Monsters Die When Killed

Chapter 371: Chapter 63: Bipolar Brain

Su Zhou’s idea was simple. Since he had so many powerful inheritances, why not cultivate all of them? The National Preceptor’s inheritance didn’t require a brain—he could just transform into an Immortal Spirit. The Thunder Marsh Inheritance, on the other hand, involved the traditional Steel Brain, which overlapped with the Sacred Geometry: Pentagram. So, he decided to cultivate one half of his brain according to the Pentagram and the other half according to the Mingxun Dragon Transformation Technique.

This way, even if one half of his brain was destroyed in a fierce battle, the other half would still be there. No matter if what remained was made of steel or liquid, there would always be something left in his head.

Having decided on his path, he began his Cultivation. Su Zhou currently lacked for no resources, no Spiritual Qi, and certainly no foundation. As long as he had a clear Enhancement route, all he had to do was follow it.

Naturally, many problems could arise during the process of self-modification.

When ordinary people cultivated a Spiritualized Brain, they had to be extremely cautious. At the slightest sign of trouble, they had to stop immediately and recuperate. Otherwise, they might get halfway through their Cultivation only to suffer symptoms of brain damage, such as hemiplegia, loss of bodily control, dementia, or memory loss.

Even so, cultivating a Spiritualized Brain could easily cause all sorts of damage.

During this process, Cultivators with powerful Souls could store vast amounts of memories and information in their Souls. Even if their brain was damaged mid-Cultivation, they could rely on their Soul to repair it within a certain time frame. It wasn’t as if losing their head meant instant death—Transcendent beings weren’t that fragile.

But Su Zhou was different. His Super Regeneration Constitution allowed him to regenerate and cultivate at the same time. He didn’t need to stop when he discovered a problem; he could just make adjustments on the fly. As long as he was well-fed and the memories in his Soul were intact, he had no fear of anything going wrong.

This was also why the Daoist Saint had said a regenerative constitution was the best of all. For a Cultivator, a fast cultivation speed was just that—fast in a straight line. When faced with the various forks, bends, and swamps in the road that required trial and error, even a genius had to slow down and proceed with caution.

This was also why Cultivators didn’t emphasize starting Cultivation from a young age. No matter how precocious, a child could never possess the rational mindset of an educated adult, making it easy for them to get stuck at these crossroads and go down the wrong path.

Having the capital for trial and error was the greatest benefit the Yara Undying Blood Ability brought Su Zhou.

’Hmm, the modification in this area is a bit excessive. The Crystalization went too far, and some of my brain tissue has actually turned into crystal.’

’The Dolphinized Brain is coming along smoothly. As expected, it was useful to have specially invited several marine biologists to explain the structure of a dolphin’s brain in detail. Although the Mingxun Dragon Transformation Technique also contains information on it, comparing the two sources helps reduce errors.’

’Ugh, this isn’t working. The liquefied brain requires a special skull structure and Runes. No wonder the inside of the Dragon King’s Skull was so complex... Looks like I’ll need to supplement with some extra calcium to generate some additional skull bone.’

In the midst of spiritualizing his brain, Su Zhou, who was in his Seclusion Chamber, made an extra call for a basin of braised pork ribs. He asked for ten pounds of lean meat, ten pounds of fatty meat, and ten pounds of "inch-gold" cartilage, all to be finely minced. After eating it all (not a single scrap was left, of course), Su Zhou closed his eyes and continued his Cultivation, carefully sensing his brain. "That’s right. Only with a special skull structure can I maintain the stability of the liquefied brain."

’But this way, my brain structure will be asymmetrical... Whatever, it’s not like I can see it, so my OCD won’t kick in.’

When it came to such trivial matters, Su Zhou was the type of person who would just say, "I don’t care!" It was just an asymmetrical skull structure. An ordinary person’s heart was asymmetrical too, and you didn’t see anyone having an OCD attack over it.

Su Zhou cultivated seriously, modifying his brain bit by bit for over a whole day. The brain’s structure was complex, after all. Even though Su Zhou was already a veteran at modifying his various organs, and even with Yara guiding him, he couldn’t make the process any faster.

Finally, by the time Su Zhou had successfully cultivated his Dual-Form Spiritualized Brain, he had been in the Seclusion Chamber for exactly thirty-two hours.

"This feeling... I’m on such a high right now!"

He opened his eyes, and Spiritual Light shot from them. At this moment, Su Zhou truly felt that his mind was incredibly clear. His brain even felt a tingling, numb itch, as if from an electric shock. His thoughts were moving at incredible speed, and at the same time, he desperately wanted to stick his fingers in and give his brain a good scratch!

How to describe it? It felt just like eating a Wisdom Fruit, or even more exhilarating!

For Su Zhou at this moment, any memory or piece of information was like a zero-latency search engine; he could recall it in a flash. Not only that, but he also felt his thinking speed had reached a ridiculously incredible level. Su Zhou had just cast his Whole Body Mist Armor and discovered that he could now subtly control the free movement of nearly two hundred Gale Seeds all over his body. This meant that for him, the Whole Body Mist Armor was no longer just a defensive Divine Technique.

He could be like the former Sect Master of Wind Riding, Li Daoran, and use the wind from his Gale Armor as a sword or a spear, or even form a massive shield. He could use the Gale Seeds as nodes to assemble a giant Wind Array at will!

’This is equivalent to having a whole new set of attack methods! My flight speed has even increased!’

The Whole Body Mist Armor was an Extraordinary Tier Cultivation Method. Its power was indeed decent, but it lacked potential for later stages. Its greatest functions now were simply to gather power, provide Su Zhou with physical Attack Power, allow him to fly, and defend against ranged bullets. Even if cultivated to the stage of Great Success, it would only be a matter of a higher Energy Level; its fundamental nature would not change.