Primordial Acquired Dao Body

Li Mo felt a twinge of reluctance—the mid-grade spirit stones had barely warmed his palm before they were handed over again. Truly, running a shop was the most profitable business; no matter what, you never lost.

As Wang Sheng spoke, he kept pulling open drawers from all over his body, revealing a dazzling array of resources hidden within.

"There are three types. Taking the Corpse Brain Pill can speed up the Spiritual Root Transformation of your internal organs, but it erodes the brain, so you'll need to pair it with Spirit Awakening Soup."

"Jade Elixir helps refine and purify spiritual power."

"Spirit Guiding Pill increases the efficiency of absorbing external spiritual energy over a short period."

"Found them."

Wang Sheng took out one bottle of each pill. The pills had different colors and looked extremely bizarre—all were semi-transparent, with a fingernail-sized wriggling worm at the center.

Li Mo's scalp went numb.

After seven thousand years of alchemy, what the hell had it turned into?

Li Mo couldn't help asking, "Does Yi Bao Pavilion have any alchemy techniques?"

Wang Sheng replied, "The orthodox lineage of alchemy is quite rare. Yi Bao Pavilion only cooperates with a few alchemists."

Li Mo nodded slightly and bought four Spirit Guiding Pills, four Corpse Brain Pills, and one dose of Spirit Awakening Soup.

Perhaps scarcity made things precious—pills for the Childhood Stage were priced in mid-grade spirit stones. Few cultivators at that stage could likely afford them.

Just as Li Mo was checking for anything he'd missed, Jiang Xin'an hurried over with the spirit stones.

Jiang Xin'an knocked and entered the private room, holding a brand-new Storage Bag. "The Bizarre Beast Corpse was appraised at one hundred and eighty-nine mid-grade spirit stones. There's also a Medical Book here, which Senior Han asked me to bring to you."

"Thank you, Old Jiang."

Li Mo nodded helplessly.

It seemed Jiang Xin'an had gone to verify things with Han Cai. Thankfully, Doctor Han hadn't exposed him, or the price of the Bizarre Beast Corpse would have taken a hit.

Li Mo noticed that inside the gifted Storage Bag, aside from the mid-grade spirit stones, there was also a Medical Bone Scroll and a Spirit Tablet unique to Jiang Xin'an.

"If you need anything, you can come find me at Yi Bao Pavilion."

Li Mo agreed on the surface, but in truth, he had no intention of contacting Yi Bao Pavilion under Han Cai's name. After all, debts always had to be repaid.

Jiang Xin'an then turned and left.

"Does Yi Bao Pavilion have any spells suitable for cultivation at the Childhood Stage?"

Li Mo added, "Exclude those with major drawbacks or incomplete content."

Wang Sheng thought for a moment, then replied, "There are thirty-six spells in total. Thirteen meet your requirements."

He opened a drawer in his forehead. Li Mo took the bone slip smeared with brain matter, wiped it clean with a cloth on the table, and pressed it to his forehead.

Perhaps Yi Bao Pavilion wasn't a shop specializing in selling spells.

After reviewing them, Li Mo wasn't satisfied. It wasn't just that the spells required body modifications—the main issue was the excessive resource consumption.

Since the spells were closely tied to the Heart Beast Sect, they all involved raising spirit beasts inside the body through beast-organs.

Given the spirit stones Li Mo currently had, supporting his own cultivation plus Paint Green Clothes was already a stretch. There was no need to add another burden.

"What about cultivation techniques?"

"Yi Bao Pavilion doesn't sell cultivation techniques. They're always saved as the finale for auctions."

"I see."

Li Mo wasn't surprised. In ancient times, immortal sects would secretly support rogue cultivator black markets, auctioning off resources of unknown origin.

He asked about the specific timing of the auction and learned the next one wouldn't be for at least ten years.

Li Mo naturally hoped the auction would be as late as possible. Given the growth potential of his divine ability, even the Coming-of-Age Stage's spirit stone output might barely be enough.

He then stocked up on a pile of low-grade refining materials. With the resources he'd gathered, he could return to the inn and go into seclusion for cultivation.

Wang Sheng led Li Mo to a side door of Yi Bao Pavilion, avoiding the hidden watchers.

Li Mo followed a narrow, secluded alley to a spell-selling shop called "Spell Hall."

Spell Hall was clearly inferior to Yi Bao Pavilion. The shop's decor was no different from an ordinary bookstore, with paper books lining the shelves, each containing summaries of spell content.

Li Mo opened a book. The first page was Spell Hall's explanation.

Spell Hall guaranteed that the same spell wouldn't have a large number of copies flooding the market, preventing the corresponding cultivation resources from skyrocketing in price.

Li Mo checked the books one by one, noticing that the spells in this shop were truly commonplace.

Almost all of them couldn't escape the limitation of Limbs beast-transformation, which inevitably affected the use of Universal Skill, making it more trouble than it was worth.

He guessed that the superior spell lineages were probably all in Smelting Town.

Only through comparison could the wonder of Paint Green Clothes stand out—after all, allowing the skin to accommodate the Seven Tattooed Beasts, its potential was easy to imagine.

Li Mo shook his head in disappointment and went through all the books out of routine.

A few spells did catch his interest, but unfortunately, their cultivation steps were incomplete.

For rogue cultivators, it didn't matter much, but it would still affect the power of spells to some extent.

[Great Vast Fortune and Longevity Scripture]—take thirty-six segments of animal spine to replace one's own spine.

[Golden Book Jade Talisman Diagram]—alter the distribution of blood vessels within the body to enhance physical constitution.

[Great Micro Long World Scripture]—use Taisui flesh to fill in flesh and blood, gaining the ability to regenerate.

There were quite a few low-level rogue cultivators in the shop doing similar things, trying to glean spells from the fragmented content, which made the shop assistant sneer with contempt.

"Oh?"

Li Mo suddenly noticed a very unconventional spell. Although it lacked the most core cultivation steps, it could be of great use to him.

First of all, he was certain that this spell was definitely not inherited from the Heart Beast Sect.

Li Mo picked up the Golden Book Jade Talisman Diagram again. After paying twenty-seven mid-grade spirit stones, he walked out of the shop under the shop assistant's astonished gaze.

The Golden Book Jade Talisman Diagram was a precautionary measure. If he ever needed to use the Book of Fortune to inscribe blood vessels in the future, it might come in handy.

The type of spell he chose was completely different from the mainstream choices of rogue cultivators in the black market.

Rogue cultivators only looked at what benefits a spell could bring them, so they never considered the drawbacks, even if it meant pushing their bodies to the brink of collapse.

Li Mo couldn't wait to return to Tushan Inn, where he began to ponder the incomplete spell.

[Primordial Acquired Dao Body]

The Primordial Acquired Dao Body, once mastered, would allow one's physique to align with their own spiritual power. Not only would cultivation be twice as effective with half the effort, but the power of any other spell cast would increase by at least thirty percent.

However, the Primordial Acquired Dao Body would cause spiritual power to possess a difficult-to-control corrosive nature, affecting everything around it like radiation.

Moreover, lacking the entry-level steps, mastering it was almost unrealistic.

Li Mo's expression turned puzzled. He couldn't help but read it line by line, feeling that there was something indescribably off about the Primordial Acquired Dao Body.

The content of the spell in the bone scroll seemed perfectly coherent, with no visible missing parts, as if the spell had been created without entry-level steps from the very beginning.

Li Mo combined this with the memories he had absorbed from the Book of Fortune and quickly came to a conclusion.

It seemed that cultivators who could master the Primordial Acquired Dao Body were naturally born with a physique that matched it, allowing them to skip the entry-level steps entirely.

"How does it feel..."

Li Mo quickly took out the Artifact Refining Method, excitement shining in his eyes, suddenly realizing that there might be an opportunity for him hidden within.

"No rush, no rush. Let me first break through to Childhood Stage Layer 3."

He knew that his ideas required cultivation base as support, and he would also need to master a certain level of artifact refining skill before he could make them a reality.

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