Chapter 89: Twelve Levels of Ancient Qi Refining

This jade can detect the human breath within a radius of 100 miles.

At first, Xu Hei suspected that a certain sect had come out in full force, and the whole family was out to catch him.

But then, he found that this group of people was not coming for him, but just passing by a hundred miles away.

"Three hundred people in the Qi Refining Stage, a few in the Foundation Establishment Stage... No, this is just the ones who just passed by, and there are more behind..."

Xu Hei looked at the countless red dots on the jade, and felt his scalp tingling.

He had never seen so many human cultivators act together.

"What's going on?" Xiao Chou finished eating dumplings and looked over curiously.

Xu Hei pondered and said, "Maybe a big sect wants to move, it's none of our business."

"Oh." Xiao Chou nodded without thinking much.

Time passed quickly.

The red dots a hundred miles away were still moving, and Xu Hei couldn't count how many people passed by, maybe thousands or tens of thousands?

A sect couldn't have so many people, this was already comparable to the army of a cultivation country.

Xu Hei wanted to send a reconnaissance puppet out to take a look, but then he gave up the idea. It would be better not to approach such a huge human army.

"The human territorial dispute has nothing to do with me." Xu Hei said to himself silently.

At first, the red dots were very dense, and as time went on, the number of people gradually decreased.

After a few days, there was no movement on the jade stone.

Xu Hei continued to wait for a week until the snow stopped, and then he sent out the puppet to investigate, and he also used the earth escape technique to follow behind.

I saw a small path opened up in the forest a hundred miles away. There were some human footprints on the ground, and there were traces left by wheels, from south to north.

"It seems to be coming from Yanluojiang."

Xu Hei thought to himself, and he already had the answer in his heart.

Monsters have territorial disputes, and humans also have territorial disputes.

It's just that this time the territorial dispute is so large that thousands of cultivators have been invested, which is rare in the world.

This is good news for Xu Hei. At least the major sects in the south have no intention of targeting him anymore.

If they want to deal with him, they must at least send out a foundation-building cultivator. A foundation-building cultivator is enough to determine the outcome of a small war. How can he spare his hands to catch a monster?

"Great! I will seize this opportunity to build my foundation!"

"Even if I fail to build my foundation, I will continue to improve my strength until I reach my limit."

Xu Hei made up his mind.

In a war of this scale, almost all sects will be involved and have no time to care about him.

I just don't know what will happen to the Snake Catching Sect. If it is destroyed, he must celebrate.

Xu Hei returned to the cave and closed himself off again.

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Tonight is destined to be a night that will go down in history.

In the 223rd year of the Chu calendar, on New Year's Eve, the Qin army invaded the southern territory of the Chu State, dispatching an army of 5,000 cultivators and 800,000 mortals.

The troops were divided into three routes, attacking from the outer periphery of Wushan in the southwest, the Zhanghe River basin in the south, and the southeast coast.

At the same time, the four sects under the southern Snake Catching Sect surrounded from the inside, and in just one month, they broke through eight main cities and marched thousands of miles.

At the end of April, outside Chuyang City, Sitianjian will fight a decisive battle with the main force of Tiangui Sect.

Compared with the battle of mortals, the cultivators on both sides are the key to determine the victory or defeat.

This battle will determine life and death!

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During this period, the southern forest of Chu State was completely calm. On weekdays, no one could be seen. The training disciples of the major sects seemed to have disappeared.

Only occasionally would there be support troops from Qin State passing through here in a hurry, and they would take the roads that had been opened up and never enter the deep mountains.

In spring, all things revive, and hibernating animals wake up from their slumber.

The earth begins to sprout, withered trees grow tender green branches, and the frozen river water flows again, full of vitality.

This year, no monks went into the mountains to hunt, which resulted in more wild animals in the mountains than in previous years.

Xu Hei climbed out of the cave, walked around nearby, and easily hunted three spiritual beasts for a full meal.

Xu Hei entered a river, opened his mouth and sucked a large number of fish into his stomach, which were quickly digested.

War is a catastrophe for mankind!

But for wild creatures, it is a blessing. As long as the number of humans decreases, their living space will become larger.

Not only animals, but also some rare plants, without human picking, began to grow wildly.

Even Xu Bai rarely went out and hunted with him.

But what surprised Xu Hei was that Xu Bai did not like to eat large animals, but was interested in some snakes, insects, centipedes, scorpions and the like.

He also swallowed some poisonous grasses and poisonous fungi from time to time.

At first, Xu Hei thought it was a personal hobby, until Xu Bai swallowed a colorful poisonous mushroom, Xu Hei's face changed drastically.

Seven Magic Mushrooms, that is a second-level spiritual medicine, which can poison a foundation-building cultivator, and he swallowed it in one gulp.

"Are you okay?" Xu Hei was surprised.

Xu Bai burped and said, "This is a great tonic, how can I be in trouble?"

Great tonic...

Xu Hei has tasted this kind of thing before. Although it can't kill him, he will inevitably feel dizzy after eating it.

Xu Hei thought for a while, took out the smelly awakening pill, and shook it in front of Xu Bai.

A strong stench spread, Xu Hei endured the stench, took it out for a moment, and put it away.

The nearby birds and beasts had already run away, but Xu Bai was indifferent.

"What's wrong? Is there any problem with this awakening pill?" Xu Bai looked puzzled.

"..." Xu Hei was speechless.

He had long suspected how Xu Bai could refine such a thing, so she was immune to it.

"No problem, this awakening pill... is great." Xu Hei said sincerely.

"Of course, my awakening pill has been tested hundreds of times. No matter how deep the sleeping monster is, as long as it tastes it, it will wake up immediately." Xu Bai was very proud.

"Well, you are right." Xu Hei nodded in agreement.

"By the way, Xu Hei, I have developed a lot of new pills. Do you want to try it?"

"Next time."

"Okay, okay, it's a deal."

"..."

Another week passed.

On this day, Xu Hei's cultivation level broke through again. The black and gold scales on his tail covered more than 70% and gradually spread to his neck.

The Demon God Cauldron was still not full and could still absorb spiritual energy.

"Strange, I'm clearly at the Great Perfection of the Spiritual Stage, why can I still break through? I clearly haven't established a foundation!"

Xu Hei was confused, this was completely different from the cultivation system in his mind.

This seemed to be a completely new system.

In fact, as early as the ancient times, when cultivators were at their peak, the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage was not the limit, there were tenth, eleventh, and the highest twelfth levels.

And once the ancient cultivators established a foundation, almost everyone had a perfect foundation.

However, as time passed, the planet's spiritual power was exhausted, and the inheritance of the skills was cut off, no one could cultivate to more than the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

Of course, Xu Hei didn't know this.

His current cultivation level has reached the eleventh level of the Spiritual Stage.