Chapter 108: Preparing to Descend to the Lower Realm

The next day, after Ye Qingxuan received the nine sources of spiritual veins sent by Bai Zichun,

he went directly to the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.

Inside the Qingxuan Cave Heaven, he integrated two sources of Tier-3 spiritual veins and three sources of Tier-2 spiritual veins.

Inside the Qingxuan Blessed Land, he integrated two sources of Tier-3 spiritual veins and two sources of Tier-2 spiritual veins.

After the sources of spiritual veins merged, Ye Qingxuan manipulated the power of the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, consuming a considerable amount of spirit stones to accelerate the transformation of the sources into actual spiritual veins.

At the moment when five Tier-2 spiritual veins and four Tier-3 spiritual veins took shape,

the entire Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land shuddered, and subsequently, the rate at which the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land absorbed chaotic and void energy from the outside world began to rise rapidly.

At the same time, the efficiency of the entire Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land converting energy into primordial source instantly skyrocketed, continuously transforming world source at several times the previous efficiency and integrating it into the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.

The newly added four Tier-3 spiritual veins and five Tier-2 spiritual veins significantly increased the speed at which the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land accumulated its foundation.

Currently, the entire Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land possesses:

four Tier-3 spiritual veins, seven Tier-2 spiritual veins, and twenty Tier-1 spiritual veins.

Ye Qingxuan could sense that, given the current rate of primordial source conversion of the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land was not far from reaching the Late Stage of Tier-2.

"Roar!"

It seemed that the changes in the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land had disturbed the Azure Dragon meditating within the Blessed Land. Upon sensing Ye Qingxuan's presence in the Blessed Land,

the Azure Dragon roared excitedly and rushed to Ye Qingxuan's side, circling around him at great speed.

Immediately following were two cries of cranes. It was the ethereal immortal cranes, Xiao Kong and Xiao Ling, landing before Ye Qingxuan and gently rubbing against his body.

Upon seeing Xiao Kong and Xiao Ling, the Azure Dragon's nose immediately exhaled white mist, showing great dissatisfaction with their presence.

Although the growth potential of Xiao Kong and Xiao Ling was higher than that of the Azure Dragon, for the time being, the Azure Dragon's strength surpassed theirs.

If not for Ye Qingxuan's prohibition, it would have long ago taught the eye-sore Xiao Kong and Xiao Ling a lesson.

Sensing the Azure Dragon's minor mood, Ye Qingxuan reached out and stroked to comfort the dragon for a moment.

Feeling Ye Qingxuan's touch, the Azure Dragon's face immediately displayed an expression of enjoyment, and its lively eyes did not forget to glance proudly at Xiao Kong and Xiao Ling.

However, Xiao Kong and Xiao Ling simply ignored the Azure Dragon, continuing to rub their heads against Ye Qingxuan's body on their own.

After comforting the Azure Dragon for a while, Ye Qingxuan left the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Before leaving, Ye Qingxuan took one fragrant pig, two Eight-Treasure Chickens, and two spiritual rabbits from the Blessed Land.

Now, the Eight-Treasure Chickens, fragrant pigs, and spiritual rabbits sent by the Hong Miaomiao couple had bred quite a bit within the Blessed Land, allowing Ye Qingxuan to occasionally treat himself.

However, this time, it was to entertain Ye Qingxiao.

Ye Qingxiao had sent him a message early in the morning, saying he would come to find him this afternoon.

After exiting the Blessed Land and arriving at the Stone Pavilion, Ye Qingxuan sent a message to Ye Qingxiao and began preparing the fragrant pig, Eight-Treasure Chickens, and spiritual rabbits.

There was no other method; everything could be roasted.

Ye Qingxuan directly drew one fragrant pig, two Eight-Treasure Chickens, and two spiritual rabbits into the alchemy furnace and roasted them slowly with the Dao Fire.

When they were nearly done roasting, he added some spices and spiritual herbs to infuse the flavor.

"Qingxuan, what are you making? It smells so good?"

Before the roasting was finished, Ye Qingxiao had already arrived.

Hearing Ye Qingxiao's voice, Ye Qingxuan did not look at him but continued roasting the meat on his own.

Ye Qingxiao would not stand on ceremony with Ye Qingxuan. He walked directly into the Stone Pavilion, sat opposite Ye Qingxuan, stared at the contents in Ye Qingxuan's furnace, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Not making Ye Qingxiao wait long, a moment later,

Ye Qingxuan shifted his will, extinguished the Dao Fire, and took out the roasted one fragrant pig, two Eight-Treasure Chickens, and two spiritual rabbits from the furnace, placing them suspended in the air onto the stone table.

Looking up at Ye Qingxiao, he smiled and said:

"Stop staring and eat while it's hot!"

Having finished speaking, Ye Qingxuan himself grabbed an Eight-Treasure Chicken first and began eating in large mouthfuls.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxiao followed suit, picked up an Eight-Treasure Chicken, and indulged in a feast with delight.

One fragrant pig, two Eight-Treasure Chickens, and two spiritual rabbits were quickly finished by the two of them.

After eating, neither Ye Qingxuan nor Ye Qingxiao used spiritual power to refine the food; instead, they let their bodies digest it naturally.

For cultivators, breaking through every realm is a comprehensive transformation.

Upon reaching the Golden Core realm, a cultivator's stomach is already like a furnace, with a digestion speed that is astonishing.

Although Ye Qingxuan had not yet reached the Golden Core realm, his cultivation at the Purple Mansion realm, combined with his Tier-2 Earth Immortal Body, made his physique even superior to Ye Qingxiao's Golden Core realm body.

If it were just ordinary food, it would basically be melted into nothingness by the esophagus before even entering the stomach.

This is why most cultivators do not eat ordinary food; it is not that they pretend to be aloof, but rather that ordinary food is as good as uneaten for them.

Only these foods containing spiritual power can enter the stomach after being consumed, allowing the cultivator to feel full.

After entering the stomach, useful energy is extracted for the flesh to absorb, while useless impurities are directly melted into nothingness.

Not even dregs would remain.

After the two finished eating, Ye Qingxuan finally looked at Ye Qingxiao and asked, "Speak. What business brings you to find me?"

Ye Qingxiao knew Ye Qingxuan's quiet nature, so unless there was a matter, he would not easily disturb him at the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water; some bonds do not require frequent interaction to maintain.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan ask directly, Ye Qingxiao slumped onto the stone chair, patted his stomach, and said listlessly, "I have come to bid you farewell. I am preparing to go to the Lower Realm for tribulation."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan immediately frowned and questioned, "With your cultivation, going to the Lower Realm for tribulation? Are you preparing to offer your head to the Green Demon Clan? Stay and cultivate in the Xuantian Sect; with your current talent, breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm would be a piece of cake."

Although Ye Qingxuan had never left the Qingxuan Blessed Land, his attention on the war between the Di Xuan Realm and the Green Demon Realm had never slackened.

At the very least, Ye Qingxuan was always aware of the surface-level war situation between the Di Xuan Realm and the Green Demon Realm, so he naturally knew how cruel the battles in the Lower Realm were.

Therefore, upon hearing that Ye Qingxiao was preparing to go to the Lower Realm for tribulation, Ye Qingxuan was naturally very worried and did not want Ye Qingxiao to go. However, Ye Qingxiao stood up, patted Ye Qingxuan's shoulder, and comforted him, saying:

"Just rest assured. I am not going to the nine small lower realms that have fallen. I am only preparing to go to other small lower realms in the Di Xuan Realm that have not fallen for tribulation."

Previously, during Ye Qingxiao's time in the Foreign Battlefield, although the battles against the demonic beasts were extremely dangerous, he greatly enjoyed this thrilling sensation.

Ever since the Foreign Battlefield became a battlefield for high-level cultivators, Ye Qingxiao felt there was no place suitable for his own tempering.

Although the Di Xuan Realm is vast, as a disciple of the Xuan Tian Sect, no one dares to recklessly attack him.

He cannot go looking for trouble with others without cause; moreover, the Di Xuan Realm has countless high-level cultivators. If he accidentally offends a high-level cultivator in seclusion during his tempering, he would not even know how he died.

Only in the Lower Realm is the cultivation ceiling the Soul Transformation Realm.

Given the environment of the Lower Realm, Soul Transformation cultivators must also be extremely rare.

With his Jin Dan cultivation base, he should be considered a mid-to-high-level cultivator in the Lower Realm; this way, the risks of tempering would be much smaller.

Furthermore, many low-level Green Demon Clan members have entered the Lower Realm to cause destruction. If he can slay a few fourth-rank Green Demon Clan members, his cultivation base will surely advance by leaps and bounds again.

The last point, and the main reason Ye Qingxiao made up his mind to go to the Lower Realm.

Although his talent has already been upgraded to a six-element spiritual root, the hope of breaking through to the Void Penetration Realm remains slim, let alone realms above Void Penetration.

Since he has stepped onto the path of cultivation, he naturally wants to go to the very end and see the scenery of high-level cultivators.

And this war between the two realms is Ye Qingxiao's only opportunity; naturally, he will not let it slip away.

If his cultivation base were not so low, Ye Qingxiao would have wanted to go directly to the already fallen small lower realms for tempering.

Now, many teams composed of true disciples of the Xuan Tian Sect at the Soul Transformation Realm have achieved great gains in the Lower Realm, and Ye Qingxiao is very envious.

Although Ye Qingxiao spoke lightly, how could Ye Qingxuan not know the dangers of the Lower Realm?

Even the small lower realms that have not fallen are now one of the battle lines between the Di Xuan Realm and the Green Demon Realm.

However, seeing the determination in Ye Qingxiao's eyes, Ye Qingxuan did not persuade him further, but simply handed him a storage bag and instructed:

"Come back alive."

Ye Qingxuan had several friends, but the only brother who stepped onto the path of cultivation with him in this life was Ye Qingxiao.

Inside the storage bag were 60 mid-grade sixth-rank talismans, 20 high-grade sixth-rank talismans, and 3 supreme-grade sixth-rank talismans, which Ye Qingxuan had previously asked Ye Zhao Heng to purchase.

As for fifth-rank talismans? After he breaks through to the Jin Dan Realm, he can refine them himself, so Ye Qingxuan did not prepare any.

And what about low-grade sixth-rank talismans? After he breaks through to the Jin Dan Realm and refines fifth-rank nuclear explosion elixirs, they can serve the same purpose, so Ye Qingxuan only collected talismans of mid-grade sixth-rank and above.

These sixth-rank talismans cost Ye Qingxuan millions of high-grade spirit stones.

Originally, Ye Qingxuan intended to wait until he broke through to the Jin Dan Realm and condensed an external avatar, then use these for his external avatar's self-defense.

Now that Ye Qingxiao has resolved to go to the Lower Realm for tempering, Ye Qingxuan decided to give them to Ye Qingxiao for his self-defense first.

Setting aside the relationship between Ye Qingxiao and him, simply the Thunder Source Fruit Tree and the Thunder Source Fruits that Ye Qingxiao gave him far exceeded this price.

Ye Qingxiao looked at the storage bag handed to him by Ye Qingxuan, did not stand on ceremony, took it directly, and curiously investigated what Ye Qingxuan had given him.

After seeing the talismans inside the storage bag, Ye Qingxiao was immediately shocked and exclaimed:

"Damn, so many sixth-rank talismans?"

He knew Ye Qingxuan was wealthy, but he did not expect Ye Qingxuan to be so ridiculously extravagant.

With over eighty sixth-rank talismans, even if he went to the nine fallen small lower realms, he could walk with his head held high.

Seeing Ye Qingxiao's excited expression, as if he saw through Ye Qingxiao's thoughts, Ye Qingxuan, standing nearby, reminded him:

"Do not think about going to the nine fallen small lower realms. Talismans are still just talismans. You are currently only at the Jin Dan Realm; if a Soul Transformation cultivator wants to kill you, there are many ways."

"Moreover, even if you use talismans to block an assassination attempt by a Soul Transformation cultivator, with your Jin Dan cultivation base, how many sixth-rank talismans can you activate?"

Talismans above the fifth rank generally come with sealing and locking properties; without these two properties, sixth-rank talismans are difficult to inflict damage on high-level cultivators when held by low-level cultivators.

However, talismans equipped with sealing and locking properties require a significantly increased consumption of spiritual power to activate.

Consuming just a wisp of spiritual power can naturally activate a talisman, but the talisman's power will be somewhat weakened.

To unleash the full power of a talisman, naturally, one cannot let the already limited energy within the talisman be wasted during the activation process.

With Ye Qingxiao's mid-stage Jin Dan cultivation base, he can activate at most around ten sixth-rank talismans at full power.

Activating around ten sixth-rank talismans at full power should not be a problem for annihilating two or three early-stage Soul Transformation Green Demon Clan members.

But the problem is that in the nine fallen small lower realms, Soul Transformation cultivators are practically walking on the ground; if Ye Qingxiao goes there and exhausts his spiritual power, it will basically be a certain death.

Ye Qingxiao, who was previously very excited, calmed down upon hearing Ye Qingxuan's words. Seeing that Ye Qingxuan had seen through his inner scheming, he immediately scratched his head and said, "Rest assured, I will not go to the nine fallen small lower realms."

However, he added in his heart:

"At least not while I am at the Jin Dan Realm."

He was still not giving up on the nine fallen small lower realms, but his Jin Dan cultivation base was indeed still too low.

Seeing that Ye Qingxiao listened to his advice, Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly in relief.

At this moment, Ye Qingxiao was already impatient. Holding the storage bag containing the sixth-rank talismans, he cheerfully bid farewell to Ye Qingxuan: "Qingxuan, I'm leaving first. When I return from the Lower Realm, I'll come visit you again, hehehe!"

Having finished speaking, Ye Qingxiao rode his sword away from Shi Ting, preparing to go to the spatial channel opened by the Xuan Tian Sect to temper in the Lower Realm.

Watching Ye Qingxiao's figure as he was about to leave, Ye Qingxuan suddenly remembered something and shouted loudly: "After going to the Lower Realm, help me collect more ores. Also, bring back any Green Demon Clan corpses and cultivation sources you don't need."

Under the propagation of spiritual power, the voice quickly caught up with Ye Qingxiao.

Ye Qingxiao, high in the distance, heard Ye Qingxuan's words and waved his hand backward, saying, "Understood."

After leaving the Qingxuan Blessed Land, Ye Qingxiao flew non-stop towards the open spatial channel of the Xuan Tian Sect.

However, by the time he stepped into the spatial channel,

a beautiful figure had appeared beside him at some unknown time.

(End of this chapter)