Chapter 88: Rebuilding Spiritual Roots and Improving Skills

Chapter 88: Rebuilding Spiritual Roots and Improving Skills

Chapter 88: Rebuilding Spiritual Roots and Improving Skills

Wei Zhong returned to Yunxia Island. His spiritual sense detected a figure in the pavilion on the cliff beside the island, so he dismissed Xie Linghua and the servants around him.

He walked to the pavilion, bowed to the man's back and said:
"Greetings, Senior Tan Tai. Congratulations on your recovery."

Wei Zhong felt the even more powerful aura from Tan Tai Lin and became more and more shocked. This person was indeed not an ordinary Nascent Soul.

"How can a person who can inherit the divine transformation be an ordinary person?"

Tan Tai Lin turned around, revealing a rosy face, no longer as pale as Wei Zhong had seen him before.

His cheeks were full of flesh and blood, and his hands exposed from under his sleeves were no different from those of an ordinary person.

His mental state is that of a normal person.

It should be that after refining those Guiyuan Pills, not only did the other party's cultivation level improve, but the defects on his body were also repaired.

"Wei boy, would you like to go with me to Mangyuan Prefecture?" asked Tan Tai Lin.

Wei Zhong was confused when he heard this, wondering what this man was planning.

However, his current cultivation has not yet reached the Jindan stage, and it is still too dangerous to get involved with these Yuanying cultivators.

Wei Zhong looked embarrassed: "Senior, are you going to look for the Blood Sea Master?"

Tan Tai Lin nodded, and Wei Zhong replied with some embarrassment:
"I am a junior with limited cultivation, so I cannot follow you."

After saying this, Wei Zhong raised his head slightly and looked at the other person, but he could not see any expression on his face.

“Alas, I have heard that there is a tortoise-like foundation-building cultivator in Luohe Mansion who never leaves the main gate and never steps out of the other gate. I never thought it was true.

Do you really want to continue practicing in seclusion like this?"

Just as Wei Zhong was about to answer, Tan Tai Lin teleported to his side and grabbed Wei Zhong's wrist.

“The five elements’ spiritual roots are all of low quality, and there is also some kind of acquired spiritual body, which seems to be the heavy water spiritual body that gathered in the Chamber of Commerce.

The water method I practiced has a solid foundation, but that’s all.”

Tan Tai Lin let go of Wei Zhong's wrist, took a step back and said:
“Haha, you dare to practice in seclusion like this with such talent? With your current foundation, it may not be difficult to practice to the stage of Dan formation, but I am afraid that your cultivation will stagnate in the middle and late stages of Dan formation, and there is no possibility of Nascent Soul Condensation.”

Wei Zhong rubbed his sore wrist, looking a little ugly.

Wei Zhong had a premonition of what Tan Tai Lin said long before he forged the heavy water spirit body.

But now, after hearing the confirmation from a Nascent Soul cultivator, a hint of unwillingness still appeared in his eyes.

Even with the means to exchange lives for kryptonian-level means, Wei Zhong still has enough time to find other variables.

But hearing someone bluntly say that he had low talent and no hope for a career, Wei Zhong still felt a little resentful.

"It seems that my cultivation has nothing to do with you, Senior?"

"Haha, that's quite stubborn. It suits my taste."

Tan Tai Lin did not seem to be angered by Wei Zhong's words. Instead, he turned around and sat back in the pavilion. He turned his head to look at the rolling water in Yunxi River on the edge of the cliff and patted the table:
"Sit down and talk."

Wei Zhong sat down opposite him.

I only heard him say: "Since you have successfully forged a heavy water spirit body, you should understand the disadvantages of this kind of spirit body.

Although this spirit has a promotion path from low to high, it also consumes a lot of resources. It took you many years of refining pills to reach the current Qianjun level. I don't need to say how much money you have consumed in total, right?"

Wei Zhong looked calm: "So what?"

Tan Tai Lin said:
"There are always some things in this world that cannot be exchanged for spirit stones. You should know this very well. For example, the Wanling Water Stone needed to cast the Wanjun Spirit Body later."

Listening to Tan Tai Lin's description, Wei Zhong was shocked. The other party actually knew so much about the method of forging such a spiritual body?

"The maximum number of Wanling Water Stones needed to forge a Wanjun Heavy Water Spirit Body is 360. Can you guess how many I have seen so far in my practice?"

Wei Zhong was stunned. Tan Tai Ling had already raised his hand and made the shape of the character "八".

"Eighty, or... eight?"

Wei Zhong asked uncertainly.

"Haha, eight of course."

Hearing this, Wei Zhong was stunned for a moment.

He had imagined many times before how difficult it was to obtain the All-Spirit Water Stone, but now he heard from a Nascent Soul cultivator in person that after hundreds of years of practice, the number of such spiritual objects he had encountered did not exceed ten fingers. This was far beyond Wei Zhong's imagination.

"How could this happen?"

Wei Zhong's eyes were blank, and he was at a loss for a moment.

Tan Tai Lin was not surprised to see Wei Zhong like this.

“None of the ten thousand year old spiritual objects are easy to find.

Spiritual objects such as the Wanling Water Stone are mostly hidden deep in the water veins that are full of spiritual energy.

For example, this Luohe Mansion has many water veins and is full of spiritual energy. If you have a high level of cultivation, you may be able to find dozens of them in the depths of the water veins.

But that place is a dangerous one. Even though I am now in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, I am not willing to take the risk, let alone you, a small foundation-building cultivator who has not even reached the Jindan stage.

So there is no hope of continuing along the path of the heavy water spirit.

Why do you think the Yunji Chamber of Commerce would put this easy-to-get-started spirit on the market for people to exchange?

To put it bluntly, the Yunji Chamber of Commerce is a business organization after all. If the craftsmen under it die easily of old age, how can they create wealth for it?

Therefore, there is a method of casting spiritual bodies such as heavy water spirit.

It can not only provide a little hope for you skilled craftsmen, but also tie you to the chariot of the Chamber of Commerce and reap the harvest."

Wei Zhong couldn't help but think of the contribution points he had spent on his spiritual body over the years.

I was able to accumulate so quickly because of the share of the spiritual wine.

How long would it take for other guests who don't have such means to continue accepting missions in order to accumulate contribution points?
I'm afraid it will take nearly a hundred years.

“So what if this is the case? This spiritual body method is not fake. It is precisely because of this method that people like me with poor talents can make further progress.

What the Chamber of Commerce has done is simply to put this method in front of cultivators like us.

Those of us who practice this method are not forced to do so, but rather make choices based on our own will," Wei Zhongyan said.

“That’s right, practitioners should be responsible for their own actions.

But I have no intention of slandering the heavy water spirit body. After all, this method can indeed directly reach the immortal body of the heavy water spirit body."

Having said this, Tan Tai Lin put his hands behind his back.

“In the final analysis, the spiritual bodies achieved at the three levels of 100 jin, 1,000 jin, and 10,000 jin are just the preparations for the final refining of one element of heavy water and the achievement of a true heavy water spiritual body.

Only by achieving this kind of spiritual body can you hope to glimpse the true path to immortality."

Tan Tai Lin turned around:
“But a spiritual object like One Element Heavy Water cannot possibly exist in this mortal world where the highest level is just the Divine Transformation.

Therefore, Wei, your cultivation so far has been in vain. It is simply wishful thinking to rely on this method of forging a spiritual body to improve your talent and seek the great way. "

Wei Zhong was stunned, and replied after a moment:

"Why did Senior Tan Tai talk so much to me?"

The latter did not answer, but asked: "Guess what kind of spiritual root qualification I have?"

Wei Zhong pondered for a moment and said, "Since you have been able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage, you must have started with a high-grade spiritual root, or an earth-grade spiritual root, right?"

Tan Tai Lin shook his head:
"No, when I first started practicing, I only had three spiritual roots, and the highest was only a mid-grade water spiritual root."

Wei Zhong was surprised for a moment, and then he asked, "How did a mid-level spiritual root cultivate to this level?"

“This has to start with the technique I practiced.

The martial art I practice is called "Blood Spirit Sutra", which was practiced by Xue Che, who was known as the Blood Venerable, thousands of years ago.

This method is mysterious. You have already seen the art of splitting one's body to take on the responsibility of robbing someone, but this method has another feature, which is that it does not require any talent from the cultivator to practice it.

Because the cultivator's practice of this method does not rely on his own spiritual roots.

But during the practice, there is a secret method to regenerate the blood spiritual roots for the cultivators.

During the practice, you can also use various methods to improve the quality of your spiritual roots, so as to achieve the effect of improving your talent."

Wei Zhong was shocked for a moment when he heard about this miraculous method:

"How is it possible to recreate spiritual roots? If there is such a method, then wouldn't the spiritual roots of cultivators like me become a joke?"

“Haha, how would you know how difficult the process of forging spiritual roots is?

Moreover, there are so many wonderful methods in the world of cultivation, who dares to deny that there is really no method to recreate spiritual roots.

If the spirit body can be forged after birth, why can't the spirit root be forged?"

Wei Zhong suddenly understood:
'Yes, since we can forge a spiritual body, why can't we create a spiritual root?
My own understanding is entirely based on my hundred years of practice experience, and what I have seen is just a small corner of this practice world. How can I use this to deny the existence of the method of recreating spiritual roots?'

"What do you think? Are you interested? As long as you follow me to Mangyuan Mansion to capture the True Lord of Blood Sea, and I collect the complete copy of the "Blood Spirit Sutra", I will pass on this secret method and technique to you," said Tan Tai Lin.

Wei Zhong looked up at the other party with a puzzled look on his face:
"Why me? There is no causal relationship between the junior and the senior. I wonder why the senior treated me like this?"

Tan Tai Lin sat down and pushed a cup of spiritual tea in front of Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong looked at the snake-shaped tea leaves in the cup, but ultimately couldn't drink it.

"Look at how cautious you are. You look just like me, but I am different from you."

Tan Tai Lin drank the spiritual tea in the cup and continued:
"Although I am cautious, I cannot bear to be bullied or humiliated. If anyone bullies or humiliates me, I will make him pay back a hundredfold.

It is precisely because of this kind of character and the help of the "Blood Spirit Sutra" that I have been able to practice until now.

I am just attracted to you. This desire to seek the truth is stronger than most of the monks I have seen.

And even though he heard that his fate was uncertain, he did not despair at all. Instead, he was unyielding and stubborn, and still planned to go down this path. I am very optimistic about you."

Wei Zhong was silent. The reason why he had such an attitude was, of course, because he had the means to prolong his life and he had nothing to fear.

“After practicing for hundreds of years, I am no longer a three-year-old child.

Senior, you just gave me a divine power because I had a slight liking for you. Is this reason not convincing to me?"

"Not bad, not bad. This level of spiritual practice requires a clear mind. There are not so many pies in the world waiting for people to pick up.

I'll just say it straight.

If I still cannot make up for the flaws of the method after I get the Half-Step Incomplete Sutra from the Blood Sea True Lord, you have to help me."

"How can a junior with mediocre cultivation help a senior?"

Tan Tai Lin stared into Wei Zhong's eyes and said, "Refine the elixir."

"If even the complete method cannot solve the hidden danger, you can help me refine the elixir, help me refine the Blood Sea True Lord, and use it to make up for the deficiency in my body."

Wei Zhong was so shocked by what he said that he was speechless.

How did the idea of ​​refining a Yuanying Zhenjun into elixir to complete his body come about?
"Senior, you think too highly of me. How can I be able to refine this kind of elixir? You should look for someone else. A fourth-level or fifth-level alchemist is more reliable than me," Wei Zhong replied, shaking his head.

"Don't be so hasty to refuse. Since I have chosen you, I will give you time to continue your cultivation. There is no need to rush to refine the sea of ​​blood. It won't be too late until I reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."

Wei Zhong still shook his head: "Senior, are you so sure that with the 'big pill' of True Lord Xuehai, you can make up for the shortcomings of your cultivation method?"

"Since I have said this, I am certainly confident.

Other cultivation methods may not have this effect, but the Blood Spirit Sutra is different.

After refining those Guiyuan Pills, I clearly felt that there is a complementary relationship between the cultivators who practice this method.

Although it is a blood-based method, it is more sinister than those magic-based methods."

After saying this, he seemed to be worried that Wei Zhong might have the wrong idea.

"But you don't have to worry. I won't train you after I teach you the skills. I don't think highly of your level of cultivation."

Wei Zhong breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, what do you think?
I am probably the only one in this world who has this method of recreating spiritual roots. If you miss it, you will lose it.”

Wei Zhong looked like he was struggling.

'It would be a lie to say that I am not tempted by this method. It is a method of recreating spiritual roots. It is no exaggeration to say that it can defy fate and change one's destiny.

Moreover, since it is possible to recreate blood spiritual roots, are there similar means to create other spiritual roots?

Wei Zhong traveled here through time and space. He has an active mind and although his experience in the way of immortals may not be as good as those senior masters, he is very bold in thinking.

First there was the Taoism of Time which consumed one's lifespan to improve one's cultivation, and later there was the "Blood Spirit Scripture" which recreated one's spiritual roots.

Is there any other method to forge spiritual roots? '

Wei Zhong couldn't help but think of the "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art" he was practicing. Refining water, refining water, what kind of water is this technique refining?

After practicing to this point, apart from the [Taoism of Time], the strength of the "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art" is not as high as he imagined.

It seems that there is nothing special about the main body of the technique. The spiritual power is strong and has a heavy nature, but there are no other characteristics.

Bai He also said that this method has a great origin, so it definitely would not have just this much power.

Could it be that the Qi Refining to Spiritualization part of the technique that Bai He obtained was also incomplete? Or was the mystery in the subsequent Void Refining, Combination, and even Mahayana parts?

Wei Zhong's thoughts were wandering, but Tan Tai Lin was not in a hurry and waited quietly for Wei Zhong's reply.

"Hey, Senior, can you give me some more time? I will accompany you after I have achieved the Dan Formation."

Tan Tai Lin replied:

"Yes. Anyway, that fellow Xuehai Zhenjun has been missing for so long, I am not in a hurry.

I will give you twenty years. If you cannot enter the Jindan stage during this period, then I will have to assume that you have rejected this deal."

After leaving these words, Tan Tai Lin turned around and disappeared without a trace, turning into a puff of blood smoke.

Even with Wei Zhong's powerful spiritual awareness at the moment, he couldn't figure out how the other party avoided the formation and left.

Wei Zhong sighed and returned to the cave to go into deep seclusion.

The appearance of Tan Tai Lin disrupted Wei Zhong's original plan.

Originally, Wei Zhong planned to go to Yunzhou City or other provincial cities to look for the Wanling Water Stone after he was promoted to the Jindan stage.

But the other party's words about the rarity of this kind of spiritual object made Wei Zhong change his plans.

Since the other party invited Wei Zhong to accompany him with secret techniques and skills, then let's go.

However, before that, Wei Zhong still needs to advance to the Jindan stage. After that, he can rely on the [Taoism of Time] to obtain a short period of Nascent Soul cultivation, so that he will have some self-protection ability among Nascent Soul cultivators.

Even if you can't win, no one can stop you if you want to run.

Wei Zhong entered a state of practice.

One year later, the proficiency of the second-level magic Black Water Spirit Robe reached master level.

At this moment, the Black Water Spiritual Robe is not only not restricted by various shape changes, but can also incorporate the innate magic weapon Yuanshuizhu into it.

The addition of the Yuanshui beads is like inserting a core into the Black Water Spiritual Robe, greatly increasing the defensive strength of the Black Water Spiritual Robe.

Wei Zhong looked down at his body.

Now Wei Zhong is wrapped in the Black Water Spirit Robe, which forms a black armor outside Wei Zhong's body.

The Yuanshuizhu was currently located on Wei Zhong's chest, guiding the flow of the spiritual power of the Black Water Spiritual Robe.

He took out a second-tier magic sword and chopped it hard on the black armor, only to hear a bang.

This attack caused ripples of spiritual energy to appear on the surface of the black armor, but they were instantly dissipated.

He activated the wood thorn technique on the magic sword again, and a two-foot-long wooden thorn pierced the Black Water Spiritual Robe, but it only penetrated half a finger's length.

Moreover, it took Wei Zhong only a blink of an eye for the Black Water Spirit Robe to expel the wooden thorns, and the surface was restored to its original state.

What was consumed was only part of the spiritual power in Wei Zhong's body.

Wei Zhong was overjoyed by the changes in the Black Water Spiritual Robe. He never expected that it would have such powerful properties after reaching the master level.

Moreover, the spiritual clothing's ability to change freely has not been lost. It can still be transformed into spiritual shields, long gowns and other items, and at the same time is blessed by the Yuan Water Pearls.

After carefully experimenting with the new properties of the Black Water Spiritual Robe, Wei Zhong put this method aside.

A golden spiritual flame emerged from his hand, and he began to work hard to improve his proficiency in refining the weapon.

Three years later, Wei Zhong's third-level weapon refining technique reached the mastery level.

Wei Zhong began to refine a second-order seven-color golden bamboo umbrella with ten second-order golden thunder bamboos, and was half successful.

When the fifth treasure umbrella was refined, Wei Zhong's second-level magic Golden Flame simultaneously entered the level of proficiency.

Now the spiritual power required to perform this method has been further reduced. Wei Zhong can use even less spiritual power to upgrade it to the third level for refining equipment.

At the same time, the stability of the flame has also been greatly improved. Wei Zhong can already condense it into a fire bomb and throw it out, but he cannot yet launch it using the throwing technique.

It will take time to combine the two techniques.

After the flame on his hand dissipated, Wei Zhong took out a thousand-year-old golden thunder bamboo and planned to officially start refining the third-level seven-color golden bamboo umbrella.

Wei Zhong took out the refining jade slip he got from Ling Hua, browsed through it again, and memorized the refining details mentioned in it in his mind.

When he had a clear idea in his mind, Wei Zhong took out the younger golden thunder bamboo, as well as the spiritual silk and other auxiliary spiritual materials, and began to formally refine...

(End of this chapter)