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After storing Hugan and the two other devils into the space, Li Zhirui imdiately retracted the Spirit Boat and turned into a rainbow light, speeding off toward the southwest.
During his flight, Li Zhirui also ticulously checked every inch of his body and clothing with his Divine Sense but found no signs of any marks.
"It seems the problem lies with Hugan and the others," he thought. And that made sense; after all, Li Zhirui was a Nascent Soul cultivator, and tampering with him would have been enormously difficult.
So that could only an they had targeted Hugan and his cohort, right? Besides, the Longevity Grass had originally been in their possession.
anwhile.
"Huh? How did those three devil beasts suddenly disappear?" A Nascent Soul cultivator, who had been following Li Zhirui and his party from a distance, was caught off guard, and then hurried toward the last place he sensed them.
He flew as fast as lightning, but alas, by the ti he arrived, the vast heavens and earth were empty of any trace of cultivators, or of the Devil Race.
"Damn it!" The person cursed fiercely, but in the end, could do nothing but leave, dejected.
Only after Li Zhirui had covered thousands of miles did he shake that feeling of being spied upon. "It looks like I've shaken off that person."
As for how and when he had been tampered with, Li Zhirui couldn't quite figure it out, nor was he particularly keen to understand. Keeping his distance like this was good enough.
He randomly picked an uninhabited place and blinked into the space, imdiately seeing three big faces still imrsed in stupefaction.
"Master, you... this..." Hu Xuan was so excited he could hardly speak.
At first, he had acknowledged his master simply by following Hugan's orders and to avoid danger, but he never imagined that his new master would have such a mysterious and vast space!
The sprawling hills filled with Spiritual dicine and Spirit Plants maturing quickly, the intoxicating fragrance invading his nostrils, and the rich, pure Spiritual Energy—each aspect enthralled him beyond asure.
If he completed his tasks well and was obedient, could he possibly have the chance to break through to the fourth stage?!
At the thought, Hu Xuan's breathing grew rapid, and he couldn't contain his excitent.
Hugan and Hu Mu were just as thrilled, but they also thought further ahead, understanding that unless sothing unexpected happened, they probably wouldn't have the chance to leave for the rest of their lives. The remainder of their ti would be spent working and cultivating within this space.
Of course, Li Zhirui was not a ruthless taskmaster; he wouldn't oppress them constantly. The work was quite relaxed—it was just the freedom they had lost.
Besides, occasionally, under his or Da Qing's watchful eyes, it wasn't out of the question to let them out for so fun.
"Your tasks ahead, I'm assuming Da Qing has already inford you, so I won't repeat them," Li Zhirui paused to think before adding, "However, you need to plan the garden properly, don't just plant the sa Spiritual Objects everywhere."
He did this also to facilitate quicker access to the Spiritual dicine when it ca ti for alchemy.
"As for your treatnt, you may freely pick the ripened Spirit Fruit as long as you don't waste them, but not the Spiritual dicine—I need a lot of it for alchemy."
"Understood, Master!" The three devils quickly responded, showing no surprise at Li Zhirui being an alchemist; with such a naturally outstanding space, not practicing alchemy would truly be a waste.
"Mm!" Li Zhirui gave an affirming grunt, and his imnse Divine Sense enveloped the three devils, frightening them until they were shaking, full of fear and confusion, not understanding why he was suddenly posing as if he were about to attack.
"I found it!" Li Zhirui's right hand moved in a blur, reaching out toward the three devils and plucking a small Gu Insect that had been hidden within their robes.
After considering for a mont, he didn't kill them but left them aside as if they had another use.
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"Is this... used to track us?" Hu Mu quickly realized, and his face turned pale with fright.
"It's all right now," Li Zhirui waved his hand for them to leave, saying, "Find a place to rest for yourselves, whether it's by building a house or carving out a stone cave."
"Da Qing, during this ti, please keep a closer watch on them and see how they're doing." After all, having just subdued them, there was no trust to speak of.
"Don't worry."
Li Zhirui was very confident in Da Qing, nodded, and said nothing more, rising to go to his quiet chamber for cultivation.
No sooner had he started his Cultivation Technique than the surrounding Spiritual Energy sward towards him, eagerly wanting to enter Li Zhirui's Dantian, making the quiet chamber appear quite enchanting with its rich Spiritual Energy.
After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Mana was no longer the most important indicator of breakthrough; it was replaced by the even more crucial Spiritual Soul.
Of course, this is not to say that Mana was no longer important; if one were to describe the difference between the two, the Spiritual Soul was the direction of the pursuit of the Dao, while Mana was the ans to protect it.
Li Zhirui certainly did not want to beco like the transcendent immortals ntioned in teachings, whose cultivation in the Dao was deeper than one another, but whose Mana might not exceed that of a cultivator from a significantly lower realm.
If that were the case, wandering the world, he would probably beco a corpse before long.
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"Big brother, what do you think is our master's background? So young and already a Nascent Soul True Lord, and he also has such a vast Mysterious Space." Hu Xuan couldn't contain his excitent even now.
When they heard from Da Qing that Li Zhirui was just over two hundred years old, they were as shocked as if struck by lightning, unable to co back to their senses for a long ti.
Da Qing and Xiaoqing were of similar ages, and although their cultivation levels were not as dazzling as Li Zhirui's, they were still very impressive.
You must understand, they had been cultivating for three to four hundred years, yet the highest cultivation among them was only the Golden Core Late Stage Hugan, which demonstrated just how vast the gap was!
"Didn't Brother Da Qing say it? Our master cos from a newly established Nascent Soul family, and as for the origins of this Mysterious Space, they don't know either."
"Let's not inquire about this matter," Hugan thought to himself: This must be the master's greatest secret. It's better not to delve into it.
Hu Xuan and Hu Mu nodded together.
After a mont of silence, Hu Xuan spoke again, full of expectation, "Following the master, perhaps one day we too can break through to the fourth rank!"
"I think there's a good chance, with so many Spiritual Objects, our cultivation speed will definitely advance by leaps and bounds!"
Looking at the two excited underlings in front of him, Hugan imdiately spoke to shatter their beautiful illusions, "Breaking through to the fourth rank is not an easy feat."
"Moreover, our bloodlines are only third-grade; it will require a long ti to accumulate, or the help of so heaven and earth treasures to advance our bloodlines."
"Big brother, we know all that!" Hu Mu said with a smile: "But now we have more hope, don't we?"
"Yes!" Hugan paused and murmured, "We don't have to, as before, fight to the death over so Spirit Objects or live in constant fear, fleeing and scurrying about to preserve our lives."
Perhaps losing freedom is not such a bad thing after all.
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