C25 Dark Spirit Pearl
The spirit of darkness within the Myriad Manifestation Body had already begun to take shape!
Li Yi was secretly happy. The Wanxiang Body had finally taken its first step!
Unfortunately, most of the dark spiritual energy nearby had also been absorbed by Li Yi! This was equivalent to the total amount of spiritual energy a Core Formation Stage cultivator would have. If it was really absorbed by a Qi Cultivating Stage Body Cultivator with Dark Spirit Root, it would have exploded long ago!
I can only come back tomorrow night! Li Yi regretfully shook his head. His body flashed as he returned to the inn.
When he returned to his room, Zhao Zilong was still meditating. Li Yi smiled and landed lightly on his bed. He calmed his mind and started cultivating the [Great Five Elements of Innate Skill].
Over the next two days, Li Yi and Zhao Zilong wandered around the town during the day, collecting the elixirs needed to refine the Spirit Tempering Pill. At night, Li Yi sneaked out of the inn to absorb the dark spiritual energy.
As for the white pigeon and Bai Ling, they would leave every day to "collect herbs" for Master. Li Yi and Bai Ling knew that this was an excuse, but they didn't poke holes in it.
On the night of the third day, Li Yi's spirit body quickly took shape. He had already completed less than half of the mission.
But there was no time. Tomorrow was the auction, and after the auction, they would have to leave. If they had the chance, who knew how long it would take.
No matter what kind of spiritual energy it was, it wouldn't be produced for no reason. There must be something special about this Qingfeng Valley, it must be the source of the dark spiritual energy.
He had to find this source and perfect his spirit body!
Daoist Qingfeng, as the Valley Master, would definitely notice the change in the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth within the valley. The reason why he did not do anything these days was probably because of the auction.
Perhaps he had sent someone to spy on them, who knew?
However, Li Yi was sure that the only person who would be able to move freely after nightfall other than him would be Daoist Qingfeng.
Since no one came looking for trouble with him for the past three days, it at least meant that Daoist Qingfeng still did not know that the decrease in the dark spiritual energy was due to him, Li Yi.
If one wanted to reach a higher level, if one wanted to have greater potential, then in the future, they would have to advance from the Five Elements Body to the Wanxiang Body. This was a golden opportunity!
Even if he had to risk being discovered by Daoist Clearwind, he had to go all out!
Li Yi's gaze became firm. Carefully sensing the place with the densest dark spiritual energy, Li Yi unfurled his body and flew towards the direction where he felt it.
Not long after, Li Yi arrived in front of a mountain wall at the outskirts of the town.
"This is …"
What appeared in front of Li Yi was a strange scene. An irregular large hole appeared on the mountain wall in front of him, and the black colored dark spiritual energy was surging out from the hole.
However, this cave was very strange. It wasn't formed from the collapse of a mountain wall. It was more like two different spaces overlapping each other. There was a rippling wave inside the cave and Li Yi could even see the aquatic plants on the other side.
A lake in the outer valleys!
This big hole led to the lake in the outer valley!
It seemed like this was a blind spot in the Great Array. With Daoist Qingfeng's ability, he definitely knew. He didn't know if it was intentional or he was powerless, but all of this had nothing to do with Li Yi!
The dark spiritual energy gushed out of the cave, what Li Yi needed to do now was to enter the cave, to find the source of the dark spiritual energy at the bottom of the lake in the outer valley, and perfect his Body of Darkness!
Even though Li Yi's physical body far surpassed Qi Cultivation stage cultivators, and even ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivators didn't have his tyrannical physical body, not to mention his abnormal recovery ability, Li Yi still added a [Golden Bell Cover] and a [Gale Technique] before carefully entering the large hole.
It was really at the bottom of the lake!
With one step into the cave, Li Yi immediately felt the immense pressure and depressed feeling coming from the lake.
"Water Escape Technique!"
He lifted his hand and cast a Water Escape Technique. The water around Li Yi's body was drained and formed a spherical bubble. The pressure from the lake water disappeared, allowing him to breathe.
"Immortal cultivator's magic is indeed magical!"
Li Yi had an Avalon of Five Elements body, so he learned all sorts of Five Elements techniques very quickly. However, this was the first time he had used the [Water Escape Technique], and the effect was quite good.
After sensing it carefully, he realized that the dark spiritual energy was coming from a place not far away from him.
Li Yi's feet pushed off the ground and his body floated forward like a fish. He quickly arrived in front of his target.
"This is …" One pearl! "
Li Yi was astonished. He had imagined many beautiful and strange scenes, but he had never thought that it would be such an ordinary black and purple pearl.
How could such a small pearl produce so much dark spiritual energy?
With a trace of surprise, Li Yi stretched out his hand and held the pearl.
The moment he held the pearl in his hand, the pearl suddenly emitted a burst of bright light and disappeared. At the same time, a mini version of the purple-black pearl appeared in Li Yi's dantian and a string of information rushed into Li Yi's mind.
Dark Spirit Bead — one of the nine great spirit pearls of the world, a Xiantian level treasure formed from dark spirit energy. The other eight soul pearls were: Gold Spirit Bead, Wood Spirit Bead, Water Spirit Bead, Fire Spirit Bead, Earth Spirit Bead, Wind Spirit Bead, Thunder Spirit Bead, and Light Spirit Bead. They corresponded to gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and light.
He had picked up a treasure!
The huge surprise made Li Yi want to roar into the sky, but unfortunately, the environment was not right. Afraid of attracting unnecessary trouble, Li Yi forcefully resisted his impulse.
The Dark Spirit Bead corresponded to the origin of darkness, and when night fell, it would emit the dark spiritual energy. Due to the use of natural formations, the entire lake was covered by the formation, and only the gap in the formation could be seen.
Now that the Dark Spirit Bead had entered Li Yi's body, it was no longer affected by the external environment. As long as Li Yi was willing, he could produce the Dark Spirit Qi anytime he wanted.
After tidying up his excitement, Li Yi went back the way he came and returned to the inner valley.
He looked around and didn't find anything wrong. Li Yi quickly turned around and rushed to the inn.
Now that he had collected the Dark Spirit Bead, the dark spiritual energy would not be produced anymore. As time passed, people would definitely notice it and he had to hurry back to the inn.
On the way back to the inn, Zhao Zilong was still in a meditative state. He knew Li Yi must have something on his mind, so he didn't ask too much. Li Yi, who could tell him, would definitely not hide anything from him. It was fine as long as Li Yi didn't harm him.
He knew that Zhao Zilong had doubts, but it was inconvenient to talk about these things now. After leaving Qingfeng Valley, he would find a time to explain them to Zhao Zilong.
Lightly jumping onto the bed and doing it, Li Yi calmed his mind, and activated the Dark Spirit Bead in his body with all of his strength. The dark spiritual energy continuously formed and poured out, then was absorbed by Li Yi's dantian, Li Yi could clearly feel that his Dark Spirit Body was improving bit by bit.
The night passed and it was almost daybreak when Li Yi opened his eyes. A purplish black light flashed in his eyes.
The Spirit of Darkness was complete!
At the same time, Li Yi's cultivation had also risen by one level, reaching Qi Disciple level 7.
The Dark Spirit Bead in his body was still the same, without any discernible changes.
Li Yi knew that from today onwards, he would have another trump card. Just think about it, when he fights with others in the future, if he were to use the Dark Spirit Bead's attack with the Dark Spirit Qi, with its terrifying nature of all-pervasive Dark Spirit Qi, he would definitely not be cautious.
The dark spiritual energy and the spiritual energy within the bodies of cultivators were like fire and water. Other than the Dark Spirit Root or cultivators with a higher cultivation than Li Yi, who could withstand the power?
"..."
"Xiao Yi, what are you doing? You directly leveled up one level in one night, you're already at the 7th level of the Refinement Stage!"
When he woke up early in the morning from his meditation, Zhao Zilong was surprised to find that Li Yi had levelled up. One must know that they had trained hard in the Thousand Monster Forest and had only advanced to the 6th level of the Refinement Stage after two months of hard work. In just a few days' time, Li Yi had risen another level.
"About this, I'll tell you in detail after we leave Qingfeng Valley." It's about time, the auction is about to start. Let's go quickly, maybe we can get some good stuff, you can also improve faster! "
Li Yi patted Zhao Zilong on the shoulder, and the two walked out of the room.
They didn't see the white pigeon and Bai Ling. They didn't know where the two sisters had run off to. Li Yi and Bai Ling didn't care either. It just so happened that they didn't need to explain why they were invited to the auction!
The auction was held at the town's auction house. Li Yi and Zhao Zilong came to the auction house and showed their VIP jade slips to a servant at the 5th level of the Qi Cultivating Stage who led them to a small independent room.
"Fellow Daoists, this is your VIP room. You will be able to see the situation in the auction house through the water mirror later, and your voices can also be transmitted to the auction house through this sound transmission array. All you need to do is activate the array. Rest assured, there are soundproofing charms engraved on the walls of the VIP room. Unless the sound transmission array is activated, the sound will not be transmitted out. "
After giving a brief explanation, the waiter bowed and left.
"If we didn't have the Wind Crystal Core, we probably wouldn't even be able to enter this auction house, let alone sit here."
Zhao Zilong looked around and sighed.
Peng peng! There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
The attendant walked in and bowed. "Honored guests, Shopkeeper Wang wants me to inform the two of you that the first item to be auctioned will be the Wind Crystal Core. The results of this auction can be directly used to participate in other auctions!"
"Thank you, Shopkeeper Wang. Please take us to thank him!"
"Shopkeeper Wang sure knows how to behave. Knowing that we're short on money, he intentionally put our wind system crystal core at the first auction. This way, if we see anything we like later on, we can also participate in the auction!"
After the waiter left, Zhao Zilong said.
