73: Chapter 73: Cultivation Techniques and Elixir Recipes

Returning to his residence, Xiao Yuan closed the door and set up a simple warning Formation before letting out a breath of relief.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, and with a thought, he took out Liu Shan's Storage Pouch from the Creation Cauldron Space.

"Let me see what treasures are inside..."

As his Divine Sense probed in, his eyes instantly lit up!

The Storage Pouch space was not small, and neatly stacked inside were several piles of Spirit Stones—about twenty to thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and four to five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!

There were also a few bottles of Medicinal Pills, several High Grade Spiritual Artifacts, and a few rolls of Jade Slips.

Xiao Yuan ignored the Spirit Stones for now and directly picked up those rolls of Jade Slips.

One of the Jade Slips was the "Blood Shadow Demonic Classic"!

His Divine Sense probed in, and he roughly scanned through it, becoming more pleasantly surprised the more he read.

This Cultivation Technique was far stronger than the "Yinsha Demonic Technique" obtained from that fake Protector previously!

Although it could likewise only Cultivate up to Peak Foundation Establishment, the content was much more detailed, and furthermore...

Although it similarly required absorbing the power of Evil Qi to Cultivate, it did not need to devour the vital blood of living people!

The core of the "Blood Shadow Demonic Classic" was to Cultivate using the Evil Qi and dark-attribute energy between Heaven and Earth, such as extremely yin places, places rich in Evil Qi, or the moonlight essence of the night.

Although the speed was a bit slower than devouring vital blood, its advantage lay in safety; it would not cause Qi Deviation, nor would it turn one into a bloodthirsty Devil Head.

What made Xiao Yuan even more envious was that this Cultivation Technique also recorded two Divine Abilities!

Burning Blood Fierce Flame Burst: Burn one's own vital blood to erupt with a strike far exceeding one's own Realm!

The more vital blood burned, the stronger the power.

It could even unleash a strike higher by a major Realm, which could be used as a trump card at critical moments!

Blood Spirit Escape: Burn vital blood to instantly escape a hundred miles away!

A life-saving divine skill!

As long as there was enough vital blood, the higher the cultivation, the stronger the erupted might.

"Damn, what a good thing!" Xiao Yuan's eyes shone. "Especially this Blood Spirit Escape, it's practically tailor-made for me!"

Although burning vital blood would damage Origin Qi, it was still better than dying.

He forcefully suppressed the urge to Cultivate immediately and picked up the second roll of Jade Slip.

Five large characters were shockingly written on it— "earth-grade foundation establishment pill Formula"!

Xiao Yuan took a deep breath, and his Divine Sense probed in.

Then, he was completely stunned.

The opening sentence of the Pill Formula:

"Using the Cultivator's Spiritual Root as the main medicine, the Cultivator's vital blood as auxiliary medicine, and supplemented by thirty-six kinds of Spirit Medicines to refine it."

The corners of Xiao Yuan's mouth twitched.

Main medicine... Spiritual Root?

Auxiliary medicine... vital blood?

This fucking thing was using human lives for Alchemy!

He continued to read down, and the more he read, the more alarmed he became.

A single earth-grade foundation establishment pill required a number of Cultivator Spiritual Roots that depended on the quality of the Spiritual Roots!

Low Grade Spiritual Root: Over thirty people!

Medium Grade Spiritual Root: Ten to fifteen people!

High Grade Spiritual Root: Three to six people!

Top-Grade Spiritual Root: Just one person is enough!

And the effect of the Medicinal Pill!

Foundation Establishment success rate: Eighty percent for Low Grade Spiritual Root, ninety percent for Medium Grade Spiritual Root, and a sure thing for High Grade Spiritual Root!

After a successful Foundation Establishment, the quality of the Spiritual Root would improve!

Low Grade could rise above Medium Grade, Medium Grade could rise above High Grade, and High Grade had a chance to rise to Top-Grade!

What was even more terrifying was!

This kind of Medicinal Pill was equally effective for Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

After taking it, one could continue to improve the quality of the Spiritual Root, thereby increasing the chance of condensing a Golden Core!

If enough were taken, theoretically, one could condense a Golden Core one hundred percent!

At this moment, Xiao Yuan finally understood why the Yinsha Cult refined this kind of foundation establishment pill; they were not doing it to improve the cultivation of their subordinate cult members.

Rather, it was to Cultivate Golden Core powerhouses.

Behind the Pill Formula, there was also a discussion about "Spiritual Root Affinity Value":

"The quality of the Spiritual Root is not in the number of Spiritual Roots, but in the Spiritual Root's affinity for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. The extreme number for the affinity value is nine."

"Single-attribute top-grade Spiritual Roots, or top-grade variant Spiritual Roots (wind, thunder, ice, etc.), have an initial affinity value between seven and nine."

"Dual-attribute Spiritual Roots have an initial affinity value of six to seven."

"Triple-attribute Spiritual Roots, four to six."

"Quad-attribute Spiritual Roots, three to five."

"Five-attribute Spiritual Roots, one to three."

"The higher the Spiritual Root affinity value, the faster the Cultivation speed!"

"The Spiritual Root affinity value can be increased through Cultivation, but the extent of the increase is limited. However, the earth-grade foundation establishment pill can break this restriction, and can even allow the affinity value to break through the extreme number of nine, reaching the ten-fold limit break!"

After reading it, Xiao Yuan was speechless for a long time.

He finally understood why his Cultivation speed was slow; it wasn't just because Cultivating only one path with the Five Elements Spiritual Root would act like a funnel.

Rather, it was because the Spiritual Root affinity value was too low, and the speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was too slow.

No wonder others could raise a minor Realm with a single marrow cleansing pill, while he needed dozens, or even hundreds.

No wonder this Medicinal Pill was called "earth-grade"; its effects were simply Heaven-Defying!

Could such a Medicinal Pill not be called an earth-grade Foundation Establishment?

Calling it a heaven-grade Foundation Establishment would not be an exaggeration at all!

He withdrew his Divine Sense, his thoughts stirred slightly, and he began to introspect his own Spiritual Roots.

The Five Elements Rotation Formation base slowly rotated in his Dantian, the five Spiritual Roots being independent yet interdependent.

He concentrated on checking the light emitted by the Spiritual Roots—that was the manifestation of the Spiritual Root affinity value.

The "earth-grade foundation establishment pill Formula" recorded the method of checking: the richer the light of the Spiritual Root, the higher the affinity value.

One could roughly judge the value based on the concentration of the light.

Xiao Yuan carefully distinguished it.

Metal Spiritual Root: The light is rich, approximately... around five.

Wood Spiritual Root: Also around five.

Water Spiritual Root: Five.

Fire Spiritual Root: Five.

Earth Spiritual Root: Five.

"All of them are five?" Xiao Yuan was stunned.

According to the Pill Formula, the initial affinity value of a five-attribute Spiritual Root should be between one and three!

Having Cultivated for so long, his Spiritual Root affinity value had increased?

"Is it because of Cultivating the Five Elements simultaneously? Or because of the Five Elements Rotation Formation base?" Xiao Yuan thought thoughtfully.

He separated the five Spiritual Roots, Cultivating them independently, and made them generate and restrict each other through the Five Elements Rotation.

This was equivalent to turning a trash Spiritual Root into five Medium Grade Spiritual Roots!

"No wonder my Cultivation speed is not slow, and my spiritual power is even thicker than those of the same stage..." Xiao Yuan muttered, "So the affinity value has increased!"

He looked at the Pill Formula in his hand, a light of excitement flashing in his eyes.

Although this Pill Formula was unorthodox, its effects were too tempting.

"However, using the Spiritual Roots of living people for Alchemy..." He frowned, "I can't bring myself to do it."

But on second thought, he smiled again.

"I have the creation cauldron! Maybe I can improve the Pill Formula, remove those unorthodox things, and keep the effects?"

However, the energy of the creation cauldron had bottomed out, and there was temporarily no way to condense and upgrade the Cultivation Technique and Pill Formula.

He could only put the Pill Formula and the "Blood Shadow Demonic Classic" together into the Creation Cauldron Space.

Right now, he could only wait until the energy of the creation cauldron was replenished before he could condense and upgrade the Pill Formula.

He stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the night sky.

Luo Ziyan had already escaped, and he didn't know what the situation was like now.

Without accurate news, he could only be like a headless fly.

Judging from the current situation, Luo Ziyan either... had fallen!

Otherwise, why would no one from the Sect come over to this stronghold?!

But as soon as this thought arose, he suppressed it.

Thinking of that ill-fated girl, his heart was full of heartache.

He did not believe Luo Ziyan had fallen, or perhaps she might have run into some trouble and couldn't get away.

And now, all he could do was continue asking around.

If he really couldn't find out anything, he would just have to make a trip to the Tianyuan Secret Realm first and talk about it then!

Just as Xiao Yuan stood up, preparing to go out and sign up at Wanbao Pavilion, his expression suddenly changed.