Qu Jianlei's recovery did not take nearly as long as everyone had expected. He had only rested for ten days before his figure began to solidify.
Han Li was a little displeased when he saw this. "That isn't enough time. Keep resting. There'll still be hard fights after we go back!"
"It's about enough," Qu Jianlei answered casually. "Creation and destruction didn't affect me much. The hard part is that the essence is difficult to find."
Hearing this, Xiwu immediately seized on the key point. "Using this divine ability of yours requires replenishment from the Essence of Creation and Destruction?"
"Fellow Daoist Xiwu, that question is a little abrupt," Qu Jianlei said with a wry smile. "But... not entirely."
"Heretical Cultivator methods can replenish the Essence of Creation and Destruction," Jin Ge replied in a deep voice. "Destruction is one thing, but creation... that's the only way."
It was no wonder the people of the Merchant Alliance had misunderstood. True Venerable Buduo's methods belonged to Heretical Cultivators, and in truth, if one insisted on forcing a connection, the two really could be linked.
Creation and destruction divine abilities could do more than annihilate; they could also bring forth life. It was just that the latter was much harder.
That said, anyone who mastered the latter would definitely be exceptionally popular.
Even the most basic, temporary extension of life was something countless cultivators dreamed of.
But then again, bringing forth life required the support of vitality. Where did that vitality come from?
If it was not plundered from outside, then it could only be drawn from the caster's own vitality... Wasn't that madness?
But plundering from outside... put one not far from being a Heretical Cultivator.
So the most orthodox creation-and-destruction methods generally only emphasized annihilation. Bringing forth life was not