Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art

In the Inner Academy, in Lin Yuan's small courtyard.

Zi Yan sat at the table, holding a spoon, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the cup of dessert in Lin Yuan's hand before her, which was emitting a pleasant fragrance. Just from its appearance, Zi Yan could sense its refreshing air.

"Here, a special dessert made with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, the Zi Yan Happy Cup." Under Zi Yan's expectant gaze, Lin Yuan chuckled and confidently placed the giant cup of dessert in front of her.

It was precisely the Dou Qi Continent version of "ice cream" that Lin Yuan had developed, made from Earth Core Body Tempering Milk combined with various spiritual fruits and medicinal herbs, excellent in both energy and flavor.

Zi Yan, who had been waiting for a long time, impatiently picked up her spoon, scooped out a large spoonful of "ice cream," and put it into her mouth. A cool sensation instantly melted on the tip of her tongue. The intoxicating flavor formed from the interweaving of many tastes, along with the wonderful texture, made Zi Yan involuntarily let out a satisfied sound. She closed her eyes, swayed her head, and carefully savored this delicious treat.

On the side, Lin Yuan saw Zi Yan's intoxicated expression, and pride and satisfaction could not help but rise in his heart. His thoughts also began to wander a little.

"As expected, it's hard for children to refuse this. This should count as a special Fifth-Grade Pill, right? What a pity it can only be used by magical beasts."

"In a world rich in resources, cooking has even greater possibilities, and alchemists really are good material for becoming chefs. Fire control ability and Soul Perception are simply perfect when applied to cooking!"

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Lin Yuan's mind. After a while, Lin Yuan could not help but chuckle speechlessly, finding his own ideas rather amusing.

"With the pride alchemists have on the strength-respecting Dou Qi Continent, how could they possibly study cooking, something ordinary people use to make a living? Besides, the profound and extensive nature of pill refinement alone is enough to consume all their energy. Even I, if not for Zi Yan, probably wouldn't have studied this!"

This was a paradox. Alchemists with powerful cultivation would not want to study cooking, while ordinary people willing to study cooking were too weak themselves to handle high-level ingredients.

Looking at Zi Yan, who was currently battling the delicacy before her, Lin Yuan unconsciously thought of the panda "eating broadcasts" he had once seen when he saw her intoxicated expression as the food entered her mouth. His gaze could not help becoming even gentler.

"Don't rush, there's still plenty!" As he spoke, Lin Yuan also sat down on the side, took out a pot of fruit wine, and drank while watching the distinctive "Dragon King Eating Broadcast" before him, enjoying this rare leisure.

In the Inner Academy, in the Great Elder's office, Lin Yuan was speaking with Su Qian.

"Great Elder, the Alchemy Task this student accepted has already been completed. These are the Fifth-Grade Pills from the task." As he spoke, Lin Yuan handed a storage ring toward Su Qian.

"You completed it this quickly?" Su Qian was also somewhat surprised when he heard this.

He looked at the many pills inside the storage ring. They were full in color and rich in Pill Fragrance; with one glance, he could tell they were all pills of excellent quality. Su Qian could not help praising, "Your alchemy skills probably don't lose much to Old Man Huo's. You really are a formidable younger generation. A fifteen-year-old Fifth Grade Alchemist—Old Man Huo truly had good reason to think so highly of you. Your talent on the path of alchemy indeed is terrifying like this!"

"You overpraise me, Great Elder. This mainly relies on Fire Master's cultivation. This student still has much to learn on the path of alchemy," Lin Yuan replied modestly after hearing this.

When Su Qian heard this, he looked at the young man before him, who remained as modest as ever, and his gaze gained a bit more admiration and satisfaction. To achieve proud accomplishments at such a young age while still maintaining humility and clear-headedness was extremely rare. A person with such a temperament had an even greater possibility of fulfilling his own talent and transforming it into strength and achievement.

"The thing you asked this old man to keep an eye out for has already been found. Here, this is for you. This is an Earth Rank Low Level Body Refining Dou Skill treasured by the Academy. Consider it your reward for refining so many Fifth-Grade Pills for the Academy! It suits your needs very well." Su Qian handed Lin Yuan an ancient scroll.

Lin Yuan took it and looked. He saw several simple, ancient characters carrying a wild, barbaric aura enter his eyes: "Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art."

Lin Yuan placed the scroll into his storage ring, cupped his hands toward Su Qian, and thanked him. "Many thanks, Great Elder!"

Su Qian stroked his beard and smiled. "You are the pride of my Jia Nan Academy, so there is no need to be so polite. Just take more care of Zi Yan. If you can make that little girl obediently cultivate, you will have helped this old man greatly. It is not easy to make her listen. The fact that you could make her learn that scroll of Cloud Dragon Dance really is wonderful. This old man can be somewhat at ease."

"Rest assured, Great Elder. Zi Yan is like a little sister in my heart. I will definitely take good care of her!" Lin Yuan replied decisively.

"That's good."

After the two chatted for a while about Zi Yan, Lin Yuan took his leave of the Great Elder and returned to his own courtyard.

After returning to his courtyard, Lin Yuan found Zi Yan sleeping on the bed in her room. Lin Yuan sensed a bit. "Is she digesting the energy she absorbed recently? Zi Yan has indeed eaten a lot of high-energy things recently. Once she finishes digesting this time, she should be able to become much stronger!"

During the three months Lin Yuan and Zi Yan spent in the back mountains, the two of them relied on Zi Yan's treasure-seeking ability and found many treasures of heaven and earth. Most were medicinal herbs guarded by magical beasts, and when facing Zi Yan and Lin Yuan, very few beings below the Dou Emperor level had much ability to resist. The result was that Lin Yuan harvested a large amount of spiritual medicine, magic cores, and magical beast corpses, among which a considerable portion of the spiritual medicine became Zi Yan's rations.

After confirming Zi Yan had no problems, Lin Yuan left the room, returned to the pavilion in the courtyard, sat down, took out the scroll he had obtained from Su Qian, and began studying it carefully.

The Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art was created by Venerable Hundred Beasts several hundred years ago. Once this method was cultivated successfully, it could allow the cultivator to obtain a physique and strength that did not lose to, and could even surpass, magical beasts of the same rank. It could even burn vitality energy through the secret techniques within, improving strength for a short time and achieving an effect similar to the Berserk Bloodline of the Snow Demon Sky Ape.

The cultivation of this technique was divided into three stages: Spirit Awakening, Spirit Refining, and Spirit Ascension:

The first stage, Spirit Awakening, used one's own essence blood and the essence blood of a natal magical beast as the medium to nurture a Vitality Furnace. Among them, the choice of natal magical beast was of utmost importance and related to the upper limit of the Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art. The stronger the magical beast bloodline, the more it could raise the upper limit of this technique;

The second stage, Spirit Refining, used the Vitality Furnace to constantly refine and extract the essence portions from various magical beast essence bloods to strengthen the cultivator's body, thereby achieving a sublimation of the bloodline and increasing the cultivator's physique and qi and blood power;

The third stage, Spirit Ascension, used the sublimated bloodline and powerful qi and blood power to continuously feed back into the Vitality Furnace, making the Vitality Furnace become more spiritual and nurturing a Natal Blood Pill within the Vitality Furnace.

Among them, Spirit Refining and Spirit Ascension were carried out alternately. After refining around ten kinds of magical beast essence blood, one needed to perform Spirit Ascension once, continuously improving the Natal Blood Pill. After the Natal Blood Pill reached great completion, it would continuously sublimate as the cultivator's cultivation advanced, constantly nurturing higher-quality qi and blood energy to enhance the cultivator's body and qi and blood.

In addition, one could also use a secret method to stimulate the Natal Blood Pill and briefly improve one's strength.

After studying it for a period of time, Lin Yuan reached a conclusion. There were three difficult points in cultivating this technique. The first was obtaining magical beast essence blood of sufficiently high quality during the Spirit Awakening stage to nurture the Vitality Furnace. The second was that the Spirit Refining stage required a large amount of magical beast essence blood at the same level as, or above, the cultivator's cultivation. The third was the intense body-refining pain that accompanied the process of strengthening the body.

This method indeed suited Lin Yuan very well, because to Lin Yuan, these three points were not major problems. For the most troublesome Spirit Awakening stage, he could ask Zi Yan for help with high-quality magical beast essence blood. For the Spirit Refining stage, the need for large amounts of essence blood could be solved with money. For him, already a High-Level Alchemist, the problem was not large. As for the pain of body refining, to Lin Yuan, who was determined to reach the summit, it was even less worth mentioning.

"This Body Refining Dou Skill is a little like pill refining! Using natal magical beast essence blood as the medium, the human body's qi and blood as the main ingredient, and a large amount of magical beast essence blood as firewood, it makes a person's physique and qi and blood continuously transform and refines a wondrous Natal Blood Pill. Venerable Hundred Beasts' Dou Skill is truly remarkable."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan put away the scroll and walked toward the elders' gathering area.

"I'll go issue some tasks to exchange high-rank magical beast essence blood for pill-refining opportunities! Then refine some Vitality Pills."

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