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Chapter 372: Dual Spirit Species
Chapter 372: Dual Spirit Species
Before Chu Ning was a snow crystal herb of unknown age.
He performed a series of intricate hand seals, channeling his spiritual energy.
In an instant, the heavenly and earthly spiritual energies converged, rousing the humanoid snow crystal herb from its slumber.
The next moment, a hint of panic flashed across its little face as it tried to escape deep into the ground.
However, Chu Ning was prepared. This snow crystal herb couldn't escape, and it was soon captured and returned.
After several such attempts, the snow crystal herb seemed to resign itself to its fate.
Chu Ning cast another spell to restore it to its original form and planted it in the spiritual soil, beginning to cultivate it with the Mysterious Youthful Spring Technique.
After calling Bai Ling out, he left the restricted area.
Cen Zikin stood by curiously. After Chu Ning emerged, she asked with a strange look on her face, "So there really are spirit herbs that can become spiritual beings. Where did you get this from?"
"From a place called the Great Abyss in the Northern Cold Land," Chu Ning replied, taking out a jade bottle from his storage bag and pouring several drops of the snow crystal herb's spirit liquid into an empty jade bottle, which he then handed to Cen Zikin.
Cen Zikin took the bottle, uncorked it, and inhaled deeply, her delicate face reflecting her astonishment.
"Such rich spiritual energy!"
Chu Ning nodded. "And this is just the first herb I planted, a three-thousand-year-old snow crystal herb. The one I'm planting now is at least ten thousand years old, maybe even twenty thousand. The spirit liquid it produces should be even more remarkable."
As he spoke, Chu Ning began rummaging through his storage bag again.
He took out the Red Flame Golden Lotus, the Blazing Sun Grass, the Frostbite Grass...
These various treasures obtained from the Ice Volcano in the Great Abyss might not be as rare as the snow crystal herb, but they were all over ten thousand years old.
Their spiritual power was extraordinarily potent.
Chu Ning hadn't yet decided what to do with these items, so he proceeded to plant them one by one.
Of course, to facilitate their cultivation, Chu Ning had no choice but to set up two different arrays in the spirit herb garden.
One array gathered icy-cold spiritual energy, while the other gathered fire-attribute spiritual energy.
As Cen Zikin watched Chu Ning tend to each of these spirit herbs and medicines, she couldn't help but sigh.
"Now I understand why your cultivation has progressed so rapidly. You've probably had a constant supply of these spirit herbs and medicines, haven't you?"
Chu Ning thought for a moment before replying with a smile, "Well, they weren't always this high in age. But I've always had a good stock of spirit herbs and medicines. Even without these, I would refine high-grade pills and medicines."
As he spoke, Chu Ning began to take out the various things he had cultivated in the Northern Cold Land and planted them as well.
Most of these were ingredients he needed for pill refining.
Of course, there were also some unique items, like the leafless fruit he had obtained from the Golden Spirit Species Spirit Domain and the purple source fruit from Wuling Island.
When Chu Ning finally took out the last item, his expression turned solemn.
"What's that?" Cen Zikin asked, noticing his change in demeanor and becoming curious.
"It's the sealed Xuan Bing Flame!" Chu Ning replied, examining the blue and red ice flower before him.
Considering that Cen Zikin might not be familiar with the Xuan Bing Flame, Chu Ning explained further, "This is a heavenly flame formed by the condensation of ice and fire energies."
As he spoke, Chu Ning summoned a ball of Earth Vein Essence Flame in his palm.
"Its power surpasses even the spiritual flame I possess."
Although Cen Zikin couldn't sense the might of the sealed Xuan Bing Flame, she could feel the power of the Earth Vein Essence Flame in Chu Ning's hand.
This caused her expression to shift slightly.
She felt that even a slight contact with this object would be devastating.
Cen Zikin gave Chu Ning a deep look.
Although Chu Ning had briefly recounted his experiences during their eighty years apart, he couldn't have covered every detail.
"From now on, I want Chu Ning to tell me stories every day and show me all these strange and wonderful things he's collected. It's sure to be fascinating."
As these thoughts ran through her mind, a hint of a smile appeared in Cen Zikin's bright eyes.
At that moment, Chu Ning's gaze rested on the Xuan Bing Flame, a hint of hesitation in his eyes.
It was definitely a valuable item, but with his current cultivation, he feared he wouldn't be able to refine it.
Although he could absorb it into his body and possibly suppress it with the already refined Earth Vein Essence Flame, there was no guarantee it wouldn't backfire.
But if he did so, it would restrict his ability to use the Earth Vein Essence Flame freely.
With that in mind, Chu Ning abandoned the idea of absorbing and slowly refining the Xuan Bing Flame.
Of course, another important reason he dared not attempt to absorb and refine the Xuan Bing Flame was that his body already contained too many things.
Within his dantian was the Golden Spirit Species, and after leaving the Great Abyss, he had obtained the droplet-shaped treasure imbued with numerous origin powers from the Snow Mist Valley.
So at this moment, in addition to the Golden Spirit Species, there was also a partially refined yet still incredibly powerful Wood Spirit Species in Chu Ning's dantian.
Chu Ning thought that he still needed to find a way to refine and deal with these items.
With that in mind, Chu Ning carefully placed the Xuan Bing Flame back into the jade box crafted from the ice-fire spirit jade and stored it away once more.
As for the Xuan Xiao Mirror obtained from the Great Void Abyss, Chu Ning had tried to refine and control it before but failed, so he didn't bother taking it out again.
Instead, he turned to Cen Zikin and asked, "Aside from the jade bed, do you want me to set up spirit-gathering and spirit-locking arrays as well?"
"Mm!" Cen Zikin replied softly.
"I was just about to start setting them up, but I've been trapped in the Chaos Beast Mountain for so many years that I've almost used up all my array formation materials.
I was going to ask you where I could exchange some within the sect."
"There's no need to exchange anything. I have plenty of materials for this kind of array and restriction," Chu Ning said as he led Cen Zikin back into the cultivation room.
Over the years, he had amassed a large collection of array formation materials, and after leaving the Great Void Abyss, he had acquired the storage bags of three Nascent Soul cultivators.
Now, he possessed so many treasures that even a typical Nascent Soul cultivator would pale in comparison.
Chu Ning casually took out some array formation materials from his storage bag and began setting them up.
At this time, Cen Zikin said, "By the way, don't forget about showing me those array formation legacies you mentioned earlier.
I've realized that your skills in this area have far surpassed mine."
"Don't worry, I'll give them to you. From now on, we can often sit and discuss cultivation, living the life of immortals," Chu Ning assured her.
Hearing this, a warm smile appeared on Cen Zikin's beautiful face.
Chu Ning worked quickly, and soon a layer of array restrictions covered the entire jade bed.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth quickly converged on the bed.
In just a short while, the bed was enveloped in swirling spiritual energy, and it was all extremely pure water-attributed spiritual energy.
Cen Zikin's eyes lit up at the sight, and she quickly stepped into the restriction.
She was slightly startled to see Chu Ning following her in.
"Didn't you say that you cultivate the Five Elements Chaotic Principles and need to absorb the five types of elemental spiritual energy?
Is it useful for you to absorb only this pure water-attributed spiritual energy?" she asked.
Chu Ning smiled at her question.
"I didn't say I was coming in to cultivate. Since it's a bed, cultivation is only a secondary function. Sleeping is the main purpose.
The surface of this bed is as soft as water, so sleeping together should be very comfortable."
Upon hearing this, Cen Zikin's face turned red with a mix of shyness and anger.
"I didn't realize you were such a scoundrel! Get out; I'm going to cultivate now," she said, pushing Chu Ning toward the exit.
As Chu Ning dragged his feet and reluctantly moved toward the exit, he muttered, "I wonder if the Nine Floras Sect or the Yao Chi Palace has any dual cultivation techniques."
At this, Cen Zikin's face turned even redder, and she gave Chu Ning a strong push, sending him out of the jade bed's restriction.
Chu Ning turned back to look at Cen Zikin, her cheeks flushed within the restriction, and he couldn't help but laugh.
Then, without disturbing Cen Zikin further, he returned to his own cultivation room.
After sitting down to cultivate for a while, Chu Ning began to examine the two orbs of light in his sea of consciousness.
Before Fire Cloud and Thunder Cloud's consciousness had dissipated, they had each transmitted their most powerful techniques to him.
Chu Ning hadn't had time to look at them yet, so he didn't know what these orbs contained.
As he inspected them now, his eyebrows raised in surprise.
"The power contained within seems to be... Nascent Soul power. It seems I'll need to reach the Nascent Soul stage before I can view them properly."
He mused to himself, but then he quickly understood.
Given Fire Cloud and Thunder Cloud's late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, it made sense that their techniques and spells were more suitable for Nascent Soul cultivators.
"It seems these two seniors had great confidence in my ability to reach the Nascent Soul stage," Chu Ning said with a smile, shaking his head.
He didn't mind, as he already possessed numerous means and had mastered quite a few top-tier spells of different attributes.
Now that he was back at the Nine Floras Sect, he could focus on cultivating and take more time to refine the Golden Spirit Species and Wood Spirit Species within his body.
During his time in the Purple Moon Sect, most of his cultivation had been spent refining the Golden Spirit Species.
But since he couldn't cultivate the Snow Crystal Herb there, his refinement process had slowed down.
"I wonder what the effects of this Wood Spirit Species will be?"
With that in mind, Chu Ning began to channel his spiritual power to refine the Wood Spirit Species within him.
Instantly, strands of pure wood-attributed spiritual energy emanated from the Wood Spirit Species.
Then, driven by the Five Elements Chaotic Principles, this spiritual energy transformed into five elemental spiritual powers that fused with his Golden Core.
The next moment, to Chu Ning's surprise, the Golden Spirit Species seemed to sense something, and strands of spiritual energy also wafted out from it.
In an instant, wood and metal spiritual energies intertwined within his dantian.
Then, with the Five Elements Chaotic Principles in motion, the five elements nourished each other, and they transformed into pure spiritual power that was absorbed into his Golden Core without any interference.
As he channeled his spiritual power, he was refining both spirit species simultaneously, which was undoubtedly beyond Chu Ning's expectations.
Soon, a glimmer of joy emerged in his heart.
For Chu Ning, this was undoubtedly good news, meaning that his spiritual power advancement could be even faster.
At this moment, Chu Ning carefully sensed the spiritual energy of the two spirit species and found that their richness and purity were on par with each other.
"It seems that while the spiritual domain space produced by the spirit species is different, the power of the spirit species itself doesn't seem to have a high or low distinction.
If that's the case, then the effect of my refining this Wood Spirit Species should be similar to that of refining the Golden Spirit Species, so my cultivation speed should increase significantly."
Deep in thought, Chu Ning glanced at his cultivation proficiency and then began to channel his full power to refine the wood and metal spirit species.
A day later, Chu Ning ended his cultivation session and once again checked his cultivation proficiency in his mind, a smile appearing on his face.
【Five Elements Chaotic Principles (Heavenly Mid-Grade), Third Layer (33,350/200,000)】
【Nine Transformations Body Refining Art, Second Volume, Second Layer (67,040/90,000)】
【Refine God Technique, Fourth Layer (64,000/64,000)】
In just one day, the Five Elements Chaotic Principles had increased by a full 50 points.
This was equivalent to twice the progress he would have made in a day when refining just the Golden Spirit Species.
It seemed that Chu Ning's guess was correct; his cultivation speed had indeed increased significantly with the simultaneous refinement of the two spirit species.
At this moment, Chu Ning left the cultivation room and found that Cen Zikin was not in her cultivation room either.
Instead, she was holding a jade slip and studying it intently.
Chu Ning walked over and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"The Xuan Water Divine Art!" Cen Zikin looked up at Chu Ning, her eyes sparkling.
"This jade bed is extremely beneficial for cultivating water-attributed techniques, and its ability to gather spiritual energy is exceptional.
While the Xuan Water Divine Art is immensely powerful, it also has very high requirements for cultivation.
In the initial stages of cultivation, an abundant supply of spiritual energy is needed to support it, so I was thinking that combining its practice with the jade bed would definitely yield excellent results."
After listening, Chu Ning smiled and said, "If that's the case, you can just start cultivating the Xuan Water Divine Art directly."
"Mhm!" Cen Zikin replied softly, then shook her head slightly. "But I can't start cultivating it yet; there are still a few parts that I don't fully understand."
"Oh, let me see."
Chu Ning took the jade slip from her and carefully studied the Xuan Water Divine Art from beginning to end.
Then he asked Cen Zikin, "Which parts are you having trouble understanding?"
Hearing Chu Ning's question, Cen Zikin immediately pointed out one of the sections.
"Let me explain it to you first, and you can see if it helps," Chu Ning said as he began to elucidate.
Cen Zikin's eyes sparkled with newfound understanding, and she soon asked about another section that puzzled her.
Once again, Chu Ning provided clarification.
After several such exchanges, Cen Zikin fell silent, deep in contemplation.
Chu Ning also remained quiet, not wanting to disturb her.
About half an hour later, Cen Zikin lifted her head and looked at Chu Ning.
"Have you cultivated the Xuan Water Divine Art before?" she asked.
Chu Ning shook his head. "No, I haven't."
Cen Zikin's face immediately showed her astonishment.
"How is it that I received the imprint of that senior's divine sense, yet my understanding of this art is inferior to yours?"
Chu Ning smiled slightly upon hearing this. With his Water Spirit Body, his talent for comprehending the five elemental attribute arts far surpassed that of ordinary people.
Even with Cen Zikin's Heaven-grade spirit root, she couldn't compare to him.
He smiled and teased, "As the husband of Fairy Cen, I can't be an ordinary cultivator, can I?"
Cen Zikin glanced at him and didn't say anything further. Instead, she leaned her head on Chu Ning's shoulder.
The two of them leaned against each other, gazing at the panoramic view of the mountains, neither wanting to break the peaceful silence.
(End of Chapter)
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