I am grinding experience in another world - Chapter 810 - 798: Yellow Springs Gourd
Time passed day by day.
While resting, Chen Mu managed the affairs of the Ren Character Camp.
After so long, most of the soldiers wounded in the battle at Miling Island have healed.
Now stationed at Miling Island without venturing out, there’s essentially no new injured soldiers.
Moreover, Ren Character Camp now has over a hundred Daoist Soldiers skilled in medical arts, so even without Chen Mu’s oversight, everything runs smoothly.
Thus, Chen Mu dismissed the Giant Spirit Secret Technique and recalled his scattered Spirit. At the same time, he delegated the camp affairs to three minor generals, freeing himself from burdens.
Then he started to focus entirely on secluded cultivation.
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Chen Mu was over a thousand experience points away from reaching Perfection in the Ninth Rank Yellow Springs Gourd Technique, only one Spirit Treasure Talisman left to be condensed.
This Spirit Treasure Talisman wasn’t much more complex than the previous eighty, yet it was extraordinarily difficult.
Because it needed to connect all the primordials, making eighty-one primordials link end-to-end, flowing in unison.
Initially, as Perfection drew near, Chen Mu felt both anticipation and tension.
Every time he condensed a Spirit Treasure Talisman, he couldn’t help but observe the experience changes on the Stone Gate to ensure he wasn’t on the wrong path.
Unfortunately, the more anxious he was, the more mistakes occurred, resulting in only a hundred experience gained after busy work for over ten days.
Subsequently, Chen Mu decided not to focus on the experience on the Stone Gate or think about success or failure. He began condensing the Spirit Treasure Talisman steadily, without hurry, following his earlier rhythm.
Despite continued frequent failures, the anxiety dissipated. This allowed deeper immersion, gaining more experience with each attempt.
…
Days and nights passed.
Chen Mu huddled inside the Green Jade Immortal Residence, ignoring the outside world, concentrating solely on secluded cultivation.
This day.
As usual, he began a new round of Spirit Treasure Talisman condensation.
A black vortex the size of a bowl above him continuously discharged Demon Qi.
The Jade Cicada Dao Foundation emitted a golden glow, transforming the purified Demon Qi into immense Mana.
The Jade Seed’s center, the River Chariot Divine Acupoint, reversed, refining the Mana into strands of Primordial Qi.
Proficiently controlling Primordial Qi, Chen Mu started weaving and constructing from the first primordials.
The Spirit Treasure Core Mechanism Technique’s Life and Death Seal spread like smoke and mist, permeating between the primordial gaps. Seeking the resonance rhythm between primordials, aiming to unify all primordials into a single entity.
Three, five, ten, thirty… Spirit Treasure Talismans are methodically stacked.
When attempting the eighty-first primordials, seven days had passed.
With past two months of failing experience, Chen Mu’s heart remained calm. He advanced casually, comparing with the Yellow Springs Gourd’s primordial blueprint.
As he progressed, the primordial blueprint in his mind suddenly vanished.
It felt like a musician turning sheet music while playing, only to find blank pages suddenly, causing a sudden chill in the heart.
“Could it be that the Yellow Springs Gourd Technique in my hands… is incomplete?!”
Chen Mu hurriedly reviewed the Yellow Springs Gourd blueprint in his mind.
After a couple of checks, he suddenly realized.
With an anxious feeling, he immediately immersed his Spirit inside the Dao Foundation Jade Seed.
There he saw a little yellow-skinned gourd, leisurely spinning in the center.
“Did I succeed?!”
“Ha!”
Chen Mu grinned widely.
After over ten years of cultivation, he hadn’t expected to cross the Sixth Level of Qi Refining so unremarkably.
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The next day.
At the entrance of Green Jade Immortal Residence.
Chen Mu lay smiling in a rocking chair.
His Spirit submerged into the Jade Seed, admiring the newly crafted Yellow Springs Gourd from last night, finding it endlessly fascinating.
At this moment, the pale yellow little gourd occupied the center of the Dao Foundation. The original River Chariot Divine Acupoint had integrated completely with the Yellow Springs Gourd.
From the exterior, it seemed like a simple yellow-skinned gourd. Yet, upon careful perception, one could find hidden spirituality inside.
It resembled a newly awakened young beast, appearing motionless while its eyes dart, curiously observing its surroundings.
“This lively feeling is probably the Spirit Mechanism contained within the Spiritual Treasure.”
Outer Cultivation Treasures require harmony between the Fetus and Spirit Mechanism, akin to his Yin Mistaken Yang.
Back then, inadvertently merging with Dragon Ball Spirit Machine, resulted in enhanced spirituality, transforming into a Magic Treasure.
Thus possessing both virtual and real forms, able to integrate into the brow’s Secret Acupoint, eventually generating Yin Yang Qi Divine Power, remarkably potent.
The Yellow Springs Gourd belongs to Inner Cultivation Spiritual Treasure Method; once refined, it naturally possesses Spirit Mechanism inside.
“Or perhaps, the process of condensing Spirit Treasure Talismans simultaneously forges the Spiritual Treasure’s Spirit Mechanism.”
“And this Spirit Mechanism in the Spiritual Treasure is likely forged through partial fusion of my Spiritual Deity!” Chen Mu recalled the years of Yellow Springs Gourd condensation, forming a conjecture.
Each condensation previously consumed substantial Mana and also drained the Spiritual Deity.
Mana consumption was for reversed practicing Primordial Qi, while Spiritual Deity expenditure…
“Earlier, I merely thought the Spirit Treasure Talisman complexity caused the Spiritual Deity’s exhaustion due to high difficulty.”
“Reflecting now, it’s because every condensation requires infusing the Spiritual Deity into the Spirit Treasure Talisman!”
“No wonder those Qi Cultivators opting for Inner Cultivation of Spiritual Treasure require decades or even centuries.” Chen Mu sighed.
Inner Cultivation of Spiritual Treasure risks primordial collapse from minor oversight, leading to loss of the embedded Spiritual Deity.
Only after complete restoration of the Spiritual Deity can the next attempt commence.
Restoring the Spiritual Deity isn’t easily achieved.
Chen Mu lost count of the Nourishing Spirit Wine he drank to replenish the Spiritual Deity.
Other Qi Cultivators without Precious Medicine can only wait extensively for the body’s self-repair.
The prolonged duration of Inner Cultivation of Spiritual Treasure is thus understandable.
“No wonder so many flock to Outer Cultivation Treasures.”
Finding the right Root Device and Spirit Mechanism can lead to crossing the Sixth Level of Qi Refining, within decades, some even in two to three years.
If one practices Pure Yang Qi, nourishing the Primordial Spirit, everyone naturally seeks shortcuts.
“As for whether hazards exist?”
“Once the Primordial Spirit is attained, immortality is achieved; any hazards can be addressed later.”
Chen Mu gradually understood the mindset of most Qi Cultivators.
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Sighing a few times, Chen Mu glanced again at the Yellow Springs Gourd.
With a thought, the little gourd gently rotated, absorbing the torrents of Mana within the Jade Seed.
Soon, wisps of pure black mist spewed from the gourd’s mouth.
“This must be the Pure Yang Qi that nourishes the Dao Foundation.”
The mist felt warm; upon touching the Jade Seed’s inner wall, it seamlessly merged like gentle rain falling on parched earth.
A golden glow immediately illuminated the Dao Foundation, accompanied by deep satisfaction, akin to a long-starved person finally satiated.
“The Dao Foundation is like a seed, and Pure Yang Qi is its nourishment.”
“With adequate Pure Yang Qi, the Dao Foundation will sprout and grow, eventually transforming into the Primordial Spirit.”
At this moment, Chen Mu gained clear insight into a Qi Cultivator’s path.
“However…”
“Why does this resemble Yin Spirit cultivation so closely?”
Chen Mu couldn’t help but inwardly visualize his brow, examining the Yin Spirit Divine Embryo Round Pearl.
It was currently autonomously absorbing Yin Spirit Divine Power, refining limitless gray Netherworld Qi, dispersing it within the Nine Yin Spirit Orifices.
Every time the nine orifices digest a strand of Netherworld Qi, merging into the Yin Spirit Sky Demon Body, a sensation of fullness akin to being nourished returns.
Dao Foundation Jade Seed, Divine Embryo Nine Orifices;
Pure Yang Qi, Netherworld Qi;
Primordial Spirit, Yin God…
This comparison grew more similar the more he pondered.
Ugh!
Who knows whether it’s the Qi Cultivators imitating Yin Spirits, or vice versa.
Chen Mu wore a peculiar expression.
