Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement-Chapter 290 - 178: True Essence Soars, Storms Loom (Part 2)
"Who is this woman in red? Her Soul Power is so strong!"
Jiang Feng was in disbelief.
With his Celestial Profound Realm cultivation, Jiang Feng had merely glanced at the person on the Hunting Falcon, and already the woman in red took notice. She even controlled the Hunting Falcon to circle above the mountain summit, inspected him carefully, and, not finding anything off, finally flew onward.
"Her Soul Power is far stronger than Li Zhang’s."
"Could she be a First Rank Beast Master?"
Jiang Feng pondered.
The strength of a Beast Master lies in their usage of Soul Power; Soul Power is the foundation of a Beast Master’s might.
Soon, the people running on the ground and the Hunting Falcons flying overhead in Jiang Feng’s sight gradually turned into black dots as they headed straight south.
In the following days, Jiang Feng saw large troops coming from Dragon Capital passing the foot of White Tiger Mountain, all moving south. In the first two days, it was mostly people from the Demon Suppression Bureau.
In the days after, members of the Divine Arrow Army and the Forbidden Army passed by as well.
There were also a group of experts from the Imperial City.
They hurried past nonstop, rushing to reinforce the south.
"Nanfu City has already been reclaimed by the Second Prince. The Court is sending so many troops—could it be to counter the Blood Wolf King, stabilize the situation in Chishui County, and keep Great Tang from being dragged into this?"
"I wonder how things are over there, and if Sister Dong is all right..."
Jiang Feng was quite worried about Han Dong; he didn’t want her to come to harm.
But, being so far away, he could do nothing for Han Dong.
He followed the crack along the mountaintop into a cave inside the cliff of White Tiger Mountain.
The cave was filled with traces of smoke and roasting left by burned firewood. The firewood chips had already been cleaned up by Jiang Feng. Now, besides Jiang Feng himself, only a big bag of dry rations, a barrel of water, and some simple daily items remained in the cave.
That’s right—Jiang Feng planned to settle down here.
He wanted to utterly refine the Spiritual Liquid inside this cave.
This cave was not only hidden,
it was also embedded in a cliff.
Ordinary people would not easily find it.
The area was also rarely frequented by people.
Most would only pass by the mountain foot at the front, rarely through the rear mountain. Even if someone passed below the cliff, they couldn’t see Jiang Feng cultivating inside the cave. Even if some short-lived fool tried to climb up, Jiang Feng could make use of the terrain to easily deal with them.
Whether attacked from above or approached from below, Jiang Feng had ways to handle it.
Sitting inside the cave,
Jiang Feng took out the Spiritual Liquid.
The bottle was almost full to begin with.
In this period, he had refined more than a dozen drops; now, about eighty percent of the Spiritual Liquid remained.
He then wrapped True Essence around the Jade Bottle’s mouth, circulating the formula for the Tai Chi Longevity Skill. The True Essence at the mouth of the bottle slowly formed a vortex, causing fog to appear over the lake-like Spiritual Liquid.
With help from the vortex, the fog drifted into Jiang Feng’s body, transforming into pure True Essence power, constantly expanding his Dantian Qi Sea.
The tides rose and fell.
Soon, ten days passed.
The Spiritual Liquid in the Jade Bottle dropped from eighty percent to sixty percent full.
Each drop of Spiritual Liquid carried immense energy.
Transforming them into True Essence required both time and patience.
The middle part of the Jade Bottle was visibly wider than the top; at this rate, to fully refine all the Spiritual Liquid, Jiang Feng estimated he’d need another two or three months.
Beyond that, Jiang Feng discovered that after converting the Spiritual Liquid to True Essence, his Tai Chi Longevity Skill’s Level hadn’t changed much, although his Dantian Qi Sea had expanded—from a large pond to a great reservoir.
A casual palm strike was now vastly more powerful than any peer could muster through the Power of Heaven and Earth.
This left him full of doubts.
He worried that after all the Spiritual Liquid was refined, his Tai Chi Longevity Skill’s Level would still not improve.
In a blink, another month passed.
The Spiritual Liquid in the Jade Bottle was now at forty percent; from the bottle’s widest point, the level had dropped by a centimeter.
The large-reservoir-like Dantian Qi Sea also transformed into the size of a lake.
With a single thought, wind and clouds surged within Jiang Feng.
He felt endless power within, and his control over the Power of Heaven and Earth also strengthened—as though he could even forcibly strip the Power of Heaven and Earth from Xiao Zhan, trapping him like a prisoner in the Ten Directions Ghost Realm, unable to easily use any power around.
Sadly, when Jiang Feng looked at his panel, he saw over 500,000 Fortune Points, but after his Tai Chi Longevity Skill had reached Perfection, there was still no plus sign next to it.
It seemed that, relying on Spiritual Liquid and his own cultivation, he simply couldn’t raise the Tai Chi Longevity Skill from Perfection to the Great Perfection stage.
Or rather, between Perfection and Great Perfection for the Tai Chi Longevity Skill, there was a vast distance—not something a single bottle of Spiritual Liquid could make up for.
This made Jiang Feng feel both incredulous and full of anticipation: when he broke through again in the future, just how powerful would he become?
In a blink, another month and a half passed.
The supplies in the cave were running out. Jiang Feng had no choice but to leave the cave, head down White Tiger Mountain, and go to Dragon Capital to buy some essentials.
After buying everything he needed, he spent an afternoon in a teahouse, gathering information on the southern situation.
"The Shen Family is the largest clan in Chishui County, and they have five or six Celestial Profound Realm experts. Yet faced with the invasion of the Blood Wolf King, they fled without a fight, taking their clansmen to seize Demon Fang City. To think they were Royal Family in the previous dynasty—how disgraceful!"
"The Wolf King kills everyone on sight, even spares not three-year-old children. The ground of Chishui County is soaked in a thick layer of blood."
"I hear the Second Prince intends to negotiate with the Blood Wolf King and force the Wolf Race to withdraw from Chishui County."
