Guixu Immortal Kingdom

Chapter 14 Initial Understanding of Cultivation
These are not needed for the time being. When they are needed, they can be placed in the space and retrieved in an instant.

The most attention-grabbing item was the basic skill manual in front of them.

Initial Understanding of Cultivation
Snake Entangling Silk Hand

Snake Step

Iron Shirt

Ironclad Kung Fu

Copper Armor Skill

Serpent Sword Technique
Bull Mighty Fist

Five Poisons Mysterious Scripture
Among these books, several were identical. For example, five copies of the "Spirit Serpent Entwining Hand" technique were found, all with the same content. Faced with this situation, Ji Tianhao could only shake his head helplessly. One book was enough for knowledge-based texts; any extras could only be used for trading or selling.

"There are quite a few survivors in the hotel. Once they can truly cultivate, they will definitely need cultivation techniques. At this time, any cultivation technique is a key to embarking on cultivation. They should be able to exchange it for some good things, and Cai Honglong should also have a great harvest."

Regarding these repetitive classic texts, I quickly came up with a corresponding idea.

Soon, he had the book "Introduction to Cultivation" in his hands.

He looked at the book with anticipation.

“The beginning of cultivation starts from the Black Iron level. The essence of cultivation is the leap of life, which is divided into Black Iron, Bronze, Silver and Gold.”

"Human cultivation is based on nine main sequences. These are: skin refining, flesh refining, bone forging, tendon strengthening, marrow cleansing, blood exchange, organ refining, acupoint refining, and brain refining [spirit refining]. One can choose any path to focus on. Skin refining can lead to advancement all the way to the Skin Demon King."

"A Black Iron-level life form develops a Black Iron membrane, also known as a Black Iron Halo, within its body. It begins its cultivation by refining its skin, progressing all the way to refining its brain. Once in the Black Iron realm, it can choose any path to break through: the Skin Path leads to the Skin Demon King, the Flesh Path to the Flesh Vajra, and the Blood Path to the Blood Asura. After breaking through, it will ascend to the Bronze-level life form, developing a Bronze membrane. From then on, it can choose a path leading to the heavens or even multiple paths to enlightenment."

"There are nine sequences. At the beginning of cultivation, one can choose any one, without any order. If one cultivates all nine realms and condenses nine snake patterns in the black iron halo, there is a chance to advance to a bronze life form. If one condenses nine python patterns, one will definitely advance to a bronze life form. If one walks the path to heaven, one cannot advance to a bronze life form without condensing dragon patterns. The probability of forcibly advancing is extremely low."

"Skin refining focuses on tempering the skin membrane. When the skin is refined to condense snake patterns, it becomes impervious to blades and spears, as tough as cowhide, and contains extremely strong power. Reaching the python pattern increases the skin membrane's defense tenfold, the dragon pattern another tenfold, and the dragon pattern is so strong that even divine weapons cannot break through it."

Silently reading the thin but invaluable beginner's guide to cultivation in my hands, although many things are only briefly introduced, some things are completely different from knowing them.

Without a doubt, after seeing all this, a layer of fog seemed to be dispelled from Ji Tianhao's mind.

"I see. It seems that the cultivation method of Guixu does indeed involve dividing the entire body into different parts for cultivation. By obtaining supreme power from these parts and refining the skin to prove one's Dao, one can become the Skin Demon King. It's truly enviable."

“Ordinary life, iron life, bronze life, silver life, gold life—each level of life has an almost insurmountable gap. Under normal circumstances, ordinary life cannot harm iron life at all. That iron aura is the gap that blocks everything.”

“Single cultivation is too difficult, with too many constraints. Without special reasons, it would be extremely difficult to progress. Cultivating the nine realms using normal methods is not something everyone can do. There is no order to cultivating the nine realms, but there are actually thresholds. To cultivate the Marrow Cleansing Realm, one must first complete the Bone Forging Realm. Otherwise, the energy cannot penetrate the bones and temper the marrow. To refine the acupoints, one must complete the Tendon Transformation process.”

"The most correct way to cultivate is to start with refining the skin, then tempering the skin, flesh, bones, tendons, and blood in sequence, step by step. This is the most orthodox method of cultivation. Choose a realm, step into cultivation, cultivate your qi and blood, and open up your qi sea and divine sea."

"In other words, what I need most right now is a skin-refining technique."

Ji Tianhao pondered to himself.

Regarding cultivation, he immediately decided to pursue the path of cultivating the nine realms, rather than choosing the direct route to the heavens. The direct route to the heavens, not to mention the immense difficulty, would present vastly different prospects. Not cultivating the nine realms while in the Black Iron rank is tantamount to having no future opportunity to complete them.

That would undoubtedly narrow the path.

Of course, who wouldn't want to pursue the Nine Realms of Cultivation? Firstly, the resources and time required for cultivating the Nine Realms are immeasurable. It also requires corresponding cultivation techniques and strong aptitude. Some people have aptitude in skin refining but lack other aptitudes, making their cultivation undoubtedly much less efficient. Some realms are extremely dangerous to cultivate, such as the Organ Refining Realm, which involves tempering the five internal organs. The internal organs are very fragile.

If an accident occurs during cultivation and internal organs are damaged, death is entirely possible. Cultivating the bone marrow could lead to hemiplegia. Refining the acupoints might result in blindness or deafness; the dangers involved are countless.

Those who are truly confident and have a solid foundation are in the minority.

When faced with difficulties, they often prefer to give up halfway and choose the path that best suits them.

"Iron Shirt, Iron Armor Technique, Copper Armor Technique, and Savage Bull Fist are all skin-refining techniques. Only Copper Armor Technique is a Xuan-level technique that can cultivate python patterns. Will using such skin-refining techniques as a foundation have an impact on the future?"

Ji Tianhao's gaze swept back and forth over the several cultivation manuals in front of him.

According to the description in the "Introduction to Cultivation," cultivation techniques can be switched. If you feel that a low-level technique is insufficient to meet your needs, you can certainly find a higher-level, more effective technique to replace it. However, some minor issues may arise after the switch. Different techniques will have different effects on the body's tempering characteristics.

The best option, of course, is to cultivate top-tier techniques, which can help you achieve your goals in one step.

But in this world, how many people can truly cultivate the corresponding top-level celestial scriptures from the very beginning?

Having any cultivation opportunities at all is already quite good. In this respect, Ji Tianhao is quite content.

Compared to not being able to cultivate, as long as one can cultivate, there will be opportunities to make up for everything else later.

"I can't worry about that now. I'll choose one to cultivate later. Iron Armor Technique and Bronze Armor Technique seem to be from the same lineage. Before cultivating Bronze Armor Technique, you need to cultivate Iron Armor Technique. Iron Armor Technique can cultivate snake patterns, and Bronze Armor Technique can cultivate python patterns. Above that, are there Silver Armor Technique and Gold Armor Technique, which can correspondingly cultivate Flood Dragon and Dragon Patterns? If so, then these two techniques might be a part of the Skin Refining Heavenly Scripture that are from the same lineage. Perhaps there is a chance to continue down this path."

Ji Tianhao's gaze fell on the Iron Armor Technique and the Bronze Armor Technique. He had just read through these two techniques and found that they were of the same lineage and could serve as a bridge between the past and the future.

After pondering for a moment, he also turned his attention to the other items.

The first thing that catches the eye is a strange, blood-red flower.

This magnificent and exotic flower has a name—the Blood Orchid!
Blood Orchid
Mysterious Rank Spiritual Object
Also known as the Immortal Flower, it takes seven years to grow and bloom, producing flowers that last only for six months before naturally withering. It is believed to maintain cell vitality, preserve youth, extend lifespan, and allow bloodlines to evolve.

"It's actually a Blood Orchid! This time, a Blood Orchid has actually bloomed. This situation is probably not good. Could the snakes outside be the giant pythons from the Anaconda Plague?"

Ji Tianhao felt a chill run down his spine at the thought of the giant pythons he had seen in movies before; they were one of his childhood nightmares. Any one of them could pose a huge threat, their size likely indicating that they had undergone bloodline evolution after consuming the Blood Orchid.

The difference in size can have a decisive effect.

Thinking of the snakes that had appeared before, and seeing the blood orchid in front of him, he had already made up his mind.

If there really is a giant python outside, then the hotel will definitely be in big trouble. It's not safe here; facing a giant python, the hotel is just a sitting duck. What just happened was definitely just the first wave of probing; the real attack is yet to come.

These blood orchids are valuable. Not only did they produce five mature blood orchids, but they also yielded three blood orchid seeds inside.

dong dong dong! !

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?"

Ji Tianhao immediately collected all the treasures in front of him in an instant. He only kept a beginner's guide to cultivation at hand. The rest were stored in his singularity space.

"It was me and the old smoker."

Hu Youni's voice came from outside.

"What old smoker? You don't know, a puff of smoke in your spare time is like being in heaven. You're just a woman, how could you understand the pleasure?"

Qi Lin said in a disdainful tone.

Ji Tianhao arrived at the door, opened it, and saw the two of them. He said, "Why did you suddenly come over? Is something wrong?"

As they spoke, they were also allowed into the room.

Snap! !
After the two entered, they closed the door behind them.

Hu Youni's gaze swept across the table and she noticed a blood orchid that had been deliberately left out. Her expression changed.

"Old Ji, you've also bloomed a Blood Orchid."

Hu Youni said in a solemn tone.

"So, you also produced a Blood Orchid."

Ji Tianhao nodded and said.

"I'm the one who opened the Blood Orchid, and then I came down to discuss it with you."

Qi Lin took out a blood-red flower from his backpack. At first glance, it looked almost exactly the same as the one on the table.

"Old Ji, isn't the Blood Orchid something fictional from a movie? How did it end up here? We also encountered a venomous snake attack earlier, and I have a bad feeling about this, so I wanted to talk to you about it."

Hu Youni spoke up, seeing that Ji Tianhao also had one, she understood that the birth of the Blood Orchid was not something that individuals could obtain, but something that everyone had the opportunity to acquire.

"We fell from the sinkhole, so we're definitely not on Earth anymore. We've fallen into another world, where anything can happen."

(End of this chapter)