Chapter 388

After overcoming the initial Five Calamities, Li Su entered a period of calm. For other experts in transcendence, this phase was utilized to regain strength, solidify cultivation, and prepare for the second calamity.

The duration of this period varied, with the briefest lasting over a century. Li Su hadn’t expended much in these decades, so replenishment was unnecessary.

As for reinforcing cultivation, it was entirely unnecessary. However, he planned to savor a period of tranquillity, accumulating more transcendent energy before facing the second calamity.

The difficulty of the second calamity would be significantly higher. For now, he was in no hurry. Li Su was ready to allocate his experience this time properly.

After reaching ten thousand spiritual root descendants, he gained substantial experience—100,000 years, to be precise.

Li Su hadn’t distributed this experience yet.

So far, his cultivation in the Dao of pill refining and path has surpassed forty thousand years. This was the result of successive waves of added experience.

His proficiency in rune inscription had also reached twenty thousand years. Even his cultivation in mental and spiritual aspects had exceeded twenty thousand years.

As his cultivation and insight continued to advance, his range of interaction broadened. Consequently, the distribution ratio of Li Su’s experience across various disciplines also constantly changed.

Li Su was preparing to distribute the experience when he made an unexpected discovery. The True Martial Holy Maiden finally exhibited some unusual behavior. This anomaly wasn’t conspicuous at all.

He wouldn’t have noticed if Li Su hadn’t known her identity through Tao Yao.

The anomaly was that recently, while alone in her cave-dwelling, she occasionally spaced out and daydreamed.

Daze was quite normal for ordinary people. Even Li Su occasionally enjoyed standing atop a mountain, gazing at the vast land lost in thought.

However, it was unusual for the True Martial Holy Maiden. She had never daydreamed like this before.

Tao Yao’s initial bouts of daydreaming were due to her awakening memories. But what about the True Martial Holy Maiden?

Li Su didn’t ask her about it directly.

After elevating his alchemy and artifact-refining skills to fifty thousand years, he allocated the remaining tens of thousands of years of experience entirely to the Great Dream Record.

Advancing beyond fifty thousand years in alchemy and artifact refining required Li Su to refine his understanding and create corresponding elixirs or artifacts to be more cost-effective.

That way, the ratio between experience and cultivation wouldn’t be too small. Li Su also intended to master the first level of the Great Dream Record completely.

As his strength grew, the influence the Great Dream Record could exert would also increase.

Mastering the Great Dream Record could further strengthen Li Su’s mentality and soul. Anyone who attempted to use soul-based attacks against Li Su could easily counter them by activating the Great Dream Record.

With tens of thousands of years of experience, the effectiveness was significantly superior to the previous iterations.

As Li Su’s cultivation grew stronger, his understanding of the Great Dream Record evolved, making it far more potent. Consequently, the tens of thousands of years of experience had propelled Li Su from a basic understanding of the first level to a ‘mastery’ level.

If represented in data, Li Su had grasped about three-quarters of the essence of the first level of the Great Dream Record. This had significantly deepened his comprehension of this particular immortal technique.

After fully absorbing these experiences, Li Su had already completely pocketed this wave of gains.

Then, Li Su arrived at the place of True Martial Holy Maiden.

“Husband~.”

In the picturesque mountain villa, the True Martial Holy Maiden, upon seeing Li Su’s arrival, revealed a sweet smile.

“Nascent Soul, have you not been cultivating lately?”

Li Su approached her, holding her small hand, and softly spoke. The True Martial Holy Maiden shook her head. “No, husband, I don’t know why, but lately, I daydream often.”

She had admitted it herself.

“What’s wrong? Let me have a look,” Li Su said.

“Sure, husband, please take a look for me. I don’t know what’s been happening,” said the True Martial Holy Maiden.

She had already released all restrictions on her primordial spirit and body. If Li Su didn’t know her identity, now would be when he could completely trust her, even with her primordial spirit released.

Li Su couldn’t help but suspect whether the True Martial Holy Maiden was deliberately daydreaming.

Deliberately allowing herself to daydream could serve as a pretext to let Li Su inspect her body and primordial spirit, thereby dispelling any suspicion he might have.

This possibility wasn’t insignificant. However, Li Su suppressed these thoughts, showing no sign of any anomaly on his face. Then Li Su began to examine her body and primordial spirit carefully.

The True Martial Holy Maiden indeed let go of everything. Even when Li Su merged with her primordial spirit and could peer into all her secrets, she did not resist.

Just thought about it. A woman, whether in body and mind or spirit, allowed her to investigate freely. What more could he be concerned about when the other person had gone to such lengths?

Although the True Martial Holy Maiden herself was a cultivator, being associated with the Demon Saint Palace also labelled her as a witch. Her cunning surpassed even the previous seven witches by far!

Now, Li Su felt somewhat certain. The True Martial Holy Maiden’s move seemed aimed at completely winning Li Su’s trust. Moreover, Li Su had indeed discovered a very discreet issue within her primordial spirit.