The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

"Another neighbor has arrived..."

Just a kilometer away, wisps of smoke rose from a deserted wooden house that Zhu Yu had passed by earlier, indicating that a new couple had moved in.

I didn't think much of it.

Zhu Yu averted his gaze, turned around and returned to the top of the hill. As he approached the wooden house, he suddenly sensed a fluctuation of spiritual energy.

"Hmm? Little Black has completed its transformation?"

Take a few quick steps and enter the courtyard. In one corner of the courtyard, you will see a black stone about the size of a water basin with dense cracks.

next moment.

"Click..."

A piece of black armor peeled off, and spiritual energy surged and gathered in the air, pouring into its body. Instantly, the armor peeled off even faster.

After a while.

The spiritual energy gathered in the air slowly dissipated, and the black stone swelled to the size of a millstone. It trembled, first revealing six long, branching legs like insects, then a broad, horny head, and two increasingly shiny large incisors.

It was Xiao Hei who had broken through to become a first-tier low-grade insect beast.

Little Black's small eyes darted around, and when it saw Zhu Yu standing to the side, it let out a hiss and took six steps, arriving beside him like a gust of wind. It rubbed against Zhu Yu's thigh, and a surge of joy, affection, and hunger welled up in its mind.

"Such speed..."

Zhu Yu's face showed surprise, then his eyes lit up as if he had thought of something. He half-squatted down, stroked its rough head, and said with a smile:

"Don't rush, Master, I'll cook for you in a bit..."

As he spoke, his gaze remained fixed on her.

[Target: Little Black]

[Race: Bucktooth Bug]

[Tier 1 Low Grade: 1%]

[Talented Spell: Lightness.]

[Status: Healthy, joyful.]

"He has indeed awakened his innate magical talent!"

Zhu Yu's smile grew even wider.

Although "Lightness" is only the lowest-level unranked spell, it is still a spell. After it is cast, it can make an object three times lighter and consumes very little energy, making it one of the most practical unranked spells.

Well, most importantly, Xiao Hei is now perfectly capable of serving as a mount. Even if the Corpse Tiger is bred in the future, it can still help carry goods and pull cargo.

"It's a pity that it didn't develop sentience and become a Zerg cultivator..."

Zhu Yu sighed with some dissatisfaction, then looked at the cultivation level section and stared intently at it.

【Required for cultivating "Little Black": 1 Starry Sky Wood Leaf (daily), 1 pound of Monster Flesh (daily), 1 Firefly Flower (daily), 1 Snake Thread Grass (daily)】

"Hmm? Hoshizora Konoha?"

Zhu Yuwei was stunned for a moment, her mind churning with mixed thoughts.

Starry Sky Wood is suspected to be a second-tier Moon "Elf" avatar, and even if it isn't, it's definitely closely related to it. More importantly, the "Moon Elf" could also be an insectoid cultivator...

Use its branches and leaves to cultivate small black...

"The Eye of True Sight is grooming Little Black into a Zerg cultivator!"

Zhu Yu's eyes lit up with realization. The Eye of True Sight was less of a cheat code and more of a unique innate ability belonging to him.

Previously, he had been longing for the Zerg cultivators, and perhaps it was then that the Eye of True Sight provided him with "Firefly Flower" and "Snake Thread Grass" for cultivation, precisely to allow Xiao Hei to transform into a Zerg cultivator.

There is also the "Basic Visualization Diagram". He was focused on shortening the time to condense the spiritual particles, and he successfully analyzed it to a high level, forming its own characteristics. Gathering the spirit and concentrating the spirit are both ways to accelerate meditation and accelerate the condensation of spiritual particles.

The "Lecture Hall" does have cultivators who have mastered the "Basic Visualization Diagram." According to them, a mastered "Basic Visualization Diagram" should tend towards a stable three-ring pattern that suppresses spiritual energy...

"So this is the true power of the Eye of True Sight..."

Zhu Yu was overjoyed, which shows that the "Eye of True Sight" exists in relation to him, not the other way around.

"As I knew it, all my cultivation is the result of my own hard work and diligence!"

……

kitchen.

Xiao Hei, now possessing a meager amount of spiritual power, was unafraid of Zhu Yu's aura and was eating heartily in front of a wooden basin.

Zhu Yu sat in front of the stove, waiting for the rice to cook, while channeling spiritual energy into a seed about the size of a thumb, with a jade-like color and light brown markings on its surface.

I don't know how long it has been.

Click...

A soft, crisp sound rang out, and a crack appeared at the base of the seed, from which three or four slender, transparent roots slowly emerged.

"It's finally sprouted..."

Seeing this, Zhu Yu shook his head and smiled. He took a flowerpot that had been prepared beforehand from under the water tank, reached out and buried the wood spirit flower seed in the soil, pressed his palm on it, and continued to channel spiritual energy into it.

Not long after.

Suddenly, my palm touched something foreign. I moved my hand away and saw two green leaves with brown markings on them. Through my senses, tiny green dots of light approached and surrounded them.

"good…"

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction. The earth elemental energy in the Corpse Land was already abundant, and now with the Wood Spirit Flower gathering wood elemental energy, meditation and cultivation would be smoother in the future.

As you gaze upon him, a panel appears.

[Target: Wood Spirit Flower Seedlings]

[Non-Quality: 2%]

[Medicinal Efficacy: Gathers Spiritual Energy (Wood Element)]

Status: Healthy.

Its effect is very simple, and perhaps because it is simple, being only in the seedling stage, it is not much worse than the effect of the fluorescent flowers and plants that can be seen everywhere on the street gathering spiritual energy.

Zhu Yu's gaze fell on the cultivation level of the Wood Spirit Flower. A thought flickered in his mind; he imagined it could simultaneously gather both wood and earth elemental energies. He silently recited, "Establish a model, analyze the 'Wood Spirit Flower,' and pair it with suitable spiritual objects for its growth."

The next instant, a message flooded into my mind.

【Requirements for cultivating the "Wood Spirit Flower": Crush one earth-attribute spirit stone and half a wood-attribute spirit stone, add spirit soil and earth-attribute spirit spring water, mix them thoroughly together, and use this as potting soil "one month". Nourish it with spiritual power once a day.】

"It really works!"

Zhu Yu's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up. Since the "Eye of True Sight" had such an effect, he could now focus on analyzing and cultivating what he needed.

For example, the technique of "chewing gold and eating iron".

Because of limited knowledge of magical techniques, one cannot alter the lineage diagram or construct spiritual objects, but that does not mean one cannot influence its changes.

The change lies in the internal energy channels and principles of the universe within the human body.

As we all know, each lineage has a different ratio of primary and secondary attributes, and the effects of constructing a spirit object by combining different lineages vary greatly.

The vast majority of these lineages are completely incompatible, and even if they are integrated into spiritual objects, they will only be dead seeds after cultivation.

However, some lineages are compatible, which means there are choices to be made!

For example, the "chewing gold and eating iron" auxiliary stomach has the effect of holding items, which is equivalent to a storage bag that can grow.

By slightly altering the proportions of the inner world's magical vein attributes and combining it with the main stomach, the effects of shrinking and storing objects are weakened, while the toughness and endurance of the secondary stomach are enhanced. This allows it to store the main stomach's gastric juices, which are powerful enough to dissolve metal and iron, for extended periods in combat.

Or conversely, weaken other aspects and strengthen the ability to shrink and store objects.

It also has a primary stomach, which enhances the ability of gastric juices to digest iron and weakens other effects…

For others, finding a suitable lineage is already extremely difficult, let alone specifically choosing a combination of lineages that are advantageous to them; it's simply a pipe dream.

But for Zhu Yu, this is very simple!