The Birth of Profound Qi

Song Wen couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Zhou Siyi is the daughter of the deputy peak Peak Master Spirit Beast Peak. Her sudden invitation to join Spirit Beast Peak is most likely due to her father's instructions.

But why would Spirit Beast Peak invite me?

Is it all because of the Man-Snake Profound Corpse?

"Senior Sister Zhou, both Spirit Beast Peak and Pill Peak belong to the Beast Taming Sect. Since they are the same sect, it doesn't matter where you cultivate. Besides, I prefer the Dao of Alchemy, so staying on Pill Peak is the most suitable for me."

Song Wen refused outright.

Zhou Siyi wasn't annoyed.

She gently brushed the strands of hair from her forehead, her expression inexplicably becoming somewhat shy, and a blush creeping onto her face.

She spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"Junior Brother Wu, what do you think of me?"

Song Wen's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition rose within him.

This tactic is all too familiar.

She just used it.

Song Wen was momentarily at a loss for words.

Seeing that Song Wen remained silent for a long time, Zhou Siyi raised her big eyes and stared at Song Wen, waiting for his reply.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Song Wen had no choice but to reply.

"Senior Sister Zhou is stunningly beautiful, with skin as white as ice Jade Bone as jade; she is a rare beauty in this world."

"And what about character?" Zhou Siyi continued to ask.

"Lively and cheerful, with a kind and gentle heart."

"How have I treated you these past few years?"

"My senior sister is extremely kind to me and takes great care of me."

Song Wen's assessment wasn't entirely insincere.

Zhou Siyi's appearance is impeccable.

Aside from being somewhat indifferent to human life and ethics, I have never seen her harbor any malicious intent towards anyone.

Since the two of them completed the mission at the Great Yan Kingdom's Spirit-Nurturing Workshop together, Zhou Siyi has indeed taken good care of Song Wen.

Upon hearing Song Wen's evaluation of her, Zhou Siyi suddenly fell silent.

For a moment, the atmosphere inside the cave abode became somewhat subtle.

Zhou Siyi bit her lower lip, her brows furrowed, her expression conflicted, as if she were making an important decision.

After a moment, it seemed as if he had finally made up his mind.

She looked up, her eyes fixed firmly on Song Wen.

"Junior Brother Wu, how about we become dao companion?"

Song Wen's face stiffened, and then he looked at Zhou Siyi with surprise.

"Senior Sister Zhou, you are the daughter of the Peak Master and have outstanding talent in cultivation. I am just a Rogue Cultivator who joined the sect halfway through. How dare I presume to be worthy of your status?"

Zhou Siyi said, "Junior Brother Wu, is there something you're worried about? You can rest assured, I've always been chaste and have never attracted any unwanted attention. I'm still a virgin."

Song Wen shook his head and said, "Senior Sister, our statuses are too different; we are not suitable to be dao companion."

Zhou Siyi was not angry at being directly rejected by Song Wen; instead, she looked relieved.

As if a huge weight had been lifted from her heart, she felt much lighter.

Zhou Siyi said, "Junior Brother Wu, please don't spread today's events."

"Don't worry, senior sister, no one else will know about this."

Zhou Siyi nodded slightly, said nothing more, and gracefully left the cave abode.

Song Wen raised his hand and closed the cave abode.

He felt that Zhou Siyi's behavior was somewhat strange today.

It seems that her proposal to become her dao companion was not her true intention.

Song Wen shook his head, trying to clear his mind of these jumbled thoughts.

He dug two more snake pits inside the cave abode.

Place the two Man-Snake that Zhou Siyi brought inside.

Song Wen had a total of four Man-Snake. To avoid mixing Man-Snake up, he numbered both the Man-Snake and the snake pits.

Each Man-Snake lives in a fixed snake pit.

Number one is that Man-Snake at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

Number two is a second-tier female Man-Snake has undergone six corpse refining processes.

Number three and number four are newly arrived Man-Snake.

Zhou Siyi brought Storage Bag containing many items, which Song Wen took out and transferred to his own storage ring.

Summoning a Sacred Beetle Gu, Song Wen took out a fleshy ball and fed it.

So far, one Sacred Beetle Gu has completed its advancement, reaching the Second-Order Mid-Stage.

Another Sacred Beetle Gu is currently advancing.

Two more Man-Snake appeared, and the number of fleshy balls doubled accordingly.

Song Wen estimated that it would take at most six months for all six Sacred Beetle Gu to advance to the Second-Order Mid-Stage.

This fleshy ball provided by the Spirit Beast Peak is indeed extraordinary. Its ability to enhance the strength of the Sacred Beetle Gu is even stronger than that of the Beast Brocade Pill. It is unknown what kind of spiritual object it is made of.

After feeding the Sacred Beetle Gu, Song Wen began refining the Man-Snake corpse.

Four months later.

Song Wen has completed the tenth corpse refining of the No. 1 and No. 2 Man-Snake.

The following two days.

On the bodies of the first and second Man-Snake, the corpse energy and the life energy began to collide continuously.

Two completely opposite elements of the energy of heaven and earth began to merge strangely within the Man-Snake.

A unique energy of heaven and earth, unlike anything Song Wen had ever seen, emerged at this moment.

Although the newly generated energy of heaven and earth is still very weak, as if it could dissipate at any moment, it truly exists.

Song Wen's eyes sharpened, and he stared intently at the two Man-Snake hybrids.

He knew in his heart that the unknown energy of heaven and earth born from the Man-Snake body should be the 'Profound Qi' that Rong Jingyun and others had been searching for, and that the first Supreme Elder of the Beast Taming Sect wanted to obtain.

Profound Qi gives people a sense of mystery and unpredictability.

It contains both the rhythm of life and the lament of death.

It gives people a feeling that is hard to explain.

Song Wen tried to sense the 'Profound Qi' with his Divine Sense for a long time, but he still couldn't figure it out.

He couldn't understand why the Supreme Beast Taming Sect would go to such lengths to obtain the Profound Qi.

What are the wonderful uses of Profound Qi?

At this moment, Song Wen had a feeling that he knew he possessed a treasure, but didn't know how to use it.

One hour later.

Unable to discern anything from it, Song Wen picked up Rong Jingyun's Message Jade Slip and informed her of the birth of Profound Qi.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for nearly two hours, Rong Jingyun neither appeared at Song Wen's cave abode nor replied to the Message Jade Slip.

Song Wen had no choice but to take out Zhou Siyi's Message Jade Slip again.

Since Zhou Siyi proposed becoming dao companion, the two have been consciously avoiding each other, hoping that time will ease the awkwardness.

To Song Wen's surprise, Zhou Siyi and Fang Pengyi arrived at Song Wen cave abode one after the other in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

It should be that Zhou Siyi notified Fang Pengyi immediately after receiving Song Wen's message.

Both were greatly shocked when they saw the state of the two Man-Snake hybrids.

"Junior Brother Wu, you really Man-Snake with Profound Qi, it's truly astonishing!" Zhou Siyi exclaimed in amazement.

"Excellent! Wu Sheng, you did a very good job." Fang Pengyi's eyes were filled with surprise.

He carefully observed the two Man-Snake hybrids for a long time before speaking.

"The second-tier Man-Snake body is still stable, so we can continue refining the corpse."

"The first-tier Man-Snake's vitality and physical regenerative abilities are slightly weaker. It seems to be nearing its limit and can no longer withstand any more corpse energy."

After a moment of contemplation, Fang Pengyi continued.

"Elder Wu, you can leave the second-tier Man-Snake here and continue refining it. I will take the first-tier Man-Snake back to the Human-Snake Cavern and give it to Liu Jiang to raise properly and observe the effects of Profound Qi on the Man-Snake. What do you think?"

Song Wen said, "I will follow the Peak Master's arrangements."