Improving Body Cultivator Aptitude
Half an hour later, the pain gradually subsided. Yang Tianyou rubbed his chest and continued his cultivation.
Absorbing the Blade Intent earlier has another advantage: it gives the body more time to adapt, avoiding wasting time.
Cultivating immortality requires not only a balance of work and rest, but also making the most of every second. Controlling the time frame for cultivation is something every Cultivator should keep in mind.
The luminous pearl above his head cast rays of light. After a brief adjustment, Yang Tianyou returned to meditation. The various Mnemonic of the One-Qi Capturing Hand technique flowed through his mind, repeating them over and over, gradually imprinting them deep within his soul.
The Spirit-Shattering Instruction slowly circulated, and golden Spiritual Power flowed like a babbling brook through his wide meridians. Since Yang Tianyou's meridians had already Spiritual Transformation, their resilience was comparable to that of Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, so he was very unrestrained and circulated his Spiritual Power in a wide and unrestrained manner, without fear of making any mistakes.
Under such vigorous and diligent movements, Spiritual Power began to gradually condense and proceed along a mysterious trajectory.
The liquefied Spiritual Power gradually seeped into the Fleshly Body, into every muscle, bone, Skin Membrane, and even the smallest part of the body.
Although the name "One-Qi Capturing Hand) includes "hand," its training scope is not limited to the arms but extends to the entire body.
Encompassing Essence Qi, energy, and spirit, ultimately condensing the Fleshly Body, Spiritual Power, and soul into a continuous stream of "qi," only then can this Divine Ability be considered to have entered the realm of cultivation.
Yang Tianyou only wants to condense Divine Ability Seed, so the requirements are not so strict. He only needs to meet the most basic standards in terms of Essence Qi, and spirit.
It's like digging a canal. If the true beginning of Divine Ability requires digging a ten-zhang-wide canal, then forming the Divine Ability Seed and cultivating their Divine Ability Prototype only requires digging a one-zhang-wide canal.
In this process, Spiritual Power is like a tool, the Fleshly Body is like the earth, and the soul is like a skill.
Only with good skills, excellent tools, and sufficiently firm and resilient soil suitable for excavation can all the basic conditions be met.
However, as his Spiritual Power circulated, Yang Tianyou frowned once again. He felt a constraint, or rather, a bottleneck.
This bottleneck is none other than Fleshly Body aptitude. Body Cultivator is different from Spell Cultivator; having Spirit Roots is not enough. To climb to the peak of Body Cultivator, one's Fleshly Body aptitude must be sufficient.
Bloodline, physique, Root Bone —any of these will do, but the important thing is that you have them. If you don't, this path will be ten or a hundred times more difficult.
Clearly, Yang Tianyou lacked the Body Cultivator Aptitude. Before reaching the Foundation Establishment, he encountered no obstacles and progressed smoothly, raising his physical strength to the Foundation Establishment level.
In fact, if he continues to cultivate, he can still make further progress, but the Body Cultivator Aptitude required for the One-Qi Capturing Hand is obviously much higher than the aptitude required for advancing in realm.
As a result, although Yang Tianyou's Body Cultivator cultivation did not encounter any obstacles, his cultivation of Divine Ability powers did.
"Sigh, I really shouldn't have taken any chances!"
With a sigh, Yang Tianyou surprisingly did not show any anxiety, because he had a way to solve the problem.
The solution is none other than those few remaining wisps of the Qi of Creation!
The Qi of Creation is exceptionally precious; it can reshape mountains and rivers, create all things, enlighten the ignorant, and ignite life.
Legend has it that if one possesses a complete Qi of Creation, one can even transform Mortal into a prodigy with Innate Sacred Body.
That's a physique far more powerful than Innate Spirit Body. Cultivators with this aptitude face virtually no bottlenecks before they can Sage Manifestation once they begin cultivating immortality.
Even if it were Sage Manifestation, it would be nothing more than a small obstacle for them, which they could easily overcome with a little effort.
In the hundreds of thousands of years of history of the Lu Wu Realm, there have been only a handful of geniuses with such talent. Each one of them is a peerless hero who looks down upon the world and dominates all directions. It is conceivable how precious this Qi of Creation is.
Of course, ten thousand strands make one thread, and a thousand threads make one strand. In other words, one stream of Qi of Creation is ten million threads.
Yang Tianyou painstakingly broke through to the Foundation Establishment, but all he gained was nine strands of Qi of Creation. Considering this, it's hard to say whether creating a Sacred Body with a single strand of Qi of Creation is a gain or a loss.
That being said, the Qi of Creation can mold Mortals into Sacred Bodies, and improving their Body Cultivator Aptitude is naturally a piece of cake.
Yang Tianyou obtained a total of nine strands of Qi of Creation when he broke through to the Foundation Establishment. He used one strand each for Fengling and Yuan Ba, and one strand for the Five-Element Spirit-Transforming Talisman, so he had six strands left.
Of these six strands of Qi of Creation, two must be reserved for the Twin Blades and Starlight. As Yang Tianyou's main combat Law Artifact, they naturally cannot be inferior to the Five-Element Spirit-Transforming Talisman.
In that case, he only had four strands of the Qi of Creation left to use. Yang Tianyou lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then his gaze hardened.
These four strands of Qi of Creation were all poured into his Fleshly Body. This was not only because of the need for the One-Qi Capturing Hand, but more importantly, Yang Tianyou would not give up the Dual Cultivation of Spell and Body.
Rather than trying to improve Body Cultivator Aptitude later when encountering obstacles, it's better to invest all available resources in it now. Since improvement is inevitable sooner or later, it won't be a waste.
Thinking of this, Yang Tianyou stopped circulating his Cultivation Method, focused his Shen Yi, and sank into his Dantian.
Within the vast Dantian, a golden lake rippled gently, surrounded by wisps of Spiritual Power, and one could almost hear the sound of water colliding.
Above this lake of Spiritual Power, a colorful Talisman floats silently; it is the Five-Element Spirit-Transforming Talisman.
Below the Life-Bound Spirit Talisman, six wisps of mysterious sky-blue gas, like six restless green snakes, darted about in the small space, quite uneasy.
Seemingly sensing the arrival of Yang Tianyou's consciousness, the playful Qi of Creation suddenly quieted down, shrinking into a corner like a timid child.
"Hmm, is it afraid of me? Or does it sense malice? As expected of a gift from heaven and earth, its intelligence is extraordinary."
While muttering something strange to himself, Yang Tianyou's hands did not slow down at all. His mind transformed into a large hand and gently scooped out four strands of Qi of Creation.
The Qi of Creation flies out from the Dantian, splits into four, and flows directly into the internal organs, bones, Skin Membrane, and blood.
Boom!
Suddenly, it felt as if a raging fire was burning inside his body. Yang Tianyou's skin turned red, wisps of white steam rose up, and sweat poured out of his pores without restraint, mixed with blackish-red impurities.
Intense pain swept over him once again; absorbing the flow of Blade Intent was like being cleaved by a knife or axe.
Improving Body Cultivator Aptitude is like being roasted over a fire, constantly flipped and turned, sizzling and dripping with oil—the intense, unpleasant experience is indescribable to Human Dao.
Soon, an hour had passed.
The physical Bloodline Metamorphosis gradually stopped, and waves of comfort welled up inside me.