Each instance world has its own Protagonist.
The Protagonist of this unknown fictional world is actually the most difficult to determine.
If the Protagonist were even more secretive, the kind who secluded themselves for millennia, then they would be even harder to find.
Since he couldn't find it, Ling Yi simply stopped looking for it.
Ling Yi released two level 50 Shadow Guards, letting them find and kill monsters on their own.
As for the level 21 Shadow Guards, it quietly returned to Southern Wilderness Stone City.
This Shadow Guards has only one goal: to steal!
Yes, stealing Spirit Stone and cultivation techniques.
Since it's a world of cultivation, one must try cultivating immortality.
Therefore, cultivation techniques and resources are indispensable.
What is the most distinctive feature of Shadow Guards? It's their stealth.
Wherever there is Shadow, one can appear and disappear unpredictably, since few people pay attention to their own Shadow.
However, Ling Yi is going to try a new method this time.
Shadow Guards can Body Integration with humans, but after Body Integration, does the Shadow Guards take the initiative, or does the Body Integration target take the initiative?
Since Ling Yi is the master of the Shadow Guards, there is no question of primary or secondary roles; Ling Yi will naturally take the lead.
When the Shadow Guards Body Integration with Jiang Ran, the Shadow Guards will follow Ling Yi's will and will also take Jiang Ran as the master.
But what if it's the other way around?
Shi Yuntian is the youngest son of Shi Meng Southern Wilderness Stone City.
He was arrogant and domineering, bullying men and women, and doing all sorts of bad things. He had a terrible reputation in the Southern Wilderness Stone City.
Around nine o'clock in the morning, Shi Yuntian staggered out of the Cherished Fragrance Pavilion.
While yawning, he scolded the servants beside him, "Didn't I tell you to wake me up earlier? If you delay Father's important business, I'll take your lives."
Several servants trembled and begged for mercy. This little bully was extremely cruel; if he said he would take someone's life, he really would.
Shi Yuntian yawned again.
What no one noticed was that Shi Yuntian's Shadow twisted slightly, and the next moment, Shi Yuntian's yawning motion froze.
But it only took a few breaths before things returned to normal.
The servants didn't think much of it; it was just that this yawn lasted a little longer than usual.
But at this moment, Shi Yuntian was no longer the original Shi Yuntian; his body had been taken over by the Shadow Guards.
Shi Yuntian could hear, see, and Perception everything in the outside world, but he simply couldn't control his own body.
This feeling terrified Shi Yuntian, but he could only watch helplessly.
Shi Yuntian returned home with his servants.
As the residence of the city lord, it was naturally magnificent and extremely large.
The Shadow Guards could only control Shi Yuntian's body, but he didn't have Shi Yuntian's memories, so he needed to know the location of the treasure vault first.
The Shadow Guards, being rather dim-witted, acted in a straightforward manner. He grabbed a servant at random and said, "Take me to the treasury!"
"Young Master, are you referring to the Treasure Pavilion?"
"Take me!"
" Young Master, it's not that I don't want to take you, but the City Lord has ordered that Young Master are strictly forbidden from approaching the treasury again!"
Clearly, Shi Yuntian has a bad criminal record.
"Take me there!" the Shadow Guards repeated, reaching out his right hand to grab the servant by the neck.
The servant hurriedly said, "Young Master, please spare my life! I'll take Young Master there."
If these servants had used their brains even a little, they would have noticed that something was wrong with Shi Yuntian.
But Shi Yuntian, this wicked young master, usually wielded great power at home, and acted eccentrically and willfully. These servants feared Shi Yuntian even more than Shi Meng.
My mind went blank at that moment; I couldn't think of anything else.
The process went more smoothly than Ling Yi had imagined, but just as Ling Yi had guessed, there were many Formation surrounding the treasure pavilion.
Even if the Shadow Guards knew the location of the treasure pavilion, they were unable to enter it.
The Shadow Guards controlled Shi Yuntian to force his way in, leaving the people controlling the Formation helpless. Naturally, they dared not harm Shi Yuntian and could only temporarily dismantle the Formation.
The moment the Formation was dispelled, the Shadow Guards left Shi Yuntian, using the Shadow cast by the corner of the wall to slip inside the treasure pavilion...
At the edge of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Ling Yi looked at the mountain of treasures that had appeared in the Shadow Dimension and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
With a wave of his hand, a book appeared in Ling Yi's hand.
Ling Yi sat cross-legged on the back of a giant tiger-shaped Demonic Beast Shadow Guards and began to read " Detailed Explanation of Immortal Cultivation Realm Stages ".
Why is this book so thick just for an introduction to cultivation levels? Even if it's a detailed explanation, does it really need to be this thorough?
But after Ling Yi finished reading it, he finally understood just how detailed this explanation was.
This book not only contains detailed explanations of the cultivation realms of the Human Clan cultivators, but also detailed explanations of the cultivation realms of nearly a hundred races, including Demon Clan, Devil Clan, Ghost Clan, Zombie Clan, and Soul Clan. It's a truly detailed explanation.
Take Human Clan cultivators as an example: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Spirit Severing, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Tribulation Transcendence!
Qi Refining is divided into three steps: Qi Sensing, Qi Ingestion, and Qi Refining. The signs and precautions for each step are clearly explained.
From a certain perspective, this book is no less valuable than a priceless treasure.
In the Shi family's treasure trove, there are several thousand such books.
There are several hundred books on cultivation techniques, spells, and combat skills. The remaining forty or fifty books are books on secondary professions such as alchemy, weapon crafting, Formation, talismans, and Qimen Magic.
Ling Yi wasn't in a hurry to cultivate immortality techniques. Instead, he flipped through books like historical records and detailed explanations from various sources.
Meanwhile, Ling Yi's Shadow Guards were also constantly killing monsters.
Within a month, the number of accounts that Ling Yi had almost cleared out had once again reached 200,000.
However, these Shadow Guards are much stronger, with the weakest being around level seven or eight, roughly equivalent to the Late Qi Refining Stage Shadow Guards among human cultivators.
The strongest among them reached around level 20, roughly equivalent to the Peak Foundation Establishment Stage in humans, comparable to the Golden Core Stage.
Ling Yi plans to increase the number of Shadow Guards to 1 million this time, and then keep it stable at that number.
The Summon Shadow Guards will automatically merge with the million Shadow Guards Body Integration, increasing both quantity and quality simultaneously.
Ling Yi didn't want to cause trouble in the dungeon world.
In Ling Yi's view, the dungeon world was where he farmed Shadow Guards and leveled Shadow Guards up.
He wanted to raise the level of the Shadow Guards as much as possible before the chaos ensued.
However, after Ling Yi began cultivating immortality techniques, his thoughts had to change again.
" Pseudo Spiritual Root!" Ling Yi said, looking utterly frustrated.
Ling Yi looked at the blue cesium Shitou in his hand, which was emitting a faint light, with a frustrated expression.
This is Spiritual Root testing stone, specifically used to test for Spiritual Root.
In this world of cultivation, Human Clan above level nine possess Pseudo Spiritual Root.
Pseudo Spiritual Root are not incapable of cultivation, but their cultivation speed is too slow. Therefore, people directly classify Pseudo Spiritual Root as belonging to the category of no Spiritual Root.
After all, with Pseudo Spiritual Root, it takes thirty years to Qi Sensing, thirty years to Qi Ingestion, and another thirty years to Qi Refining.
In other words, even if you cultivate like crazy, it might take a lifetime to possibly reach the First Layer of Qi Refining.
But what's the point?
The Qi Refining Stage doesn't increase lifespan; it simply strengthens the body.
Moreover, who has the Kung Fu Hustle to cultivate for ninety years and still see no hope? Unless they're out of their mind.
Therefore, there is almost no difference between Pseudo Spiritual Root and no Spiritual Root.
Ling Yi was very upset.
Am I destined to be unsuitable for cultivating immortality?
That makes sense, with an infinite Shadow Legion already, what more could you want?
Ling Yi put away the detection stone. Just as he was about to lie down, he happened to see a Ling Yi Shadow Guards kill a level 12 Demonic Beast.
The demonic Demonic Beast Hua Wei Shadow Guards and then merged into the Shadow Guards's body, instantly boosting the Shadow Guards's aura.
This Shadow Guards is the only human -Shadow Guards among all of Ling Yi's current Shadow Guards.
He was the same Shadow Guards who stole the Shi family's treasure trove from the Southern Wilderness Stone City.
Ling Yi had a sudden thought, so he summoned the Shadow Guards and then taught him a technique called " Longevity Qi Absorption Art ".
"You, try cultivating it!"
Ling Yi had only approached the matter with a try-it-and-see attitude, never expecting that the Shadow Guards could actually be successfully cultivated.
After all, the Shadow Guards are just mindless puppets with low intelligence; their training Dharma School are probably beyond the comprehension of the enemy.
But a moment later, Ling Yi was so shocked that he stood up from the tiger demon Shadow Guards.
After reviewing the cultivation manual, the Shadow Guards Meditation cross-legged and began practicing.
This Shadow Guards actually skipped the Qi Sensing and Qi Ingestion stages and went straight into the Qi Refining stage.
That's not the key point. The most crucial thing is that, as this Shadow Guards cultivated, Ling Yi could clearly Perception that there was an increase in Spiritual Power within his body.
After carefully Perception it, Ling Yi discovered that the Spiritual Qi Refinement by the Shadow Guards was actually being fed back directly to Ling Yi through the Dark Dimension.
"What the hell? I've already First Layer of Qi Refining?"
Ling Yi was somewhat dumbfounded as he felt the Spiritual Power within his body, and then he was overjoyed.
"Damn, isn't this the right way to use my cheat system?"
"If a million Shadow Guards cultivate at the same time, wouldn't my cultivation level skyrocket?"
Ling Yi quickly summoned another Shadow Guards.
This was a monkey demon Shadow Guards. Ling Yi taught him the cultivation technique and let him practice it.
But clearly, Ling Yi failed.
These monkey demon Shadow Guards were completely incapable of cultivation, or rather, they simply couldn't understand cultivation techniques.
"Could it be that only human Shadow Guards can cultivate?" Ling Yi frowned.
Whether it's true or not, try it and you'll know.
Not far from Ling Yi, there was a group of mountain bandits. Ling Yi immediately dispatched a thousand Demonic Beast Shadow Guards to the area. In less than half an hour, they wiped out the bandit stronghold and converted them into Shadow Guards.
These Shadow Guards were Summon into the Shadow Dimension, and when they reappeared, they had already Summon before Ling Yi.
There are a total of 300 Shadow Guards, most of whom are Level 1 Shadow Guards, with seven of them being Level 3 to 5 Shadow Guards.
It seems that these seven people were all Qi Cultivation before.
Ling Yi taught them the " Longevity Qi Absorption Art," and sure enough, these human Shadow Guards instantly grasped the technique and entered a meditative state.
Feeling the Spiritual Power within his body surge rapidly, Ling Yi couldn't help but burst into laughter.
With a wave of his hand, he took all three hundred human Shadow Guards into the Shadow Dimension; from now on, they would be his Automatic Cultivation cheat.
Three hundred people is equivalent to three hundred times the cultivation speed.
Even if Ling Yi has Pseudo Spiritual Root, with a cultivation speed of three hundred times, it would only take him... four months to go from the Qi Refining First Layer to the Qi Refining Second Layer?
"Damn, this Pseudo Spiritual Root is too useless! It's already taken four months? Since three hundred times isn't enough, then..."