I Have A Cultivation World - Chapter 470
Chapter 470: Chapter 332: Five Elements Essence Qi_2
Cultivators in the later stage of Qi Cultivation can refine one strand of the Five Elements Essence every three to four days.
For cultivators who have given up on the prospect of reaching Foundation Establishment, releasing the spiritual power they’ve cultivated in exchange for tens of thousands of Good Deed Points is an attractive option.
But soon, as more and more cultivators started to sell their refined Five Elements Essence, the price dropped, hitting a low of only 100 Good Deed Points at its worst.
The immortal sects soon realized that this behavior was damaging the foundations of society and quickly issued a ban on it.
They even equated the act of selling one’s Five Elements Essence to blood selling in their public announcements, urging cultivators not to trade their future for temporary Good Deed Points.
Once the massive machine that was the immortal sect got going, no one could stop it.
However, the immortal sect did not prohibit the artificial synthesis of Earth Sha Qi.
With the maturation of technology, not only could all thirteen types of Earth Sha Qi recognized by the immortal sect be artificially synthesized, but explorations into the remaining fifty-nine types of Earth Sha Qi were also ongoing with new research paper surfacing every few years and causing a sensation.
The question then is –
If the immortal sect forbids the sale of Five Elements Essence, how are cultivators supposed to artificially synthesize Earth Sha Qi?
The answer is to refine it themselves.
The nine Fire Yang Shas that Min Fangheng synthesized for Nangong Xuanyu were the result of painstaking refinement by Nangong Xuanyu himself, achieved through the cultivation of Five Elements techniques.
The sect ignores cultivators who refine it for their own use, viewing it as a part of the cultivation process.
Of course, many Core Formation Professors claim to refine their essence but actually have their students do it for them.
Nangong Xuanyu was fairly principled in this regard. Of the nine Fire Yang Shas, the first five were refined from his own Five Elements Essence. The remaining four were refined by others like Xiahou Weihuan and Sima Xingyu.
That’s why Min Fangheng said that Xiahou Weihuan had experience.
According to the standards of the immortal sect, one Sha Qi is divided into ten strands, and each strand is further divided into ten threads, and each thread into ten fibers.
If Xiahou Weihuan was to refine the Five Elements Essence by himself, even though he has achieved Perfection in Foundation Establishment and cultivates Qi quickly, he would need a thousand days at a rate of ten strands a day. He definitely wouldn’t make it in time for the year-endDaoist Academy Conclave.
But given that they had already brought the person here, they must have planned for this.
Xiahou Weihuan opened a cabinet on the wall and took out ten large, colorful glass bottles, laying them out in front of Min Fangheng.
“You’re sure you refined all of this yourself?”
Min Fangheng looked at the glass bottles full of Five Elements Essence with disbelief, but Xiahou Weihuan simply nodded with a calm expression.
“This is the result of my hard work over the years.”
Upon hearing this, Min Fangheng rolled his eyes. However, he was only there for the money, and if the client said the materials were legitimate, it would not be his problem if any issues arose later.
“I’ll just take your word for it then.”
“Once I’ve cultivated the Primordial Yang Sword Sha, I’ll first defeat Doufa Sheng of Dance Tool Dao Academy, who’s nothing more than an overrated scholar, then challenge Lan Haitian to avenge my previous disgrace.”
Seeing Min Fangheng start setting up the apparatus to synthesize Fire Yang Sha, Xiahou Weihuan clenched his fists, already tallying up a list of opponents in his mind.
But then he recalled Sima Xingyu, who had his cultivation restored and said that he would defeat Doufa Sheng of Dance Tool Dao Academy personally.
The battle in which he sabotaged his cultivation, unable to take down Chen Mobai, who wanted to break the record of the Primordial Yang elder in Xiao Red Sky, had become Sima Xingyu’s Heart Demon.
“Well, in that case, I’ll leave Chen Mobai to Sima Xingyu. To think that a mere youngster would dare to claim the title of Doufa Sheng. At the end of the year, I’ll show you what a real Sword Cultivator is!”
As a fellow practitioner of Sword Light and the exceptional Primordial Yang Sword Secret, the second-best sword technique in the immortal sect, Xiahou Weihuan was confident that Sima Xingyu could manage Chen Mobai as easily as a cat catching a mouse.
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Xiao Nanshan.
Chen Mobai opened his eyes and lifted his hand to sense the liquefied Spiritual Power deep within his body. He couldn’t help but execute a technique he seldom used.
Yi Wood Divine Thunder!
He had developed a preference for this technique ever since he escaped from the South Mountain Thieves with a Yi Wood Divine Thunder Talisman.
The first Rank-2 talisman Chen Mobai learned was the Yi Wood Divine Thunder Talisman.
Of course, he needed to master the technique before he could begin drawing talismans. Although he had mastered the technique, his mediocre Wood Spirit Root meant that it wasn’t as powerful as his Sword Rainbow.
But, things had changed now!
A radiant green thunderbolt shot out from his palm, much like a sword cleaving the heavens, slicing through the misty clouds atop the mountain, unveiling the clear blue sky.
Chen Mobai discovered that the power of this spell had reached nearly three-quarters of the intensity of his own sword light.
So this is the increased potency of spells driven by the ascent in realm!
Indeed, the realm is of utmost importance.
Chen Mobai deepened his understanding of the importance of the realm even further.
Just then, a strand of grey caught his attention.
The Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror appeared before his eyes. Upon seeing his own grey hair reflected in the mirror, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.
He had lost several decades of lifespan just like that.
Although breaking through the realm felt exhilarating, seeing himself suddenly transition from his youthful prime to middle age was indeed a melancholic experience for him, given his young mindset.
Luckily, the lifespan he had expended could be replenished.
Chen Mobai promptly swallowed a life-replenishing elixir that he had unsealed earlier. After waiting for a while, he didn’t feel anything.
After all, it could only replenish a year’s worth of lifespan – a mere drop in the bucket compared to the several decades he had lost.
Chen Mobai wasn’t in a hurry, as longevity elixirs could only be consumed once a day. He began to experience the sensations that followed his breakthrough to the middle phase of Foundation Establishment.
The Qi Sea in his Dantian had more than doubled its size, and under his divine sense inspection, he noticed white patterns resembling the husk of the Longevity Spirit Fruit on the outer rim of his Dantian. These looked like some sort of natural barrier.
Only by consuming more Longevity Spirit Fruits could such barriers be breached.
After the breakthrough, the liquid longevity spiritual power, which was initially packed in Chen Mobai’s Dantian, turned into a deep pool sinking in the lower half of his Dantian. Meanwhile, the upper part contained a small sun formed by thirty-eight drops of Pure Yang Spiritual Power.
Surrounding this small sun were four Sword Pills nurtured by indigo flames.
They formed a configuration like a pentagram containing one large and four smaller components.
Once longevity spiritual power surged, it would be ignited by the Qingyang Fire, transforming into Pure Yang spiritual power and fuel for powering up the Green Flame Sword Sha.
While connecting both powers via Dual Phase Technique, Chen Mobai also isolated wood and fire spiritual power using the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror. The longevity spiritual power was not mature enough to be consumed yet.
Next, Chen Mobai practiced various spells from the Eternal Life Sutra, and even unfolded the tree seeds using the Heavenly Wood Talisman.
A pity that the Green Sun Tree Seed he had gotten during the war last time had been returned. Now, he could only experiment with the Red-Sun Spirit Tree. Despite this, Chen Mobai could perceive the essence of the Divine Wood Sect’s magic duels.
The Heavenly Wood Spirit Light changed unpredictably under the control of his two cultivation techniques. Chen Mobai even gained a flash of inspiration about developing the “Sacred Tree Divine Light”.
It seemed that the words of Elder Zhou were not unfounded.
A pity that just when he was about to evolve along this line of inspiration, the Red-Sun Spirit Tree next to him split open suddenly.
A Rank-1 spirit tree simply couldn’t withstand such evolutions.
In his contemplation, Chen Mobai decided to consult Yue Zutao on how to condense tree seeds when he returned.
Purchasing directly would be too expensive.
After being reminded by Mu Yuan, Chen Mobai realized that mature Qingyang Spirit Trees must be in the Divine Tree Secret Realm. Since he had them in his backyard, why should he buy them?
Calculating the time, it seemed like a day had passed. Chen Mobai took out another longevity pill which he had previously unsealed and swallowed it.
Finally, he felt the effects of a spirit pill that replenished ten years of lifespan.
He felt a refreshing coolness flow throughout his body, giving Chen Mobai the illusion that he had turned young again.
However, his grey hair wouldn’t turn back to black.
To avoid attracting attention, Chen Mobai considered asking Luo Yixuan to help him manage his hair– perhaps shave it off completely so that no one could deduce the loss of his lifespan from his hair.
However, most cultivators in the Tianhe Realm had long flowing hair. If he became bald all of a sudden, it would be hard to explain.
After some consideration, Chen Mobai returned to the Immortal Gate and found a high-end hair salon to dye his hair black again.
As he was unsure of just how much lifespan he had lost and didn’t dare to undergo a checkup at a hospital to avoid leaving traces, he swallowed only two longevity pills and ten life-replenishing elixirs to avoid wastage.
While replenishing thirty years of his lifespan, he finally began the process of downgrading a big fruit.
