Fusing Cultivation Arts Again

Upon returning to the Ji Family.

Ji Haoyuan immediately sought out Ji Bochang and recounted the events of their journey to the Autumn Forest Mountain Range.

He especially emphasized the matter concerning those two Demonic Cultivators.

Ji Bochang's expression quickly turned grave.

"Judging from what you encountered this time, if our guess is correct, there are likely already quite a few Demonic Cultivators hiding around us.

The only question is, what exactly are they after?"

"Old Ancestor, do you think their target could be...?"

Ji Haoyuan suddenly exchanged a glance with Ji Bochang.

The two of them had clearly thought of the same possibility.

That the true target of those Demonic Cultivators was the Crimson Cloud Sect above them.

If that was truly the case, then this territory led by the Crimson Cloud Sect might very well be facing turmoil.

And it would be no small-scale turmoil.

"Old Ancestor, inform Yun Fan and the others of this later."

After a moment, Ji Haoyuan spoke.

"No matter what others do, we absolutely cannot allow Demonic Cultivators to exist within the Ji Family's territory.

Otherwise, whether for our Ji Family itself or if the Crimson Cloud Sect learns of it later, there will be no benefit at all."

Hearing this, Ji Bochang nodded.

He was clearly well aware of exactly what kind of threat it would pose to the Ji Family if Demonic Cultivators were truly hiding within their territory.

"I'll pass this matter down shortly and have them keep a close watch on the movements of Demonic Cultivators.

The moment anything is discovered, it must be dealt with immediately."

As he spoke, the two continued discussing several matters.

Some time later, Ji Haoyuan arrived at his Cave Mansion.

He soon took out the two Storage Pouches that had belonged to the Demonic Cultivators.

After spending roughly half a day.

Ji Haoyuan successfully erased the imprints the two Demonic Cultivators had left on their Storage Pouches.

Whether deliberately or for some other reason, Ji Haoyuan did not find anything in their Storage Pouches that revealed their specific identities.

He did, however, find quite a few cultivation resources inside.

First were five or six thousand Spirit Stones.

Second were materials used for setting formations.

Among them were even quite a few Second Order formation materials.

This forced Ji Haoyuan to give it more thought. What were those two keeping so many formation materials in their Storage Pouches for?

Could it be...

Ji Haoyuan's gaze narrowed slightly.

Two words abruptly surfaced in his mind.

"Breaking formations."

If that was truly the case, then the schemes of those Demonic Cultivators this time were no small matter.

It seemed the situation was even more serious than they had imagined.

Temporarily suppressing these thoughts, Ji Haoyuan continued examining the items in the Storage Pouches.

Most of them were related to Demonic Cultivators.

They were of little use to either him or Ji Bochang.

Only some universally useful ores and spirit herbs were things that practically all cultivators needed.

Hmm...?

Suddenly, Ji Haoyuan's gaze fell on a certain spot within the Hooked Nose Man's Storage Pouch.

Several Jade Slips were piled there.

With a thought.

Those Jade Slips immediately appeared in Ji Haoyuan's hand.

As he examined them one by one.

A hint of delight immediately appeared on Ji Haoyuan's face.

For among those Jade Slips, he had discovered a Second Order earth-element cultivation art.

It was called the "Thick Earth Art."

A very plain and unadorned name.

Yet after Ji Haoyuan finished reading its contents, he discovered that this cultivation art was anything but ordinary.

The greatest feature of cultivating this art was the sheer abundance of one's mana.

Especially when standing upon the ground, one could draw earth qi from the land and convert it into one's own mana.

In other words, when standing on the ground, so long as the rate at which one consumed mana could keep pace with the rate at which one converted earth qi, one's mana could be said to flow without end.

The only pity was that this Thick Earth Art appeared to be incomplete.

It contained only the first half.

Yet even with only the first half, it was enough to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment realm.

The complete Thick Earth Art was presumably a Golden Core cultivation technique.

He had no idea where that Demonic Cultivator had obtained this cultivation art.

It had worked out perfectly for Ji Haoyuan.

Next, Ji Haoyuan did not waste any time and immediately began cultivating the Thick Earth Art.

With his comprehension, it took him only several days to gain entry into the art.

Then, he spent several more months cultivating it to a rather profound level.

From that moment onward, Ji Haoyuan began attempting to fuse the Thick Earth Art with his Profound Nether Blazing Fire Art.

You attempted to fuse the Thick Earth Art with the Profound Nether Blazing Fire Art. You gained some insight.

You attempted to fuse the Thick Earth Art with the Profound Nether Blazing Fire Art. You gained some insight.

You attempted to fuse the Thick Earth Art with the Profound Nether Blazing Fire Art. You gained great insight and successfully fused the two cultivation arts.

Congratulations. Under the current conditions, you have created the new cultivation art most suited to yourself: "Profound Fire Thick Earth Art."

This art contained both the extraordinary explosive power of the Profound Nether Blazing Fire Art and the heavy, steadfast qualities of the Thick Earth Art.

Furthermore, when Ji Haoyuan stood upon the ground, he could still use the Thick Earth Art's original ability to convert earth qi, transforming it into cultivation power containing both fire and earth attributes.

The current maximum cultivation limit of this art remained mid Golden Core.

However, compared to the original Profound Nether Blazing Fire Art, its mana's depth, explosive force, and the speed of breakthroughs in cultivation were all far, far stronger.

Simply put, if the mana cultivated through the Profound Nether Blazing Fire Art had been one, then the mana cultivated through the Profound Fire Thick Earth Art was three.

It was more than three times stronger.

At this time.

Ji Haoyuan took the Earthen Profound Fruit from his person.

Without question, the Earthen Profound Fruit was now something that could truly bring him tremendous benefits.

With it, he might even be able to push his current cultivation another step forward.

Very soon, Ji Haoyuan swallowed an Earthen Profound Fruit.

In an instant, an incomparably pure stream of earth qi rose from within his body. Ji Haoyuan then converted it into incomparably pure and abundant mana.

Closing his eyes and carefully sensing himself.

Ji Haoyuan accurately determined that his mana had increased by more than forty percent compared to before.

Yet this did not seem to be his limit.

He immediately took out another Earthen Profound Fruit and swallowed it.

Dense, abundant mana once again filled every meridian throughout his body before ultimately gathering in his Dantian, forming patches of Liquid Mana that shimmered with scarlet-yellow light.

At this point, Ji Haoyuan could clearly feel that the mana within his body was already no weaker than that of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator.

It even seemed faintly stronger by a margin.

Yet this still did not seem to be his limit.

If he chose to break through now, Ji Haoyuan was more than ninety percent certain that he could successfully reach Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

But doing so would be somewhat of a loss.

Because based on his current assessment, he still had room to rise further.

The only thing he lacked was a spiritual treasure capable of increasing fire-attribute mana.

Only once both his fire- and earth-attribute mana had reached their limits would breaking through be the most perfect outcome.

It seemed it was time to find a way to purchase a spiritual treasure that could increase fire-attribute mana.

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, Ji Haoyuan keenly noticed that the restrictions around his Cave Mansion had suddenly been disturbed.

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