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

Such a means of existence is truly inconceivable; by simply radiating power and aura, one can leave a mark without being noticed and convey one's own will.

But after several attempts...

Zhu Yu discovered that the message conveyed by the Moon Elf Mark seemed to be a fixed memory.

Activate the mark, obtain information, and then offer some benefits.

It has no intelligence of its own.

Of course, the Moon Elf might be blocked by the Eye of True Sight before she could even awaken, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that the Moon Elf is genuinely offering benefits!

The moon-white aura transformed from the beetle greatly benefited Xiaoyu and Xiaohei, enhancing them to varying degrees after refinement.

Xiaoyu, in particular, not only underwent a physical transformation, but also received the "Moon Spirit's Blessing," which can withstand a fatal attack.

This can be seen.

The moon elves are indeed generous, but their situation is probably quite dire.

The Heavenly Dao Sect spared no expense in feeding the bait, arranging benefits before even doing anything. No wonder the Heavenly Dao Sect cultivators took the bait despite knowing the danger; it was just too sincere and offered too much!

"A big, fat sheep..."

Zhu Yu smiled, relieved that he no longer had to worry about the potential consequences of cultivating demonic insects and refining corpses.

It's hard to say whether Xiaoyu's bloodline issue, Xiaohei's transformation into an insectoid cultivator, or the tiger corpse seed drawing in Yin Sha spiritual energy and awakening its bloodline, all of these are related to it.

After a moment of contemplation, Zhu Yu sent Xiao Yu and Xiao Hei to look after the spirit field house, then turned and went back upstairs.

I sat cross-legged on the soft couch, immersed in meditation.

The effects of the meditation liquid were indeed as Xiang Sui had said, more than doubling in efficacy. Two Soul-Dispersing Pills were needed to neutralize the side effects.

The effects are also very pleasing.

Sixteen divine soul particles can be condensed in a day.

……

Time flows like water, gently passing by.

The next day.

Six full moons float in the sky.

A gentle breeze blew, the sky and earth were dim, the grass and trees swayed, and the roars and howls of beasts and ghosts echoed from time to time.

A wooden house sits atop a small hill.

hum…

Suddenly, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the air trembled, and under the pull of an invisible force, it rushed towards the second floor of the wooden house and poured into the body of a handsome young man dressed in black robes who was sitting cross-legged on a soft couch.

The spiritual energy lasted for a full quarter of an hour before dissipating.

"call…"

Zhu Yu exhaled a long breath, opened his eyes, and felt the warm currents radiating from the thirty streams of spiritual energy residing within the ring of his divine sea. He smiled and said:

"Finally broke through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining..."

His gaze was fixed on himself.

【Zhu Yu】

Age: 18/120

[Spiritual Root: Wood and Earth, "Third Grade"]

[Attributes: Physical Strength 1.7, Spirit 5]

[Cultivation Level: Mid-stage Qi Refining "1%" Characteristic: Erosion]

[Skill: Mastery of the "Basic Visualization Diagram" "45/10000" Characteristics: Focusing the mind, concentrating the spirit]

[Skill: Tier 1, Low Grade: Corpse Control Technique "Beginner 65/100"]

Tier 1 Superior: Cicada Contract (Fragment) "Beginner"

Tier 1, Low Grade: Chewing Gold and Eating Iron (Fragment) "Beginner"

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[Original Destiny: Underworld Yun Yin Sophora japonica]

Breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining brings many changes.

First, the Divine Sea Space has expanded from a radius of more than two feet to a radius of five feet, making it more capable of carrying more space.

The ring, which was originally constructed from 150 divine soul particles, has been replaced by a ring constructed from 300 divine soul particles. It is now more refined, larger, and more effective.

Whether it's absorbing spiritual energy or refining spiritual power, the speed increases several times over, and the refined spiritual power becomes purer and stronger.

Its overall power is more than ten times stronger than before.

Then there's the physical body. Previously, the effects of spiritual energy radiation were almost nonexistent, but now it's back to normal. Every moment, I can feel my flesh, bones, and muscles slowly transforming, becoming more resilient and powerful.

"This is only the mid-stage of Qi Refining..."

Zhu Yu, reflecting on the changes within himself, fell silent for a moment.

No wonder he couldn't even put up a fight against Mang Xiang that day. With his late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, he could suppress him with his powerful and vast spiritual energy without using any spells.

"No rush, there's still a month..."

A sinister glint flashed in Zhu Yu's eyes. He suppressed his distracting thoughts, hesitated for a moment, and then summoned his True Sight to analyze the information.

next moment.

A flood of memories about the technique "chewing gold and eating iron" surged from the depths of his mind.

Half an hour passed.

"call…"

Zhu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his slightly throbbing temples, took a few breaths to calm himself, closed his eyes, concentrated, and sank into his memories.

A gourd-shaped pattern appears, consisting of twelve lines of varying thickness, length, and color.

It is the lineage diagram of the stomach, which is the main part of the "chewing gold and eating iron" method.

Compared to the accessory gastric pouch, the main gastric pouch also involves the esophagus and oral cavity.

at the same time.

All the materials needed to construct the technique appeared one by one.

There are three main materials.

These are the twelve fangs of a first-tier high-grade demonic beast, the "Bloodtooth Shark," the stomach pouch of a mid-grade demonic beast, the "Crimson Flame Lizard," and the esophagus of a low-grade demonic beast, the "Azure Feathered Fish Eagle"...

According to the records of the techniques.

The bloodtooth shark's fangs are as hard as low-grade magic weapons; the gastric juice of the crimson flame lizard's stomach can dissolve iron; and the esophagus of the bluefish osprey is similar to the stomach of the mantis clam, possessing the ability to shrink objects.

It is the best spiritual material for practicing the magic of "chewing gold and eating iron".

Once mastered, its effectiveness is comparable to most mid-grade spells.

Of course, if you are short of money, you can replace it with a less desirable spiritual material, as long as the attributes and effects are compatible.

In addition to the main materials, there are also auxiliary spiritual materials such as the natal spider silk of the high-grade demonic beast Flame Spider and the mid-grade spiritual item Corrosion Water...

"hiss…"

Upon receiving the information, Zhu Yu took a deep breath.

He knew that cultivating the main stomach would definitely not be simple, but he did not expect that it would require three main materials.

He hurriedly took out the heavy book "Treasures of Nature" and flipped through it one by one.

A short while later, it was over.

Zhu Yu put down his book and sighed wistfully, "Indeed, anything becomes worthless when it's abundant..."

In the Heavenly Dao Sect, nothing is more abundant than spirit stones.

After all, every cultivator in the Heavenly Dao Sect is like a walking spirit stone mine; the higher their cultivation level, the more spirit stones and spiritual items they produce.

This has led to extremely high prices.

The main stomach requires three main materials, plus auxiliary materials, which cost nearly 1,500 spirit stones. In addition, the secondary stomach requires approximately 2,000 spirit stones in total to cultivate "chewing gold and eating iron".

This is just a low-grade spell...

"Spells are so hard to master..."

Zhu Yu sighed, then suddenly remembered the "Grass Spirit Technique" he had harvested not long ago. He looked at the stone bottle in the corner of the bed, raised his hand to take it into his palm, and scanned it with his divine sense.

Several days passed, and the extended magic veins of the Grass Spirit Technique curled up into a ball, like a flower bud about to bloom, indicating that it was not far from forming a magic seed.

"Not bad..."

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction, then sensed the spiritual energy content of the spiritual water, put it back, and turned to look at the "Wood Spirit Flower" on the table next to him.

More than ten days have passed.

The Wood Spirit Flower has grown to three inches tall with its branches extending outwards. After being cultivated in spirit soil, it has indeed acquired the aura of the earth element, but it is still far from being cultivated into a spirit plant with both wood and earth attributes.

Zhu Yu rubbed the spiritual soil in the basin and found that it contained almost no spiritual energy. He thought to himself, "I should go to the market..."

The Tiger Corpse Seed Cultivation Elixir needs to be buried in the Starry Sky Corridor. Also, now that we've discovered the Moon Elf, this fat sheep, why wait any longer to fleece her?

Thinking about it, he got up and got out of bed.