit Beast's bloodline.

With a thought, Shen Long caused the Cyan Tornado to dissipate.

The Golden-Winged Wind Peng descended from the sky, landing in front of Shen Long. It let out a sharp cry, flapping its wings incessantly, creating gusts of wind and billowing dust.

Shen Long took out two Spirit Feeding Pill and fed them to the Golden-Winged Wind Peng.

Its Bloodline Purity, requiring more resources for cultivation.

Shen Long then took out ten twenty-year-old Green Wind Grass and fed them to the Golden-Winged Wind Peng.

Having eaten and drunk its fill, the Golden-Winged Wind Peng gently flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

Fifteen minutes later, Shen Long put it back into his Spirit Beast Bag and left the Spirit Control Tower.

The Iron Tail Scorpion lay motionless in the corner of the Stone Chamber.

Shen Long walked out of Green Begonia Courtyard and came to the square where the Rogue Cultivator up their stalls. He took out a piece of coarse cloth, spread it on the ground, and took out some porcelain bottles, placing them on the ground.

The porcelain bottle was filled with pills he had refined, both first and second grade.

You can buy them with Spirit Stone, or you can exchange them for other items, such as ores, Spirit Wood, spirit medicine, Pill Formula, wine recipes, and so on.

Shen Long took out a thick, blue book with the three large characters "Classic of Thousand Herbs" written on the cover. It was a classic text introducing Spirit Plant.

"Senior Shen, can I exchange these refining materials for a bottle of Qi Nourishing Pill?"

A pleasant female voice rang out.

Shen Long looked up and saw Liu Yuruo standing in front of him.

Liu Yuruo was unaware of Shen Long's true identity and repeatedly traded materials with Shen Long for first-tier pills.

She took out more than a dozen pieces of ore, her face full of anticipation.

Shen Long nodded and put away the ores.

He picked up a Cyan Porcelain Bottle and handed it to Liu Yuruo. Liu Yuruo thanked him repeatedly, accepted the Cyan Porcelain Bottle, uncorked it, and poured out a few Qi Nourishing Pill, which were bright in color and plump.

Liu Yuruo lit up with joy. She put the Qi Nourishing Pill back into the Cyan Porcelain Bottle and left.

Shen Long continued to peruse the Classic of Thousand Herbs. Occasionally, Qi Refining Cultivator would come over and exchange spiritual herbs, spirit medicine, or Spirit Wood for first-tier pills. As long as the items were acceptable, Shen Long agreed to the exchange.

As darkness fell, Shen Long took out two Moonlight Stone, Moonlight Stone soft white light illuminated the entire stall.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, you're selling pills again."

A cheerful male voice rang out.

Shen Long looked up and saw a Black-Robed Man in black standing in front of him, his face full of scars Black-Robed Man exuded a strong Sha Qi menace, and his clothes were stained with some brown blood.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, it's been a long time! Where is Fellow Daoist Lin?"

Shen Long greeted him with a smile.

The Black-Robed Man was named Ye Hong, and he had the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. He was the leader of a Monster Hunting Team, and Lin Guang, Su Nan, and Yu Susu all went out with Ye Hong to hunt Demon Beast.

Their Monster Hunting Team consisted of seven people: six in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage and one in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Shen Long often bought Demon Core from second-tier Demon Beast beasts from them, and sold them Yellow Apricot Pill He Yuan Pill in return.

"We've encountered a small problem. Fellow Daoist Lin was injured and went back to heal. Fellow Daoist Shen, I have a second-tier Pill Formula. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

Ye Hong took out a Cyan Jade Slip and handed it to Shen Long.

Shen Long took the Jade Slip and scanned it with his Divine Sense.

"Green Dew Pill! An antidote."

Shen Long nodded and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ye, please name a price!"

"I'd like four bottles of Yellow Apricot Pill, how about that?"

Ye Hong said.

One Yellow Apricot Pill costs fifty Spirit Stone, a bottle of ten costs five hundred Spirit Stone, and four bottles cost two thousand Spirit Stone.

This price is already very cheap, but since more Pill Formula can be sold, Ye Hong won't lose out.

After a moment's thought, Shen Long agreed.

Having known each other for so long, this was the first time Ye Hong had sold him Pill Formula. He guessed that Ye Hong had just obtained the Pill Formula. Shen Long recalled Ye Hong's mention of a minor trouble and guessed that Ye Hong and his group had fought and defeated other Foundation Establishment Cultivator to obtain the Pill Formula.

Ye Hong looked pleased, took the four yellow porcelain bottles, chatted for a few words, and then left.

A fragrant breeze wafted by, and a beautiful woman in her early thirties, dressed in a green dress, came before Shen Long.

The beautiful woman in the green dress had striking features and skin as white as snow. She had a Spirit Beast Bag and a Corpse Raising Bag tied around her waist.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, there's a gathering later, and Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Yin Corpse Sect will be attending. Are you interested?"

The beautiful woman in the green dress asked warmly.

Qin Yuwei was born into the Qin Family, an affiliated cultivation Lineage of the Qin Family Yin Corpse Sect.

In the past two years, Shen Long has gotten to know many Foundation Establishment Cultivator, including both Rogue Cultivator and Lineage cultivators.

"What time?! So sudden!"

Shen Long asked in surprise.

"I received the invitation at the last minute, about fifteen minutes later."

Qin Yuwei said.

"Since I have nothing else to do, I'll accompany Madam Qin."

Shen Long said politely, packed up his stall, and followed Qin Yuwei to a secluded courtyard with blue tiles.

Qin Yuwei sent a Sound Transmission Talisman and waited quietly.

"Madam Qin, Fellow Daoist Shen, you have also received an invitation."

A strong, resonant male voice rang out.

Shen Long turned his head and saw a portly man in a red shirt walking over. The man was fat and his face was so fleshy that his eyes were squeezed into slits.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, you've arrived too."

Qin Yuwei greeted her with a smile.

The man in red is named Fang Wei, Second Rank Talisman Master who has been working in Mysterious Yin Marketplace for over twenty years.

"I heard that Lady Sun from the Yin Corpse Sect was hosting a gathering, so I came."

Fang Wei explained.

Shen Long smiled slightly and greeted Fang Wei.

The courtyard gate opened, and a young man in a red shirt walked out.

"Oh, it's you, Fellow Daoist Shen."

The young man in the red shirt saw Shen Long and let out a soft "hmm".

Shen Long was also somewhat surprised to see the young man in red. He had encountered two Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Yin Corpse Sect while resting in an ancient temple. The young man in red was none other than Chen Feng.

"Daoist Chen, do you know each other?"

Qin Yuwei asked in confusion, "I haven't heard Shen Long mention this before."

"This is a long story, let's have the three of you come in and talk!"

Chen Feng invited them inside. Inside the courtyard stood a three-story Blue Pavilion and a Blue Stone Pavilion.

Three men and one woman sat in the Blue Stone Pavilion, sipping tea and chatting. Sun Xin was also inside.

"Senior Sister Sun, look who's here, Fellow Daoist Shen."

Chen Feng said with a smile.

Sun Xin's gaze fell on Shen Long, and she said with a smile, "What a coincidence! Fellow Daoist Shen, it's been more than four years since we last met."

"It's been a long time, Lady Sun."

Shen Long greeted him.

"Does Lady Sun know Fellow Daoist Shen?"

"A middle-aged man in a gold shirt asked curiously."

Liu Yushan was born into the Sun Clan, an affiliated immortal cultivation Lineage of the Yin Corpse Sect Sun Clan.

Sun Xin briefly explained what had happened, and the cultivators suddenly understood.

Liu Yushan stroked his beard and said, "I see. I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Shen already knew Lady Sun and Daoist Chen. If Fellow Daoist Shen had brought this up earlier, we could have reunited sooner."

"It's nothing serious, nothing to mention. We'll meet again if fate allows."

Shen Long said nonchalantly.

"It is fate that we met, and it is not easy to meet again. Fellow Daoist Shen, I will offer you a cup of tea instead of wine."

Sun Xin said politely, picked up her teacup, and drank it all in one gulp.

Shen Long also picked up his teacup and drank the tea in it.

The eight men began chatting idly, enjoying tea and discussing philosophy.

"By the way, disciples of the Hundred Ghosts Sect have been appearing frequently lately. Has something serious happened?"

Qin Yuwei asked casually.

Recently, disciples of the Hundred Ghosts Sect have been appearing frequently, which is somewhat unusual.

"I don't know. The Hundred Ghosts Sect destroyed the intelligence network that the Spirit Control Sect had established in our Zhao Kingdom. Perhaps the Hundred Ghosts Sect's spies have discovered some other spies!"

Sun Xin guessed.

"The Hundred Ghosts Sect's spies are quite capable! They easily exposed the Spirit Control Sect's spies."

Shen Long said.

"A mutated Ghost Creature appeared in Mysterious Yin Valley and was captured by disciples of the Hundred Ghosts Sect. It's probably related to this mutated Ghost Creature! Speaking of which, it was our Yin Corpse Sect disciples who discovered the Ghost Creature first, but the Hundred Ghosts Sect disciples snatched it away."

Sun Xin said with some dissatisfaction.

The Yin Corpse Sect is the weakest of the Four Sects of Zhao, far inferior to the Hundred Ghosts Sect.

"Mutant Ghost Creature? Ghost Creature can mutate?"

Shen Long asked in surprise.

"Of course, but the chance of Ghost Creature mutating is even lower than that of Spirit Beast Spirit Insect, which makes mutated Ghost Creature very precious. The specific Divine Ability of that Ghost Creature are unknown. Not long after the Hundred Ghosts Sect disciples snatched this mutated Ghost Creature, they broke through the Spirit Control Sect's intelligence network. I don't believe there can be such a coincidence."

Sun Xin complained.

"If this mutated Ghost Creature grows stronger, the Hundred Ghosts Sect will become even more powerful."

Liu Yushan said, his face full of envy.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about something else!"

Chen Feng changed the subject; they got angry just talking about it.

They talked about cultivation, covering everything from cultivation experiences and methods to overcome bottlenecks to cultivating Second-Rank Spell.

When the conversation turned to the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Sun Xin said, "By the way, Fellow Daoist Shen, I heard you're a second-tier Alchemist? You can refine mid-grade pills!"

"My success rate isn't high. I spent a lot of Spirit Stone to buy Pill Formula, and I can only refine two kinds of Second-tier Medicinal Pill: He Yuan Pill and Yellow Apricot Pill. What, Lady Sun also Alchemist?"

Shen Long asked politely.

Both second-tier Pill Formula were purchased by him from other Foundation Establishment Cultivator, so Shen Long wasn't afraid of being investigated.

"That's not it. I don't have that talent. Fellow Daoist Shen, haven't you considered joining a sect? It's good to be under a big tree."

Sun Xin said meaningfully.

"It's good to take shelter under a big tree, but you raise an army for a thousand days to use it for one. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages! I'm used to a leisurely life and don't want to join other forces."

Shen Long said.

Sun Xin nodded and changed the subject.

After chatting for most of the hour, they began to exchange items.

Sun Xin and the other four wanted to exchange for Yin Bead and Corpse Bead; the higher the grade, the more they liked them, but Shen Long couldn't produce them.

Sun Xin took out a second-tier Demon Ant's Demon Core, which Shen Long exchanged for with Yellow Apricot Pill, intending to give it to the Gold-Eating Ant Queen.

When it was Shen Long's turn to exchange, he took out Second-tier Medicinal Pill and refining materials, hoping to exchange them for something of equal value, preferably a Pill Formula -tier pill formula. Unfortunately, he was unable to exchange for a second-tier Pill Formula, but only some materials for refining weapons and pills.

More than an hour later, the gathering ended, and the cultivators returned to their respective homes.

Shen Long returned to Green Begonia Courtyard, took out Communication Disk that was flashing with blue light, and cast a spell. Chen Liang's voice rang out. "Uncle-Master Yu, your disciple has obtained what you requested. How can I deliver it to you?"