Enslaving the Cloudflying Beasts
Song Wen hurriedly activated the Longevity Art to calm the turbulent Law Power within his Dantian.
Three hours later.
The Longevity Art Law Power gradually subsided.
Song Wen then activated the <Corpse King Blood Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> to calm the chaotic spiritual power within it.
One hour later.
The spiritual power of the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> also returned to calm.
The two reformed into two vortexes, which spun continuously within the Dantian.
Song Wen opened his eyes.
His eyes were filled with gloom.
The Core Formation attempt failed!
The reason for the failure was that the balance between the two spiritual energy vortexes was broken.
Strangely, the Law Power the Longevity Art in the Dantian did not degenerate into spiritual power due to the failure of the core formation; it still existed in the Dantian as Law Power.
This is completely different from the situation described in the Core Formation experience of the previous Beast Taming Sect members.
The process of forming the elixir involves three steps.
First, spiritual energy is transformed into Law Power.
Second, Law Power condenses into Golden Core.
Third, overcome the mental tribulation and advance to the Golden Core Realm.
If any step fails, the Law Power will degenerate into spiritual power.
Even if one has successfully completed the second step and condensed the Golden Core, if one cannot overcome the mental tribulation, the best outcome will be that the Golden Core dissipates and one's cultivation level regresses to the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage.
Song Wen has now completed the first step: the spiritual power of the Longevity Art Technique has evolved into Law Power.
"What stage am I at now? The 'False Core Realm' stage? Half a Golden Core expert?"
Song Wen pondered to himself.
After reviewing the entire process of forming the Golden Core, a bitter look appeared on Song Wen's face.
The two vortexes of spiritual energy within the Dantian are interdependent. To form a golden core, the two must be merged into one before the Golden Core Pill.
The Longevity Art and the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art both originated from the Corpse King Reincarnation Art.
By cultivating the Corpse King Reincarnation Art, one can merge the two spiritual energy vortices within the Dantian, making them one.
However, the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> has not been practiced for many years, and it is currently only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. It must be cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage, the same as the <Longevity Art Technique>, before it can cultivate the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art> and Golden Core Pill.
The path of cultivation ahead has been clarified.
After leaving his cave abode, Song Wen rested for several days to relieve the frustration of his failed attempt to form his core, and then went into seclusion again.
He obtained a large amount of corpse-path spiritual materials from Fang Pengyi, enough for him to cultivate from the Foundation Establishment Early Stage to the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage several times.
The only thing lacking is Essence Blood.
If he could have a large amount of Essence Blood for his physical body to devour, directly absorbing the Qi and Blood of others to condense his own Essence Blood, the speed at which he cultivates the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> would be much faster.
After betraying the Corpse Demon Sect and entering the righteous realm, he killed many cultivators.
He devoured the Essence Blood of these cultivators. He dared not cultivate the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> in the righteous realm, which resulted in the Essence Blood having nowhere to go. He forced it out of his body and stored it away.
However, the Essence Blood that Song Wen currently possesses is insufficient for him to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage.
Time flies.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
With the help of abundant Essence Blood and spiritual materials from the Corpse Dao, Song Wen cultivated the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
At this moment, he had exhausted his life Essence Blood, and his cultivation speed had decreased significantly.
After another year of arduous training, his cultivation of the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> only improved slightly.
Song Wen estimated that at the current cultivation speed, it would take at least thirty to forty years to cultivate the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> to the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage.
That day.
Song Wen ended his seclusion and emerged from his cave abode.
They saw the Cloudflying Beast hunting sea creatures.
Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in Song Wen's mind.
"Perhaps I can capture some sea beasts to consume their Essence Blood. Although the Essence Blood of Demon Beast are not as good as those of Human Race, as long as the quantity is large enough, it can still rapidly improve one's cultivation level."
Looking at the vast and magnificent sea, Song Wen did not rashly attempt to capture the sea monster.
The Sea of Disorder is divided into the Inner Sea and Outer Sea.
Wuming boundary between the Inner Sea and Outer Sea.
The Inner Sea is close to the mainland, dotted with islands, and is frequently inhabited by Human Race hold a dominant position, while the Demon Beast are in a relatively weak position.
The Outer Sea is a deep-sea region with few islands and little Human Race activity; it is the domain of various powerful sea monsters.
It is worth mentioning that the area of the Outer Sea is many times larger than that of the Inner Sea.
The island where Song Wen is currently located is situated on the edge of the Sea of Disorder, which is the Outer Sea area.
He has been cultivating on this island for sixteen years and has never encountered any danger.
But this does not mean that what lies beneath the sea surface is safe.
Perhaps some deep sea nearby harbors third- or even fourth-order sea beasts.
Song Wen dared not rashly go into the water to capture sea creatures.
He turned his gaze to the Cloudflying Beast that was hunting on the sea surface.
These Cloudflying Beast are quite a good source of labor.
But how to enslave them is the problem.
After a moment's thought, Song Wen decided to first send two Sacred Beetle Gu to infiltrate the Cloudflying Beast's nest and find out about the Cloudflying Beast's situation.
The nest of the Cloudflying Beast is constructed from branches and leaves, resembling a giant bird's nest, and is built on a cliff hundreds of feet high on the west side of the island.
There are hundreds of nests, inhabited by over a thousand Cloudflying Beast of various sizes.
At the top of the cliff, there is a huge bird's nest with a diameter of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), which is the largest of these nests.
Only one Cloudflying Beast lives in this bird's nest.
It is ten feet long and has a wingspan of nearly three feet, making it the largest and strongest of all the Cloudflying Beast.
This Cloudflying Beast possesses the strength of the Early Second Rank, and is the only one among this group of Cloudflying Beast to have advanced to the second tier.
At this time.
A first-tier peak Cloudflying Beast flapped its wings and flew towards the top of the cliff.
In its two sharp claws, it gripped a plump sea fish over ten feet long.
It flew over the largest bird's nest and released its talons.
A sea fish fell into the largest bird's nest, causing the nest to tremble as if it were about to collapse.
The Cloudflying Beast, at the Early Second Rank, raised its sharp claws and slashed at the plump belly of the sea fish.
The fish's skin was immediately torn open, revealing its bright red internal organs.
The second-tier Cloudflying Beast opened its sharp beak and probed into the fish's belly.
After a series of tearing motions, the fish's internal organs were pulled out.
The Cloudflying Beast feasted, swallowing all the fish entrails, which were the most Spiritual Qi rich part of the fish.
With a gentle scratch of its claws, the carcass of the sea fish tumbled out of the bird's nest and plummeted down the cliff.
Dozens of Cloudflying Beast flew out from the bird nests below.
There were large and small creatures, including the Cloudflying Beast that had caught the sea fish; they began to fight over the fish's carcass.
About fifteen minutes later.
Another Cloudflying Beast has caught its prey, a giant crab.
The crab was also thrown into the nest of the second-tier Cloudflying Beast.
However, perhaps because it disliked crabs, the second-tier Cloudflying Beast did not eat any part of the crab, but simply threw it off the cliff.
This once again attracted numerous first-tier Cloudflying Beast to compete for it.
That second-tier Cloudflying Beast was clearly the king of this group of Cloudflying Beast.
All prey captured by the Cloudflying Beast must first be fed to the second-tier Cloudflying Beast before any remaining food is distributed to the other Cloudflying Beast.