Chapter 10: Someone is Cultivating Immortality?

  "Just as I thought, just as I thought."

  After cultivating while lying down until the sun was high in the sky the next day, Li Guanqi slowly sat up from the straw bed, his expression slightly grave.

  Just as Wei Mo had said, he didn't need to breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Simply circuting the "Qi Guiding Art" to absorb the residual curse insects within his body was enough for his cultivation.

  From yesterday until now, without sleep... In fact, he didn't need sleep; he still felt refreshed and energetic.

  After absorbing most of the residual curse insects in his body, converting them into pure spiritual power that merged into his bloodstream, the refreshing feeling was simply indescribable.

  It was like, after starving for three days, he, ravenous, had just eaten a full Manchu-Han Imperial Feast.

  It was a desire originating from the deepest part of his body, as if his very genes craved this substance called "spiritual power."

  But a problem also arose.

  Li Guanqi discovered around dawn that countless microscopic insect eggs had appeared in his bloodstream, which he couldn't absorb or eliminate.

  —The insects he ate yesterday had started breeding inside him!

  But this was also just as the simutor had mentioned. Presumably, today the old dwarf would come and tell him to rex, to peacefully let those insect eggs multiply and thrive within his body.

  And indeed, that was the case.

  After half an hour, the old dwarf Wei Mo, still cd in a bck robe, pushed open the door and entered, carrying a bowl of green insect soup.

  Heh, even changing up the fvor.

  Hmm?!

  Li Guanqi's expression suddenly changed.

  Just as he focused his gaze on Wei Mo, a text box suddenly popped up above the dwarf's head.

  [Half-step Yiyuan Realm Sorcerer]

  "Master."

  As Li Guanqi lowered his head in greeting, his eyes flickered uncertainty.

  Half-step Yiyuan.

  In other words, Wei Mo hadn't actually fully entered the first rank yet. If calcuted according to Level Rating, he should be around 9.5?

  "Come, eat."

  Wei Mo "kindly and慈祥ly" handed over the insect soup.

  "Thank you, Master."

  Li Guanqi took it with "utmost gratitude" and downed the bowl in one go.

  Warm currents surged through his limbs, his blood boiled – it was the exact same feeling as yesterday. Then, the spiritual power contained within his blood increased again.

  "That Qi Guiding Art, is there any part you don't understand?"

  Wei Mo gnced at the clean bowl, then asked Li Guanqi with a smile.

  "Replying to Master, no."

  "Then do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

  "No, it's just..."

  Li Guanqi asked softly: "It's just that disciple feels like there are many insect eggs multiplying within my blood. Will they hatch?"

  "They will."

  Wei Mo nodded, his smile still amiable. "But don't worry. After they hatch, they can accelerate your absorption speed. It's beneficial, not harmful."

  "I see, then disciple is relieved."

  "Mm, let's leave it at that. Master is leaving. Cultivate well."

  "Disciple respectfully sends Master off."

  Wei Mo left again.

  Li Guanqi walked back to the bed with a bnk expression and opened the Supernatural System to check.

  [Level Rating: 2.5]

  An increase of 0.2 compared to yesterday, not bad.

  Before starting to cultivate, on a whim, Li Guanqi decided to check the Supernatural Leaderboard again, and his eyes immediately widened!

  [Supernatural Leaderboard]

  Everything Left By Ancestors Is Real (Peak of All Beings!) (Level Rating: 3.8) (Plot Rating in this Supernatural World: E+)

  Wang (Second to One) (Level Rating: 2.5) (Plot Rating in this Supernatural World: E+)

  Dao Fa Zi Ran (Third Pce Schor) (Level Rating: 1.9) (Plot Rating in this Supernatural World: E+) (…)

  What the fuck?!

  Li Guanqi was completely stunned.

  His first pce was snatched?

  A rating of 3.8?

  Is this guy cheating?!

  "Wait..."

  Li Guanqi looked closely at the name of this number one pyer.

  —"Everything Left By Ancestors Is Real".

  A somewhat absurd thought suddenly occurred to him.

  This guy... couldn't be cultivating immortality (修仙, xiūxiān) in the supernatural world, could he?!

  Absurd.

  Too absurd.

  But honestly speaking, Li Guanqi didn't doubt that real magic existed, after all, the origin of his simutor was also quite magical.

  He guessed that person probably possessed Daoist techniques passed down from ancestors in reality.

  It was just that reality was likely in a "Dharma-Ending Age" (末法时代, mòfǎ shídài), cking the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, making cultivation impossible. But after entering the supernatural world, they began their heaven-defying rise.

  "Well now, so you're the protagonist..."

  Li Guanqi muttered, scrolling through the leaderboard's bullet comments. Without exception, they were all praising the number one pyer. Some even said the original "Wang" was finished, having completely fallen from grace.

  "You damn..."

  Li Guanqi was instantly speechless.

  Trampling one to praise another, really something.

  He lost interest, closed the leaderboard, and y down on the bed to continue cultivating.

  Until the next morning.

  Wei Mo arrived again.

  Drank another rge bowl of curse insects.

  Wei Mo left, Li Guanqi continued cultivating.

  Afternoon.

  "Those of you whose eyeballs were plucked out, don't look at me, all of you look up at the roof!"

  Li Guanqi suddenly issued a command, making the curse insects sharing vision with Wei Mo avert their gazes.

  Then he quickly got out of bed.

  "Prick!"

  Li Guanqi pressed his right index and middle fingers together, emitting a faint green light, and made a light cut across his left palm. Bright red blood immediately seeped out.

  "Condense!"

  At the same time, Li Guanqi formed a hand seal and shouted in a low voice.

  All curse techniques required corresponding hand seals or gestures – forming the fingers into various postures – to be successfully cast. Some even required corresponding incantations.

  But there were exceptions.

  For example, the most basic techniques like "Spirit-probing Object-retrieval Technique," simple tricks involving releasing spiritual power, didn't require seals.

  Another example was casting lower-level spells.

  That is, a Yiyuan Realm sorcerer casting an Unranked spell, or a Liangyi Realm sorcerer casting a Yiyuan Realm spell.

  In such cases, it might be possible to skip the seals and achieve "instant casting."

  Back to the matter at hand.

  After Li Guanqi formed the hand seal, the blood dripping from his palm strangely floated a few centimeters above the floor. It first condensed into a small blood sphere, then rapidly expanded, gradually taking human form.

  Soon.

  A "person" identical to Li Guanqi appeared on the spot. Not only were the appearance and physique the same, but even the gray coarse cloth robe he wore materialized.

  [Curse Technique Proficiency (White)]

  Blood Release Doppelg?nger Art (释血分身术)!

  This white-level ability seemed to be of the lowest quality, but for the current Li Guanqi, this ability was even more important than the purple talent Tongyou.

  Because it was practical.

  Li Guanqi flexed the fingers of his left hand. Green spiritual light flickered, and the cut on his palm quickly scabbed over and healed.

  Then he picked up his doppelg?nger, lifted it onto the bed, and arranged it in the exact same lying posture he had used for cultivation these past two days.

  This way, he could create the illusion that he was still cultivating in the wooden house.

  This doppelg?nger was essentially just an immobile puppet made of blood. A strong sp would cause it to explode.

  But it was sufficient as a disguise.

  After all, the "Human-Insect Shared Vision" technique wasn't actually that magical...