Li Zhirui and Jiang Fengwu spent a tender night together, and early the next morning, Zhirui entered the ditation chamber to start his seclusion for a breakthrough.
At the sa ti, after a night of thorough discussion by Li Chengmo and others, the implentation thods for various asures were finally determined.
Above all, the most urgent matter was to completely eradicate the evil cultivators hidden in both states.
So, without taking any rest, they publicized this matter, allowing clan mbers to make their own decisions.
"Exterminate evil cultivators? Isn't that too dangerous?" A clan mber quivered in fear of getting hurt.
"Idiot! It's voluntary, and the family isn't forcing you, what are you worried about?" Evidently, the speaker looked down on him.
"I know you're strong, but is there really a need to dean your clan brothers like that?"
"Hmph! What's it to you?" Yet, knowing he was at fault, he quietly left the scene.
Many clan mbers, upon seeing the announcent, promptly took on the mission, with so forming teams and others going solo.
A clan mber nad Li Dapeng, who had just recently made a breakthrough in Foundation Establishnt and felt a significant improvent in strength, coupled with owing the clan a large amount of Contribution Value, decided to act alone to earn more Contribution Value.
A group of clan mbers were gathered and led by the family directly to both Yunping and Guangqing States.
"This training mission is quite dangerous, so everyone must proceed with caution. A mont's negligence could cost you your fortune or even your life!" The leading Elder warned gravely before disembarking.
As for how many people took it to heart and followed through, that remained unknown.
But Li Dapeng etched these words deeply in his mory. Upon entering Guangqing State, he disguised himself as a Loose Cultivator and began searching for the whereabouts of evil cultivators.
Li Dapeng was lucky; he indeed discovered several evil cultivators in succession, and they were all Qi Cultivation evil cultivators.
What he didn't know though, was that he had caught the attention of a Foundation Establishnt evil cultivator!
On his way back to the Marketplace, Li Dapeng fell into the trap set by the evil cultivator!
"Damn it!" Li Dapeng's face turned pale. The smooth sailing he had experienced lately made him lose his usual caution, resulting in his current predicant.
However, Li Dapeng wouldn't just give up; he drew a top-grade, first-tier Spirit Sword, fully focused and on guard for potential attacks.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, a faint sound of air being split ca from behind. Li Dapeng swiftly swung his Spirit Sword in hand, successfully blocking the initial probing strike.
Then, surprisingly, he charged in the direction of the incoming attack. His sword light slashed continuously forward, forcing the evil cultivator to reveal himself and stand his ground in defense, unable to dodge or move.
A flicker of excitent passed through Li Dapeng's eyes. As long as he could force the opponent out, he didn't need to worry about hidden attacks!
The cultivation level of the evil cultivator was the sa as his, both at the early stage of Foundation Establishnt, but as is well known, evil cultivators possess patchy mana and weaker strength.
Therefore, Li Dapeng didn't fear the opponent at all, directly charging forward with his sword, wanting to engage in close combat.
But suddenly, a huge fireball appeared behind him. Its intense heat alerted him to the danger, forcing him to abandon his offensive and dodge to the side.
No sooner had Li Dapeng made a move than the cornered demon cultivator prepared to launch a magical attack.
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Roar!
A sudden roar of a fierce beast resounded, and out of nowhere in the not-so-large space, a giant black bear appeared—the Black Rock Giant Bear contracted by Li Dapeng!
Although the black bear was only in the later stages of the first tier, it had extrely strong defensive capabilities, able to block attacks for Li Dapeng and allowing him to focus on offense without worry.
In the end, at the cost of serious injuries, one of the evil cultivators died, while the other fled.
Li Dapeng was not the only one to encounter such an ordeal; so were luckier and erged unscathed, while others were less fortunate and t their demise.
This trial had led to the fall of nurous clan mbers, but even more gained experience; so had firr Dao hearts, others made breakthroughs in their cultivation, and, at the very least, most gained hands-on combat experience.
However, all of this had nothing to do with Li Zhirui, who was in the midst of a closed-door ditation.
Li Zhirui was seen sitting cross-legged in the center of the Spirit Cave, with streams of rich spiritual energy erging from the underground Spirit Vein. As he breathed in and out, the spiritual energy separated into the five elents, with blue and green Spirit Light twining around him, keeping the other three types of spiritual energy at bay.
As the Wanling Sutra circulated, the spiritual energy was absorbed by Li Zhirui, cycling through his ridians again and again in complete circuits.
Ti passed, and the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly began to rush towards Li Zhirui. A massive amount of mana converged in his ridians, eventually pooling into the Golden Core within his Dantian.
However, the breakthrough that Li Zhirui anticipated did not occur, which left him sowhat helpless. He could only take out a jade bottle and pour out three Mystical Ginseng Pills: they were yellowish-brown and emitted a refreshing dicinal fragrance.
These were the top-quality Mystical Ginseng Pills that Li Zhirui had previously selected from those he had refined, saved for this very mont!
Without hesitation, he placed the Mystical Ginseng Pills into his mouth. The Spirit Pills dissolved instantly upon entry, and imdiately, an enormous amount of mana erged within his body, threatening to spiral out of control.
Li Zhirui quickly stabilized his spirit and went all out to guide this vast mana, directing it towards the Golden Core in his Dantian.
As the mana gathered, the Golden Core spun rapidly, expanding slightly after absorbing all the mana.
But in the end, he returned unsuccessful, as the Golden Core still failed to break through that invisible bottleneck.
Li Zhirui was incredibly disappointed. He even doubted whether his previous sensation was mistaken, wondering if he hadn't actually reached a breakthrough.
Suddenly, a tortoise's roar echoed in his Sea of Consciousness, instantly dispelling the veil that had obscured his vision.
At this ti, inside his Dantian, the Golden Core was slowly expanding, but due to insufficient mana, this process seed exceedingly slow!
Having experienced a breakthrough before, Li Zhirui knew exactly what was happening. He pushed down the ecstasy in his heart to calm himself and then began to swallow the third-tier Spirit Pills he had in hand.
Pop—
Ti passed indeterminably until it seed as if a shackle had been broken—a strange sound burst into Li Zhirui's mind.
Li Zhirui suddenly opened his tightly shut eyes, his long hair stirring without any wind, and his aura increased by seventy to eighty percent from before!
"I've finally broken through!" Even with his disposition, his face was filled with joy and excitent at this mont.
He then closed his eyes for inner vision towards his Dantian and discovered that the previously six-inch Golden Core had crossed the threshold and grown to seven inches!
A re inch might not seem like much, but it signified a transition from the Middle Golden Core Stage to the Golden Core Late Stage, bringing him one step closer to the Nascent Soul.
"Next, I'll solidify my cultivation level and then conceal my strength a bit before I go out and explore," murmured Li Zhirui. "I wonder how long I have been in closed-door ditation this ti."
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