160: Body Refinement

Fortunately, his current Bloodline was that of a Medium Grade Spirit Beast, a Serpent, and his mind contained some inherited information. Although it wasn't much, finding a Body Refining Cultivation Technique was easy. The name of this technique was very common, called "Scale Armor Art."

It didn't sound particularly profound, but it was created by a Senior of the Dragon Clan for their subordinate races to practice. The king of scale armor was the Dragon Clan. When practiced to the limit, one's scales could become dragon scales, and the strength of the Physical Body would increase exponentially.

However, this technique was indeed a bit obscure and difficult to understand. Looking at it gave him a bit of a headache, so he could only use the simulator to quickly reach the entry level.

He immediately began the Simulation. This time, he decided beforehand that all actions in the simulator would be dedicated to practicing this technique. After three full Simulations, he finally achieved Minor Achievement in the Scale Armor Art. A dragon scale appeared on his body, and his physical strength increased several times over. He believed he was fully capable of digesting these results this time.

After simulating four times in a short period, his Attribute Panel had undergone significant changes.

【Name: Gu Yuchuan.】

【Race: Green Snake.】

【Bloodline: Medium Grade Spirit Beast: Serpent.】

【Talents: Beginner Invisibility; Poison Fang Enhancement; Level Two Devour; Intermediate Water Control; Clone; Soaring on Clouds and Riding the Mist; Artifact Refining Master.】

【Innate Divine Abilities: Green Scale Armor, Ink Profound Spiritual Light, Poison Mist, Heavenly Profound Heavy Water, Dragon Awe, Earthly Fiend Divine Ability: Golden Light Incantation, Lightning Control.】

【Cultivation: Demon General Ninth Layer (Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment).】

【Simulation Count: 2】

【divine dragon points: 655】

【Karma: 100 (lesser thousand world merit)】

【Luck: child of destiny candidate.】

【Faction: Bright Stream (Flood Dragon Palace)】

【Faction Rank: Third-rate】

【Faction Wealth: Two Spirit Springs, three rivers, two Miniature Spirit Stone Mines (20 Spirit Stones daily), one Miniature Green Jade Mine (10 pieces daily), one Miniature White Jade Mine (10 pieces daily), one Linlang Pavilion.】

【Disciple: Two-Tailed Spirit Fox Hu Mingyu (Low-grade Spirit Beast. Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivation)】

【Subordinates: White Jade Koi Bai Li (Mid-grade Demon Beast. Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivation); Half-Demon Fox Demon Bai Ming (Low-Grade Demonic Beast, Qi Refining Eighth Layer cultivation); Five-Colored Clam Pei Yu (Low-Grade Demonic Beast, Foundation Establishment First Layer cultivation); Crucian Carp Song Chuan (Mortal Beast, Fifth Level of Qi Refining cultivation); Spirit Fish Yu Qiu (High-grade Demon Beast, Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivation); Spirit Fish Yu Dong (High-grade Demon Beast, Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivation); Spirit Fish Yu Linglong (High-grade Demon Beast, Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivation. First-rank Mid-grade Alchemist); Fox Demon Hu Mingxin (Low-Grade Demonic Beast, Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivation).】

The changes were truly quite significant. First was the change in territory; after adding two more rivers, the Spirit Stone Mines increased, and a white jade mine was added. These were all sources of wealth; though not much, they would slowly accumulate into a great fortune.

Second was the change in his subordinates' cultivation. With the help of his massive resources, his subordinates could now hold their own. Not only was there Pei Yu with a Purple Mansion Dao Foundation presiding, but there were also several Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators below her, and further down were Disciples with Spirit Beast Bloodlines. The entire power structure and potential of the Flood Dragon Palace had taken shape; now it just needed to develop slowly.

After reviewing all this, Gu Yuchuan finally stretched his back. He was indeed a bit tired and needed a good rest. The gains from this seclusion were substantial, and now he just had to wait for the dragon gate selection to arrive.

The next day, he woke up much later than usual. Although the simulator was very useful, everything had its price, and the simulator was no exception; it was very taxing on his Mental Energy. Simulating four times in a row had placed a heavy burden on his mind. A sound night's sleep had helped him recover quite a bit.

He remembered to recite the Golden Light Incantation twenty times before getting up. Nowadays, his daily recitation of the Golden Light Incantation had become a mandatory task, a habit he had formed. This good habit would surely allow the Golden Light Incantation to slowly become even more powerful in the future. An Earthly Fiend Divine Ability could serve as a trump card for a lifetime.

Now, there were only a few days left before the selection tournament began. There wasn't much else he could do, so he planned to rest well over these two days to ease his mind, ensuring he could maintain his peak condition when the actual fighting started.

He also took advantage of this time to properly guide his Disciple. After all, she was his first Disciple. Since he had taken her in, their Luck was linked, and he had to teach her well, whether in terms of cultivation or Heart-Nature and morality, to prevent her from straying onto an evil path in the future.

Soon, three days passed. The Black Shark Demon King notified him to report to the Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace tomorrow to participate in the Leap the dragon gate selection tournament. He had been to the Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace twice before, so he would just go there directly tomorrow.

The next day, he woke up early, recited the Golden Light Incantation twenty times, and set out. At this time, it was still far from the appointed hour; however, he decided to go early. It wouldn't be good to be late, and even if he wasn't late, if everyone else arrived early while he arrived exactly on time, it would look bad.

The time specified by the Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace was evening, but when Gu Yuchuan arrived, it was only noon. Before him, several Demon Generals had already arrived. Clearly, many Cultivators understood this principle. He wasn't the only one; everyone outside was exchanging pleasantries. After all, those recommended here were all Prodigies, and it was very necessary to maintain good relations among Prodigies.

At this moment, there was a young man beside Gu Yuchuan who also appeared to be a snake demon. There were many snake demons in the entire Cloud Sea Marsh. After all, this was a region of waters and marshes; in such a place, besides fish, snakes were the most numerous. However, Gu Yuchuan could sense that the other party was not a Cultivator following the path of dragon transformation.

His race was called the Profound Ink Demon Snake, and his cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer, a Low-grade Spirit Beast. They chatted idly. The other party was a Cultivator from the inner regions of the Cloud Sea Marsh and initially maintained a haughty attitude. Even though Gu Yuchuan's cultivation and Bloodline were superior, the other party still looked down on Cultivators from the periphery. It wasn't until a Cultivator called out Gu Yuchuan's status as an Artifact Refining Master that many Cultivators gathered around him to build connections.

The development of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation in the Cloud Sea Marsh was truly poor. Although there were some Artifact Refiners and Alchemists in the inner regions, they were all under the command of Demon Emperors and Demon Kings. These Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators had absolutely no access to them. Now that there was a 'wild' Artifact Refiner, they naturally wanted to curry favor, as Gu Yuchuan could already refine the Spiritual Artifacts they so desperately needed.

However, Gu Yuchuan only had one thing to say: all Spiritual Artifacts had been placed in the Linlang Pavilion, and those who needed them were welcome to go and purchase them.