Chapter 280: Condensing the Golden Spirit Root
Chapter 280: Condensing the Golden Spirit Root
It had been six years since Chu Ning acquired the Golden Spirit Seed and the Spirit Essence Qi.
As he had been unable to utilize spiritual power until now, he hadn't done anything with these two items.
Fortunately, whether it was the Golden Spirit Seed or the Spirit Essence Qi, they remained quiet within his dantian, showing no signs of abnormality.
"According to Shennym's technique for cultivating spirit roots, only a wisp of Spirit Essence Qi is needed to cultivate a spirit root comparable to an Earth Spirit Root.
And I now have six wisps of Spirit Essence Qi..."
Chu Ning pondered silently as he took out a jade slip from his storage bag, the very one he obtained from Shennym.
He had glanced over this spirit root cultivation technique before, but as he hadn't taken it to heart back then, he hadn't studied it carefully.
Now that he wanted to cultivate a Golden Spirit Root, he naturally needed to research it thoroughly.
Although this technique was extraordinarily miraculous, the actual process turned out to be not that complex.
Chu Ning spent a day to make sure he had fully comprehended the cultivation method.
Only then did he sit down with his legs crossed.
But he didn't start cultivating right away.
First, he circulated the Five Elements Chaos Technique a few times and practiced the Refine God Technique, relishing the long-forgotten feeling of sitting and cultivating.
Then, Chu Ning began circulating his spiritual power, following the method recorded on the jade slip, and started the process of cultivating his spirit root.
As Chu Ning circulated his spiritual power, the tri-colored spiritual power above his Golden Core enveloped a wisp of golden Spirit Essence Qi.
Then, he slowly drew it out of his dantian and into the location of his spirit root.
Subsequently, Chu Ning used his spiritual power to nurture it according to the method described in the jade slip.
This process took an entire month.
It wasn't until this wisp of Spirit Essence Qi had completely stabilized at the location of his spirit root and transformed into a faint golden spirit root that Chu Ning withdrew his spiritual power.
"So it really is possible to cultivate a spirit root. No wonder they say that Spirit Essence Qi can improve one's spirit root aptitude. It can even cultivate a spirit root from scratch, so improving one's existing spirit root should be even easier.
However, with my Golden Core cultivation base, it still took a whole month to nurture it.
If a Foundation Establishment cultivator were to use this method, it would probably take at least a year or two to accomplish.
As for Qi Refining cultivators, it would likely take more than ten years.
Moreover, it's not over yet..."
Since the technique was called 'spirit root cultivation', there was a process of cultivation involved.
At this moment, Chu Ning had only just completed the implantation process and hadn't started the actual cultivation yet.
Chu Ning roughly sensed that if he wanted to truly condense a Golden Spirit Root, even with his powerful soul and dan power, it would probably take at least a decade or two.
Fortunately, Chu Ning wasn't in a hurry to cultivate the Golden Spirit Root right away.
His attention now turned to the other five wisps of Spirit Essence Qi in his dantian.
"Shennym's recorded technique only mentions the method for cultivating a single wisp of Spirit Essence Qi.
This is probably because most people would find it extremely difficult to obtain even a single wisp.
But since I have so many wisps, I might as well give it a try."
With this thought in mind, Chu Ning used his spiritual power to envelop another wisp of Spirit Essence Qi and implanted it into the location of his spirit root, just as he had done before.
Then, to his surprise, this wisp of Spirit Essence Qi quickly merged with the previous one.
"This might work!"
Without hesitation, Chu Ning began the process of implanting the third wisp of Spirit Essence Qi.
Once again, it proceeded as smoothly as the previous attempts.
However, when Chu Ning tried to draw out the fourth wisp of Spirit Essence Qi from his dantian and merge it with the spirit root, he found that he couldn't do it.
The wisp of Spirit Essence Qi drifted aimlessly at the location of his spirit root, unable to fuse with the previously cultivated spirit root.
After some thought, Chu Ning decided not to take any more risks.
He circulated his spiritual power to envelop the wisp of Spirit Essence Qi once again and carefully returned it to his dantian.
"When I obtained the Spirit Essence Qi before, my cultivation level increased after refining it.
Since I've wasted five years of cultivation time, I might as well see if I can refine this Spirit Essence Qi to improve my cultivation."
With this in mind, Chu Ning started to circulate the Five Elements Chaos Technique to refine one of the wisps of Spirit Essence Qi.
However, no matter how he circulated his spiritual power, this wisp of Spirit Essence Qi remained unmoved, and he couldn't refine even a bit of it.
At this moment, Chu Ning had no choice but to give up on the idea of refining it.
"It seems that without the Metal attribute in my current Five Elements Chaos Technique, I won't be able to refine this Spirit Essence Qi."
If he couldn't even refine the Spirit Essence Qi, then there was no point in thinking about refining the Golden Spirit Seed.
Chu Ning didn't yet have a deep understanding of how the Spirit Seed could benefit him.
So, he decided to let the Golden Spirit Seed and the remaining three wisps of Spirit Essence Qi remain in his dantian for the time being.
Chu Ning started to take inventory of the various resources in his storage bag.
Spiritual stones, refining materials, spirit herbs, talismans, and all sorts of magical treasures were sorted and categorized by him.
"After paying 45,000, I still have about 50,000 low-grade spirit stones left. I won't have to worry about spirit stones for a while."
Chu Ning breathed a sigh of relief after counting his spirit stones. Knowing that he would be staying in Iceland Immortal City for a while, he felt reassured to have such a substantial amount of resources.
He carefully examined all the refining materials, a smile forming on his face.
"Although we used quite a lot of materials to repair the teleportation formation, there are still plenty of good things left.
Friday Stone and Star Iron Essence, these two materials can even be used to refine the Metal Spirit Sword for the Five Elements Sword Array.
Ao Langtian and Tie Shi really contributed a lot."
Muttering to himself, Chu Ning set those two materials aside.
He then sorted out some other precious materials and categorized them accordingly before storing them away.
"These materials are quite valuable and can be exchanged for a substantial amount of spirit stones or other resources.
However, these four magical treasures are even more valuable."
At this moment, Chu Ning's gaze fell upon the four magical treasures before him.
The metal ring that belonged to Tie Shi, Ao Langtian's dagger, the metallic staff of the old man with the surname Zou, and You Jing's spirit flag.
Chu Ning immediately activated his spiritual power and divine sense, beginning to erase the marks on the four treasures one by one.
Since these four items were the original owners' life source treasures, they had been nurtured by their owners' primordial spirits and dan power. If the owners were still alive, erasing the marks would have been much more challenging for Chu Ning. Additionally, the original owners would have sensed any attempts to erase their marks.
However, with all four owners deceased, this task was relatively straightforward for Chu Ning, who was already an accomplished artificer.
"I'll keep these four treasures for now and use them in emergencies.
But if the opportunity arises, I can always trade them for resources."
If he were still on the Western Alliance Continent, Chu Ning would have found it challenging to dispose of these items. After all, they were linked to several major powers.
However, here in Iceland Immortal City, no one knew their origins, making it easier to handle them.
Subsequently, Chu Ning tested the power of the treasures.
Being the original owners' life source treasures, they were indeed quite powerful.
"A place like Iceland Immortal City might not lack resources, especially since both the Snowpeak Mountains and the Boundless Sea are abundant in cultivation resources.
However, when it comes to artifact and pill refining, it might not compare to the ancient sects on the Western Alliance Continent.
So, if I were to put these treasures up for trade, they might be quite sought after."
Chu Ning smiled and put away the four treasures.
The storage bags of the few individuals did not contain anything particularly extraordinary.
Especially anything related to their sects, which was probably a precaution taken by the sects before sending their disciples into the Spirit Domain.
Chu Ning's gaze now fell upon the spirit pills and various spirit herbs.
Among them, the majority were pills that he had refined himself.
Before entering the Spirit Domain, Chu Ning had been in the normal course of his cultivation and had just stabilized his Golden Core realm.
So, he had prepared a substantial number of pills for his future cultivation.
In addition, the several Golden Core cultivators also carried a considerable number of pills.
Although many were for healing and restoring spiritual power, there were also a significant number for improving cultivation.
"With just these pills, I already have enough for three years of cultivation.
And I still have a lot of spirit herbs on hand, obtained from that trade meeting at Sky Sound Pavilion.
On top of that, I also acquired a large number of spirit herbs from the Spirit Domain and the Golden Core cultivators.
If I refine some more pills, I should have enough for four or five years of cultivation, maybe even seven or eight.
Even if I occasionally lack one or two types of spirit herbs, I can always cultivate them.
With all this, closing myself off for ten years might be an exaggeration, but seven or eight years should be manageable."
With a clear plan in mind, Chu Ning immediately set out to execute it.
There was an alchemy room in the cave abode, and with his pill furnace, refining high-grade pills was not a problem.
He took out all kinds of spirit herbs and began to select and match them for pill refining, ensuring that he used them before their efficacy faded.
Chu Ning examined several types of spirit fruits discovered in the Spirit Domain, discerning their medicinal properties and pondering the possibility of cultivating and refining them before storing them away.
Next, he picked up a fiery-red spirit fruit, which also contained astonishing energy. However, the energy within it was completely different from the spiritual energy of this place.
This was the spirit fruit that Chu Ning had brought out from the Island of Nothingness, imbued with the power of origin.
After consuming one, Chu Ning began to cultivate the Nine Transformations Body Refining Technique.
Unlike his previous cultivation on the Island of Nothingness, he was now practicing the second layer of the second volume of the Nine Transformations Body Refining Technique.
At the same time, he was also utilizing the cultivation technique's spiritual power circulation.
As he cultivated, Chu Ning carefully sensed the differences from his previous cultivation on the Island of Nothingness.
"This origin power and spiritual energy are indeed two completely different types of energy, but they don't seem to be repellent. At least, they aren't repellent within my body.
This seems to contradict the speculation of the Nine Transformations Elder."
At this moment, Chu Ning recalled the words carved on the Island of Nothingness by the Nine Transformations Elder.
"The Nine Transformations Elder previously speculated that spiritual energy entered the Tian Yan Realm and covered up the power of origin, or even suppressed it in areas like the Island of Nothingness.
If we were to judge solely by the situation on the Island of Nothingness, that would indeed be the case.
But if that were true, out of instinct for self-preservation, even when entering my body, this origin power should exhibit some repulsion towards spiritual energy.
Or spiritual energy should have some suppressive effect on the origin power, but in fact, I haven't discovered any signs of repulsion at all."
These thoughts flashed through Chu Ning's mind, but he couldn't find an answer.
Exploring the origin of energy was still a daunting task for Chu Ning, who was only at the early Golden Core stage.
After some contemplation, Chu Ning took out several different types of spirit fruits from the wooden box and extracted their seeds using a special method.
"I might as well try to see if these spirit fruits, imbued with the power of origin, can be cultivated in an environment filled with spiritual energy."
Even though he thought his idea was far-fetched, Chu Ning decided to give it a shot.
After finishing this task, Chu Ning remembered another gain from his time on the Island of Nothingness.
Void Finger!
As he circulated the Five Elements Chaos Technique, Chu Ning began to try to manipulate spatial power.
He then extended his finger and pointed it at the cave wall ten zhang away.
Instantly, the incredibly hard rock on the cave wall was pierced!
Chu Ning flashed to the cave wall and carefully examined it, his eyes shining with excitement.
"Even though I only infused it with a strand of spiritual power and haven't reached a high level of proficiency yet, the power is already comparable to the Heaven Punishing Fist! This secret technique still has a lot of room for improvement, especially since my understanding of spatial power and my spiritual power manipulation are far from exceptional."
With that in mind, Chu Ning decided that in addition to cultivating his cultivation techniques, he would also focus on comprehending the Void Finger.
Subsequently, for a long time, Chu Ning remained in the cave abode.
He consumed pills and cultivated the Five Elements Chaos Technique and the Refine God Technique. He also consumed the origin spirit fruits and cultivated the Nine Transformations Body Refining Technique.
Additionally, he resumed his cultivation of the Heavenfire Sword Technique and the Blazing Inferno Technique, which had been put on hold before.
Of course, the Void Finger was also given top priority by Chu Ning.
Time flew by, and several years passed in the blink of an eye.
(End of Chapter)
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