Starting From A Fisherman To Cultivate Immortality And Live Forever

136. Chapter 136 A Hazy Aura

Chapter 136: Hazy Brilliance

After arranging this group of new and unique monster girls...

Su Ping took out a storage spirit tool from a female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage.

After thinking for a while, he put the formation-related inheritance jade slip and a large number of books into it.

He also took out a large amount of demonic beast meat and prepared spirit rice and spirit wine from the warehouse.

Then, Su Ping took out a special catch from the deep water fishing spot: the Hazy Brilliance Fish.

This fish had no physical form and looked like a phantom, an oval-shaped chubby fish without a sense of reality.

It was about the size of an adult's fist.

Su Ping couldn't even touch such a fish, let alone find a place to eat it.

Su Ping made a decision in his heart.

Suddenly, the chubby fish's body shook violently and instantly transformed into a seven-colored bubble with a diameter of over five meters!

This bubble floated in mid-air, swaying slowly.

Information appeared before Su Ping's eyes:

[Illusion of Haze has been activated!]

[Remaining time: 24 hours]

Without hesitation, Su Ping immediately stepped into the seven-colored bubble.

Immediately, Su Ping found himself in a blank room with nothing.

Then, Su Ping felt that his own train of thought was in an unprecedented clear state.

No matter what he thought of, it seemed like he could immediately deduce it and vaguely see the end of that deduction.

"So this is the effect of improving comprehension?"

After feeling that he was not uncomfortable in this state, Su Ping took out a large number of jade slips related to formations and began to study them.

From easy to difficult, from simple to profound.

Then, he mentally simulated the complete picture of the first-order formation he had learned and carried out a trial run, completely mastering it.

The process of learning formations went smoothly as if it was meant to be.

And as Su Ping learned more and more about formations, he found that he could even generalize and improve existing formations!

However, Su Ping was well aware that this ability relied entirely on the Illusion of Haze and did not spend time studying how to improve formations. Instead, he chose to continue learning new formation knowledge!

Such a wonderful journey of growth is usually unsustainable.

Under normal circumstances, maintaining such an efficient learning method would consume a cultivator's energy and spirit.

So even with a month's time, it would be impossible to maintain such a high learning efficiency every moment.

However, Su Ping, who came prepared, was different.

While studying, he didn't forget to eat and drink a large amount of nutritious food for replenishment.

And once his energy and spirit were exhausted and continuing to study at a high efficiency would produce severe side effects...

Su Ping immediately restored his condition by taking purifying spirit medicine and two other types of spirit medicine.

Such crazy cultivation.

Suddenly, there was a light sound of cracking!

The seven-colored bubble burst and disappeared.

A day had passed outside.

But in the Illusion of Haze, Su Ping had spent a month and appeared in the room while maintaining the Lotus Position.

A warm spring breeze gently blew around the Chao Yue Pavilion, making Su Ping feel refreshed. He couldn't help but stretch his waist.

Then, he habitually wanted to continue studying the interrupted formation knowledge.

But suddenly, his learning train of thought completely disappeared.

Looking at the following formation content, Su Ping felt a sense of obscurity and obstruction.

"Phew!"

Su Ping quickly closed his eyes to adjust his mindset, then exhaled a long breath, expelling the feeling of disappointment that he had just experienced.

"I've lost my comprehension, but fortunately, the knowledge I've already learned won't be forgotten."

"And I can feel that the formations I learned with my exceptional talent are even better than those old formation masters who have cultivated for hundreds of years!"

"Some insights and essence of formations cannot be obtained by those old formation masters without exceptional comprehension!"

"In this month of cultivation, in addition to having a comprehensive understanding of the complete collection of formations, I have mastered twelve first-order formations and two second-order formations."

"In the Immortal World, a second-order skill usually corresponds to the Foundation Establishment Realm."

The treatment that a second-order formation master can receive in major markets is usually not lower than that of the local Foundation Establishment guest officials.

However, Su Ping learned formation knowledge mainly for his own use and did not plan to expose his trump cards for a small gain.

After taking a short rest in the Grotto-Heaven in the pot, letting the two snake girls serve him with bathing and changing clothes, and eating and drinking well...

Su Ping finally returned to the Jiuye Mountain Market.

He ascended to a high altitude and overlooked the entire market from above!

Although it seemed like only a day had passed, Jiuye Mountain now appeared completely different in Su Ping's eyes.

In the eyes of a second-order formation master, the formations in Jiuye Mountain completely failed to utilize the natural energy of this mountain and river.

They only forcefully extracted the weak spiritual veins in the mountains to drive the formation imprints.

It was truly a mediocre formation!

"Weak! This formation is too weak!"

"As a genius formation master, I cannot allow the residence to have such formations! Even if it's just temporary!"

Su Ping flashed and went to the warehouse.

After obtaining the materials, Su Ping began his first practical operation as a formation master without anyone in the market noticing.

Relying on the support of his Foundation Establishment Cultivation Base and not needing to rearrange, Su Ping only took a day and a night to complete the improvement of the Nine Leaf Mountain Formation.

It still appeared to be the same First Order Misty Cloud Lock Formation.

In addition to the spiritual energy of the surrounding mountains and rivers, the core was also equipped with three medium-grade Spirit Stones.

This expanded the range of the improved formation from just the foot of the mountain to over twenty kilometers outside the mountain.

In terms of strength, it directly increased from a lower-grade First Order to an upper-grade First Order.

Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be trapped in this misty formation if they were not careful.

It was more than enough to deal with the occasional unexpected situations encountered in the Nine Leaf Mountain market.

Su Ping's first attempt was considered a success, and while setting up the formation, he found that he had a feeling of being skilled and adept.

The practical operation proved that he truly understood it and wasn't just blindly following instructions without understanding.

After completing the formation, the following days passed.

Considering that he now had a Ghost Body, Su Ping began his daily cultivation and made full use of his identity as White Crane True Immortal to inquire about the Way of Incense Fire from the surrounding cultivator forces.

...

Five days later.

Cloud Mountain Market.

The new session of the Cloud Mountain Exchange Meeting organized by Deacon Xiaomu, the nephew of True Immortal Muzhen, was a success.

Several good-quality high-grade Magical Items appeared at this exchange meeting, which were said to come from some ancient ruins.

This caused a commotion among the Qi Refining families present.

Su Ping remained indifferent and did not participate in the competition.

He only bought some spirit wine and materials, showing his support for this exchange meeting.

Then, he privately inquired with Xiaomu about the news.

First, the overseas archipelago, the ruins of the Northern Dipper Seven Star Sect, had turned into a secret realm, causing many Foundation Establishment cultivators to fall. This was news that Su Ping already knew.

However, there was an unexpected development.

It was rumored that a Gold Core Elder from the Heart of the Artifact Sect piloted a giant fairy boat to that island.

Afterward, they took several Foundation Establishment cultivators into the secret realm.

Unexpectedly, after several hours, they hurriedly escaped from a spatial crack in the sky above the island.

Then they directly entered the fairy boat and fled back to the Heart of the Artifact Sect.

This action by the Gold Core Elder frightened the various cultivation forces in the vicinity, and their thoughts of searching for treasures disappeared.

They all changed direction and moved away from that island.

Xiaomu also returned to Cloud Mountain Market because of this.

As for helping Xiaomu retrieve the remains, it could only be discussed later.

Xiaomu was not very clear about the subsequent developments on that island, but she knew that the sect had announced that the secret realm had been contaminated by evil spirits.

No one from any sect was allowed to approach within a hundred miles.

At the same time, the Heart of the Artifact Sect dispatched a fleet to blockade the island.

They said that they would set up a formation to drive away the evil spirits once everything was ready.

Su Ping had been to that eerie secret realm.

He knew that there was some kind of great terror hidden deep in the tomb of that secret realm, and it seemed to have an uncertain but great opportunity.

After hearing what Xiaomu said, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious that the Heart of the Artifact Sect might also be tempted by the thing hidden deep in that secret realm.

That's why he went to blockade the island himself and prepared to take action personally.

Otherwise, shouldn't he have asked for help from a professional monk from the Great Golden Light Temple?

"The overseas archipelago seems to be becoming unsafe as well."

Su Ping shook his head and sighed softly.

He didn't have much confidence in the Heart of the Artifact Sect's behavior this time and suspected that they might encounter a mishap.

Xiaomu smiled bitterly when she heard this.

"There's no absolute safe place now, you know?"

"Actually, the Central Domain is still relatively good. Under the suppression of the Red Kite Immortal Sect, there are very few evil spirits and demonic beasts. At least we've had many years of peace."

"The Southern Wilderness and Western Desert, on the other hand, are filled with various forces, big and small. The power you were curious about, the Way of Incense Fire, is rooted there."

"The big forces are fine, as the power of the Way of Incense Fire is only used as an auxiliary. But those small sects and factions pose a greater threat. They are far more dangerous than the evil spirits and demonic beasts!"

"You haven't been there, so you don't know what those lunatics have done for the Way of Incense Fire!"

"That's where human lives are truly worthless!"

Xiaomu sighed repeatedly as she spoke.

"There will be three more high-grade Magical Items appearing at the next exchange meeting."

Su Ping glanced at her and whispered softly.

Xiaomu immediately cupped her hands and discreetly handed a Jade Slip to Su Ping.

Su Ping didn't immediately check it but put it in his sleeve.

When he said goodbye and left, he found a cave on the way back.

After returning to his Grotto-Heaven, he took out the Jade Slip to confirm that there were no abnormalities before probing it with his Divine Sense.

This Jade Slip recorded some basic knowledge about the Way of Incense Fire.

At the same time, it focused on introducing more than ten sects that were founded based on the Way of Incense Fire.

"It's interesting. The Way of Incense Fire is truly mysterious!"

"If I have the chance, it seems like I should visit the Southern Wilderness!"

(End of this chapter)