As Fu Molan placed both hands on the Spirit Testing Platform.

At first, there was no reaction.

After more than ten breaths.

The Spirit Testing Platform suddenly buzzed and trembled, and immediately ice crystallized around Molan, spreading swiftly across the entire Immortal Ascension Dojo and rapidly extending toward the array light curtain.

The nearest person, Fu Changsheng, felt a piercing cold and shrank his pupils, quickly forming a technique. A technique hit the array light curtain, and layers of light curtain rose, forming invisible shields to cover everything inside.

After roughly half a stick of incense.

The surrounding ice hummed and, like a flock of birds returning to their nest, surged into Fu Molan's body.

Fu Changsheng was incredibly shocked:

"Molan's spiritual root is actually a mutated ice spiritual root!"

As far as he knew.

In the cultivation realm, spiritual roots have attributes such as gold, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, dark, wind, and thunder.

Spiritual roots with four or five attributes are called pseudo spiritual roots, and their cultivation speed is slow; spiritual roots with three attributes are called true spiritual roots, and their cultivation speed is faster; earth spiritual roots have only two attributes and their cultivation speed cannot be compared with pseudo and true spiritual roots. Above earth spiritual roots are celestial spiritual roots with only one attribute, the cultivation speed is several times faster than ordinary spiritual roots. It is said there is no bottleneck during core formation.

Besides.

There are also spiritual roots mixed with two or three Five Elements attributes that mutated and sublimated, with attributes such as thunder, ice, dark, and wind, cultivating at speeds not less than celestial spiritual roots, commonly known as mutated spiritual roots.

Celestial spiritual roots are one in ten thousand, and mutated spiritual roots are even rarer. Molan is indeed one of the best, no wonder intelligence reports suggest she can break through to Nascent Soul in just two hundred years, and was brought back by Li Wentai to cultivate in the Li Family.

The Fu Family has produced an extraordinary talent!

After opening her eyes, Fu Molan was slightly stunned to learn she had a mutated ice spiritual root, yet not overly surprised, evidently having vaguely perceived her spiritual root attributes during cultivation.

Fu Changsheng took a deep breath:

"Molan, you must not let a third person know about your spiritual root matter, do you understand?"

Even the Ninth-Grade Noble Family Shangguan Family hadn't heard of genius cultivators with a mutated ice spiritual root. If Molan's talent was known, there were only two outcomes: being taken away or killed on the spot.

They, a small Qi Cultivation clan, could not withstand those powerful forces.

"Patriarch, I understand."

Fu Molan solemnly nodded slightly.

.....

At this moment.

Grandmaster Yu, hiding in the wine cellar and drinking, glanced inadvertently toward the Spirit Testing Platform, barely audible, "It seems I wasn't wrong in the Marketplace back then, indeed an ice spiritual root."

...

The spiritual root testing lasted a whole day.

With the lifting of the array light curtain, Fu Changren and others waiting outside saw Fu Changsheng and Fu Molan coming out from the Immortal Ascension Dojo and hurried forward: "Patriarch and Molan have worked hard all day."

Fu Molan shook her head and smiled:

"This Immortal Ascension Assembly detected thirty-six spiritual root cultivators, half of whom are children born after the patriarch issued the reward for large families."

Because the reward was substantial, seven years ago the Fu Family sparked a frenzy of producing progeny.

Everyone was grinning, though not knowing the spiritual root talents of these thirty-six people, they knew the number, they were counting them.

In a few years.

These thirty-six Qi Cultivation clan members could be useful, sharing miscellaneous affairs within the clan, with manpower available, the clan could thrive and develop, bearing a thriving atmosphere.

After the Immortal Ascension Assembly ended.

Fu Changsheng asked Runzhi to allocate a batch of spirit stones from the Marketplace Hundred Treasures Pavilion and requested Grandmaster Yu to prepare matters for upgrading Luofeng Mountain's Tier One Middle-Grade Spirit Vein, after finishing these chores, he began closed-door cultivation.

...

In Luofeng Mountain, inside the secret chamber.

Fu Changsheng formed seals with both hands, his True Qi circulating rapidly along the Heaven and Earth Bridge, accompanied by a minute bottle membrane-breaking sound, True Qi successfully leapt over a checkpoint, reversing and returning into the Dantian.

Compared to before.

An inspection of the Dantian showed Fu Changsheng that it was now surrounded by crimson True Qi.

His eyes suddenly opened:

"So this is Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer?"

The mana within naturally formed, more than twice as much as before the breakthrough.

If he now operated the Blood Moon Divine Staff, it would be noticeably easier, all thanks to the benefits of the breakthrough:

"Three months to successfully reach Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer."

Fu Changsheng was quite satisfied with this cultivation speed.

He discovered compared to his previous Yellow Tier Technique, switching to the "Cyan Emperor Longevity Technique," refining medicinal power and absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was clearly ten times faster.

Moreover.

The most crucial aspect was.

The refined True Qi was clearly more refined than before:

"It seems this 'Cyan Emperor Longevity Technique' tier is at least Celestial Grade Third."

Fu Changsheng was more curious about the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the technique.

He wondered what changes it would bring.

Of course.

The prerequisite was accumulating enough clan contribution points for the system's [Cultivation Technique Deduction] to operate.

After calming down the excitement from the breakthrough, he ran a Minor Circulation, expelled a mouthful of turbid Qi from his body, and murmured:

"With nine months remaining, it's time to cultivate 'Nine-Transformation of the Rising Sun's Purple Qi Divine Light."

Once the Purple Qi Divine Light reach entry level, it can increase Foundation Establishment success rate by thirty percent, he was quite looking forward to this, and was also curious about the actual power of the cultivated Purple Qi Divine Light.

In cultivation, years go by unnoticed.

In the blink of an eye.

Nine months passed.

In the secret chamber.

With Fu Changsheng sitting cross-legged in meditation, he inhaled and exhaled as the Qi of the rising sun seemed to be summoned, gathering towards the top of his head. Above him, a vortex of purple Qi formed, with the Qi of the rising sun being fully absorbed into the vortex, transforming into a peculiar energy that entered Fu Changsheng's dantian.

Looking internally at the dantian.

It was perceived within the misty dantian.

There was a strand of purple Qi as thin as a hair.

As Fu Changsheng flicked his index finger.

The purple Qi roared out of his dantian, transforming into a divine light that struck downward into the ground.

Rumble!

The ground caved in.

Sands and stones flew about.

After the purple Qi dissipated, a cavity of over thirty feet in diameter appeared on the ground.

A gleam of joy flashed in Fu Changsheng's eyes:

"After nine months of cultivation, this Purple Qi Divine Light has finally reached an initial glimpse."

Looking internally at his body.

These nine months.

Every day refining the Qi of the rising sun, his body had subtly changed, akin to a purification process:

"No wonder 'Cyan Emperor Longevity Technique' mentions that cultivating the Purple Qi Divine Light to entry level can increase the Foundation Establishment rate by thirty percent. It turns out it alters the constitution during cultivation, preparing for the final True Qi impact on the meridians."

Fu Changsheng put away his technique.

He did not choose to exit seclusion immediately.

Instead, his thoughts focused on the Sea of Divine Sense on the panel. With less than ten days left before Qingcheng Mountain opened, it was time to start exchanging intelligence, so he immediately said:

"Exchange intelligence."

Buzz!

The panel vibrated.

A large amount of yellow light surged.

Immediately, lines of text appeared:

[1: The Lei Family has been operating in Qingcheng Mountain for over a hundred years. To prevent the Noble Family Grand Competition's prize from falling into others' hands, their ancestors have already opened another entrance. Elder Lei plans to join forces with Elder Wu to enter through this entrance when the barrier opens and ambush at the location of the Three-Transformation Cyan Lotus, intending to wipe out your Fu Family entirely.]

What?

Qingcheng Mountain has another entrance!

Fu Changsheng's pupils contracted.

The Lei Family has always been known for their cunning and resourcefulness. It turns out that they never intended the spiritual objects nurtured with much effort to be taken by others.

Both Elder Lei and Elder Wu possess peak Qi Cultivation strength, and being experienced peak Qi cultivators, they represent an insurmountable force against him who has just broken through to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Moreover.

There's a Tier One Peak White Python stationed at the location of the Three-Transformation Cyan Lotus.

In essence.

The Fu Family would have to face three peak Qi cultivators simultaneously.

Entering Qingcheng Mountain this time is undeniably courting death.

Fu Changsheng's mind raced:

"Are Qingcheng Mountain's resources to be handed over just like that?!"

According to the rules.

External reinforcements are not allowed in Qingcheng Mountain.

Meaning.

He cannot seek help from the Shangguan Family.

With the Qingcheng Mountain barrier unopened, there's no way to find the other entrance in advance.

Only less than ten days remain.

Fu Changsheng quickly reviewed his family's combat strength.

Xiaoqing had already reached peak Qi Cultivation in July and awakened a bloodline technique, Blood Light Shield. He tested this technique with the Celestial Thunder Sword, discovering that the Blood Light Shield it conjures can defend against Tier Two spiritual artifact attacks, indicating Xiaoqing's adeptness in offense and defense.

And Autumn Cicada had long reached Tier One Peak, also possessing a Tier One Peak Puppet and a Tier One Peak Bee Queen—altogether capable of combating four peak Qi cultivators.

In addition.

He held Elder Zhang's Blood Moon Divine Staff, which, when offering essence blood, could summon a Tier Two Silver-winged Snow Eagle for battle.

Along with his initial glimpse of the Purple Qi Divine Light.

Armed with the Seven Treasures Umbrella, Celestial Thunder Sword, and Cloud Ring Purple Immortal Tower, all being Tier Two spiritual artifacts, his combat strength was fully on par with any peak Qi cultivation level.

Calming down.

Fu Changsheng thoroughly analyzed the above intelligence information.

According to the intelligence, the Lei and Wu Families clearly intended to gather resources in Qingcheng Mountain first, to then lure him to the location of the Three-Transformation Cyan Lotus after lowering their guard.

But what if he acted contrarily to their plan?

By first harvesting spiritual objects like Foundation Establishment Pill auxiliary herbs, even without going to the Three-Transformation Cyan Lotus site, the Lei and Wu Families wouldn't be able to resist coming out of hiding to attack them.

In this way.

He could lure Elder Lei and Wu to his ambush spot, set up arrays in advance, and use the array's assistance to eliminate them:

"It seems that after leaving seclusion, I must immediately purchase an easy-to-set-up array."

Having made up his mind.

Fu Changsheng focused his mind on the panel again and said:

"Continue exchanging intelligence."

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