Vampire Cultivation Notes

Chapter 197 Observations

Chapter 198 Observations

It can take fifty or a hundred years at a time; the locals really don't value the life of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Li Jieqing had no patience to serve as an official in the Eastern Land for so long, and besides, he didn't need to seek the inner vision of the Crimson Kun to cultivate his supernatural powers.

It was at this moment that Li Jieqing suddenly realized that the place where the supernatural powers were attached seemed to be even more important than he had imagined.

The Eastern Kingdom has ruled for over a thousand years, and the current emperor is only in the early stages of foundation building, yet his command over the Eastern Kingdom remains steady and unwavering, with no internal problems observed.

Now I understand after hearing what Yu Qishan said.

It turns out that the imperial court controlled all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Eastern Lands by communicating with the inner world of the Crimson Kun.

The same is probably true for sects in the outside world. Golden Core cultivators accept the affiliation of Foundation Establishment cultivators, in exchange for Foundation Establishment cultivators voluntarily becoming their disciples and accepting their commands. One layer presses down on another, and that's how sects are established.

If that were the case, Li Jieqing pondered that his method of affiliating himself to himself seemed to have transcended the Three Realms and was outside the Five Elements.

"Huanxiu, I haven't asked yet, what level of Foundation Establishment are you?"

Yu Qishan gave Li Jieqing time to accept the court's explanation before asking him about the matter he had been longing for.

"It can be considered a superior Foundation Establishment stage, with the divine sense extending fifty miles outwards."

As Li Jieqing spoke, he released his divine sense, which covered a radius of fifty miles, enough to encompass the capital. However, due to the numerous array formations and restrictions in the capital, many of which had the effect of isolating or even attacking divine sense, Li Jieqing quickly withdrew his released divine sense, causing a stir among the cultivators in charge of maintaining order in the capital.

Yu Qishan sensed Li Jieqing release and then withdraw his divine sense, and exclaimed with delight, "Good!"

"Since the passing of the Grand Preceptor of Liang nearly two hundred years ago, there have been very few people in the court who have achieved a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage. I never expected you to have such good fortune!"

"What a pity—" Yu Qishan began to lament his situation again halfway through his sentence.

The Jade Returning Plow in front of us could almost become a superior Foundation Establishment cultivator even if it were left to its own devices. The resources provided by Ningrong Mansion beforehand were still too few. If we had known this outcome earlier, we would have simply abandoned the Jade Returning Plow and given it our full support. Perhaps a perfect Foundation Establishment would have been within reach.

"Is the difference in Foundation Establishment quality simply due to variations in the range of divine sense? Please enlighten me, Elder Patriarch."

Since the matter had been brought up, Li Jieqing simply stood up, bowed respectfully, and made a gesture of respect.

He raised his hand halfway before Yu Qishan stopped him, laughing, "You wouldn't understand."

"Huanxiu, let me ask you, when you just witnessed the Flying Pearl Splashing Jade Divine Power passed down in my Yu family, didn't you find anything strange about it?"

"This is just a brief account of what I've seen and heard; please tell me more, sir."

Yu Qishan said, "There is no distinction between high and low levels of malevolent energy, nor between high and low levels of cultivated supernatural abilities. So, how can we, as Foundation Establishment cultivators, determine who is superior in a battle?"

"Firstly, it's about assessing their level of power; secondly, it's about observing their progress in cultivating their supernatural abilities."

"The supernatural power has only been mastered at the beginning. After mastering it, one can continue to add more malevolent energy into it, and there are minor and major mastery levels."

"However, Foundation Establishment cultivators have a limit to their magical power and the amount of baleful energy they can contain. Ordinary cultivators can only cultivate supernatural powers to a minor degree after enduring hardship until the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. But you are a superior Foundation Establishment cultivator, so you don't have to endure hardship. After cultivating supernatural powers, you can continue to contain baleful energy and achieve minor success in your supernatural powers, making you stronger than other cultivators of the same level."

"I have prepared a guide on how to enhance your spiritual power by adding malevolent energy. Although it cannot compare to the profound secrets recorded in the family heirloom jade slip, it will be of great benefit to your initial cultivation as you enter the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Thank you very much, patriarch!" Li Jieqing accepted the gift with great pleasure, not at all bothered by it.

If even a superior Foundation Establishment cultivator is this formidable in Yuqi Mountain, then surely I, with my Perfect Foundation Establishment, will be able to soar to new heights?

No wonder he could fight the Seven True Immortals with relative ease after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage; it turns out this was to be expected.

"I wonder how the stages of beginner, minor, and advanced supernatural abilities are distinguished?" Li Jieqing asked again.

"All things exist within heaven and earth, and are reflected in them, like the body of a person, the shadow of a mountain, and the flow of water and soil. Supernatural powers, too, have their reflections, known as 'images.' Supernatural powers exist within heaven and earth, but their images are held in the hands of us cultivators. At the beginning, the image of a supernatural power is ethereal and invisible; at the beginning of mastery, it solidifies, revealing two of the essential malevolent energies of the combined supernatural power; at the beginning of mastery, the image of a supernatural power becomes tangible, spanning the dantian and occupying a region."

"Huanxiu, you do not understand what supernatural powers and imagery are now. Once you have cultivated supernatural powers, you will understand what I am saying today."

No, no, no, I know it all too well.

Li Jieqing recalled the crimson halo in his dantian's sea of ​​magical power, which was practically identical to a physical object.

So his Blood-Absorbing Qi Transformation technique was already mastered at the beginner level, and he didn't need to add any more evil energy into it.

The amount of Devouring Spirit Fiend I obtained back then was quite substantial.

"Patriarch, the Foundation Establishment Realm can accommodate four types of malevolent energy entering the body. If we refine them in pairs according to their Yin and Yang attributes, does that mean we can refine two divine abilities in total?" Li Jieqing asked.

He was pondering the demonic aura that was about to materialize in the Black Mountain Cave.

In the few days since becoming a publicly known Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Eastern Lands, Li Jieqing has learned a lot of new information, including what exactly is buried beneath the Black Mountain.

One is Shan Daliang, the former Grand Master of the Eastern Lands, who is in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Another one is Fu Yi, the alien demon emperor who basically ruled the demon realm two hundred years ago.

These two bodies died in the spiritual spring beneath Black Mountain, and the Mei Fuyi, at the peak of the second tier, transformed into a pool of black mud.

Li Jieqing further aided the Black Mud Pool, transforming it into a demonic entity. The amount of malevolent energy within it was unprecedented; it could probably be used to refine two or three Great Mastery Divine Powers without any problem.

However, the Foundation Establishment stage can only condense four streams of evil energy into the body.

Li Jieqing has already chosen two paths. If he can only cultivate one more supernatural power later, he will have to carefully choose the third path of evil energy.

If possible, Li Jieqing also wanted to pursue the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques mentioned by Fairy Shecai.

Therefore, this question cannot be ignored.

"No."

Yu Qishan's words did not disappoint Li Jieqing, who smiled and said, "The first national teacher said, 'Is there anything in this world that is destined to be irreversible?' Although the evil energy that has been condensed into the body has been refined into a supernatural power, as long as the image of that supernatural power is separated again, the two evil energies can be restored from each other, and both can be used to refine a brand new evil energy supernatural power."

"In the early stages of Foundation Establishment, one can condense two streams of malevolent energy, combining yin and yang, to cultivate the first supernatural power. In the middle stages of Foundation Establishment, one can condense a third stream of malevolent energy. If it is yin malevolent energy, it can be combined with the previous yang malevolent energy; if it is yang malevolent energy, it can be combined with the previous yin malevolent energy, thus refining the second supernatural power."

"Upon reaching the late stage of Foundation Establishment, one can condense a fourth stream of evil energy. Just like in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, the new evil energy can be combined with one of the two streams of evil energy from the early stage of Foundation Establishment to become the third divine power. At the same time, it can also be combined with the third stream of evil energy condensed in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment to create the fourth divine power."

"In the early stage of Foundation Establishment, there are two streams of malevolent energy and one supernatural power; in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, there are three streams of malevolent energy and two supernatural powers; in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, there are four streams of malevolent energy, and at most four supernatural powers can be cultivated."

"The former Grand Preceptor of Liang was just like that. He was one of the few Great Masters in the court in the past thousand years who had mastered four supernatural powers. His cultivation was unparalleled in the East. He once killed more than one late-stage second-tier demon king in a direct confrontation."

Yu Qishan sighed, "Apart from the Grand Preceptor of Liang, most of us lack that talent. We mostly focus on cultivating our magical power to break through realms. Our colleagues in the court have basically only cultivated their own supernatural abilities, and very few have even developed a second one. Huanxiu, therefore, although you are at the superior Foundation Establishment stage, you don't need to force yourself to cultivate numerous supernatural abilities."

"Perhaps it's precisely because they lack supernatural abilities that breakthroughs are so difficult?"

Li Jieqing smiled casually.

Hearing Yu Qishan say this, it seems that the Eastern Court only regards supernatural powers as a means of combat.

He knew something that the cultivation world of the Eastern Lands didn't: that supernatural powers were closely related to breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

"Perhaps—" Yu Qishan thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Back when the Grand Preceptor of Liang was alive, he would often open an altar to preach the Dharma, explaining his experience of separating supernatural images without damaging them, as well as the methods of condensing evil energy and detailed explanations of breaking through cultivation realms. In comparison, the two traitorous Grand Preceptors of the latter are incomparable."

If Bao Wu and Bao Zhang's spirits in heaven knew that they had been looked down upon by the local people, I wonder what their expressions would be.

"By the way, the Grand Preceptor of Liang also talked about a new method of spiritual cultivation."

Yu Qishan suddenly remembered this matter.

Li Jieqing was immediately drawn in by these words and hurriedly asked, "How is divine consciousness cultivated? What are its wondrous uses?"

It should be noted that since advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, his spiritual consciousness has been entirely passive, rising along with his magical power.

When he first broke through, his spiritual sense range was a hundred miles in radius. Since reaching the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, his spiritual sense has now expanded to nearly three hundred miles, doubling in size.

Although the trend seems promising, Li Jieqing still doesn't dare to use his divine sense too much in public, as it would be easily detected by other Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same realm, which is inconsistent with his low-key and secretive style.

The restrictions that are everywhere in the capital city of Dongtu are also excellent at hindering divine sense.

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