Chapter 2302: Unite to Support Qingshan's Breakthrough to the Refining Void Stage

Twenty years swiftly passed.

Within the Five-Spirit Valley lay a vast estate, featuring pavilions, towers, waterside retreats, winding corridors, and unique rock formations.

Inside a red hexagonal stone pavilion, Wang Yingjie sat. Before him stood a handsome young man in red robes and a delicate young woman in a blue skirt. The young man in red robes was Wang Huashuo, and the young woman in the blue skirt was Wang Huayue. They were Wang Yingjie’s children.

Wang Huashuo showed some talent in alchemy and had been studying under Liu Hongxue. He was currently a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a second-tier alchemist. Wang Huayue, meanwhile, was learning artifact refining; she had previously attempted alchemy but found little interest or aptitude for it. With parents who were God Transformation cultivators, Wang Huayue had a significantly advantageous starting point. She didn't need to worry about the cost of trial and error and could freely learn any skill from her kin.

“I am entering secluded cultivation,” Wang Yingjie declared. “You must listen to your mother, adhere to the clan rules, and cultivate diligently. I hope that by the next time I see you, you will have successfully formed your Nascent Souls.”

Wang Yingjie’s tone was stern. He had been married to Liu Hongxue for over two decades, and during this time, he had spent much of his time with his wife and children, enjoying domestic bliss, leaving little time for cultivation. He now intended to enter secluded cultivation for a period, hoping to advance to the God Transformation Great Perfection stage.

“We understand, Father,” Wang Huashuo replied seriously. “We will cultivate diligently.”

“Father, will you be in secluded cultivation for a long time this time?” Wang Huayue asked curiously. She had heard from clan members that Wang Yingjie was a cultivation fanatic, having once entered secluded cultivation for over four hundred years immediately after arriving at Qinglian Island.

“I don’t know,” Wang Yingjie replied, “Perhaps two or three centuries, or even four or five. Cultivating the Dao is like sailing against the current; if you don’t advance, you fall back. You cannot afford to be complacent. Your current circumstances are exceptionally favorable, so you must strive even harder. When I was your age, I certainly didn’t have such advantageous conditions.”

Wang Huashuo and Wang Huayue agreed. Wang Yingjie then offered a few more words of advice before dismissing them to resume their cultivation.

Entering his cultivation chamber, Wang Yingjie sat cross-legged on a blue futon. The stone walls were intricately carved with numerous colorful array patterns. In a corner stood a five-colored magic array, spanning over a hundred zhang. It featured hundreds of indentations, each holding a high-grade spirit stone. This was a Five-Element Gathering Array, a fifth-tier auxiliary formation specifically arranged by Bai Yuqi to accelerate Wang Yingjie’s cultivation speed.

Wang Yingjie took out a pale golden censer, lit a Mind Calming Spirit Gathering Incense, and placed it within. Each Mind Calming Spirit Gathering Incense stick cost fifty thousand spirit stones, primarily refined from three-thousand-year-old Spirit Gathering Wood. Lighting one before cultivation allowed for rapid entry into meditation and a focused cultivation state. As an ascended cultivator, Wang Yingjie enjoyed excellent treatment. He didn't squander his resources, primarily using them to acquire cultivation materials beneficial for his practice. With his conditions now improved, Wang Yingjie felt even less inclined to be complacent and resolved to cultivate with greater diligence.

Wang Yingjie formed hand seals, closed his eyes, and before long, a surge of five-colored spiritual light emanated from his body, enveloping him entirely.

On Qinglian Peak, the door to a certain secret chamber suddenly opened, and Wang Changsheng emerged, a wide smile on his face. He had successfully refined a Sword Embryo Spirit using the materials provided by Wang Qingshan.

“By my reckoning, Qingfeng should have finished refining the Five-Element Flying Sword by now!” Wang Changsheng murmured to himself, then took out a shimmering communication disk. He cast a spell into it and asked in a deep voice, “Feng’er, is the flying sword ready?”

“It is ready, Father,” Wang Qingfeng’s voice replied from the communication disk.

“Bring the flying sword here immediately,” Wang Changsheng instructed. “And call Yuqi and Qingshan over as well. I have something to tell them.”