Success, Then Sudden Terrible News

Seeing this, Li Yunjing's eyes lit up with delight.

He took all nine spirit eggs.

Li Yunjing put the eight ordinary spirit eggs straight into his system space.

With the eight spirit eggs he had just obtained added to the system space,

the number of ordinary spirit eggs reached eighty-eight.

From June fifteenth to today,

the number of spirit eggs produced had doubled on six days.

On the remaining ten days, the normal four spirit eggs had been produced.

Aside from the ordinary spirit eggs, there were also two premium spirit eggs.

One had a golden shell, making it look like a golden egg.

The other was as black as ink.

The golden egg had a special effect.

For cultivators who primarily cultivated metal-attribute Cultivation Methods,

eating the golden egg increased cultivation speed by 10%,

and the effect lasted for three shichen.

The black egg's special effect was that, after eating it,

one would fall into an illusion.

There was a 5% chance of comprehending a first-grade Cultivation Method.

If the two premium spirit eggs were not eaten,

they could also be hatched.

But because there was no rooster in the poultry house,

the two spirit eggs could not be hatched at present.

The same was true of the ordinary spirit eggs.

Now, he had obtained another premium spirit egg.

Li Yunjing immediately checked the special effect of the orange-red spirit egg.

"Increases the cultivation speed of cultivators who primarily cultivate fire-attribute Cultivation Methods by 10%."

Seeing this effect, Li Yunjing was instantly delighted.

As luck would have it, he primarily cultivated a fire-attribute Cultivation Method.

Li Yunjing had an eighth-grade Root Bone.

Of his five Spirit Roots, his fire and wood Spirit Roots were the most outstanding.

Wood nourished fire, so Li Yunjing's two Spirit Roots complemented each other perfectly.

Thus, by primarily cultivating a fire-attribute Cultivation Method, Li Yunjing got twice the results with half the effort.

Now he had obtained another premium spirit egg.

He could eat it and combine its effect with the cultivation speed increases provided by the Sect Grand Hall and Patriarch Hall.

He would continue accumulating Law Power and strive to reach Foundation Establishment soon.

After putting the spirit egg into the system space, Li Yunjing returned to Luozhen Hall.

After breakfast,

Li Yunjing planned to make a trip to Xunxian Town.

Since he had not received any Spirit Stones recently,

Li Yunjing planned to sell a few things in exchange for some.

He would also buy some of the materials needed to upgrade the other buildings.

He would get as many as he could.

Breakfast was simple.

Li Yunjing cooked himself a bowl of noodles.

The kid Zhang Hanpeng had been engrossed in cultivation lately.

After the Scripture Pavilion was upgraded,

Li Yunjing had sent Zhang Hanpeng there.

The Luozhen Sect had fallen on hard times.

But there were still several Law Techniques in the Scripture Pavilion.

Li Yunjing had Zhang Hanpeng cultivate a Law Technique called the Earth Spike Technique.

With the Scripture Pavilion's help,

Zhang Hanpeng comprehended the Earth Spike Technique quickly.

By now, he had already learned its basics.

That was why he was skipping breakfast.

As Li Yunjing was slurping his noodles,

Zhang Hongzhi and the other two also arrived at the Luozhen Sect.

After greeting Li Yunjing, the three began work.

Now, the three were not repairing the Alchemy Chamber and cultivation room,

but building Li Yunjing a cave abode of his own.

The repairs to the Alchemy Chamber and cultivation room had long been completed.

[Alchemy Chamber (kv0)]

[Lv1 spiritual effects: pill refinement success rate +15%, pill refinement experience gain +15%.]

[Upgrade conditions: beginner pill refinement skills, successfully refine one type of first-grade spirit pill.]

[Cultivation Room (kv0)]

[Lv1 spiritual effects: Spiritual Qi concentration +20%; cultivation speed +15% when cultivating here.]

[Upgrade conditions: basic Spirit Gathering Formation plate ×1, low-grade Spirit Stones ×10.]

The upgrade conditions for both new buildings were very simple.

The main requirement for upgrading the cultivation room was the basic Spirit Gathering Formation plate.

A basic Spirit Gathering Formation plate could gather Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

It increased the concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within roughly two zhang of the plate.

Its effect was good, and the price was reasonable too: twenty low-grade Spirit Stones.

As for the conditions for upgrading the Alchemy Chamber,

they were even simpler.

Outsiders had never known that

Li Yunjing was actually a first-grade Alchemist.

He knew how to refine pills.

Li Yunjing had learned the craft after he transmigrated.

At the time, Li Yunjing's master had not yet fallen ill.

He had devoted great care to training Li Yunjing.

And Li Yunjing's master was himself a second-grade Alchemist.

As his eldest disciple, Li Yunjing naturally had to inherit his master's craft.

But not long after Li Yunjing learned to refine pills,

his master fell ill and was unable to teach him more about pill refinement.

Li Yunjing had rarely refined pills himself since then.

But Li Yunjing was highly talented.

He simply had not practiced for a long time.

That did not mean Li Yunjing had forgotten the craft.

Li Yunjing could refine first-grade pills.

The Alchemy Chamber had also been repaired.

All he lacked now was spirit medicine.

On this trip to Xunxian Town,

Li Yunjing also planned to buy several kinds of spirit medicine to refine first-grade spirit pills.

Once he could refine first-grade spirit pills,

the Luozhen Sect could start earning Spirit Stones through them.

After breakfast,

Li Yunjing left directly.

Leaving Zhang Hongzhi and the others behind,

Li Yunjing was not worried that the three would do anything improper.

For one thing, as far as outsiders could tell, the Luozhen Sect had no valuables.

Even a thief would leave with tears streaming down his face.

Even if the three wanted to steal something, they would have nowhere to start.

The three had no idea that the incense burner in the Patriarch Hall was a spatial treasure.

Even if they took it, they would not be able to open it without knowing the trick.

Forcing it open would destroy everything stored inside.

For another, if anything was stolen, Li Yunjing could go to the Immortal Alliance.

The Immortal Alliance would then find the thief.

When that happened, a simple apology and compensation would not settle the matter.

Even if the three were not killed, they could still expect to lose a layer of skin.

After sticking two Clear Breeze Talismans on himself,

Li Yunjing admired the scenery along the way and arrived at Xunxian Town in a relaxed mood.

As soon as he stepped onto White Cloud Long Street,

Li Yunjing heard the cultivators around him talking.

"Have you heard? Quite a few people died in that Golden Core cave abode at Tiger Leaping Gorge!"

"I heard too. They say that Golden Core cave abode was filled with killing formations. It's insane-even eighteen Foundation Establishment cultivators died!"

"Tsk, tsk, good thing I didn't go. Otherwise, right now I might..."

"..."

When Li Yunjing heard this, his heart sank.

He followed White Cloud Long Street all the way to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

All along the way, Li Yunjing listened to cultivators talking about the Golden Core cave abode.

Without exception, they all lamented the enormous number of casualties among the cultivators who had gone there.

The survival rate was only twenty percent.

Standing at the entrance to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion,

Li Yunjing thought of Mo Xuan and Shui Yao.

Those two couldn't have...

Li Yunjing took a deep breath.

The survival rate was only twenty percent.

Anything was possible.

Looking at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion before him,

Li Yunjing suddenly turned and left.

He went to an inn and asked for a private room.

After entering the room, he activated the formation to prevent anyone outside from spying on it.

Li Yunjing then took a Thousand-Li Communication Talisman from inside his robes.

It was one of the few treasures passed down by the Luozhen Sect.

Li Yunjing, Mo Xuan, and Shui Yao each had one.

Even separated by a thousand li, they could contact one another through the talismans.

The Thousand-Li Communication Talisman was highly valuable.

Li Yunjing did not dare reveal that he had one, lest it bring trouble.

He sent a wisp of Law Power into the Thousand-Li Communication Talisman.

After activating it, Li Yunjing waited patiently.

As long as the two were still alive, they would notice something unusual about their Thousand-Li Communication Talismans.

They would naturally know that Li Yunjing was contacting them.

But after he waited a while, there was no response from the Thousand-Li Communication Talisman.

Li Yunjing's heart gradually sank to rock bottom.

He waited a while longer.

Still, there was no response.

Li Yunjing put away the Thousand-Li Communication Talisman.

"Damn it."

Li Yunjing cursed under his breath.

Just as Li Yunjing was about to put away the Thousand-Li Communication Talisman,

it suddenly trembled and gave off a light.

A flash of joy crossed Li Yunjing's face.

Just as he was about to speak,

the light of the Thousand-Li Communication Talisman suddenly vanished.

Something had gone wrong on the other end, cutting off the transmission of magic power.

Li Yunjing felt deeply agitated.

He didn't know what was happening over there.

But since they had been able to respond, it meant the two of them were still alive.

"Alive, I must see them in person; dead, I must see their corpses. I have to find my junior brother and junior sister!"

Li Yunjing silently made his decision...