Practicing the Soul-Concentrating Spike
Xing Liren flatly refused, "That's impossible! The <Soul-Concentrating Spike> is a closely guarded secret of my Xing Family; how could it be lightly passed on to outsiders?"
Jing Feiyao said, "How can your uncle be an outsider? If you ever take charge of the Xing Family, your uncle will be a powerful ally. Besides, he doesn't want the complete <Soul-Concentrating Spike>, he only wants the first two levels of the Cultivation Method."
Upon hearing this, Xing Liren understood that the reason his uncle Jing Lie only wanted the first two levels of the <Soul-Concentrating Spike> Cultivation Method was because the other party knew that Xing Liren only possessed the first two Cultivation Method.
Once this kind of betrayal of one's Lineage for personal gain begins, it will happen a second and a third time.
Xing Liren shook his head and said, "Mother, please thank my uncle for me. I will handle the matter of refining the Heavenly Spirit Pill myself."
After saying that, he turned and walked out of the hall.
"Liren, don't rush to refuse. Go back and think it over carefully; perhaps you'll change your mind."
Jing Feiyao's voice came from behind Xing Liren.
Song Wen spent two days gathering the auxiliary ingredients for refining the Earth Spirit Pill in Fangzhu City and the black market.
But he did not immediately begin Alchemy elixir.
He only possesses the Essence Blood and soul of a Tidal Demon. If the Alchemy fails, finding another Tidal Demon will likely be difficult.
Even Xing Chang spent several years obtaining accurate information about the Tidal Demon. How much more so for Song Wen, a Rogue Cultivator.
Song Wen spent a month meticulously studying the refining process of the Earth Spirit Pill, scrutinizing every step and pondering every detail before finally starting the Alchemy.
Perhaps due to Song Wen's thorough preparation, the refining of the Earth Spirit Pill went exceptionally smoothly, and the pill was successfully condensed in just ten days.
After refining the Earth Spirit Pill, Song Wen began to study the first level of the <Soul-Concentrating Spike> Cultivation Method.
Two months later, Song Wen, who had almost grasped the first level of the Soul-Concentrating Spike, mobilized the soul power contained in his Sea of Consciousness to condense Divine Sense Blade, as described in the Soul-Concentrating Spike.
But the process did not go smoothly.
Although Song Wen could control his soul power as easily as an extension of his arm, he encountered great resistance when he tried to forcibly compress his soul power into a blade.
During the compression process, soul power generates an extremely strong rebound force, hindering the formation of the Divine Sense Blade.
Song Wen opened his mouth and swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill.
Once the Earth Spirit Pill entered his stomach, it transformed into an invisible force that surged into Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness.
This invisible force seemed to have a strong suppressive effect on soul power. With its assistance, the resistance to compressing soul power was greatly weakened, and the Divine Sense Blade gradually took shape.
A transparent blade, about an inch long, flew out from between Song Wen's eyebrows and hovered in front of Song Wen.
This sharp blade is invisible and intangible, and cannot be observed with the naked eye, but it can be sensed with Divine Sense.
Under Song Wen Divine Sense's control, the sharp blade flew up and down inside the cave abode, sometimes slowly, sometimes swiftly.
Suddenly.
The sharp blade suddenly accelerated, plunging into the stone wall above and disappearing without a trace.
The stone wall was completely undamaged!
The Divine Sense Blade attacks the cultivator's Sea of Consciousness and soul, or the spirit of a ghost, without harming any physical object.
This is why ordinary defensive treasures cannot resist attacks from Divine Sense Blades; cultivators can only rely on soul-related treasures or Technique Method to resist.
The first level of <Soul-Concentrating Spike> has been successfully mastered. The next step is to continuously study and refine it to enhance its power.
But that requires years of hard work and cannot be accomplished overnight.
Song Wen finished his practice and stood up, going to a corner of the cave abode.
Here sits a Gu Cauldron, inside which a Sacred Beetle Gu is fast asleep.
Song Wen took out a Dragon-Pattern Grass and put it into the Gu Cauldron.
Perhaps smelling the food, the Sacred Beetle Gu immediately woke up and began to gnaw on the Dragon-Pattern Grass.
During the months he practiced the Concentrated Soul-Concentrating Spike technique, Song Wen selected a Sacred Beetle Gu and fed it with Dragon-Pattern Grass.
At first, Song Wen was worried that the Dragon-Pattern Grass would have a negative effect on the Sacred Beetle Gu, so he did not feed it to the Gu in large quantities.
It was only recently, after Song Wen confirmed that the Dragon-Pattern Grass was beneficial and harmless to the Sacred Beetle Gu, that he felt comfortable increasing the amount of food he was given.
The Sacred Beetle Gu before us has already consumed thirty Dragon-Pattern Grass, and its aura has indeed become stronger, but there is still no sign of it advancing in rank.
Song Wen knew that for the Sacred Beetle Gu to overcome the bottleneck of the second tier and advance to the third tier would be nothing short of a leap in its life level, and it would certainly not be easy.
Therefore, Song Wen was not in a hurry to achieve results.
After months of seclusion, Song Wen felt somewhat depressed.
He left his cave abode and came to Fangzhu City to relax and buy spirit medicine for refining Blood Spirit Pills and Beast Brocade Pills.
As the Spell Arts Tournament drew near, the number of cultivators coming and going on the streets increased.
For most cultivators, especially Rogue Cultivators, the Spell Arts Tournament is undoubtedly a fortuitous opportunity.
The large influx of cultivators into Fangzhu City brings with them a variety of Cultivation Method, secret arts, Law Artifacts, treasures, elixirs, and spiritual herbs, greatly facilitating communication, resource sharing, and discussions among cultivators on the path of cultivation.
Song Wen discovered that some rare, high-level spirit medicine had even appeared on the market.
He took the opportunity to buy some third-tier spirit medicine, just in case.
After exploring Fangzhu City, Song Wen arrived at the Dark Star Black Market that night.
He had three Profound Yin Stones, but not enough to advance the Silver Corpse to the next level. To advance the Silver Corpse from the mid-stage of the third rank to the late stage, it would require nine Profound Yin Stones.
Taking advantage of the gathering of cultivators, Song Wen wanted to find an opportunity to purchase Profound Yin Stones or Baleful Crystals.
There are also many more cultivators in the Dark Star Black Market, including quite a few demonic cultivators who have set up stalls there.
Song Wen didn't buy any Profound Yin Stones or Baleful Crystals at these stalls, but he did spend 100,000 spirit Spirit Stones to buy a Netherworld Stone.
The Netherworld Stone is a third-tier Ghost Dao spiritual material, containing the purest and most refined Yin Qi. It is a treasure for enhancing the strength of ghosts and is perfectly suited for the Ghost King to refine.
Song Wen returned to his cave abode and threw the Netherworld Stone to the Ghost King, letting the Ghost King refine and absorb the Yin Qi within it on his own.
Sudden.
Within the storage ring, a Message Jade Slip responded.
Song Wen took it out and saw that it was the Message Jade Slip he had obtained from Xing Chang.
This is a message from Shan Yue!
Why would this woman proactively message me?
With this question in mind, Song Wen read the information in the Jade Slip.
Fellow Daoist, I have a request! I hope you can lend me a hand.
It's easy to see from the message that Shan Yue adopted a very humble attitude, showing none of her usual arrogance.
"Why has this woman changed her personality? Or is there some other conspiracy?"
While pondering the matter, Song Wen replied to the message.
[Madam Xing, what can I do for you?]
[That's great! I was worried you wouldn't be able to receive messages after leaving Fangzhu City.]
This message carries a clear sense of surprise.
It seems she's worried that Song Wen has already left Fangzhu City.