"What, you want to absorb the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi now?"

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child looked Qin Xuan up and down and asked.

Qin Xuan rubbed his hands together in anticipation. He said cheekily, "Senior, if you have a way for me to absorb it, then of course I’m willing."

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child looked at Qin Xuan like he was an idiot. Grabbing onto a Copper Ear, he sat on the Furnace Cauldron of the Eight Desolates Forging Fire Furnace with his chubby little arms, looking quite adorable.

"Your Cultivation is too low. You need to be at the Foundation Establishment Twelfth Level at least, with a perfect Dao Foundation Spirit Platform... Of course, if you want to be crushed by the Earth Vein and die without a burial place, feel free to give it a try."

Qin Xuan was speechless.

’So he was just messing with me. He asks if I want to absorb it when I can’t. No wonder Pang Tunyun told me not to be in a hurry to open the Spiritual Sense Jade Tube.’ 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Suddenly, a thought struck Qin Xuan. He handed the Jade Tube from his robes to the cyan-robed child.

"Senior, could you help me see what kind of Magic is recorded inside?"

"What is this?"

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child looked curious as he took the Jade Tube.

His cyan eyes swept over it. Without any discernible fluctuation of Divine Sense, he instantly broke through the Restriction within the Jade Tube.

"Heh, and here I was wondering what it could be. Turns out it’s just some harmful trash."

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child pursed his lips in disgust and tossed it aside like a piece of garbage.

"Don’t! That contains the Dharma Gate to advance to the Golden Core realm and the hidden Earth Vein Sacrificial Refining Method!"

Qin Xuan scrambled to catch the Jade Tube, his heart aching.

Luckily, he was fast enough. Otherwise, the Jade Tube would have shattered.

"Earth Vein Sacrificial Refining Method?"

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child leaped down from the Eight Desolates Forging Fire Furnace and hovered in mid-air. Cyan light flowed around his Spirit Body, and his little fists looked eager for a fight.

"You blockhead, watch me knock some sense into you..."

THUMP! THUMP! Two crisp thuds landed on Qin Xuan’s head.

"The [Blood Slaughter Bone Sacrifice Refining Method] inside is garbage. No, it’s insidious, malicious garbage, and you’re treating it like a treasure."

Qin Xuan cried out in pain and clutched his head. The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child snatched the Jade Tube from his hand.

"Senior, what is the meaning of this?"

"The refining method recorded in this Spiritual Sense Jade Tube seems to allow you to refine Earth Vein Spiritual Qi, but in reality, it sacrifices your own Purple Mansion’s foundation to some Nascent Soul’s Grotto Heaven."

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child said gravely, "Although it lets you rapidly absorb Earth Vein Spiritual Qi in the Foundation Establishment Realm and quickly reach the Golden Core realm..."

"Once you cultivate it, you will become nutrients for that Grotto Heaven for the rest of your life. You might be able to open a Golden Core Blessed Land, but you can forget about ever reaching the Nascent Soul realm!"

Qin Xuan’s eyes went wide with horror. His expression turned grim, and a chill ran down his spine.

There was a trap in the Dharma Gate that Chen Xuanba gave him!

’Damn it, the Holy Sect is still the same man-eating Holy Sect. They won’t even spare the Demon Cultivators under them who have opened their Purple Mansion.’

’But why didn’t my Golden Finger give me a warning...’ A suspicion arose in Qin Xuan’s mind.

As an excellent Incense Master who had been thoroughly "marinated" by the Holy Sect, he subconsciously doubted the truth of the cyan-robed child’s words.

"If that’s the case, is there a way to avoid it?"

Qin Xuan asked, confused, "To open a Blessed Land, is Earth Vein Spiritual Qi absolutely necessary?"

"Of course not. Cultivators in the Purple Mansion Realm absorb Earth Vein Spiritual Qi because it allows them to lay a perfect foundation in advance, making it easier to condense a Dragon and Tiger Golden Core later on."

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child said:

"Didn’t I already give you the [Eight Desolates Dao Artifact Sacrificial Refining Method]? The Earth Vein Spirit can also be treated as a Magical Artifact. Using this method to refine it is more than enough."

"Of course, there is an even better way. Back in the day, my master gathered four Tier Four Five Elements Spiritual Objects—[Dirt and Filth], [Extremely Cold Profound Ice], [Great Sun Golden Flame], and [Void Wind]—and combined them with three Positional Divine Techniques. In the Purple Mansion Realm, he upgraded his Star Mansion into a Blessed Land and forged the Sun and Moon Xiyue Palm Shining Golden Core."

"Its power is even greater than a Blessed Land Golden Core formed from only Earth Vein Spiritual Qi. If you have the ability, you can give it a try as well."

Qin Xuan’s gaze instantly burned with passion.

He didn’t have the Tier Four Five Elements Spiritual Objects, but he did have three Positional Divine Techniques!

He recalled the Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child into the Ink Flood Dragon’s Reverse Scale and fell into deep thought.

’I’m at the Foundation Establishment Tenth Level now. With the [Thousand-Year Soul Nourishing Wood], I already have a sixty percent chance of guiding my Life Star. Should I take a gamble and try refining the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi?’

The moment the thought arose, Qin Xuan forcibly suppressed it.

’No, only a fool would gamble. My Cultivation is low right now, so why should I take such a risk? How can trusting an outsider be more reliable than trusting my Golden Finger?’

’If there’s a problem, the Divination will warn me.’

’I’ll just lay low and keep developing safely. Everything will come to light eventually!’

At this thought, Qin Xuan’s mind cleared. He let out a breath of frustrated air, the gloom in his heart dispersing, and he instantly felt refreshed and clear-headed.

’Next up is refining the [Crystal Condensation Opening Pill] and the [Starlight Jade Liquid]...’

As long as he successfully refined these two Tier Two Top Grade supplementary medicines, his success rate for guiding his Life Star would increase from sixty percent to ninety-eight percent!

...

「Three months later.」

Heart Rot Valley, Earth Fire Room

Qin Xuan sat cross-legged before the Yin Yang Demon Refining Furnace, his hands constantly forming techniques.

The body of the furnace was half black and half white. The black side showed the Golden Crow Burning Heaven Map, while the white side was carved with the Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine Patterns.

The two-headed Demon Flood Dragon Artifact Spirit emerged. It opened its ferocious maws, spewing Yin Yang Demon Fire that caused the entire stone chamber to flicker between light and shadow.

’This is the seventh time. There’s only one last portion of herbs left. If I fail again, I’ll be out of Spirit Medicine... I hope I succeed.’

Qin Xuan took a deep breath, restoring his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to their peak state.

With a flick of his finger technique, the furnace lid rose with a RUMBLE. Yin Yang Qi surged out like two intertwining Flood Dragons.

He took out a three-hundred-year-old, Tier Two Middle Grade [Soul Condensing Grass].

"The yin side refines the soul, the yang side tempers the essence..."

Qin Xuan murmured to himself. Following the principles of the True Yin Yang Fire Demon Pill Heart Method, the techniques formed by his fingers changed continuously.

The Soul Condensing Grass was enveloped by the black qi from the yin side. The silver threads in its veins transformed into countless tiny points of light and rose up.

Meanwhile, the white qi from the yang side swept over five Tier Two Low Grade [Jade Marrow Jujubes]. The jujubes, translucent as red jade, met the white qi and instantly melted into an amber-colored liquid.