Chapter 648: Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer

Furthermore, Lin Zhangqing specifically went outside to take a look, and it felt very natural.

Under the effect of the formation, it blended into the surrounding environment extremely well; in fact, this was the function of an auxiliary illusion formation.

This Nine Palaces Mirage Formation was a combination of an entrapment formation and an illusion formation, which was different from the second-tier defensive formation from before.

If someone entered the range of the formation, there wouldn't be a formation barrier; instead, they would directly enter the interior of the Nine Palaces Mirage Formation.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Lin Zhangqing still gave the three members of the Li family the most basic entry incantations and spell formulas.

This was to prevent them from accidentally getting trapped inside the formation and needing Lin Zhangqing to personally go and rescue them!

Just like that, another three days passed, and because the new courtyard had already been built and had been aired out for a few days,

the three members of the Li family spoke with Lin Zhangqing and then very consciously moved over!

Lin Zhangqing even reminded them that they could take the dismantled second-tier defensive formation and set it up in the new courtyard, but in the end, they didn't do so! He guessed they probably didn't want to have a barrier between them and Lin Zhangqing, which was why they didn't set up the formation, but that was no longer his problem.

As the host, Lin Zhangqing allowed them to set up a formation; if they chose not to do it themselves, then he couldn't control that! Besides, it was better not to set it up; if anything happened, Lin Zhangqing would know with a sweep of his divine sense, which actually made it more convenient for him to understand the situation in the entire Cuiyun Valley!

Just like that, two months passed in the blink of an eye, and during this period, Lin Zhangqing's strength had also gained tremendous growth!

First was that the Thunder Golden Light Shield had been completely refined, and Lin Zhangqing had even tested its defensive power!

Taking a direct hit from a Geng Metal Divine Thunder, the main body of the Thunder Golden Light Shield was completely fine!

Later, he increased the attack intensity and fired three consecutive Geng Metal Divine Thunders, which only blasted the Golden Light Shield away!

After being retracted into his thunder aperture and nurtured for a period of time, it could continue to be used normally!

The second aspect was the issue of expanding his thunder apertures.

Under Lin Zhangqing's continuous persistence, it actually took two months to completely expand one aperture.

Therefore, if he wanted to finish expanding all the remaining one hundred and eight thunder apertures, it would actually take a full eighteen years!

As soon as Lin Zhangqing thought of this time, he couldn't help but get a headache, but the effect after expansion was immediate! The amount of thunder mana that could be contained within the aperture immediately increased by twofold! He could now use it to trigger his new combined thunder techniques twice! Furthermore, after the Thunder True Scripture advanced to the Purple Mansion stage, the quality of his thunder mana had also improved significantly without him realizing it.

Therefore, the power of a single combined divine thunder was now at least four times that of an ordinary divine thunder from before!

However, the problem now was that expanding the thunder apertures consumed too much time, so he couldn't help but set his sights on those thirteen Thunder Extreme Fruits.

Lin Zhangqing believed that if he really consumed the Thunder Extreme Fruits, he could definitely complete the task of expanding his thunder apertures rapidly.

But he had originally intended to use half of these Thunder Extreme Fruits for opening his thunder apertures and leave the other half for his family; he hadn't thought about wasting them here.

Therefore, in the end, Lin Zhangqing still didn't take action. So, the matter of using the Thunder Extreme Fruits was ultimately put to a stop! The third aspect was that Lin Zhangqing had always been cultivating two types of fundamental methods together, so after this period of cultivation,

three days ago, he consumed three hundred-year Vermilion Fruits at once, and then very smoothly broke through to the Foundation Establishment ninth layer! As long as he cultivated to the Foundation Establishment late-stage Great Perfection, he could attempt to break through to the formal Purple Mansion stage! However, the hundred-year Vermilion Fruits in Lin Zhangqing's hands were not many, with less than fifty left, and he still had to leave some for Ugly Ugly, so he could probably only use about forty or so.

In that case, it would probably take at least five or six years for him to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment late-stage Great Perfection! It just so happened that Lin Zhangqing needed to use this period of time to prepare some things to help him survive his tribulation!

This time, he didn't want to be like last time, where it was a narrow escape from death and he was just a hair's breadth away from truly dying under the heavenly tribulation! So this time, no matter what, Lin Zhangqing had to be fully prepared; he could not let what happened last time occur again! That was about it, and during this period, Lin Zhangqing had gotten along quite well with the three members of the Li family!

Their whole family respected Lin Zhangqing very much, but he had given prior warning, so the people of the Li family didn't dare to disturb him casually.

It was just that Li Qinchuan would send Lin Zhangqing some fresh spirit fruits every few days; of course, these were all self-produced in Cuiyun Valley.

And Li Qinchuan had also recently broken through to the Qi Refining fourth layer smoothly, which had at least a little bit of Lin Zhangqing's credit in it.

After all, in these two months, Lin Zhangqing had already helped him answer quite a few questions regarding cultivation!

Moreover, during this period, after Li Qinchuan had more contact with Lin Zhangqing and they became familiar with each other, he finally gradually revealed his true temperament.

That was, he was thick-skinned and would dare to climb up if given a pole; when he asked Lin Zhangqing for advice for the second time, he actually

proposed whether his sister could also come to ask Lin Zhangqing for advice next time.

Lin Zhangqing considered that teaching one was the same as teaching two, so in the end, he nodded and agreed!

However, the days of peaceful cultivation had passed, because as an Inner Sect Disciple, one needed to perform at least one sect mission every three months! So Lin Zhangqing prepared to go and take a look at the Sect Mission Hall; after all, he had been here for so long and hadn't been there to see it yet! Thus, early this morning, Lin Zhangqing left Cuiyun Valley and flew toward his destination; this time, the distance was slightly further.

It took Lin Zhangqing an hour and a half to arrive there; this sect mission hall was much larger than the Affairs Hall!

And it was truly very lively, with people coming and going; only when he truly stepped into the mission hall did he discover that there were even more people inside! And since this was Lin Zhangqing's first time here, he kept observing his surroundings!

He didn't know about the others, but the huge cyan jade wall in the very center of the entire hall immediately attracted his attention! This jade wall didn't just have two sides, but was a huge cylindrical octahedron, and there was a lot of information constantly scrolling on it.

And surrounding it were many fellow disciples who were constantly studying the information above.

Lin Zhangqing also leaned over and scanned it with his divine sense, discovering that the content above was precisely the missions issued by the sect.

Thus, he also hurriedly crowded over and began to study it seriously!

He discovered that there were several missions of different colors above, among which the most eye-catching were the red border missions.

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