Chapter 50 The First Close Encounter with the Blade Beast

Those who frequently cultivate immortality know that spirit gathering arrays are mainly divided into two categories.

Gathering spirits and releasing spirits.

What Wang Jixuan needs now is the Spirit Release Array to release and purify the spiritual energy inside the spirit stones, allowing Qi cultivators to absorb this spiritual energy to strengthen themselves or restore their magical power.

He first took out three bone-piercing nails, disassembled them section by section, carefully erased the engraved restrictions inside, and replaced them with array patterns.

Before long, a series of intermittent black circles appeared in front of Wang Jixuan. He took out three rhombus-shaped ‘crystal cores’ from his pocket, enveloped them with his aura, and made them float above the circles before gently pressing them down.

Accompanied by a barely audible “click” sound.

The array patterns on the sixteen fragments of the Blade Beast’s exoskeleton lit up simultaneously, and wisps of spiritual energy were released from the array patterns, transforming into a misty, colorless aura.

Available!

Wang Jixuan clenched his fist tightly, almost letting out a long howl.

It’s a pity I have to hold back.

This is my own dormitory. Since it’s not working hours, it’s still quite lively outside, with pedestrians passing by from time to time.

Wang Jixuan immediately focused his mind and circulated his internal energy, causing strands of colorless spiritual energy to rapidly converge in his palm.

Finally, he briefly rediscovered the joy and pleasure he had experienced in his previous life’s cultivation!

He directly absorbed 92% to 93% of the spiritual energy here, inevitably causing some damage to the formation and some dissipation of air.

He dared not enter a meditative state; at this moment, he was simply focused on absorbing spiritual energy to enhance his cultivation, trying to clear his mind of all thoughts.

He was rapidly approaching the area where the aura was full.

Although he was rebuilding and had many insights, his physical body was not very strong, and he had not started cultivating from a young age. During the Foundation Establishment stage, he had to find a way to solidify and strengthen his own foundation.

The Black Fire Gang incident has temporarily come to an end.

However, the problems stemming from the Blackfire Gang are more troublesome and uncontrollable, including the Psionic City, the war zone command front, and so on.

Wang Jixuan was anxiously absorbing the spiritual energy within the crystal core, while also considering the possibility of ‘making a quick getaway’.

If Captain Zhou can’t hold out, then he’ll have no choice but to leave the fortress and try to survive in the gap between human technological civilization and the Blade Beasts.

‘It would be best if I could continue my peaceful practice for a while longer.’

Gradually, Wang Jixuan felt a swelling sensation throughout his body.

His heart leaped with joy, and his five senses were fully awakened.

He could clearly feel a faint spiritual light appearing in his Purple Mansion and a simple vortex of energy appearing in his Dantian.

Full of vitality!

A flash of inspiration!

The first small step in my spiritual practice has finally been taken!

He’s finally… no, he should still be showing signs of being an E-level psionicist…

The Qi Refining Realm emphasizes Qi cultivation, using spiritual energy to transform into magical power to nourish the physical body, and using the essence of the physical body to cultivate the soul, thereby enabling one to enter the Gathering Spirit Realm.

The sign of perfect Qi cultivation is a sea of ​​Qi as vast as clouds.

The sign of entering the Gathering Spirit Realm is the emergence of the first wisp of spiritual consciousness.

Master Wang is still a little short.

After he enters the Gathering Spirit Realm, there will be a relatively long period of cultivation. Cultivators need to refine their Qi and temper their bodies, gather their spirit and forge their souls, and gradually undergo a transformation. Once they return to their innate state and their Dao body is initially free of impurities, they can step into the Return to Truth Realm.

The path to returning to one’s true nature requires immersing oneself in the Daoist essence, interacting with heaven and earth, and consolidating one’s own divine spirit.

The four stages of Qi cultivation, spirit gathering, returning to truth, and returning to emptiness are achieved, which completes the foundation building and allows one to begin preparing to condense the golden elixir.

‘My Dao foundation in my previous life was perfect, but not solid enough.’

Wang Jixuan read it aloud.

If circumstances allowed, he actually wanted to spend a few more years building his foundation.

Unfortunately, the cultivation environment in this world is extremely poor, and he cannot find a safe cave dwelling.

About three hours passed in this manner.

Wang Jixuan felt the amount of spiritual energy he could absorb rapidly decreasing. Just as he was about to open his eyes, one of the three crystal cores made a pinging sound, and cracks appeared on its surface.

It shattered completely?

As expected of the lowest-tier Blade Beast’s crystal core, the other two still retained a trace of spiritual power…

The infusion device inside the Fortress Psionic House is equivalent to the smallest instrument component, allowing only one person to enter at a time, and can only use the crystal core of the lowest-tier Blade Beast.

Um?

Wang Jixuan opened his eyes a crack, staring intently at the shattered crystal core, his expression extremely serious.

A wisp of light black mist was being drawn from the crystal core and rapidly gathering.

Within the black mist, there seemed to be a pair of faint, almost imperceptible eyes.

Remnant Soul of a Blade Beast?

Wang Jixuan dared not be careless. This was his first time using the Blade Beast Crystal Core. He had already learned that the process of creating a psionic user by infusing the Blade Beast Crystal Core had an extremely high mortality rate…

“hiss–“

A sound like a lizard flicking its tongue suddenly rang out from the black mist!

Wang Jixuan pursed his lips and narrowed his eyes, revealing gold and black patterns on his forehead.

He sensed an unknown threat and was ready to use his magic to protect himself at any time!

suddenly!

A phantom figure darted out from the black mist!

This phantom was only two fingers long, but it had a complete whisker and tail, and it was now drilling towards Wang Jixuan’s forehead at an extremely fast speed!

“Hey!”

Wang Ji’s eloquent tongue thundered like spring thunder!

He clasped his hands together abruptly, his eyes flashing with golden light, and his palms containing two clusters of energy, narrowly managing to strike the illusory figure.

A sharp scream pierced Wang Jixuan’s heart!

The thing that was being held down by Wang Jixuan’s palms was struggling violently!

Wang Jixuan was unable to pull it away from him for a moment, so he opened his eyes and stared at it intently.

What kind of monster is this!

This thing’s head has none of the facial features of any living creature known to Wang Jixuan, including humans, beasts, and birds. It only has a huge mouth with rings of sharp teeth inside and a long tongue protruding outwards in the center!

Its mouthparts are connected to a thick neck. Its body is similar to that of a tiger but is covered with an outer armor. It has six claws with finger blades on them, and there are sharp ‘knife limbs’ structures behind its six knee joints. There is also a sharp blade that bulges outward on its back.

At this moment, the remnant soul of the Blade Beast struggled and constantly took on various forms.

When it curls up, the’sharp blades’ on its back and limbs turn it into a ‘tire’ riddled with sharp blades!

In fact, the name Blade Beast comes from this form of the most numerous basic battle Blade Beast.

Wang Jixuan held two balls of qi in his palms, suppressing it so that it dared not move forward even an inch.

Fortunately, it was just a low-level remnant soul!

The remnant soul of the Blade Beast was struggling less and less, so Wang Jixuan didn’t dare to be careless. He slowly pulled it away from his face, mentally recalling all the talismans and spells he could use at the moment, and then suddenly pushed it forward.

The remnant soul of the Blade Beast was pushed three feet away, hovering in the air and roaring as it charged toward Wang Jixuan!

The casting time is only three seconds!

Wang Jixuan’s hands moved rapidly, almost leaving afterimages, completing nine hand seals and pointing his sword forward!

“Lin Bing Dou Zhe Jie Zhen Lie Qian Xing!”

Buzz!

A faint ripple appeared from Wang Jixuan’s fingertips, and the remnant soul of the flying blade beast was hit by the ripple, its body quickly turning into ashes.

It’s not over yet.

The ashes flickered, and within them appeared a very pale vertical pupil, its light shimmering as it stared at Wang Jixuan.

What the heck?

Did the old demon among the Blade Beasts leave behind a restriction or something else?

Wang Jixuan stared at the other party, his Dao heart not allowing him to show the slightest fear towards such a demon, and the vertical pupil conveyed a clear emotion.

Uh, if Wang Jixuan understood correctly, this emotion should be…

【Disdain】

In just a moment, the vertical pupil disappeared.

Wang Jixuan held his breath, watching the spiritual energy dissipate, and then looked down at the two crystal cores that still had a little spiritual energy left.

A gentle breeze blew, and a chill ran down his spine.

this……

He frowned and concentrated, picking up a crystal core and sensing it carefully.

The spiritual energy within the crystal core is almost gone.

He secretly rejoiced that, for the sake of caution, he had used an array to extract the spiritual energy from the place instead of directly absorbing it in his hands.

If he were to absorb it directly, he would most likely be taken advantage of by the barely perceptible remnant soul of the Blade Beast within, and even if he could protect his soul, he might still suffer severe damage.

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Good heavens, is accelerating cultivation in this world this dangerous?

but……

Rough language used in spiritual practice.

He was just looked down upon by the owner of that big-eyed beast, which was a high-level bladed beast.

Good, good, very good.

Three hundred years east of the river, three hundred years west of the river, never underestimate an old Taoist!

If you use a spirit-gathering array to extract spiritual power, and leave a small amount of spiritual power in the crystal core each time, then you don’t need to worry about the remnant soul of the blade beast invading.

Then, Wang Jixuan suddenly thought of something.

The crystal core that Zheng Shiduo always carried contained some faint spiritual energy.

In other words, there might be remnants of the Blade Beast’s soul inside?

He frowned in thought, the phantom image of the remnant soul of the Blade Beast constantly appearing in his mind, and decided to find an opportunity to remind Ling Tong later.

If even the lowest-ranking bladed beasts are this terrifying, then the higher-ranking bladed beasts…

‘I’d better find a way to shamelessly spend more time training in the fortress.’

Wang Jixuan clenched his fist slightly, and the already quite obvious vortex in his dantian rotated slightly. An aura flowed rapidly through his body, and a thin layer of aura armor appeared on his fist.

The Qi Sea has condensed.

He is nearing the completion of the Qi Refining Realm!

The next step is to continuously cultivate, nourish the soul, condense the spiritual consciousness, and step into the Gathering Spirit Realm!

Wang Jixuan smiled and quickly put away the three used crystal cores, sealing them with talismans, while pondering how to obtain more crystal cores later.

These three hours of spiritual cultivation alone are equivalent to fifty days of his cultivation in the Wanlijin Gang’s greenhouse area in the lower city!

This is why spirit stones are so important!

Wang Jixuan planned to save the remaining three crystal cores for when he tried to break through to the Gathering Spirit Realm, as it would require a lot of spiritual energy to condense the first wisp of spiritual consciousness.

‘We cannot let our guard down. After all this effort, we’ve only just seen a glimmer of hope on the path to immortality.’

Wang Jixuan chuckled softly and continued to ponder ways to prevent the remnant souls of the Blade Beasts from invading.

He does have many methods at his disposal.

But even a skilled cook can’t cook without rice; every method requires the corresponding resources.

He picked up the text exchange next to him, which contained a message from Zhou Zhengde sent half an hour ago.

【01: It should be alright for now. An S-rank veteran psychic from the Psychic Capital is negotiating with my grandfather. The psychic wants to apply a law requiring all psychics to undergo regular inspections by the Psychic House, hoping to use that to get you transferred to the Psychic Capital. My grandfather refused, saying you’re not a psychic. According to his assistant, my grandfather has a button, which the psychic seems quite wary of. What should we eat tonight to celebrate?】

Wang Jixuan pondered for a moment, but still felt no sense of relief.

He was considering whether he should go to the lower city to hide first…

‘Continue to interrogate Kong Nu.’

Master Wang closed his eyes and sensed the scene within a hundred meters, which came into his mind. He could already vaguely see some figures.

Wang Jixuan raised his sword fingers together and gently guided the Soul-Capturing Talisman, which slowly unfolded, revealing a three-inch-tall remnant soul on it.

The lights were off inside. Wang Jixuan slowly approached, his cold and stern face possessing a beauty reminiscent of a judge from the underworld.

He raised his sword fingers and ignited a wisp of true fire.

Kong Nu’s remnant soul continued to wail in Wang Jixuan’s heart.

Master Wang silently cut off Kong Nu’s miserable screams, but continued to release true fire, feeling the increased endurance brought about by his improved cultivation.

He’s not a pervert; he wouldn’t feel any excitement listening to the screams of souls.

I simply wanted to make Kong suffer a bit more before he was completely annihilated.

It burned for about ten minutes.

Adhering to the principle of conserving magical power, Wang Jixuan stopped the forging process, gazed at Kong Nu’s trembling remnant soul, and said gently:

“Landlady’s eldest son, please tell me something you think I might be interested in.”

“When you stop telling your story, or when I find it less interesting, I will burn you to ashes with real fire.”

“I can give you a hint, for example, your psionic infusion technique.”

Kong Nu trembled violently, his voice shaking as he cried out, “We have…we have monitoring chips in our brains…no, I don’t have a body anymore…who…who are you?! Who are you?! What kind of technology is this?! My soul!”

Wang Jixuan smiled without saying a word, and a flame appeared at his fingertips.

…

Half an hour later.

Wang Jixuan lay on the bed, feeling his head buzzing. Even though he had prepared himself mentally, he was still shocked by those numbers.

He seemed to see piles of white bones and a sea of ​​blood.

‘He truly is a great demon of the world, having harmed hundreds of thousands of people.’

In addition, Wang Jixuan inquired in detail about the exchange between Ye Zi and Kong Nu.

To Wang Jixuan’s surprise, even on his deathbed, Kong Nu believed that Ye Zi was innocent, that she was the last vestige of kindness her mother had left him, and that she was an untainted white lotus…

Ye Zi went to Fortress No. 82 with Kong Nu’s family; they should be able to capture them later.

Wang Jixuan’s spiritual senses throbbed slightly.

Zhou Zhengde and Dr. Wei Na were jogging over.

He immediately jumped up, tore the Soul-Capturing Talisman to pieces, strode to the toilet, ignited the fragments of the talisman with real fire, let the ashes fall into the toilet water, and pressed the flush button.

Wang Jixuan opened his left hand, and the fragments of the blade beasts that formed the simple spirit-gathering array fell into his palm. He casually stuffed them into his pocket and opened the alloy door.

Zhou Zhengde’s fist missed its mark just as he was about to knock on the door, almost hitting Wang Jixuan instead.

Zhou Zhengde glanced around and said in a deep voice:

“Quick! Come with me! Ling Tong might be coming to get you! She hacked all my communication devices! I’ll take you to my grandfather!”

Wang Jixuan was taken aback.

Wei Na had already opened a long trench coat and was about to put it on Wang Jixuan.

Just as he was about to agree, his senses skipped a beat.

At the edge of her vision, Ling Tong’s tall and slender figure appeared at the end of the capillary channel.