Chapter 79: Efficient Gold Farming, Character Guaranteed

Ten meters away, Li Si watched Ji Chang, who was deeply lost in sadness without even realizing it. He saw the little blue mushrooms on Ji Chang’s body singing.

Li Si was playing with fire.

Because if he made even one wrong move, Ji Chang would most likely turn into an idiot, experience Qi Deviation, or be completely wiped out.

But Li Si was still willing to give it a try, simply because this world was now extremely harsh towards Cultivators.

In the past, Cultivators only needed a Flawless Dao Body to happily cultivate all the way to the Nascent Soul stage.

But now, because of Aberrant Corruption, obtaining a Crystal Clear Dao Heart had become the standard.

This Crystal Clear Dao Heart was even more useful than the Heart Cleansing Curse, because it automatically granted 30% immunity to physical Aberrant Corruption and 50% immunity to Soul Alienation Contamination.

This was double insurance!

Furthermore, if one also possessed a Flawless Dao Body, that was even closer to perfection. If they also had a few beneficial auras or domains, they could withstand even lethal Aberrant Corruption.

So, the risk was very much worth it.

Especially since Li Si already had a lot of experience and had successfully verified it on Xu Shen and himself.

Now, he first used words to draw out the hidden side of Ji Chang’s heart, then used Sorrowful Mushrooms to lead Ji Chang into a heart demon illusion.

With his emotions fluctuating so violently, it would be strange if an Inner Demon didn’t erupt.

Outsiders could actually help kill this Inner Demon, but then it would be very difficult to obtain the Crystal Clear Dao Heart, so one must overcome it themselves.

However, the reason an Inner Demon is an Inner Demon is that it almost knows everything about you, just like your shadow. It knows your joys and sorrows, your partings and reunions. It knows where your most painful spots are, and where you feel most comfortable.

How could anyone get through it without great perseverance?

But at this moment, our little heroes arrived. They came with blue sorrow. Snap, snap. They fed on negative emotions. Naturally, the Inner Demon forged from the most sorrowful emotions became their best snack.

As long as one third of the Inner Demon was eaten, then in Ji Chang’s perception, this Inner Demon would become full of flaws. He would awaken on his own and immediately slay the Inner Demon.

In short, people like Li Si, who sat back and watched their own Inner Demon get eaten alive, were rare freaks.

This was a complete closed loop, but probably even the Old Madam wouldn’t dare to conceive of it, let alone implement it.

Well, most likely she never thought of it.

Now, Li Si was waiting for the moment Ji Chang woke up. As long as he woke up, he would surely be able to slay the Inner Demon, and then Li Si could conveniently wipe out a group of Sorrowful Little Mushrooms.

Time passed minute by minute. Li Si held a Heart-Clearing Domain in one hand and an Evil-Repelling Domain in the other, ready to activate them at any moment. But Ji Chang still hadn’t woken up. Black smoke began to rise from his body, and his eyes started to shed black tears of blood.

“Not good! He’s also feeling guilty and full of remorse! What kind of bad thing did he do back then? Damn! We’re missing the Dark Mushrooms!”

But this was something Li Si couldn’t control, because the dark Little Mushrooms were truly quite rare. If it really didn’t work out, the process of farming the Dao Heart this time would have to be aborted halfway.

Suddenly, a small mushroom with purple and black patterns appeared. This was the savior.

Li Si was overjoyed. Now it was settled. This dark Little Mushroom quickly devoured Ji Chang’s remorseful Inner Demon. In less than three seconds, the guy successfully regained consciousness. With an angry roar, he slew his Inner Demon. At the same time, Li Si made his move.

Covering tracks? He was an expert at that!

Then, he didn’t disturb Ji Chang further, but instead stepped back gradually. Slaying the Inner Demon, tempering the will a hundred times, achieving Dao Heart Purity… this required time to comprehend.

Well, mainly he liked to brush off his clothes and leave after the deed was done, deeply concealing his merit and fame.

And incidentally, congratulations were in order. Tool Person Number Two was online.

Ji Chang’s unusual state quickly attracted the attention of Xu Shen and Jiang Ying, but none of them went forward to disturb him. After asking Li Si a few questions, they roughly understood what had happened.

“Heaven bless our Floating Cloud Sect! If Senior Brother Ji can gain sudden enlightenment from this, slay his Inner Demon, and obtain the Crystal Clear Dao Heart, he will surely be able to return to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Also, we need to order another batch of Dispelling Talismans from the Lanshan Sect up north. If Senior Brother Ji can also regain his Flawless Dao Body because of this, then our Floating Cloud Sect’s good days are coming!”

Xu Shen was very happy, and so was Jiang Ying. Li Si stood by their side, joining in the happiness, but absolutely said no more. Ji Chang was dealt with; next up should be Senior Sister Jiang.

But Senior Sister Jiang’s Inner Demon was probably not easy to handle. If they couldn’t find that Evil Spirit from back then, no amount of luring with Little Mushrooms would work.

Additionally, Li Si had another layer of worry.

If the one who harmed Senior Sister Jiang back then wasn’t someone from their own sect, nor an Evil Spirit sent by an Evil God, then this Evil Spirit might still be around now.

And if it was really as Ji Chang said, then now that the Floating Cloud Sect had redeployed the four great arrays, they would certainly become a thorn in this Evil Spirit’s side. The other party might very well strike again.

So until this Evil Spirit was eliminated, the Floating Cloud Sect couldn’t hope to develop smoothly.

Furthermore, purely because this Evil Spirit had made Senior Sister Jiang suffer so terribly back then, Li Si had to get revenge for her.

He secretly made up his mind in his heart, but his expression became even calmer. Pleading an excuse, he returned to his own Quiet Room.

That’s right. Over the past few days, Ji Chang had built seven Quiet Rooms in one go. Anyone who had already started cultivating got one. This was undoubtedly very good, especially for Li Si, who highly valued privacy. It was simply what he had been wishing for.

Entering the Quiet Room, he sat down cross-legged. First, he took a glance at Kao Mountain Town. Development over there was also proceeding smoothly. Divine Arts had now achieved basic coverage.

Wang Wu, Song Qiao, Xu Sen, and Zhang San, these four people, could obtain six types of Divine Arts. Calculated on the basis of each Divine Art being castable three times, this equaled possessing 18 casting opportunities. That was strong.

The Temple Priest Group, organized in a pattern of three people to a group, three groups to a team, obtained Divine Arts. That meant each person could choose three Divine Arts. The focus of each of the three people was different. In particular, the same Divine Art could be obtained repeatedly, which gave them more tactical options.

Both combat power and overall survivability had greatly improved.

Theoretically, one team of Temple Priests could eliminate one Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Additionally, they were equipped with various enchanted weapons. On average, each person would be equipped with 10 to 20 combat Talisman Papers in the future. The majority of these Talisman Papers were supplied by the Floating Cloud Sect, and a small portion were supplied by the Lanshan Sect.

Methods of both True Cultivators and Spirit Cultivators were included. Their security and defense capabilities were powerful.

For this reason, a few days ago, Wang Wu specifically followed Li Si’s Divine Decree and invited Ji Chang to Kao Mountain Town, thoroughly squeezing out his remaining value.

Of course, the generous Kaoshan Patriarch also compensated Ji Chang with four Divine Grace Baptisms.

In short, everyone was happy.

Now, they just had to wait for Ji Chang to restore his Foundation Building Stage cultivation.

Over the next few days, Li Si lived in seclusion, cultivating diligently and not concerning himself with external matters. He only threw one high-grade Disaster-Averting Domain on Ji Chang each day.

Because he had to be cautiously on guard. Now that the four great arrays were restarted, Xu Shen no longer had the opportunity for a sneak attack. Therefore, Ji Chang, who had returned to the Foundation Building Stage, might become the target of a sudden assault.

After all, from the perspective of talisman-making, a Foundation Building Stage talisman master definitely counted as a threat.

Anyway, Li Si wasn’t short on resources, but he needed to eliminate all unsafe factors.

Ji Chang was also in seclusion. After he successfully obtained the Crystal Clear Dao Heart, Xu Shen specifically traded with the Lanshan Sect for a large quantity of Dispelling Talismans, successfully dispelling all the Aberrant Corruption on his body.

The Old Madam was also effective. She traded for a spiritual pill from another World Guardian True Immortal, which repaired all of his hidden ailments and internal injuries. Consequently, he regained the Flawless Dao Body.

Now, his return to the Foundation Building Stage was already certain without a doubt.

By the time Li Si had cultivated the Heaven-Turning Scripture’s third layer to 50%, Ji Chang had also successfully restored his Foundation Building Stage cultivation. The entire Floating Cloud Sect was elated. Senior Sister Jiang Ying was so excited she shouted that they must celebrate properly. Everyone agreed with a roar; after all, they had been repressed for far too long.

Only Li Si felt immense pressure.

The hands hidden under his sleeves were clenched so tight they turned white. Because just a moment ago, he suddenly realized that the Disaster-Averting Domain he had cast on Ji Chang had vanished without a sound.

He didn’t know exactly when it disappeared, but this Disaster-Averting Domain was one he had cast on Ji Chang ten hours ago. At that time, it was precisely the critical moment of Ji Chang restoring his Foundation Building Stage.

And his high-grade Disaster-Averting Domains could all last for 24 hours.

How could this not make him horrified?

He could rule out suspicion for everyone in the Floating Cloud Sect, but the other party had actually struck secretly. This was exactly the same tactic used to harm Senior Sister Jiang back then.

Furthermore, Xu Shen didn’t encounter any sneak attacks when he broke through to Golden Core. This indicated that the other party still didn’t take the Floating Cloud Sect seriously at that time. That changed only after Xu Shen redeployed the four great arrays.

“Damn it! They were given face but didn’t want it!”