Cultivation

Before leaving, Elder Shen gave Song Wen five hundred Spirit Stone as a reward for his meritorious service to the sect.

After leaving Elder Shen's place, Song Wen headed towards the market before it got dark.

He sold all the unused magical Law Artifact, the <Mysterious Poison Scripture>, and eight unused Storage Bag to the shop, earning a total of 1650 Spirit Stone.

The eight Law Artifact sold for 850 Spirit Stone, the eight Storage Bag sold for 200 Spirit Stone, and the <Mysterious Poison Scripture> sold for 600 Spirit Stone.

Song Wen also signed a soul contract with the shop that bought the Cultivation Method, stipulating that Song Wen could not pass on the <Mysterious Poison Scripture> to outsiders, except for practicing it himself or passing it on to his closest relatives.

Although the shop's buyback price is low, it saves Song Wen a lot of trouble.

At this moment, Song Wen had more than 6,000 Spirit Stone stones on him, which was undoubtedly a huge sum of money for a Qi Refinement cultivator.

With such a large sum of Spirit Stone, Song Wen naturally wanted to purchase some Cultivation Resources.

After strolling around the market, Song Wen bought Qi-Gathering Pill and Corpse-Baleful Qi, which were necessary for his cultivation.

He also bought Silver-Shining Stone, Purple Moonflower, and Azure Spirit Grass to cultivate Beetle Gu. The Beetle Gu had made great contributions during this trip, which further strengthened Song Wen's determination to raise gu. He hoped that one day he could cultivate the Sacred Beetle Gu the old woman longed for, which was comparable to the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.

Then, he bought some poisonous medicinal herbs.

He learned from the Jade Slip he obtained from Yan Feng's Storage Bag that the <Myriad Poisons Primordial Body> could be roughly divided into four realms: beginner, proficient, minor success, and major success.

Yan Feng has mastered this Cultivation Method to a high level, and can now directly ingest poison to refine his body.

For a novice like Song Wen, who hasn't even entered the realm of martial arts yet, the best way to cultivate the <Myriad Poisons Primordial Body> is to soak in a medicinal bath of poisonous water.

He also bought a black iron coffin to use for making medicinal baths. He originally wanted to buy a bath tub or Bronze Furnace, but either the material did not meet his requirements or the price was too high. In the end, he could only choose the most common coffin in the market as his bath tub.

After all, the Corpse Demon Sect is a sect that practices the path of corpses, and it has the most coffin-type magical Law Artifact, which can be used for raising corpses and practicing cultivation.

Song Wen originally wanted to buy some life-saving items for emergencies, but naturally he came up empty-handed. Last time he bought the Heavenly Thunder Talisman, he was already extremely lucky. Life-saving items used in times of crisis are the most treasured possessions of every cultivator, and they are not easily traded.

Finally, Song Wen bought some materials for corpse refining and returned to his cave abode.

These materials cost Song Wen over 600 Spirit Stone, enough for him to cultivate for a while.

The Corpse Puppet was severely damaged and needed to be reforged. Moreover, Corpse Puppet current strength was somewhat useless to him. Since he had enough Spirit Stones, he naturally wanted to find a way to improve the Corpse Puppet's strength.

After returning to his cave abode, Song Wen placed the Corpse Puppet into the large red coffin used for raising corpses.

Then, he put in the materials for refining corpses, such as Yin Yellow Soil, Yin Nether Grass, and Corpse-Baleful Qi, and poured in the Essence Blood stolen from the Corpse Dissection Cave. Song Wen then began to perform the corpse refining method and began to forge the Corpse Puppet.

In a short while, black corpse energy began to emanate from the large red coffin, gradually becoming more and more concentrated until it completely enveloped the Corpse Puppet.

The Corpse Puppet's shattered body absorbed the corpse energy and began to gradually repair itself.

An hour later, the Corpse Puppet's physical body was fully repaired, and Song Wen stopped casting spells.

Although the Corpse Puppet's physical body has been repaired, its aura has not yet returned to its strongest state. The creation of Corpse Puppet, like cultivation, cannot be accomplished overnight; it requires a long period of nurturing the corpse and repeated creation.

Song Wen closed the lid of the large red coffin, allowing the Corpse Puppet to rest inside.

He then took out the black iron coffin, poured in water, added various poisonous spiritual herbs according to the recipe in Yan Feng's jade slip, dug a hole in the ground under the coffin, put in wood, lit a fire, and began to brew the medicinal bath.

Three-quarters of an hour later, the medicinal liquid in the black coffin began to boil violently, with bubbles bursting one after another, releasing a faint toxic gas that permeated the cave abode.

At this point, the initial preparation of the medicine is complete.

Extinguish the fire!

Song Wen removed his clothes and jumped into the black coffin.

"Hiss!"

The scalding hot medicine made Song Wen gasp involuntarily, and his originally bluish skin instantly turned bright red, as if he were about to be boiled.

Song Wen gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and lay down in the coffin, where the pale green liquid gradually submerged him.

The toxins in the medicine, combined with the high temperature, began to gradually corrode his body. Tiny cuts appeared all over his skin, and the toxins seeped into his body through these cuts.

Despite enduring immense pain, Song Wen struggled to maintain his sanity. He circulated his magical power according to the <Myriad Poisons Primordial Body> Law Power. The toxins that had invaded his body were guided by the Law Power and began to circulate within him according to the Cultivation Method's pathways, gradually strengthening his physical body.

"Ah!"

A few minutes later, Song Wen, who was tormented by the excruciating pain and could no longer hold on, poked his head out of the water and let out a painful roar.

Song Wen did not give up. After catching his breath, he immersed himself in the medicinal liquid again.

Half an hour later.

The pale green liquid inside the black iron coffin became crystal clear, and the water temperature cooled down.

Song Wen crawled out of the coffin, his body covered with countless thin wounds, as if he had just suffered the torture of being slowly sliced to death, making him look extremely terrifying.

He glanced at the remaining, now-ineffective medicine in the coffin, still feeling a lingering fear.

No wonder there are so few body-refining cultivators in the cultivation world; the body-refining process is far too painful, practically self-harm.

Previously, when he cultivated the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, he already felt a lot of pain, but compared to this <Myriad Poisons Primordial Body>, the pain of cultivating the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> was nothing.

The most painful part of body tempering for cultivators is the process of consuming heavenly materials and earthly treasures or foreign Essence Blood, absorbing their essence, and then tempering their internal organs and bone marrow to increase their vital energy.

Song Wen, by absorbing the Essence Blood of others, directly increases his own Qi and Blood, which in turn nourishes his physical body, naturally causing him much less pain.

Having just experienced extreme pain, Song Wen is unable to cultivate the <Myriad Poisons Primordial Body> today.

The way of both civil and military affairs is a balance of tension and relaxation.

If one continues to cultivate the <Myriad Poisons Primordial Body> regardless of the limits of one's physical endurance, there is a risk that the physical body may collapse.

At the same time, he sighed inwardly. Sure enough, not everyone has the resources to refine their body. The spirit medicine he had just used for the medicinal bath were worth a full eight Spirit Stones, which was comparable to the monthly salary of some outer disciples.

After taking a healing pill, Song Wen began to circulate the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> to regulate his breathing, partly to adjust his own condition and partly to accelerate the repair of his physical wounds.

The night passed quickly during cultivation.

The next morning at Chenshi (7-9 AM), Song Wen arrived at the Corpse Dissection Cave on time.

The sect's mission has been completed, and his house arrest has been lifted. He now needs to continue going to the Corpse Dissection Cave to complete his daily corpse dissection work.

Upon seeing Song Wen had been missing for several days, suddenly reappear, Yuan Cheng did not ask any questions. He simply handed him over a hundred corpses and then ignored him.