Chapter 260 Breakthrough, Mid-Stage Foundation Building!

Qingchen, whom Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun were talking about, was now in a secret valley deep in the Yinling Island.

The mountains around this valley were undulating, like a natural barrier.

The mountains were lush with trees and mist.

Occasionally, there were a few roars of monsters, which added a bit of danger.

The place where Qingchen chose to retreat was in this secret valley.

He had a retreat cave a mile underground in this valley.

And outside the cave, a second-level medium-grade small five-element inversion array was arranged, which was as solid as a rock.

This place was rarely visited by people, even the immortal cultivators on the island rarely set foot there.

The immortal cultivators on Yinling Island usually lived in the inner city of Yinling Island, or in a ten-mile Yinling market designated by Qingchen.

That was the place with the most concentrated spiritual energy in the entire Yinling Island.

In recent years, Qingchen not only ordered Gao Yuliang, Deng Ziyue and others to vigorously expand Yinling Island.

He even invited a vein finder from Ningxuan Sect to pull the spiritual veins and annex the island.

The sources of the spiritual stones consumed also come from multiple channels, including the allocation of the island owner's mansion of Yinling Island, the supply of the inspector's mansion, and the tributes from various island forces.

In recent years, Qingchen's power has also grown day by day.

Yinling Island has a radius of nearly 200 miles and a population of over one million.

Qingchen not only gets people from his own jurisdiction, but also trades people from other jurisdictions. Now it has become quite large.

The name of the Blood River Demon has also spread widely.

In this time of war, other cultivators dare not refuse to give or cooperate with those who are favored by Qingchen.

When Qingchen was fighting in the territory of Heimu Island, when he fled to a place close to the territory of Ningxuan Sect, he remotely controlled Yinling Island through the communication array on the Xuanxue Battle Boat.

The communication array on the 'Xuanxue Battle Boat' is a second-level communication array.

It is far stronger than the Wanli Transmission Note, and can transmit within a range of hundreds of thousands of miles.

The communication array on the Ningxuan Sect's 'War Treasure Ship' has even reached the level of a third-level array.

The 'War Treasure Ship' can convey commands over a distance of millions of miles.

After leaving Zenda Island, Qingchen rushed back to the Ningxuan Sect.

The moment he entered the sect, he hurried to the Sutra Library without taking a rest.

When he stepped into the fifth floor of the Sutra Library, the jade slips here were obviously much sparser than those on the lower floors.

After thousands of years of long years, the Ningxuan Sect has only accumulated thirty or forty Xuan-level top-grade secrets, each of which is a treasure in the sect.

Qingchen saw the "Purple Cloud Mysterious Art", with which Gu Jianchun shined in many battles.

Then, he also saw the "Blood Path Sutra" practiced by Chu Feikong, and the "One Qi Locking Dragon Capturing Hand" that Elder Shangshan had used to test him.

There are also techniques such as "Fifteen-Road Spirit Crane Questioning Heaven Knife", "Immovable Vajra Combat Body", "Great Questioning Feelings Subduing Heavenly Spirit Ape Hand", and "Concentration Technique".

However, Qingchen couldn't help but think of the thrilling escape in the Black Wood Territory.

At that time, he was caught up by pursuers again and again.

It was only because the low-grade "Nine-Curve Cloud Escape Technique" he practiced was not good enough in speed.

At those moments, life and death were hanging by a thread, and he deeply realized the importance of escape speed.

At this moment, he chose a high-grade Xuan-grade escape technique among many secret techniques - "Six-Combination Escape Technique".

Then Qingchen spent more than 20,000 spirit stones in the sect!

He bought the corpse of a late-stage second-level monster - the Green Ancient Spirit Crocodile, which was nearly ten feet long.

This was only possible because he had an extraordinary status now, so he could get it through channels.

The second-level high-grade treasures are generally not sold in the market.

In the underground cave somewhere in Yinling Island, Qingchen sat on the magical cushion.

His eyes were tightly closed, his face solemn, and he was now using all his strength to activate the "Brahma Aperture Blood Refining Secret Technique" in the "Brahma Demon Refining Art".

In front of him, the body of the huge second-stage late-stage demon beast, the Green Ancient Spirit Crocodile, was placed.

The nearly ten-foot-long body was like a small mountain. Even though it was dead, it still exuded a strong pressure.

Qingchen's hands quickly changed handprints, and mysterious runes flew out from his palms and entangled on the body of the Green Ancient Spirit Crocodile.

As the secret technique was activated, the blood and flesh essence of the Green Ancient Spirit Crocodile seemed to be torn out by an invisible force.

It turned into extremely rich blood and rushed towards Qingchen.

Qingchen only felt an extremely powerful force pouring into his body, and his blood and qi instantly surged.

"Hiss!"

Qingchen only felt that there seemed to be a myriad of forces stirring in his body.

His veins popped up all over his body, as if he would explode at any time.

The peak state of the initial foundation building began to show signs of a breakthrough.

However, how could the bottleneck of the middle stage of foundation building be so easily overcome?

Although the blood and flesh essence of this monster was of extremely high quality and in large quantity, Qingchen's process of breaking through the bottleneck of the middle stage of foundation building was not smooth sailing.

He could clearly feel that the bottleneck was like a solid barrier, lying in front of him.

Although he was infinitely close to a breakthrough, the spiritual power in his body was also frantically gathering and compressing.

But there was always an indescribable feeling missing.

It was like the last step, but he could not find the most suitable point of force.

Qingchen frowned slightly, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

With a thought, he slowly took out a pill emitting a faint spiritual light from his arms.

It was the Shengling Xuanti Pill given to him by Elder Shangshan.

This pill was carefully refined by the second-level alchemist of Ningxuan Sect, specially designed to break through the bottleneck of the middle stage of foundation building, and it was extremely precious.

You know, even if it is a rare mid-grade spiritual weapon, two or three pieces can hardly be exchanged for one of these pills.

In Ningxuan Sect, its wartime contribution points are as high as 6,000, which is comparable to two foundation-building pills, and its value can be seen.

Generally, cultivators rely on slow work, spending ten years or even longer to continuously polish the bottleneck barrier until a wave breaks through the bottleneck.

Qingchen is more extravagant, with both high-quality monster corpses that fit the main practice method and the "Shengling Xuanti Pill".

His eyes were solemn, knowing that he was at the critical moment of breakthrough.

Without much hesitation, Qingchen opened his mouth and swallowed the "Shengling Xuanti Pill" into his stomach.

As soon as the pill entered the Qi Hai Dantian, it was like a scorching sun falling into a deep pool.

The light was centered on the Qi Hai Dantian, and it meandered through the meridians of the whole body like a spirit snake.

Wherever it passed, the flesh and blood seemed to be ignited.

Qingchen's body shook violently, and the blood and flesh essence of the 'Bi Gu Ling Crocodile' that was raging in his body.

It seemed to be pulled by an invisible giant force and rushed to the Dantian frantically.

The two blended and collided with each other, making bursts of dull thunderous sounds.

At this time, Qingchen's consciousness seemed to be immersed in a vast ocean of spiritual power.

As the power of Shengling Xuanti Pill continued to be released, the spiritual power in Qingchen's body became more and more powerful, impacting the barrier wave after wave.

Under the urging of sufficient medicinal power, the blood and flesh essence of the Bi Gu Ling Crocodile seemed to transform into a spiritual crocodile phantom, rushing towards the bottleneck with its fangs and claws.

The power was so strong that the barrier of the bottleneck began to crack!