Isn't This a Game? Why Are You All Cultivating for Real!

During the subsequent refining, the system’s data stream continuously flashed with garbled code.

If it were a person, its heart would surely not be at peace.

It was terrified that something disastrous would happen with the appearance of Song Jiulai’s second Dragon Shadow.

That immense aura was clearly off.

It had just plummeted by 2000 points, and now the Sect’s Energy Pool was in a precarious state.

If something were to happen to Song Jiulai, it wouldn’t even be able to save her.

Fortunately, the second Dragon Shadow turned green. Although the Five Elements Colored Stones were still constantly surging to form it, this Dragon Shadow was coalescing much more slowly than the Little Golden Dragon.

Meanwhile, the Little Golden Dragon circled Song Jiulai’s Dantian a few times, watching the nascent Little Green Dragon take shape, seemingly delighted.

Lai Cai was sprawled on Song Jiulai’s body, continuously lapping up the blood that trickled from her wounds.

The system found that it had to constantly replenish the Spiritual Energy she was absorbing. At this point, it actually hoped Lai Cai would drink more blood to slow the green dragon’s formation.

It wasn’t that it didn’t want Song Jiulai to succeed in her refining, but it was obvious that the appearance of this second Dragon Shadow spelled trouble.

Fortunately, with the appearance of the first Little Golden Dragon, Song Jiulai’s body began to reforge itself from its shattered state. Her wounds were clearly healing, and the extreme Body Refining process had subsided.

Her newly healed and reforged body looked no different from her original one.

That little rascal Lai Cai, noticing Song Jiulai’s body wasn’t bleeding as much, even thought about giving her a poke with its tail.

But when it poked her...

DONG—!

Her arm, which looked soft and tender, was now like an iron wall, actually making its tail bounce right off.

System: "Shoo, shoo, shoo!"

Lai Cai wasn’t concerned when it found it could no longer poke through her skin.

In truth, it was already a little stuffed from all the blood it had drunk.

Just then, it wriggled its body, as if trying to squeeze out a fart.

It simply lay down beside Song Jiulai’s palm, raised the tip of its tail, and after a few seconds, a rather strange drop of blood coalesced on the very end.

It was pure black, yet faintly laced with golden traces.

The drop of blood fell directly into Song Jiulai’s palm. Since she was in deep meditation for the refining, she was completely unaware of Lai Cai’s actions.

The bead of blood rested quietly in her palm, neither dissolving nor dissipating.

The system heard Lai Cai’s faint voice say, "A treat for someone else, a treat for someone else~!"

After saying this, it flopped down on Song Jiulai’s arm, tilted its head, and passed out.

Time passed unknowingly once more. Ever since the golden dragon’s appearance, the second Dragon Shadow had been continuously coalescing, its green form becoming incredibly distinct.

This time, it still took her seven days to finish Refining the Water Element Colored Stone. Only the final Fire Element one remained.

Song Jiulai continued without the slightest hesitation.

In this brief moment of lucidity, she remained completely unaware that after she Refined the fourth colorful stone, the outside world would be thrown into turmoil because of her.

"The fourth one!"

Chihe Zhenren could no longer remain seated, his voice cracking with disbelief.

Master Ziyan beside him was just as shocked, her tone tinged with gravity. "Four colorful stones... It’s been a hundred years since we’ve seen such a thing."

And the last person to refine four colorful stones was their very own Outer Elder, Ke Yuning.

Although she achieved Nascent Soul Formation within a century, that wasn’t the most important part.

The reason she became an Outer Elder was because she was a Four-color Stone Refiner. She possessed multiple elemental Cultivation Techniques and bizarre Magic Treasures; if it came to a real fight, she could even hold her own against a Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Both talent and comprehension were indispensable.

Thus, her appointment to the position of Outer Elder at such a young age was a sign of the high regard in which the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect held her.

Now, another cultivator capable of refining four colored stones had appeared.

Though Chihe Zhenren felt a pang of regret, he knew that a disciple who could refine four colored stones was not someone he could keep for himself. He murmured, "I must report this to the Sect Master."

A matter of this magnitude was certainly enough to warrant the Sect Master’s attention.

Ziyan nodded. "There are six days left... but the fifth stone... that’s impossible, no matter what..."

From the very beginning, they had never imagined a Refiner of all Five Elements Colored Stones would appear.

All Five Elements Colored Stones... that was something beyond their comprehension.

But a trace of doubt lingered in Chihe Zhenren’s heart.

’There are still six days...’

’Who on earth is this disciple?!’

Thousands of cultivators from the Biyin Sect, across all Levels, were participating in the selection.

Of these thousands, only a few dozen from each Level had made it to the third trial.

Added together, that was still a significant number of people.

This was also the most generous disciple recruitment the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect had ever held.

’Who could it be?’

Many faces flashed through Chihe Zhenren’s mind, and naturally, Song Jiulai—who had left the deepest impression on him—was among them.

Jiushong.

She had lasted the longest in the first trial’s Illusion Realm.

’Could it be her?’

’But it’s not a certainty.’

These colorful stones didn’t test for talent or comprehension; their true nature was a secret the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect had guarded for years.

The disciples knew the stones existed but did not understand their true purpose.

All they knew was that the more colorful stones they Refined, the better.

After the Golden Dragon formed, Song Jiulai’s process of Refining the colorful stones became much smoother.

Therefore, when it came to the final Fire Element Colored Stone, despite its domineering and fierce aura, Song Jiulai had figured out the trick and knew how to Refine it.

In the final few days, the Spiritual Energy in her body surged madly. Ultimately, her Nine Transformations Dragon Bone and Sea of Consciousness worked in tandem to launch an assault, forcefully breaking through the bottleneck of her Mid-stage Foundation Establishment and catapulting her into the Late-stage Foundation Establishment!

Even before the Fire Element Colored Stone was completely Refined, Song Jiulai had regained enough of her senses to speak with the system.

"It’s not enough!"

System: "...What’s not enough? You scared me."

"...You’re just data. How can you have emotions like fear?" Song Jiulai said. "I’m saying these Five Elements Colored Stones aren’t enough. I feel there are more than just these five types."

The system understood instantly. "You mean besides metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, there are other types of colorful stones?"

"Exactly. In the Cultivation World, the number nine represents completion. My Nine Transformations Dragon Bone has changed dramatically because of these stones. The Nine Transformations Dragon Bone has nine transformations, and most of the other Cultivation Techniques I’ve practiced also cap out at a ninth level. So I believe that in addition to these Five Elements Colored Stones, there must be at least four others."

This was the insight Song Jiulai had gained from refining these colorful stones over the past few days.

A Little Golden Dragon had appeared in her Dantian, but the second dragon was green.

If the Nine Transformations Dragon Bone had nine transformations, that must mean there were nine dragons in total.

And that meant there should be nine colors.

Gold, Wood (green), Water (blue), Fire (red), and Earth (a mellow, earthy yellow).

So, what color were the other four dragons?

At least, that was how Song Jiulai saw it.

She had heard tales of black dragons and white dragons before.

The system said, "That’s true. But metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are the five common elements in the Cultivation World; other attributes are extremely rare. By the way, how is your body feeling?"

"I feel fine. I really hit the jackpot this time."

Her Nine Transformations Dragon Bone had undergone a massive change, and her cultivation had even shot straight to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment.

She calculated the time and realized there were only two or three days left.

Having come this far, she was determined to achieve completion with all Five Elements. What if the time ran out and the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect didn’t let her Refine the final colorful stone?

Song Jiulai accelerated her efforts, managing to completely Refine the final colorful stone at the very last moment before the month was over.

Unfortunately, however, the green Dragon Shadow was only half-formed.

It seemed the time had been too short and there hadn’t been enough Spiritual Energy.

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