novelapdf Chapter 121 The Path of Ancient Cultivation
Chapter 121 The Path of Ancient Cultivation
Chapter 121 The Path of Ancient Cultivation
[From the Purple Bamboo Forest cave, you can calculate that Zhou Hai has successfully joined the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.]
[A second-tier, high-grade divination technique, predicting the movements of a Qi Refining early-stage cultivator and when they will arrive at the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce is as simple as eating and drinking.]
As for whether Zhou Hai might have any suspicions... at most he would speculate that you have some kind of relationship with the middle-level members of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce, but it's impossible for him to connect you with the president of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.
This is also something you've divined using divination.
[With just this kind of push, outsiders wouldn't associate you with Zhou Hai in any way.]
In fact, the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce now has several thousand members, if not ten thousand. Although most of them are peripheral members, the addition of Zhou Hai is insignificant.
"The art of divination..."
Your expression is thoughtful, indicating a deeper understanding of divination.
After a long silence, you sighed.
"Peak of the second-tier superior grade!"
A smile appeared on your face.
[Having just had a moment of enlightenment, your lower divination technique has officially reached the peak of the second-tier upper grade.]
[Just one step away from mastering the third-order lower trigram technique]
"Now, if there were a certain medium, I could also do some divination to determine the fate and information of the fake alchemist..."
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You thought to yourself, and then began to divine whether Huang Lang Zhenren would betray you.
[You have a deep connection with True Man Huanglang; his golden core contains dozens of restrictive secret techniques that you have planted.]
The difficulty of capturing the territory will be greatly reduced.
[Half an hour later, you open your eyes and receive an accurate divination result.]
Under the current circumstances, Huang Lang Zhenren will not betray you.
"Little Huang is still afraid of dying."
You nodded slightly, showing no surprise.
The price of Huang Lang Zhenren's betrayal was too high.
Given his personality, he wouldn't do something so contrary to his nature.
[In the forty-fourth year, you are sixty years old]
[In the Purple Bamboo Forest cave, you sit cross-legged, focusing your mind on your dantian.]
At the center of the dantian lies a golden elixir radiating an aura of perfection and flawlessness.
Around the Golden Core, fifteen talismans floated.
After more than thirty years of nurturing, these fifteen talismans have finally reached the mid-grade level of the third tier in terms of power.
"A mid-grade, third-tier magic talisman!"
Your eyes lit up, and you were in a great mood.
[Fifteen mid-grade third-tier magic talismans thrown out at once—even a late-stage Core Formation cultivator would have to treat this with utmost seriousness.]
Compared to other talismans, magic talismans have another advantage.
That is, cultivators who cultivate magical talismans only need a single thought to use them, without expending mental energy to draw upon the power within the talisman.
It's important to know that there are certain limitations when cultivators use talismans; they need to use their own mental energy to guide the talisman.
Otherwise, wouldn't a Qi Refining cultivator carrying a large number of Tier 3 talismans be able to easily kill through a Foundation Establishment cultivator?
In fact, cultivators at the Qi Refining stage don't even qualify to activate third-tier talismans.
[At least a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator is needed to barely reach the threshold of using mental energy to manipulate a third-tier talisman.]
However, the talismans are different.
Even if you nurture the talisman to the fourth level, you can still draw upon its vast power with a single thought.
After all, the power within the talisman ultimately originates from you.
"It is said that ancient talisman cultivators would nurture a natal talisman, which also possessed the ability to be infinitely enhanced and could be used multiple times..."
You thought to yourself silently.
The biggest drawback of magic talismans is that they are consumables; once used, they are gone.
However, the natal talismans nurtured by ancient talisman cultivators do not have this restriction.
However, to nurture your natal spirit talisman, you need to switch to talisman cultivation.
Talisman cultivation and magic cultivation have different focuses and do not belong to the same system.
[In the forty-fifth year, you are sixty-one years old]
Li Yan successfully advanced to the eighth level of Foundation Establishment.
"Yan'er is amazing!"
[You looked at Li Yan and praised her.]
[In just over forty years, Li Yan has cultivated from the early stage of Qi Refining to the eighth level of Foundation Establishment.]
[Besides the reason of your own primordial yin body, there's also your reason.]
Every time you cultivate with Li Yan, besides taking away her primordial yin energy, Li Yan also receives your feedback.
[Your dual cultivation method with Li Yan leans towards the righteous path, which is beneficial to both of you.]
[If the dual cultivation method leans towards the demonic path, it is essentially called "sexual energy extraction".]
The practice of "sexual exploitation" seeks short-term results and often causes irreversible damage to the other party.
[Li Yan possesses the Primordial Yin Body. If she cultivates to the Core Formation stage, her benefits to you will increase dramatically. Naturally, you wouldn't exploit her to the point of exhaustion by using the art of sexual exploitation on her.]
The righteous path of dual cultivation... though progress is slow, depends on who you cultivate with.
[Dual cultivation of Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages? If Li Yan didn't possess the Primordial Yin Body, she would definitely benefit more.]
[It is precisely because of the occasional dual cultivation with you that Li Yan's cultivation speed is almost comparable to that of a Heavenly Spiritual Root.]
【"Owner....."】
[Li Yan holds you in her arms, her breath as sweet as orchids]
[Half a day later]
You lay on the bed, while Li Yan fell asleep beside you.
"At the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, it's time to consider forming the Core."
What you're thinking is...
The Primordial Yin Body can only truly benefit your cultivation when you reach the Core Formation stage.
As for the primordial yin energy cultivated during the Foundation Establishment stage? It's just a taste of its benefits.
[In the forty-sixth year, you are sixty-two years old]
[In the Purple Bamboo Forest cave, you suddenly open your eyes, and faintly, tadpole-sized silver seal characters flash deep within your pupils.]
【"I see!"】
After forty or fifty years of study, you finally know what the secret technique of the Netherworld Trial Grounds is.
The name of this secret technique is "The Divine Essence Crossing the Void Great Method".
The purpose of this secret technique is to stabilize one's soul, enabling it to shed its physical body and traverse the void.
The Divine Essence Crossing the Void Technique has six levels, but only the first level, the Divine Essence Crossing the Void Technique, is recorded on the broken stone wall in the Netherworld Trial Grounds.
Even if you only reach the first level, once you master it, your divine sense will be extremely stable, and you will be able to resist even a True Lord's soul-searching attack.
"Abandoning the physical body and traversing the void... isn't this the path taken by the top ancient cultivators?"
[You suddenly realized]
The top cultivators of ancient times regarded the physical body as worthless, and roamed the world with their nascent soul spirits.
It's important to understand that the physical body is extremely important for cultivators; without it, the divine soul can't unleash much of its power.
Furthermore, in the real world, there are many methods specifically designed to suppress Nascent Soul spirits.
However, the ancient cultivators who cultivated through magic were different. Their nascent souls were immortal, and with their nascent souls, they were able to withstand the indestructible golden bodies of cultivators who cultivated through body.
That was truly earth-shattering power.
"This requires training!"
You thought to yourself, even without the rewards from the Netherworld Trial Grounds, I must cultivate this secret technique; it will give me another trump card.
"Given my current circumstances, it would take me approximately one hundred years to master this secret technique..."
You suddenly fall into self-doubt, wondering if your talent in spiritual matters is less than ideal.
[Or rather, the requirements for this secret technique are far too high; even cultivators with Heavenly Spiritual Roots cannot all master it.]
"A hundred years is a hundred years. This simulation will last a hundred years, and next simulation will start right away. Just wait to collect your reward!"
You steadied yourself, unaffected by your innate spiritual talent.
Your greatest advantage is not a particular talent, but rather your almost unlimited opportunities to start over and the amount of time you have.
[In the forty-seventh year, you are sixty-three years old]
[Received a letter delivered by Blood Sea Immortal]
In his letter, Xuehai Zhenren stated that the Chamber of Commerce is thriving on Xuanwang Island, and the Jiang family, the ruling family of Xuanwang Island, is very supportive in both trade and other matters.
You looked at the contents of the letter, speechless.
[Don't you even consider the price you paid? Ever since the green-skirted female cultivator returned to Xuanwang Island several years ago, she's written to you every so often, wanting to ask you for pills.]
As for what kind of pills they seek, they are all similar to the Flower Moon Pill, which enhances the appearance and temperament of female cultivators.
These types of pills are not very effective, unlike those essential pills for healing and cultivation, so there aren't many skilled alchemists who can refine them.
[After the green-skirted female cultivator returned to the Jiang family, she publicized the matter of you refining the Flower Moon Pill extensively. As a result, all the female cultivators in the Jiang family asked Blood Sea True Person for your contact information and then sought you out for the pill.]
You did not refuse.
The main problem is... it's too profitable!
Firstly, the reward for refining this type of elixir is 30% to 50% higher than the market price.
Secondly, every time you refine pills, you can secretly keep one or two and then resell them to female cultivators in the Taiyuan Domain, especially those in the Hundred Flowers Valley, who are very interested in these kinds of pills.
"Once the war between the two regions begins, the value of these kinds of pills will decrease significantly."
You thought to yourself.
Currently, the Taiyuan Domain is in a period of peace, which is why the value of some pills has exceeded their original level.
However, once chaos ensues, healing and life-saving elixirs will remain the mainstream and are considered necessities.
"From now on, have the Chamber of Commerce keep an eye out for high-quality life-saving and healing pills, as well as various defensive and offensive talismans, and then secretly transport them to Xuanwang Island..."
What you're thinking is...
During the Great Domain War, prices in the Taiyuan Domain will be regulated by the Taiyuan Palace.
[Ordinary cultivators who want to profit from war? Buy low and sell high? They'll first have to taste the iron fist of the Taiyuan Palace.]
However, there are no such restrictions on Xuanwang Island.
It all depends on the needs of both parties.
The Taiyuan Domain has a high demand for various elixirs, talismans, puppets, and weapons of war, so naturally, they have to be purchased at full price or even at higher levels.
If Taiyuan Domain doesn't buy, Jiuyou Domain will.
[In the third simulation, numerous merchant guilds on Xuanwang Island profited immensely from the war, leaving Taiyuan Domain and Jiuyou Domain helpless.]
There are currently no signs of war, so the Taiyuan Domain doesn't have much control over this aspect.
Therefore, there will be no obstacles for you to secretly transport large quantities of cultivation supplies.
"Deep within Xuanwang Lake, the sleeping beast king is a fourth-tier Xuan Turtle..."
[Continue to review the information and intelligence transmitted by Blood Sea Master]
Having been stationed on Xuanwang Island for decades, and with your influence over the Jiang family, True Immortal Xuehai has begun to uncover many of Xuanwang Island's secrets.
"A fourth-tier Xuan Turtle?"
[You weren't surprised. In fact, you had already speculated that the fourth-tier beast king might be a turtle-type demon beast.]
After all, beast kings who can live for thousands of years are extremely rare, belonging to only a few long-lived races.
"Black Tortoise..."
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You've thought of divination.
The art of divination, through the use of certain divination objects, can reduce the difficulty of divination.
The divination tool you are currently using consists of a few ancient bronze coins, and its effect is mediocre.
Among the many divination artifacts are fragments of turtle-like monster shells.
The longer a turtle demon lives, the more beneficial its shell becomes to its conquest.
The turtle demon, weathered by time, develops a special kind of sediment on its shell.
"The shell plates of the turtle king that has lived for thousands of years..."
[Your heart flutters; how much help will this bring to the situation?]
【"never mind."】
You shook your head slightly, no longer thinking about it.
This is not something you can do.
[Turtle-type demonic beasts are naturally adept at defense, a fourth-tier turtle king? Even several True Monarchs working together would likely be helpless against it.]
[You're only at the Golden Core stage right now. Even if that fourth-tier Turtle King stood there and let you attack, you probably wouldn't be able to break through its defenses.]
[In the forty-eighth year, you are sixty-four years old]
You look at the intelligence report placed in front of you.
Information about the True Immortals of the Nine Nether Realms is available in the intelligence report.
The number of Core Formation cultivators in the Nine Nether Domain is less than that in the Taiyuan Domain.
However, in terms of individual strength, he surpasses even a Core Formation Realm expert from the Taiyuan Domain by more than one level.
Which of these True Immortals, capable of surviving in a place like the Nine Nether Realm and reaching the Core Formation stage, is easy to deal with?
[You're focusing on browsing information about "Seven Fiends True Lord"... to be precise, "Seven Fiends True Man"]
Currently, Seven Fiends True Man is still in the Core Formation stage and cannot be called a True Monarch.
[But do you know that in the near future, the Seven Fiends Master will become the ultimate victor and ascend to the ranks of the Demonic Path True Lord?]
"This Seven Fiends True Man was only in the mid-stage of Core Formation ten years ago?"
You looked at the information about Seven Fiends Master and were secretly amazed.
In other words, the Seven Fiends True Monarch did not reach the pinnacle of the late Core Formation stage, yet he still managed to emerge victorious in the fierce competition within the Demonic Path Secret Realm.
[In the forty-ninth year, you are sixty-five years old]
[Your mastery of array formations has finally reached the third tier.]
You have become a rare Tier 3 Array Master.
"The laws governing the operation of heaven and earth..."
After becoming a third-tier array master, you have a different feeling when you look at the world again.
In your eyes, the entire world is also a formation, an unprecedented formation that encompasses all living beings.
Every array master, whether high-level or low-level, dedicates their entire life to studying this grand array called Heaven and Earth.
[Fiftyth year, you are sixty-six years old]
[Li Yan has reached the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, marking the end of her Foundation Establishment stage.]
[You should immediately begin preparations for Li Yan's breakthrough to the Core Formation stage.]
To prevent the worst-case scenario from happening, you and Li Yan had a crazy night before you attempted to break through to the Core Formation stage.
You took away Li Yan's vital yin energy, which she had nurtured for many years, to prevent her from failing in her attempt and perishing.
Of course, this possibility is very low.
With the aptitude of the Primordial Yin Body, plus your support...
[Li Yan has entered the Core Formation stage; if not 80-90%, then more than 60% certain.]
At the very least, it can produce a fake elixir.
Six months later, Li Yan successfully entered the Core Formation stage and condensed a superior golden core.
You have your first partner at the Golden Core level.
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