After consuming all the Spiritual Liquid, Lu Qing withdrew the Five Elements Gourd back into his body.
Immediately, he focused his Heart and Spirit to activate the Five Elements Gourd, starting the Refinement of the Spiritual Liquid inside it.
The Spiritual Liquid, which could nurture a treasure like the Five Elements Lotus, was extraordinary.
As the Five Elements Gourd operated, a large amount of Five Elements essence was continuously refined.
Lu Qing’s Dan Tian Qi Sea suddenly felt as though it was swelling.
He dared not be negligent and immediately employed the mental method of the Five Elements Body Refining Technique to start cultivation.
As the large amount of Five Elements essence was refined, Lu Qing’s cultivation also began to increase step by step, rapidly strengthening.
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While Lu Qing was in seclusion for cultivation, in the depths of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, the Innate Realm experts within the secret realm, after a period of exploration, finally engaged in conflict.
“Brother Wang, I discovered this spirit grass first, your forceful grab is against the rules, isn’t it?”
In a mountain hollow, a Great Han looked displeased and spoke to a lean middle-aged man in front of him.
The lean middle-aged man was holding a fiery red spirit grass in his hand.
“Rules, what rules?” The lean middle-aged man smiled faintly upon hearing the words, “Brother Qiu, I think you must be confused.
This is the secret realm, where everything inside is ownerless.
Since nothing has an owner, any treasure naturally belongs to whoever gets it first.
If you want to blame, blame yourself, Brother Qiu, for neglecting cultivation daily; your movement technique is too slow.”
If Lu Qing were here, he would recognize the two were precisely among the Innate Realm experts he saw in the forest not long ago.
“Good, very good!”
Surnamed Qiu, the Great Han saw the lean middle-aged man not only snatched his spirit grass but even mocked him, and his face darkened immediately.
“Wang Yuanshan, aren’t you just relying on having cultivated an Innate Level movement technique, being a bit faster?
Since you are so arrogant, let me show you my Mountain Moving Saber Technique!”
Having said that, the Great Han surnamed Qiu drew out the War Saber from his back, releasing a heavy momentum from his body.
The lean middle-aged man saw this, his expression changed, and a long sword also appeared in his hand.
In the next moment, a fierce wind arose, saber Qi and sword Qi flying across as an Innate Level battle erupted in the mountain hollow.
The two who previously addressed each other as brother instantly clashed fiercely.
“Is Wang Shouzi fighting Qiu Fei?”
Not far away, a beautiful middle-aged woman sensed the killing intent, showing surprise.
However, although she noticed the commotion, she had no intention to look closer.
“Both Wang Yuanshan and Qiu Fei are not easy to deal with. If I go over there, they’ll team up against me, which would be troublesome; it’s better to keep my distance.”
The middle-aged beautiful woman surveyed the surroundings, her eyes gleaming with delight.
“I didn’t expect this place not only to be rich in Spiritual Energy but also to have a very high concentration of the power of Five Elements, truly deserving of being a legendary secret realm.
Perhaps I can take this opportunity to successfully practice my Secret Technique.
Once the Secret Technique is achieved, I could have a fighting chance against those with Great Success of Innate Realm!
Finding opportunities then would be much safer.”
Just as the middle-aged beautiful woman was plotting where to find a secluded spot to cultivate her Secret Technique.
Suddenly, she felt a chill from her heart, and a strong sense of danger arose within her.
Without thinking, and disregarding her image, she rolled swiftly aside like a lazy donkey.
Just as she rolled away, a black needle was nailed to the spot where she was standing earlier.
Not only leaving a bottomless small hole on the ground, but even the nearby flowers and plants withered a small patch.
“Poison Needle!”
The middle-aged beautiful woman’s eyes widened, full of shock and anger.
She was angry that someone dared to ambush her and shocked at the needle’s potency; if she hadn’t evaded it, even with her Innate Body, resisting it would be difficult.
“Who!”
The middle-aged beautiful woman looked towards the direction from which the poison needle came, simultaneously pushing her Divine Soul Sensing Ability to the extreme.
Even though she exerted her sensing ability to the fullest, she still couldn’t discover the attacker’s silhouette.
She felt a bitter sting within her heart.
Since the changes in Heaven and Earth and spiritual energy recovery, their Innate Realm Martial Artists’ formerly advantageous sensing ability had been repeatedly suppressed.
Especially after the sound of the Dao echoed five times, as the rules of Heaven and Earth stabilized further, their Divine Soul Sensing Ability was even more severely weakened.
Where once Innate Martial Artists could sense each other’s Innate Essence aura from several miles apart.
But now, even if the opponent intentionally hides their aura, discovering them at a distance of just a few dozen meters might not be possible.