Looking at Qiao Rong's body, which had silently and completely lost its vitality, Lu Qing's expression remained unchanged.
He didn't actually hate Qiao Rong, but since this person hated him to the bone and had even put a bounty on his head in the Netherworld Palace, he was in a different situation.
He naturally wouldn't mind taking care of it as a matter of course.
With a thought, a transparent flame of Nanming Li Fire emerged, completely incinerating Qiao Rong's corpse into nothingness.
This feud is now completely over.
As for Qiao Rong's head, if he hadn't looted the treasure trove of the second branch of the Gongshu family, he might have risked taking it to the Netherworld Palace to claim the reward.
But now that he has hundreds of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones in his hands, there's no need for him to take that risk.
After resolving this minor issue, Lu Qing began to consider what to do next.
Undoubtedly, the most important thing for him now is to break through his limits as soon as possible and enter the tenth stage of the Golden Core realm.
This time, he has acquired so many spirit stones that they are more than enough to support him in reaching the tenth stage of the Golden Core realm, or even the twelfth stage of the Golden Core realm, and even to achieve the Nascent Soul realm.
However, this seclusion is particularly important, and it will inevitably take a considerable amount of time.
Therefore, some necessary preparations should be made in advance before going into seclusion.
At least for now, this cave is not suitable for long-term seclusion.
He still needs to find a better place to retreat into seclusion.
"By the way, which continent am I in now?"
A question suddenly came to Lu Qing's mind.
In the previous emergency, in order to quickly get rid of the old ghost from the Gongshu family, he had no time to control the precise positioning when he activated the Void Flying Boat.
Therefore, he can only be sure that he is still in the Tianyuan Great World, but he cannot be sure which specific state he is in at the moment.
After dismantling the formation, Lu Qing went outside and sensed his surroundings.
"The surrounding spiritual energy is abundant and pure, so it shouldn't be in the Demon Realm."
Legend has it that although there is a lot of spiritual energy in the Demon Realm, the world is also filled with a kind of energy called demonic energy, which is not suitable for humans to live in for a long time.
There is no demonic energy around us right now, so we can rule out the possibility that we are in the Demon Realm.
As for whether it is still within human territory, we need to confirm that first.
Over the next two days, Lu Qing explored the area by flying and finally located himself.
"So that's how it is. I've actually arrived at the outer edge of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains."
Looking at the endless, vast mountain range in the distance, Lu Qing finally knew where he was.
They had actually arrived near the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.
It should be noted that the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains are the border between the human and demon territories. This vast mountain range, stretching for millions of miles, completely separates the human and demon territories, and is one of the most expansive mountain ranges in the Tianyuan Great World.
"I didn't expect that activating the Void Flying Boat would teleport me directly here," Lu Qing remarked with some emotion.
Zhou Tiancheng was located in the rear of the human race's territory.
In other words, the Void Flying Boat directly traversed most of the human territory to teleport Lu Qing here.
"But this is just right. The Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range is full of spiritual energy and has many spiritual veins, which is perfect for seclusion."
Lu Qing did not feel embarrassed; on the contrary, she was quite pleased.
Given the vastness of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains, there are likely many natural formations formed by the mountains within. Once you find one, it will be an excellent place for secluded cultivation.
More importantly, although the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains contain the words "Ten Thousand Demons," they do not belong to the Demon Realm or the Human Race. They are essentially an uncontrolled area with no powerful forces based there.
If you go into seclusion here, you don't need to worry too much about attracting the attention of certain forces.
This time, Lu Qing plans to go into seclusion and cultivate until he reaches the twelfth level of the Golden Core stage before he might emerge from seclusion.
If all goes well, it might even be possible to directly break through to the Nascent Soul Realm!
He had a premonition that if he were to attempt to break through to the primordial spirit, the commotion would be significant.
If it's in a busy area, it will inevitably attract attention.
A no-man's-land like the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains is just the right place for him to go into seclusion.
Of course, precisely because this area is largely untouched by law, necessary preventative measures must be taken.
After a moment's hesitation, Lu Qing flew into the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range.
Two days later, he successfully found a natural formation.
"This formation gathers the spiritual energy from the surrounding thousand miles, which is perfect for my seclusion."
Lu Qingxu stood high in the sky, a strange light appearing in his eyes, his face showing joy.
With his current mastery of formations, he could immediately determine the location of the formation's core from the terrain below.
He leaped down and headed towards the location of the array's core.
It was an unremarkable valley, but once you actually entered it, you would discover its uniqueness.
The valley was filled with abundant spiritual energy, and even the deep pool was a true spiritual pool, with spiritual water flowing in it that could be used directly for alchemy.
Lu Qing summoned a flying sword and began slicing through the cliffs of the valley.
Before long, he dug out a cave deep inside the mountain.
Then he came to the deep pool, just about to test the water quality, when he heard an invisible roar that could shake the soul.
Suddenly, the surface of the deep pool exploded, and a huge figure flew out of the pool, opening its blood-red maw as big as a small house, and pounced on Lu Qing.
Despite the sudden change, Lu Qing's expression remained unchanged, as if he had anticipated it.
He opened his palm, and a giant, five-colored magical palm, as big as a small mountain, suddenly condensed in mid-air and slammed towards the figure.
boom!
A deafening roar shook the earth, and the huge figure was sent flying by Lu Qing's slap, crashing heavily into the mountainside on the other side, rolling around in pain.
"Certainly."
However, as soon as Lu Qing uttered a single word, the enormous figure froze, its entire body enveloped and suppressed by a layer of yellow light, rendering it unable to move.
"It turned out to be a white dragon."
Lu Qing was somewhat surprised when he saw the figure clearly.
He had long ago noticed a faint, almost imperceptible aura emanating from the deep pool.
He wasn't surprised, after all, this valley was the convergence point of mountains and rivers within a thousand miles, a true treasure land for cultivation, and it would be a problem if no living beings occupied it.
However, to his surprise, the one occupying the valley was actually a white dragon.
Moreover, this white dragon looked quite different, with exceptionally beautiful scales all over its body, four claws under its belly, and a pair of white jade-like horns on its head. It was clearly not an ordinary spirit beast.
Out of curiosity, Lu Qing activated his supernatural ability and looked at it.
Soon after, several notes appeared on the white dragon's body.
Lu Qing was even more surprised after reading the messages on the note.
"The Frost Jade Dragon, an ice-type dragon with the bloodline of a true dragon?"
Lu Qing hadn't expected that the white dragon in front of him, which was at the late stage of the Demon Core realm, was actually a dragon with true dragon blood.
Seeing the pleading look in the white dragon's eyes, Lu Qing pondered for a moment.
I felt that since I was going to seize someone else's cultivation ground, it would be better not to be too cruel.
So he casually flicked out a wisp of divine soul power, which landed in the white dragon's brow acupoint.
"I will be in seclusion here for a while. You will protect me outside for a period of time. Afterwards, you will naturally benefit. If you try to cheat or run away, you should know what will happen to you."
The white dragon felt the vast and majestic divine soul imprint in the acupoint between its eyebrows, and its heart was filled with even greater fear, nodding repeatedly.
"Good, then go back and heal your wounds."
Lu Qing casually released the sealing power from the white dragon and sent it back.
His previous palm strike was quite powerful.
Even with its powerful physical body, the white dragon's skull was still cracked by the blow, and half of its head was almost shattered.
Now, blood, white with a golden tinge, keeps seeping from his mouth, dripping onto the ground and congealing into puddles of frost.
Feeling the sealing power on its body disappear, the white dragon was initially delighted, but Lu Qing's words made it tremble.
It nodded repeatedly to Lu Qing, indicating its submission, before slowly sliding into the deep pool with Lu Qing's permission.
This time it was seriously injured, and it will probably take several years to fully recover.
Watching the white dragon's figure disappear into the deep pool, Lu Qing smiled.
Not only could the white dragon escape, but the divine soul imprint he left in its brow acupoint was not so easy to dispel.
If it harbors any ill intentions, he will detonate the soul imprint. Even if he cannot completely destroy it, he will inevitably suffer severe damage to its soul.
This white dragon is quite intelligent; he believes it knows what choice to make.
This time, Lu Qing not only successfully resolved the matter of the white dragon, but also gained a guardian for no reason, which was an unexpected bonus.
After this little incident, Lu Qing got busy again.
The main purpose is to take advantage of the terrain and set up formations around the valley.
This valley serves as the core of a formation spanning thousands of miles, possessing ample richness in earth energy and spiritual essence, but its defensive capabilities are virtually nonexistent.
Lu Qing was going to go into seclusion here, so he naturally had to make ample preparations.
Immediately, he spent several days setting up a large array around the valley to protect his secluded cultivation place.
Whoosh!
A jade talisman is flicked into the depths of the earth to connect with a vein of earth.
The next moment, as the jade talisman trembled slightly, an invisible wave emanated from it.
Immediately afterwards, all the jade talismans that Lu Qing had laid out over the past few days within a radius of dozens of miles vibrated and communicated with each other.
Beneath the surface, invisible to outsiders, the flow of countless earth energies suddenly became orderly, forming an incomparably powerful array.
Sensing these changes, Lu Qing smiled and said, "Mission accomplished."
This formation was a grand array that he rearranged by utilizing the natural formation that spanned a thousand miles and combining it with the Zhou Tian Star Array.
With this great formation, even powerful beings below the Nascent Soul Realm and the Third Tribulation Realm cannot easily break the formation and disturb his cultivation.
After completing the formation, Lu Qing transformed into a stream of light and quickly returned to the valley, flying into the cave.
He then activated the formation to close the cave, preparing to officially go into seclusion.
As the cave closed, a white head quietly emerged from the deep pool in the valley, gazing towards the location of the cave.
The white dragon, filled with both fear and curiosity, peered into the cave.
It was naturally terrified of that mysterious human.
With just one slap, he almost killed himself. In Bai Jiao's eyes, this human must be a powerful being at the Yuan Shen realm as described in the legends.
But amidst its fear, it also felt some doubt.
It remembered that when its father was still alive, he had told it countless times that it must never reveal its true form in front of powerful human beings.
Because those human cultivators are all incredibly greedy.
Once its bloodline is discovered, they will do everything in their power to gut it, skin it, steal its demon core to refine pills, eat its flesh and blood, and forge its bones into magical artifacts.
But why did this human cultivator, who had easily defeated it, let it go instead of disemboweling it?
The white dragon pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. Finally, it took one last deep look at the cave before slowly sinking into the deep pool.
These past few days, I don't know what that human cultivator did, but the spiritual energy in the valley has become much richer.
The spiritual energy of the cave at the bottom of the pool where it resides is more than ten times stronger.
With such a rich spiritual aura, its injuries may not take several years, but only six months to fully recover.
Furthermore, if the spiritual energy in the valley remains this rich, it's possible that after a few decades, it might be able to break through its current impenetrable realm.
Could this be the benefit that human cultivator was talking about, the one he could get as long as he didn't run away and diligently guarded the cave entrance?
Filled with many questions, the white dragon returned to its cave to cultivate and heal its wounds.
The entire deep pool has completely returned to calm.
Inside the cave, in a secluded quiet room, Lu Qing was naturally able to detect the movements of the white dragon.
However, he didn't pay any attention to it.
As long as that guy doesn't cause trouble, it'll be fine; otherwise, it'll be the one who suffers.
He sat cross-legged in the cave, and with a thought, released Xiao Li and Wu Xing.
"Next, I will be going into seclusion for a long period of time. You should also cultivate diligently here and strive to break through as soon as possible. The spirit stones here are for your use."
If you get bored, you can relax in the valley, but you are not allowed to go anywhere else.
"I've sealed this valley with a powerful array. If you wander in and get injured by it, I won't be responsible."
With a wave of his hand, Lu Qing sent the two storage bags flying toward Xiao Li and Wu Xing respectively.
"Aqing, after you come out of seclusion, can we go home?"
After catching the storage bag, Xiao Li asked a question.
It still remembered what Lu Qing had said before.
"If everything goes smoothly, we should be able to go home soon after I emerge from seclusion," Lu Qing said with a slight smile.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Li's heart immediately filled with anticipation.
As for the Five Elements, I'm somewhat clueless.
It had been inside the Qiankun Qi Bag for too long and was still unclear about many things, so it didn't know what its master and Xiao Li meant.
However, it also made up its mind that after its master went into seclusion, it would ask Sister Xiao Li what major events had happened recently.
And so, Lu Qing began his formal seclusion in this nameless valley, attempting to break through to the profoundly mysterious tenth stage of the Golden Core realm.
