Chapter 524: The Glutton Breaks Through

"Senior Wuji, this small spirit gathering array has been set up. Although this array does not have the effect of locking spirits, it can draw the spiritual energy around the entire spirit peak into your cave."

"In addition, this small spirit gathering array also leaves an array eye for melting spirit stones according to your request, which is here."

In Li Qing's cave at Bailian Peak, a young-looking foundation-building cultivator pointed to a position of the array on the ground with a respectful expression.

That's right, in order to make the spiritual energy in his cave more abundant, Li Qing still invited a second-level array master from outside to set up a small spirit gathering array in his cave.

This is not the kind of spirit gathering array with a wide coverage, nor is it the spirit gathering array with the effect of locking the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the southern region of the Great Wilderness.

He only needs to let his cave be covered by the spirit gathering array, so inviting a second-level array master to set it up is more than enough.

Li Qing looked around his cave, looking at the formation flags and buried spiritual materials in every corner.

"It's working well. I can feel that the spiritual energy from the outside world has begun to be attracted and gathered."

Li Qing nodded with satisfaction, and then he took out two spiritual stones and threw them into one of the formation eyes.

Buzz!

Soon, under the effect of the formation, the spiritual energy in the two spiritual stones was extracted at a very fast speed, and finally dissolved into the air, making the spiritual energy in the cave more abundant.

"I'm glad that Senior Wuji is satisfied! If there is nothing else, then I will take my leave first!" This young formation master was quite sensible and didn't even mention charging the spiritual stone fee for setting up the formation.

But Li Qing is not the kind of cultivator who likes to owe others things. He frowned slightly and said, "Wait, how many spirit stones did you spend on setting up this formation? I will give them all to you now."

As soon as these words came out, the young formation master immediately said in fear and trepidation, "How dare I accept your spirit stones? I just set up a small spirit gathering formation. I didn't put in any effort at all, so I don't need any spirit stones."

In response, Li Qing not only did not feel the slightest bit of joy, but also showed a little displeasure.

Having lived two lives, he knows very well that free things are always the most expensive.

This guy doesn't take spirit stones here, it's nothing more than another plot, maybe there will be bigger troubles to ask him in the future.

Li Qing doesn't want to see that happen. He just got a large number of spirit stones from the storage bag of the red-haired real person, and he is not short of spirit stones at the moment.

So it would be best if he could solve the problem with spirit stones, so as to avoid letting this little guy feel that he owes him a favor.

"You should keep these spirit stones, lest outsiders think that I, Wuji Zhenren, bully the weak."

"It's not easy to practice in the foundation-building period. Not only do you have to buy various elixirs to increase your mana, but you also have to collect elixir spirit objects in the future. How can you not lack spirit stones?"

"What's more, you are a formation master. If you continue to practice this way in the future, the cost of spirit stones will be even greater."

"You should keep these six medium-grade spirit stones. Don't be modest to me anymore."

Li Qing's words were well-reasoned, and in a few words, the young formation master stopped refusing.

In fact, the latter also understood the extra meaning in Li Qing's words, that is, this Wuji Zhenren didn't want to owe him any more favors, and the accounts had to be settled.

"Then I'd rather obey your orders than be respectful. Thank you, Senior Wuji!" The man smiled bitterly and finally accepted the spirit stones given by Li Qing.

The reward of 600 spirit stones is definitely quite generous. According to his previous arrangement of formations for others, even if he provided all the materials for the formations, the reward was only about 400 to 500 spirit stones.

Now, he only arranged a small spirit gathering formation, and he got 600 spirit stones. This is definitely a good deal.

"Senior Wuji, I will take my leave now. If there is any need for maintenance in this formation in the future, you can come to me!"

"No matter what problems the formation has within five years, I can maintain it for you, and you don’t need to charge any spirit stones."

After saying that, the young formation master took the six medium-grade spirit stones given by Li Qing and left.

This is the formation master. Unlike the alchemist or the refiner, he does not do a one-time deal.

Although generally speaking, as long as the formation is operating normally, there are basically few problems.

But after all, the world is running, the seasons change, and it has experienced all kinds of ups and downs. Once a long time, there will always be some small problems.

Therefore, the array master can also earn some spiritual stones by helping others maintain and repair the array.

This is also a way for the array master to accumulate connections. If you stay in a place for a long time and help others set up more arrays, you can earn a lot of spiritual stones just by maintaining the array.

After the initial formation of the spirit gathering array, Li Qing's cave has already gathered a considerable amount of spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy is even richer than usual!

Feeling the abundant spiritual energy around, Li Qing is still not satisfied. He took out hundreds of low-grade spiritual stones from the storage bag and then put them all into the array eye.

Buzz!

The spiritual stones melted, and a large amount of spiritual energy continued to dissipate, making the spiritual energy in the cave more concentrated!

Although it is still not comparable to the spiritual veins of the Ghost Sword Sect, there is no particularly big gap, and it is definitely enough for Li Qing's daily practice.

"Not bad, but the only drawback is that it consumes more spiritual stones."

"If it weren't for the more than 30,000 spiritual stones funded by fellow Daoist Red Hair, I'm afraid I would have a hard time affording such a luxurious expense."

As he spoke, Li Qing couldn't help but sigh.

There was really no other way. Although the cultivation civilization in the Great Wilderness was extremely prosperous and there were many spiritual veins in the entire Great Wilderness, the truly superior spiritual veins were basically already owned.

If you want to practice in such a place, you either have to join a powerful immortal sect or seize other people's territory.

Li Qing couldn't consider these two options, so he could only use this way of consuming spiritual stones to improve the spiritual environment of the cave.

"Next, it's time to get down to business!"

The reason why so many preparations were made was because Li Qing still had a lot of things to do next.

The first thing was to let Fan Tong advance!

Li Qing still had a third-level red crystal on hand, and Fan Tong had been waiting for a long time since returning from the Polar Night World.

If you think about it, it's almost time for advancement.

Without the help of the red crystal, it might take forever for Fan Tong to advance.

With this in mind, Li Qing released Fan Tong from the beast bag.

"Aohou!"

The reduced size of Fan Tong still had a strong momentum, showing the breath of a real beast from head to toe, which was frightening.

But in front of Li Qing, it was still a very well-behaved pet.

"I know you have been longing for this red crystal for a long time, I hope you are ready."

Li Qing's face was quite solemn, and it was never easy for a monster to advance.

The danger he had to face was no less than when he formed a pill, and it was even more difficult. After all, monsters paid much attention to blood!

If the blood was not strong enough, the hope of advancing to a high-level monster was extremely slim.

And relying on red crystal to advance, the degree of danger would increase a few points, because Fan Tong had to face the impact of the strong fierce aura in the red crystal.

The evil spirit contained in it is too strong. Even if some blood is poured on it, it can't dissolve too much. The only way is to bear it.

If you can't bear it, your mind will fall into madness and become the same as the strange beasts in the polar night world. There is no difference.

And if you bear it, the sea and sky will be wide open, and a brand new world will open to Fan Tong!

"Ah!" Fan Tong's roar was also quite resolute. It had no reason to retreat.

Listening to this roar that was full of energy and enough to shake the entire spiritual peak, Li Qing nodded slowly, and then took out the last red crystal from his storage bag.

The dark red crystal core is extremely strange. Just looking at it makes you feel lost.

"Since you have thought about it, I won't say more."

"I can't help you too much on this road. Everything depends on yourself. Once you go forward, you can't turn back."

After saying that, Li Qing put down the fist-sized red crystal and placed it in front of Fan Tong.

After many warnings, Fan Tong seemed to understand how severe the test he would face this time was.

Its fierce tiger eyes stared at the red crystal on the ground, and then it swallowed it directly without hesitation.

"Crack!"

In an instant, even Li Qing, a bystander, felt a palpitation at this moment. The slightly leaked red moon secret power almost affected his mind slightly.

Boom!

A breathtaking breath fluctuation came from Fan Tong's tiger body, and then quickly spread out.

The transformation is about to begin!

Li Qing calmed down his inner emotions, and then began to set up layers of strict restrictions in the cave.

These restrictions are used to isolate the breath fluctuations generated by Fan Tong when he breaks through the barrier. He doesn't want outsiders to know that there is a monster here that is sprinting towards the third level.

Of course, at the last moment, once Fan Tong really breaks through the realm, the movement at that time will definitely be difficult to cover up.

But for now, it will be as long as it can be covered up.

Soon, the restriction to isolate the fluctuation of breath was initially formed, and the outside world could no longer feel the breath of Li Qing's cave, unless the cultivation level was far higher than Li Qing.

"Roar!"

After swallowing the red crystal, Fan Tong lay on the ground and began to roar.

The roar was full of strong ferocious emotions, and the wildness and madness that belonged to the monster in its bones were completely stimulated by the third-level red crystal.

During this process, Li Qing always stared at Fan Tong, keeping his attention on it, fearing that it would have any accidents.

If there was something wrong, he would naturally not watch Fan Tong fall into madness and lose his mind.

At this time, the spiritual energy in the cave was very rich, which was the environment suitable for the monster to transform and break through.

Li Qing added dozens of spiritual stones to the eye of the formation to keep the spiritual energy here abundant.

Soon, a more powerful transformation began.

The sound of bones breaking came from Fan Tong's body, which made people feel palpitations.

This is not over yet. Fan Tong's dark red fur has completely turned black, and not even a trace of red can be seen.

At this moment, it has completely turned into a black tiger, its whole body is as black as ink, as if it is going to merge with the darkness in the cave.

This is not over yet. Li Qing, who was watching, suddenly found that there were bursts of Yin Qi in Fan Tong's black fur.

"This crystal core was taken from a Yin python. Could it be that this red crystal also carries some of the characteristics of its owner in his lifetime?"

If this continues, wouldn't it mean that Fan Tong will transform into a Yin tiger next, with a sinister Yin aura all over his body?

Li Qing still knows too little about these transformations, and he has no chance to do more research.

So at this moment, he doesn't know whether this transformation is good or bad for Fan Tong, and it can only be decided by itself.

Just as Li Qing had told him before, after embarking on this road, Fan Tong can only rely on himself.

The Yin aura on Fan Tong's body became more and more dense, and its pair of heterochromatic tiger eyes also began to transform at this moment.

The black and red heterochromatic pupils turned dark again at this moment, as if there was an abyss in the tiger eyes.

This is not over yet. Li Qing suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a little bit of madness accumulating in Fan Tong's tiger eyes.

Obviously, this third-level red crystal has begun to affect Fan Tong's mind.

After seeing this scene, Li Qing couldn't help but clench his fists.

Everything has a price. If you want to rely on red crystal to gain power more easily, you have to bear its huge negative effects.

The crystal core taken from this third-level beast is no longer something that ordinary monsters can bear. If the bloodline is not strong enough, accidents may occur at any time.

Swish!

On the tiger paw of the rice bucket, sharp claws like barbs suddenly popped out.

The hard rock ground in the cave seemed more fragile than tofu at this moment, and was easily pierced by the rice bucket's claws.

Several deep claw marks appeared on the rock ground, which showed how powerful the rice bucket's claws were now.

"Roar!"

The rice bucket roared, and the madness became stronger and stronger, and its voice was full of pain.

In this regard, Li Qing could only stand by and watch. The only thing he could do was to add a few spirit stones to the eye of the formation to keep the spiritual energy in the cave full.

In a blink of an eye, this transformation has lasted for several days. The Yin energy on Fan Tong's body is getting stronger and stronger, and the madness in his eyes is getting stronger.

If Li Qing hadn't stood in front of it, anyone would have been torn to pieces by Fan Tong's claws.

But this transformation is still going on, and Fan Tong's mind seems to be reaching its limit.

At this moment, Li Qing can even sense that there is a lot of Red Moon Secret Power overflowing in his cave.

Fan Tong, who is about to reach his limit, looks at Li Qing with a strange look in his eyes.

Li Qing is not unfamiliar with this. He has killed countless strange beasts in the polar night world, and this look is the same as those of the strange beasts.

Li Qing's heart is trembling slightly, and his knuckles are pinched white.

Recalling the scenes he has experienced in this life, Fan Tong has always been by his side.

Is it really the end now?

Li Qing stretched out his hand tremblingly, trying to stop Fan Tong from continuing to transform. He could not accept such a partner completely losing his intelligence and turning into a beast that only knew how to kill.

However, Fan Tong, who still maintained a trace of clarity in the end, also felt Li Qing's intention. It shook its tiger head and growled in refusal:

"Aohou! Aohou!"

It has its own stubbornness. Since it has embarked on this road, it is naturally unwilling to stop here.

In that case, not only will the work fail, but even the foundation will be extremely damaged, and the hope of future advancement will be even more slim.

The transformation cannot be interrupted!

Fan Tong's meaning was quite clear.

Li Qing heard the refusal in its roar, and he finally did not stretch out his hand.

"Why don't you just forget it? When I have achieved success in my cultivation, I will definitely find you some natural treasures to help you pass this level."

"The secret power of the red moon contained in the third-level red crystal is still too heavy. With your current bloodline, it is difficult to digest it completely."

Li Qing whispered, looking at the tenacious and stubborn glutton, he was deeply touched.

Even though he had a low bone structure and ordinary bloodline, he could reach this point today by relying on this stubbornness and ruthlessness.

"Speaking of which, you are really a bit like me. You have mediocre talent, but you still want to climb up."

"When I brought you back, you were not even as big as a cat. Who would have thought that you could reach this point today?"

"A third-level monster beast, it can be a rampant existence in this world, right?"

As he spoke, Li Qing patted the body of the rice bucket, and then said in a deep voice:

"Get through, I won't allow you to fall so early."

"In the future, we will see more scenery and appreciate more wonderful things in the world of cultivation!"

"This is not over yet. One day, I will take you to ascend to the upper realm together. The road is still long."

"How can this little predicament stop you and me?"

As he spoke, Li Qing's tone trembled a little. He felt that the rice bucket seemed to have reached its limit. Its bloodline was not enough to support it to complete such an exaggerated transformation.

Strictly speaking, the restrictions of the bloodline of monsters on themselves are far greater than the restrictions of the spiritual roots of human cultivation.

It is definitely harder than ascending to heaven for an ordinary demon beast bloodline to achieve a stronger realm.

If Fan Tong really fell into madness at this moment, Li Qing asked himself if he could kill it with his own hands.

So he had been preparing. As long as Fan Tong fell completely crazy, he would find a way to knock him out and seal him up.

But he didn't know what kind of harm this would cause to Fan Tong. The words "failed transformation" alone were serious enough.

Finally, Li Qing saw that the last bit of clarity in Fan Tong's pupils was drowned by madness.

It was like a small sailboat on the rough sea, covered by huge waves.

"Roar!" A fierce roar resounded from the cave, shaking the entire Bailian Peak!