Mortals cultivate immortality, and their IQ is playing with their heartbeats

#433 - Deception of trust

Suddenly, the Hell Space underwent a tremendous change, its volume expanding a hundredfold, the blood energy within surging like a vast ocean.

Li Chengfeng channeled most of the absorbed Blood Sea power into the Blood Pool, instantly doubling its absorption and release capabilities.

The mixed, special energies, once thrown into the Blood Pool, were also broken down into purer forms, greatly benefiting Li Chengfeng.

All of this happened too suddenly; the Nether Soul Ancestor was completely unaware, not realizing that Li Chengfeng had already transferred most of his power to the Living World Space and the Hell Space.

At this moment, he looked blank and heartbroken, staring at the remaining half of his spiritual energy. Despite being reluctant, he could only grit his teeth and continue to observe.

Li Chengfeng sneered inwardly as the power within his body erupted. With a 'buzz,' the rune war hammer formed from the Nine Great Cultivation Methods frantically struck and tempered his dantian.

A round, golden core was slowly condensing, the spiritual energy of different attributes imbuing it with various colors.

However, Li Chengfeng's golden core was extraordinary. He cultivated the Unity of All Laws, so his golden core naturally couldn't be a single color.

He cleverly divided the golden core into multiple regions, imitating the Blue Star and its celestial bodies, allowing the power of various cultivation methods to coexist harmoniously within it, complementing each other, and jointly forging a dazzling and strangely powerful miniature "Earth."

As the golden core gradually formed, the nine Blood Cores also slowly condensed, orbiting Li Chengfeng's golden core, each following its predetermined trajectory, without interfering with each other, jointly guarding this core of power.

A main golden core resided in the center, surrounded by nine blood-colored sub-cores, continuously rotating around the main core.

At this moment, the main and sub-cores had achieved synchronization, a symbol of a solid foundation.

Like Li Chengfeng, one could possess nine clones with strength equivalent to their own, while Xue Qingchen, because he reached the late Nascent Soul stage when condensing his clones, most great cultivators could only condense two clones with comparable strength.

The reason was that Xue Qingchen's strength was already quite profound when he received the cultivation methods taught by Li Chengfeng.

All of this was happening quietly. Although the golden core was taking shape, it still needed to be stabilized, requiring the nourishment of pressure and spiritual energy.

Li Chengfeng closed his eyes and focused his mind, wholeheartedly immersing himself in the comprehension and cultivation of increasing his strength, fearing external disturbances at this moment.

However, his composure caused the Nether Soul Ancestor to look at him with a complicated expression, smiling as he said, "This junior indeed possesses great ambition. Only with a clear mind can one advance to the Golden Core stage effortlessly.

If one harbors fear, it will be difficult to succeed. Since that's the case, I will lend you a hand, not only not hindering your spiritual energy but also preventing external interference."

With that, he actually walked out of the painting. It turned out he had been hiding within the scroll all along, and his appearance at this moment was perfectly timed because Li Chengfeng was at a critical moment, unable to attend to other matters.

The Nether Soul Ancestor faced everything calmly. With a flick of his hand, the entire space was wrapped in layers of restrictions, like a giant blood cocoon, protecting Li Chengfeng within.

However, he did not cut off the Eye of the Sea's supply of spiritual energy to Li Chengfeng because what he needed was the moment Li Chengfeng advanced to the Golden Core stage, the key to his plan.

If he interrupted the spiritual energy at this moment, his plan would fall short.

After completing this, his expression became extremely solemn. He took out a stone pier filled with traces of time from his bosom.

On the stone pier was carved an ancient altar pattern, its runes intricate and complex, causing anyone who looked at it to furrow their brows.

He actually placed this altar on top of the blood cocoon, then cast countless restrictions, tightly connecting the altar to Li Chengfeng until the two were completely fused.

Only then did he reveal a hint of a relieved smile, saying, "Boy, although you are clever, you never expected that my words were all lies.

My purpose in luring everyone here was to make you sacrifices for my chosen one.

When you form your golden core, I will transfer this power to my disciple, helping his strength to increase by leaps and bounds, even hoping to step into the mid-Golden Core stage.

Originally, I had no extravagant hopes, but your momentum in advancing to the Golden Core stage is so vast, as if crossing into the Nascent Soul realm, which makes me even more expectant."

Having said that, he no longer spoke, instead gathering his strength and sending a message to another party.

At this moment, Fairy Ling Yan, who was busy breaking the formation, flashed a subtle smile of satisfaction between her eyebrows.

After a year of unremitting efforts, they had finally broken through the layers of restrictions and were slowly approaching this place.

In fact, all of this was deliberately done by her. Those restrictions were just things she could dismantle at will.

During this year, they were full of respect for Fairy Ling Yan, including Monk Jingxin and Duan Ning, the four cultivators of the Demon Clan in the Golden Core stage, who not only provided her with abundant resources but also helped her recover her strength.

Now, they knew that only by relying on Fairy Ling Yan's formation could they leave this place; otherwise, they would be trapped forever.

The foolish them could only follow her closely, never leaving her side.

However, Fairy Ling Yan's eyes revealed disdain and indifference.

Just then, Fairy Ling Yan suddenly stopped and announced, "There is one last restriction to break.

Please give me all your elixirs, because breaking this time will take a long time. If my mana is insufficient, everything will be in vain.

As long as we work together to break this last restriction, we can regain our freedom."

During this year, Fairy Ling Yan worked tirelessly, repeatedly vomiting blood from breaking the restrictions, but she always stuck to her duty and eventually won everyone's trust.

Duan Ning took the lead in generously donating all of his remaining elixirs to Fairy Ling Yan, expressing his absolute trust.

Monk Jingxin chanted Buddha's name with his hands clasped together, showing his trust in Fairy Ling Yan.

Subsequently, he also contributed two bottles of elixirs to share with Fairy Ling Yan. Seeing this, the other two demons followed suit, contributing their respective elixirs. Fairy Ling Yan gladly accepted and promised to complete the task as soon as possible.

She smiled and said to everyone, "Please rest assured. I need a few days to prepare.

At that time, I will consume a lot of resources to break the restriction.

Once the time is ripe, I hope you will help me with all your strength, guarding the four directions of east, south, west, and north, and break the formation map with your profound mana.

I am in the center of the formation, responsible for the final blow."

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Six days later, Fairy Ling Yan looked exhausted, and all her resources had been used up.

Suddenly, she roared, and the surrounding restrictions shattered like porcelain, revealing four formation maps.

Because of their tacit cooperation, the four quickly occupied the four directions, injecting mana into the formation.

Fairy Ling Yan pinched her fingers to cast a spell, while ordering Yu Chun to assist.

Yu Chun did not dare to slack off in the slightest, immediately waved the formation flag, and injected mana.

With a deafening roar, everything seemed to return to nothingness.

However, when they opened their eyes again, they found themselves teleported to Li Chengfeng's cultivation place.

Just as everyone was wondering, four cages suddenly rose around them, trapping them within.

Above the cages, strange runes flowed, and black soul flames jumped from time to time, causing a chill to rise in their hearts.

Duan Ning angrily questioned, "What does Fairy Ling Yan mean by this? We have placed so much trust in you."

However, Fairy Ling Yan smiled radiantly, unable to hide the exhaustion in her eyes. It turned out that all of this was a carefully designed scam.

Yu Chun stood respectfully beside her, looking contemptuously at the trapped people, and ridiculed, "A bunch of trash! My fairy was just playing with you. You are so stupid, not clever at all.

That Insect Demon is smart and thoughtful. With his small strength, he made everyone run around in circles, but is he smart? In fact, everything is under our control. Didn't he also fall into the blood cocoon in the end, and he will eventually be used as nourishment."

Only then did everyone realize that all their efforts over the past year had been in vain.

They looked at Fairy Ling Yan angrily and helplessly, but saw the power surging above the big cocoon, seemingly connected to the altar.

As a result, the four cages seemed even more eerie and terrifying, making people feel ominous.