Chapter Sixteen: Sudden Change (First Update)

  "Whoosh——"

  "Crack crack crack crack"

  In the quiet space, the sound of crackling and crunching of the stone bamboo was heard, as well as the sound of chewing. In just a few short minutes, the energy stone forest surrounding Ling Wu Shuang disappeared, leaving only one blue energy stone under her butt.

  Ling Wushuang involuntarily swallowed his saliva, glancing at the pair of dark eyes on the upper foot, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. "You don't want to eat anymore, do you?"

  "Chirp"

  Little Jiutou's buttocks were pressed against Ling Wusuo's body, her fluffy big tail wagging back and forth. In her narrow, fox-like eyes, those round eyeballs sparkled with tears, slowly nodding her little head towards her.

  Ling Wushuang raised her hand to cover her forehead, paused for a long time, and thoroughly conceded defeat. She stood up with a pained expression, and before she could even steady herself, several flashes of red light streaked by. The massive energy stone that had been under her just a second ago, weighing several hundred kilograms, suddenly entered Xiao Jiu's belly.

  "Hoo-hoo——"

  The little thing gnashed its teeth, with a lingering sense of discontent.

  Ling Wu's face was covered in black lines, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to point towards some stone forests shrouded in mist not far away, indicating that there were more over there.

  "Chirp! Chirp!"

  The little thing's eyes flashed, and in an instant it came to life. With a fiery red flash, it rushed into the vast white misty color, disappearing from view. In the air wrapped in milky white thin fog, it left behind a beautiful fire-red arc.

  "Go ahead and eat, the more you eat the better, it's fine even if you finish everything here, anyway it's not mine!" Ling Wushuang rubbed his chin with his fingers, smiling very slyly.

  At this time, Sheng Lin, who was in the Grand Temple of the Holy Palace, felt a slight chill on his back for no reason. His elegant eyebrows furrowed inexplicably.

  Ling Wushuang smiled and withdrew her gaze, sitting back down on the ground once again.

  "What's missing?" Ling Wusuo sat cross-legged, with one hand propping up his knee and the other pinching his chin, lost in thought.

  Time has probably passed for about ten days or so, but it's still wandering around the quasi-god level, without any major breakthroughs, and always feels like something is missing.

  There is another point, the density of spiritual energy here is indeed much stronger than outside, but it's probably only more than ten times that, and it's fundamentally impossible to increase the speed of cultivation by twenty or more times. Mu Shi Qing and Sheng Lin didn't have any reason to deceive people, which means that this place can indeed achieve such an effect, so what is the reason?

  Apart from the spiritual energy, she seemed to have sensed a strange power in this area!

  "What is it?" Ling Wushuang's clear and handsome eyebrows slightly furrowed, one hand extended into the air, slowly clenched into a fist, allowing threads of milky white spiritual energy to dart through her fingers.

  Spatial laws, spatial forces, temporal transformations, temporal flows...

  Space, time!

  A streak of white light flashed quickly across Ling Wu's clear eyes.

  Time Rule, accelerate the flow of time around!

  "What is this......" Ling Wu Shuang's sea of consciousness, with this realization emerging, as if a massive wave suddenly surged towards his divine consciousness.

  But she didn't know that at this moment, the flow of time around her was quietly twisting!

  "This is..." Ling Wu Xuan hastily closed her eyes, but before she could carefully comprehend the situation, the strange changes around her flashed by and disappeared without a trace.

  If Lou Junyan were here, he would definitely be shocked, because just a moment ago, Ling Wushuang touched something that didn't even belong to the secondary god level, let alone the peak godman realm. Her astonishing comprehension ability had transcended the ordinary Xuan Shi law!

  Ling Wushuang opened his eyes in dismay, and that mysterious feeling had also disappeared without a trace.

  "It seems that some effort is still needed" Ling Wusuo took a deep breath, breaking through requires an opportunity, and rushing won't work.

  "It seems to be a bit short of energy" Ling Wu Xiang thought for a moment, then waved his sleeve and took out a bottle of elixir, shook it by hand, seemingly with four or five pills inside, "Make do with it barely"

  Ling Wushuang raised his hand and poured the peanuts into his mouth with a rattling sound, as if he was pouring popcorn, without paying any money, in the quiet space, crunching loudly.

  The crimson elixir transformed into a warm current that flowed towards her limbs and torso, sweeping through them.

  Huǒ gāng dān, also a sacred rank dan medicine, however, is the closest existence to divine rank dan medicine among sacred rank dan medicines. It has the effect of forging meridians and providing an astonishing energy explosion in an instant, which can help people break through the barrier of quasi-divine level.

  If anyone were to see her eating like this, even Sheng Lin would be heartbroken to the point of vomiting blood.

  Ling Wu Shuang shook the empty dan medicine bottle and casually threw it into space, her brow furrowing slightly, "The effect isn't very great"

  The Huojuedan had little effect on her, who was now a quasi-divine being, but among the things she could currently use to help herself, this kind of medicinal pill was about it. It was barely usable, and could only be used with great difficulty, but it couldn't provide any substantial assistance.

  Ling Wu's eyes slightly dimmed, her consciousness stirred, and in the vast white space, a golden light flashed, a golden book appeared before Ling Wu. With her thoughts, the golden pages turned rapidly, ancient golden text jumping on it, making people's eyes dizzy, while emitting a faint metallic collision sound.

  This thing is exactly the Shennong Ding, the Wan Yao Pu born with it, which records various Dan medicine formulas and all kinds of heavenly treasures!

  "Halt!" Ling Wu's eyes lit up, and he quickly scanned several rows of floating golden text. After carefully reading it, his mind stirred, and the Golden Book sank back into the Sea of Consciousness.

  Ling Wushuang's red lips curled up slightly, "Nirvana Pill..."

  Divine Rank Dan Medicine, Nirvana Dan, the most basic dan medicine that assists in breaking through the divine rank.

  In Ling Wu's hands, there were the most basic divine herbs for refining Nirvana Dan, which were the two Taiji decayed wood grasses discovered in the Sunset Forest that time, and also the Dry Butterfly Flower.

  She had a lot of rare and precious treasures in her hands, and the remaining things she needed were also available. There was even a variant of the double-birthed lotus that could add icing to the cake, completely removing the violent factors from the elixir, allowing the quality of the elixir to be improved by several levels.

  But now the most important thing is how to successfully refine it.

  "Nirvana Dan" Ling Wu Shuang nodded thoughtfully, with her quasi-god level strength, refining a divine rank elixir shouldn't be a problem, the refinement wouldn't take too long, and with Nirvana Dan's assistance, breaking through would also become much easier.

  With a resolute mind, Ling Wushuang waved her hand to summon the Shen Nong Ding. At the same time, a string of bright red sparks burst out from her fingertips. Then, with a flick of her finger, the primordial fire leapt into the Shen Nong Ding. In the quiet space, it rose with the gentle breeze and suddenly ignited into a fierce blaze.

  This was the first attempt at refining a divine rank elixir, so Ling Wu Xue was also more cautious, to be on the safe side. He also divided the only two stalks of Two Instrumental Grass in his hand into two portions.

  In the tripod of Shennong, fierce flames are burning fiercely.

  Ling Wusuo held two decayed wooden grasses in one hand, and with the tip of his finger, he manipulated a thread of chaotic fire. As soon as they touched each other, a hiss sounded, and the emerald green decayed wooden grass transformed into a ball of cyan **.

  Ling Wushuang didn't dare to be the slightest bit careless, and an invisible spiritual force enveloped the green **, like a transparent pearl, which was quickly sent into the Shen Nong Ding with a wave of her hand.

  After a while, Ling Wusuo again followed the order recorded in Wan Yao Pu, one by one turning the required medicinal materials into **, and merging them into the Shen Nong Ding.

  Ling Wu's spiritual power overflowed, wrapping around the Shennong Ding, that one cluster of five colors and six colors, harmonious fusion, carefully controlling the chaotic fire, knowing that if one is careless, the things inside can turn into a wisp of green smoke.

  The refining process of Dan medicine, from the order of entry into the medicine, to the timing of entry, control of Dao fire... many aspects have been carefully considered, and no alchemist can claim to be completely error-free in the refining process of Dan medicine.

  It took about half a day for all the medicinal herbs to be put into the cauldron.

  Ling Wushuang carefully controlled the fire, occasionally flicking out a few sparks of chaotic fire from her fingertips to send into the Shen Nong Ding. As time passed, beads of sweat also began to appear on her forehead, gathering into pea-sized droplets that dripped down from her pale chin and fell to the ground.

  In the vast expanse of space, spiritual energy seemed to flow like a substance. In the ancient Shennong cauldron, scarlet flames danced and leapt, making the air in this region scorching hot.

  After an unknown period of time, Ling Wu's eyes slightly condensed, and he raised his hand to coldly shout out, "Dan Cheng!"

  As she took this clear drink, the ancient Shen Nong Ding seemed like a black hole, frantically absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy. A thick white mist was visible to the naked eye, rapidly gathering towards the Shen Nong Ding. At the same time, Ling Wu's spiritual power was continuously outputting at an astonishing degree, as if it would empty her out completely.

  However, at this point, Ling Wushuang also didn't dare to be careless, and could only grit his teeth and persevere. Having reached the final step of Cheng Dan, if he failed now, it would make people spit blood.

  "Success!" Ling Wusuo's low, stern voice rang out, his spiritual energy suddenly surging upwards. With a wave of his hand, a golden light burst forth from the flames dancing on the Shen Nong Ding, shooting into the air with a whooshing sound. The surrounding air seemed to vibrate with a faint humming noise.

  "Hmm——"

  A faint hum of swords and blades rose again.

  Ling Wushuang hurriedly raised her hand to seal the surrounding space, not letting any aura leak out. She hadn't expected that the Divine Rank Dan medicine would actually stir up the power of space! If there were any Divine Rank experts nearby, this kind of spatial fluctuation would definitely attract people's attention.

  "Succeeded" Ling Wu's clear eyes shone brightly, she held her breath and concentrated, her consciousness spread outwards, sensing that there was no unusual movement around her, only then did she let out a sigh of relief.

  Ling Wushuang couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead, and with a wave of his hand, the golden elixir shot out from the direction of the Shen Nong Ding, flying rapidly towards her.

  "Whoosh——"

  Ling Wushuang's smile rose to the corners of his mouth, and in the next second, it was completely frozen at the edge of his lips.

  "Chirp! Chirp!"

  A red light flashed, as fast as lightning, and collided with the golden light in mid-air. Immediately afterwards, a crisp cracking sound was heard, and without thinking, it was clear what had happened!

  Ling Wushuang's outstretched hand stiffened in mid-air, his cold and proud face turned white, then red, then green, before finally turning completely black.

  "Xiao Jiu..." Two words that were gritted out from between her teeth.

  Ling Wushuang's fists clenched tighter and tighter, that was endured again and again, but finally couldn't help but shout at the little guy who had just landed, "Spit it out for me!"

  Damn it, she refined the elixir for several days and it just entered this guy's mouth, how can that be!

  Xiao Jiu's fluffy head shrunk, his shiny black eyes gazed at Ling Wusuo who was hastily retreating, and he blinked innocently, while also licking his lips with an aftertaste that seemed to be endless.

  "You spit it out or not, if you don't spit it out I'll dissect you!" Looking at Xiaojiao finishing eating and still looking drowsy, Ling Wusuo was really furious. His left hand swiftly reached out, as fast as lightning, grabbed its fluffy big tail and shook it violently, "You give it back to me!"

  If it were an ordinary day, Ling Wushuang would have just gritted his teeth and borne with it, but unfortunately, this was a critical moment when time was pressing and resources were scarce.

  "Chirp"

  Poor little Jiu, was beaten and scolded pitifully.

  "Chirp, chirp", "Squeak, squeak"

  "Spit it out!" Ling Wu Xiang's hands manipulated the small thing in various ways, finally flicking his wrist and sending a bright red little flesh ball thudding to the ground.

  If it were an ordinary day, the little thing would definitely find an opportunity to run away. But now, after being thrown to the ground by Ling Wu Shuang, it actually stayed in place, shrinking its small head and curling up its fluffy big tail, wrapping its chubby body from head to toe, only a ball of fiery red fluff could be seen, motionless.

  Ling Wushuang raised an eyebrow in surprise, and Xiaojie was indeed very unusual these past few days. Could it be that she was right, this little thing was about to break through!?

  Ling Wu's eyes suddenly narrowed, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was right. These past few days, Xiao Jiu had almost swept away all the energy stones in this space, although it was usually greedy, but not to this extent. It must be that this breakthrough required a lot of energy!

  "What is this little thing, after all?" Xia Jiu was what level of Xuan beast, she had no idea in her heart, and even the type of Xuan beast it was, wasn't very clear.

  Ling Wu Xiong stared at the small, fiery figure on the emerald green bamboo forest, entangled for a long time but to no avail. In the end, he could only shake his head in frustration and fortunately thought of his previous caution, "Fortunately, I left half of the Two Instrumental Wooden Grass."

  But she didn't think that the refining was successful, yet it ended up in this guy's stomach. Ling Wushuang really wanted to cry but had no tears. How did she become so unlucky and end up with such a little foodie?

  Ling Wushuang had no choice but to seize the time to refine another Nirvana Pill. However, after the first practice, Ling Wushuang's speed was actually faster by a few points. The first pill took three days, and this one only took two days to successfully refine it. Moreover, he sealed off the surrounding space in advance, not allowing the spatial power brought out by the divine rank Dan medicine to overflow.

  Fortunately, it was a success. The golden elixir fell into Ling Wu's hands, still carrying the scorching breath of the furnace fire.

  Ling Wushuang lowered her eyebrows and glanced at the small, motionless lump on the emerald green bamboo leaves. She tugged hard at the corner of her mouth until she had the dan medicine clutched in her hand, only then did she completely put her mind at ease. If it happened again, she would really go crazy.

  "Nirvana Dan is ready, whether it can break through or not depends on these few days" Ling Wusuo took a deep breath.

  As she raised her hand to retrieve the Shen Nong Ding, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, gazing at the vigorously burning flames in the cauldron. Suddenly, an idea struck her, and her red lips pursed as she lifted her hand again. In the center of her palm, a blue-green light flashed, and an icy-colored scepter materialized.

  A nearly two-meter-long icy scepter, its entire body shining with a watery luster, looked just like an ordinary stick made of ice that would shatter with a single squeeze.

  "What's going on here, is this thing real or not?" Ling Wu Shuang muttered to himself, somewhat perplexed.

  Could it be that she felt wrong? It should not be possible, she was clearly on this thing, and felt a breath similar to Qianli Qitian and Shennongding. Now there is no fluctuation of breath at all, and even the slightest energy fluctuation does not exist.

  If it were true, then why did she feel that familiar aura again when she walked out of the outer dark hall, calling from a more distant place?

  Ling Wushuang couldn't understand, lowered her eyelids and glanced at the thing in her hand, twitched her lips, "It can't be made of ice, right?"

  Even if it's not a cold ice scepter, the things in that place are definitely not ordinary. This is something she risked her life to bring out, and she doesn't want it to be a waste.

  Thinking of this, Ling Wu's eyes flashed with determination, "Let's try it"

  Ling Wushuang raised her hand and with a flick of her wrist, the icy-blue staff in her hand flew towards the Shennong Ding suspended in mid-air, spinning rapidly as it went. With a crisp crackling sound, the icy-blue staff was inserted straight into the Shennong Ding, which was surrounded by fiery red flames.

  "If it's really a Frostbone Rod, then in the Shen Nong Ding, it will definitely have a reaction. Ling Wu Shuang frowned tightly. If it's a defective product, it will definitely not withstand the tempering of the Chaotic Fire, even if it's made from Jiuyou Xuanbing, it will turn to ashes."

  "Whoosh——"

  In the tripod of Shennong, scarlet tongues of flame licked at the crystal clear and icy jade-like sticks, producing a sound like flames engulfing everything.

  An icy rod, like the Dinghai Shenzhen needle, is inserted into the Shennong tripod, and the swirling scarlet flames blend with its icy blue body to create a dazzling picture.

  "No reaction at all?" Ling Wu Shuang slightly hesitated for a moment, then flipped her wrist and another fierce flame was swung into the Shen Nong Ding.

  "Whoosh——"

  The scarlet flames danced up with the wind, and the temperature of the surrounding air rose again by several degrees.

  "Whoosh"

  Scorching flames, added bit by bit, finally reached the point where Ling Wu Shuang could control the chaotic fire to its extreme. The icy-colored staff remained still as a mountain, without even a hint of change, with a somewhat "dead pigs don't fear boiling water" kind of meaning.

  Ling Wushuang's mouth twitched, and he was completely at a loss.

  However, although it didn't release an aura similar to the Shen Nong Ding, Ling Wu Xuan confirmed one thing - it was actually able to withstand the tempering of the Chaos Fire without changing in the slightest. This object definitely wasn't a mundane item.

  "Never mind, let's talk about it later." Ling Wu Xuan took a deep breath and was about to retrieve it when he hesitated for a moment. Instead, he left it in the Shen Nong Ding and found a clean spot to sit down cross-legged.

  Now that she has the Nirvana Pill, let's see if she can break through to the Divine Realm in a short period of time!

  Calm down, Ling Wushuang opened his mouth and put the golden elixir into his mouth. The elixir that melted as soon as it entered his mouth formed a warm current, like a loach, slid smoothly into his throat. A scorching air wave rushed into the dantian from his mouth.

  "Hmm—"

  Her eyes lightly closed, and she let out a low hum that was almost inaudible. In her lower abdomen, a warm energy spread out like a small sun had been planted there, constantly emitting energy that flowed from that spot to her limbs and extremities.

  Soon, Ling Wushuang was immersed in a subtle atmosphere.

  It was unclear how much time had passed, but amidst the white mist, Ling Wu's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and tiny streams of sky-blue energy flowed in, converging at her dantian. The feeling was as if a thin veil separated them, and she seemed to see the faint, sky-blue energy taking shape into a human figure.

  Looking again, it seems as if I can see another self at the dan Tian, sitting cross-legged in meditation!

  In this space shrouded in mist and cloud, a person, a beast, a tripod, and a staff remain motionless as a mountain, entering stillness like the boulders of Mount Tai. Occasionally, one can only hear the sound of flames dancing, bringing out a humming noise that is exceptionally clear in the quiet heavens and earth.

  Ling Wushuang sat cross-legged, as if isolated from the world. The dark blue aura around him fluctuated, overflowing from his body and then being absorbed back in, constantly exchanging and replacing each other, becoming increasingly pure, his breath growing more and more chilly.

  The moon is high in the sky, the holy palace temple.

  Mo Shiqing wore a suit of grey armor, listening to the orders of Holy Lin, smiling in agreement while slowly nodding his head. On his square face with a goatee, various expressions appeared one after another: respect, complacency, disdain, surprise... everything was there.

  Mu Shi Qing listened and said confidently: "It's just a small Ling family, Your Majesty can rest assured, I will definitely handle it well."

  To deal with the Ling family, the Holy Master actually had to mobilize most of the people from the Holy Temple. It's a bit too much to give so much credit to the four major families. Moreover, there is also Lord Yi Qian, isn't that just a piece of cake?

  "Do as I say." Sheng Lin frowned slightly, "Remember, at any time, to anyone, you can't be careless."

  He never underestimates his enemies, no matter how weak they are. This time, if necessary, he will take action personally!

  Just as the two were discussing, a series of steady and powerful footsteps sounded outside the main hall. Mu Shi Qing raised his head along with the sound and saw the person coming, then hurriedly went to greet him, " Envoy sir"

  Sheng Lin's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he also stood up.

  Yi Qian's two steel-whip-like eyebrows furrowed together, and he strode over like a gust of wind. Before anyone could steady themselves, he commanded with a wave of his hand: "Immediately open the White Tower's Ninth Heaven for me!"

  Digression

  Around three o'clock in the afternoon, there is still one more watch