My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 349 Difficulties abound
Actually,
Shen Changchuan has now reached almost the limit of what he can do in terms of improving his strength.

The composition of a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage.

It's nothing more than realms, spells, magical artifacts, talismans, elixirs, and so on.

Among them, realm, magic, and treasure are the three most important factors.

But,
Magic and magical artifacts,
For Shen Changchuan, everything was already complete.

Offensively, it possesses several second-tier attack spells; defensively, it has the treasured bronze bell and the white jade heart-protecting mirror; and even for escaping, it has perfect second-tier movement techniques like Thunder Shadow Swiftness.

Practicing a few more similar second-tier spells or pursuing other magical artifacts wouldn't significantly improve Shen Changchuan's strength.

unless,

He went to practice those advanced second-tier spells.

However, the energy consumption of high-level spells is also extremely high.

Shen Changchuan had also considered this idea.

However, its power is not as great as supernatural abilities.
However, the energy consumption is no less than that of supernatural powers.

It's kind of a double-edged sword.

As for treasures even more powerful than the bronze bell and the white jade breastplate,

It goes without saying that the price is too high for me to afford right now.

Instead of wasting spirit stones on this treasure, it would be better to spend them on improving one's cultivation techniques. At least improving one's cultivation techniques can also provide the benefits of stabilizing one's foundation and rapidly increasing one's cultivation level.

And it may not be as useful as a perfect second-tier spell.

Not to mention that.

Also because of this,

Shen Changchuan's improvement in strength has actually reached a bottleneck.

Only through advancement in cultivation level,

After breaking through the bottleneck,

Only then can there be greater room for progress!
However, the improvement of one's cultivation level is not something that can be achieved overnight.

In fact,
The process involves casting a large number of spells and then constantly consuming mana to replenish it.

Using this method that can be described as cheating, Shen Changchuan's cultivation speed has already surpassed that of countless cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage!

Since he advanced to the Out-of-Body Realm,
It has only been two years since he was about to enter the mid-stage of the second level of the Nascent Soul realm.

Two years of progress
This is an improvement that almost every cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage achieves after ten or twenty years of arduous cultivation.

Building upon this foundation,

This will further accelerate the pace of cultivation improvement.

In most cases, they can only be extremely wealthy, with countless spirit stones to buy second-tier spirit pills.
Furthermore, there are secret methods to remove the erysipelas accumulated in the body from taking large amounts of elixirs.

But obviously, this is not very likely for Shen Changchuan.

Although he had already become an alchemist,

However, he only mastered the first level of alchemy and could only refine a few low-level pills for cultivators at the Qi Refining stage.

Second-tier pills,
For him, it remained something that was still out of reach.

Then next,
The only solution is the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu.

"Over the past six months, with the help of several Gu techniques collected from Dawan Village, plus the collection of the Longxiao Sect, and with the help of the progress bar panel, I have gained some understanding of these Gu techniques."

"It's unlikely that this Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu contains any hidden tricks."

"It is undoubtedly a good thing that can improve cultivation speed, which is very suitable for my current situation."

"However, the refining of this Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu is not so easy."

Looking at the jade slip in his hand,

A hint of worry appeared on Shen Changchuan's face.

Gu techniques are mostly unorthodox methods used by demonic sects.
The collection in the Longxiao Sect's Sutra Repository is not extensive, consisting mainly of records of basic knowledge and principles.

Its purpose is simply to help disciples broaden their horizons so that they will have ways to deal with this type of enemy in the future.

The low-level Gu techniques collected from Dawan Village were of even lower quality.

Therefore, Shen Changchuan, on the progress bar panel,

The section on Gu Dao secret techniques only covers basic Gu techniques.

And the progress bar is only around 20%.

There is still a great distance to go before we can refine the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu.

You should know that the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu, judging from its materials, is a top-tier second-order Gu worm!

This,

This is only the first step!

Even if one's Gu Dao cultivation improves,

The materials that followed were also an enormous challenge.

"A ten-thousand-year-old spirit jade nurtured within a spirit stone vein, a second-tier gold-devouring spirit butterfly born from the energy of Geng metal, rootless spirit water, spirit void grass, star dew flower, and dreamlike spirit root."

"Wearing the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Jade regularly can nourish the dantian and meridians, and enhance cultivation aptitude. It is enough to become a family heirloom of a Nascent Soul family."

"The second-tier Devouring Gold Spirit Butterfly can absorb the Geng Metal Qi from the gold and stone mineral deposits between heaven and earth, adding a portion that can directly enhance the power of a magical artifact."

"Both of these main ingredients are rare and precious treasures that are hard to come by. The difficulty of gathering them together is almost as difficult as ascending to heaven!"

"Moreover, even if all the materials were gathered, given my current progress in Gu Dao secret techniques, the chance of successfully refining it is less than 10%!"

"Taking shortcuts isn't so easy anymore."

Shen Changchuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

However, although refining the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu is extremely difficult...

But Shen Changchuan also gave up on this idea.

Because he knew very well,

If we can successfully refine this Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu...
Then it can continue to work on you while you are in the out-of-body state.

It might even provide some assistance after advancing to the Divine Travel Realm.

The effect of this,

Its effects are far greater than those of ordinary cultivation pills!

If possible,

He was determined to refine it.

"Although this goal is difficult, just as you can eat one bite at a time, you can naturally break down big goals one by one."

"Let's do our best first and see how much material we can gather."

"If we really can't find it, we can always ask our master for help."

"Some rare and precious materials may be beyond my reach, but for my master, who is at the peak of the Divine Realm, they may be nothing more than that."

"It would be foolish not to use someone who has a powerful backer."

"Of course, Master isn't a babysitter; we can't exhaust all our affection unless absolutely necessary."

Shen Changchuan put the jade slip back into his storage bag.

I already have a general plan in mind.

He got up and left the courtyard.

The seclusion has ended.

At this time, with the arrival of several new batches of disciples, the Longxiao Sect had grown considerably in number and was no longer as deserted as before.

Walking past the Foreign Affairs Hall,
One could also see many disciples coming and going from the Outer Affairs Hall.
It's become much more lively.

However, at the same time,

Shen Changchuan discovered that
Some of the disciples had wounds and bloodstains on their bodies, clearly indicating that they had just been through a fierce battle.

The disciples coming and going mostly walked in a hurry, their faces tense.

Some were even weary from their journey.
Judging from his words, he had just returned from a mission in the Southern Yue Kingdom.

A chilling atmosphere enveloped the mountain gate.

(End of this chapter)