Peak of Qi Refining Realm, Azure Emperor's Longevity Technique!

Immediately, Lu Ze activated his flying sword, cleaved the ground, and picked up Song Weiyuan's top-grade magic artifact, the bronze bell, and his storage bag.

A moment later, he used his Qiankun Ring to collect the spoils dropped by the Song family cultivators and martial artists, stuffed the storage bag into his robes, and then used his invisibility technique and the Thunderclap Nine Transformations lightness skill to quickly leave.

Soon after, many Qi Refining Realm cultivators from the inner city arrived, led by Duan Yi, the commander of the Demon Suppression Guard, and Ma Wenyuan, the deputy commander.

Ma Wenyuan is at the fourth level of the Qi Refining Realm, and Duan Yi is only at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm, but the Demon Suppression Guard is responsible for this kind of affairs.

Duan Yi and Ma Wenyuan carefully examined all the corpses of the Song family cultivators, reviewed the scene of the crime in their minds, and came to a conclusion.

The attacker was a single person, skilled in swordsmanship and extremely powerful. He could kill almost any cultivator he encountered in a single move!

Only Song Weiyuan, the patriarch of the Song family, managed to hold out for a moment with his top-grade magic weapon, but he was also killed by a sword intent.

What's even more terrifying is that the killer was ruthless; all the cultivators and martial artists who were killed were completely annihilated, leaving no trace whatsoever.

Immediately, Ma Wenyuan said, "Lord Duan, only Baiyun Temple and the three great families have this kind of power. How should we handle this matter?"

Duan Yi said, "Of course, we'll notify the county government!"

The county government only has three shifts of yamen runners, totaling no more than three hundred people. They seem weaker than the Demon Suppression Guard's thousand-household garrison and the twelve thousand Xuanjia soldiers commanded by the county lieutenant. However, they are the nominal rulers of the county and can use the county magistrate's seal to mobilize the national fortune and dragon energy of the county to suppress all cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm.

Moreover, the county magistrate could also communicate with the City God Temple and Baiyun Temple, two top-tier powers.

Therefore, only the county magistrate could investigate such a shocking case of the massacre that shook the inner city.

Soon after, news of the Song family's massacre spread rapidly throughout the major cultivation families in the inner city, causing a stir in the area.

After all, the Song family was considered to be of a mid-to-high level among the cultivation families in the inner city, yet they were easily wiped out. How could the other cultivation worlds not be shocked?

Meanwhile, the heads and elders of the major families generally warned their disciples not to offend anyone during this period.

The Song family was wiped out, perhaps because they inadvertently offended some powerful figure in disguise. How could they not be alarmed?

Not long after, at home.

Lu Ze began to tally his gains: six low-grade magic artifact storage bags, one top-grade magic artifact Pure Yang Bell, one high-grade magic artifact Crimson Flame Sword, one Xuan Turtle Shield, six other mid- and low-grade magic artifacts, and over a thousand low-grade spirit stones.

not bad!

Immediately, Lu Ze prepared to improve his strength.

Having just wiped out the Song family, this event is bound to have a huge impact, and the peak Qi Refining Realm experts from Baiyun Temple might just launch an attack.

Therefore, Lu Ze must convert the source of his gains into his own strength as much as possible!

Currently, the two fastest ways to increase strength are: first, strengthening the demon core to significantly reduce spiritual power cultivation; and second, strengthening the flying sword!

Lu Ze checked and found that strengthening the Qingyun Sword would require at least 2000 Source Points, and strengthening it would yield a Tier 1 Supreme-grade magic weapon flying sword.

Strengthening the demon core only requires 1000 source points.

His current source point is 2780, so it's impossible for him to do both at the same time.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ze decided to strengthen the demon core first and improve his cultivation.

As for the remaining 1000 source points, he planned to use them to strengthen his cultivation technique.

While the Green Wood Everlasting Spring Technique is decent, it's definitely far inferior to the top-tier cultivation techniques in the world of immortal cultivation!

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ze consumed 1000 Source Points to strengthen the Earth Bear.

"Currently available enhancement options: 1 Demon Core. Enhancement will yield a Tier 1 Top-Grade Earth Bear Demon Core. Refining it can significantly improve spiritual power cultivation, but there is a possibility that the demon power will erode the physical body, leading to physical mutation."

2. Golden Cores: Strengthening them yields the Earth Golden Core, which, when refined, significantly enhances spiritual power cultivation and improves physical strength to a certain extent, with no side effects.

Lu Ze naturally chose the Earth Golden Pill and consumed and refined it.

The earth nourishes trees, so the Green Wood Everlasting Spring Technique is perfect for refining the Golden Elixir of the Earth.

……

After an hour, Lu Ze had completely refined the medicinal power of the Earth Golden Pill before slowly stopping his practice. He sensed that the Azure Wood Spiritual Power in his body had filled all 360 acupoints and the Tanzhong acupoint in his middle dantian, and he had reached the peak of the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm.

That is, what ordinary cultivators call the peak of the Qi Refining Realm!

For an ordinary cultivator, this would be the limit!

However, the Green Wood Everlasting Spring Technique also has ten levels of Qi Refining Realm, which expands the meridians and acupoints, increasing the upper limit of spiritual power!

Unfortunately, the medicinal power of the Earth Golden Elixir had been completely refined.

In addition, refining the Earth Golden Elixir also strengthened his physique to a certain extent.

If the arm strength of a single arm was 10,000 jin when one just broke through to the tenth level of Body Tempering and the arm strength of a fully matured tenth level was 15,000 jin, then the arm strength at this moment is at least 20,000 jin.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ze consumed 1000 Source Points to enhance the Green Wood Everlasting Technique.

"Current enhancement directions: 1. Immortal Cultivation: Enhancement will yield the Azure Emperor's Longevity Technique (Qi Refining Chapter), the foundational chapter of the Azure Emperor Palace's supreme martial art in the Immortal Cultivation World. It can be cultivated up to the fifteenth level of the Qi Refining Realm, which can forge a divine-grade Dao foundation. 2. Martial Arts: Enhancement will yield the Azure Dragon Undying Body (Innate Chapter), the foundational chapter of the Azure Dragon Hall's supreme martial art in the High Martial Arts World. It has twelve levels of mental cultivation and can be cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts."

Lu Ze was quite interested in the Azure Dragon Immortal Body, as this kind of life-saving technique that grants immortality was exactly what he wanted.

But he also understood that the most important thing right now was to obtain a cultivation technique!

As for martial arts techniques, they can be enhanced through the Golden Body of the Sun.

Immediately, Lu Ze chose the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique, and the technique quickly appeared in his mind.

The Azure Emperor's Longevity Technique is dozens of times more complex and profound than the Azure Wood Longevity Technique. It also comes with an Azure Emperor's Longevity Diagram, which can be visualized to refine the spirit.

Soon after, he began to cultivate the Azure Emperor's Longevity Diagram, and a majestic phantom dressed in a blue imperial robe and crown condensed in his sea of ​​consciousness; it was the Azure Emperor's illusory form.

An hour later, the perfected true form of the giant azure tree in Lu Ze's sea of ​​consciousness disappeared, replaced by the majestic true form of the Azure Emperor, whose originally blurry face had transformed into Lu Ze's appearance.

At this moment, on his attribute panel, the Great Completion Realm Green Wood Everlasting Diagram has changed into the Green Emperor Longevity Diagram (Minor Completion 5%).

Although his cultivation level dropped, his spiritual power became more refined, his sensitivity to the wood elemental energy of heaven and earth deepened, and the range of spiritual energy he could draw upon expanded to a radius of ten miles.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ze began to truly cultivate the Azure Emperor's Longevity Technique, using the power of the Azure Emperor's divine soul and consciousness to re-condense the true seed of spiritual power.

A little over fifteen minutes later, a brand new seed of spiritual energy was successfully condensed. Its purity far exceeded that of top-grade solar true energy and top-grade solar qi, and it could be called top-grade spiritual energy!

An hour later, Lu Ze transformed all the Azure Wood spiritual power at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm into top-grade spiritual power before slowly finishing his practice and checking his attribute panel: Azure Emperor Longevity Technique (Seventh Level 36%).

His cultivation level dropped from the peak of the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm to the seventh level, but Lu Ze felt that his strength had actually increased. After all, the purity of his spiritual power had increased three or four times, and one part of his spiritual power could exert the powerful effect of seven or eight parts of his spiritual power before!

At this moment, Lu Ze felt that he was incredibly strong. As long as no Dao Foundation Realm cultivator appeared, he could be invincible in Yunhe County!