Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan-Chapter 1911 - 1424: Success (Part 2)
"Do you know Zhixuan is back?"
Pausing for a moment, he added, "She has already broken through the bottleneck, and it won’t be long before she ushers in the Thunder Tribulation. Once successful, the family will gain another Heavenly Immortal."
"Isn’t this a great joy? Jiu, why do you still look so worried?"
Li Zhirui couldn’t help but shake his head. He didn’t know why, but Li Zhixuan, who was always full of confidence and could handle anything calmly, was worried about her own Thunder Tribulation. How could he not think more about it?
"Are you worried about Zhixuan failing?"
Da Qing saw through it and said, "Why not trust Zhixuan, trust that she has the ability to solve this problem."
The implication was that worrying now is useless, it’s better to think about what can genuinely help.
Li Zhirui shook his head, silently handed over the Jade Slip, and said, "You two take a good look at this Jade Slip, then you’ll understand what I’m worried about."
"This, this, this..."
When the two came back to their senses, they didn’t know what to say for a moment. Even they were frightened by Li Zhixuan’s experiences.
Alone, without any Pills for recovery, she encountered so many perilous situations in The Void. If it had been them, they might have perished long ago.
Not to mention, she managed to break through the bottleneck, and soon she could transcend her Tribulation.
"Such methods, it’s really too desperate!" Xiaoqing couldn’t help but exclaim.
Li Zhirui and Da Qing both nodded in agreement.
"How are you both doing now?"
Da Qing calmly shook his head and said, "I’m not even at the Peak of Earth Immortal yet, let alone aiming for the Heavenly Immortal Realm. That is something very distant for me."
For such matters, he always remained indifferent and calm. Although his path was slower, it was grounded and solid.
And for Da Qing, this indeed was the most suitable pace for his cultivation.
"My injuries have not healed yet. These days I haven’t dared to cultivate at all."
The damage from the Heart Demon Tribulation back then was too great, and until now, he was still paying the price for it.
"And this time I’ve come to ask you, Jiu, for some recovery Pills."
"You’re out of luck; the Pills you want, I’ve given them all to Zhixuan."
Li Zhirui shook his head, seeing the look of disappointment on his face, he added, "Don’t worry, in a few days I will start Alchemy. You can come to find me then."
"Alright."
After chatting for a while longer, the two took their leave.
The sun rose and set, and soon ten days passed.
During these days, Li Zhirui spent most of his time refining Pills, giving some to Xiaoqing, while the rest were placed at the entrance of Li Zhixuan’s Cave Mansion so she could see them as soon as she got out.
After handling these matters, he didn’t rush to cultivate. Instead, he wandered around the family grounds, as a way to unwind.
Unexpectedly, today was the annual Spirit Testing Conference for the family!
Thus, the valley at the mountain’s base was bustling and noisy.
"Do you think this year’s Spirit Testing Conference will give birth to a Heavenly Immortal among the chosen ones?"
"Since they are the chosen ones, they must be very rare and exceptional. How could they be found so easily?!"
"I do hope so, for with their aptitude, their cultivation speed is very fast, and by then, I might get a chance to meet or visit them."
Everyone had their own thoughts. Li Zhirui wasn’t that eager, since, to him, even chosen ones didn’t offer much help to his cultivation.
But he still hoped to have such highly talented clansmen appear because their cultivation speed was fast and they consumed fewer Spiritual Objects.
However, for the sake of the clansmen’s privacy, the family’s Spirit Testing Array would obscure their potential from outside eyes.
Of course, as the family elder, Li Zhirui could easily obtain the roster from the family if he wanted to know.
He didn’t do so, just watched for a while from a distance, leaving with a smile.
He smiled because he saw the younger generation continuously surfacing, and even if only a few could reach the Immortal Realm, it would be a great joy for the family.
With a cheerful mood, Li Zhirui sank his mind into cultivation.
...
Blooming flowers, each having their own branches to display.
In the Southern Domain, the Daqian Empire.
Within a secluded valley.
At this time, a group of Human Dao Hundred Schools cultivators, as if forgetting their mutual disputes, focused intently on the young man standing alone at the front, clad in a robe adorned with pythons.
"All of you senior gentlemen staring at me like this, it’s really putting a lot of pressure on me." The young man playfully remarked.
"Your Highness, the Third Prince, everything is ready. Please proceed as soon as possible." An ancient Confucian Saint urged, somewhat sternly.
"I know, I know. I’m starting now." The Third Prince pursed his lips, a bit impatient.
It’s no wonder he reacted this way; after initially learning an incomplete method of spatial travel from the three Outer Realm cultivators, all the way from the beginning involving only the Confucians, Legalists, Mo Family, and School of Names, to later the entire Hundred Schools, everyone had invested significant effort into the study.
And the reason the Confucians, Legalists, Mo Family, and School of Names were willing to cooperate wasn’t due to external threats but because they realized they couldn’t perfect the world-traversal Secret Technique with just ’individual effort’ within a short time frame.
After all, the creator of this Secret Technique hailed from the Immortal Tao, so they first needed to convert it into a Human Daoist Method before figuring out a way to perfect it.
Certainly, during this process, the four schools also gained some benefits.
After countless years, with considerable investment in manpower, resources, and finances, they finally perfected the method six months ago, significantly extending the duration the space rift stays open.
From the initial one hour to almost a whole day now, it was a tremendous improvement.
However, this was nearly the limit, as the Heavenly Dao of the Primal Spirit Realm wouldn’t allow a space rift to exist for much longer, so they had to change their approach.
For instance, opening a space rift in a targeted manner was a great direction, making it more advantageous for them to invade other worlds!
But those are topics for future research.
Anyway!
Success six months ago was only a theoretical success; whether it could practically open a space rift for successful traversal was still unknown and thus required experimentation.
Ultimately, the royal family dispatched the Third Prince to serve as the experimenter.
During the past six months, every few days, the Third Prince would conduct experiments, such monotonous work would have driven him to quit if it wasn’t per the Emperor’s orders.
As he skillfully executed the Secret Technique, soon a pitch-black rift appeared in front of him—this was the space rift that allowed world traversal!
No one spoke, they just concentrated on the rift, as if doing so would let them peer through layers of space to see the other world’s situation.
The Third Prince showed no emotional fluctuations, simply proceeding according to the steps and sent a Devil Beast through, and then checking the beast’s life through the Life Token.
Half an hour passed, and another Devil Beast was sent through.
"Still alive?!"
An hour later, both Life Tokens remained intact.
But they didn’t hurry through; instead, they waited a little longer.
Crack!
One of the Life Tokens suddenly shattered, yet upon seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Because the Devil Beast later sent in had a Secret Technique Restriction within and was heavily injured, it would die within two hours without rescue.
The behavior of the Life Token precisely verified this point.
This most likely indicated that the other side of the space rift was safe!
"Success! It finally succeeded!" The Third Prince felt considerably relieved, realizing he wouldn’t have to conduct experiments anymore.
Meanwhile, those Hundred Schools cultivators nearby didn’t need reminding; they knew that what they poured numerous Secret Techniques into was finally achieved today!
