The supreme yang spiritual energy from the "Blood Hell Heaven Scripture" was a torment for cultivators.

The stronger the spiritual energy, the more intense the physical pain. Even Lu Guijiu, who had become a powerful cultivator, could not escape this fate.

Zhang Jingmo had only seen Lu Guijiu's face covered in cold sweat from pain once. Logically speaking, if it could torture someone like Lu Guijiu who had become a powerful being to that extent, then this kind of pain was probably unbearable for ordinary people.

In his previous life, Lu Guijiu had developed a forbearing personality. He would never place his hopes on others for what he wanted, but would think about what means and methods to use to seize it.

Zhang Jingmo had to admit that Lu Guijiu's personality was very suitable for the path of cultivation.

And now, Lu Guijiu's tenacious character was starting to show.

The Poison Soil in the cave emitted a faint blue glow in the darkness, like a blue ocean. If one smelled carefully, one could detect wisps of strange fragrance.

Lu Guijiu had been cultivating for a month, and only a small patch of the Poison Soil near him had withered.

When a poisonous flower withered, Lu Guijiu was overjoyed. He watched the blue poisonous flower gradually lose its color, turning dark and black, finally turning into a handful of sandy soil.

With this beginning, Lu Guijiu cultivated even more diligently. But he quickly discovered it was too slow... In the month since the first poisonous flower until now, Lu Guijiu had only made about thirty poisonous flowers wither.

Each time a poisonous flower disappeared, Lu Guijiu silently counted in his heart. At the current rate of one flower per day, Lu Guijiu would probably have to spend the rest of his life here, and this didn't even account for newly grown poisonous flowers.

But Lu Guijiu was not anxious. To be precise, as long as he saw Zhang Jingmo sitting beside him, the flames in his heart were extinguished as if doused with ice water. Since his master was accompanying him, did it matter where he cultivated? Working hard at cultivation was always right.

The changes in Lu Guijiu naturally did not escape Zhang Jingmo's eyes. He watched as Lu Guijiu cultivated more and more diligently, using even his sleeping time for it.

When eating the dry rations Zhang Jingmo brought, he wolfed them down, as if wasting an extra second was unacceptable.

Seeing this, Zhang Jingmo did not remind Lu Guijiu, only guarded by his side. Every once in a while, he would leave the cave to find some fresh food for Lu Guijiu.

The first time Zhang Jingmo left, Lu Guijiu felt a bit agitated, to the point that while cultivating, he kept thinking about when his master would return. He never considered that Zhang Jingmo might not come back.

Zhang Jingmo found some spirit beasts near the cave, killed them for meat, and also picked some spirit herbs before returning to Lu Guijiu's side.

Seeing Zhang Jingmo return, Lu Guijiu finally let out a sigh of relief and continued cultivating with peace of mind.

Zhang Jingmo started a fire beside Lu Guijiu, then placed the skinned spirit beasts on it to roast, adding some specially brought spirit medicine powder.

The aroma of meat spread out, making one feel warm all over just from smelling it.

Zhang Jingmo had long set up a prohibition, and the monsters in the cave had been dealt with by him, so he was not afraid of attracting any wild beasts. Seeing the spirit beast meat roasted to a golden brown, he called Lu Guijiu over to eat.

Lu Guijiu obediently walked over, took the spirit beast meat in his hands, and started gnawing on it without a word. The meat of spirit beasts was full of spiritual energy, the best nourishment for a cultivator like Lu Guijiu who had not abstained from food.

Moreover, Zhang Jingmo had added many spirit medicines for strengthening the body. After Lu Guijiu ate the meat, he felt a gentle heat rising from his dantian. This heat flowed out from the dantian, circulating through his whole body. Like the water spiritual energy, wherever this heat passed, it made one feel refreshed all over.

After finishing the meat, Lu Guijiu did not rest and immediately started cultivating again.

This time, he seemed full of energy. As soon as he sat down, another poisonous flower beside him withered.

Zhang Jingmo watched for a while, then also sat down cross-legged and began cultivating with his eyes closed.

The reason the "Blood Hell Heaven Scripture" was an extraordinary book was firstly because of the domineering spiritual energy it refined. Cultivators practicing this book, even if their cultivation was much lower than those practicing other secret arts, never had to worry about running out of spiritual energy. Secondly, it was the incredibly fast cultivation speed, and this speed was perfectly demonstrated by a genius like Lu Guijiu.

When Lu Guijiu entered the cave, he was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining. According to Zhang Jingmo's guess, he originally thought that no matter how heaven-defying Lu Guijiu was, at most he could stabilize the early stage of the fifth level of Qi Refining in the cave. This was already a very abnormal cultivation speed. But soon, Zhang Jingmo discovered he had miscalculated.

Back then, after obtaining the "Blood Hell Heaven Scripture", Lu Guijiu made a name for himself in Lingxu Sect and became Zhang Jingmo's most famous disciple. He formed his foundation at sixty, condensed his golden core at a hundred, and formed his nascent soul at three hundred. After that, he progressed even faster, quickly becoming the youngest cultivation powerhouse on the continent.

As for what happened after that, it's better not to mention it.

But what about now? One morning, when Zhang Jingmo opened his eyes, he seemed to see a ball of fire in a daze.

A raging ball of fire that seemed to ignite his vision. The color of the flames was a dazzling red, even more vivid than the color of cinnabar.

The flames burned more and more vigorously, actually starting to change from red to cyan, and finally even faintly turning purple.

Zhang Jingmo thought he had seen wrong. However, when he looked closely, he found there were no flames, only Lu Guijiu sitting among the withered poisonous flowers with his eyes closed, cultivating.

Taking another look, Zhang Jingmo discovered that a large patch of poisonous flowers around Lu Guijiu had withered. He walked over, picked up some soil, then shook his head with a smile, thinking to himself that this little devil Lu Guijiu really knew how to cut corners. This patch of poisonous flowers had not withered from a change in environment, but had been scorched by the spiritual energy uncontrollably emitted by Lu Guijiu while cultivating...

As Lu Guijiu cultivated the "Blood Hell Heaven Scripture", some subtle changes began to occur in the cave. One of them was that Zhu Yan, who had always been attached to Zhang Jingmo, seemed to have fallen in love with Lu Guijiu. He would run to Lu Guijiu's side all day long, chirping incessantly. Even when Lu Guijiu glared at him, he wouldn't run away. Instead, he would jump on Lu Guijiu's head and preen his hair while Lu Guijiu was cultivating and couldn't be distracted.

That night, Lu Guijiu expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhu Yan to Zhang Jingmo. Zhang Jingmo found it amusing and said, "Alright then, I'll tell him not to disturb you anymore." As he spoke, he took Zhu Yan, who was perched on Lu Guijiu's shoulder, and placed him on his own shoulder.

Seeing this, Lu Guijiu immediately changed his words, saying that's not what he meant. He was just afraid that his spiritual energy would hurt Zhu Yan. He didn't want to see that annoying bird standing on his master's shoulder.

Zhang Jingmo said, "Zhu Yan is a creature of extreme yang energy, so it's natural that your extreme yang spiritual energy will attract him. Don't worry about your spiritual energy hurting him." How could he not see through Lu Guijiu's little thoughts? But in the end, he didn't expose him. Instead, he was very understanding with Lu Guijiu.

So Zhu Yan happily jumped back onto Lu Guijiu's shoulder. He chirped a few times and pecked at Lu Guijiu's face, looking very fond of Lu Guijiu indeed.

From then on, every day, Lu Guijiu and Zhu Yan would cultivate together.

And so, day after day passed by...

Giant Face Lu Shu was very satisfied with Lu Guijiu's cultivation speed. He had seen many geniuses before, but there were differences even among geniuses. For example, Lu Guijiu was a genius among geniuses.

Who had ever seen someone successfully begin cultivating the "Blood Hell Heaven Scripture" in just one month? In any case, Lu Shu had never seen it before.

Zhang Jingmo had also obtained the Blood Hell Heaven Scripture, but after getting it, he discovered that he couldn't practice it at all. The contents of the book were ordinary and unremarkable. At first glance, it was just a useless low-level magic scripture.

If it were someone else, they would probably have been fooled. But Zhang Jingmo had witnessed Lu Guijiu's cultivation, and he quickly realized that this book must have its secrets. Perhaps only those with the Ten Absolute Spiritual Roots could see the mysteries within.

Knowing the wonders of this book, Zhang Jingmo naturally tried his best to explore its contents. In one lifetime, he captured Lu Guijiu and brought him to the secluded cave, forcing him to read this book.

Lu Guijiu read it, but the words he spoke were terms that Zhang Jingmo couldn't understand at all. At this point, Zhang Jingmo thoroughly understood that he simply couldn't read this book. This book was prepared for those with the Ten Absolute Spiritual Roots. So Zhang Jingmo had no choice but to give up on this idea and seek other paths that belonged to him.

It would be a lie to say Zhang Jingmo wasn't the least bit envious of Lu Guijiu's luck. However, he wasn't the kind of person who would be blinded by jealousy. Except for the first few lifetimes when he was very wary of Lu Guijiu and slashed him with a sword, in the subsequent 120 or so lifetimes, Zhang Jingmo and Lu Guijiu had little interaction.

Zhang Jingmo was not Lu Guijiu's master, and Lu Guijiu was not Zhang Jingmo's disciple.

The "Blood Hell Heaven Scripture" had already given Zhang Jingmo many surprises, but now, his astonishment reached a new level.

Lu Guijiu had another breakthrough.

From the time they entered the cave until now, it had only been a short period of three years and a few months. Lu Guijiu had reached the mid-stage of the fifth level of Qi Refining.

When Lu Guijiu broke through, Zhang Jingmo was also cultivating. He sensed something and opened his eyes. He saw that flames had truly ignited on Lu Guijiu's body.

These flames were different from the spiritual flames that overflowed from spiritual energy before. They were real flames surrounding Lu Guijiu's body, burning away his clothes. Even worse, Lu Guijiu's hair and eyebrows didn't escape unscathed either.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Jingmo seemed to remember something. He recalled that he seemed to have seen Lu Guijiu in this state before. At that time, he asked Lu Guijiu what had happened.

Lu Guijiu said, "I was just accidentally burned by the alchemical fire."

At that time, Zhang Jingmo wasn't that concerned about Lu Guijiu, so he didn't ask further.