After absorbing all the Spiritual Power and True Yuan from the two Nascent Souls and three Transformation Cultivators, the fifty Spiritual Springs were absorbed into Wang Xiaoqiang's body, continuously expanding and contracting.

Then, faint cracking sounds began to emerge,

Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop...

Due to the fifty Spiritual Springs having absorbed different amounts of Spiritual Power, ultimately, forty of the Spiritual Springs split into two, turning into eighty Spiritual Springs.

Now, the number of Spiritual Springs within Wang Xiaoqiang's body had reached 1971. The 1971 Spiritual Springs vibrated in unison and then became lighter, and at the same time, Wang Xiaoqiang's body also underwent some changes,

These changes were not perceptible to the average person; they were the kind that can be understood but not conveyed in words,

If one must make a comparison, it was as if Wang Xiaoqiang had transformed from a mortal body into one with the bearing of an Immortal, basically taking a small step on the path to becoming an Immortal, shedding his mortal shell.

After the Solidification Realm, comes the Immortal Realm.

Upon reaching the Immortal Realm, one becomes a Demi Immortal.

The Immortal Realm is divided into nine levels, known as the Ninth Transformation of the Immortal.

After breaking through the Immortal Realm, one reaches the True Immortal Realm.

Only Cultivators of the True Immortal Realm are truly Immortals. They are the Immortals spoken of by the common folk!

Wang Xiaoqiang was not clear about the different levels of Cultivation; he only felt that the Spiritual Power inside him had climbed yet again, and as the Spiritual Power rose, he felt his entire body lighten, experiencing a feeling as if he were about to soar into immortality.

Just then, a howling sound filled the night sky as various Immortal Swords from all four directions in the sky sped towards this location.

Wang Xiaoqiang's heart chilled, knowing that Li Jianyi and the others had surrounded him. Seeing dozens of Immortal Swords carrying the disciples of the Mount Hua Sect closing in, Wang Xiaoqiang, in a rush of urgency, immediately released all 1971 Spiritual Springs within his body, and then, just like that, he walked towards a depression in the mountain.

Meanwhile, after receiving the transmission, Li Jianyi and the others hastened their arrival to provide support. Upon arriving at the scene on their swords, they found five corpses, two Nascent Souls, and three Divinity Transformation Cultivators, their bellies gutted, their Spiritual Power and True Yuan drained empty, dead with their paths extinguished.

"Wang Xiaoqiang, I will not share the sky with you!" Seeing the corpses of three Nascent Soul disciples of the Mount Hua Sword Sect and two Divinity Transformation sect members from the Immortal Realm lying on the ground, Li Jianyi clenched his fists and roared in anger.

Tang Yucheng of the Five Spirit Sect, upon seeing that the scene didn't contain his sister Tang Mengqi's body, quietly breathed a sigh of relief. However, he didn't let his guard down completely, for as long as his sister wasn't rescued, she remained in peril every moment.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I think that Wang Xiaoqiang must not have gotten far; we must quickly pursue..." Tang Yucheng said to Li Jianyi, his voice tense.

"Hmm," Li Jianyi responded, releasing his Divine Sense to envelop the area.

When Cultivators search for someone, they often use Divine Sense to detect the other person's Spiritual Energy Wave. For example, the Spiritual Energy Wave from a Cultivator in the Solidification Realm would naturally be greater than one in the Divinity Transformation Stage.

So as long as Wang Xiaoqiang had not escaped the range of Li Jianyi's Divine Sense at this moment, it was possible to lock onto his position. In fact, Wang Xiaoqiang was not far from Li Jianyi and the others, just a hundred or so meters away. However, now that Wang Xiaoqiang had released all the Five Elements Spiritual Springs from his body, there was not the slightest Spiritual Energy Wave emanating from him, so Li Jianyi could not sense his presence.

Tang Mengqi, inside the Sumeru Ring with an additional seal placed on it, also could not manifest her Spiritual Power.

Li Jianyi's Divine Sense could cover a range of fifty miles, incredibly vast, yet he found no trace of Wang Xiaoqiang. He was deeply puzzled. Could it be that these five were not killed by Wang Xiaoqiang? Otherwise, no matter how fast Wang Xiaoqiang was, he could not have escaped his Divine Sense range. But if not Wang Xiaoqiang, then who?

Li Jianyi was baffled.

"Continue the search!" Unable to figure it out, Li Jianyi said anxiously with a wave of his hand, prompting the group to resume their search in groups of five. However, by this time, everyone's enthusiasm for searching had waned, and seeing the tragic state of the five made them even more fearful, not wanting to end up like those corpses on the barren mountain.

Not long after Wang Xiaoqiang walked, he released the Sea Dragon and said, "Little Dragon, I'm tired from walking; carry me for a while."

The Sea Dragon immediately grew to the size of a horse, lowered its body, and Wang Xiaoqiang stepped onto its back and settled in. Then, the Sea Dragon carried Wang Xiaoqiang forward.

"Little Dragon, how is Tang Mengqi doing now?" Wang Xiaoqiang asked.

"She's asleep inside the ring," the Sea Dragon replied like a faithful Little Eunuch, reporting, "After some persuasion from me, her aversion to you has lessened quite a bit. I think slowly, she will come to accept you..."

"Hmm, if I were to practice Dual Cultivation with a Divinity Transformation Stage Female Cultivator, my strength would increase rapidly..."

After being carried by the Sea Dragon for a thousand meters, Wang Xiaoqiang finally found another cave. Then he absorbed all the Spiritual Spring into his body, retracted the Sea Dragon, and entered the cave.

The cave was quite spacious and inside, there were amazingly four Pouch Wolves.

The four Pouch Wolves looked like they had just woken up. Seeing someone enter, they mistook him for scrumptious food delivered to their doorstep and roared as they pounced towards Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't be bothered to tangle with the four wolves, with a thought, he released the Sea Dragon. The Sea Dragon grew as large as an elephant, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed one of the approaching Pouch Wolves whole.

The other three Pouch Wolves were frightened and attempted to flee, but they couldn't escape. The Sea Dragon shot forward, shrinking to the size of a cat, pouncing at another Pouch Wolf with lightning speed. As it reached the wolf, it grew back to the size of an elephant in a whoosh and swallowed it...

Then, using the same technique, the Sea Dragon devoured another Pouch Wolf. As it attempted to swallow the last Pouch Wolf, Wang Xiaoqiang interrupted, "Little Dragon, leave me one."

The Sea Dragon didn't bite down further, instead, it pinned the Pouch Wolf underneath itself, bit off its neck in one bite, and tore open its skin to reveal the fresh, tender meat.

Wang Xiaoqiang broke off some branches to use as firewood and started to roast the wolf meat inside the cave. Once the meat was cooked, he had the Sea Dragon guard the cave entrance, then took two pieces of the fragrant roasted wolf meat and entered the Sumeru Ring.

Awakened by the noise, Tang Mengqi opened her eyes from her slumber and saw Wang Xiaoqiang holding two fragrant pieces of meat. Her growling stomach made her throat reflexively gulp.

"Hungry, aren't you? Come on, let's have some roast meat together, and there's also wine!" Wang Xiaoqiang said as he handed a piece of the roasted wolf meat to Tang Mengqi.

Tang Mengqi turned her pretty face away, ignoring him.

Unperturbed, Wang Xiaoqiang gestured with his hand, and a jar of Thousand-Year Fine Wine stored in the ring floated towards him, landing in front of him,

Wang Xiaoqiang opened the lid of the wine jar, then summoned with another gesture, two Yuan Dynasty Blue and White cups flew to his presence.

This Thousand-Year Fine Wine and the Yuan Dynasty Blue and White cups were both acquired during his last adventure with Qiao Zhi at the bottom of Repulse Bay in Hong Kong.

Wang Xiaoqiang poured two cups of wine. The aroma was rich and intoxicating, absolutely captivating.

Hearing the fragrance of the wine, the famished Tang Mengqi couldn't help but swallow air hungrily.

Wang Xiaoqiang held up a cup of wine and teased in front of Tang Mengqi, "This is Thousand-Year Fine Wine, which even people from the Immortal Realm may not have tasted. I'll drink first,"

Saying so, he downed the wine in his cup in one gulp.

Then, Wang Xiaoqiang brought the other cup of wine to Tang Mengqi and offered, "Come on, drink up! Whether you drink or not, you can't escape."

Tang Mengqi snatched the wine cup from Wang Xiaoqiang's hand, gulped it down, and then glared at him fiercely with her beautiful eyes before pouring herself another cup. Grabbing the roasted wolf meat, she devoured it, no longer resembling the dainty lady she was.

"Slow down, don't choke!" Wang Xiaoqiang reminded her.

"You know, this guy's barbecuing skills are really good, I've never had such delicious roast meat before, and this wine, it must have been stored for a thousand years, otherwise it wouldn't be this rich..."

As Tang Mengqi ate, she praised quietly to herself, finishing off a large piece of roasted wolf meat and drank three big cups of wine.

This wine, stored for a thousand years, tasted rich and robust. Once it hit her stomach, the aftereffect was powerful. After three cups, Tang Mengqi felt dizzy and immediately started to channel her Spiritual Power to sober up.

Wang Xiaoqiang, staring at her, said with a hint of intention, "It's rare to indulge in drunkenness in life. With such fine wine, how can you bear to use Spiritual Power to sober up?..."

Tang Mengqi stopped her attempt to sober up and stared blankly at Wang Xiaoqiang.

"Let's get drunk together, let us indulge just this once..." Wang Xiaoqiang proposed, downing the wine in his cup and staggered towards Tang Mengqi. He wrapped his arms around her delicate body.

Half-drunk, Tang Mengqi's cheeks were flushed with a pear blossom blush. The rippling light in her lovely eyes and a touch of spring haze made her the epitome of a drunk beauty, delicate and charming.

Tang Mengqi struggled a bit, but seeing she couldn't break free from Wang Xiaoqiang, she stopped moving.

A woman, once she's been with a man once, the second time is inevitable!

"You will fall in love with me. Come, let's engage in Dual Cultivation. This is a mighty fortune for you!" Wang Xiaoqiang whispered into Tang Mengqi's blushing cheeks, his breath reeking of alcohol.

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