Chapter 130: Foundation Establishment Great Demon and Initial Formation of the Spirit Body

The Black Water Crocodile's massive body slowly crawled out of the cave.

It raised its head to gaze at the thunder clouds above, then looked toward Qin Ming's direction, its eyes filled with an unprecedented resolve.

Boom-rumble! After the thunder clouds had brewed for a long time, the first bolt of purple tribulation lightning crashed down.

The next moment.

Only to see electric sparks flicker across the Black Water Crocodile's scaled back, followed by purple arcs of electricity leaping around its entire body.

This was its bloodline talent awakening after advancing to the second rank.

"It's actually a rare lightning attribute talent!" Qin Ming exclaimed in surprise, then felt a surge of joy in his heart.

The purple tribulation lightning vanished in an instant, striking fiercely upon the Black Water Crocodile, yet it was absorbed by the electric arcs on its body, barely withstanding this blow.

Next came the second bolt of purple tribulation lightning, even more fierce than the first.

Boom! Crack! This time, the Black Water Crocodile directly used its tough flesh and scale armor for defense, forcibly enduring this bolt of tribulation lightning.

One could tell it was not faring well either, as it still let out a painful low roar.

The third tribulation lightning... the fourth... the fifth... and so on.

Watching from the side, Qin Ming was also deeply alarmed.

Fortunately, the Black Water Crocodile possessed tough protective armor and thick, rough skin; otherwise, under such continuous bombardment of tribulation lightning, most demonic beasts would likely not survive.

The ninth bolt of tribulation lightning brewed in the sky, then crashed down with a roar.

Boom-crack-crack! The power of this tribulation lightning was clearly the greatest among all the thunderbolts; even the color of the tribulation lightning had turned purple-gold, radiating a terrifying heavenly might!

Seeing this, Qin Ming couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for the Black Water Crocodile.

The golden tribulation lightning suddenly struck down toward the Black Water Crocodile! Just then.

Only to see the electric sparks on the Black Water Crocodile's scaled back connect into a single sheet; then it lifted its huge head, opened its blood-filled maw, and a blinding cluster of purple lightning gathered within its mouth! Boom! The Black Water Crocodile activated its innate bloodline talent, spewing forth a thick bolt of lightning to meet the golden tribulation lightning.

Boom-rumble! Crackles and pops!

Immediately above Wangyue Island, the two forces of lightning collided, erupting into a dazzling sphere of light.

Countless tiny arcs of electricity swept across the sky above Wangyue Island.

The demonic beasts within a ten-li radius of Wangyue Lake were frightened into trembling by such momentum, all gazing up at the colliding thunder in the sky with eyes full of terror.

The spirit farmers of the Wu family below the island also displayed expressions of extreme shock.

Wu Jiang had previously only heard about this from the elders of his clan, never witnessing it personally; this was his first time seeing a demonic beast undergo a lightning tribulation.

He hadn't expected the spectacle to be so magnificent!

A few breaths later.

The Black Water Crocodile endured the ninth bolt of tribulation lightning, and the tribulation clouds in the sky dispersed.

The Black Water Crocodile successfully passed the Lei Jie, officially breaking through to become a second-rank Foundation Establishment great demon.

The aura emanating from its body became incredibly fierce, and its form reached a colossal size of over ten zhang.

Qin Ming also sighed with emotion; truly, a earth-grade bloodline talent lived up to its name, possessing such formidable strength immediately upon breaking through! From now on, with such a Foundation Establishment great demon guarding Wangyue Island, Qin Ming instantly felt much more at ease.

After completing its breakthrough, the Black Water Crocodile also revealed an extremely exhilarated expression; its figure shifted and shrank by a circle, then it shook its head and wagged its tail as it came before Qin Ming, constantly showing off.

"Good, good! You have not let down my hard work in cultivating you." Qin Ming reached out and patted its large head.

Afterwards.

Qin Ming tossed it a Nether Spirit Pill, letting it stabilize its realm.

Having done these things.

Qin Ming then approached the Longevity Vine and, looking at the nest of frost bees, discovered that the six-winged Yin Yi Shuangfeng queen had failed its breakthrough.

However, the aura on its body had increased significantly.

It still lacked an opportunity to break through into a second-rank great demon.

This was quite normal; after all, the Yin Yi Shuangfeng's bloodline talent was far inferior to that of the Black Water Crocodile, having started as a non-graded bee and relying on this Longevity Vine to step by step reach its current state.

To have achieved such a great change was already a rare and valuable feat.

After pondering for a while, Qin Ming estimated that feeding it more Nether Spirit Pills would be of no use.

They could only wait for the future to see if any other opportunities for breakthrough would arise.

Afterwards.

Qin Ming then took out from his storage bag those four blood pearls formed from Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Two were from mid-stage Foundation Establishment, and two from early-stage Foundation Establishment.

The moment he took them out.

His innate spirit plant, the Longevity Vine, showed a reaction; as if a shark had smelled blood, it became extremely excited.

Qin Ming smiled gently and threw all the blood pearls in his hand toward the Longevity Vine.

Countless black vines danced up, coiling around the blood pearls, and began frantically absorbing the qi, blood, and essence souls contained within.

Rustle-rustle~ Purple runes swam around the Longevity Vine, releasing a vital life aura that endlessly regenerated.

This attracted the Black Water Crocodile, which had just broken through to a Foundation Establishment great demon, to sneakily crawl back to Qin Ming's side again.

Only to see that after absorbing the four blood pearls, the Longevity Vine began to continue growing, and dozens of skull-shaped flower buds bloomed upon its vines.

Immediately, three glittering golden entries flashed before Qin Ming's eyes:

【Name】: Longevity Vine 【Entry】: Slight Lifespan x5 (Maturity 1%)

【Name】: Longevity Vine 【Entry】: Space-Time Leaf x5 (Maturity 1%)

【Name】: Longevity Vine 【Entry】: Potent Purification x5 (Maturity 1%)

【Potent Purification】: Can further purify a cultivator's magic power, making the magic power more refined and accelerating the efficiency of magic power condensing into liquid.

Gazing at the entries above, Qin Ming's eyes lit up!

It was actually an entry for purifying Foundation Establishment magic power and accelerating the liquid condensation effect!

One must know that among cultivators, the purer the magic power, the greater the power unleashed when casting spells, and it also offers immense assistance for breaking through realms.

It seems the Longevity Vine understands him. Immediately after.

The Longevity Vine emitted an even richer essence of wood and vegetation, as the power of years flowed continuously into Qin Ming's body.

Qin Ming hastily circulated the "Ancient Wood Longevity Art" and began cultivating the Ancient Wood Yu Changqing Body according to the technique.

The green rune on his forehead flew out, transforming into a green illusory figure that appeared behind him.

As the art circulated, the illusory figure formed by the Supreme Wood Dharma Body underwent changes once again.

Gradually, it transformed from Qin Ming's appearance into the form of the Longevity Vine, while the color of the illusory figure shifted from green to silver.

A silver, miniature version of the Longevity Vine replaced the Supreme Wood Dharma Body, appearing behind Qin Ming.

The spiritual body Qin Ming was cultivating also advanced from the Supreme Wood Dharma Body to the Ancient Wood Yu Changqing Body.

In an instant.

Qin Ming's entire person seemed to transform into an ancient evergreen tree, having weathered the vicissitudes of time, standing tall and growing between heaven and earth.

The silver illusory figure of the Longevity Vine suddenly erupted with a burst of silver light, transforming into a silver rune that flew into Qin Ming's forehead.

Two hours later.

Qin Ming finally awakened from his state of cultivation.

Thus, his Ancient Wood Yu Changqing Body had been cultivated to the entry-level stage.

Currently, this silver rune was not yet truly complete, having only just taken on its initial form.

Only in the future, when the silver rune is fully outlined.

Will mark the day Qin Ming's Ancient Wood Yu Changqing Body reaches great completion.

Nowadays, the Ancient Wood Yu Changqing Body has merely been cultivated to the entry level.

In some mysterious way, Qin Ming could feel that his comprehension of wood-element spells, as well as the efficiency of converting spiritual energy into magic power, had clearly improved significantly compared to the Supreme Wood Dharma Body.

"It seems this Foundation Establishment-stage blood pearl is truly a great supplement for this Longevity Vine!" Qin Ming pinched his chin and pondered for a while.

The initial successful cultivation of the Ancient Wood Yu Changqing Body also marked that Qin Ming's future path to the Jin Dan had advanced another step.

In the days that followed.

Qin Ming still focused primarily on cultivating the "Ancient Wood Longevity Art," his pure magic power constantly liquefying and accumulating, gradually growing from a small pool of spring water into a pond.

In his spare time from cultivation, he used the 【Regenerative Spirit Seed】 attribute to revive that segment of Dragon Blood Divine Wood.

He planted it not far from his cave dwelling.

However, this spiritual plant was excessively delicate, with requirements for the spiritual vein's growing environment that were far too high; a second-rank, middle-grade spiritual vein was far from sufficient for its growth needs.

He could only barely keep it alive.

Spring departed and autumn arrived, as time revolved.

One year passed in the blink of an eye.

Qin Ming returned to his life of farming, and secondly, researched pill formulas and learned to refine new pills.

Bi Ning Pills, Huang Long Pills, Gu Yuan Pills, and others used to improve one's cultivation at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he could now refine with great proficiency.

During this period, one incident also occurred.

Which left Qin Ming extremely surprised.

That was, Mo Lingwei, the Qingxia Xianzi of Qingxia Island, had come to visit him once.

No one knew what channel she had found, but within just two years, Mo Lingwei had gathered all the spiritual materials needed to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.

She had even obtained two portions of Jade Marrow Ganoderma, a resource monopolized by major sects and powerful factions.

And they were three-hundred-year-old Spiritual Marrow Ganoderma.

One must know that Qin Ming, having racked his brains back then, had only managed to obtain one defective piece of Jade Marrow Ganoderma from Shen Yuanxiong.

It seems this woman truly possesses boundless fortune.

She had also followed Qin Ming's advice, pooling materials with several other cultivators to crowdfund the pill refinement.

Back when Qin Ming exchanged the Misty Illusion Mushroom spirit seed and the third-rank spiritual pill master inheritance with her, he had promised her one condition: that he would freely lend his hand to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill for her once.

She had come to ask him to fulfill that promise.

Since Qin Ming had agreed, naturally he would do as he said and not break his word.

So, in front of Mo Lingwei and the others, he used the spiritual materials they had pooled together to refine several batches of Foundation Establishment Pills.

For Qin Ming, refining Foundation Establishment Pills was now a walk in the park, with almost no difficulty at all.

Qin Ming did not avoid their presence, because even if they witnessed this unique pill-refining technique, they would never be able to learn it.

Thus, Mo Lingwei and the others were fortunate enough to witness Qin Ming's pill-refining skills, which were nothing short of miraculous.

Ultimately, under Qin Ming's 'deliberate' control of the fire temperature, three pills were produced, all of ordinary quality Foundation Establishment Pills.

Originally, he had planned that refining two pills would be enough, but after the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame swallowed that Asura Demon Fire from the black-robed cultivator, it had undergone tremendous changes, advancing into a second-rank, middle-grade spiritual flame.

Qin Ming had not yet familiarized himself with this new state, so his control over the fire temperature remained at its previous level.

This resulted in directly refining three Foundation Establishment Pills.

Mo Lingwei and the others were instantly overjoyed, practically bowing in gratitude to Qin Ming.

Their hearts, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

Mo Lingwei's original expectations had not been this high.

Qin Ming could be considered to have fulfilled his promise from back then, and from now on, he and Mo Lingwei owed each other nothing.

As for how to distribute these three Foundation Establishment Pills, that was their own affair.

After obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pills, Mo Lingwei and the others hastily bid farewell to Qin Ming and departed.

(End of Chapter)