nyslfriends Chapter 145 Changes
Chapter 145 Changes
Even though Li Lan's Spiritual Root Aptitude was not good, he never once slacked off in his Cultivation during all these years.
Whether diligence can compensate for clumsiness remains to be seen,
but persistent effort can at least ensure that he won't be left too far behind by those with better Spiritual Root Aptitude.
Li Lan climbed step by step from the lowest level to his current Realm,
and by now, he had long developed the habit of squeezing out time for Cultivation anytime, anywhere.
Before, he had to neglect sleep and food, and even twelve hours a day weren't enough for Cultivation.
Now, after advancing to the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage, he no longer had this concern.
He no longer needed sleep or food at all, allowing him to fully utilize every single moment.
This seclusion lasted for a year and a half.
He only emerged when his Spirit Stones were nearly depleted again from furnishing his Immortal Cave, and it was time to undertake Sect missions.
Li Lan slowly opened his eyes, shaking off the dust left by the long passage of time,
and stood up from the meditation mat.
When he was still a Mortal,
even if his spirit could endure, his body probably couldn't withstand such consumption.
Maintaining a single posture for a long time would surely cripple his legs from sitting cross-legged.
But now,
having undergone two transformations and baptisms, he no longer had this concern.
If the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi were abundant and he wasn't entangled in other trivial matters,
it would be no problem for Li Lan to sit cross-legged here until his Lifespan was exhausted.
After a year and a half of arduous Cultivation, he reaped abundant rewards.
In terms of Cultivation, after Li Lan's Realm stabilized, he advanced another step.
He had now reached the Qi Refining Tenth Level Realm,
and his Lifespan also increased by three years, growing alongside his strength.
His remaining Lifespan was now fifty years.
In addition,
in terms of Spells, Li Lan had thoroughly mastered the Flowing Fire Meteor Escape Spell,
and when executed, its speed was in no way inferior to the Earth Movement Escape, and in dry environments, it could even be superior.
Li Lan had also attempted to refine the four to five-decade-old, fist-sized Purple Sandalwood Spiritual Bean many times.
Indeed, as he had previously anticipated,
the older the spiritual material, the more difficult it was to refine,
and the greater the changes in the finished product after refinement.
With his Divine Sense and magical power at the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage, coupled with the assistance of Judge Cui's Pen,
Li Lan successfully refined three of them without any major mishaps.
These three four to five-decade-old Spirit Bean Soldiers, just from their appearance,
clearly showed a difference from ordinary-aged bean soldiers.
Ordinary Spirit Bean Soldiers looked as if they were simply carved from wood and assembled.
Their body lines were stiff and rough, and although the connections between various parts were clever,
they were like fragile porcelain bottles, breaking upon touch, completely lacking any destructive power.
Although the twenty-year-old Spirit Bean Soldiers possessed the strength of Qi Refining First Level,
they were of little use to Li Lan, who was currently at the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage Realm.
However, these four to five-decade-old bean soldiers were completely different.
Their body structure was exquisite and delicate, and all the tiny structural joints, like the skin of Mortals,
were completely covered by a thin layer of purple plant epidermis.
Observed from a distance, even without wearing any clothing, these four to five-decade-old Spirit Bean Soldiers already looked no different from normal Mortals.
What pleased Li Lan the most was that
this Spirit Bean Soldier emitted a faint green glow all over its body,
and upon approaching slightly, one could feel the pure wood-attribute Qi unique to it.
In addition,
there were four magical power vortices swirling within its body.
These three Spirit Bean Soldiers were at the Qi Refining Fourth Level Realm,
and if calculated by the grade of Magical Artifacts, they would be of Low Grade Second-tier strength.
Furthermore, unlike the twenty-year-old, Low Grade First-tier strength bean soldiers, these three Qi Refining Fourth Level Spirit Bean Soldiers not only possessed magical power, but their magical power even had attributes.
This indicated that they should be able to independently cast Spells.
Although Puppets at the Qi Refining Early Stage were still not of much help to the current Li Lan,
being able to cast wood-attribute Spells would make a significant difference.
In future battles against others,
the operability of these Spirit Bean Soldiers would greatly increase.
Li Lan no longer needed to make bean soldiers of this age,
holding cheap Magical Artifacts and carrying Qinghao Fenxiao Talisman in their mouths, foolishly charge forward.
If they Cultivated wood-element escape Spells similar to Earth Movement Escape or Flowing Fire Meteor, it might not be impossible for them to instantly flash before an enemy and self-destruct.
Besides the difference in Cultivation Realm,
the speed at which these new Spirit Bean Soldiers absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had also increased, now equivalent to one percent of a Five Spiritual Root Cultivator.
Perhaps the bean soldiers summoned after refining the seventy to eighty-year-old, baby-head-sized Purple Sandalwood Spiritual Bean,
might even surpass Five Spiritual Root Cultivators in Cultivation speed.
However,
after much deliberation, Li Lan did not rush to try.
With his current Cultivation, refining the four to five-decade-old Purple Sandalwood Spiritual Bean was already a bit strenuous.
Moreover, he only had five of these seventy to eighty-year-old Purple Sandalwood Spiritual Beans in his possession,
and without absolute certainty,
Li Lan naturally wasn't willing to take risks easily.
He tidied up his Immortal Cave slightly, taking all important items related to his secrets with him,
and after confirming that no suspicious traces were left behind,
he removed the Restriction outside the Immortal Cave.
After many years of cultivating immortality, always maintaining caution had become Li Lan's subconscious habit. As soon as the grand formation was removed, several transmission talismans floated out.
Li Lan read them one by one,
most were flattering messages from other Named Disciples who admired him, holding no real value.
One of them was from Su Hongying,
during this year and a half, she had also emerged from seclusion.
Upon learning from her younger brother, Su Pengfei,
that Li Lan had miraculously survived the Heng Mountain Spiritual Vein争夺战 at the Lingqi Middle Stage Realm, she was greatly surprised.
So she personally came, prepared to inquire thoroughly about what had happened,
and incidentally gather some relevant experience in combat and Spiritual Vein争夺 from a firsthand account.
Although Su Hongying's Cultivation Realm was high, in her many years of cultivating immortality, her encounters with life-and-death battles were few and far between.
When she returned to Feixue River in the future, the topic of revitalizing her Family and seizing Spiritual Veins would naturally be unavoidable.
Now that she had this opportunity to accumulate experience in seizing without taking much risk, she naturally couldn't easily let it go.
However, Li Lan was in seclusion at the time, and Su Hongying felt it improper to disturb him, which is why she left a transmission talisman, congratulating him on surviving the Heng Mountain Spiritual Vein.
Among them was also Su Pengfei's soft grumbling that he hadn't appeared for over a year and didn't have enough sugar beans to eat.
Li Lan thought for a moment,
then flipped his hand to take out a transmission talisman, politely expressing his gratitude to Su Hongying.
Afterward, he placed several bottles of sugar beans inside the Immortal Cave.
Li Lan had other important matters to attend to and no time to personally deliver them to her,
so he naturally had to let the child Su Pengfei come and get them himself.
Then,
he left the place and headed to Tian Shu Pavilion.
Named Disciples of Guangji Sect were required to make two contributions to the Sect each year.
If Li Lan wanted to continue staying here, he would have to find more Sect missions to fulfill the contribution requirement.