Mo Tiange stared at the Shuttle of Flying Apsara in her hand. It was similar to the shuttles used to weave cloth in the secular world, but it was a bit bigger. It was thick and round in the middle and pointed at both ends. She didn't know where it was made from, but it shone with a golden light and was impervious to heat and cold.
A rustling sound came from the forest, and a first rank spiritual beast appeared in front of her in a daze.
Mo Tiange smiled. This little thing really came at the right time.
She raised her hand, and the Shuttle of Flying Apsara turned into a golden light that soared into the sky.
The small spirit beast that resembled a squirrel raised its head and stared at the flashing golden light with its beady black eyes. To its surprise, it discovered that the streak of golden light had transformed into hundreds of tiny golden streaks that were arranged in a circular formation around it.
The little spiritual beast seemed to have just realized the danger. It shrank its head, swung its tail, and turned around, wanting to jump away.
However, the countless golden rays had already sealed off all of its escape routes. No matter how it tried to jump, it couldn't escape. The little guy was anxious. It bared its teeth and clapped its hands. A scorching hot spiritual energy rushed out and actually caused the golden rays to tremble.
Mo Tiange was stunned. She pressed her hand down, and the golden lights scattered and gathered again, pressing down on the little fellow. No matter how the little fellow struggled, it couldn't jump out. When it finally felt a bit tired, Mo Tiange shook her hand and tied it up with a rope.
She withdrew the Shuttle of Flying Apsara, walked forward, and picked up the little spiritual beast.
The little spiritual beast bared its teeth at her and struggled angrily.
Mo Tiange didn't care at all. She rummaged through her Qiankun Bag, took out a spiritual beast bag, and put it inside.
Once she was done, she released her flying sword and flew back to her cave on Clear Spring Peak.
Originally, she just wanted to test the power of the Shuttle of Flying Apsara, but she unexpectedly caught an interesting little thing. This little thing obviously knew a very advanced fire element spell. Although its power wasn't great, it wasn't ordinary fire.
Mo Tiange landed outside her cave and happened to see Luo Fengxue coming back. She called out, "Senior Martial Sister Luo!"
Luo Fengxue wiped her face and came over. "Tiange, did you go out?"
Mo Tiange nodded, opened her cave, and let Luo Fengxue in.
Luo Fengxue, who looked exhausted, walked into her cave and sat motionlessly on a stone chair.
Mo Tiange carefully looked at her expression and asked, "Senior Martial Sister Luo, what's wrong?"
With great difficulty, Luo Fengxue lifted her spirits and sighed. "I've been busy for more than ten days. I haven't rested."
Mo Tiange was surprised.
Mo Tiange knew Luo Fengxue wasn't an ascetic cultivator. Instead, she was passionate about management. After she built her foundation, she was promoted to steward of the steward's hall.
But she knew that deacons didn't have to be busy every single day, and all the minor matters were handled by deacons and disciples, and she only had to oversee the Deacon's Hall on normal days. So what could possibly make her so busy?
"Senior Martial Sister Luo, did something big happen in the sect?
Luo Fengxue rubbed her brows and said weakly, "Do you still remember when eldest martial sister took several senior martial brothers and sisters out of the sect a month ago?"
Fengxue said.
It was something that happened when she went to see Martial Uncle Xuanyin after she built her foundation. At that time, Martial Uncle Xuanyin asked her eldest martial sister, Han Qingyu, to take her three senior martial brothers and sisters with her.
"Mo" After her, she Sect, he, she, she said, went and, he, he, he, she and went.
"A few months ago, there seemed to be some movement in the southern forest. Eldest Senior Sister and the others went to investigate, but after they left, there was no news of them."
"What?" Mo Tiange was astonished.
Luo Fengxue nodded. "Eldest martial sister and the others aren't the only ones who went missing. This time, other disciples sent by martial uncles and martial uncles from other peaks also disappeared without a trace."
Even though Mo Tiange wasn't involved in the matters of the school, she knew how important this matter was.
The seventeen Foundation Building cultivators were all elite disciples. If all of them died, it would be a big loss even for a large cultivation group like Xuanqing School.
Although there were more than five hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sect, they were the cream of the crop. They were the ones with the highest possibility of reaching Core Formation.
"Over the past dozen or so days, we've contacted the other sects, and we discovered that the other six great system-allocated sects are also in the same situation. Only then did everyone realize that this matter is not as simple as it seems."
Luo Fengxue rubbed her reddened eyes then said to Mo Tiange, "Tiange, you don't have to worry. This matter will be handled by the sect's elders, so it won't affect us.
Alright, I'll go take a rest first. That's all for now. "
"En. Rest well, Senior Martial Sister."
Luo Fengxue waved her hand and returned to her Immortal's Cave while rubbing her eyes.
Mo Tiange didn't think too much about it. Just like Luo Fengxue said, this kind of matter didn't need them, Foundation Building disciples, to worry about; the elders would handle it.
She opened the spiritual beast bag and released the little spiritual beast.
Once the little thing came out of the spiritual beast bag, it blinked its black eyes and stared at her as if it was begging.
Mo Tiange then pulled the rope that was tied to its body away.
Once the little thing regained its freedom, it immediately turned around and ran towards the entrance of the cave. Mo Tiange raised her hand, and the Shuttle of Flying Apsara was launched once again. A golden light enveloped it completely.
"Wuwu …" The little thing knew how powerful the Shuttle of Flying Apsara was, so it immediately turned around and begged for mercy.
Mo Tiange retrieved the Shuttle of Flying Apsara and said, "If you don't run, I won't tie you up."
The little thing seemed to understand her words. It sat with its hind legs together and put its two front legs together, making a begging gesture.
Mo Tiange couldn't help but find it funny. She opened her hand and retrieved the Shuttle of Flying Apsara.
The little thing stared at the stone door reluctantly, but in the end, it still slowly slipped back.
Spiritual beasts were quite sensitive to dangerous things, and this little thing could naturally feel it. Mo Tiange's strength was far superior to it, so it couldn't run away and could only submit.
Seeing that the little thing was obedient, Mo Tiange waved her hand.
It had glossy brown fur, shiny black eyes, and a very large tail. It looked a bit like a squirrel, but Mo Tiange recognized it. It was a small spiritual beast called the Inferno Beast.
This kind of spiritual beast generally couldn't cultivate to a very high level, but it was born with fire techniques. Its fire wasn't ordinary fire, but Ardent Yang Real Fire. It was a kind of innate Real Fire that was even purer than the Dantian Real Fire of Foundation Building cultivators. It was excellent for concocting medicinal pills and refining tools.
Mo Tiange picked the little thing up, stroked its fur and said, "Be good, and I'll help you cultivate. If I form my Gold Core one day, I'll let you go."
The little thing's eyes brightened as it stared at her.
"Looks like you agree."
Mo Tiange smiled and put it on the ground. She took out a few Aura-Nourishing Pills she no longer had any use for it and gave them to it. "I'll give you a name … Since you're an Inferno Beast, I'll call you Xiaohuo."
The little thing swallowed the Aura-Nourishing Pills in one gulp then raised its head and let out two "wuwu" sounds as if it was protesting her completely uncreative name.
Mo Tiange smiled, completely unmoved. "I didn't ask whether you agree or not. In any case, you'll be called Xiaohuo. Come here, you'll live here from now on. You can play in the small valley behind, but you're not allowed to make trouble. If you're not obedient, I'll put you in the spiritual beast bag."
The little thing let out two "wuwu" sounds again. Mo Tiange patted it and gave it a few more Aura-Nourishing Pills. She put it in the spiritual beast room and returned to the cultivation room to meditate.
Only after entering the Foundation Building realm did she realize how useless her spiritual roots were.
When she was in the Aura Refining realm, she ate medicinal pills in the Spirit Gathering Formation, so her cultivation didn't grow any slower than elite disciples. But now that she was in the Foundation Building realm, even if she took medicinal pills, her progress wouldn't be as obvious as when she was in the Aura Refining realm. This month, she couldn't cultivate properly, so the growth of her spiritual aura was minimal, so she had to stop.
If she continued to cultivate at this speed, even if she used up the remaining three hundred years of her lifespan, she still wouldn't be able to form her Gold Core. Therefore, when she saw this Inferno Beast, she was tempted.
As it turned out, she concocted medicinal pills only for the sake of Constitution-Enhancing Pills. Now that the pill recipe for Constitution-Enhancing Pills had been given to Grandmaster Jinghe and Martial Uncle Shoujing sent her a bottle of Constitution-Enhancing Pills every once in a while, she originally planned to give up on concocting medicinal pills. But now that she realized her aptitude was so useless, she had no choice but to pick up her pill-concocting skills.
Mo Tiange sighed then closed her eyes and began to cultivate.
She already tested the power of the Shuttle of Flying Apsara. Martial Uncle Xuanyin said this thing could transform and contain an Illusory Formation. Indeed, this thing could attack and defend; it was indeed a first-class magic tool.
In addition, Martial Uncle Xuanyin repeatedly warned her about the Soul-Refining Art, telling her to cultivate it slowly and not to rush it.
Although cultivating the Soul-Refining Art was very risky, it was indeed very powerful.
The Soul-Refining Art was a cultivation technique that specialized in cultivating primordial spirits. It could directly launch attacks against primordial spirits, which had always been the weakest part of cultivators. If she succeeded in cultivating it, the power of this cultivation technique would be extraordinary.
Primordial spirits were, in fact, what mortals referred to as souls. Humans were born with souls, but cultivators cultivated their bodies and souls, eventually forming their primordial spirits.
Divine sense was derived from primordial spirits. Under normal circumstances, primordial spirits were hidden deep in the sea of knowledge in the dantian, so divine sense couldn't attack them. On the contrary, it was easy to be injured.
Ordinary cultivation techniques also strengthened divine sense, but they only made divine sense more sensitive and covered a wider area. This Soul-Refining Art, on the other hand, cultivated primordial spirits so that divine sense would have the power to attack!
Mo Tiange didn't dare to say there weren't other cultivation techniques that cultivated primordial spirits, but she was certain that very few people cultivated them. The reason was very simple — it was precisely because of the risk of suffering from qi deviation as Martial Uncle Xuanyin said.
Every cultivator knew how fragile primordial spirits were. When cultivating primordial spirits, if one didn't grasp the right amount, it was very likely that one's primordial spirit would be damaged, resulting in serious injuries.
If it was a Nascent Soul cultivator, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, Nascent Soul cultivators had fused their primordial spirit and Gold Core into one, forming their Nascent Soul, so their primordial spirits wouldn't be that fragile. However, for cultivators below the Core Formation realm, if their primordial spirits were damaged, their cultivation levels would greatly regress. Because of this, Martial Uncle Xuanyin didn't give her this cultivation technique from the very beginning. Later on, he even repeatedly warned her not to be greedy.
However, other people were other people. Mo Tiange, who cultivated this Soul-Refining Art, had a few advantages compared to others — her Pure Yin Constitution and originally extremely poor aptitude.
Pure Yin Constitution meant that Yin and Yang wouldn't clash, and Spiritual Roots of the Origin could balance each other out.
The so-called qi deviation occurred when one cultivated a cultivation technique that destroyed the balance inside their body.
Mo Tiange had a Pure Yin Constitution, so she wouldn't have any Yin and Yang imbalance. Furthermore, she also had Spiritual Roots of the Origin, so there was a small circulation inside her body. Because of that, she could be said to be blessed by nature when she practiced this technique. As long as she wasn't greedy and was cautious, the possibility of her qi deviation was very small.
However, cultivating this technique was really not easy. Cultivating primordial spirits naturally had to start with the primordial spirit, but primordial spirits were extremely fragile, so they could only be strengthened slowly. Mo Tiange had been cultivating for about a month, but she still hadn't made any progress.
Her cultivation level hadn't advanced, and she didn't have a clue about the cultivation technique either. Mo Tiange realized that after entering the Foundation Building realm, her future was very bleak.