Cultivation begins with forming a bond with a spirit bee.

Chapter 71 Blood-Melting Body Forging Technique

With the completion of the Strong Endurance talent buff.

Unlike before, this time Qu Ye clearly felt changes in his physical body.

But this change is not drastic, like a shallow stream, nourishing things silently.

Qu Ye tried casting a dust-removing spell, then silently sensed the changes in the consumption of his mana.

"It has indeed decreased by about 20%."

He nodded in satisfaction.

With his current total mana, he can unleash about thirty Sharp Gold Spikes.

Now that he has the talent for endurance, he can cast seven to eight more spells.

These extra spells might just be the key to turning the tide of the battle!

As for strengthening physical endurance.

Most of the improvements are subtle, such as being less prone to fatigue, which cannot be clearly verified in a short period of time.

In short, the Strong Endurance talent did not significantly improve Qu Ye's combat power.

But it can greatly enhance Qu Ye's combat endurance and survivability!

After calming his somewhat agitated emotions, Qu Ye put Red Hare's corpse into his spirit beast pouch.

The spirit beast pouch can actually be used to store spirit items.

However, compared to storage bags, spirit beast bags cannot prevent the loss of spiritual energy from spirits, so they can only be used as an emergency measure.

Then, Qu Ye's figure flickered and disappeared from the spot.

An hour later, it got dark.

Inside a wide natural cave.

Qu Ye was sitting cross-legged, slowly recovering his magical power.

Once his magical power had fully recovered, he opened his eyes and took out the storage bag that Hou Ming and the other man treasured.

"I wonder what might be inside."

After thinking it over, he probed his storage bag with his divine sense and began to examine each item one by one.

The first thing that catches the eye is a pile of low-grade spirit stones.

Wow, so many?

Qu Ye counted them carefully, and there were a total of two hundred and thirty-seven pieces!

If it were Qu Ye, who was in the early stage of Qi Refining, it would take him twenty-three years of not eating or drinking to accumulate this amount of spirit stones.

And the storage bag naturally contains more than just spirit stones.

Qu Ye searched again and found a mid-grade magic weapon and a low-grade magic weapon.

There were no talismans left, and only two Yuan-Boosting Pills remained.

That makes sense. Hou Ming had been on the run for so many days, it would be difficult for him to have any consumables like pills and talismans left.

Having two Yuan-Boosting Pills is already an unexpected bonus.

Finally, he looked at the three jade slips in the storage bag.

"These...could they be—"

Qu Ye picked up one of the jade slips and pressed it against his forehead to examine it.

Several powerful and ancient characters appeared first:

"The Ancient Tree Spirit Manual".

His gaze sharpened slightly, and his divine sense continued to scan downwards.

This cultivation method is divided into two volumes: the first volume corresponds to the Qi Refining stage, and the second volume corresponds to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The complexity of the wood-elemental magical power circulation path and the exquisite method of condensing the wood seed in the dantian recorded in it far surpassed the metal-refining technique he practiced.

A moment later, Qu Ye put down the jade slip and let out a long breath.

This technique is not compatible with his magical attributes, making it quite difficult to switch to it, and it is also not well integrated with his combat system.

However, Qu Ye also benefited greatly from the many unique ways in which magic was operated.

Moreover, Qu Ye previously only knew that breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage required overcoming three barriers: the barrier of magical power, the barrier of physical body, and the barrier of the soul.

However, he only had a vague understanding of what constituted a successful breakthrough and how to actually do it.

After all, the Grinding Gold Technique can only be cultivated to the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining, and there are very few records of information on Foundation Establishment.

Through the information recorded in this ancient wood spirit manual, he finally gained a comprehensive understanding of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Magic Power Barrier: When magical power gathers like thick clouds and is about to liquefy, the barrier is considered successfully broken.

The physical body is the barrier, and the pressure increases dramatically when magical power forms clouds. As long as you can withstand it and use the power of your physical body to completely suppress the magical power in your dantian, you will have succeeded.

The Soul Pass is the most mysterious and dangerous one.

When a cultivator breaks through to the Foundation Establishment stage, their spiritual consciousness in the Qi Refining stage undergoes a transformation. Once the transformation is successful, it can begin to influence physical objects, and the coverage area will also increase dramatically.

If any one of the barriers is not overcome, at best the meridians will be severed and all cultivation will be lost; at worst, one will die on the spot.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is so precious because it can not only increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment by 25%, but also protect the meridians even if the breakthrough is unsuccessful, giving the cultivator a second chance.

After breaking through all three barriers, the foundation building is successfully completed.

He transformed spiritual energy into liquid, rode the wind and enjoyed a lifespan of 240 years!

After carefully putting away the jade slip containing the Ancient Wood Spirit Technique, Qu Ye picked up two other jade slips to examine them.

One of the two jade slips records another cultivation technique called "Azure Flame Transformation Technique". This technique can only be cultivated up to the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and its sophistication is slightly inferior to "Ancient Wood Spirit Ginseng Technique".

The last jade slip contains a rare body-refining method.

Unlike the common Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique, this body-cultivating method follows the pure path of refining essence, emphasizing dietary supplementation.

"Blood Melting Body Forging Technique"

Qu Ye's eyes flashed, and he began to carefully examine its contents.

According to the jade slip, practicing this technique requires consuming large amounts of demon beast meat and refining its blood and essence using a special method, which can gradually increase the strength of the physical body.

The downside is that progress is extremely slow, and it can only refine the essence of flesh and blood; other spiritual objects are not very useful.

Furthermore, this technique only has three levels, and one can only cultivate it to the point where it is comparable to a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, after which there is no further path to advancement.

"That's pretty good too."

Qu Ye was not disappointed at all. He carefully put it away and prepared to start cultivating once he had settled down.

He doesn't need to cultivate to a very high level; he only needs to increase his physical strength to alleviate some of the pressure on his physical body.

Moreover, he still had a lot of monster meat on his body that he hadn't touched. In the past, apart from satisfying his cravings, it could only increase his magical power by a negligible amount.

Now that we have body-refining techniques, we can say that we're making the best use of them.

After checking all the items, Qu Ye put down the storage bag.

The three techniques are of great importance, and cannot be revealed until one's strength is sufficient.

Fortunately, there were still more than two hundred spirit stones.

With these spirit stones, I won't have to worry about a lack of spirit resources for a long time.

After thinking it over, Qu Ye closed his eyes, circulated the Iron-Refining Technique, and continued to meditate and regulate his breathing.

Soon, the night passed.

The next morning, Qu Ye got up and left the cave. After checking the map, he continued on to Wuliufang City.

He stopped in his tracks as he passed a mountain stream filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.

This mountain stream is deserted, with a stream flowing through it, nourishing the trees and flowers.

Reaching the depths of the mountain stream, Qu Ye came to a pear tree in full bloom.

He dug a large pit under the tree and took out the corpse of Red Hare from the spirit beast bag.

After removing some sideburns and placing them in a wooden box as a keepsake, he buried the body in a pit.

At the same time, he took out a concealment talisman, injected magic power to activate it, and completely concealed Red Hare's aura.

This will prevent other monsters from smelling the Red Hare and digging it out to eat.

After doing all that, he stood silently for a while.

Before leaving, Qu Ye looked around, memorized the location, withdrew his gaze, and walked out of the ravine without looking back.

Next.

He continued on for several more hours, crossed a hillside, and finally saw the outline of the building in the distance.

We've arrived at Wuliufang Market!

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