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After waiting for his physical condition to reach its peak, and after the purchased rare natural treasures arrived.

Lu Ding signed for the delivery.

The first thing he did was open the box containing the Ascending Mist White.

The others could wait.

This one absolutely had to be checked out to see what was going on.

As soon as the box was opened.

Instantly, misty light flowed out, a clear fragrance erupted, making one's mouth water.

Looking closely.

Wow!!!

What a huge... radish...

Lu Ding: ........

"Isn't this still the original skin!?"

"You're worth forty thousand now, how can you still be so stingy about changing your skin!!?"

But then again.

Although this Ascending Mist White looked like a big radish on the outside, in its minute details, it was full of little schemes.

Its whiteness was not ordinary white, but rather a beautiful white similar to that of a pearl.

Beneath its warm, smooth texture, upon closer inspection, were tiny veins tracing out profound, naturally beautiful patterns, all in the details.

As the viewing angle changed, one could faintly glimpse different, marvelous patterns. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Accompanied by the clear fragrance entering his nose.

He took a deep breath.

Fragrant, mellow!

If it weren't for wanting to maximize the benefits, waiting for Hai hour to trigger the [Guarding Hai, Condensing Truth] passive, Lu Ding would want to take a big bite right now!!!

Forget it, forget it, no more looking, the more I look the more I want to eat it.

After looking at the Ascending Mist White, Lu Ding opened the boxes containing the Invite Immortal Tea and the Tai Ming Jade Ginseng.

Truth be told, the appearance of these two was much better than the Ascending Mist White.

Distinct, root by root, like silver needles, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, tea needles with clear, fine hairs lay quietly in the jade box, their bodies entirely jade-green, with concentrated emerald essence flowing within, causing thin mist to coil around themselves. The faint tea fragrance was refreshing and pleasant, not overpowering.

Yet its unique scent was deeply memorable.

Compared to brewing conventional tea with boiling water.

The Invite Immortal Tea only required the user themselves to liquefy spiritual energy for a cold brew.

Forget about the quality of the tea leaves for a moment.

Just the cold brew method itself, compared to conventional hot water brewing, results in tea with a much more pronounced fragrance and significantly less bitterness.

It's just more time-consuming and troublesome.

But not all teas are suitable for cold brewing.

Like green tea, if you cold brew that stuff... you simply can't hold it in after drinking, you'll be sprinting, sprinting like crazy.

Right now, time was the one thing Lu Ding lacked the least. He still had plenty of time until Hai hour.

Taking out the tea set that came with the purchased Invite Immortal Tea, he poured in the tea leaves and gathered his spiritual energy.

The [Proud Snow Defying Frost Tree] manifested behind Lu Ding, its cold air ready at all times.

But at that very moment.

Lu Ding froze.

He stood there dumbfounded, staring blankly at the spiritual energy he had condensed in his hand.

Black........

And not classic black either.

It was that blackish-red, reddish-black kind.

This... can you drink tea brewed with this stuff?

Lu Ding couldn't help but fall silent.

Dark red tea, looking like it's been poisoned, that appearance.......

But there was no other method to replace it, as the instructions for this thing clearly stated it must be brewed using the user's own spiritual energy.

Make do with this then.

Screw it.

Unique, drinking it is all about the novelty.

Never seen dark red tea before, have you?

I haven't either.

He injected the liquefied spiritual energy and used the [Proud Snow Defying Frost Tree] to release cold air for the cold brew.

Then he checked the Tai Ming Jade Ginseng.

Although this one was the cheapest among the three rare natural treasures, its appearance was the most impressive.

Its fibrous roots, main body, and stem seemed arranged and laid out with the most standard, most aesthetically pleasing numerical values.

Transparent as ice, fading into a milky white, within the ginseng stem, coiled like growth rings.

Looking closely, it was as if white nebulae were swirling, with clouds and mist churning within, their forms changing, resembling a 'white' Yujing.

Truly the uncanny craftsmanship of nature.

Lu Ding couldn't help but say, "With this kind of appearance, you should be the one worth forty thousand."

Time passed minute by minute, second by second.

Hai hour soon arrived.

Lu Ding swallowed the Tai Ming Jade Ginseng in one bite.

A gentle medicinal effect coursed through his body, driving the [Sin Dragon Bone Seal] to operate, then instantly rushed to his head, surging to the crown of Lu Ding's skull, shooting straight from the fontanel towards the heavens, opening a skylight, revealing an immortal realm.

It was as if in an instant.

Lu Ding saw that Tai Ming Jade Complete Heaven, its exquisite towers and jade palaces, immortal figures leaving their shadows, immortal mist churning.

[Guarding Hai, Condensing Truth] silently exerted its effect, sending out profound ripples. [Heaven-Man Unity] harmonized with heaven and earth, attracting the immortal mist to surge over, drilling into his limbs and hundreds of bones. The apertures all over Lu Ding's body opened, forming vortexes that greedily devoured this immortal mist.

The [Sin Dragon Bone Seal] within him pushed its operational efficiency to the absolute limit.

His heart, like a rotary engine, roared at this moment, straining towards its limit.

One could see tiny Sin Dragons, using Lu Ding's cells as eggs, his heart as a bed, gestating and hatching within, then being pumped by his heart through blood vessels and meridians to his entire body.

Ten, a hundred, a thousand...

If one could look with a microscope, they would find that Lu Ding's originally red blood was gradually taking on a viscous black color, like liquid gold or petroleum, due to the weak Sin Dragons swimming throughout his body.

It didn't look dirty.

It looked even more noble, elegant, mysterious.

Others had golden muscles, jade bones, blood like mercury.

For Lu Ding, it became: flesh like colored glaze, elegant; bones like bronze, mysterious; blood like ink, as if a mark left by time that would never fade, representing eternal dominance. Embracing darkness was the final destination.

At this moment, as the [Sin Dragon Bone Seal] transformed his own cells, replacing the traditional blood lotus of the God Ascension realm, the first petal of his own bloom quietly unfurled behind Lu Ding.

The second petal also gradually loosened.

If, when one petal bloomed and he reached God Ascension First Layer, the divinity of Lu Ding's God Ascension realm was not yet obvious.

Then now, as the second petal bloomed, the characteristic of Lu Ding's divinity was on the verge of bursting forth.

Violence, death, slaughter, darkness, shattering...

Seemingly chaotic components, yet not a single one was impure, all were extremely refined.

Combined together, what they represented was only one thing: DESTRUCTION!!!

The blood lotus bloomed its second petal. God Ascension Second Layer, achieved!!!

Seeing the medicinal effect of the Tai Ming Jade Ginseng about to end, Lu Ding pointed a finger at the cold-brewed tea before him, forming hand seals.

Instantly, the tea water churned.

Bubbles rose from the water's surface, breaking and releasing mist that drifted up.

It condensed before him without dispersing.

Until it completely enveloped Lu Ding's entire person.

The scene before his eyes changed.

Atop a mountain peak, a Go board on one side, Lu Ding sat upright, looking down on all smaller mountains, gazing into the distance where purple energy came from the east, an immortal riding wind and clouds descended.

His face was unclear.

Holding a white Go stone, he made the first move.

Tap!!!

Different from the Go Lu Ding knew in his previous life, due to the cultural dominance of Great Han in this world, Go had not spread abroad and undergone modifications to the rule of black moving first.

White still moved first here.

But the fixed star point opening system had been abolished.

On the board, it seemed the immortal was placing a stone, but the moment the stone landed, a shocking spell swept through, stirring wind and fire, churning across countless rivers and mountains.