Chapter 930: Advice

Little Nanshan.

Aaron, in the guise of "Fang Tianze," was swinging a hoe to farm.

It must be said, after being a Spirit Farmer for so long, farming ordinary crops was a complete breeze for him; whether it was rice, wheat, or even vegetables, everything grew fast and well.

It made the farmers from all the surrounding villages praise him one after another: "The Fang family lad, he's not bad at farming!"

When he first heard this evaluation, Aaron's face was truly quite dark.

But after thinking about it, he just endured it.

He prepared to wait until these people were all in their graves before going to spit on their burial mounds.

"Why do I have the feeling of having raised a hero unit, only to use it to explore the map?"

Originally, Aaron felt a slight pity for his own True Qi and Dharma Power.

The heart of a mortal desiring to become an Immortal has always been like this.

Aaron could just wait slowly and enjoy the fruits of others' labor.

"If I switch to Gu insects, it's only at the Four Refinements level; you have to know that even the Golden Silkworm Gu is at Five Refinements!"

At this moment, Li Rubi broke through, yet he did not notice that Aaron was standing on the roof, quietly watching him show off.

"Damn, same person, different fates; this is just too miserable..."

Aaron made a rough calculation: for him to cultivate the Qi of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels to Great Success, it would take at least one hundred and fifty years.

At this thought, Li Rubi's heart pounded wildly; he almost knelt on the ground to hug Aaron's thigh, begging bitterly.

Looking at Li Rubi, the fact that he could even expel toxins to a certain extent just by circulating his own internal power made Aaron even more speechless.

Subsequently, he began to delve into the art of Gu refinement.

Since Jin Daoren could rival Mysterious Light with Gu insects, calling him a Gu Immortal was not entirely unreasonable.

He emphasized the difference between Side Sects and Heterodox Paths and the Orthodox Xuan Sect, to prevent this Li Rubi from falling into a pit, and then flicked his sleeves, disappearing amidst a sky full of golden light.

"Dry Yang True Qi is worthy of being Third Rank; it is as different from Hundred Poisons True Qi as heaven is from earth. If he were truly at the Innate Realm, even if I attacked with all my might, it would be very difficult to take this person down... even some inferior Side Sect cultivators who are Condensing Sha might be... slain by Li Rubi!"

"I suppose for outstanding disciples of the Righteous and Demonic Paths, killing enemies across a major realm is as common as a daily meal, right?"

"How desperate must the Side Sect Loose Cultivators of this world feel when facing cultivators of the Orthodox Xuan Sect?"

But how would Aaron pay him any mind?

He directly dodged with a flash, calmly recounted the old case between Bat Duke and the ancestors of the Li Family, and finished by saying: "The Demon Cultivator who slaughtered the entire Li Family previously is named 'Bat Duke'; he has already refined Mysterious Light and is among the ranks of Immortals in the mortal world... When the day comes that he remembers and realizes the Li Family still exists, you will be in great trouble... I will not take action for the Li Family."

Regarding the "Ten Thousand Gu Book," after long years of study and research... he could be said to know it by heart.

"Bat Duke is a great scourge to the Li Family; he must be eliminated... If I can lure some young heroes of the Righteous Path over, I won't have to be the tribulation for Bat Duke myself. Isn't that great?"

"Pah... this bit of trash Dharma Power, what is it worth? Might as well disperse all the cultivation and scrap it..."

Aaron, who was mistaken for a "Sword Immortal," sat down leisurely and brewed a pot of tea for himself.

And now, he was preparing to deduce a method for refining a brand-new Gu insect.

Not only did he die, but even his inheritance and the Golden Silkworm Gu all went to Aaron for nothing.

Li Rubi muttered: "Even an Innate Grandmaster in the martial arts world might not be able to do this, right? I can do this as soon as I enter the Innate Realm. This 'Hundred Yang Illustrated Record' is likely not some martial arts manual, but an Immortal technique! Who exactly was that person back then? Why give me this opportunity?"

If it were back when Aaron had just broken through to the Innate Realm, even killing him wouldn't have allowed him to do that!

"You have quite a bit of aptitude, but I am not worthy of being your Master..."

"In this way, my plan to infiltrate the Orthodox Xuan Sect has gained a little more certainty..."

Aaron rode the wind with his Qi, his large sleeves fluttering, leaping a hundred feet in mid-air with a lightness skill that would leave ordinary martial artists dumbfounded, and arrived at the Li Family.

Aaron sighed inwardly.

"Side Sects and Heterodox Paths, the path of Taoism is indeed difficult..."

"Sure enough, when I saw this person a few days ago, I calculated that he should be breaking through..."

"I should still join the Orthodox Xuan Sect."

Hundred Poisons True Qi is at most Ninth Rank; even if one refines the Five Viscera and Six Bowels Gu to thicken the foundation and raise the quality of True Qi and Dharma Power, one can only spin around in the bottom three ranks, reaching at most the Seventh Rank!

"Indeed... having a good cultivation technique in this world is quite important..."

Aaron smiled slightly and made a snide remark.

Boom!

Li Rubi only felt all the apertures in his body ringing in unison; his internal energy actually connected his Ren and Du Meridians into one, intersecting with heaven and earth, and he entered the Innate Realm!

"An introductory-level technique is already like this, not to mention the subsequent inheritance."

Now, after ten years of bitter cultivation, he had long since refined this technique to be pure and refined.

"Although I don't plan to pick up the Mingyu Art again... the Jade Bone Divine Ability within it is quite effective for concealing Bone Age, so I still can't give it up. I might as well use a Gu insect to carry it... and then, I can disguise my age."

Because he discovered that although his opponent had strong power, the quality of his internal energy was completely inferior to his own; the Dry Yang True Qi broke through the opponent's True Qi like a hot knife through butter.

Just as he was preparing to make a concerted effort to continue driving his True Qi to destroy the enemy's body, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Aaron deduced it for a while and felt it was quite feasible.

Aaron carried his hoe, returned to his home, and entered his fixed two-hour daily cultivation session.

And Dry Yang True Qi is easily Third Rank!

Li Rubi knelt down immediately, still wanting to go forward and hug Aaron's thigh.

At this moment, what he was thinking about day and night was actually Bat Duke!

This was not only a family blood feud but also a great disaster for the future!

As long as this person does not die, the Li Family will never be at peace.

That Wan Gu Zhenjun could find another path was something he quite admired.

Li Rubi looked again, but where could he find the shadow of the Immortal Master? He could only kowtow a few times to the empty air: "Many thanks to the Immortal Master for the guidance..."

"Good thief!"

Even so, how could his combat experience be anything but rich?

It was invincible when used to ambush people; even many of Bat Duke's magic bats were poisoned to death by him.

The Golden Snake Hook transformed into a golden stream of light and flew out, roaming the entire field; occasionally, it would graze a rockery, and the thousands-of-pounds Taihu stone on it would be sliced open as if it were tofu, revealing a surface as smooth as a mirror.

Before this, he had been restraining his power to spar with him in martial arts, naturally with the intention of testing him.

Once the Innate Realm was achieved, he felt an extra strand of Dry Yang True Qi within his dantian.

Inside the backyard of the Li Family residence.

Aaron watched this scene, quite speechless.

"With this kind of lifespan, if a Condensing Sha cultivator doesn't eat life-extending Spirit Pills, they would have died long ago, damn it; their bones would have even dissolved..."

Inside the farmhouse.

Aaron sighed and said, "But there are immortals in this world... You may go out and seek an immortal encounter. Your body is full of Dry Yang True Qi, and your foundation is robust. If you can enter the Orthodox Xuan Sect, you might just obtain a Changsheng Dao Fruit!"

'However... I would not be so lacking in style as to change my profession to a Grave-Robbing Commandant...'

Li Rubi stepped back a few paces, held his breath, and silently circulated his Dry Yang True Qi, feeling a furnace-like true qi travel through all the meridians of his body; the original discomfort dissipated entirely.

Not only that, this Dry Yang True Qi could also be converted into any other true qi, so no matter what cultivation method he switched to next, it would be extremely smooth and would not take the slightest bit of effort.

Especially Aaron's Hundred Poisons Sha Qi Dharma Power, which had already reached the limit for a Condensing Sha Stage cultivator; it was colorless, odorless, shadowless, and formless.

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Although Little Nanshan is average, the feng shui seems quite good, and there are quite a few graves on it.

Li Rubi's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he bowed to the ground: "I do not know why you have come to test this junior?"

"Who is it?"

"Li Rubi, it is time for you to set off."

Li Rubi was burying his head in practicing the movements from the "Hundred Yang Illustrated Record".

Aaron coughed and replied in an aged voice: "Little Li lad, you are not bad... very not bad... but do you know that you are facing a great disaster?"

A strand of true qi was like an extremely tough fishing line; it submerged into the pond water, and before long, it fished out a five or six-pound red carp.

"As for concealing cultivation?"

It could make a group of Side Door Loose Cultivators, and even ordinary Disciples of both the Orthodox and Demon sects, look on with red eyes and jealousy to the point of death.

Aaron murmured, then suddenly his figure moved, and like a large bird, he swooped down.

Back then, Jin Daoren's own cultivation was too low to control the Golden Silkworm Gu, so he conceived the idea of refining a Mysterious Female Pearl Magic Tool to tame this Gu.

If he truly tamed the Golden Silkworm Gu, he could be considered a famous expert among the Side Door, and could be called—a Gu Immortal!

Mortals are ignorant; when they see a Mysterious Light cultivator capable of physical Flight and controlling a sword across the sky, they call them a Sword Immortal!

With one eagle-claw strike, a whirlwind suddenly swept through the three-foot space around Li Rubi, and being disturbed by the claw wind, it formed a small tornado.

'What is there to loot in a mortal's grave? If I'm going to dig, I have to dig up a cultivator's or even an immortal's!'

'If I were to hold a powerful Flying Sword, or even an immortal Dharma Treasure, perhaps I could cross two or three major realms?'

Of course, in Aaron's view, the claim that the "Hundred Yang Illustrated Record" can connect with any immortal cultivation method is slightly exaggerated.

'Now, in terms of martial arts, Li Rubi has already completely surpassed his ancestors, and even surpassed me when I was at the Innate stage...'

In essence, it still utilizes the characteristic of the Dry Yang True Qi being of the Third Rank; if one were to switch to those cultivation methods with true qi lower than or equal to the Third Rank, it would naturally be invincible.

"This person's power actually carries a colorless and odorless strange poison!"

"Condensing Qi into silk..."

Li Rubi had just achieved the Innate Realm and was already able to condense Innate True Qi into tough fine threads to catch big fish.

'I did not deceive him by even half a word; everything I said was the truth!'

Li Rubi was greatly moved: "I beg the senior to guide me out of my confusion!"

This true qi was continuous as if it existed, extremely pure, and everything was as desired when driving and using it.

Having seen a real Sword Immortal today, his heart was burning with fervor, and he had already decided to set out tomorrow to seek the Taoism of immortals!

"This is... immortal Swordsmanship? Could it be that you are a Sword Immortal, senior?"

"I beg the immortal to save me!"

He was naturally intelligent and could see that this "Hundred Yang Illustrated Record" was ten or a hundred times more profound than his Li Family's ancestral martial arts...

In an instant, a trace of joy emerged in Li Rubi's heart.

'Could it be... my immortal encounter has arrived, and this Sword Immortal wants to take me as a Disciple?'

Aaron fell into deep thought and did not make a move; Li Rubi opposite him did not dare to move either.

Moreover, an Innate Expert could never be plotted against by petty characters of the jianghu, and the probability of suffering losses was very low.

"And spending these one hundred and fifty-plus years, nearly three sixty-year cycles, was just to allow me to advance to the Outer Gang stage..."

"Not good... have I... been poisoned?"

But if one wanted to connect with those Orthodox or Demon True Disciples who easily refined First or Second Rank supreme true qi, it was actually still beyond his reach.

This is the gap in the quality of true qi!

It just so happens that Bat Duke has already entered the Mysterious Light stage of the Taoism, with a lifespan of several hundred years; it is simply a deep disaster, and at any moment, it could spread to his descendants!

But after today's battle, he knew that the Ninth Rank Hundred Poisons True Qi was just trash!

He could also see that with this person's Swordsmanship, killing him was like killing a chicken.

Although he did not use his full strength just now, being a major realm higher and still being forced by the opponent to use a bit of Sha Qi meant he had already lost.

Even though he dodged quickly, a tear was ripped into his clothes, revealing the snow-white belly inside; it was almost a disaster of being disemboweled.

This Li Rubi's martial arts are such that even a Condensing Sha cultivator of the Side Door might not be able to take him down.

At this time, his progress had already reached the Triple Burner among the six internal organs!

The six internal organs do not have a specific order, so one can cultivate them as one pleases, though the progress is slightly more difficult.

Furthermore, given his foundation, if an Immortal Master of the Orthodox Xuan Sect were to see it, there is a high probability they would be moved and take him as a disciple.

In reality, Li Rubi did not know that by refining the Hundred Yang Illustrated Record, he had already laid an incomparably robust foundation, and his Dry Yang True Qi had reached the third grade!

"I do not know how deep the waters of the Immortal Cultivation World are, so let Li Rubi test the path first."

Nighttime.

He stood up, walked to the side of a pond, and flicked his finger.

This brand-new Gu Insect is named—"Change Bone Gu"!

"Using the body of a Gu Insect to carry spells and even various special effects is the essence of how Wan Gu Zhenjun refines Gu..."

It made Aaron feel an itch in his hands every time he passed by carrying a hoe.

Moreover, he had already generally explored the recipe for the "Change Bone Gu," and only needed to refine it himself and summarize his experience through failure.

Li Rubi shouted angrily, channeled his Dry Yang True Qi into his palms, and struck out fiercely.

He had long since concealed his figure, and at this moment, he only used Innate-level True Qi.

Li Rubi had just finished demonstrating his own True Qi and was feeling proud when, caught off guard, he saw a man in black swoop down; the man's Eagle Claw Skill was truly tempered through a thousand trials, with every move aimed at vital points, instantly breaking Li Rubi out in a cold sweat.

The man in black did not dodge or evade, but also channeled his power into his palms, executing a move like a mountain-toppling sea, and the two sides' True Qi collided violently.

"So the person who bestowed my opportunity back then was also a senior?"

While practicing today, he suddenly gained a flash of inspiration, and the internal energy that had already been restless in his body suddenly went berserk, rushing through his limbs and bones, the Twelve Main Meridians, and began to impact the final Ren and Du Meridians of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!

If he did not have Aaron, he would never have been able to glimpse the Hundred Yang Illustrated Record, and thus he had no such thoughts.

Alas... he encountered a character as unreasonable as Aaron.

After all, this enemy had appeared abruptly, and his poison arts were simply unfathomable; he was the most formidable person Li Rubi had ever seen in his life!

Aaron came back to his senses and flicked his finger.

He did not smell anything, yet all four of his limbs went limp, and his vision suddenly went black.

It takes about eleven or twelve years to fully cultivate one of the six internal organs.

To go to such great lengths to cover up this bit of Dharma Power would be counterproductive.

After all, the Daoism of the Orthodox Xuan Sect emphasizes purity above all else; once it becomes impure, it is detrimental to one's Dao cultivation.

(End of chapter)