"In this case, Strategist Ji only has one method left, which is to find a mortal with spiritual roots, and then train him to the peak of the first level of the Qi Condensation Stage. Then he can absorb his physical and spiritual energy at will.
To put it bluntly, it's like a pig raised in a pen. When the pig is fat and plump, it's time to cook it."
At this point, Li Yan already understood the situation of himself and his deceased senior brother. He only felt a chill on his back, and the chill spread throughout his body in an instant.
But how did that senior brother die? Since Master Ji found him again, could it be that the spiritual power cultivated by that senior brother was not enough for him to absorb
"After Master Ji had a direction, the next step was how to find someone with spiritual roots. He only had the most basic method of testing spiritual roots with silver needles.
This was because the Foundation Establishment cultivator, seeing his pitiful and pleading look, gave him the lowest and most primitive method.
However, this method requires actual contact with another person's body. Who would let a stranger try silver needles on themselves? And after the needles, there will either be no reaction or great pain.
Even if you say that you are an immortal recruiting disciples, others have to believe it.
He then put some thought into it and finally came up with the idea of the military camp. The men in the army were all strong and there were enough of them. As long as he could join the army and hold a high position, he would have a chance.
Then he can show off his martial arts skills and establish his supreme prestige. Then he can say he wants to recruit disciples. He can just choose one at will. This should be a feasible plan.
It was easy for him to join the army. With the martial arts he learned in the "Xunxian Lineage" and the magic power he used, it was incomparable to the martial arts in the mortal world.
Even if ordinary moves are performed using magic power, there is still some immortal power, which is more than enough to pretend to be a peerless martial arts master.
After joining the army, he finally found someone after several years. That person had earth spiritual roots and also had wood attribute among the three attributes. It was not his strongest attribute, but he could cultivate it quickly.
However, this time when he was practicing the introductory skills, Master Ji spent some time searching for the two very important herbs that were needed to blend the medicinal properties, but he was simply unable to get them.
The last time he was able to get one of the ingredients was just a coincidence. The key point was that he didn't have more time to look for it again. He would probably have died of the fire poison before he could find them all.
There is only one way left, and that is to use this even more imperfect medicine to force yourself to practice. As for the result, you at least know how painful the practice is.
Division Ji Jun was already in this state because he was missing one herb, let alone missing two harmonizing herbs at once.
As a result, not only is the pain of the absorption process exacerbated several times, but when it comes to reaching the first level of the Qi Condensation Stage on the forty-ninth day, it is basically a matter of life and death. That person died after failing to break through on the forty-ninth day.
When Li Yan heard this, he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.
The old man in gray seemed to see what Li Yan was thinking at a glance. He felt helpless. If Li Yan knew what it was like to cultivate immortals and knew how powerful the Five Immortal Sects were, he wouldn't have to waste his time like this.
With just a few words, the other party could easily become his disciple, but when faced with someone who knew nothing, he could only explain bit by bit, otherwise how could the other party be willing to practice, and his time was running out.
"You mean, if I'm so powerful, why didn't I save the first person with spiritual roots?"
Li Yan thought to himself.
"This is an old monster. How does he know what I am thinking?"
After all, he was just a teenager. How could he bear to see an innocent person die so easily? He nodded and replied.
"Yes, you have such magical powers, saving my brother is just a piece of cake, why did you let an innocent person die in vain?"
The gray-shirted old man sighed. As expected, for an idiot cultivator, he was constantly wasting precious time. Otherwise, he couldn't force this person to join.
“Although I am only a divine consciousness separated from my main body, if it were a million years ago, a mere thought would be enough to kill such an ant monk.
But now this divine consciousness is almost exhausted. If I use my magic power to kill him, I will disappear in a few years, let alone find my disciples. What's more, my divine consciousness is sleeping here, and it can't be awakened in a moment.
You must change your character in the future. To cultivate immortality is to go against the will of heaven. You cannot understand the dangers in it now. If you are not careful, you will die. There are no good people or bad people in the world of immortality. Only yourself or your loved ones can help you. If you abuse your so-called kindness, you will eventually die early."
After hearing this, Li Yan just nodded, but was thinking in his heart.
"When did I agree to become an immortal? If I can find a chance to leave Qingshanai, I will secretly go back and take my parents, brothers and sisters to find a place to stay. The world is so big, there must be a place for me to stay. How much better it will be to be with my family then than to be an immortal."
The old man in gray knew that it was impossible to make an ordinary teenager suddenly become decisive and fierce in a short period of time.
“After your senior brother died, Master Ji became even more anxious and searched even more frantically for someone with spiritual roots. Unexpectedly, his luck was a little too good, and he found you in just over a year.
The spiritual consciousness of mine that was wandering outside could only sense an area within a hundred miles, so it was not until you entered within a hundred miles of Qingshan Pass that day that he sensed it and came to wake me up from my sleep.
It’s just that I’m too weak now, and it will take about two months to wake me up. And you happened to come to the military camp to apply for the recruitment, and your existence was discovered by Master Ji.
You should have seen the strange book in his hand. In fact, he used his magic power to simply glue the jade slip and the illusory jade book together for easy carrying.
Ever since he got the magical jade book, he has been trying to figure out the secrets here, but his magic power is not enough to open it. The more he cannot open it, the more he feels that this book is extraordinary.
He fantasized that there might be more profound magic in it that might be able to cure the fire poison in his body, so he pondered it day and night.
My spiritual consciousness was originally wandering in the Jade Book of Illusion. Seeing that you began to practice the poison technique shortly after you became the disciple of Master Ji, I was extremely anxious.
However, in order to reduce consumption, I only gave him the ability to scan his spiritual roots and physical condition, and he had no other magical powers.
That’s why the main body of the divine consciousness has not been able to wake up yet. So every time when Military Advisor Ji is with you, that wisp of divine consciousness will disturb the surrounding spiritual energy, increase the difficulty of your cultivation, and make your progress slow, so as to delay my awakening.”
Li Yan finally understood. No wonder he felt short of breath every time Advisor Ji came to his side.
He had always thought that it was because his master's skills were too profound, and that he naturally had an oppressive aura about him, but he never imagined that someone was trying to stop him from practicing.
The old man in gray shirt no longer cared what Li Yan thought and kept talking.
“But I didn’t expect that with your mixed spiritual root constitution, even with the interference of that divine consciousness, you were able to complete the 49-day training task.
But the final result is no different from that of your senior brother before you. Without the neutralization of the two herbs that harmonize the medicinal properties, and with the medicinal power increased several times today, how can your meridians withstand it
Even though Military Advisor Ji pulled you out of the pool, he had no ability to revive you.
At this time, my spiritual consciousness had already sensed your approaching death, so I immediately infused all of his memories into the main spiritual consciousness, and forcibly detonated my body, waking me up directly from my slumber.
But the result of doing this was that although it woke me up immediately, it also damaged my spiritual body, making my already weak body even weaker.
When I woke up, I discovered that all your internal organs were damaged, your qi and blood were flowing backwards, and you were only a matter of seconds away from death.
So you could only use the last of your magic power to sort out and repair all the meridians in your body. But when the repairs were almost done, you were stimulated by the magic power of Master Ji Jun entering your body, and you became temporarily awake.
But you still wanted to sit up and continue practicing at that time, so I had to shout at you to make you faint, and then I could continue to repair your body.
Unfortunately, the magic power I have left nowadays is too weak. Although I have pulled you back from the gates of hell, the poison in your body cannot be forced out. I can only cast a spell to suppress it in the corner of your dantian.
In the future, as long as you stop practicing this magic, you won’t trigger them to explode for the time being. But if you practice that magic again, based on your current condition, you will surely die in no time.”
At this point, the figure of the gray-shirted old man began to become transparent.