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nJiang Lan looked at the vegetative egg and decided to observe it for two more days.

nHe wondered if the vegetative egg would have inner demons.

nHe decided to check on it again tomorrow.

nJiang Lan then began cultivating.

nThis was the best time for him to cultivate.

nThe greater the concentration of Netherworld Aura, the faster he cultivated.

nThis was because it better suited the Kunlun Heart Sutra.

nOn the third day.

nJiang Lan moved the vegetative egg out.

nHe discovered that the egg’s life force had weakened.

nIf he were to continue leaving it there, it would be finished.

nLater.

nJiang Lan once again focused on his cultivation.

nHis master did not say much about his training trip to the Ice Cicada Forest.

nIt was considered a pass.

nHowever, his master had reminded him that the aura of the Netherworld had become heavier, and he had to act according to his ability.

nThree years passed once more.

nThis year.

nIt was Jiang Lan’s fiftieth year on the Ninth Summit.

nHe was cultivating peacefully when he suddenly received a message.

nThis message came from Kunlun directly.

nAll personal disciples in Kunlun would receive it.

n“The Jade Pool is opening?”

nJiang Lan sat in the Netherworld Cave, reading the news. He knew about the opening of the Jade Pool a few years ago.

nHowever, his master said that it would be a while later. He did not expect that it would be a few years later. It seemed that he had to familiarize himself with his master’s concept of time.

nThe Netherworld Cave continued its eruption of Netherworld Aura.

nHowever, it had not reached its maximum value.

nFrom Jiang Lan’s estimation, it would take a few more years.

nJiang Lan didn’t care about this. In fact, he was looking forward to it even more.

nBecause the longer it overflowed, the better it was for him.

nIn the past few years, his cultivation had become much stronger.

nAlthough he hadn’t reached the late-stage Essence Soul realm, he was close.

nHis cultivation speed was nearly twice as fast as before.

nIf this continued, he would soon reach the Void Refinement Realm.

nIn the past few years, he had already completed most of the things he needed to cultivate.

nHis Nine Steps of Heavenly Travel had reached the eighth step, the pinnacle he could achieve at the Essence Soul Realm.

nHe had a feeling that the ninth step could only be achieved when one was close to achieving immortality.

nHis Power of Nine Bulls was close to the power of the eight bulls, but at the Essence Soul Realm, it was unlikely to break through the power of the eight bulls.

nHe had long been familiarized with his Ninth Heaven’s Flowing Fire, Heavenly Thunder Descent, Seven Stars Sword Technique, Yin Yang Sword Technique and Spirit Ape Spell.

nHe was at the Essence Soul Realm, so these spells and techniques best suited him.

nHe had used the Rainbow Auspicious Clouds on the vegetative egg, but it didn’t feel like much of it had been consumed.

nIt was good for increasing his proficiency in the spell.

nWhen it came to humans, he wouldn’t use it casually.

nThe impact was too great.

nJiang Lan had also cultivated the Spirit Speech Spell for some time. He also tried it out using the Dragon language, and the effect was quite good.

nIt might not be suitable to be used against enemies, but it was quite effective in cleaning up the plants.

nHe had learned most of the Dragon Language.

nIt hadn’t been long since he had entered the Essence Soul Realm, and his progress had been too fast. It would take some time for his mastery of the other spells to catch up.

nHe had signed in and received quite a few other things over the years.

nHe managed to get his hands on the Immortal Binding Rope (Pseudo) again, and the Spirit Striking Whip (Pseudo) as well.

nJiang Lan had familiarized himself with these new equipments of his.

n“The aura is getting stronger. I wonder if anyone will come out by then.”

nAfter leaving the Netherworld Cave, Jiang Lan glanced at the entrance.

nThere were still some years before the Netherworld Aura outflow would stop.

nAfter that, Jiang Lan went to his previous residence and watered the vegetative egg with some spirit liquid.

nHere, the vegetative egg became much better.

nIt had been fifty years. This vegetative egg of his was no longer a spirit pet.

nIt had become a potted plant.

n“There’s still some time before the ceremony. I shall clean up the hall first.”

nJiang Lan looked at the sky and discovered that it was still early. It wasn’t suitable for him to go now.

nAfter he had cleaned the hall, it would be time.

nDuring this time, Jiang Lan cast Rainbow Auspicious Clouds once on himself.

nThis spell did have an effect on himself.

nBut the longer the intervals between the times he cast it on himself, the more rainbow auspicious clouds he would use and the longer the delay would be.

nHe had a feeling that if he used this spell technique after too long an interval, he would destroy the spell.

nAs expected, it was a spell technique that was merely similar to that of a divine power.

nThere were many restrictions and could only be used to sign in occasionally.

nAfter that, Jiang Lan left the Ninth Summit.

nThe Jade Pool was located behind the nine peaks of Kunlun.

nThe rough location of the Jade Pool was at the source of the Kunlun mountain range.

nIt was hard to go to the Jade Pool by foot. Jiang Lan had to ride on his sword.

nIn the high skies of Kunlun, there were no clouds for thousands of miles. The sun shone brightly as countless sword lights appeared in the sky.

nJiang Lan was also among them. He didn’t fly too fast nor too high.

nThe others formed groups of three to five.

nHowever, Jiang Lan was alone.

nThis was because he was the sole personal disciple of the Ninth Summit.

nIt could be said that all the members of the Ninth Summit had come to the Jade Pool to observe the ceremony.

nHowever, he was glad that his cultivation on the surface was at the early-stage Golden Core Realm.

nIt wouldn’t look too bad like that.

nIf it was a few years earlier, he would have been a perfected Foundation Establishment cultivator.

nIf so, he would be the sole Foundation Establishment cultivator mixed in with a group of Essence Soul or Golden Core cultivators.

nThen, Jiang Lan discovered that he was wrong. The others weren’t just Essence Souls and Golden Cores. Some of them even had immortal power within their bodies.

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