I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 332 Qi, Blood, Soul, and Ring Transformation into a Grotto Heaven

In the days that followed, Xiao Wuji spent most of his time teaching Qinglin in Stone Desert City, only venturing out occasionally.

The main purpose of wandering around was to find medicinal herbs for Qinglin. Although the medicinal herbs Qinglin used were not of high quality, it was really too wasteful of medicinal herbs for him to use the alchemy method of the immortal world to refine pills.

Pills made from pure plant essences, while truly free of any impurities, don't deserve the name "elixir" at all; they're merely pills. Their efficacy is barely better than simply eating raw herbs, just with fewer impurities.

True elixirs are those that allow the medicinal properties of herbs to be combined in a proper way to achieve a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts; they are definitely not just for providing vital energy or enhancing magical power.

It's ridiculous that the Nirvana Pill from the Immortal Realm is used to improve one's cultivation level, rather than for rebirth.

However, the purity of this elixir is undeniable, and it can be taken even by those with weak constitutions. As for wasting it? Xiao Wuji declared that he was wealthy and didn't care about such a small amount.

After more than half a year, Qinglin's body became supple and smooth, showing no signs of its previous thinness. His cultivation level also reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi.

Even now, Xiao Wuji has no intention of helping her activate the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil. Instead, he waits for her spiritual power to become strong enough so that she can activate it on her own. After all, he has plenty of cultivation resources.

It was breakfast time again. Qinglin was alone, holding a bowl of rice, picking at the Nascent Soul Pills in the bowl with her chopsticks.

As Qinglin consumed one Nascent Soul Pill after another, she would exhale wisps of essence with each breath. This was a sign that her body's essence had reached saturation, and only in this state could more essence nourish her body.

If his method of refining Xiao Yu's physical body was a commoner's version, then his method of refining Qing Lin's physical body was the most aristocratic version of the aristocratic version.

After a while, Qinglin rubbed his round little belly with one hand and covered his mouth and nose with the other to prevent his essence from leaking out. Medusa then went forward to tidy up the table and cleaned it with her battle qi.

Xiao Wuji squeezed Qing Lin's arm with his hand, and after feeling that the strength was about right, he said, "Your physical strength is sufficient. Train for another morning, and this afternoon you can prepare to break through to the Dou Zhe level!"

"Uh-huh!"

Qinglin nodded, walked into the courtyard, and began to perform a set of elegant fist techniques. His figure resembled a crane, his body seemed boneless, and the major acupoints around his body breathed in and out the energy of stars. Every move he made was in harmony with the universe.

This is a body-refining method that he improved upon based on the three major body-refining methods of the Feathering Sect in the Eternal World. It incorporates body-refining methods from the Great Origin Technique, body-refining methods from various martial arts, as well as some acquired cultivation methods from the Divine Demon Body-Refining Methods and the cultivation philosophy of the Brahma Saint True Demon Art.

Now, Qing Lin possesses a strength of 108,000 jin with a single swing of his arm, a result of being cultivated entirely according to the growth path of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor. To prevent Qing Lin from accidentally breaking through to the Dou Zhe realm, he placed nine layers of seals on Qing Lin, each corresponding to one of the nine cultivation realms. Qing Lin needs to break through these bottlenecks (seals) from within.

Despite its small size, Qinglin can easily take down some third or fourth-tier magical beasts. Although its skin is delicate, it is difficult for ordinary magic core weapons to break through it.

"I wonder who would win if Qinglin and Ziyan fought now?"

An unreliable idea suddenly popped into Xiao Wuji's mind, but fortunately he did not put it into practice.

After watching Qinglin refine her body for a while, Xiao Wuji directly used fire as a cauldron to refine pills on the dining table. After all, the pills for Qinglin's breakthrough could not be made up of ordinary Qi Gathering Powder, and besides, the medicinal power of Qi Gathering Powder could not break the seal he had set.

Thousands of high-grade medicinal herbs were thrown into the alchemy furnace by Xiao Wuji and then refined together, with each herb being refined using a different method.

Furthermore, he doesn't use wood energy to stabilize the flame when refining pills, making this level of pill refining difficult even for a ninth-grade alchemist.

Ultimately, the pill reached the fifth grade, but its medicinal power was far more potent than many sixth-grade pills. For ordinary people, let alone a Dou Zhe (Battle Master), even a Dou Wang (Battle King) would have a hard time consuming it. Only a body cultivator like Qing Lin could withstand it.

Smelling the pill in Xiao Wuji's hand, Medusa unconsciously swallowed. This grade of pill would have extraordinary effects on her. Moreover, after observing him for many days, she was certain that Xiao Wuji was not as simple as he seemed. His alchemy level was definitely no lower than the seventh rank, his strength was definitely no weaker than hers, and he was certainly not a spoiled brat.

Thinking of this, Medusa was secretly furious. You, such a powerful person, actually pretended to be a spoiled brat, pretending that you couldn't beat her, which led her step by step into the trap that Xiao Wuji had woven for her.

To this, Medusa could only ask, "Where is your dignity as a powerful being?"

However, she dared not ask, because after spending this time together, she was even more certain that Xiao Wuji was an immoral, unethical, utterly depraved old rogue who also liked to steal people's consciences.

Looking at the hand that had somehow reappeared on her conscience, Medusa looked up at the sky speechlessly, trying not to make any noise that might excite Xiao Wuji.

"Ok!"

The sudden force still managed to leak the news, but instead of the usual escalation, she felt a pang of guilt and couldn't help but lower her head and give Xiao Wuji a resentful look.

"Get ready, I'll help you break through tomorrow using a secret technique of your snake-people race."

Medusa felt a surge of excitement. Finally, she had a chance to break through. Even if she died during the process of refining her body with the strange fire, it wouldn't matter!
However, Xiao Wuji's next words completely dampened her spirits!
"I heard that after you snake people break through to the Dou Zong level, you can transform into human form like magical beasts. When you transform, remember to make your legs longer. I like long ones."

"By the way, whatever you do, don't die, or I'll have no choice but to enslave the snake people and train a new Medusa Queen!"

"Yes!" Medusa replied through gritted teeth.

In the afternoon, Xiao Wuji brought Qinglin to the quiet room and taught her the method of condensing the cave heaven.

"This is a special path of cultivation. If you practice this method, you will cultivate faster and become stronger among those of the same level. However, this method is not perfect, and I am still working on its development. Whether you want to learn it is up to you."

The cultivation method of this grotto-heaven was a method he created based on the soul rings of the Douluo world.

One must condense a soul ring with one's vital energy and blood, and then forge the soul ring into one that can absorb and release the primordial energy of heaven and earth, containing internal space, and connected to the dantian through the void. Only in this way can one cultivate the rudimentary form of a grotto-heaven.

Because it involves space, it is impossible for ordinary people to comprehend the power of space at the Dou Zhe realm. Therefore, Xiao Wuji integrated the Great World Technique, the Great Yin Yang Technique, the Great Withering and Flourishing Technique, and the Great Devouring Technique, using his blood and qi to condense a portion of the divine power array in his soul ring.

Once the grand formation is complete, it will naturally absorb spatial power to create a grotto within it, and will also be able to continuously absorb and release the primordial energy of heaven and earth to nourish itself.

He has now condensed ten special grotto-heavens around his body, which can help him absorb and exhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at any time. He can improve his cultivation level naturally without having to cultivate on his own.

Normally, these grotto-heavens are hidden within his body, slowly absorbing and releasing vital energy. When he is in battle, he can summon them to frantically absorb the power of heaven and earth to replenish the energy consumed during the battle.

Moreover, once the ten grotto-heavens merge, the divine array within his grotto-heavens will become more complete, and its effectiveness will be enhanced by dozens or even hundreds of times.

Of course, this method is only suitable for people who combine battle qi with strange fire. Otherwise, if the primordial energy of heaven and earth enters the body without being refined, it might directly burst the body!

"Young Master, I'll refine it!"

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(End of this chapter)