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Chapter 610: Chapter 616: Excitement
A leg!
You should know that the human meridians are spread throughout the body, connecting all parts!
If the body is incomplete, or there is some abnormality, then the meridians within will also exhibit missing sections, displacements, and other very serious issues!
And with incomplete or abnormal meridians, mana cannot circulate properly, so how can one absorb spiritual energy, increase mana, and enhance cultivation? All these factors are closely related!
After all, most cultivation techniques involve the transport of spiritual energy and the circulation of the meridian cycle, all of which pass through the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve regular meridians. It’s just that the methods differ and the minor meridians they traverse are also distinct.
Of course, such situations are not without a solution.
One just needs to find special cultivation techniques to practice, or consume corresponding rare and precious treasures.
But both these types of cultivation techniques and rare treasures are extremely scarce.
Thus, very few ordinary people with physical impairments become cultivators, unless they possess exceptional talents that make major powers reluctant to give up on them, like a Heavenly Spiritual Root or some kind of top-grade spiritual body, to have the opportunity to step onto the path of cultivation.
And even though the Li family is known as a Nascent Soul family, there is still quite a distance from being a true major power. Therefore, obtaining these special techniques and precious treasures for Li Zhiyue is not a given.
"Trial-takers must forge ahead without hesitation, and the decisions you make cannot be regretted! Otherwise, a cost must be paid!"
With the rigid voice of the puppet echoing, the stone door slowly closed.
At this moment, Li Zhiyue, still alive, stood in place with a dull expression, engulfed by boundless regret, her face ashen.
Although she was still alive, the blow this experience had dealt her was immeasurably huge! It could even be said to have directly destroyed Li Zhiyue’s spirit and will!
For it extinguished her hope for a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage! It cut off her path of seeking the Dao!
It’s unclear how much time passed before a sudden torrential downpour awoke Li Zhiyue from her endless pain and regret.
"Three hundred years of cultivation, all gone downstream today, so close yet so far!"
"Hahahahaha..."
Li Zhiyue laughed maniacally as the rain poured down on her, quickly turning into a disheveled, bedraggled madwoman.
On that pale face, it was uncertain whether it was rain or tears.
Unaware of Li Zhiyue’s plight, Li Zhirui, tens of thousands of miles away, had all his attention on Xiaoqing and Daqing.
Especially the latter!
After all, Xiaoqing had hit the jackpot, obtaining two spiritual objects for bloodline evolution in one go, perhaps capable of pushing him to the Fifth-order in a single leap!
And that was completely enough. He needn’t worry about him anymore in the future.
Because once Xiaoqing broke through to the fifth-order, he would no longer hinder Li Zhirui’s advancement to Void Refinement. When the time came, if he could break through the void with Ascension, leaving the Profound Origin Realm for a higher-level world, finding spiritual objects for bloodline evolution would definitely be much easier than it is now.
Daqing, on the other hand, has shown no progress. Li Zhirui didn’t have high expectations, only hoping that he would have a fourth-order bloodline. Whether he could break through to the fifth-order would depend on whether he had as good luck as Xiaoqing.
Regardless, as long as one Spirit Beast meets the criteria, the restrictions of the Wanling Sutra won’t manifest. That is to say, as long as one of Li Zhirui’s three Spirit Beasts breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, it will not hinder his own Divine Transformation.
This time, Li Zhirui could only pin his hopes on Xiaoqing, but the next breakthrough to Void Refinement, in addition to Xiaoqing, Cang also had the potential to catch up.
Because within the same rank of bloodline, there are distinctions in quality, and if one were to categorize them, Xiaoqing’s fifth-order bloodline could only be considered lower grade, while Cang’s was of a higher grade.
Although Cang was currently only a third-order early stage, breaking through from Nascent Soul to Divine Transformation, and then to Void Refinement, was an extremely lengthy process for Li Zhirui. It wasn’t impossible for Cang to catch up.
Of course, that would definitely be unfair to Da Qing, so if possible, Li Zhirui still hoped to assist him to the greatest extent.
If that truly wasn’t feasible, then he would have to settle for the next best option.
Li Zhirui, accompanied by Da Qing, had been wandering the seas for a year or two, without encountering any Tortoise Blood Spirit Beast or any Spiritual Objects that could improve bloodlines.
In the meantime, they had taken action multiple times, acquiring several Spiritual Objects of decent rank, as well as the corpses of Water Devils, though most were only of third-order, as fourth-order Water Devils were not so easy to deal with.
Moreover, they were also trying out that wild guess of Xiaoqing’s, and since there hadn’t been much time, the results were not yet apparent.
As for Xiaoqing himself, due to the severe injuries he had suffered earlier, he was still healing in a spatial realm to this day. In about half a year’s time, he would be completely healed.
And the task he was to undertake next was to refine those two Spiritual Objects, evolving his own bloodline.
Strangely enough, despite wandering the Outer Sea for two or three years, they had not encountered a single Tortoise Blood Spirit Beast!
They had, however, come across many of the Turtle Clan, but their evolutionary path was leaning towards the Dragon Tribe, which did not align with Da Qing’s plans.
Over these years, even Da Qing’s once resolute heart began to waver; he had started to consider, if he truly couldn’t find suitable Turtle Clan bloodline, then he would simply evolve towards becoming a True Dragon.
Honestly, Li Zhirui couldn’t understand why Da Qing was so fixated on the Turtle Clan. Although Xuanwu and True Dragons were ranked on par as Divine Beasts, in actuality, the bloodline of True Dragons was, after all, slightly superior!
As the five-year deadline set by Li Zhirui approached ever closer, the balance in Da Qing’s heart began to shift as well.
Perhaps it was a case of ’extreme adversity leading to a turn of luck’; on an ordinary afternoon, they actually had the tremendous luck of encountering a third-order spirit turtle!
The reason it was considered extremely fortunate was that this spirit turtle, although only of third-order strength, possessed a fourth-order bloodline but had not yet fully matured.
And it was exactly the evolutionary direction that Da Qing was looking for, a fourth-order Qinggui!
"Jiu!" Normally composed and calm Da Qing was now so excited he was at a loss for words.
"Don’t worry, I’ll definitely catch it for you!" Li Zhirui promised.
It was just a third-order Qinggui, after all. Wasn’t capturing it as easy as pie?
Li Zhirui didn’t take action until necessary, but when he did, it was a thunderous strike. His Life-bound Magic Treasure Thousand Spirits was fully activated, its roots layered upon layers, forming a prison to trap it, while at the same time the roots spread out to entangle the Qinggui, cutting off any chance it had to escape.
Moreover, to ensure the integrity of the bloodline, Li Zhirui didn’t leave a single wound on it before killing it, swiftly collecting the corpse back into a spatial realm.
"Thank you, Jiu!" At this moment, Da Qing was so moved that his cheeks flushed.
Li Zhirui could completely understand such a reaction, for it signified that Da Qing could finally push open the gateway to the fourth-order!
From then on, his strength would increase greatly, and his lifespan would double! 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
After all, one of the benefits of cultivating the Wanling Sutra was that as long as the Cultivator’s breakthroughs went smoothly, the Spirit Beasts could break through without any bottleneck as long as their bloodline could keep up.
