Chapter 100

The dense primordial energy of heaven and earth made Ji Ning take a deep breath, feeling the innate true essence in his dantian surge continuously: "What pure and dense primordial energy of heaven and earth! Just by the door being pushed open, the primordial energy leaking out from this stone room is so dense. What must it be like inside?"

"We can't barge in recklessly; there might be danger inside," Ji Jiuhuo warned, "I'll send a bug in to investigate."

Ji Jiuhuo opened his mouth, and a black bee immediately flapped its wings and flew high, quickly heading towards the distant stone room, entering directly from the entrance. After about ten breaths, the black bee flew out again, and Ji Jiuhuo swallowed it back into his body with another open mouth.

"How is it?"

Everyone looked at the clan leader Ji Jiuhuo, who smiled and said, "I've already investigated; there's no danger inside. Let's go in and take a look! You follow behind me. If there's any hidden danger in this stone room that wasn't detected, I'll be the first to die. Ji Ning, you walk last!"

"Right, Ji Ning walks last." Everyone looked at Ji Ning.

Ji Ning, feeling helpless, stopped struggling and obediently walked at the back. Ji Jiuhuo and Shadow Grandma entered first, and as soon as they did, they exclaimed in surprise: "What treasures! What treasures!" "This place must have been where an immortal cultivated; it must be!"

This made Ji Ning's heart itch with curiosity. What could be inside?

"Everyone come in. I've swept the area with my essence energy; there's no danger," Ji Jiuhuo said.

Immediately, everyone entered, and Ji Ning also quickly came in.

"What dense primordial energy of heaven and earth." As soon as Ji Ning entered, he felt the incredibly dense primordial energy, which made all his pores open up. He greedily absorbed the primordial energy, and even the air inside the room had a faint green color, a sign of the dense primordial energy.

"Ji Ning, close the stone door. Don't let the primordial energy of heaven and earth leak out. This stone room is special; once the stone door is closed, the primordial energy won't leak out," Ji Jiuhuo said.

"Yes." Ji Ning understood this. The primordial energy had leaked out when the stone door was pushed open. With a rumble, the stone door closed.

Ji Ning looked around curiously.

The room was about ten zhang in diameter. There was a side door on one side, indicating there were other rooms.

"Look at this," Ji Jiuhuo pointed to a large pool in the room, which was filled with a thin layer of green liquid. The green liquid was slowly flowing, full of vitality, and the incredibly dense primordial energy of heaven and earth in the surrounding air was due to this liquid.

"I'm certain," Ji Jiuhuo said confidently, "the entire essence stone vein was formed because an immortal cultivated here, deliberately setting up a great array to absorb the boundless primordial energy of heaven and earth, accumulating it here over a long period. However, for that immortal, what he needed was not the essence stones, but this—"

Ji Jiuhuo pointed to the thin layer of green liquid at the bottom of the pool, speaking with utmost confidence. "Essence Liquid! This is the true essence of the primordial energy of heaven and earth, the purest form of essence liquid!"

Ji Ning held his breath.

Essence Liquid?

If the primordial energy within high-grade essence stones was already very pure and had a minimal burden on the body, increasing cultivation speed by ten times, then this Essence Liquid... was the purest form of the essence of the primordial energy of heaven and earth, with no burden on the body. It could be completely refined and absorbed in a short period.

For example, when some immortals reincarnated and their memories were obscured, becoming mortals, once their memories awakened, they could rely on their understanding of the Dao and the strength of their souls. If they obtained a legendary 'Nine Turn Golden Pill,' which contained a vast amount of primordial energy of heaven and earth, they could absorb it without any burden. A reincarnated immortal, upon awakening their memories and swallowing a Nine Turn Golden Pill, could become an immortal again within a day, thanks to the primordial energy of the pill.

To cultivate and improve?

A powerful soul! Realm! Cultivation technique! Primordial energy of heaven and earth! All four were essential! A reincarnated immortal, possessing the first three, could instantly become an immortal again with a Nine Turn Golden Pill. Without the Nine Turn Golden Pill, even a reincarnated immortal would have to cultivate step by step, slowly improving. If an ordinary mortal ate a Nine Turn Golden Pill, they would be burst by the vast amount of primordial energy inside!

The Nine Turn Golden Pill... was a legend.

Essence Liquid, however, was something Ji Ning had read about in books. If there was enough of it, it could rival the Nine Turn Golden Pill.

"The immortal who cultivated here," Ji Jiuhuo said excitedly, "must have accumulated a lot of Essence Liquid in this pool. Due to cultivation, most of it has been refined, leaving only this thin layer at the bottom. But even this thin layer... might be worth all the assets of our Ji Clan, and this kind of Essence Liquid is something our Ji Clan can't even buy."

Everyone present was very excited.

They all understood that Essence Liquid could eliminate the need for long-term refinement! It had long been monopolized by major sects and large clans, granted to truly outstanding geniuses or top-tier experts, allowing them to avoid wasting time refining the primordial energy of heaven and earth. Such items were not something the Ji Clan could buy.

"Clan Leader, with this, can you break through to become a True Man of Myriad Phenomena?" Ji Ning asked.

"Our Ji Clan's cultivation techniques are relatively poor," Ji Jiuhuo shook his head. "Theoretically, there's a possibility of breaking through, but in reality, no one in our Ji Clan has ever become a True Man of Myriad Phenomena! I've cultivated for nearly four hundred years; if I were to become a True Man of Myriad Phenomena, I would have broken through long ago. This Essence Liquid is useless for me and Shadow Grandma. It would be most useful for you, Ji Ning!"

"Yes, Ji Ning, you are the most suitable to use it," Shadow Grandma also looked at Ji Ning, her eyes filled with expectation. "You are such a genius. In our Ji Clan, you have been buried. You still have to cultivate and refine the primordial energy of heaven and earth slowly. If you were in a top-tier large clan, your cultivation would be much faster."

"Ji Ning, use it," Ji Yichuan also said. "Don't be overly polite. I know your realm. Among us, you are the one with the highest realm. With this Essence Liquid, you can reach a higher level."

"Alright," Ji Liuzhen, Ji Jiuhuo, and the others all looked at Ji Ning with anticipation.

Ji Ning felt warm inside.

Such a rare treasure...

Everyone was leaving it to him.

"Clan Leader, I won't be overly polite," Ji Ning said directly. "I will cultivate with this Essence Liquid now." His divine and demon body cultivation was very difficult to break through, and even if he did, he would need the power of the Yin and Yang. This Essence Liquid was more suitable for his qi cultivation. His realm was already sufficient to open the Purple Mansion.

"Good," Ji Jiuhuo and the others were filled with excitement and anticipation. For them, the Essence Liquid would only marginally increase their strength. But for the most outstanding genius of the Ji Clan, Ji Ning, it could significantly improve his strength.

"I'll go check the side room to see if there's anything else," Ji Jiuhuo said.

There was another side room.

The side room contained only a stone bed, a stone chair, and a stone table, with nothing else.

"It seems this place was just where the immortal secluded himself. This is where the immortal rested and read immortal scriptures," Ji Jiuhuo said. "The other room is where the immortal cultivated."

"Nothing else."

"No other treasures."

Ji Yichuan and the others carefully examined, but the stone room had only one main room and one side room, which were simple and could be seen at a glance. They also swept the area with their essence energy and found no hidden treasures.

"Let's go," Ji Jiuhuo and the others returned to the main room. They looked at Ji Ning and instructed, "Ji Ning, you cultivate here. Remember, close the stone door. There's a mechanism on the stone door. Once closed, it can't be opened from the outside. We'll wait for you on the ground above."

"Alright," Ji Ning nodded.

Ji Jiuhuo and the others quickly left, leaving Ji Ning alone in the stone room. Ji Ning went forward and pushed the stone door shut.

Cultivation was a serious matter and required caution. Being interrupted at a crucial moment could be very dangerous.

"This time... I should be able to open the Purple Mansion," Ji Ning looked at the Essence Liquid in the pool, which was full of boundless vitality, and no longer hesitated. He immediately sat cross-legged by the pool and began to practice the Water Essence Technique. Although the Water Essence Technique was a simple method, opening the Purple Mansion was not difficult.

However, after opening the Purple Mansion, Ji Ning would need to change to a new qi cultivation technique. Otherwise, with such a poor technique, it would be very difficult to become a True Man of Myriad Phenomena. It was only theoretically possible. As for a Daoist of the Essence Spirit? It was not even theoretically possible!

But Ji Ning was not in a hurry. He mainly cultivated the divine and demon body, and in the future, he would leave the Yan Mountains and naturally obtain more profound techniques.

"Rushing water..." As soon as Ji Ning began the Water Essence Technique, he started to absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth outside. The primordial energy in the stone room was so dense that it continuously condensed into true essence.

Ji Ning opened his mouth.

Inhale!

Immediately, part of the Essence Liquid in the pool flew up and, controlled by his divine sense, directly entered Ji Ning's mouth and was swallowed into his body. As soon as the Essence Liquid entered his body, it quickly transformed into essence energy. This incredibly pure essence energy continuously rushed into his dantian, directly transforming into true essence, seamlessly and without any burden on his body. Ji Ning could continuously transform it without end.

"Rumbling..." The water-green true essence in his dantian surged endlessly, like endless waves, gathering and accumulating!

"Again." Ji Ning opened his mouth and inhaled again, and the Essence Liquid directly entered his body.

Inside his dantian, it was like a storm, and the true essence that originally needed time to accumulate quickly reached its peak. The boundless true essence also rotated wildly, compressing, as if the space in the dantian was too small to accommodate more true essence.

"Rumble..."

In an instant, it was like the beginning of the universe! The originally chaotic dantian exploded with a loud sound!

Ji Ning, who was sitting cross-legged by the pool, was surrounded by a large amount of mist, and at this moment, he could more clearly touch the 'Dao,' but this feeling quickly faded.

"Opening the Purple Mansion! Once the Purple Mansion is formed, the foundation for cultivation is established," Ji Ning whispered to himself.

In his body, where the dantian originally was,

Now there was a vast, boundless void space, filled with boundless purple mist. This strange place, between the real and the void, was the Purple Mansion! The Purple Mansion that everyone opened was the same, but the realm they could reach in the future depended on their individual destiny.

"Inhale!" Ji Ning opened his mouth, and the Essence Liquid in the pool flowed into his body like wine.

In the vast, boundless void space filled with purple mist, the first drop of essence energy began to condense. Soon, a large amount of essence energy gathered, and in the boundless void space, a small puddle appeared, quickly turning into a small lake... The essence energy continuously gathered and accumulated, and the lake kept expanding...

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