Chapter 127 - 92: Body Casting Furnace, Win, Winning Big!

Chapter 127: Chapter 92: Body Casting Furnace, Win, Winning Big!

[Dungeon: Bearers of the Tripod]

[Minimum Requirement: Qi Cultivation First Level]

[Description: A mine belonging to Ancient Body Cultivators. Due to an unknown incident, the corpses of the ancient cultivators within mutated, fusing their bodies with the Tripod Cauldrons. They transformed into evil entities that roam the mine all day, unable to rest in peace.]

[Note 1: Death within the Dungeon will not affect your main body.]

[Note 2: The Dungeon resets once every three months.]

[Note 3: When opening the Dungeon, you may choose to enter Immersive Mode.]

Reading the Dungeon’s Description, Lu Chen quickly guessed its real-world prototype. Without a doubt, it was Gangding Peak within the Cyan Cloud Sect.

"Fusing their bodies with the Tripod Cauldrons and transforming into evil entities..." he murmured.

Looking at those words, Lu Chen immediately pictured what he was about to face in the Bearers of the Tripod Dungeon. Barring any surprises, all the enemies he encountered this time would be Body Cultivators.

However, before entering the Dungeon, Lu Chen took a moment to organize his recent gains. Setting aside his Experience Points for now, Lu Chen’s immediate focus was the Gold Element Divine Techniques he had obtained after defeating the Gold-devouring Ant-man—Body Casting into Soldiers. He also focused on the trace of Fist Intent that the Gold-devouring Ant-man had comprehended at the very end by burning its life force—Mountain-Breaking Fist.

[Body Casting into Soldiers: entry-level 1/1000]

[Effect: Can use Gold-Devouring Body Tempering to forge a Refined Steel Body. Reaching Great Success allows for the shaping of a Soldier Body (Soldier Body Type: Unselected)]

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[Mountain-Breaking Fist: entry-level 1/1000]

[Effect: Its momentum is like a mountain, its punch like a peak. When the fist strikes... mountains crumble!]

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Unlike other Divine Techniques that provided decent effects even in their early stages, Body Casting into Soldiers was quite unique. Before reaching Great Success, it was essentially no different from an ordinary Body Refining Skill, with nothing particularly praiseworthy about it. But once it reached Great Success, it could allow a Cultivator’s body to temporarily match the toughness of Magical Artifacts and Magical Treasures. Furthermore, the form of the simulated Magical Artifact or Treasure was entirely up to the Cultivator’s own choice.

For example, if Lu Chen chose "Body Casting into Sword," utilizing the Divine Technique would grant his body a sharp aura comparable to a Spirit Sword. Choices like casting his body into a shield or a spear would yield similar specialized effects, offering extremely high versatility.

However, regarding the weapon he wanted to cast his body into, Lu Chen had a different idea: Body Casting Furnace. While forming a sword was certainly good, it would merely be the icing on the cake for his already abundant array of offensive methods. It wouldn’t bring about a qualitative leap. If he could form a furnace instead, he might not only compensate for his lacking defense but also further enhance his combat power in extreme situations.

This wasn’t a baseless fantasy; it was a logical deduction based on the existing Cultivation system. After all, a Cultivator’s so-called Golden Core was formed through a process very similar to an Alchemy Master refining an Elixir.

"The universe is a Melting Furnace, creation is the craftsman, yin and yang are the charcoal, and all things are the copper..."

A Cultivator’s body was like a Pill Furnace, and their Spiritual Root was like the medicinal ingredients used in Alchemy. The Qi Cultivation Stage was the cultivation of those ingredients—Introducing Qi into the Body. The Foundation Establishment Stage was the refinement of those ingredients—Condensing Qi into Liquid. The Golden Core Stage was the fusion of those ingredients—Gathering Liquid into Pill.

The human body... was it not a miniature universe in itself?

If he truly could use his body as the furnace, the Purple Mist as the fire, and the Cyan Lotus as the wood, then as long as he made up for his shortcomings by acquiring water and earth-elemental Divine Techniques, his method of Five Elements Divine Techniques would achieve initial success. Lu Chen had a premonition that if he could accomplish this, his Five Elements Divine Techniques would definitely undergo a qualitative transformation.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen couldn’t help but sigh. "No wonder people always say that Cultivation requires cultivating the mind as well as the body... Skill, body, and mind—all three are indispensable."

Technique Divine Techniques were the "skill," the physical flesh was the "body," and the Divine Soul was the "mind." Lu Chen’s "skill" had already reached a considerable level, so it was time to focus on his "body." As for the Divine Soul, which represented the "mind"... that wasn’t something he could cultivate just yet. Cultivating the Divine Soul was the hallmark of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

"My top priority right now is to raise the Divine Power Level of Body Casting into Soldiers. I’ll practice the Mountain-Breaking Fist along the way," Lu Chen thought.

"After all, although my main focus is Swordsmanship, lessons from others can be used to improve myself.

"If my guess is right, this Mountain-Breaking Fist should be a Skill that can be directly cultivated to the Dao Entry Level, allowing me to comprehend Fist Intent.

"That being the case, even if I can’t fuse Fist Intent into my Swordsmanship, at the very least, it’ll further diversify my combat repertoire. It’s a surefire win."

Having figured this out, Lu Chen immediately prepared to enter the Dungeon·Bearers of the Vessel to get some practice. If his Luck held out, by the time he emerged from the Dungeon, the Skill Levels of both Mountain-Breaking Fist and Body Casting into Soldiers should have increased significantly.

Besides practicing these two Skills, Lu Chen had another objective to complete during this Dungeon run. He wanted to see if he could raise his Talent Divine Power Level another notch. After all, during the Joint Examination Dungeon, not only had Lu Chen personally slain four Foundation Establishment Evil Objects and obtained a full six Soul Crystal Fragments (Green), but he had also found quite a few ordinary Soul Crystal Fragments (White) in the White-faced Spider’s nest.

After synthesizing these white Soul Crystals into green ones, his Talent Divine Techniques wasn’t too far from reaching the Second Realm.

[Talent Divine Power·Outer Path Incarnation: First Realm 20/30]

[Current Experience Points: 4325]

"I know I might be dreaming, but I still hope that this Dungeon run... will let me gather enough to make ten green Soul Crystal Fragments," he murmured.

Dungeon·Bearers of the Vessel... Open!