General of the Heavens

Chapter 89 The Essential Techniques of the Netherworld Elixir [Seeking Recommendations]

"Ding! The lottery has ended. Congratulations on winning the secret technique: The 100% Guaranteed Breast Binding Removal for Female Assassins! The reward has been sent. Please use it with caution."

Ning Chen: "..."

Is this a fake system? Or is it just weird? What kind of crappy skills are these? What would Ning Chen, a grown man, need these skills for?

Can't we just let them untie it themselves?

"Hilarious!" There's also a semi-random system lottery, but Ning Chen doesn't plan to participate. He might not have much luck today, so he'll wait until tomorrow or the day after to try his luck again.

There is a time difference between the various worlds and the main world; roughly, one month in the various worlds is equivalent to one day in the main world.

Ning Chen spent about three months in the world of Antique Bureau, while only three days had passed in the main world. Fortunately, the Angry Chicken hadn't gotten too thin from starvation.

On the contrary, Ning Chen thought the chicken looked like it had gotten even fatter. He walked over and casually picked up the Angry Sun Chicken to weigh it in his hand.

"You silly chicken, how many snacks have you eaten?!" You don't realize how much it weighs until you lift it up—it's about 25 or 26 pounds!

This guy has lumps of fat all over his body. If he were to encounter a six-winged centipede again, he would probably be knocked out in three to five rounds.

Ning Chen couldn't let the Angry Rooster go astray, so he threw away all of its snacks and bought a dog leash from Meituan Convenience Store, planning to take it for a walk that evening.

After taking a cold shower, Ning Chen felt much more refreshed. He then took out the "Essential Techniques of the Underworld Elixir" and found that it was indeed a secret manual similar to the "Boxing Manual".

However, "The Essentials of the Dark Elixir" is an internal alchemy technique that explains how to cultivate an internal elixir that combines the cultivation of body and spirit.

"This is good stuff!"

Ning Chen finally perked up a bit. Golden Core! If he could cultivate this thing, would he be able to fly and disappear into the earth and do anything?

There's a saying that goes, "Once you swallow a golden elixir, your fate is in your own hands, not in the heavens." Taoist masters who pursue immortality are all cultivating their inner elixir.

"But why is this book called 'The Essentials of the Dark Elixir'? Shouldn't it be called 'The Essentials of the Golden Elixir'? Let me take a look... Ah! Holy crap!"

As it turns out, Ning Chen had been watching too much Journey to the West. After swallowing a golden pill, he declared, "My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens." He was cultivating the Golden Core Dao.

The "Essential Techniques of the Underworld Elixir" differs from the Golden Elixir Dao. It emphasizes cultivating an Underworld Elixir. The cultivation of an inner elixir by a living person is called the Yang Elixir, while the condensation of an inner elixir by a dead person is called the Yin Elixir.

The Nether Elixir exists between Yin and Yang, and is a fusion of Yin and Yang. The "Essential Techniques of the Nether Elixir" involves absorbing the energy of the dead from the body of a living person to condense a Nether Elixir.

Ordinary Taoists cultivate Yang Dan (a type of elixir) in pursuit of immortality. Those practicing unorthodox or heretical methods, however, typically seek to become zombies after death and refine Yin Dan, thus pursuing a different kind of resurrection.

The Yin Dan method is bizarre and dangerous. Even if one transforms into a zombie and achieves a kind of resurrection, all memories of one's previous life will be lost, leaving only an immortal physical shell.

What's the point then?

Whether cultivating the Yang Dan can grant immortality is debatable, but for zombies, as long as they condense their inner core, and unless they encounter a powerful figure like Ning Chen wielding modern weapons, achieving immortality is not difficult.

The zombies in Ping Mountain have lived for thousands of years. If Ning Chen hadn't smashed their heads and extracted their inner cores, they would definitely still be alive and well.

As for "The Essentials of the Underworld Elixir," in Ning Chen's view, it was practically a theoretical internal alchemy technique. Imagine if one could cultivate a zombie internal elixir with the body of a living person, wouldn't that offer the hope of achieving immortality?

Therefore, the author of this book called this kind of inner core the Nether Core. The most important thing in building the Nether Core is a large amount of death energy and yin energy. If there is a ready-made zombie inner core, that would be even better, as this thing is a great tonic that can be directly absorbed.

However, the author of this book spent his entire life trying to find a single zombie core. In the end, he could only work as a coroner for the government, examining corpses and relying on contact with the dead to absorb a small amount of death energy to cultivate his Netherworld Core.

Unfortunately, it ultimately failed.

Even so, thanks to the "Essential Techniques of the Underworld Elixir," this person lived to be over 140 years old, an astonishingly long lifespan.

After browsing through the "Essential Techniques of the Underworld Elixir," Ning Chen's eyebrows twitched wildly. It seemed that this manual was tailor-made for him!

Who has a better chance of coming into contact with the dead than him? Not only the dead, but also all kinds of zombies. That author spent his whole life searching for a single zombie core, but Ning Chen now has two.

He's the Tomb Raider General!

However, upon further reflection, Ning Chen felt somewhat helpless. He realized that he was destined to be a tomb raider for the rest of his life, even though he had originally wanted to be an honest man.

With nothing else to do, Ning Chen tried to cultivate the Nether Pill. The "Essential Techniques of the Nether Pill" states that the fastest way to cultivate the Nether Pill is to directly absorb the inner core of a zombie.

This absorption method does not involve directly consuming the zombie's inner core. Instead, it involves placing the inner core in the palm of one's hand, turning it upside down over the dantian, and covering it with the other hand. Then, following the method described in "The Essentials of the Underworld Elixir," the core is slowly absorbed.

Generally speaking, the absorption time varies depending on the quality of the zombie's inner core; the higher the quality of the inner core, the longer the absorption time.

Ning Chen tried cultivating for a whole day, but basically, there was no change at all. It was not as comfortable as standing in the Three-Body Stance for a whole day.

After thinking it over, Ning Chen decided to cultivate the Dark Elixir at night and practice Xingyi Quan during the day. Recently, he has been studying the methods for breaking through to the Transformation Realm in the boxing manual. Ning Chen estimated that he was only one opportunity away from breaking through to the Transformation Realm.

Whether it's a fierce battle or something else, it can't be forced. Cultivation can't be rushed, because those who are impatient and restless often develop inner demons.

"Come on, Mr. Chicken, let's go for a walk!"

As evening approached, Ning Chen indeed put a dog leash on the angry-eyed rooster and forcibly dragged the big fat rooster out.

As evening fell, people hurried by, many taking walks or walking their dogs. Ning Chen, leading an extra-large rooster for a stroll, attracted a lot of attention…

Several older men even came to ask Ning Chen if he sold chickens. They said the price was negotiable, and they mainly wanted to make a soup to nourish their bodies...

Ning Chen naturally refused. What a joke! He was actually planning to make soup. The hen he ordered online was almost here, and he was just waiting for the Angry Sun Chicken to breed with them and lay eggs.

After wandering around for a while, Ning Chen returned home, sat cross-legged on the bed, shirtless, with a zombie inner core in his right palm, which he then placed on his dantian, and covered it with his left hand.

A day passes in the blink of an eye.

After two cultivation sessions, his energy and spirit were abundant, and the zombie's inner core had also changed slightly, its color becoming lighter; it used to be a deep blue.

The task is arduous and the road ahead is long, but Ning Chen has no shortage of time. He will take it slow. Just because the author of "The Essentials of the Dark Elixir" couldn't do something doesn't mean Ning Chen can't.

When it comes to dealing with the dead, Ning Chen is a professional.

In the morning, as the sun was just rising in the east, the streets were sparsely populated. Ning Chen opened his shop as usual to receive customers, even though he couldn't make a single sale in three to five days.

However, when he opened the door, he found a woman standing outside. She was fair-skinned, beautiful, and curvaceous. It was Su Yi, who had helped him earlier.

"Why did you only just open your shop? I sent you a WeChat message but you didn't reply. Let me in and have a seat for a while."

She was probably tired of waiting and planned to go inside the store to rest for a while. Ning Chen subconsciously pulled Su Yi's arm, intending to ask the woman what she was doing there.

However, when Ning Chen touched Su Yi's arm, there was a loud cracking sound, as if something indescribable had opened.

Su Yi: "..."

Ning Chen's eyebrows twitched wildly, but he remained outwardly calm while his heart was in turmoil. This was truly a 100% guaranteed solution!

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