Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 108 The Book of Souls
Su You quietly pocketed it.

With this item, he could refine about ten fake pills.

Those who create fake elixirs borrow the power of external elixirs, rather than condensing their own golden elixir.

In terms of strength, the strength of a pseudo-core cultivator is related to the external core they use, and once refined, their cultivation will never improve and they will remain at that level for life.

Of course, if one uses external elixir to become a pseudo-core cultivator, there is no difference between them and a normal golden core cultivator. They have the same magical power, lifespan, etc. The only difference is that they can no longer improve their cultivation level.

Therefore, only small and medium-sized forces use fake pills. They usually refine external pills to become fake pill cultivators when their lineage is about to be lost.

The most famous external elixir is the one that uses a demon core, which is the lowest cost method.

Su You bought the Jade Ice Grass in order to refine the demon core into an external core.

Using demon cores as the main material to refine them into external cores is the simplest method. Even alchemists of the third rank can easily refine them without the risk of failure.

It's called alchemy, but in reality, it involves using several kinds of spiritual herbs as a catalyst to refine the demonic energy on the demon core, leaving only pure spiritual energy, which is then suitable for cultivators to refine.

Su You had a considerable number of demon cores, most of which he obtained by killing third-tier sea beasts that lived two thousand miles below Luoxia Island.

Demon cores are expensive, so he stored them all in the warehouse without using them. Now that he has the Jade Ice Grass, he has gathered all the materials needed to refine the outer core.

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Sunset Island, Wizard's Tower.

Su You counted the demon cores in his warehouse. There were a total of twenty-six demon cores, including nineteen early-stage third-tier demon cores, five mid-stage third-tier demon cores, and two late-stage third-tier demon cores.

If all these external pills were refined, he could directly gain dozens more subordinates at the Golden Core level.

However, while refining an external elixir won't fail like forming a core, there are still requirements: one's cultivation level must have reached the peak of Foundation Establishment before one can attempt to refine it.

The process of refining external pills was very simple. He only spent three days processing all the demon cores, clearing away the violent demonic energy inside, leaving only pure spiritual energy.

After refining the external elixir, Su You immediately summoned Chen Yuanzong and asked, "How many people in your Chen family have reached the late Foundation Establishment stage? Has anyone reached the peak Foundation Establishment stage?"

"Master, there are currently two people in the Chen family whose cultivation has reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, but there is no one at the peak of Foundation Establishment," Chen Yuanzong replied.

"Only two people?" Su You frowned.

Having a treasure in your hands but being unable to use it is indeed quite frustrating.

Fortunately, he doesn't need his subordinates to do difficult things for the time being, so he can gradually increase his strength.

The Chen family's current tasks outside are quite simple. First, they are maintaining order on Luoxia Island and in Luoxia Immortal City.

This is easy to solve, because there are Nascent Soul cultivators in charge, so basically no cultivators dare to cause trouble here.

The second thing was to travel to the hundreds of mortal kingdoms under the jurisdiction of the Void Heaven Sect and collect souls on the battlefields there.

This is relatively simple, since it is in the mortal realm, where there are very few cultivators. Even if there are cultivators, most of them are low-level Qi Refining rogue cultivators, so collecting souls is also very simple.

The only shortfall is a shortage of manpower; otherwise, the expansion of the Mirage Realm could be much faster.

Unlike now, more than 30 years have passed, and the Mirage Realm has only expanded fivefold, with the rate of improvement slowing down over time.

Su You thought for a moment and then instructed, "Next, have the two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in your family go into seclusion to cultivate and strive to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment as soon as possible. Once they reach the peak of Foundation Establishment, I will bestow two external cores upon them to help them condense false cores."

When the time comes, I can directly use those two highest quality late-stage third-tier external cores, and my cultivation level will likely stabilize at the late-stage Golden Core stage.

In this way, even the weakest late-stage Golden Core cultivator can find it relatively convenient to stay on Luoxia Island or go out to handle matters.

Moreover, once two more Golden Core cultivators are added, his sect's influence will be able to expand again, recruiting more independent cultivators.

Otherwise, without a strong leader to oversee it, this sect would have a hard time developing.

"In addition, take these three outer cores and put them up for auction. Announce that one outer core will be auctioned every ten years," Su You instructed after thinking for a moment.

The auctions in Luoxia Immortal City are currently somewhat overrated and small in scale. This is mainly because there are relatively few treasures up for auction, and high-level cultivators rarely come, so naturally there are no high-level treasures to be auctioned.

However, with the allure of external alchemy, it will definitely attract a large number of wealthy cultivators.

After all, refining an external elixir into a fake elixir is 100% successful, unlike using a Golden Elixir to condense a Golden Elixir, as there is no chance of failure.

Therefore, the price of external elixirs is much higher than that of golden elixirs. Of course, the disadvantage is also obvious: it cuts off the path to the future.

However, for elderly cultivators, or for forces that have lost high-ranking cultivators, external elixirs are undoubtedly the best treasures.

Unfortunately, demon cores are rare, especially when there is no major war between humans and demons, the probability of a third-tier demon core appearing is extremely low.

Therefore, the price of external elixirs is often higher than that of gold-forming elixirs.

After explaining the situation, Su You continued refining the pills.

One type is the Foundation Establishment Pill, and the other is a third-tier pill, which includes three types of precious pills that can increase mana, improve blood and qi, and enhance the soul.

Su You can now refine these three types of pills with ease, and even third-tier pills are within his capabilities.

The only drawback is that he has too few third-tier spiritual herbs, so he can only refine a handful of pills.

Only a few portions of each type of elixir were refined.

The pills that increase mana are for my own use. After all, the pills exchanged in the Pill Spirit Secret Realm are only enough for the twin clones to use. So if I want to improve my cultivation quickly, I need to refine the pills myself.

As for Qi and Blood Pills and Soul Pills, he can use them right now.

As his cultivation level continues to increase, his spiritual power also passively increases. In addition, during his previous cultivation, he focused on two things at once, circulating his energy through the body while meditating on his spiritual power, so his spiritual power is also slowly improving.

Su You's own spiritual power has reached the level of the fifth level of the Golden Core stage, while his twin clones have spiritual power equivalent to the third level of the Golden Core stage.

It is estimated that after breaking through to the Golden Core realm in cultivation, one's spiritual power will receive another significant increase.

In just half a month, Su You used up all the collected medicinal herbs. After thinking for a moment, he went to the laboratory.

The bloodline experiments were temporarily suspended to focus on cultivation.

Of the test subjects left over from the bloodline experiments, apart from subjects number three and nine, the others lived for a maximum of twenty years. For Su You, the experiment was definitely a failure, since normal humans can live for fifty or sixty years. After fusing with the bloodline, their bodies should have become even stronger, and even if they didn't live to their lifespan, they should at least live for seventy or eighty years.

However, apart from two, the other experimental subjects only lived for a maximum of twenty years, indicating that the experiments were all failures.

Bloodline sorcerers, as the subordinates and henchmen of wizards, are completely useless if their lifespan is too short.

Fortunately, there are two relatively successful test subjects, and we need to analyze them to modify the drug's formula.

Su You took out a small amount of Enlightenment Tea, brewed it, and drank it all in one gulp.

His previously uninspired mind began to generate various revised plans, which Su You quickly recorded in the jade slip.

One by one, the formulas for the medicines were developed. An hour later, Su You emerged from that state of mental clarity, as if he had entered a state of enlightenment. Looking at the success in his hand, he couldn't help but show an excited smile.

In just one hour, he actually deduced the subsequent version of the potion. Of course, this was only the result of his deduction, and experiments were still needed.

With Xiao Bei's help, Su You began the actual drug experiments. Dozens of test subjects were sent over and injected with different versions of the drug.

After numerous experiments, the most effective drug was finally identified.

After using the drug, the experimental subjects were relatively stable, and the mortality rate dropped directly from the original 50% to about 20%.

The side effects of the medicine have been further reduced, allowing the potential of the bloodline to be explored even deeper.

Without pausing, Su You used the Enlightenment Tea again, continuing his efforts to try and directly create a finished bloodline potion.

As the amount of Enlightenment Tea decreased, his medicines were improved step by step.

Finally, when only three catties of Enlightenment Tea remained, Su You stopped his experiment.

One issue is that the amount of Enlightenment Tea is running low. If he continues to use it, he will be unable to comprehend cultivation techniques or do anything else in the future.

He couldn't possibly use all of the Enlightenment Tea for bloodline research.

Moreover, the experiment is nearing its end, and the drug is basically ready. He no longer needs the Enlightenment Tea. As long as Xiao Bei cooperates with the calculations, the optimal formula can be determined in about a few years.

By then, the first-tier bloodline potion will be truly complete.

Once the first-tier bloodline potion can be mass-produced, Su You will have no shortage of low-tier subordinates.

Moreover, with a mature version of the first-tier bloodline potion, the research on the second-tier bloodline potion will definitely not be as difficult as the initial research on bloodline potions.

After all, back then, research was being conducted from scratch, and every step required a lot of experiments, making the process extremely difficult.

"This Enlightenment Tea is truly a treasure!" Su You couldn't help but exclaim.

He had inquired about the price of Enlightenment Tea before. It had been auctioned once in the Void Heaven Immortal City hundreds of years ago, where a pound of Enlightenment Tea fetched tens of millions of spirit stones.

In other words, he has spent nearly 70 million spirit stones on the research of bloodline potions in the past few days.

Although it was a little heartbreaking, it was all worth it overall.

If Su You were to take his time to research it, it would take at least a hundred years before he could possibly develop a mature bloodline potion.

However, shortening the research time to just a few months is absolutely worthwhile.

With a century of spare time, he would have been able to accomplish even more.

Furthermore, having researched bloodline potions a century in advance would also allow for the early creation of a batch of warlock minions.

Su You is currently in need of a group of low-ranking subordinates to help him with his tasks.

but……

Although the blood-veining medicine was successfully developed.

However, a means of controlling subordinates is still needed, otherwise it will be difficult to manage them.

In the wizarding world, a Book of Souls is needed to control a large number of subordinates.

Otherwise, how do those high-level wizards control their legions of tens or even hundreds of millions of slaves?
However, using the Book of Souls for control is not like the Soul Slavery he used, which allows him to completely control the other party or even change their mind.

The method of controlling the Book of Souls is somewhat similar to the soul control in the world of cultivation. It involves extracting a wisp of the other person's soul and sealing it within the Book of Souls. If there is any resistance or disobedience, this wisp of soul can be used for punishment.

If this wisp of soul is destroyed, the other party will also die instantly.

Of course, the other party still has its own thoughts, so it still needs to be properly trained after the soul is controlled.

"To refine the Book of Souls, one needs a spiritual object of the soul type. Moreover, the more powerful the spiritual object, the more people the Book of Souls can control," Su You pondered.

However, there are very few spiritual objects of the soul type. At least Su You has never encountered one yet. Otherwise, he would have refined one long ago, which would make it easier for him to manage his subordinates.

In the Wizarding World, it would be much easier; you could simply buy it with money, or even purchase a ready-made Book of Souls, without needing to craft it yourself.

The Wizarding World conquers the heavens, collecting various resources and transporting them back to the Wizarding World. Even resources that are not available in the Wizarding World can be found in other worlds.

But here, Su You can only search for it on his own.

He has already decided that once he breaks through to the Golden Core stage, he will go and see those prosperous continents.

On the one hand, the resources there are more abundant, and high-level treasures are easier to find.

On the other hand, it also allows us to collect more knowledge.

Moreover, Su You already had some ideas about the natal magic weapon for his twin clones after they broke through to the Golden Core stage, which was to refine the Wizard Tower into a natal magic weapon.

Of course, this wizard tower is not the wizard tower he is in, but a wizard tower built with better materials, so that the twin clones can carry a wizard tower with them, which can be used for both offense and defense, and can be used freely.

However, to realize this idea, not only is a large amount of high-grade rare and precious materials needed, but also a higher level of crafting skills.

The Void Heaven Sect has some traditions in alchemy, but it is relatively weak in weapon crafting. There is not a single fourth-level weapon crafter in the sect, and there should be no good weapon crafting traditions. They need to go outside to find them.

(End of this chapter)