Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 158: Creation of the Dao Body

Ji Shuchen stayed in the Immortal City for several days.

Soon after, due to concerns about family matters, he bid farewell to Li Ping.

He is the clan leader and currently the most powerful cultivator in the Ji family, so he cannot leave the family for an extended period.

Considering that the Yan family and the Ji family are now one, the two families will probably live and multiply together on Xiaomei Mountain in the future.

Li Ping was generous with his rewards to Ji Shuchen, not only giving him several bottles of pills to enhance his cultivation and encourage him to cultivate diligently, but also giving him ten second-grade low-level spirit talismans as a trump card for the family in case of danger.

Ji Shuchen was naturally extremely grateful and promised to protect the secret beneath Xiaomei Mountain and take good care of the Yan family for Li Ping.

Li Ping nodded with a smile.

As a rogue cultivator, he was not bothered by family disciples, so Li Ping would leave the spiritual land beneath Xiaomei Mountain and the astonishing number of demonic beasts in the cold pool to the Yan and Ji families.

However, the high-level spiritual materials and ancient relics that may exist within the magic array on the central island of the Cold Pool all belong to him.

After thinking for a moment, he added, "By the way, if the spiritual land on Xiaomei Mountain isn't enough for both families, don't even think about using the underground spiritual veins for now. You can rent a piece of spiritual land from the Yu family at Bifeng Lake. Out of respect for me, they shouldn't make things difficult for you."

As the younger generations of the family grew up, the number of cultivators in the Ji and Yan families also increased.

The spiritual land on Xiaomei Mountain is only about a hundred acres, which cannot supply enough for so many cultivators to cultivate, so it must be expanded outwards.

"Uncle Li, I understand!" Ji Shuchen nodded quickly.

"Alright, go ahead!"

……

Ji Shuchen left with Ji Shuwen.

Li Ping didn't provide Ji Shuwen with any resources.

It wasn't that he was stingy or unwilling to part with elixirs and talismans.

Rather, it was because, in the eyes of others, he was just an ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with second-tier low-grade talisman-making skills.

Therefore, it was not appropriate for him to take out his second-tier pills and second-tier mid-grade spirit talismans, as they would be too conspicuous.

Besides, Ji Shuwen has already become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so Li Ping doesn't think there's any need to help her anymore.

He would only invest in Ji Shuwen if he saw her potential to reach the Core Formation stage in the future and had the resources to do so.

Otherwise, he doesn't plan to make another move.

As for Ji Shuxuan, he continued to cultivate in the Immortal City.

Li Ping asked him about his thoughts, whether he would like to open a spirit wine shop. If he was interested, Li Ping would provide him with some assistance so that he could open the spirit wine shop.

However, Ji Shuxuan had not yet recovered from the shock of Master Ji's passing, and the breakthrough to the late stage of Qi Refining gave him great confidence.

Therefore, he has no plans to start a business for the time being, but instead wants to continue to work hard on his spiritual practice.

After all, running your own spirit wine shop requires managing many mundane affairs, which inevitably takes up a lot of your energy.

He is only thirty-two years old this year and has already reached the seventh level of Qi Refining. At his current rate of progress, he may be able to reach the peak of Qi Refining within ten years.

If you're lucky, you might even have a chance to build a foundation.

Li Ping respected his choice.

……

More than 100,000 miles away in the Jixia Academy of the State of Qi.

A moon-white flying boat emerged from Donghua Mountain, and three figures sat cross-legged on it.

They are Dai Sangyu, Xu Guike, and Ayun.

Six years ago, Dai Sangyu accepted Xu Guike as his disciple, following his master's instructions.

Afterwards, she led the two across several countries to Jixia Immortal City, known as the holy land of cultivation in the Western Wilderness, with the aim of refining their natal magic weapon there.

Over the course of six years, she taught Ayun and Xu Guike cultivation while searching for a master craftsman to forge magical artifacts.

It was quite successful. First of all, the magic weapon was successfully crafted.

Secondly, under her guidance, Xu Guike and Ayun successfully embarked on the path of cultivation.

Although Xu Guike only possesses five spiritual roots, he has the "Heaven-Slaying Sword Body," which gives him a special boost when cultivating the "Heaven-Slaying Sword Dao," allowing him to cultivate at a speed comparable to those with two spiritual roots.

After six years, he has cultivated to the peak of the third level of Qi Refining, and is not far from breaking through to the middle level of Qi Refining.

However, for Dai Sangyu, the most surprising thing about this trip was an unexpected gain.

"Senior Qi, you're awake." Thinking of this, her gaze fell on the black ring on her left hand, and she asked in her mind.

An aged, sinister old woman's voice rang directly in her mind: "What, you've gathered all the necessary materials after waking me?"

"No, not at all." After a moment of contemplation, Dai Sangyu replied, "It's just that I still have some doubts about what you've said, senior. After all, a cultivator's physique is something they are born with, and I've never heard of it being able to be changed later in life."

"Hehe... I knew you little brat wouldn't believe me." The piercing, sinister voice echoed again in Dai Sangyu's mind: "Wait until you've gathered all the materials before waking me up. Then you'll know the truth. I don't have much of my nascent soul left; I need to save it for reincarnation. Don't call me unless it's absolutely necessary."

As soon as the voice faded, Dai Sangyu asked again, but received no response.

A thoughtful look appeared in Dai Sangyu's eyes.

She found this black ring at a street stall when she was in Jixia.

At that moment, she recognized that the black ring was no ordinary object.

After decisively buying it for research, just as she expected, the black ring was indeed extraordinary, containing the dormant nascent soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The Nascent Soul cultivator named Madam Qi immediately separated his Nascent Soul from the black ring upon waking up, attempting to possess her body.

At that moment, faced with the overwhelming power of the Nascent Soul cultivator, Dai Sangyu's mind went blank, thinking that his cultivation career was about to end.

To her surprise, Madam Qi's attempt to possess her body with her nascent soul had no effect whatsoever and failed.

Later, she learned it from Madam Qi.

It turns out that she possesses a special physique called the "Heaven-Mending Body," which prevents her from being possessed.

What's even more distressing is that Madam Qi was severely injured in a battle years ago, forcing her to self-destruct her physical body, leaving only her nascent soul to escape. She hid in a black ring made of soul-nourishing wood and slept for hundreds of years before recovering a portion of her soul power.

As a result, during the failed possession, this part of her soul power was exhausted, and she no longer had the ability to possess another body. She could only return to the Soul Nourishing Wood to sleep and accumulate soul power for reincarnation.

In order to prevent Dai Sangyu from destroying the Soul-Nourishing Wood Ring and to protect her reincarnation.

Madam Qi told her a shocking secret.

That is her "Heaven-Mending Body," which, with the aid of a secret technique, can be advanced into the renowned "Creation Body"!

The Body of Mending Heaven is a purely altruistic constitution, which is of little use to a cultivator's own cultivation.

However, the Creation Dao Body is a special physique that helps cultivators in their own cultivation, no less than the "Heaven-Slaying Sword Body" possessed by Xu Guike.

Xu Guike possesses the aptitude of five spiritual roots, but with the enhancement of the Heaven-Slaying Sword Body, he can rival cultivators with two spiritual roots.

Of course, this is because his special physique and cultivation methods are very compatible.

What about her?

Having already possessed a unique spiritual root, once one acquires the Creation Dao Body, even if not as exaggerated as Xu Guike, one can still surpass the Heavenly Spiritual Root!

With such talent, even reaching the Nascent Soul stage is highly probable.

So, tempted by the idea, Dai Sangyu did not destroy the Soul-Nourishing Wood Ring, but instead made a deal with Madam Qi.

Both sides made oaths.

Madam Qi will tell her all about the secret technique and the materials needed to transform her body. In return, she will find a treasure to restore Madam Qi's soul power after the transformation and protect her in her next life.

While Dai Sangyu was deep in thought, Xu Guike walked to her side and respectfully asked, "Master, where are we going now? Are we going to Huifenglan Immortal City?"

Dai Sangyu shook her head: "No, we're going to Liang Kingdom!"

The special spiritual materials needed for transforming one's Dao body can only be found on the Great Grassland, and she went to Liang Kingdom to find these materials.

……

As Li Ping devoted himself to arduous cultivation, four years passed by in the blink of an eye.

During these four years, apart from occasionally transforming into Li Jingyu to buy the spiritual herbs needed for the second-tier beast-feeding pills, he almost never went out.

However, thanks to his collaboration with the Meng family to sell spirit talismans, and his work refining pills for Huang Yan, a descendant of the powerful Core Formation cultivator, his storage bag continued to bulge.

Unfortunately, even items like the venom sac of a third-tier poisonous dragon are very precious to Huang Yan.

Apart from the first time he refined pills, he used fire-attribute spiritual materials or paid for the pill refining fees directly with spirit stones for the next three times.

Thinking of playing the long game, Li Ping reluctantly agreed to his payment method.

However, after several encounters with Huang Yan, Li Ping noticed that Huang Yan was becoming increasingly impatient.

Of course, this impatience wasn't directed at him.

Li Ping could sense that his dissatisfaction and impatience seemed to be directed at the officials of the Immortal City, and at Dai Sangyu, who had traveled far away after reaching the Core Formation stage.

In the past, Li Ping might have been tempted to intervene.

But now, Dai Sangyu has already achieved the Golden Core stage.

A Core Formation cultivator is not someone he can ambush.

Before he himself reached the Core Formation stage, he planned to remain a nobody, quietly and diligently developing his skills.

If you lack the strength to cause trouble, you're simply courting death.

……

Four years later, Bai Lin finally reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

To be precise, she broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining two years ago. Li Ping examined her and believed that she could break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining within the next two years.

At this point, Li Ping should also consider the promise he made to her, which was to give her a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

In fact, he had been keeping an eye on news about Foundation Establishment Pills all these years, but as a strategic resource, each Foundation Establishment Pill was controlled by major forces, and he had no chance to get his hands on it.

If all else fails, Li Ping plans to go directly to Jixia to buy two second-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual items similar to 'Jade Heart Liquid'.

Anyway, he has a "dual cultivation method" that can quickly repair damage to his original essence.

Anyway, he has a "dual cultivation method" that can quickly repair damage to his original essence.

Even without the Foundation Establishment Pill, Bai Lin would not encounter any danger in her attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, this is a last resort. The best solution is, of course, to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill and then simultaneously consume two Foundation Establishment spiritual items to attempt to establish one's foundation.

Just as Li Ping was troubled, the Foundation Establishment Pill was delivered to his door in a strange way.