Eternal Life by Daily Divination

Chapter 524 - 275: Blood-Dripping Demon Transformation, Blood and Fire Overlapping

Inside the cavern, the atmosphere grew increasingly strange, as if some peculiar feeling was stirring.

After the two of them stared at each other for a long while, a rare flicker of agitation flashed through Mo Qingxue’s usually icy eyes.

Her face flushed red as she deliberately avoided Li Chang’an’s gaze. Lowering her head slightly, she subconsciously tightened her grip on the edge of her armor.

Li Chang’an cleared his throat, breaking the strange atmosphere in the cavern.

"Elder Mo, we should head back. This is just the wilderness, not a good place for your Healing."

"Alright..."

Mo Qingxue nodded lightly and stood up, looking at Li Chang’an with a complicated expression.

She suppressed the unusual feeling in her heart, forcing herself to calm down before letting out a soft sigh.

"Li Chang’an, when will we be able to be honest with each other?"

"We can talk about that later."

Right now, Li Chang’an only wanted to reach Core Formation as soon as possible. He wasn’t willing to waste too much energy on other matters for the time being.

Mo Qingxue could see what he was thinking, so she didn’t press the issue.

"Fine. I’ll wait for you to reach Core Formation!"

Li Chang’an currently had a Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivation.

If all went according to plan, he would reach Core Formation within the next few years.

Once he successfully formed his Core, they would both be Golden Core Cultivators. Their statuses would be equal, making it easier to discuss things in greater depth.

Then, the two transformed into streaks of light and returned to Changqing Mountain.

「En route.」

Li Chang’an took out Fan Zhou’s Storage Pouch.

He erased the restriction Fan Zhou had placed on it before his death, opened the Storage Pouch, and inspected the Treasures inside.

’He really did have the Golden Scale Flower!’

With a flash of Spiritual Light in his hand, a precious flower appeared.

The flower was entirely golden and brilliantly radiant, as if cast from pure gold. Its petals were covered in patterns resembling dragon scales, which was how it had gotten the name Golden Scale.

Combining the Golden Scale Flower and the Golden Cloud Qi, these two Core Formation Spiritual Objects, would grant a twenty-five percent chance of success.

Factoring in Li Chang’an’s own base success rate, his total chance would be seventy-five percent!

If he could refine a High-quality Five Elements Golden Condensation Pill, he could add another twenty-five percent to his success rate!

’Added together, that’s a one hundred percent chance!’

A thought struck Li Chang’an. ’If everything went according to his plan, his Core Formation process would be completely free of mishaps!’

The key was that he couldn’t make any mistakes when dealing with Wang Xiao.

If that step went wrong, not only would Li Chang’an fail to achieve a perfect one hundred percent success rate, but he might also end up being targeted by the Purple Mist Sect.

’My current preparations still aren’t enough to guarantee success against Wang Xiao. It would be best to get the Evil Soul to Tier Three Middle Stage and create a few more Tier Three Middle Grade Puppets.’

After years of continuous purchases, the number of Souls in his Soul Banner was already approaching one million.

It was about to meet the Artifact Spirit’s requirements.

However, the Venerable Soul Banner itself was still only a Tier Three Low Grade Treasure, making it difficult to restrain a Tier Three Middle Stage Evil Soul.

Li Chang’an secretly communicated with the Artifact Spirit and confirmed which Treasures were needed for it to advance to Tier Three Middle Grade.

「Several hours later.」

The pair returned to Changqing Mountain.

Mo Hong, who had been waiting on Changqing Mountain, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Elder Qingxue, are you alright?"

"I’m fine."

Mo Qingxue had reverted to her usual cold demeanor.

She didn’t stay on Changqing Mountain for long, leaving with Mo Hong that very day. Before she departed, she left him with a single sentence.

"Li Chang’an, I’ll wait for you to reach Core Formation."

With that, she transformed into a streak of light and vanished over the distant horizon.

「In the days that followed.」

Li Chang’an frequented various Black Markets, purchasing Souls to fill his Venerable Soul Banner.

In addition, he frequently dispatched Ye Mengxian and his other Golden Core Puppets. They would infiltrate the Treasure Vaults of various Golden Core Influences to procure the Treasures the Venerable Soul Banner needed to consume for its advancement to Tier Three Middle Grade, as well as the materials he required to build more Tier Three Middle Grade Puppets.

Because he needed so many Treasures, he had to avoid attracting attention. He dispatched his Golden Core Puppets to secretly hunt down several Golden Core Cultivators from the Western Domain.

He used the Treasures from their Storage Pouches that were of no use to him to replenish the Treasure Vaults of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and the other Golden Core Influences he had pilfered from.

As a result, the number of Treasures in their vaults didn’t decrease by much.

After all this maneuvering, he had obtained nearly all the Treasures he needed.

However, he was still missing one Demonic Treasure called Blood Demon Gold.

The Treasure Vaults of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and other Righteous Influences didn’t have it.

Li Chang’an made some inquiries and learned that the Yin Soul Sect’s Treasure Vault contained such a Treasure, but only a Golden Core Demon was qualified to trade for it.

Left with no other choice, he had to use his He Qianshan Puppet to secretly contact the Yin Soul Sect and express his desire to purchase the Blood Demon Gold.

The one who met with him was Pang Xuan, the Vice Sect Leader of the Yin Soul Sect.

"Heh heh heh... He Qianshan. To think that you, the great disciple of Huang He Master, a supposedly noble figure of the Righteous Dao, would secretly contact a demon like me."

He let out a few more strange laughs, his voice as hoarse as a crow’s caw, sending a chill down one’s spine.

Li Chang’an’s expression remained unchanged as he sat across from him.

"Pang Xuan, I want to buy some Blood Demon Gold. Name your price."

"That can be arranged."

Pang Xuan stared at him intently and named a price.

"Ten thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones!"

"Done."

Li Chang’an didn’t care about the price; he just wanted to get his hands on the Treasure as quickly as possible.

But Pang Xuan informed him, "The Blood Demon Gold in the Yin Soul Sect’s Treasure Vault has already been used by our Sect Leader for refining a Magical Treasure. Give me half a month. I’ll need to hurry back to the Nether Soul Sect and retrieve a portion for you from their Treasure Vault."

"Half a month? Fine!"

Li Chang’an agreed without hesitation.

Soon, the two signed a contract, agreeing to meet at a secret location in half a month’s time.

「During that half-month period.」

Li Chang’an continued to use his many false identities to acquire Souls from various channels, finally gathering the one million he needed!

Furthermore, using the materials he had already acquired, he successfully created three Tier Three Middle Grade Puppets.

Time flew by, and before he knew it, the day of the trade for the Blood Demon Gold had arrived.