'Five Elixirs' Realm
(A new January,
Li Wei first cleared his mind of distractions, held his breath and concentrated, and soon entered a meditative state of cultivation. At the same time, he activated his inner vision, and the flow of true energy within his body and the three inner cores appeared before Li Wei.
These three inner cores were cultivated by Li Wei after he obtained the body of this demon fox. It was because Li Wei received the Penglai Basic Immortal Art from Green Conch that he had the opportunity to lay a solid foundation. However, after he had fully cultivated the Penglai Basic Immortal Art, he could only condense a maximum of three inner cores. If he wanted to continue cultivating, he would need more advanced immortal techniques to assist him.
However, neither the Green Conch nor the Shadow Street possessed similar advanced immortal techniques. Fortunately, Li Wei did not rely on any particular cultivation system, otherwise he would not have reached S-rank by now.
But now, with Wei Bin's two inner cores, the situation is vastly different.
Li Wei's mind raced, and he retrieved the two inner cores from his consciousness. Although these two inner cores were roughly the same size as Li Wei's own, their colors were quite different. His own inner core shone brightly, like a luminous pearl, while the two inner cores he obtained from Wei Bin, though also possessing a shimmering surface, were generally dull and lifeless. Presumably, they hadn't yet integrated with his internal true energy; once successfully refined, they could become his own inner cores.
However, this process caused Li Wei a lot of headaches.
Initially, Li Wei tried to use his true essence to gradually penetrate the two inner cores and fuse them together. Unfortunately, the two inner cores seemed immune to true essence, or as if they were covered with a thick layer of leather, and the true essence could not penetrate them at all. Helpless, Li Wei abandoned this method.
Afterwards, Li Wei tried to use one of his own inner cores to touch the two inner cores, but the inner cores were like the same poles of a magnet, unable to get close at all. After struggling for a long time, Li Wei was shouting in frustration, but to no avail.
Li Wei helplessly spread his hands and lay on the bamboo mat, thinking to himself that if Wei Bin had disappeared a little later, at least he could have told him how to fuse two inner cores before disappearing. Now, he was stuck with a huge treasure trove, but could only stare at it helplessly.
Another attempt yielded no results. The two inner cores, like outcasts, floated alone in the dantian, isolating themselves from the surrounding true energy, leaving Li Wei extremely frustrated.
Out of sheer boredom, Li Wei had no choice but to temporarily abandon the fusion process and begin to study the incantation of the ancient immortal technique 'Stupa Elixir Art' from Wei Bin's memory.
This so-called 'Stupa Elixir Art', after Li Wei's study, was merely considered a Daoist scripture. Just like the opening line: 'Heaven and earth give birth to all things, all things contain the vast sky, spiritual energy arises within the universe, and spirit is the origin. Gathering spirit on the body's surface allows one to break through metal and stone; gathering spirit in the meridians allows one to control water and fire; gathering spirit to form an elixir allows one to travel the world in spirit and shatter the heavens with martial prowess.'
This sentence reveals the worldview of the 'Stupa Elixir Art'. This Daoist scripture is more of a collection of knowledge. One can comprehend the world through this scripture. Li Wei studied it for a while and gained some insights. However, the 'Stupa Elixir Art' was incomplete, and Li Wei's gains were not significant.
However, a few of those sentences suddenly enlightened Li Wei.
The "Stupa Elixir Art" states. "The spirit gives birth to the elixir, and the elixir transforms into the spirit; the two are of one origin..."
Li Wei was taken aback, then overjoyed.
Yes
How could I not have thought of this? No matter what kind of inner core it is, it is ultimately formed by a cultivator absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy. And no matter what kind of immortal techniques or Daoist arts, in the process of cultivation, they all teach people to control their body's mouth, nose, pores, and meridians to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Then, by relying on special cultivation methods, they control the spiritual energy to gather and rotate in the body, and then condense the inner core to reach the realm of transcending the human cycle.
To truly benefit from those two inner cores, simply refining them would be ineffective, as the cultivation method Wei Bin used was different from his own. Only by transforming the two inner cores into primordial spiritual energy and then absorbing it could he truly unlock this free treasure.
With this sudden realization, Li Wei sat up, sat cross-legged, and began breathing exercises, quickly entering a state of inner vision once again.
"Normally, I meditate to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The Penglai Immortal Art also point out that when absorbing, one should open their mouth, nose, and pores to allow the spiritual energy to enter the body. This time, however, I am going to dissolve my inner elixir, which means it is best to close my mouth, nose, and pores so that a large amount of spiritual energy will not leak out after the inner elixir dissolves."
Thinking of this, Li Wei immediately sealed his mouth, nose, and pores, relying solely on his internal energy to maintain his bodily functions. Then, he prepared to begin melting the two inner cores.
Although the process was still difficult, it was much easier than before. In just over half an hour, Li Wei had completely dissolved an inner core. The spiritual energy generated after the inner core melted was exceptionally abundant. At this moment, the spiritual energy in Li Wei's body had reached an astonishing level. Even with his mouth, nose, and pores closed, some spiritual energy still leaked out. In fact, Li Wei felt his meridians and skin were being stretched painfully, so he quickly began to condense a large amount of spiritual energy.
This feeling is like a person who is very poor suddenly having a lot of money, and all they have to do is spend it.
So overall, Li Wei thoroughly enjoyed the process. Among the major cultivation systems in Shadow Street, martial arts and cultivation are the most complex. Of course, any system in Shadow Street is easy in the early stages, but once you reach the intermediate level, or B-rank, you can only rely on self-cultivation to continue improving. At this stage, opportunities and talent will affect the speed of combat power improvement. The most difficult part of cultivation is the absorption of spiritual energy. Even with the incantation, you must first become familiar with the breathing technique, and after mastering the breathing technique, you must master the Qi cultivation technique before you can absorb spiritual energy and improve your physique. Generally speaking, this is a very long and difficult process. Although in terms of power, those who choose this system are far stronger than those who choose other systems, only one in ten thousand can truly reach the peak. The reason is still the absorption of spiritual energy. After a certain amount of spiritual energy has accumulated in the body, no matter what incantation or method is used, it is impossible to continue absorbing spiritual energy.
This time, Li Wei directly dissolved an inner core that was entirely condensed from spiritual energy, thus obtaining a large amount of spiritual energy. In this way, he saved himself the most troublesome process and could directly condense the inner core using incantations.
Therefore, in just three or four hours, Li Wei condensed a large amount of spiritual energy into an inner core the size of a peanut, and continued to fill it. Like a seashell containing a pearl, he brushed spiritual energy onto it little by little. Thus, the peanut-sized inner core quickly grew larger and larger. After all the spiritual energy in his dantian was condensed onto this inner core, finally, after a flash of light, the inner core was already the size of a longan.
Dancheng
Li Wei let out a long breath. This new inner core quickly joined the previous three inner cores to form a cycle, constantly rotating. Li Wei felt his strength more than double, his body was tempered once again, and his combat power was about to break through to S1 level.
After a short rest, Li Wei began melting and condensing the second inner core. Because of the experience from the previous time, this time it went exceptionally smoothly, and he completed the condensation of the core in less than half the time he had before.
As the five radiant inner cores spun continuously, Li Wei's combat power finally leaped from S1 to S2. Not only that, because he had mastered the 'Dragon Power,' a power that could threaten the Main God, Li Wei gained a new special skill with each level he gained.
This time, Li Wei acquired a special skill called 'Fire Dragon Breath'.
'Fire Dragon Breath' is a very peculiar spell. As the name suggests, the caster can spew out dragon breath like Fire Dragon to burn the enemy.
Li Wei looked at the evaluation of this special skill and found that it had reached the S-level. In other words, although the skill might seem ordinary, it was actually quite powerful.
Now, Li Wei's cultivation has not only reached the 'Five Core' realm, but his combat power has also increased to S2. In addition, he has learned a new S-level special skill. In just one day, Li Wei has undergone a complete transformation, which can be considered the fastest improvement he has ever made.
Li Wei was in high spirits. Moreover, this training session only took one day, and there were still five days left before the mission deadline, which should be enough time for him to proceed with his next plan.
Li Wei stood up from the bamboo hut, stretched, and then pushed open the wooden door and went outside. Once outside the hut, Li Wei saw Xue Lian'er sitting on a wooden chair.
She had clearly been waiting here for a long time. In front of her was a wooden table with a bowl of rice porridge on it. You could vaguely see the steam rising from it, as if it had just been cooked.
Upon seeing Li Wei emerge, Xue Lian'er quickly rose to greet him, sizing Li Wei up before revealing a smile. Then, as if remembering something, she hurriedly turned and handed him the bowl of porridge.
"Brother Wei, you haven't eaten all day, you must be hungry. Lian'er has cooked you a bowl of rice porridge, please drink it."
Li Wei took it and could smell the faint aroma of rice porridge wafting from it. His appetite was immediately whetted, and without any hesitation, he scooped some up with a small spoon and took a sip.
"It smells so good!" Li Wei exclaimed sincerely. Li Wei was deeply moved by Xue Lian'er's concern, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow for her. She probably didn't know that the real Wei Bin had long since vanished.
"By the way, where did you get this porridge?" Li Wei suddenly realized that there were no porridge-cooking utensils here, but the porridge was obviously freshly cooked, which was a bit strange.
Xue Lian'er blushed and whispered, "This porridge was made using a hunter's kitchen utensils. I should have told the owner, but they weren't home, so I borrowed the rice and cooked it into a pot of porridge. I thought you would come out last night, Brother Wei, so I brought it over, but you didn't go out. Since you said you were tired, Lian'er didn't disturb you. This morning I went to the hunter's house to cook more porridge, and you came out just as I brought it."