Chapter 752: Departure

Chapter 752: Chapter 118: Departure

After Ning Sujin recounted all that she had seen and heard in the abyss, Li Ji’an’s face lit up with joy.

“Good! Take me down to see it. I wonder if the teleportation array can be activated.”

Ning Sujin immediately nodded, and then released chaos magical power, enveloping Li Ji’an.

In the next moment, the two moved together, squeezing through a gap in the restriction, re-entering the abyss.

The deeper they went, the more frenzied the spiritual qi became, comparable to the fierce winds of the Nine Heavens, while Li Ji’an carefully observed Ning Sujin’s chaos magical power.

Not only was it completely unaffected by the frenzied spiritual qi, but it continually replenished Ning Sujin’s magical power.

“If I practiced the Profound Yuan Chaos Scripture in my next life, this place would be an opportunity,” Li Ji’an pondered secretly.

Half an hour later, Li Ji’an smoothly arrived at the bottom of the abyss.

The first things that came into view, apart from a large teleportation array of the same scale as that in the underground abyss of Celestial Cyan Domain, was a swarm of insects that blotted out the sky.

“Tier Three Spirit Insects! Not bad, such a large swarm of spirit insects is indeed a great opportunity.” Combining this with the subjugation process Ning Sujin had already explained, Li Ji’an probed slightly and looked at Ning Sujin approvingly.

Just after speaking, a rapid buzzing sounded from ahead, the Scarlet Spirit King leading tens of thousands of Scarlet Spirit Insects, swarmed around them, forming a red light curtain that more thoroughly isolated the frenzied spiritual qi.

Li Ji’an then focused entirely on the teleportation array, the hundred-foot-large ancient transmission array, built with black jade stone foundations, had clear patterns like living creatures. Despite long lacking spiritual qi nourishment, making it appear somewhat withered and dim, it was not significantly damaged otherwise.

Sweeping his divine sense over every detail of the teleportation array inch by inch for half an hour, he nodded with satisfaction, turned and said solemnly, “The array is intact and can be activated, but activating an array of this scale would consume a substantial amount.”

He had already calculated in his mind: the spirit marrow from the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws’ relics was incredibly pure and could serve as the activation core, but relying on spirit marrow alone was insufficient; conservatively estimated, a million spirit stones would be needed as an auxiliary.

However, back then the Five Blessings Commerce Association led the way, and both the Fierce Tiger Commerce Association and Taian Commerce Association compensated him with spirit stones, totaling two million, which was indeed enough.

Upon hearing this, Ning Sujin simply nodded obediently, standing quietly to the side, not asking further, awaiting his instructions.

After thoroughly confirming the large teleportation array without any errors, Li Ji’an pondered for a moment and looked at Ning Sujin: “Since the frenzied spiritual qi here is your Golden Core opportunity, you may as well stay here to cultivate, while I return to the Commerce Association to prepare.”

Ning Sujin cultivating here would be twice as effective, and with only fifteen years until the Holy Beast Mountain’s deadline, it was certainly not to be missed.

“Husband…” Ning Sujin hesitated and finally nodded silently.

If given a choice, she would naturally prefer to be with Li Ji’an, after all, her greatest motivation for cultivation was precisely this.

But now, with the Holy Beast Mountain’s deadline approaching, and about to leave through the teleportation array, there was no room for sentimental attachments.

Li Ji’an returned to the underground palace, where Meng Tingyi was already waiting at the entrance.

But without waiting for Meng Tingyi to speak, Li Ji’an pre-emptively said, “Guard this place; do not let anyone enter the underground palace.”

“Understood.” Meng Tingyi nodded in agreement, suppressing the doubts in his heart.

Li Ji’an said no more, transforming into a light cyan stream, soaring into the sky and speeding towards the Nine Tripods Commerce Association.

Upon returning to the Nine Tripods Commerce Association’s Dao Field, Li Ji’an continued to cultivate in seclusion, hastening to gather his trump cards, primarily Tier Three advanced spirit talismans.

Fourteen years swiftly passed, and with just one year left until the final deadline for Holy Beast Mountain.

This day, the stone door of the secluded chamber suddenly opened, and a pure wave of spiritual qi diffused outward, Li Ji’an walked out slowly, his aura calm and contained, with a flash of spiritual light in his eyes.

Peering into his dantian, the golden core within appeared smooth and full, the surrounding magical power several times denser than fourteen years ago, already touching the threshold of the late-stage Golden Core.

“Just one step away from the late-stage Golden Core. At this rate, another thirty to forty years of focused cultivation should suffice to break through,” Li Ji’an secretly thought.

He then frowned slightly: “However, the spiritual qi here is no longer adequate for my cultivation needs.”

Though the Nine Tripods Commerce Association’s Dao Field is supported by Tier Three spirit vein, for him on the verge of breaking through to the late-stage Golden Core, the spiritual qi concentration was insufficient, and the cultivation speed had visibly slowed.

More importantly, the pills sent by Master Chunyuan these years have grown increasingly weak in effect; previously, taking one pill would noticeably boost magical power. Now, even three pills have slight effect.

“It seems that Golden Core cultivation ultimately cannot rely solely on pill medicine; a Tier Four spirit vein is essential.” Growing more determined to leave the Great Marsh Cultivation Realm, only a broader world can provide sufficient cultivation resources.

Afterward, he returned to the chamber, tallying the results of this seclusion.

On the stone platform were neatly arranged twenty-seven Tier Three advanced spirit talismans of various types, each one embodying fourteen years of his painstaking effort.

At that moment, footsteps sounded outside, and Master Chunyuan appeared at the door, carrying a jade bottle, his face wearing a flattering yet respectful smile: “Clan leader, you have emerged from seclusion? This is my latest crafted ‘Soul Condensing Pills,’ which will greatly benefit in stabilizing your cultivation.”

Li Ji’an took the jade bottle, scanned it with his divine sense; although the pill medicine’s spiritual qi was potent, it was still Tier Three, already barely more than sufficient for him.

He put away the pill medicine, his expression calm, yet had already made a decision in his heart: soon to leave the Great Marsh Cultivation Realm, today should be the day to completely settle the matter with this old rogue.