Chapter 206: Old Acquaintance

After Bai Qing'an left Dongxuan City and returned to the main hall of the Treasure Pavilion.

Driven by his desire for the Soul Transformation realm.

He immediately could not wait to begin seclusion.

Preparing to consume the fifth-grade Dao-Comprehension Elixir he had just obtained and attempt to break through to the Soul Transformation realm.

Although the Dao-Comprehension Elixir could only increase the success rate by ten percent.

Bai Qing'an had not gained nothing by stagnating at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm for many years.

With the foundation and insights he had accumulated himself.

Bai Qing'an had a fifty percent chance of breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, three months had gone by.

Three months later.

Bai Qing'an slowly walked out of his seclusion chamber; the aura around him had become deeper, but it had not undergone a qualitative change.

It was obvious that he had not successfully broken through to the Soul Transformation realm.

The Dao-Comprehension Elixir was merely a fifth-grade supreme elixir; its effect was ultimately one step short.

The Dao-Comprehension Elixir was a medicine that caused cultivators to fall into enlightenment, enhancing their comprehension of the mysteries of the Soul Transformation realm.

Although Bai Qing'an had consumed the Dao-Comprehension Elixir and entered seclusion, he did not force the breakthrough; instead, he focused on comprehension and could stop at any time.

This time, rather than saying he failed to break through, it was more accurate to say he voluntarily abandoned the breakthrough at the critical moment.

After all, once one forces a breakthrough, there is no turning back.

If he failed, he would inevitably suffer injuries that could not be recovered from, or even perish directly.

In the state of enlightenment, Bai Qing'an maintained absolute rationality.

After weighing the pros and cons, Bai Qing'an directly abandoned his previous breakthrough plan and exited seclusion immediately.

However, this seclusion was not without gains for Bai Qing'an.

Thinking of his gains this time, a look of regret mixed with satisfaction appeared on Bai Qing'an's face.

To break through to the Soul Transformation realm, one must comprehend the mysteries of one's own Nascent Soul.

Then, mimicking the Nascent Soul, one must gather the soul's origin within the sea of consciousness to condense the Primordial Spirit.

Then the Primordial Spirit and the Nascent Soul resonate with each other, reflecting upon oneself, finding and correcting one's flaws to undergo further transformation.

For cultivators, every step forward is a process of constantly perfecting oneself.

If Bai Qing'an could fully comprehend the mysteries of his own Nascent Soul before breaking through.

Then he could break through to the Soul Transformation realm without any obstacles, with a hundred percent success rate.

Nascent Soul peak cultivators, before breaking through the realm.

The deeper the comprehension of the Nascent Soul's mysteries, the higher the success rate of condensing the Primordial Spirit, and naturally, the higher the success rate of breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm.

Once the Primordial Spirit is successfully condensed and the cultivator's realm rises.

Comprehending the mysteries of one's own Nascent Soul afterward to perfect the deficiencies of the Primordial Spirit becomes a trivial matter.

Before this seclusion, Bai Qing'an's comprehension of the Nascent Soul's mysteries had only reached fifty percent.

After consuming the Dao-Comprehension Elixir and entering seclusion, his comprehension of the Nascent Soul's mysteries had risen to sixty percent.

If Bai Qing'an forced a breakthrough now, he would have a sixty percent success rate of breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm.

But after regaining his rationality, he did not rashly attempt the breakthrough.

Now that there was a channel to obtain Dao-Comprehension Elixirs.

Bai Qing'an naturally wanted to increase his success rate to the fullest before making a true breakthrough.

This was the reason he suppressed the thought of breaking through at the critical moment and exited seclusion directly during this seclusion.

The state of enlightenment entered after consuming the Dao-Comprehension Elixir was of immense help to his comprehension of the Nascent Soul's mysteries.

If he could obtain a few more Dao-Comprehension Elixirs, perhaps he could raise his comprehension of the Nascent Soul's mysteries to one hundred percent.

At that time, he could break through to the Soul Transformation realm naturally.

Thinking of this, Bai Qing'an felt he was not far from the Soul Transformation realm.

But as soon as he thought of his currently empty storage ring, Bai Qing'an let out a bitter smile.

After much thought, Bai Qing'an could only say helplessly, "Alright, for the time being, I must honestly collect various spirit ores for that Gui Xuanzi!"

As the Vice Hall Master of the Treasure Pavilion's main hall, he had the authority to offer clients a fifteen percent discount. The spirit stones from these discounted sales could naturally become his extra income.

As long as he collected enough spirit ores and sold them to Dongxuan City, he could obtain a considerable amount of spirit stones.

Having figured out the plan, Bai Qing'an strode outward, full of energy.

Just as Bai Qing'an was busy collecting various spirit ores for Ye Qingxuan.

Outside Dongxuan City.

A sloppy cultivator with an unstable aura and unkempt appearance, his eyes dull, looked at Dongxuan City and murmured:

"Dongxuan City, Gui Xuanzi? Could it really be you?"

"Cough, cough, cough."

After coughing violently several times, he spat out a black clot of blood.

Only then did he stagger toward the interior of Dongxuan City.

After asking around along the way, he finally arrived at the foot of Wanling Mountain.

Looking at the two Dongxuan City guards, who were cultivators, stationed in front of the teleportation array at the foot of Wanling Mountain.

He slowly walked forward and said in a low voice:

"I wish to see your City Lord."

"See our City Lord?"

The two members of the guard exchanged glances and waited a moment, but received no telepathic message from Ye Qingxuan.

So one of them shook his head: "Sorry, our City Lord does not receive guests."

Previously, anyone Ye Qingxuan wished to see would have sent them a telepathic message.

Therefore, without receiving such a message from Ye Qingxuan, the two dared not let anyone up on their own authority.

"Ahem, ahem."

Seeing he had been refused, the man coughed twice, did not give up, and continued:

"Please inform him that an old friend has arrived and request an audience with Daoist Gui Xuanzi."

Hearing this, the two guard members hesitated for a moment.

In the end, they took out a talisman for telepathic communication and decided to report it upward, letting their City Lord decide.

If it truly was an old friend of their City Lord, they could not bear the responsibility.

But if the man was deceiving them, the City Lord would deal with it.

Above Mount Wanling.

Ye Qingxuan received a telepathic message from his subordinate and immediately asked in confusion:

"An old friend? What old friend could I have in Xingluozhou?"

This body was a projection; under his deliberate design, he had made no friends at all, so naturally he had no old friends.

With a thought, Ye Qingxuan instantly saw the scene below Mount Wanling.

"A cultivator below the Nascent Soul realm? No wonder the formation did not detect him."

Any cultivator of the Golden Core realm or above entering Dongxuan City fell within Ye Qingxuan's monitoring range.

This was also the reason that whenever a Nascent Soul cultivator arrived, Ye Qingxuan could promptly send a telepathic message to the guard stationed below.

As for cultivators below the Nascent Soul realm, Ye Qingxuan did not take them seriously and naturally would not readily accept their requests for an audience.

Otherwise, simply meeting these visiting cultivators would keep Ye Qingxuan endlessly busy.

After carefully examining the visitor, Ye Qingxuan realized he did not seem to have met this person before.

"This aura is rather strange, fluctuating up and down; it seems he has suffered severe injuries."

For a moment, Ye Qingxuan could not even tell whether the visitor's realm was Purple Mansion or Golden Core.

After hesitating a moment, Ye Qingxuan still sent a telepathic message to the two guards: "Let him come up!"

Since there was nothing else to do, he might as well meet him.

If the man could not give him a satisfactory answer, Ye Qingxuan was not without temper.

Soon, the severely injured cultivator with disheveled hair passed through the teleportation array and arrived at the great hall where Ye Qingxuan was.

(End of this chapter)