The Predicament of Loose Cultivators, Night Exploration of Sea Moon

Wei Zhong woke up from his cultivation and exclaimed:

"I didn't expect this cultivation to last half a year."

He looked at his Status Panel:

[Name: Wei Zhong]
[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment First Layer (12%)]
[Technique: Spring Autumn Water Refining Art · Proficient (51%); Nourishing Body Art · Proficient (88%)]
[Lifespan: 116/240]
[Skills:
Invisibility Art · Grandmaster (43%);
Aura Concealment Technique · Grandmaster (1%);
Soaring Cloud Art · Grandmaster (1%);
Flying Throwing Art · Grandmaster (11%);
Geng Sword Art · Grandmaster (68%)]

In half a year, Wei Zhong had been advancing in both cultivation and skill practice.

Among them, he only practiced the Aura Concealment Technique and Soaring Cloud Art, and after unremitting efforts, both were successfully raised to the Grandmaster level.

To Wei Zhong's surprise, after the Aura Concealment Technique was raised to the Grandmaster-level, a special trait appeared, which was the ability to resist Divine Sense detection.

Thinking of how he was discovered by Lu Yibin in the mine that day, it was probably due to the power of Divine Sense.

As for the Soaring Cloud Art, a change occurred that Wei Zhong couldn't quite explain.

Wei Zhong couldn't help but sigh: The path of skills is mysterious and wonderful.

The Grandmaster-level Soaring Cloud Art was no longer just soaring on clouds, but directly manipulating Spiritual Qi to fly, and there was a faint illusion of teleportation.

This greatly increased Wei Zhong's escape speed. As for how fast it was, he would have to compare it with other Foundation Establishment cultivators to know.

On the other hand, the improvement in cultivation was somewhat unsatisfactory. Wei Zhong understood that the further he went, the more difficult it would be to improve his cultivation.

His talent had become a great disadvantage here.

No wonder Core Formation was so rare; ordinary cultivators couldn't even touch the door to advancement without great opportunities.

But fortunately, Wei Zhong was different.

After taking a High-Grade Qi Nourishing Pill, Wei Zhong shook his head:

"The Qi Nourishing Pill is now truly a candy bean for me. If I want to further increase my cultivation quickly, I still need to buy Harmony Qi Pills that match Foundation Establishment.

Only with a Spirit Ground outside and pills inside can I take care of both internal and external needs."

Among the Second-Order Spirit Wine inheritance obtained from Hu Yang, there was also a Spirit Wine recipe that enhanced cultivation. He hadn't had time to collect the Spirit Herbs in the recipe these days, so he hadn't had time to brew it, and he didn't know what the effect would be.

Wei Zhong finished his practice and walked out of the grotto-heaven, stepping on the Spiritual Qi in the air as he headed towards the market. This trip to explore Sea Moon Lake required him to strengthen himself.

A moment later,

Wei Zhong, holding a Second-Order Magic Sword, twitched his face, looking at the shopkeeper in front of him and said:

"Fellow Daoist, can't you make it any cheaper?"

The White-Brow Daoren opposite him shook his head:

"Please don't make things difficult for this junior, senior. This price is already the lowest price that this old man's authority can give. There's really no way to go any lower.

If senior were a Guest Elder of this sect, it could be a bit cheaper, but..."

Wei Zhong waved his hand, his face showing helplessness.

After Advancement to Foundation Establishment, I can see the Azurewood Sect's true colors more and more clearly. To eliminate dissidents, they actually came up with this Guest Elder system. It's true that everywhere is squeezing the living space of rogue cultivators.

He had no choice but to take out Spirit Stones,

"I'll buy it!"

A moment later, Wei Zhong, wearing a Second-Order Magic Robe and carrying a Second-Order Magic Sword, left the place.

It was impossible not to spend Spirit Stones; Magical Artifacts were an indispensable part of a cultivator's strength.

Although Wei Zhong relied on spells in fights, Magical Artifacts could also play a role in certain situations.

Looking at the heavy Magic Sword in his hand, Wei Zhong sighed.

The sword body is dark and gloomy, its appearance is very bad, it is a Magic Sword that ordinary people would not choose.

The reason why Wei Zhong bought this sword was to deal with Candle Daoren's Blazing Stone Treasure Scissor.

Although Li Haowen's words could not be fully believed, the matter of him possessing this Treasure Scissor should be true.

So Wei Zhong specifically bought a thick, heavy sword, so that at least it could withstand a few more blows from that Magical Artifact during a confrontation.

Wei Zhong, walking through the market, still had a trace of heartache on his face. Two Second-Order Magic Items cost Wei Zhong more than four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

This was partly due to the slightly higher price of the Second-Order Magic Robe, but it was enough to illustrate its value.

With such a high price, it was no wonder that Liu Neng and the other two didn't have a single Second-Order Magic Item among their trump cards.

Perhaps there was also the reason that Qi Refining cultivators' Spiritual Qi was too weak to perfectly activate Second-Order Magic Items.

Wei Zhong shook his head and went to the Spirit Pill Pavilion to buy Harmony Qi Pills.

After inquiring, he learned that Low-Grade Harmony Qi Pills cost three hundred Spirit Stones, Middle-Grade five hundred, but they were limited. As for High-Grade, they were not sold to rogue cultivators like Wei Zhong at all.

Okay, more Guest Elder privileges. Wei Zhong can only say that the Azurewood Sect plays this game well.

After buying a few bottles of pills, Wei Zhong went to the Mission Hall. There were already many messages below the Spirit Ground mission he had posted.

But all of them mentioned First-Order Spirit Grounds. Wei Zhong scanned them and noted down a few that were barely acceptable, planning to choose one of them if the Sea Moon Lake matter was not feasible.

Back in the small courtyard, after refining the Magical Artifacts, Wei Zhong checked himself and was fully prepared.

Set off, explore Sea Moon Lake.

The Sea Moon Lake where the Li Family was located was north of the Azurewood Sect, not too far away. With Wei Zhong's escape speed, it took less than half a day to arrive.

This Grandmaster-level Soaring Cloud Art is incredibly fast, but the Spiritual Qi consumption is also greater than before.

Finding a secluded corner, he entered the Grotto-heaven and took out the newly purchased pills to restore his Spiritual Qi.

A Low-Grade Harmony Qi Pill entered his stomach, and Wei Zhong immediately discovered that its medicinal effect was indeed much better than the Qi Nourishing Pill. He then tried a Medium-Grade one, and Wei Zhong frowned.

Although the Medium-Grade was an improvement over the Low-Grade, the improvement was not as obvious as the Qi Nourishing Pill he had taken during Qi Refining. Considering its price, he felt somewhat relieved.

After some adjustments, it was already late at night. Cultivation knows no years, let alone day or night.

Wei Zhong headed towards the Li Family's residence under the cover of night.

In the deep night, a few scattered points of light could be seen below. Most of the Li Family's territory was shrouded in darkness.

Mortals had already rested for the night, and cultivators had also immersed themselves in cultivation. Only the Night Watchman or Night Watchman wandered through the alleys of the residence with torches.

The two tallest Second-Order Spirit Islands were completely dark, without any light.

As far as Wei Zhong knew, the island with the Second-Order Medium-Grade Spirit Vein had already been occupied by that Candle Daoren alone, for his own cultivation needs.

The slightly inferior Second-Order Low-Grade Spirit Vein island was used by him as a Spirit Herb cultivation base, planting various Spirit Herbs and prohibiting the Li Family from cultivating there.

All the Li Family members were forced to huddle on other First-Order Spirit Islands.

Occupying two Spirit Islands alone, that's really overbearing.

Wei Zhong flashed and rushed towards the Spirit Island where Candle Daoren was located.

He stopped abruptly in mid-air, Wei Zhong keenly noticing the Spiritual Qi ripples ahead.

A formation, but it doesn't seem to be of a high grade, far inferior to the Azurewood Sect's.

In Mangyuan Prefecture, the art of formations was not outstanding. This could be seen from the fact that the Azurewood Sect only had three halls: Pill, Artifact, and Technique.

Cultivators who understood the art of formations were extremely scarce, especially rogue cultivators, who were in a miserable state, mostly only knowing some illusion formations to deceive mortals.

The fact that there was a formation covering the entire island here surprised Wei Zhong.

However, Wei Zhong did not detect any threat from it, so it was probably a type of warning formation.

Looking at the formation that resembled an eggshell, Wei Zhong frowned slightly.

A flash of inspiration suddenly surged into his mind.

Soaring Cloud Art · Grandmaster

With a flash, Wei Zhong had already passed through the interior of the formation, leaving only faint ripples in the air, without triggering the formation's alarm.

Wei Zhong then understood what the Grandmaster-level Soaring Cloud Art brought. It was not teleportation, but an extremely fast passage with a trace of law evasion.

It was like using an invisible hand to open a passage, allowing Wei Zhong to quickly pass through it, and then naturally smoothing it out afterwards.

This Grandmaster-level technique was indeed extraordinary. Perhaps this technique could also be used to avoid some weak offensive Spirit Techniques.