A Farmer's Journey To Immortality - Chapter 742 742: Druid's Poison Heart

Aksai frowned slightly at that thought.

“That’s not for me,” he said quietly.

Then there were the techniques he found most interesting.

Methods that treated the Poison Vein as more than just a vein.

These techniques used poison beast corpses as nourishment. The poison essence inside the bodies would be refined and fed into the Poison Vein. Over time, the vein would grow and change, becoming something close to a second Dantian.

A poison core.

Once formed, it could support Spirit spells. Fire spells could turn into poison flames. Wind spells could spread toxic fog. Even simple attacks could become deadly with poison mixed in.

Aksai slowly looked at the corpses in front of him.

“Waste not want not,” he murmured to himself.

He could feel it clearly. His Poison Vein was already close to the next step. It only needed guidance. Structure. A clear path.

Aksai closed his eyes and took a deep breath before speaking out loud, seemingly to nobody in particular.

“Nuri,” he said softly. “Run simulations for me.”

Her presence stirred in his mind at once.

[What kind of simulations, Master?]

Aksai raised his right arm and slowly clenched his fist.

“I want you to sandbox one of the Poison Dantian techniques on my body,” he said. “Test it together with my pseudo Dantian. Don’t hold back. I want to know everything.”

[Understood. Initiating deep simulation and body model reconstruction.]

Aksai closed his eyes.

Inside his mind, countless streams of data began to move. Nuri rebuilt his body again and again. His druidic Spirit path. His Aurous Body cultivation. His pseudo Dantian. The Poison Vein. Every detail was copied with precision.

[Simulation one complete.]

Then—

[Simulation five complete.]

[Simulation twelve complete.]

Time passed quietly. Outside the cave, Zyn stood guard, its massive shadow unmoving. The time required for each simulation increased as more and more of them were executed.

[Simulation thirty complete.]

[Simulation fifty complete.]

Aksai remained calm, not interrupting.

[Simulation seventy-eight complete.]

At last, Nuri spoke again.

[One hundred simulations completed.]

Aksai opened his eyes.

“Well?” he asked.

There was a short pause.

[There are compatibility issues.]

Aksai frowned slightly.

“Explain,” he said.

[The Poison Dantian technique can coexist with your pseudo Dantian and your main druidic cultivation path,] Nuri replied. [However, their internal circulation methods are not harmonious.]

Aksai listened in silence.

[When both systems operate together, they suppress each other,] Nuri continued. [Spirit essence flow becomes uneven. Poison essence circulation slows down.]

Aksai’s fingers tapped lightly against his knee.

“And the result?” he asked.

[In practical terms, you would gain roughly half of the expected effects while spending nearly twice the effort, time, and resources.]

Aksai let out a slow sigh.

“So I’d be working harder to get less,” he muttered.

[That is correct.]

He leaned back against the cave wall and looked at the pile of corpses again.

“That kind of trade isn’t worth it,” he said quietly.

[Unless one of the systems is modified or abandoned, this disharmony will remain,] Nuri added.

“Nuri,” he said in a calm voice after pondering over the issue for a bit.

“I don’t want to force myself into these poison paths. I don’t want to waste away all the poison essence I have accumulated so far but that doesn’t mean I will simply start cultivating poison techniques from the Heavenly Poison Sect.

Who knows what restrictions this separate dimension will place on me once its Spirit Guardian realizes that I have started cultivating their sect’s technique. Ideally, I don’t want there to be any relationship between me and the Heavenly Poison Sect once I leave this place.”

Aksai paused for a bit, as if realizing something before speaking further.

“Well… Even if it’s something that’s unavoidable, I don’t want to take any more legacy tasks from a Spirit Guardian. One Holy Land Torel and one Mad Immortal is already enough.”

Nuri’s reply came right away.

[That would be wise, Master. What would you like for me to do?]

“So instead of changing myself,” he said, “I want you to change the path. Analyze all the poison techniques I’ve collected. Use them as the base. I want a new technique for my druidic path.”

There was a brief pause.

[What are your requirements?]

“It must be fully compatible with me,” Aksai said. “No suppression. No waste. And if possible… I want it to help me speed up my Spirit cultivation as well.”

[Understood. Creating a new task.]

A faint pressure formed in Aksai’s mind as Nuri went to work. This time, Nuri started using Aksai’s Aether essence reserves as fuel to run complex simulations at once. Thanks to his progress in the Aether cultivation, these simulations had become much faster and more thorough than before.

[Scanning poison cultivation techniques.]

[Scanning poison Spirit spells.]

[Cross-referencing outer sect records of the Heavenly Poison Sect.]

Streams of data flashed behind Aksai’s closed eyes. Countless diagrams, flow charts, and broken body maps formed and shattered.

[Incorporating corrupted druid’s druidic knowledge.]

Aksai’s brow twitched slightly. He could feel old, twisted druidic concepts being pulled apart and cleaned. This druidic knowledge also consisted of druidic bloodline research he had conducted previously.

[Accessing Emerald Cove Guild database.]

Knowledge from many paths poured in. Alchemy notes. Beast studies. Body refinement theories. Failed experiments and rare successes.

Since Aksai had become the youngest Lord, his influence in Dadangar Subcontinent had increased by leaps and bounds. Thanks to his newfound status, it was much easier for him to obtain Spirit techniques and Spells from all kinds of sects and organizations.

As a result, Aksai possessed a relatively much bigger database regarding the knowledge that originated from Dadangar Subcontinent. Nuri made full use of this database.

Minutes turned into hours. And days turned into weeks. Aksai also started cultivating meanwhile, losing a sense of self in his practice. When he steered his consciousness to reality, the simulations were still going on but they were going to end soon.

[Initial models created.]

[Testing compatibility.]

Aksai felt small waves of pressure rise and fall inside his chest.

[Model one rejected. Conflict with Verdant Heart.]

[Model three rejected. Poison essence destabilizes pseudo Dantian.]

[Model seven rejected. Long-term damage detected.]

Aksai opened his eyes and exhaled slowly.

“Still not working?” he asked.

[The poison principles resist direct fusion with your druidic core,] Nuri replied.

Aksai stayed quiet for a bit. Then as if struck by inspiration, he asked Nuri if one of the druidic blessings could be altered to adopt the poison essence. Nuri got to work quickly.

[Switching approach.]

The pressure inside his mind changed.

[Incorporating druidic blessing theories.]

[Using the research data related to druidic bloodlines.]

Aksai’s eyes narrowed slightly.

[Accessing knowledge gained from Holy Land Torel.]

Fragments of memory surfaced. Ancient druidic symbols. Blessing structures. Living techniques that grew with the user instead of being fixed.

[Analyzing transformation-type blessings.]

[Analyzing evolutionary blessing patterns.]

The green vein on Aksai’s arm pulsed once, then settled.

[New framework forming.]

Aksai felt it as he inserted his Spirit Sense inside one of the final sandboxing experiments that was being run and close to success. This time, there was no resistance. No clash.

[Instead of creating a new Poison Dantian, the technique will focus on evolving an existing druidic blessing.]

Aksai leaned forward.

“Which one?” he asked.

There was a pause, almost thoughtful.

[Druid’s Lion Heart.]

Aksai’s eyes widened slightly. He had evolved the blessing only recently. And Nuri wanted to evolve it once again.

[The technique will gradually alter the nature of the blessing,] Nuri continued. [As poison essence accumulates and is refined, the blessing will evolve.]

Aksai swallowed.

“Evolve… into what?”

[Provisional name: Druid’s Poison Heart.]

Silence filled the cave.

Nuri’s voice sounded again, steady and clear.

[The evolved blessing will convert poison essence into a driving force for body and Spirit growth.]

[It will strengthen your heart, blood flow, and Spirit circulation while adapting poison into nourishment rather than harm.]

[Over time, this will increase your cultivation speed and resistance to poison without creating conflict with your existing paths.]

Aksai let out a slow breath.

“So instead of forcing poison into my body,” he said quietly, “I let my blessing grow and adapt to use poison as a nourishment instead.”

[Correct.]

He looked at his chest and placed a hand over his heart.

“And the risks?” he asked.

[Low. The transformation is gradual and reversible in early stages.]

A faint smile appeared on Aksai’s face.

“Kekeke. That’s more like it,” he said and smiled.

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