Chapter 269: Chapter 267: Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques
"Qinghua Changle, East Pole Wondrous Words, Great Thousand Dew Gate... so the Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques is a Spirit Plant Secret Technique. It allows a Spirit Plant with deep reserves, right on the cusp of advancement, to Super Seize a Tier and ascend directly in grade."
A thought struck Bai Zichen as he scanned the contents of the final Jade Scroll.
The Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques and the Wood God Skill—which was derived from the Qing Emperor Longevity Sword—achieved similar results through different means.
Both were Support Techniques that helped Spirit Plants grow and reach a High Tier.
By comparison, the Wood God Skill was more subtle, concentrating dozens or even hundreds of generations of a Spirit Plant’s reproduction and growth into a single lifespan.
This was done to seek out that faint, illusory chance for the Spirit Plant to mutate and advance.
This was why, under the influence of the Wood God Skill, the evolutionary mutation from Profound Ink Bamboo to Sacred Sound Bamboo, and then to Thunder Sound Bamboo, was possible.
This was a phenomenon that could never occur naturally, not even over millions of years of growth.
The Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques, however, was far more forceful. As long as its target met the conditions for advancement, it could forcibly induce the Spirit Plant to ascend a tier.
A Spirit Plant’s advancement in grade is an incredibly long process, often measured in centuries.
This hasty, forced advancement from the Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques, far from harming the Spirit Plant’s chances of success, actually strengthened and aided the process.
However, no matter how one used the Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques, it would never cause a Sacred Sound Bamboo to transform into a Thunder Sound Bamboo.
At most, it might unprecedentedly cultivate a Tier Three Sacred Sound Bamboo.
’I wonder if this is a Secret Technique the Huang Ping Wanderer brought out of the Celestial Star Sect, or if he obtained it later through other means... What would happen if I combined the Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques with the Wood God Skill?’
Bai Zichen immediately thought of a use for the Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques.
’Once I have my own Spirit Vein, I can relocate a large number of Bai Clan Members and use the Holy Beast Essence Blood to strengthen their Wood God Skill.’
According to the Bai Family Ancestor’s records in the Jade Scroll, he was limited by his Cultivation and could only bury the Holy Beast Essence Blood deep underground to prevent the Holy Beast Aura from affecting the Bai Clan Members too severely.
But with Bai Zichen’s Cultivation, he could just barely use the methods the Fish Dragon Sect had devised to effectively channel the aura of the Cyan Dragon Essence Blood.
’At that time, I’ll have the Bai Clan Members use the Wood God Skill to induce mutations in the Bamboo Sea, while I select suitable Spiritual Bamboo and use the Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques to initiate their advancement.’
’I wonder, if a Tier Three Sacred Sound Bamboo were to appear, what tier would the Sound Bamboo Sword refined from it be?’
’In the future, if a Spiritual Bamboo mutates into a Thunder Sound Bamboo and has a chance to advance to Tier Four, would its chances of becoming a Spiritual Treasure be even greater?’
’Also, some Spirit Grasses are just a single grade away from having vastly different prices and effects.’
’This Taiyi Cyan Spirit Techniques Magic still has enormous potential to be explored.’
Bai Zichen decided he would start cultivating this Support Technique as soon as he captured Celestial Thunder Cliff.
After sorting through the Huang Ping Wanderer’s effects, he found no Treasures that could directly increase his own combat prowess.
’But that was to be expected. For me to even take notice, a Treasure would have to be at the level of a Top-Grade Magical Treasure.’
’Anything of a lower grade isn’t worth the effort of Refining.’
Of course, if he were willing to sell the Celestial Star Silver Sand—which constituted the bulk of the Huang Ping Wanderer’s wealth—he could instantly gain several hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
However, while selling a Spiritual Material like Celestial Star Silver Sand was simple, gathering a thousand grains of it again would be incredibly difficult.
These thousand-odd grains of Celestial Star Silver Sand represented who knew how much of the Huang Ping Wanderer’s painstaking effort, accumulated one grain at a time. It wasn’t a problem that could be solved with Spirit Stones alone.
Bai Zichen wasn’t desperate for Spirit Stones, so he had no reason to sell this batch of Celestial Star Silver Sand.
Even if he couldn’t use it himself, if he happened to encounter a Cultivator in desperate need of a large quantity of Celestial Star Silver Sand, selling it for double the price would be perfectly normal.
’Brother Ge should still be in seclusion, Refining the Acquired Thunder God Pearl. I wonder when he’ll see my message...’
Bai Zichen had left an urgent message for Master Ge Cang in his Sect Token, stating that he had an extremely pressing matter to discuss in person.
After a moment’s thought, he also sent a message to Wei Dao, requesting a few pieces of Tier Three Demon Beast flesh.
Then, following the instructions from Baii Yuanhao of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, he released Genggeng from its Spirit Beast Bag and fed it the Elixirs in the proper sequence.
He rubbed Genggeng’s round, bulging belly. He had done all he could; whether it could successfully advance now depended on its own efforts.
’A single pill is worth ten years of hard cultivation. I hope it doesn’t disappoint me...’
Having dealt with all the miscellaneous tasks, Bai Zichen returned to his Quiet Chamber and took out a Guangling Pill. Its Pill Body was covered in swirling Cloud Talisman patterns.
He gazed at it for a moment before swallowing the Elixir in one gulp. It instantly dissolved into a sweet nectar in his mouth.
This was the first time since reaching Core Formation that he had taken an Elixir to improve his Cultivation.
The Guangling Pill was indeed different from all the Elixirs he had taken during the Foundation Establishment Stage. After it transformed into nectar, a pleasant Jade Sound first echoed through his Dantian Qi Sea, making his entire body’s True Essence tingle.
Then, the nectar merged into him like welcome rain after a long drought. His True Essence began to flourish, increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Moreover, this nectar did not vanish all at once.
After he finished Refining one wave, another would spontaneously generate throughout his body.
This process continued for a full thirty-three days.
’It took a month, but it really was equivalent to ten years of diligent cultivation... But with such a sudden increase in my Cultivation, my meridians need time to endure and assimilate it.’
A sharp gleam had yet to fade from Bai Zichen’s eyes as he savored the changes in his Dantian Qi Sea.
Thirty-three days to refine the Elixir wasn’t considered too long. Other Cultivators, lacking the refining efficiency of his Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword Embryo, would take half a year at most.
What truly limited the continuous use of the Guangling Pill was the upper limit of the user’s own physical endurance.
When True Essence was generated slowly through day-and-night meditation and refining nature’s spiritual energy, the physical body could adapt and the meridians could withstand it.
But a sudden increase equivalent to ten years of hard cultivation placed immense pressure on a Cultivator’s meridians.
He estimated that he would have to wait at least two or three years before taking another Guangling Pill.
However, with his physical fortitude, Bai Zichen only felt his meridians were slightly swollen and sore. He would be completely fine in two or three months at most.
At this rate, he immediately felt that reaching the Peak of Early-Stage Core Formation was not so distant a goal after all.
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"Senior Brother Lu, I don’t know when Master will emerge from seclusion... I’ve already come to visit four or five times, but the servant disciples all say that Master hasn’t taken a single step out of his Quiet Chamber since he returned. Even Senior Brother Wei Chuming, who came with a letter from Ancestor Wei, couldn’t get an audience. He had to leave the letter and ten jin of Tier Three Demon Beast flesh behind."
Tong Huan shook his head with a wry smile. Ever since his master had cut down Daoist Hex at Cyan Bull Valley and made a great name for himself, the number of Cultivators coming to visit out of admiration had skyrocketed.
He had even received six or seven formal visiting requests from Core Formation True Men, something that would have been utterly impossible in the past.
Even Master Ge Cang hadn’t been this famous in the first few years after his Core Formation; he was still quietly building his foundation at the time.
It was nothing like Master Bai, who caused a sensation wherever he went. His fame had reportedly spread even beyond the Cultivation Realm of Liang Country.
During the most recent recruitment drive where the Sect opened its Mountain Gate, a significant number of disciples came from outside Black Mountain.
The upper echelons of the Qingfeng Sect took this situation very seriously.
After a preliminary check confirmed they weren’t spies from other Sects—but were instead influenced by Master Bai’s widespread image as a handsome, elegant, and invincible Sword Cultivator who had traveled thousands of miles to join—they were all accepted into the Sect, with orders for their subordinates to simply keep a closer eye on them.
In particular, one of them was a disciple with a Thunder Element Abnormal Spiritual Root who wished to study under Master Bai.
Even Sect Leader Gu Xisheng was stirred. After an investigation, it was discovered that the youth was a scion of a Cultivation Family from Yongzhou who had been obsessed with Flying Swords since childhood.
He already had a Mid-Stage Qi Refining Cultivation and had come to Black Mountain, accompanied by his clan’s elders, to seek a master.
A genius disciple like that was even less likely to be a spy from another Sect. After all, who would be willing to use a disciple with a Thunder Spiritual Root as an undercover agent?
Gu Xisheng directly granted him the status of an Inner Sect Disciple. As for whether Master Bai would accept him, that was a matter for a Core Formation Ancestor to decide; Gu Xisheng himself had no authority to make such a promise.
"Sigh... I hope Junior Martial Uncle Bai’s cultivation has progressed greatly and he comes out of seclusion soon."
An almost imperceptible trace of anxiety crossed Lu Songx’s face. His sense of urgency grew with each passing year.
’Desire truly is a bottomless pit. I used to think I’d be satisfied just to become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator in this lifetime... But now that I’ve reached this stage, who would be willing to stagnate, to live for a mere two hundred years before turning into a pile of White Bone?’
He mocked himself inwardly. He was fast approaching his hundredth year, yet he was still stuck at the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment.
Even though his Seven Luminaries Spiritual Body kept his physical body and Magical Power from declining with age, preserving them in their peak state, at this rate, reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection seemed like a distant, unattainable dream.
The main issue was that with his personal wealth and income, purchasing enough Elixirs to speed up his Cultivation was simply beyond his means.
That was why he had set his sights on the Cultivation Technique scroll he’d obtained in the Ancient Secret Realm, hoping that this Ancient Technique might be especially compatible with his Seven Luminaries Spiritual Body and solve his current dilemma.
Tong Huan also sighed helplessly. One of his few friends in the Sect, Songx Lian, had said before the Reclamation War that he was going to acquire some Dragon and Snake Gang Sha to complete a Sect mission.
He had even invited Tong Huan to join him on the expedition.
However, Tong Huan had felt his own accumulation was at Perfection at the time and was anxious to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, so he had politely declined.
Unexpectedly, Songx Lian had vanished without a trace. Even now, several years after the Reclamation War had ended, he still hadn’t returned.
In the Ancestor Hall, his Soul Lamp was in a bizarre state, extinguishing one moment and relighting the next, making it impossible to tell whether he was alive or dead.
Before he left, Songx Lian had given Tong Huan a map, telling him it marked the location he was going to explore.
Tong Huan had followed the map to search for him once in the past two years, only to find the area occupied by a powerful Demon Beast, likely at Tier Two Top Grade.
There was no way he could handle that, so he was thinking of reporting the matter to his master once he came out of seclusion.
He hoped his master could find the time to go and rescue Songx Lian.
As Tong Huan and Lu Songx departed, tranquility returned to the area before White Jade Tower. Only two servant disciples entered each day to clean.
Two other Bai Clan Members were responsible for taking care of Genggeng.
Zhou Suqing had long ago used the power of the Tier Three Grand Array to designate the surroundings of White Jade Tower as a restricted area.
Only Sect Cultivators with special status or those who were originally assigned to White Jade Tower were allowed entry.
No one else, not even Sect Leader Gu Xisheng, could enter, lest they disturb Master Bai’s quiet Cultivation.
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