"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully redeeming the 'Eight Desolations Four Elephants Array', consuming eighty pretentious points."
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a flash of white light passed before his eyes.
Xu Que blinked, and a formation disk appeared in the system package. It was the "Eight Desolations Four Symbols Array."
The method used is extremely simple, yet somewhat cumbersome. It requires placing four formation eyes around the village, then pouring beast blood as a sacrifice to operate the formation disk and activate it.
Moreover, not just any beast's blood can be used for the sacrifice. For instance, the Azure Dragon statue in the eastern position requires the blood of a beast related to a "dragon." In a place like Panshan Village, dragons are naturally impossible to find, so they have to make do with snake blood.
However, Xu Que did not rush to place the formation eye. Instead, he opened the skill section, entered the Heaven-level category, and exchanged for the intermediate chapter of the "Ancient Five Elements Art."
After all, the safety of the village could be ensured by the formation, so it was time to enhance individual strength.
And this intermediate volume would be enough for him to cultivate to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. After that, he would need to exchange it for the advanced volume.
"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully redeeming the intermediate chapter of 'Ancient Five Elements Technique,' consuming one hundred pretentious points."
Boom!
In an instant, Xu Que felt a roaring in his head, and immediately grasped the cultivation techniques of the intermediate level. Then, the spiritual energy within his body was suddenly pulled by a force, rapidly forming a small vortex in his lower abdomen, swirling madly.
The spiritual energy gradually compressed, beginning to condense into a liquid state, which was the legendary true essence power.
The next moment, the system's notification sound rang out.
"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for leveling up ten times in a row. Current realm: First layer of the Core Formation stage."
"Damn!"
Xu Que was startled. He had just exchanged for the mid-level chapter, and those hundreds of thousands of experience points immediately took effect. He leveled up continuously, directly advancing to the Core Formation stage!
Is this even called cultivating immortality? There's not a single bottleneck, it's like having cheat codes!
He hurriedly checked his personal information, and sure enough, the data had changed significantly.
"Host: Xu Que
Realm: First Layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage (Thorough Understanding)
Experience Points: 0/30000
Pretentiousness Level: 5 points
Cultivation Technique: "Ancient Five Elements Art" Intermediate Level
Skills: Nine Transformations of the Dragon (Perfected); Three Thousand Thunder Movements (Perfected)
Essence: Cultivation Method (330 points)
Occupation: None
Status: Prince Consort of the Fire Yuan Kingdom in the Eastern Wilderness Continent
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Seeing his skill assessment change from "slightly accomplished" to "proficient," Xu Que burst into laughter: "Haha, now I finally feel like a master."
Upon examining the condition within his body again, he found that the original five elements of spiritual energy had completely vanished, transforming into true essence of the five elements flowing through his meridians.
In the dantian, there were also five pellet-sized objects, each one crystal clear, shimmering with radiant colors, and emitting spiritual energy of different attributes!
Xu Que knew that this was the Dan Core, the core that cultivators condensed before entering the Golden Core stage, and it was also the symbol of the Core Formation stage.
But when the previous incarnation of this body, the prince consort, stepped into this realm, there was only one core within him. Now, however, he possessed five cores, which was related to his having five spiritual roots and cultivating the "Ancient Five Elements Art."
"The Foundation Establishment stage, truly powerful!"
Xu Que clenched his fist, feeling a primordial force within him, ready to explode at any moment, far more powerful than during the Foundation Establishment stage.
Moreover, with the current strength, combined with the execution of the Nine Transformations of the Dragon, the power will be even more terrifying!
"Knock, knock!"
At this moment, the small wooden door was gently knocked.
After Xu Que said, "Come in," Xiao Rou pushed the door open and entered.
Her pure and fair beautiful face now bore a trace of worry and melancholy.
Seeing this, Xu Que asked, "Xiao Rou, what's wrong?"
Xiao Rou lowered her head and softly said, "Brother Xu Que, everyone just discussed it. Now that we've offended the Immortal Sect, they will definitely come back. So, everyone has decided to move away from the village and settle elsewhere. But... I can't bear to leave this place."
She grew up in Panshan Village. Although she had no parents, the villagers treated her very well.
For her, this place was her home, a wonderful home, and now that she had to leave for a distant land, she truly felt reluctant.
Xu Que understood Xiao Rou's feelings very well. He stood up, walked over, gently patted her head, and said with a faint smile, "Don't worry. Did you forget what I said yesterday? I said I would protect this village, and I will definitely do it. Go and tell the villagers, there's no need to move."
"No."
Xiao Rou immediately shook her head and looked at Xu Que seriously, saying, "Da Zhuang and the others said that there are many more powerful immortals on the mountain who can lift a mountain with one hand. If they come, not only will everyone be unable to escape, but you will also be killed by them."
Will I be killed?
Xu Que immediately smiled: "No, I have become stronger. Do you believe me?"
"I..." Xiao Rou stammered, lowering her head.
She really wanted to say she believed, but the moment she thought of those powerful immortals that Dazhuang had mentioned, she couldn't help but worry immensely.
Xu Que was not bragging. Now that he had entered the Core Formation stage and had the Eight Desolations and Four Symbols Array at his disposal, he was confident that even a Nascent Soul stage expert would meet their end here.
"Something's wrong, Immortal Xu, something terrible has happened."
At that moment, a voice came from outside the house.
Xu Que and Xiao Rou were both taken aback and turned to look outside the door.
Dazhuang came running from the village entrance like a madman, panting heavily and anxiously shouting, "Immortal Xu, many immortals have appeared on the mountain and are flying towards our village."
"What?" Xiao Rou's face turned pale with shock.
Xu Que raised an eyebrow, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
So soon?
Perfect timing, I just need some experience points to level up.
After all, a mere first level of the Foundation Establishment stage, how could that possibly satisfy me?
However... the most urgent task is to first set up the Eight Desolations and Four Symbols Array to protect the villagers, so that I can then freely fight monsters and level up.
"Da Zhuang, immediately mobilize the villagers to collect snake blood, tiger blood, bird blood, and turtle blood. Remember, keep the four types of blood separate, don't mix them up. I'll be right back," Xu Que said, stepping out.
Da Zhuang and Xiao Rou were startled: "Tiger blood?"
Xu Que slapped his forehead, finally realizing that the animals in this world were much stronger than those in his own realm. Sending the villagers to find tiger blood was clearly too dangerous.
"I'll handle the tiger blood. You take care of the other three types of beast blood. Remember, caution is paramount, and these beast bloods are crucial to the village's safety. Do not be careless."
"But..." Xiao Rou began to say something.
Xu Que flipped his wrist, and a formation disk appeared out of thin air. He smiled faintly and said, "Xiao Rou, don't run around. Wait here for me. I'll be back as soon as I finish setting up the formation. Trust me."
"Okay." Xiao Rou bit her lower lip and nodded earnestly.
In the next moment, Xu Que employed the Three Thousand Thunder Movement technique, vanishing from the spot in a flash of lightning.
Rushing out of the village, Xu Que looked up and indeed saw countless streaks of light flying towards them from the distant mountain. These were the sword-flying cultivators that Da Zhuang had mentioned.
"Heh, does having more people make a difference?"
Xu Que let out a cold laugh. Unless those sect leaders at the Infant Transformation stage came personally, he had nothing to fear.