Paint Green Clothes [Kun Whale]

Li Mo first committed the Basic Artifact Refining Method to memory, then used beast blood to perform a blood dousing on the tattoo before beginning his cultivation preparations.

The effect of the Bizarre Beast Blood was indeed more pronounced, but it inevitably affected his state of mind, making it impossible to carry out alongside the Circulation Cycle.

He took out a Soul-Soothing Sandalwood worth thirteen Low-grade Spirit Stones and lit it, then applied Concentration Ointment to his brow to make it easier to focus.

After a brief meditation, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit reached their peak.

Li Mo finally understood what it meant to have unimpeded thoughts. With the boost from resources, he could easily enter a state of complete concentration, using it to communicate with the external Spiritual Energy.

He pinched the Corpse Brain Pill between his fingers and examined it by the candlelight.

The maggots inside the pill seemed on the verge of breaking out of their cocoons to become butterflies, but their life force had already dimmed, making the pill resemble a piece of greenish amber.

Li Mo had a guess.

He suspected the pill-refining process was similar to raising Gu insects.

Let the Gu insects devour the corresponding medicinal herbs, gradually accumulate the medicinal properties, and finally complete the pill refinement when they form cocoons, with none of the potency lost.

"It seems pill refining requires an entire industrial chain to support it. An individual can forget about it."

Li Mo communicated with the Crimson Fox, having it watch for any abnormalities in his body. If the pill's drawbacks turned severe, it was to dispel the Corpse Brain Pill's medicinal effect.

After confirming he hadn't overlooked anything, he directly tossed the Corpse Brain Pill into his mouth.

The Corpse Brain Pill dissolved upon entering his mouth, flowing down his throat into his stomach and intestines. A faint sting then arose in his heart, and the Spiritual Root Transformation intensified.

His other organs also became active, and his Brain even began to writhe.

Li Mo was just about to down the Spirit Awakening Soup when the Eidetic Memory ability unexpectedly activated on its own, forcibly suppressing his Brain.

The medicinal effect was not affected as a result.

Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief. From now on, he could save quite a few Spirit Stones when purchasing resources.

After two days of meditation, the Corpse Brain Pill's effects gradually faded.

To ensure he didn't develop a tolerance, he had to wait ten days between taking the same type of pill. Besides, Li Mo didn't have the financial means to squander them.

"You get what you pay for."

Li Mo opened his eyes with a joyful expression.

The Corpse Brain Pill had pushed the progress of his Heart Spiritual Root Transformation forward by half a percent. Under normal circumstances, it would take over half a month of cultivation to achieve the same result.

Li Mo then tried the Spirit Guiding Pill.

He had high hopes, but the Spirit Guiding Pill's effect on him was rather mediocre.

After all, the amount of Misty Spiritual Energy in the outside world was too scarce. The improvement in cultivation efficiency was negligible, and it was better to just directly absorb a Mid-grade Spirit Stone.

Li Mo put away the Spirit Guiding Pill, planning to sell it back to Yi Bao Pavilion when he got the chance.

Now that he had a general idea of the various resources, he continued sitting cross-legged in meditation, but this time he began to leverage his advantage of multitasking.

While cultivating the Nourishing Origin Fundamental Scripture, he also practiced his painting skills.

Li Mo once again deeply appreciated the benefits brought by his past life memories.

To create a Beast Head Tattoo with Paint Green Clothes, one had to draw the pattern on the surface of the skin, which required the cultivator to have a very thorough understanding of the beast blood being used.

Li Mo could guarantee that within two hundred li of the Heart Beast Sect, there weren't a few people who had seen the complete form of a Kun Whale.

Being able to use a Kun Whale to practice Paint Green Clothes was probably something only he could do.

Li Mo continuously sketched Kun Whales on rice paper. Through repeated practice, he imbued the Kun Whale in his paintings with spirit and charm.

His painting skills became more and more proficient through the process of copying.

After spending over half a month, Li Mo finally produced a satisfactory Kun Whale painting.

The background of the painting was a storm of wind and rain. Pitch-black clouds were almost level with the sea surface, bringing an indescribable sense of oppression.

The Kun Whale burst through the towering waves, its fins spread wide, like a primordial Exotic Beast from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Set against the backdrop of thunder and lightning, the Kun Whale seemed on the verge of crossing a heavenly tribulation, transforming into the legendary Kun Peng, whose size was said to be thousands of li.

The spirit of the Fox was "enchantment," the spirit of the Tiger was "ghostly," and the spirit of the Whale was "primordial."

Li Mo gazed at the Kun Whale Pressing the Sea Painting with satisfaction.

He couldn't find any aspect that needed improvement, so he paused the Spiritual Root Transformation of his heart, ground the beast blood into ink, and began drawing on the skin of his right leg.

The Beast Head Tattoo slowly took shape.

The Kun Whale opened its mouth, and the tsunami appeared utterly fragile.

When Li Mo started drawing, he entered the zone in just a few breaths, completing the Kun Whale Beast Head even faster than he had the Crimson Fox Beast Head.

He couldn't help but activate Paint Green Clothes.

The Crimson Fox and the Ghost Tiger were the first to emerge.

He kept the Kun Whale at two meters in size, steam rising within the room.

Then, a miniature Kun Whale hovered inside, its fins fanning as Miasma lifted its heavy body into the air.

The newborn Kun Whale was brimming with excitement, flitting around the guest room.

The Crimson Fox and Ghost Tiger stopped bristling, tilting their heads to watch the Kun Whale's every move.

Li Mo was both startled and delighted. Though the Kun Whale lacked claws and sharp teeth, making it far inferior to the Crimson Fox and Ghost Tiger in combat, and its released aura leaned toward water, compatible with Miasma Spiritual Power, the nature of its Spiritual Energy was too gentle at low realms, as a means of transport, the Kun Whale exceeded expectations.

It could handle both Skyward Flight and Water Travel, and when its full form was revealed, one could probably even build a house on its back.

What a pity...

Li Mo recalled the Kun Whale. With his current blood energy, he certainly couldn't support its full form—he'd be drained dry.

After bleeding the three tattoos, he glanced at the empty auxiliary spot on his left leg.

For the fourth Tattooed Beast, he'd originally planned a large bird. Since the Kun Whale could fly, it left Li Mo torn.

"I've got mobility and offense, but I'm still missing a defensive Tattooed Beast."

"A Salamander... sigh..."

Li Mo sighed. If he could tattoo a Salamander's head, once it evolved enough, it might help him regenerate severed limbs.

But Salamanders were rare—an unavoidable hassle.

"I'll keep an eye out after leaving seclusion. If Yi Bao Pavilion has no suitable Beast Blood, maybe a Rogue Cultivator's stall will sell some."

Li Mo destroyed a thick stack of drawings and focused on his Circulation Cycle.

His heart's Spiritual Root Transformation was seventy percent complete, and his Middle Dantian was nearly refilled. It shouldn't be long before he could break through the bottleneck.

The Nourishing Origin Fundamental Scripture's trait of purity and stability, due to his Multi-layered Dantian, was somewhat useless to Li Mo, instead highlighting its weakness of insufficient momentum during breakthroughs.

Minor realms were fine, but Li Mo felt he needed to switch techniques before advancing to the Coming-of-Age Stage.

As time passed, the petrification of his heart intensified. The most notable change was the increase in dust mixed into his blood.

Because of this, the divine ability Azure Blood, Loyal Heart underwent an indescribable transformation.

Li Mo's heartbeat grew irregular. For a time, he thought it was the onset of the Death Sickness outbreak, until he discovered...

At some point, his blood had taken on a quicksand-like form. With Azure Blood, Loyal Heart and the Corpse Spirit Root working together, his physique transformed once more.

Li Mo had no time to examine it closely—his Middle Dantian had begun a new round of expansion, instinctively madly absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Energy.