On the night of the massacre, I dug up the ancestral tomb.

Chapter 106: Dragon Ginseng Soul-Strengthening Pill

"It's good that you understand! Although you have done Yang a favor, you must not take advantage of it to ask for a return. Doing so will only make him disgusted and sever this relationship. That would be worse!" Lu Bingzhi nodded with satisfaction and couldn't help but give him a few more words of advice.

"Grandson understands!" Lu Wenzheng said.

In fact, Lu Wenzheng has been working diligently all these years and has not bothered Yang Jiuli too much.

In his view, all he did back then was lead Ninth Brother out of the mountains.

This was just a favor I did for someone.

The Qi Condensation Pill that Yang Jiuli gave me in the past is enough to repay this favor.

Seeing this, Lu Bingzhi nodded with satisfaction, and then instructed Lu Wenzheng to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and to cultivate steadily in Yunmeng Lake. As long as he could learn more skills in Yunmeng Lake, it would be worth it.

For a small family with no established traditions to rise to prominence, it needs someone to make quiet sacrifices like this.

Lu Wenzheng nodded, saying that he had some concerns in his mind.

Only then did Lu Bingzhi breathe a sigh of relief.

This grandson has been clever since he was a child and is very much to his father's liking. Unfortunately, his spiritual root is a bit lacking, which makes the old man feel quite helpless.

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At this moment, in the Longhu Mountains.

Yang Jiuli rode on the black jade python as he traversed the underground.

Yang Jiuli originally planned to go directly to Longhu Town.

However, when passing through Dragon Lake Valley, where spiritual roots were once tested, the Xuan Yu Python seemed to sense something that moved it.

In this way, Yang Jiuli followed the Xuanyu Python underground.

Yang Jiuli's body was enveloped by the aura created by the "Earth Escape Technique" emanating from the Xuan Yu Python.

They moved underground as if they were in an empty place.

Beneath their location, a vast underground river flowed swiftly.

A rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth flows within it.

After disappearing for a full 180 miles from Longhu Mountain Waterfall, the Xuanyu Python began to show excited eyes.

呲呲!

The little guy's eyes shone brightly as he stared intently ahead, flicking his tongue and making cheerful noises.

It seems to have discovered some treasure.

"Have we arrived at our destination?" Upon seeing this, Yang Jiuli looked ahead, a glimmer of anticipation appearing in his eyes.

Since the Xuan Yu Python discovered the 'Frosty Qi' beneath Hanlu Island in Yunmeng Lake several years ago, Yang Jiuli has been full of confidence in the little guy's perception. However, the fact that the little guy sensed it from more than a hundred miles away this time suggests that it is not simple.

"I wonder what it is that the little guy could sense from so far away?" Yang Jiuli murmured, pondering to himself.

"Could it be...?"

Suddenly, Yang Jiuli's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.

Just then, the Xuanyu Python flashed and passed through a first-grade high-level restriction barrier.

The next moment, a man and a python appeared in a huge underground cave.

This cave is very large, with a large underground river flowing inside, and a spiritual pool with a radius of 100 meters in the center.

In front of the spirit pool, there is a jade throne.

The ground was also inlaid with luminous pearls, making it as bright as day.

"This is a cave!" Yang Jiuli thought to himself upon seeing the scene before him. He then released his divine sense to sense it and saw that the spiritual pool in the cave was filled with rich spiritual energy, and several spiritual plants were blooming in it.

Among these spiritual treasures is the Dragon Essence Fungus, which is shaped like a dragon.

There is also the Jade Dragon Lotus.

"That is, Dragon Essence Fruit..." Suddenly, Yang Jiuli's eyes flickered, locking onto the spiritual essence next to a rock by the spirit pool.

This is a spiritual plant; its leaves are filled with spiritual energy.

Surprisingly, three fruits were growing in it.

Each fruit was crystal clear, like a precious jade, and its surface was filled with spiritual energy, which transformed into a dragon-shaped aura.

The dragon then coiled around the fruit.

"Spiritual energy manifests... This is a mature Dragon Essence Fruit. Legend has it that this kind of Ganoderma lucidum takes three hundred years to grow and three hundred years to mature. If I combine it with the 'Purple Jade Ginseng' I bought earlier and the Cold Jade Dragon Lotus from the Spirit Pool Thunder, I can refine a medicine called 'Dragon Ginseng Soul Strengthening Pill.' Its medicinal effect is slightly inferior to the 'Earth Soul Pill,' but it can still allow my 'Taiyin Evolution Divine Technique' to reach the first level of perfection, and my spiritual power to reach level ten!" Yang Jiuli was overjoyed.

Yang Jiuli now possesses level nine mental strength.

He was already capable of breaking through to the second level of the "Taiyin Yanshen Technique" and reaching the second tier of spiritual power.

Cultivating spiritual power is similar to cultivating Qi; once one reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining, one can attempt Foundation Establishment.

However, if one cultivates to the tenth level of Qi Refining, the probability of successfully establishing a foundation will be much higher.

This "Dragon Ginseng Soul-Strengthening Pill" is not enough to allow Yang Jiuli's spiritual power to directly advance to the second level.

At this point, reaching level ten would be a good option.

If his foundation is solid, when he enters the second stage, his spiritual sense will be far stronger than that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This will become Yang Jiuli's reliance in overpowering his peers in the future.

Overjoyed, Yang Jiuli moved his hand, and magical power swept out, wrapping up and picking the three 'Dragon Essence Fruits'. These 'Dragon Essence Fruits' can not only be used to refine 'Dragon Ginseng Soul Strengthening Pills', but they are also an auxiliary ingredient in refining 'Foundation Building Pills'.

In addition, Yang Jiulian also picked the two cold lotuses in the Dragon Pool.

*Sizzle!*

At this moment, the Xuanyu Python flashed and flew towards the top of the cave.

At the top of the cave, there are white jade dragon stones, each about three feet long, hanging upside down.

The white jade dragon stone is crystal clear, just like white jade. It is covered with mist and has layers of liquid that have condensed into frost-like crystals. The black jade python has transformed into a small snake, wrapped around a dragon jade stone, and began to lick the liquid on it with its tongue.

"Dragon Jade Stone!" Yang Jiuli looked up.

"It seems this place is the eye of a second-tier dragon vein... gathering a large amount of dragon vein energy!" Yang Jiuli murmured.

Looking ahead at the throne.

He guessed that the cave had once been the lair of a dragon.

There are clearly many traces of the lives of dragons and other mythical beasts inside.

At the same time, Yang Jiuli couldn't help but recall a legend:

Legend has it that a golden carp in the Longhu Mountains successfully transformed into a dragon a thousand years ago.

It is normal to find caves left behind by dragons and pythons in this mountain range.

The Xuanyu Python came here seeking energy, clearly sensing the energy of the underground dragon vein.

As Yang Jiuli pondered, the two little sables seemed to sense the immense spiritual energy and hissed.

Yang Jiuli released the two little creatures from the spirit beast pouch.

The two little creatures looked around, then with a flash, they flew to the top of the cave to lick the milky crystals on the dragon jade stone.

This mammillary crystal is formed from the essence of heaven and earth.

Legend has it that it not only prolongs life but also cleanses the marrow and invigorates the bloodline of mythical beasts.

As the little ones were consuming the Dragon Jade Liquid, Yang Jiuli moved his hand, and a pill furnace flew out of his storage bag.

This is a purple-gold alchemy furnace, a first-grade superior item, containing earth fire, which can be used to refine pills at any time.

The alchemy furnace was suspended in the air. Yang Jiuli flicked his hand and opened the lid of the furnace.

He then used his divine sense to activate the array inside the alchemy furnace, and flames immediately emerged from it, beginning to warm the furnace.

After warming the furnace, Yang Jiuli began refining the "Dragon Ginseng Soul-Strengthening Pill".

Half an hour later, a gurgling sound came from inside the alchemy furnace, and then more primordial energy steamed up and overflowed from the furnace.

However, it could be seen that this primordial energy gathered above the alchemy furnace, condensing into a small dragon of primordial energy.

This was clearly an unusual phenomenon resulting from the refinement of a second-tier elixir, when a high-quality elixir was successfully produced.

A moment later, the primordial dragon transformed into a wisp of primordial energy and disappeared into the alchemy furnace.

"The elixir is complete!" At this point, Yang Jiuli's gaze sharpened, and with a flick of his hand, he lifted the lid of the furnace.

A rich aroma of medicine wafted through the air.

Inside the alchemy furnace, there were three crystal-clear pills, each with a purple cinnabar pattern.

This was clearly a second-tier elixir, the "Dragon Ginseng Soul-Strengthening Pill," with a single pill pattern encircling its surface—a pill with a single pattern.

This is considered a high-quality pill even among second-tier pills.

If the pattern reaches two or even three lines, the medicinal effect will be stronger.

However, now that Yang Jiuli has been reborn, the fact that he was able to refine a second-tier pill into a high-quality pill for the first time is because he had been striving for perfection when refining the "Azure Profound Pill," raising his pill-refining level to the second tier. In addition, his spiritual power has also reached the ninth level. Therefore, it is only natural that the second-tier "Dragon Ginseng Soul Strengthening Pill" was also a high-quality pill.

"The pills are of high quality... Not bad. With more experience, I will be able to refine Foundation Establishment Pills in the future!" Yang Jiuli moved his hand and took three 'Dragon Ginseng Bone Strengthening Pills' into his palm. After looking at the purple pill pattern on the pills that resembled auspicious clouds, he nodded with satisfaction.

The successful refining of the "Dragon Ginseng Bone Strengthening Pill" means that Yang Jiuli's alchemy skills have recovered to the second-tier level.

After putting the two pills into the jade bottle, he sat cross-legged and swallowed and refined the other one, preparing to break through.

A rich aura of medicinal energy surged into Yang Jiuli's body.

As soon as the pill entered his mouth, Yang Jiuli activated the "Taiyin Evolutionary Divine Technique" to guide and refine the immense medicinal power.

In an instant, a vortex opened in Yang Jiuli's sea of ​​consciousness between his brows, absorbing all the immense medicinal power.

The medicinal power was refined into a sphere of spiritual light.

Inside is Yang Jiuli's divine consciousness.

Countless energies of heaven and earth were absorbed by this ball of light, continuously strengthening the divine consciousness.

Yang Jiuli could feel that his mental strength was constantly improving and gradually reaching a state of perfection.

One hour later.

A vortex appeared between Yang Jiuli's eyebrows.

The vortex stirred, drawing in dense dragon vein energy and various other spiritual energies from the surrounding area.

This spiritual energy was drawn into the vortex like a tide, and was completely absorbed into Yang Jiuli's sea of ​​consciousness.

The Three Lives Stone refined it, transforming it into essence that merged into Yang Jiuli's divine consciousness.

Seeing this, the Xuan Yu Python on the white jade dragon stone hanging on the cave ceiling glanced at Yang Jiuli. After realizing that the freezing was caused by its master's cultivation, it withdrew its gaze and flew to another white jade dragon stone to lick the stone marrow liquid.

The two little minks were also licking the jade marrow liquid with expressions of pure bliss.

After a full quarter of an hour, the vortex disappeared, and the surrounding spiritual energy no longer gathered towards Yang Jiuli.

"The first level of the 'Taiyin Evolution Divine Technique' is now complete!" Yang Jiuli opened his eyes, and with a thought, he scanned his surroundings.

With this sweep of his gaze, his divine sense spread out, enabling him to directly detect a distance of nearly a thousand meters.

This power of divine sense is comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, even to a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining in the distance!

A cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment can sense objects within a radius of one kilometer using their divine sense.

If Yang Jiuli were to advance to the second level of the "Taiyin Yanshen Technique", his spiritual power would increase exponentially, allowing him to sense an area within a radius of two thousand meters.

"Now, with the 'Past Life Talisman,' I can control the 'heroic spirits' of five Foundation Establishment cultivators at the same time!" Yang Jiuli whispered.