Cultivation Starts from Farming-Chapter 580 - 290: Longevity Skill Achieved (Part 2)
Hongyi estimated that the Nine Nether Elder’s array proficiency had at least reached the fourth-rank upper grade, possibly even the fourth-rank peak.
"Senior, now that the near fourth-rank Soul Nourishing Wood is in hand, where should we go next?" Hongyi inquired.
"The Great Xia Country."
The Nine Nether Elder’s cold voice echoed in Hongyi’s Sea of Consciousness,
"The Tu royal family in the Great Xia Country holds a piece of fourth-rank middle-grade Soul Nourishing Wood. If I can obtain it, my Divine Soul should recover significantly."
"The Great Xia Country, huh..."
Hongyi nodded slightly, pondering silently in his heart.
As a vast and profoundly deep-rooted large country, the Great Xia Country might hold more than just the Soul Nourishing Wood needed by the Nine Nether Elder.
Perhaps I could also find Nascent Soul Formation spiritual objects crucial for my realm breakthrough there.
Thinking of this, he immediately activated his Mana, urging the Escape Light towards the Wind Country’s border with great speed.
Hongyi nodded, then steered the Escape Light, flying towards the Wind Country’s border.
The Great Xia Country is a major nation, and there’s a chance to find Nascent Soul Formation spiritual objects within it.
...
At the same time.
Inside a secret chamber in Cangyue Mountain.
Xu Ping sat cross-legged on a stone bed, silently cultivating.
The secret chamber was so quiet that only the faint sounds of his breathing and the whispering hum of Spiritual Power circulating could be heard.
It was unknown how much time had passed.
The secret chamber suddenly erupted with a blaze of light, and an incredibly majestic force spread outward from Xu Ping as the center.
The sturdy stone walls of the secret chamber trembled slightly under the impact of this force as if unable to bear the burden.
As if summoned by some mysterious and powerful call, endless Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi frantically surged towards the secret chamber from all directions.
In an instant, the entire chamber was filled with Spiritual Qi so dense it seemed almost tangible, this Qi was like a thick liquid.
Xu Ping was surrounded by multicolored light, a sign of the high condensation of Spiritual Qi.
His body had become a massive vortex, continuously absorbing the outside world’s Spiritual Qi, while the Mana within him transformed and sublimated at an astonishing speed.
At this moment, Xu Ping’s consciousness was immersed in a realm of emptiness, where he could clearly sense a more intimate connection developing between himself and the world.
The previously awkward and limited feeling when manipulating Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had vanished without a trace; now, he merely needed a thought to freely command a vast amount of it at will.
When Xu Ping slowly opened his eyes, the light emanating from them was as dazzling as the stars.
With a gentle wave of his hand, the Spiritual Qi in the secret chamber instantly seemed to be given life, gathering into a gigantic Spirit Dragon.
This Spirit Dragon spiraled and flew around the chamber, its movements graceful, occasionally letting out low and majestic dragon roars.
"The Longevity Skill... has finally reached Great Success!"
Xu Ping couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
He profoundly felt that his ability to control Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was now far superior to before.
This enhancement wasn’t just in controlling Qi; in other aspects as well, the changes brought by the Longevity Skill reaching Great Success were equally significant.
Xu Ping eagerly opened the proficiency panel: 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
[Name: Xu Ping]
[Lifespan: 161/1801 years]
[Realm: Middle Stage of Golden Core: 23/100; Profound Turtle Mountain-Suppressing Skill Fifth Layer: 52/100]
[Cultivation Technique: Longevity Skill at Great Success (Golden Core Chapter): 1/1600]
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"Lifespan increased by 100 years, realm increased by eight points."
Looking at the clearly displayed data on the attribute panel, Xu Ping’s already excited emotions soared even higher, like flames on a hot kettle.
Now, his lifespan had officially broken through to 1,800 years, making the two-thousand-year milestone no longer out of reach.
And the eight points of realm proficiency were equivalent to three years of hard cultivation.
Moreover, after the Longevity Skill reached Great Success, Xu Ping clearly felt that his cultivation speed had increased by at least forty percent compared to before.
Calculating based on the current rapid rate of cultivation improvement,
he silently estimated that, in just over twenty years, he would have a great chance to break through to the Late-Stage Golden Core level.
"Once I successfully break through, I can plan for the Water Lake Mouse’s fourth-rank transformation."
Xu Ping pondered to himself, "Once the Water Lake Mouse successfully breaks through to fourth-rank transformation, it will undoubtedly make my search for Nascent Soul Formation spiritual objects much easier."
With a fourth-rank transformed demon in addition to his steadily improving strength, dealing with ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators should not be a significant problem.
Thus, when searching for those exceedingly rare Nascent Soul Formation spiritual objects, it will naturally become much easier and more manageable.
After all, the circumstances faced by Nascent Soul Cultivators and Golden Core Cultivators when searching for Nascent Soul Formation spiritual objects are worlds apart.
...
Just at that moment, as Xu Ping was contemplating internally,
"Master, you should quickly check on those Red Flame Golden Beetles; it seems like they’re about to break free from their cocoons!"
The Water Lake Mouse’s slightly anxious voice traveled through the secret chamber’s walls into Xu Ping’s ears.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Xu Ping’s eyes immediately brightened, and a wave of joy surged in his heart.
Today surely was a day of double happiness!
First, he successfully broke through, allowing the Longevity Skill to reach the Great Success realm, and now the Red Flame Golden Beetles, which had been maturing for eleven years, were finally about to complete their evolution.
With a thought, Xu Ping’s figure shot like lightning, disappearing from where he stood. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the insect chamber specifically for nurturing spiritual insects.
As soon as he stepped into the insect chamber, a dense "crack-crack-crack" sound reached his ears; it was the noise made by the Red Flame Golden Beetles forcefully breaking free from their cocoons.
He saw the cocoons of several Red Flame Golden Beetles trembling slightly, with cracks on the cocoon shells gradually widening over time, as if some formidable force was gathering inside ready to burst forth.
