Chapter 56: The Journey to Tianlan Realm

  Lin Tianyang learned about Leng Yue's closed-door training a few days later, which made Lin Tianyang feel somewhat helpless. However, thinking that the time to descend into Luoyin Valley was still far away, he didn't rush and returned to his own cave to start cultivating calmly.

  One and a half years later, Lin Tianyang's cultivation finally reached the peak of the early stage of foundation building, which was three months faster than he had expected. It seemed that cultivating in a place with dense spiritual energy was indeed beneficial.

  Under normal circumstances, after some adjustments, Lin Tianyang could have broken through the middle stage bottleneck. However, Lin Tianyang cultivated the "Tian Gang Zheng Yang Jue" and followed the method recorded in the manual to start deploying the secret technique of compressing his power, then quietly dispersed more than half of his power, and within a short period of less than half a month, he became a newly established foundation stage cultivator again.

  Although it was a bit reluctant to see his hard-earned spiritual power disappear like that, Lin Tianyang soon continued to cheer up and continued to take the elixir to accumulate his magical powers. Not long after, Lin Tianyang indeed felt that this time's re-cultivation of his magical powers had become even more dense, which made Lin Tianyang feel that his efforts had not been in vain, so he cultivated even more diligently.

  In these two years, Lin Tianyang didn't enter the Tongtian Tower many times, only about ten times a year. The reason was mainly due to the Ling Stone.

  Now Lin Tianyang is no longer alone in spending spirit stones, since he obtained the "Spiritual Beast Breeding Manual", Lin Tianyang has learned a lot of knowledge about breeding spiritual beasts from it, and his cultivation of 'Little Cai' has also become more rationalized. He no longer simply feeds her internal elixirs, but mainly uses spiritual beast pellets, giving her one third-level demon beast internal elixir every three months. The price of spiritual beast pellets for the foundation period is not low either, this thing is extremely rare in Tongtian Tower, Lin Tianyang can only buy it with spirit stones.

  Inside the Tongtian Tower, Lin Tianyang also encountered third-level demonic beasts several times. Except for one time when he lost his grip and let it escape, he beheaded all of them. However, the things he obtained were not ideal. Apart from a top-grade artifact, the Feathered Fan, which had some wonderful uses, there was only a bottle of Hundred-Year Spiritual Milk that was somewhat practical. Since Lin Tianyang already had plenty of Hundred-Year Spiritual Milk himself, he directly exchanged it for spiritual stones due to their scarcity.

  That period of time was the most difficult for Lin Tianyang, until later when he obtained two bottles of Dingyan Dan from two third-grade demon beasts and sold them to some female cultivators in the sect after keeping two pills for himself, which allowed him to earn a small amount of spirit stones and get through the most difficult period.

  Lin Tianyang left two for himself, one was kept for himself and the other was spare. Although it was kept for himself, Lin Tianyang did not take it immediately.

  Lin Tianyang was twenty years old when he laid his foundation. In this realm, ordinary cultivators typically reach the peak of the Qi Refining stage with a lifespan of 120 years. After laying their foundation, their lifespan will increase by about twice as much, and after reaching the middle stage, it will increase by half a cycle (60 years), and after reaching the late stage, it can still increase by half a cycle, until the formation of the Golden Elixir, when the lifespan will again increase by about twice as much. Of course, cultivating different basic techniques also has some subtle differences, such as those who cultivate wood-attribute techniques, whose lifespan will be slightly longer, but only to a limited extent.

  After the lifespan is extended, the change in appearance also slows down naturally. Just like Lin Tianyang, even if his cultivation doesn't change now, he will probably still look like a 20-year-old at the age of 50. Of course, there are many techniques in the immortal world that have anti-aging effects, especially those suitable for female cultivators, which usually come with anti-aging effects, only varying in strength.

  Lin Tianyang's cultivation method, of course, did not have this effect. He didn't immediately take the Rejuvenating Pellet because he felt that looking twenty years old was a bit too youthful. Thinking that his cultivation method would require more time as it progressed, he decided to wait until one day when his appearance matured before taking it.

  On this day, Lin Tianyang was once again soaking in the Spiritual Spring. Although the "Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique" wasn't his main cultivation method and he wouldn't specialize in it before forming a Dan, laying down a foundation from the Foundation Establishment stage was also extremely important. Therefore, every month, Lin Tianyang would take out one or two days to cultivate it.

  Just then, a transmission talisman suddenly flew before his eyes. Lin Tianyang had thought that Fang Jing must have successfully built his foundation and was sending him a congratulatory message, but after listening to the contents of the talisman, his face involuntarily darkened.

  After adjusting his breath slightly, Lin Tianyang changed his clothes and left the cave directly, heading straight to the Tianling Peak Executive Hall.

  Before arriving at the Tianling Peak Execution Hall, several more flashes of light were seen rushing in the same direction, and soon after, they all fell outside the Tianling Peak Execution Hall.

  As they walked into the main hall of the Executive Temple with everyone else, they found that there were already fifty or sixty foundation-building cultivators gathered here, and more than half of them were above intermediate cultivation.

  Some of them knew each other and chatted in twos and threes, while others stood alone like Lin Tianyang, lost in thought. In any case, the faces of most people gathered here didn't look very good.

  Lin Tianyang had not been here for long when he found that Qu Xuan had also arrived, the two of them exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with helplessness. Qu Xuan had already walked to Lin Tianyang's side but hadn't spoken yet when the Sect's Grand Elder He Xingzhi led six other Nascent Soul cultivators into the room.

  Lin Tianyang recognized Li Lian and Zuo Guangming at a glance, as for the other four people, although he had not seen them before, seeing such an array, if he was not mistaken, they should be Wang Zhong, Wu Yizhen, Kong Fan, and Luo Shuang of the Heavenly Thunder Peak, Heavenly Flame Peak, Heavenly Beast Peak, and Heavenly Frost Peak respectively.

  After the seven people came in, the monks who were still talking immediately shut their mouths, and one by one, they stared at the seven people. Li Li couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise when she found that Lin Tianyang was among them.

  He Xing walked to the front of the crowd, his eyes scanning the people present, then said with a serious expression: "Everyone has come here, and I suppose you all know what this is about. Three months from now, the Lieyang Sect will open up the Tianlan Realm for one time. The Lieyang Sect, along with the adjacent sects of Huatian, Zhenwu, Xuantian, Heishan, Yinxie, and our own Leiyan Sect, will each send a group of foundation-building cultivators to enter the realm and pick the Chi Yang fruit. In the end, the number of Chi Yang fruits obtained will determine the share of land that each sect will occupy from the Lieyang Sect's cession. And you are the representatives of your respective sects who will participate in this Tianlan Realm expedition."

  After He Xing finished speaking, an elderly man from the late stage of the foundation building period immediately spoke up: "Great Executor, I was unfortunately injured half a year ago and am afraid that I won't be able to recover in a short amount of time. At that time, I'm afraid I'll delay the sect's important matters. Do you think it's possible to choose someone more suitable again?"

  He Xing's face sank, and he said in a low tone of anger: "Li Shizhong, this matter is of great importance, the list has been finalized and cannot be easily changed. Unless you fall, you must go; otherwise, it would be considered treason to the sect!"

  When the grand steward's words left no room for doubt, Brother Baggage trembled all over, and those who had also wanted to speak up immediately gave up on that idea, lest they invite a scolding upon themselves!

  Lin Tianyang knew that this matter was irretrievable, and he also felt helpless in his heart. The fact that a foundation-building cultivator like himself would be included in the list made him think of Yun Haitian, believing that it was probably him who had exerted influence from behind to bring about the current result.

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