Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 161 New Features (Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!)
Half a day later, Fang Jingxuan quietly surfaced. Tuoyuan above quickly brought him his robes and looked at him with concern, worried about his current condition.

Fang Jingxuan was stunned for a moment before using his internal energy to evaporate the water stains from his body, put on his robes, and leaped onto Tuoyuan's back.

"Let's go to Guixufang. The once-in-a-decade auction is about to begin."

Tuoyuan obediently turned and left, while Fang Jingxuan closed his eyes and checked his current condition again.

[Real name: Fang Jingxuan]

【Age: 34/130】

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 9 (4300/4500)]

Body Refinement Technique: "Green Wood Nourishing Body Technique" (extends life by ten years).

"Nine Revolutions of the Azure Sea Technique" (Kun Cang: Increases maximum Qi and Blood by three times)

[Cultivation Technique: The Profound Abyss True Explanation]

As for age, I'm getting older every year; time waits for no one.

Fang Jingxuan looked at the number thirty-four, remained silent for a few moments, and then focused his attention on his cultivation progress.

With just two hundred points left, I will be able to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining perfection. At that time, my total mana will be nine times that of an ordinary Qi Refining perfection cultivator.

Even those Qi Refining cultivators from Foundation Establishment families have a total amount of magical power that is three to four times less than mine.

Only true disciples from the same Golden Core sect can have a total magical power that is almost the same as one's own.

Of course, I am still no match for the true disciples from those Nascent Soul sects. Their cultivation techniques are better, but these true disciples do not cultivate the Golden Core and are generally not allowed to roam the world. So there is no need to worry about encountering them or having conflicts with them.

However, this time, after the body-refining technique was perfected, the new characteristics it exhibited were beyond his imagination.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan recalled the scene. At the critical moment when he was about to break through, his natal [Formless Cicada] in his sea of ​​consciousness seemed to awaken for a moment, then fluttered its wings and transmitted a profound knowledge.

Thus, the new characteristics that should have been formed through normal breakthroughs also underwent subtle changes under the influence of this knowledge, resulting in the current situation.

Kun Cang: Increases maximum health and mana by three times!
It's just a simple description, but its function is extremely powerful, increasing the upper limit of Qi and blood to three times, something that countless body-refining cultivators dream of.

The characteristic I should have obtained was not this. Normally, the characteristics one would obtain after mastering the "Nine Revolutions of the Azure Sea Technique" would not be this powerful.

Otherwise, the "Nine Revolutions of the Azure Sea Technique" would be a must-practice technique for every body-refining cultivator.

Perhaps the limit of the "Nine Revolutions of the Azure Sea Technique" is to enhance one's own Qi and blood by 30% or even 50%.

However, the threefold increase limit was somewhat beyond Fang Jingxuan's expectations. With this feature, even with the Foundation Establishment stage "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation", he no longer needed to seek new body-refining techniques.

Moreover, this characteristic can grow along with his growth. It increases threefold during the Qi Refining stage and threefold during the Foundation Establishment stage. It is just unknown whether it can increase threefold during the Golden Core stage.

Regardless, the benefits of tripling one's Qi and Blood are comprehensive, starting primarily in terms of the spirit and soul.

The physical body is the vessel for the soul. The stronger the physical body, the stronger the soul will naturally become. Originally, Fang Jingxuan's soul was already far superior to that of ordinary cultivators after being gifted by the Golden Core and Golden Cicada. Now, with the added boost of three times the blood and qi, how powerful will his soul become?

Secondly, Fang Jingxuan could use some forbidden techniques that involved burning blood and qi as ordinary moves. Most cultivators, when faced with dire situations, would choose to burn their blood and qi to gain temporary, powerful combat strength, but the consequences of doing so were severe. One wrong move and they could deplete their life force, and in severe cases, even die on the spot.

However, even if he used the forbidden technique of burning blood and qi, with a total blood and qi three times the upper limit, the blood and qi consumed would only be a slight loss for Fang Jingxuan.

It's like comparing a person weighing 80 pounds to a person weighing 240 pounds, both of whom have one pound of blood drawn. The person weighing 80 pounds would probably die on the spot, while the person weighing 240 pounds would only need to rest for a while to recover.

This is the qualitative change brought about by the increase in the upper limit of Qi and Blood, combined with the massive increase in total magical power brought about by cultivating "Xuanyuan Zhenjie", and the explosive increase in the total amount of divine soul due to the Golden Core and Golden Cicada.

One's own soul, blood and energy, and magic power—the three major hurdles that Foundation Establishment focuses on—will all be incredibly solid. And what heights can a Foundation Establishment achieved with such a foundation reach?

In this way, even if I have only just entered the Foundation Establishment stage, wouldn't I be able to crush those cultivators who are only in the early stages of Foundation Establishment?

If one lays such a foundation during the Qi Refining stage, and then uses this foundation to achieve Foundation Establishment, then when one achieves Golden Core during the Foundation Establishment stage, will the Golden Core be of the ninth grade, and the Nascent Soul stage be within reach?

Ahem, I'm getting carried away, I'm getting carried away.

At this moment, a smile appeared on Fang Jingxuan's lips. It was truly not easy for him to have risen from the most ordinary rogue cultivator to this level, and to be able to rival the Golden Core True Disciple Dao Seed.

Now, let's focus on preparing for the foundation building. The sooner we build our foundation, the higher we can stand, the farther we can see, and the more we can gain.

Upon arriving at Guixu Island, Fang Jingxuan first visited Cui Ye to renew their relationship.

At this moment, after Fang Jingxuan killed Chen Heichan and seized Black Toad Island, his value to Cui Ye increased significantly.

Now that Fang Jingxuan is seeking to establish his foundation, Cui Ye's expectations for him have become even higher.

Investing in one spirit stone now would be more valuable than sending ten spirit stones after Jingxuan has established his foundation.

Of course, Fang Jingxuan would not choose to accept too much investment from Cui Ye, for fear that he would owe too much and be locked up, which would not be good.

He made a few small requests, hoping to use the Cui family's channels to exchange all the magical artifacts, ginseng, pills, and talismans he obtained from Chen Heichan for spirit stones, so that they could be used for the upcoming auction.

Fang Jingxuan also asked Cui Ye to sell the most valuable inferior Foundation Establishment Pill, as well as his own five-square storage bag, bronze ancient bell, Zhenyue mace, and Fulong spear, all of which were sold and exchanged for spirit stones.

After a two-week fire sale, Fang Jingxuan amassed a large sum of spirit stones. Apart from the three-hundred-year-old 'Earth Origin Grass' and the blood-red metal spirit material, he kept nothing else.

Finally, including his previous savings and the proceeds from the secret-recipe Demon-Summoning Soil earned over the past six months, Fang Jingxuan currently has four high-grade spirit stones, three hundred and fifteen mid-grade spirit stones, and nineteen thousand low-grade spirit stones in his storage bag, totaling more than ninety thousand low-grade spirit stones.

This amount of money is barely enough to buy a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, but it's worth trying to bid on a mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. Even if you can't buy a Foundation Establishment Pill, you can still bid on a good one of the most important spiritual materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, the 'Mysterious Spirit Fruit'.

In addition, Fang Jingxuan also wanted to replace his companion plant, the Thousand Spirit Cypress, because the previous Longevity Cold Cypress was only a first-grade high-quality plant and was no longer keeping up with his cultivation level.

Hopefully, this time, I can exchange for a second-tier quality companion item. Not only will my cultivation speed increase, but the monthly output of Moon Dew will also increase significantly.

Yes, we also need to collect spiritual materials that can enhance the potential of the Tuoyuan bloodline, and we need to search for spiritual objects suitable for the evolution of the Six Bones.

We also need to acquire spiritual materials with spatial attributes, which are crucial for Tuoyuan to refine the Spirit Control Bag. Otherwise, the thousand low-grade spirit stones from the Black Hand will be wasted.

With these thoughts in mind, Fang Jingxuan cultivated in Guixufang while waiting. More than a month later, the auction that everyone had been looking forward to, held once every ten years, finally began.

(End of this chapter)