Insufficient Points

"Spirit Stones can shorten the time needed to cultivate the 'Pure Yang Dharma Body'?"

Chen Mobai's eyes widened, unable to believe it.

"The 'Pure Yang Dharma Body' is actually a type of cultivation technique as well, and the cultivation of any technique cannot lack spiritual energy. The reason I spent twenty years before finally cultivating the Three Yang Body was because, when transforming my Spiritual Root, the refining of spiritual energy delayed me. If I'd had Spirit Stones to assist me, I could have saved at least ten years of bitter work."

Old Man Ding did not hide anything either, telling Chen Mobai the experience he had gained from twenty years of study in the Academy.

So it turned out that when cultivating this Pure Yang Dharma Body, spiritual energy was also needed to transform the Spiritual Root. If one had no Spirit Stones, then after one's own spiritual power was exhausted, one would have to absorb spiritual energy while transforming it, getting half the result with twice the effort.

Why didn't True Person Lesser Yang's Video mention this? After Chen Mobai finished listening, he could not help feeling puzzled, but he reacted almost immediately.

The Spirit Stones on Earth Origin Star had basically all been nationalized. Ordinary cultivators simply did not have any.

Since they did not have any, then naturally there was no need to talk about it.

In that case, the "Pure Yang Scroll" was not necessarily impossible for Chen Mobai to cultivate.

Within the Immortal Sect, there truly were no channels through which he could obtain a large amount of Spirit Stones, but the Sky River Realm was different.

According to the Blue Wave Lake account books Chen Mobai had read, the Cultivation World there did not seem to lack Spirit Stones very much. Even a third-rate sect like the Flying Needle Sect could issue Spirit Stones to every disciple as a benefit.

However, if he wanted to obtain Spirit Stones, he had to leave the Water Mansion and make contact with the true cultivation world of the Sky River Realm.

As Chen Mobai thought this, he hesitated a little again.

He thought of the two Sky River Realm cultivators who had died in the Water Mansion not long ago. Turning hostile without mercy, stabbing someone in the back—these seemed to be the norm. Their words had also described the chaos and disorder of the Eastern Wasteland.

The Sky River Realm should still be in an ignorant cultivation era of feudal civilization. There might be danger everywhere.

I won't get beaten to death the moment I step out of the Water Mansion, right?

Chen Mobai muttered inwardly, then asked how many Spirit Stones were needed to cultivate the "Pure Yang Dharma Body."

"I'm not clear on that. After all, I only heard a senior mention this matter back then. I never personally experienced it. We may need to search through some ancient texts before we can confirm it."

Old Man Ding furrowed his brow and shook his head.

Roughly more than five thousand years ago, Spirit Stones still circulated normally on the market. In that era, there had been cultivators who used Spirit Stones to cultivate the Pure Yang Dharma Body. However, for information that old, finding it would likely take some effort.

Chen Mobai nodded, deciding to go back and search for it. If the Spirit Stones needed were not many, then after reaching Late Qi Cultivation, he would consider switching to cultivate the "Pure Yang Scroll."

Knock! Knock! Knock! Just then, the sound of knocking rang out.

"Come in."

As soon as Old Man Ding finished speaking, his disciple Song Zheng opened the door.

"Teacher."

Song Zheng first bowed to Old Man Ding at the doorway, very proper in his manners. Then he looked toward Chen Mobai, his brows furrowing slightly, as if he found it very strange that he was here.

"Teacher Ding, I'll come ask you about the Thunder Method Restriction next time."

Chen Mobai was also very perceptive. He did not stay any longer and disturb the exchange between Master and Disciple.

Although they were classmates, his relationship with Song Zheng was just average, mainly because the latter was someone wholly devoted to bitter cultivation and basically never wasted time on socializing.

The two nodded to each other, counting as having exchanged greetings.

After leaving the office, the first batch of senior-year students in the Cultivation Room had still not come out, so Chen Mobai returned to the classroom again, opened his phone, entered keywords, and searched for the relationship between the Pure Yang Dharma Body and Spirit Stones.

In the end, he still found a related post on a Forum.

The title of the post was: How much time does it take to cultivate the Pure Yang Dharma Body?

It seemed to have been posted by a new student of Pure Yang Academy, asking seniors for advice after just enrolling.

There were more than fifty replies under the post, and among them was one reply that seemed to be from a Pure Yang student with decent family circumstances. It mentioned that using Spirit Stones could shorten the time needed to cultivate the Pure Yang Dharma Body.

My ancestors participated in the World Opening War, and some Spirit Stones were passed down and kept in the bank. After I got into Pure Yang Academy, my family was very excited, so they took them all out for me to use in cultivation. Based on my own experience, I have a little data, for reference only.

For the One Yang Body, if you want the best effect in transforming the Spiritual Root, you need 9 Spirit Stones. Use these 9 Spirit Stones one by one according to the order of Spiritual Root transformation. This gives the best effect, and basically, you can increase your Fire Spiritual Root by 9 points in the end. This stage takes one month.

The Two Yang Body requires far more Spirit Stones. Because my family did not have enough Spirit Stones, I still relied on refining spiritual energy myself for part of this stage, and in the end it took one year and three months.

For the Three Yang Body, because I had no Spirit Stones, I relied purely on bitter cultivation to complete it. I sat in withered meditation for six years before achieving anything.

This anonymous cultivator, during the process of reaching the Three Yang Body, had still taken five years less than True Person Ming Yang, who had the shortest recorded time cultivating the Pure Yang Dharma Body without using Spirit Stones.

Chen Mobai was instantly somewhat tempted.

"I'll go take a look outside the Water Mansion first. If I can get Spirit Stones, I'll try cultivating it."

Chen Mobai, who had originally planned to stay in one safe corner, still could not hold himself back.

After all, there were only two months left until the College Entrance Exam. His hope of breaking through to Late Qi Cultivation was extremely slim. If he cultivated the One Yang Body, perhaps he could receive an admission notice from Pure Yang Academy.

Once he thought of this, he could not help logging into his Big Account at the National Library. In the end, it prompted him that his Points were insufficient, and he could not exchange for the Qi Cultivation Chapter of the "Pure Yang Scroll."

"Huh, why does a Qi Cultivation technique need so many Points?"

In Chen Mobai's impression, the Qi Cultivation Chapter of the Five Elements Technique had only cost 500 Points. His Big Account had more than 3,000 Points in it. Exchanging for the Pure Yang Qi Cultivation Chapter should have been more than enough.

But when he took a look, he discovered it required 10,000 Points.

Then he looked at the four major chapters after it. Good heavens.

The Foundation Establishment Chapter cost 100,000 Points, the Core Formation Chapter cost 1,000,000 Points, the Nascent Soul Chapter cost 10,000,000 Points, and the Spirit Transformation Chapter was directly 100,000,000. Moreover, all of them required the authority of the corresponding realm before they could be downloaded.

For example, Chen Mobai's Big Account Azure Emperor in the National Library was real-name verified as a Qi Cultivation realm cultivator. Even if the Account had 100,000,000 Points, he would only be able to download the "Qi Cultivation Chapter" of the "Pure Yang Scroll."

"I'll sell that Spirit Stone first. It just so happens that during this period, Goumang Dao Academy has been putting Qi Replenishing Spirit Water up for sale every day. I'll use these Merit Points to rush-buy it. When the time comes, I'll use the spirit water to increase my cultivation on one hand, and use the Points gained from spending to exchange for the Pure Yang Qi Cultivation Chapter on the other."

Although Chen Mobai's ability to take action was usually average, when it involved his own cultivation, he had always been very decisive.

A Spirit Stone kept in one's hand was just firewood; only when used was it treasure.

He decided that under the primary premise of breaking through to Late Qi Cultivation, if possible, he would also cultivate the Pure Yang Dharma Body on the side.

Of the two Spirit Stones he had obtained from the Water Mansion, one had been consumed when he broke through to Qi Cultivation Level 6. There was still one complete piece left that had never been unsealed. If he went to the National Bank to exchange it, it would be 10,000 Merit Points per stone.

If he placed it on the market, because demand outstripped supply, he could at least get a premium of one or two thousand Merit Points.