Deep in the mountains, in that strange valley where Li Weitian was buried.
Lu Qing and Xiao Li appeared here.
"Having not been here for six months, this place remains unchanged."
Looking at the birds singing and flowers blooming in the valley, Lu Qing sighed with emotion.
Outside the valley, autumn winds were blowing and leaves were falling, but inside the valley, it was still like spring with flowers in bloom, which was truly strange.
"Aww~"
Xiao Li on his shoulder barked, seemingly urging Lu Qing on.
"Okay, okay, you and Xiaoyan agreed to go back and play chess early. My seclusion this time shouldn't last too long."
Lu Qing gently rubbed the little guy's fluffy head to comfort him.
He regretted his impulsive decision to create a set of animal chess pieces a while ago.
As a result, the two little ones became obsessed again and are now so engrossed in playing chess that they wish they could spend all their time playing it.
After paying their respects at Li Weitian's grave, Lu Qing led Xiao Li through the waterfall and into the cave.
Upon entering the Jade Transformation Cave, everything remained exactly as it had been when Lu Qing first saw it, without the slightest change.
It's as if, even if the world outside changes drastically, this place will remain unchanged forever.
Of course, Lu Qing knew that this was just his imagination.
From the time he discovered this cave, only a little over two years have passed, so how can he presume to talk about something that has existed since ancient times?
"Xiao Li, please protect me outside while I go into seclusion."
Lu Qing took out a number of items from the Qiankun Qi Bag.
The soft cotton nest, clean water, dried small fish, and so on were all prepared for Xiao Li.
They even put two storybooks there so the little guy could flip through them when he was bored.
In the past two years, Xiao Li has basically learned to recognize all the characters and can understand articles that are not too difficult.
This seclusion of his is very important. He doesn't know exactly how long it will last, but he has made thorough preparations in terms of food and drink.
In the past, when going in and out of the mountains and forests, one could only carry one bamboo basket, and there wasn't much else one could carry.
Now that we have a storage artifact like the Qiankun Qi Bag, we naturally need to make proper arrangements.
"Aww~"
Xiao Li was already used to Lu Qing being able to take out many things from that small bag.
It went into the little den, lay down comfortably, and indicated that it understood.
"You're getting lazier and lazier."
Lu Qing shook his head, a slight smile playing on his lips.
However, he still trusted Xiao Li's abilities.
Its peculiar sensing ability makes it easy for even a powerful expert at the Innate Realm to detect it if they don't consciously conceal their aura.
In addition, it possesses an uncanny ability to hide and an indestructible claw.
Even martial arts masters, caught off guard, would find it difficult to withstand even a single blow from it.
There is no better protector than it.
Letting the little guy lie there lazily, Lu Qing pushed open the hidden door, entered the secret room, and sat cross-legged on the jade bed.
After regulating your breathing and calming your mind completely, bringing your energy and spirit to their peak condition, you can then focus your attention on the acupoint between your eyebrows.
Compared to two years ago, Lu Qing's brow acupoint has undergone a significant change.
Not only has the space become larger, but the power of the soul has also made great progress.
Two years ago, his spiritual power could only form a thin layer of mist in the acupoint between his eyebrows.
Now, there is that vast, thick fog.
It was dozens of times more concentrated.
More importantly, at the center of the acupoint, a divine soul talisman filled with an ancient aura and complex runes floats in mid-air, suppressing the entire acupoint space and making it more stable.
This soul talisman is quite complete, almost flawless except for a small missing corner at the bottom right.
Lu Qing's purpose in this seclusion was to complete this final piece and fully condense the Divine Soul Talisman.
This step is extremely important, as it concerns his future path, and he absolutely cannot be careless about it.
That's why he brought Xiao Li to the Jade Transformation Cave where no one could disturb them, and went into seclusion.
"The moment has finally arrived."
"Improving one's spiritual power is indeed much more difficult than cultivating one's physical body. My physical attributes had already reached the level of a martial arts grandmaster at the peak of the Inner Organ Realm a year ago."
Even with the help of immortal techniques, it still took an extra year to barely condense the soul talisman.
As Lu Qing mentally "observed" the talismans within the acupoints, a sense of awe arose within him.
For the past two years, he has been diligently cultivating himself every day, constantly refining his spiritual power.
He even cultivated the 【Furnace Visualization Method】 to the second level, the realm of Furnace Visualization.
Only then did he finally elevate his divine soul power to the point where he could completely condense divine soul talismans.
On the contrary, his martial arts cultivation was achieved without much effort; he only practiced the Health Preservation Fist a few times a day.
He continued to progress rapidly, reaching the level of a martial arts grandmaster with perfected internal organs long ago.
There was no way around it; Lu Qing's accumulation of martial arts skills was simply too profound.
Two years ago, he had already mastered various martial arts techniques to the level of a grandmaster, and even touched upon the realm of 【intention】.
In the past two years, his understanding of martial arts has made great progress.
In addition, he had previously consumed the rare and precious elixir of earth vein essence, making his aptitude astonishing.
With such accumulation, it would be difficult for one's martial arts cultivation not to progress rapidly.
"After two years of arduous training, I have made great progress in all aspects of my cultivation. Now, it is finally time for this soul talisman."
Looking at the nearly complete soul talisman in the acupoint between his eyebrows, Lu Qing no longer hesitated and began to condense the last talisman according to the inheritance records of the Divine Talisman Sect.
Lu Qing was already very skilled at condensing divine soul runes.
After all, he had condensed countless such divine soul runes in the past two years.
Therefore, it wasn't long before he condensed the last missing rune for the talisman.
Then, carefully, he moved the rune toward the soul talisman.
As soon as the rune approached the talisman, a strange power arose, and the rune flew towards the talisman, landing at the gap in the lower corner and fitting together seamlessly to fill the gap.
As the runes were completed, a miraculous scene unfolded.
The entire talisman began to emit a hazy light, and the many runes that Lu Qing had painstakingly condensed over the past two years constantly gathered, dispersed, combined, and rotated.
Finally, when all the changes stopped.
A perfectly complete divine soul talisman reappeared.
Buzz!
At the same time, Lu Qing felt an invisible fluctuation emanating from the talisman.
Immediately afterwards, changes began to occur at the acupoint between the eyebrows.
The change came suddenly and drastically, catching Lu Qing somewhat off guard.
My mind was swept away by that fluctuation, as if I had suddenly realized something, and I instantly fell into a strange state.
