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Chapter 116: Arrival
Chapter 116: Arrival
Half a day later.
"The Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron..."
Fang Xing gazed at the three-legged, double-eared, bronze cauldron that stood half his height in front of him.
This was the 'grand opportunity' that Wan Fa Shangren had obtained. A miscellaneous spirit root cultivator, Wan Fa had stumbled upon this cauldron by chance in a secret realm, which enabled him to build his foundation and form his elixir, eventually cultivating all the way to the perfection of elixir condensation.
"This cauldron is an extraordinary treasure, useful for both pill refining and artifact crafting. The first step is to refine the materials..."
Regardless of whether it was pills or artifacts, removing impurities from minerals or herbs was always a challenging task.
With the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron's ability to transform, this step could be almost entirely bypassed, saving countless troubles.
Furthermore, using the cauldron to refine pills increased both the success rate and the yield significantly.
Even more terrifying was that long-term pill consumption could lead to pill toxins accumulating in the body, but the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron possessed a 'nourishing' technique. As long as pills containing pill toxins were stored in the cauldron for a period, they would transform into supreme-grade pills free of any toxins!
"It seems that Wan Fa Shangren, despite his initially inferior talent, was able to break through the realms one after another thanks to his pill consumption."
Fang Xing felt no discrimination towards this method. If one lacked talent, supplementing it with pills was still a legitimate path of cultivation.
Even in the martial arts path, which was known for requiring the least amount of resources, various potent elixirs were indispensable in the later stages.
He closed his eyes and began to silently organize the memories he had digested from Wan Fa Shangren's divine soul.
This person's cultivation growth relied mainly on pills, and he was also a hidden fourth-rank pill refiner, remembering numerous pill formulas.
With a bit of organization, he now possessed the Wan Fa Dan Jing. In the desolate lands, this pill manual could make the major sects go crazy and offer their brains in exchange for it!
"Within this Wan Fa Dan Jing, there are many pills for enhancing spiritual power and breaking through bottlenecks... Just for the Qi Refining cultivators, there are dozens of suitable pills, such as the 'Jing Yuan Dan', 'Zeng Yuan Dan', and 'Pei Yuan Dan'... Especially for breaking through the third layer of Qi Refining to the fourth layer, and the sixth layer to the seventh layer, there are corresponding breakthrough pills!"
"If it's for the Foundation Establishment or Golden Core stages and one needs pills to assist in breaking through bottlenecks, then fine. But do Qi Refining cultivators also need breakthrough pills?"
Fang Xing felt like ranting.
His own breakthroughs had been as simple as eating and drinking water.
However, thinking about Wan Fa Shangren's talent, he couldn't help but feel a little more understanding.
Being held back by one's talent to such an extent, it was no wonder that he had tried every means to improve the body-snatching technique!
"The main ingredient for the Zeng Yuan Dan is the Xi Xian Cao, and I have a few of the auxiliary materials as well. It's quite suitable for me to take at my current stage..."
Fang Xing prepared to learn a cultivation craft, and it seemed that pill refining would be the one.
Although Wan Fa Shangren had dabbled a little in talisman-making and artifact crafting, Fang Xing was still more interested in pill refining.
Firstly, he now possessed the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron, a powerful tool for pill refining, and it would be a waste not to use it.
Secondly, whether it was talisman-making or artifact crafting, neither was as lucrative as pill refining.
Especially talisman-making!
Having spent time in Qinglinfang City, Fang Xing knew that most loose cultivators who wanted to learn a craft would target talisman-making, leading to intense competition.
In the cultivation world, in terms of status, talisman-makers were far inferior to pill refiners!
"If someone thinks they can bully me just because I'm a pill refiner, I can always draw my sword and show them what a Sword Cultivator is capable of!"
Fang Xing stroked his chin, imagining that scene, and for some reason, it felt pretty cool.
As for whether a Golden Spirit Root cultivator could refine pills?
Cultivators were mostly versatile. Since they could wield the Five Elements techniques, they could naturally refine pills as well.
"It's just that cultivators who practice fire-attributed techniques have a bonus when controlling furnace temperatures, and those who practice wood-attributed techniques have an advantage in identifying medicinal materials... As long as one possesses spiritual power and spiritual sense, one can refine pills."
Fang Xing reached out and caressed the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron, thinking about that Wan Fa token and wondering how it had ended up in Chen Yi's hands.
He had long ago memorized that incantation and simulated it multiple times in his mind. Now, with his right hand on the cauldron, he silently channeled his spiritual power into it.
Whoosh!
The next moment, strands of silvery light appeared within the cauldron!
This silvery light was exceptionally violent, attracting and devouring each other until they transformed into a silver flame the size of an egg!
"As expected, it can stimulate the 'Ten Thousand Transformations Spirit Flame'!"
Fang Xing murmured as he sensed the terrifying temperature within the bronze cauldron.
This 'Ten Thousand Transformations Spirit Flame' was the key to the cauldron's ability to refine and purify raw materials, removing impurities.
Although it was not well-known in the cultivation world, in Wan Fa Shangren's opinion, it was no less remarkable than the famous True Sun Fire and True Moon Fire, perhaps even superior.
Furthermore, even with Wan Fa's cultivation at the perfection of Golden Core, he had been unable to truly refine and absorb this 'Ten Thousand Transformations Spirit Flame' into his body.
"According to Wan Fa Shangren's speculation, this bronze cauldron might just be a tool to restrain and utilize the 'Ten Thousand Transformations Spirit Flame'."
Fang Xing didn't care about the specifics. After heating the furnace, he took a Xi Xian Cao and threw it into the bronze cauldron.
Sizzle!
The next moment, the silver-white flames surged, engulfing the Xi Xian Cao.
"Not good!"
Fang Xing's spiritual sense witnessed this scene, and he was startled. "The heat control wasn't manipulated properly..."
As expected, the Xi Xian Cao immediately turned into wisps of black smoke within the flames, leaving nothing behind.
"I think I understand why loose cultivators rarely venture into the art of pill refining, even though they know that pill refiners are held in high regard and that pills are in high demand..."
He murmured to himself as he continued to waste the spirit herbs.
After all, there wasn't much else in this desolate land, but the wild forest was definitely abundant with various medicinal herbs! All he needed to do was set a few targets and let the drones do the harvesting.
Furthermore, with Qinglinfang City now abandoned and no cultivators in the vicinity, the Foundation Establishment cultivator from before had also fled, so he could do as he pleased without any worries.
After ruining dozens of Xi Xian Cao, Fang Xing finally got a grasp on the heat control, slowly melting the herb under the searing silver flames, turning it into a lump of lush green liquid.
"Hmm? The 'refining' ability of this spirit flame is indeed extraordinary."
Fang Xing was delighted to see the lump of medicinal liquid.
According to the Wan Fa Dan Jing, it would take ordinary pill refiners several years of hard work to process the herbs to this stage.
But he had achieved it with just a casual attempt, easily extracting the medicinal properties of the herb by manipulating the heat.
With this level of skill, he could even assist many formal pill refiners and become a proud 'pill refining apprentice'...
With that thought, he decided to dedicate a few hours each day to studying the art of pill refining, in addition to his cultivation practice.
As long as he wasn't afraid of wasting resources, he would eventually succeed after ruining a few batches.
In fact, he didn't even need to pay too much attention to the quality; as long as the pill formed, it would be good enough!
Even if the pill toxin exceeded the limit and became a waste pill, he could still salvage it using the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron.
Of course, the cauldron wasn't omnipotent, and it had its limits with pills that had extremely high toxin levels. It could only manage to raise their quality to a general level at best.
"For me, consuming a general quality pill might not even be as effective as meditating and cultivating on my own."
"But I can keep them for selling or proving my identity as a pill refiner."
"When my skill improves and the quality of the pills gets better, I can then use the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron to purify them for personal consumption, which will further increase my cultivation speed."
Fang Xing thought about his own cultivation progress.
After reaching the middle stage of Qi Refining, although breakthroughs weren't as swift as in the early stage, each meditation session brought noticeable advancements in his spiritual power.
This was the terrifying aspect of possessing a supreme spirit root!
"Generally, Qi Refining cultivators are expected to establish their foundation by the age of sixty... It is said that it's best to achieve Foundation Establishment before the age of sixty, but many loose cultivators in the cities often remain in the middle or even early stages of Qi Refining well into their sixties. That's the tragedy of possessing a lower-grade miscellaneous spirit root..."
"In the cultivation world, spirit roots are categorized into lower, middle, upper, earth, and heaven grades. They are further distinguished by attributes, with the general belief that the purer the attribute, the more efficient the absorption of spiritual energy. The lower-grade miscellaneous spirit root is considered the worst type of spirit root."
"As for me, I possess a heaven-grade single spirit root... the best type of spirit root, destined for the path of becoming a Golden Core ancestor."
"With this spirit root, without taking into account the benefits of cultivation techniques, spiritual veins, and pills, a cultivator with a lower-grade spirit root would struggle to reach the peak of the Qi Refining realm before the age of sixty."
"Those with middle-grade spirit roots have a better chance."
"Upper-grade spirit roots have a high likelihood of achieving perfection in their foundational cultivation techniques by their thirties or forties, and this process can be expedited with the help of pills and spiritual veins!"
"I wonder about earth-grade spirit roots..."
"But with my heaven-grade spirit root, even without the aid of spiritual veins or pills, relying solely on absorbing spiritual energy from the void, it would take me at most three to four years to cultivate the 'Golden Transformation Technique' to the ninth layer of Qi Refining, achieving great perfection..."
Fang Xing silently estimated his cultivation speed.
"However, my heaven-grade spirit root is exceptional, and I also have a Golden Core cultivation technique, which many cultivators might not even lay eyes on in their entire lifetimes, no matter how poor it might be..."
"If I refine supreme-grade pills in the future, my speed will be even faster."
"The foundation established in the Immortal Path, in terms of realm alone, is almost comparable to the External Vision of the Martial Path, right?"
"It seems to be similar to the breakthrough speed of my original body as well..."
However, after truly embarking on the path of cultivation, Fang Xing realized that even cultivators of the same realm could have vastly different levels of combat strength.
"At my current stage, I don't need to rush breakthroughs. Let nature take its course."
"My original body is almost reaching Blue Star."
Fang Xing's eyes gleamed with anticipation.
...
In the cabin of the spaceship.
Fang Xing's original body lay asleep, his slumber undisturbed.
After all, disappearing suddenly while on someone else's spaceship was akin to treating the people on board like fools! So, his original body had remained in the cabin, simply shifting most of his attention to his cultivation clone.
Now, as he opened his eyes, he found himself outside.
"Boss, you've finally emerged from seclusion?"
Song Jin Gang pointed excitedly at the window. "Look, we've arrived at Blue Star!"
(End of Chapter)
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