Chapter 51

With a swift movement, Xu Ziyan landed beside the pond with her sword, silently checking her body. A look of pleasant surprise appeared on her face as she discovered that her realm had advanced to the fourth level of the Qi Condensation stage.

She lowered her head in thought, then turned to look at the pond beside her. She realized that the water in the pond must have been the reason for her advancement.

Squatting by the pond, she cupped a handful of the water and brought it to her nose, her face lighting up with surprise. She then lowered her head and took a sip. As soon as the spiritual spring water entered her mouth, it smoothly flowed down her throat. Immediately, a surge of warmth arose in her dantian, spreading powerfully through her meridians. After completing a full cycle, it returned to the dantian. Xu Ziyan carefully observed her body and immediately felt a slight increase in her cultivation. Although the increase in true essence was very subtle and hard to detect, it was indeed an increase.

Xu Ziyan was overjoyed. Through her knowledge of alchemy, she immediately realized how fortunate she was to have encountered a spiritual spring, something rarely found in the cultivation world. Thinking about the wonders of the spiritual spring, she excitedly checked her body again. This time, she was so happy that she almost jumped up from the ground. She finally realized that she had become a spirit body, transparent from the inside out, constantly feeling the spiritual energy of the world seeping into her body.

Xu Ziyan knew that with a spirit body, she could be said to be cultivating all the time. The spiritual energy of the world would continuously seep into her body, circulating through her meridians and eventually being stored in her dantian as her true essence.

Although the speed was not fast, it provided her with more cultivation time than others. Over time, this would certainly accumulate into a significant amount. Moreover, this was just when Xu Ziyan was not actively cultivating. If she started to cultivate, even without taking any elixirs, her progress would be much faster than others.

After checking her body, Xu Ziyan turned her attention to the spiritual spring. She knew how miraculous this spring was, as many high-level elixirs required the water from a spiritual spring as a main ingredient. With the water from the spiritual spring, Xu Ziyan could refine many elixirs that she couldn't before.

Xu Ziyan quickly took out all the bottles from her storage bag. She had already prepared many bottles for alchemy, and there were over fifty empty bottles. After some thought, she emptied the bottles containing elixirs, bringing the total to 120 bottles.

She filled all 120 bottles with the spiritual spring water and stored them in her storage bag, then stood up satisfied. She looked at the pond with reluctance, but she knew that with the scent of the spiritual spring, it wouldn't be long before a beast came to claim it as its territory. In the future, it would be impossible for her to come back to collect the water.

However, Xu Ziyan carefully remembered the location of the pond. If her cultivation reached a level where she was no longer afraid of beasts, she could return to collect the water. She wondered why there were no beasts in the pond now. Could the beast have gone out? She didn't know that the giant snake beast that originally dominated the area had been lured away by her beast-attracting talisman, joined the fight for the talisman, and ultimately lost its life.

Standing beside the pond, she took one last look at the spiritual spring and began preparing to leave. Now that Xu Ziyan was a spirit body, her cultivation was still low. This made her like the flesh of Tang僧, and if someone captured her and ate her or used her as a main ingredient to refine an elixir, it would directly boost that person's cultivation.

Therefore, Xu Ziyan absolutely could not let anyone know she was a spirit body. Additionally, the concealment talisman that hid her fourth-level Qi Condensation stage had become ineffective, so she needed to create a new one.

Xu Ziyan took out a talisman pen and talisman paper from her storage bag and laid them on a smooth, flat rock. With her improved realm, she could now create fourth-grade talismans.

Holding the talisman pen, she calmed her mind and raised her cultivation to the peak of the fourth level of the Qi Condensation stage. She carefully began to create a chaos talisman. Once this talisman was completed, it would completely hide the fact that Xu Ziyan was a spirit body, even from a peak Core Formation cultivator. Even a physical examination would not reveal her true nature.

After about fifteen minutes, Xu Ziyan put down the talisman pen and took a deep breath. She looked at the glowing chaos talisman and nodded in satisfaction. She inhaled, and the chaos talisman floated up from the rock, flying to the top of her head, then disappeared into her baihui acupoint. Xu Ziyan's body became hazy, and it was no longer possible to tell that she was a spirit body, but the spiritual energy of the world continued to seep into her body.

Xu Ziyan checked her body again and was very satisfied. She then picked up the talisman pen and began to create a concealment talisman. She had made concealment talismans many times before, and soon a top-grade fourth-grade concealment talisman was completed. Xu Ziyan incorporated the concealment talisman into her body and, after some thought, displayed her cultivation at the tenth level of the Later Heaven stage.

Xu Ziyan had already finished reading the books on the first floor of the family library and was eager to read the books on the second floor. To do this, she needed to enter the inner hall, which required reaching the first level of the Qi Condensation stage. Although displaying her cultivation at the tenth level of the Later Heaven stage would surprise some people, she could explain that she had fallen into a valley in the Cangmang Mountains, where, in a state of hunger, she had randomly eaten a fruit and mysteriously advanced. If asked about the valley, she could say she was lost and couldn't remember it. This would give her an excuse for future advancements.

After everything was settled, Xu Ziyan once again took to the air with her sword, flying out of the Cangmang Mountains. Due to the beast-attracting talisman, the beast tide had already retreated. Xu Ziyan tried to fly as high as possible, carefully releasing her spiritual sense. At the slightest hint of danger, she immediately changed course.

After half a day, Xu Ziyan stood above the Tongyou Valley, seeing no beasts or the bodies of her family's disciples, indicating they had returned to Zhongdu City.

She made a hand seal and turned to fly towards Zhongdu City. About ten miles from the city, she landed and walked the rest of the way.

At this time, Zhongdu City was not calm despite the retreat of the beast tide. A tense and dangerous atmosphere was spreading throughout the city...

New and old friends, if you feel the book is still short, you can keep it for now and check out my previous book "Phoenix Song of Song," which is linked below.

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