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Chapter 112 - The Glaze Bone-Refining Technique
Chapter 112 - The Glaze Bone-Refining Technique
"A third-grade pill, the Descending Dust Pill, is quite rare. It purges impurities from a cultivator's body and reduces the risk of aberration." Lu Chen examined the fragrant and round pill in his palm and murmured to himself.
During cultivation, if a cultivator absorbs and refines spiritual energy in a low-level spirit vein environment, there may be minute impurities that remain in the body. Over time, this can slightly affect the cultivator's breakthrough to new realms.
Additionally, prolonged exposure to impure spiritual energy in the wild accelerates the accumulation of these impurities.
In such cases, if one is invaded by a demonic presence, it becomes easier for the cultivator to transform into an aberration.
Lu Chen had encountered such a situation long ago in Linyangfang City's loose cultivator market, where a Qi-refining cultivator had transformed and started indiscriminately attacking fellow cultivators.
Now, with this third-grade Descending Dust Pill refined from the Clearwonder Spirit Tea, he could reduce the risk of aberration.
He had no intention of selling or trading this pill; instead, he swallowed it whole.
After a few breaths, a clear and spiritual energy rose from his abdomen and rapidly spread throughout his body. Suddenly, he felt lighter, as if invisible burdens were being dispelled from his body.
Moreover, his mind felt clearer than ever before, with information from his memories flashing through his brain. Past events played out vividly in his mind.
"So this is the effect of the Descending Dust Pill's ability to clear the mind and enhance wisdom."
Lu Chen recalled the 《Little Five Elements Technique》 and the 《Cloud Rising Art》 that he had obtained from the Scripture Pavilion, and the parts that he had previously found difficult to understand now became clear.
"I love cultivation; it brings me progress."
Under the influence of the third-grade pill, Lu Chen, who was at the eighth layer of Qi-refining, felt as if he had transformed into a genius.
Sensing that this state would last for a while, he left his cave abode and rented a spirit crane to return to the Scripture Pavilion.
This time, instead of the old monk with white hair and a youthful face, there was an ordinary-looking high-level Qi-refining cultivator tending the pavilion.
Lu Chen spent three Sword Seals to rent three thick jade books from the pavilion.
The jade books did not contain cultivation techniques or powerful secrets but rather common knowledge about spirit plants and spirit beasts in the cultivation world.
With a weak foundation, Lu Chen had relied solely on his ability to sense the immediate state of spirit plants and the feedback from the white light to reach his current level.
Now that he had joined a sect and had this opportunity, he intended to grasp it firmly and make up for his lack of knowledge.
Back in his cave abode, he took advantage of his heightened state and immediately opened the jade books.
A lifelike hologram of a spirit plant appeared before him, so realistic that even the veins on the leaves were clearly visible.
Next to the hologram was a line of small print that introduced the type, grade, and other information about the spirit plant.
Lu Chen memorized the hologram and the text before turning the page.
The three jade books recorded knowledge about spirit plants and beasts.
They included information on the types, grades, and common origins of spirit plants and beasts, the growth environment and harvesting methods for spirit plants, storage techniques, and solutions to common pest problems.
For spirit beasts, the books detailed their peculiar habits, feeding methods, and treatment approaches.
With each turn of the page, a holographic image appeared as if it were real, making it easier for cultivators to remember and also increasing the difficulty of disseminating this knowledge.
For the next few days, Lu Chen remained in his cave abode, cultivating spirit plants, tending to the Cloud-stepping Lynx and the Iron Claw Crab, and spending the rest of his time poring over the three jade books.
As he inspected the spirit fields, his focused mind caused another batch of Spirit Glowgrass to reach full maturity.
The other globes primarily offered pills, talismans, and scrolls, mostly of first-rate quality, but also included two second-rate talismans.
Additionally, there were two drops of Grass Spirit Primal Essence and a formula for the Pei Yuan Dan pill, which provided him with the experience of crafting it.
Lu Chen fed the Grass Spirit Primal Essence to the Grass Puppet, allowing it to absorb the rich plant spirit energy within.
After assimilating the knowledge from the pill formula, Lu Chen's understanding of refining the Pei Yuan Dan deepened, and he felt a strong urge to find an opportunity to get his hands on a superior pill furnace to try his hand at pill concoction.
Aside from the two dozen or so Spirit Glowgrass plants that had matured, the tender green leaves of the three Clearwonder Spirit Tea trees were also ready for plucking, yielding three harvestable leaves.
Lu Chen carefully plucked the Clearwonder Spirit Tea leaves and stored them in a specially crafted jade box to preserve their spiritual energy as much as possible.
Among the three leaves, two were of good quality, the same as the first one he had picked earlier, and the third one was of superior quality.
Three white globes of light appeared where the tea leaves had been plucked.
Lu Chen gently picked them up, and the globes transformed into streams of luminous specks that flowed into his body.
[\[System Notification\]: Harvested one Clearwonder Spirit Tea leaf, obtained one Descending Dust Pill (Third-Grade)
.]
A pill exuding a crisp fragrance appeared in his palm.
[\[System Notification\]: Harvested one Clearwonder Spirit Tea leaf, obtained one Jingling Talisman (Third-Grade)
.]
A talisman that resembled white jade appeared in Lu Chen's hand, adorned with countless nearly transparent patterns, emanating a sacred and pure aura.
A thought flashed through his mind.
"Jingling Talisman, a third-grade talisman, can be used to detect the presence of evil spirits in the surrounding area and has a purifying effect on aberrations of the Gui level."
"Aberrations of the Gui level are equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators. As expected of a third-grade talisman, its power far surpasses that of a first-grade Exorcism Talisman with similar functions."
Lu Chen marveled.
Having cultivated so many Spirit Glowgrass plants, he had obtained quite a few first-grade Exorcism Talismans from the white globes, which could be used to sense the presence of evil spirits, but they weren't very effective in causing damage, let alone purifying aberrations of the Gui level.
Lu Chen stored the first third-grade talisman he had obtained into his storage bag and turned to face the last white globe, expecting something even better from the superior-quality tea leaf.
Full of anticipation, Lu Chen reached out and gently tapped the white globe floating above the old root of the tea tree.
The globe disintegrated into countless specks of light that instantly surged into Lu Chen's body.
Immediately, a flood of information appeared in his mind.
[\[System Notification\]: Harvested one Clearwonder Spirit Tea leaf, obtained the cultivation technique 《Glaze Bone-Refining Technique》 (Upper Volume)
- Third-Grade]
[\[Additional Information\]: 《Glaze Bone-Refining Technique》, a third-grade cultivation technique, allows cultivators to refine their skeletal structure, making it translucent and clear, with a hardness comparable to third-grade magical artifacts.]
"A third-grade body-refining technique, indeed worthy of a superior-quality second-grade spirit plant," Lu Chen rejoiced inwardly, surprised that a single leaf of second-grade Clearwonder Spirit Tea had produced a third-grade body-refining technique.
"But what's with this 'Upper Volume' business?"
Puzzled, he waited until the information in his mind was fully digested before he understood.
The upper volume of the 《Glaze Bone-Refining Technique》 could only be cultivated up to the Qi Refining stage, and to progress further, one would need to obtain the lower volume of the technique.
(End of Chapter)
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