SFS Chapter 57 Locking in the Prey
Chapter 57 Locking in the Prey
Cultivating immortality knows no days or months, yet a thousand years have passed in the mortal world.
Lu Qingyun sat cross-legged in the quiet room.
The surrounding spiritual energy, like clouds and mist, was drawn in as he circulated his cultivation technique. At this moment, his magical power was like a bewitching dark blue lamp, constantly reflecting dazzling flames.
"Is it really impossible to break through?"
Lu Qingyun opened his eyes, his heart as cold as frost.
There must be some Foundation Establishment cultivator plotting behind the "Ancient Tree Longevity Technique".
Simply refining qi is not enough to achieve this level.
As his cultivation level gets closer and closer to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Lu Qingyun felt that the will that did not belong to him within his own magical power was growing stronger and stronger.
Three years.
Since reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining perfection two years ago, his dual cultivation with Bai Yuechan has made it difficult for him to make any further progress.
Despite being only a thin veil away from the late stage of Qi Refining, Lu Qingyun found it impossible to break through.
"The problem isn't with my cultivation level, but with my cultivation technique. The aftereffects of stealing spiritual energy from my body not only prevent me from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, but also keep me at the barrier of the late Qi Refining stage..."
"The Ancient Tree Longevity Technique requires me to devour the life force of a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator in order to successfully advance."
Lu Qingyun's face was grim. This technique was not only problematic, it had practically entered the realm of demonic arts.
Even Sun Yang, the black-robed steward, who cultivated the "Azure Wood Sword Transformation Technique," only extracted sword bones for his own use; he had never heard of refining a person alive as nourishment.
"But do I have a choice? No, I don't."
"If I don't cultivate myself, am I to be like the mortals of the Great Zhao, offering my neck for slaughter?"
Approximately ten years have passed since the invasion by the Demonic Sect.
Seven of the nine border cities of the Great Zhao Kingdom fell.
Even though he was in Dade, Lu Qingyun could feel the despair emanating from his surroundings.
In the market, there were many unfamiliar faces with pale and sickly appearances.
These monks left Dazhao and went to Dade, where they were so poor that they had to sell themselves to various families as slaves.
The idea of monks becoming slaves sounds utterly absurd.
But in order to enter the spiritual veins, to continue cultivating, and to continue enjoying the superior treatment that cultivators give to mortals.
They preferred to be slaves, to become slaves.
It is worth mentioning that the Zheng family of Pingyang is also in dire straits today.
There are five people in their family at the late stage of Qi Refining, including Zheng Tianxuan who has broken through.
At this point, only Zheng Tianxuan and the third son of the Zheng family remained dead; the rest had all been wiped out by the bounty offered by Changyang Daoist.
"I am reluctant to take action against the Bai family in the later stages of Qi Refining because of Bai Yuechan's feelings. Moreover, I have no grudge against the Bai family, and killing them in vain is not my intention."
Almost instantly, Lu Qingyun made the decision to continue cultivating the "Ancient Wood Longevity Technique" in order to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.
Although he was reluctant to take action against the Bai family's late-stage Qi Refining cultivator out of consideration for their relationship.
However, the cause and effect between the Zheng family and him has not yet been fully settled.
To this day, Lu Qingyun has never forgotten everything Zheng Tianxuan plotted against him after arriving in Pingyang Market.
From Chen Daoren to his good uncle, Zheng Tianxuan was constantly trying to get the people around him to lure him away from the market so that he could be kidnapped, killed, and imprisoned like Changyang Daoren.
Lu Qingyun harbored deep resentment, but in the past, due to insufficient cultivation, he had no choice but to swallow his anger and pretend not to hear it.
But now his cultivation has reached the perfect sixth level of Qi Refining.
Having mastered several sect techniques, he finally had the leverage to compete with the Zheng family.
They now have the means to repay all the debts and consequences of the past.
"Although Zheng Tianxuan is at the late stage of Qi Refining, he is the eldest son of the Zheng family and the current heir, so I cannot take action against him."
"If he has some kind of life-saving artifact on him, then it would be a loss for us."
"On the contrary, the third son of the Zheng family is of low status. Although he is in the late stage of Qi Refining, his strength is weak and he has always been cowardly. Although he is not easy to hunt, if we plan properly, this villain will surely be captured by me."
His eyes flickered.
Lu Qingyun quickly identified his target for this promotion—the third son of the Zheng family.