novelraw Chapter 132
Chapter 132
The True disciple Yan Ling of the Cold Blood Peak of the Blood Reversal Sect will likely be able to form a Core just past the age of one hundred. Wang Yu started out slower, but catching up in the future will not be difficult.
According to common knowledge in the cultivation world, once one breaks through to a major realm, their aptitude will greatly improve.
This is the transformation brought about by the elevation of one’s life level.
Everyone can benefit from it.
It is said that after reaching Nascent Soul, one’s aptitude will at the very least be comparable to Heavenly Spiritual Roots, and beyond that exist Innate Spiritual Bodies. The details of those were not something Wang Yu could know.
After his aptitude improved, Wang Yu fully immersed himself in cultivation.
Not only did the Idle Slot bring great progress, his own efficiency in cultivation was not low, although not as relentless as the Idle Slot’s ceaseless life of toil.
But compared with before, the feeling of external spiritual energy flowing through his body and being quickly refined was simply too wonderful.
It was as if he were always floating among the clouds, soaring as though immortal.
Compared to the affairs between men and women, there was little difference, perhaps none at all.“This is true cultivation. This is what cultivation really is.”
The days of hardship were past.
Immersed in cultivation, time passed swiftly. After a month, he grew weary of it and obediently began the final stage of tempering his physique.
The Nine Dragons Tendons. If he could complete the Body Refining Foundation Establishment, he could merge nine into one and gain a spine as fierce as that of a dragon beast. This was also called the Dragon Spine.
At that time, his body would possess ferocious dragon force. Every punch and kick would carry the echo of dragon roars. If paired with close combat methods of the Body Refining path, it could be stimulated even further.
But condensing it successfully was not easy. After all, Vajra Liquid was like a superior-grade Foundation Establishment Pill for the Body Refining path. It could provide assistance but did not guarantee success.
It still depended on the person. Therefore Wang Yu valued the final tempering stage highly. He never slacked when it came to cultivation.
On this day.
While continuously circulating Flood Dragon Force, Wang Yu felt something was lacking. His hands itched with restlessness and he immediately realized he needed an opponent.
Based on his past experience, this time he chose a stronger opponent.
A Steelback Boar that had just broken through to the early stage of second-rank with gold and earth attributes.
Its strength, speed, and defense all surpassed that of the Earthrock Bull. Especially its defense. Not only was its body wrapped in layers of mud armor, it was also covered with steel thorns, making it extremely troublesome to deal with.
Using only Body Refining cultivation was not enough to defeat it, but it was perfect to bring him immense pressure.
The Black Mountain Demonic Land was truly a blessed land.
Seeking the limit, Wang Yu tried to create as many head-on clashes with the boar as possible. Although his strength was inferior, under the Steelback Boar’s assaults he was like red-hot steel.
Each collision brought pain but also tempered his body. The dragon blood elixir hidden in his bones, muscles, and flesh was finally exhausted during this last stage of cultivation.
His aura grew increasingly strong, and his close combat experience became ever more skilled.
Demonic beasts could not compare with humans. The lower the realm, the more obvious this difference.
Their lack of wisdom was a fatal flaw. Without strong bloodlines, comparing someone like Yu Tangtang with these wild beasts of the mountains showed the vast gap.
Every ten days, there would be one battle of tempering.
After each ended, while recovering from his injuries, he would digest the gains of that fight.
Keeping to this rhythm.
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
Time had reached the 4th year and 4th month of Wang Yu’s inner sect life.
His body had been tempered to the limit. Without dragon blood elixirs at hand, and with all the hidden medicinal strength in his body exhausted, he decided not to continue with such tempering.
Going too far would cause harm, and without medicine to restore him, it would be easy to ruin his body.
Accumulating to this point was already more than enough.
However, before attempting Body Refining Foundation Establishment, he first needed to break through the ninth layer of Qi Refining.
Breaking through the Qi Refining realm held no difficulty.
After all, it was merely a simple accumulation of spiritual power. With his data-based calculations, there was almost no chance of error.
Keeping a calm mind, he began meditating and circulating his energy as usual.
At precisely three quarters past noon.
“Pop.”
The faint sound of a breakthrough echoed. Wang Yu’s aura surged as his spiritual power reached seven hundred strands. A turbulent tide of spiritual force spread outward with his body as the center.
The temperature within the cavern quickly dropped below zero.
“Hu.”
Releasing a mouthful of white mist, he felt that cultivation had never been this easy.
No, it should be said that back in the early stages of Qi Refining, he had once felt the joy of his cultivation surging upward.
After so many years, he once again experienced the joy of having dual spiritual roots.
“Comfortable.”
What came next was simple. He only needed to continue cultivating until his spiritual power accumulated to one thousand strands. At that point, he would be considered to have reached Great Perfection of Qi Refining and could then attempt Foundation Establishment.
He already had the proper Foundation Establishment spiritual material in his possession, and his aptitude had been improved. This step posed no difficulty for him.
At the current efficiency of his Idle Slot, at most three hundred days. In less than a year, he would reach this stage, a speed he would never have dared to even dream of in the past.
Adding to that the “Netherheart Pill” he had prepared earlier in Spider Mountain, just one would be enough to replace the final stage of his Qi Refining cultivation.
At the time, he had prepared many sets of ingredients to refine Netherheart Heart Pills. Now he did not need them, but it was not an issue. The extra ones could be sold to fellow sect members.
The value of this thing was extremely high. Especially for supreme-grade pills, a large part of their worth came from the title of “supreme-grade.” Countless cultivators were willing to buy them.
After stabilizing his realm, another seven days passed.
Wang Yu carved out a three-by-three meter pool in the ground. Since he used a flying sword to cut it, the pool was perfectly shaped. He opened several storage bags and poured in the spiritual spring water he had collected.
Then he ground ten supreme-grade healing pills, granting the pool’s water the function of treating injuries.
Based on what he had read in ancient records.
Breaking through Body Refining Foundation Establishment was extremely dangerous. Cultivators often suffered serious injuries. It was both a test of willpower and of physique.
Up until now, he had invested quite a bit in the path of body refinement, though not excessively. Whether he would succeed was far from certain.
This pool of healing water was meant to preserve his life.
If all went smoothly, it could also provide supportive aid during the breakthrough process.
He lit a stick of Tranquil Mind Incense to adjust his mental state and condition.
Half a day later, he first activated the Corpse Demon Secret Technique, gripping his left shoulder with his right hand, then forcefully tore.
“Puchi.”
His perfectly fine corpse arm of divine power was ripped away. At the severed bones, black tendrils of meridians twitched, strands of deathly energy rising upward.
This thing ultimately did not belong to him. During a physical breakthrough, it could easily bring side effects. It had to be removed from his body.
Only then could he safely attempt the breakthrough.
This was also the main reason he lacked absolute confidence. Losing an arm would affect him greatly. Even if in the future he used the Corpse Demon Secret Technique to regenerate the limb.
He would still need time to temper the newly grown left arm with Flood Dragon Strength until its toughness matched the rest of his body.
That time would not be too long.
As for the yet-unlocked Number Five Idle Slot, he had already planned to temporarily place the Corpse Demon Secret Technique there.