The Effects Were Amazing, Exploring Cultivation

Wu Chu nodded, picked several fist-sized mushrooms, then had Little Moon Spirit cut off a palm-sized piece of lingzhi. After washing them clean with fresh water, he sprinkled some salt into the water and left them there. This could remove bacteria and insects while also enhancing the flavor.

While waiting, Wu Chu threaded chicken onto bamboo skewers and prepared to grill them. "What a shame there's no chili pepper powder. Otherwise, these grilled meat skewers would taste even better."

In his view, barbecue without spice had no soul.

More than ten minutes later, Wu Chu was already biting into grilled chicken skewers. They really were delicious, and the gamey smell was nowhere near as strong as he had imagined.

Perhaps it was because this world was filled with Primordial Spiritual Energy. The deliciousness of all kinds of plants and animals had always exceeded his expectations.

Wu Chu was very grateful for that.

Only then could he continue preparing all kinds of delicious food in the simplest ways.

Little Moon Spirit, dressed like a little chef, enjoyed the meal alongside him.

Unfortunately, in front of Wu Chu, Little Moon Spirit behaved very daintily. The scenes of her taking huge bites of meat that terrified Little Wolf Cub were mostly hidden behind her wide sleeves.

More than half an hour later, Wu Chu and Little Moon Spirit began enjoying the food they had cooked—Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms. The chicken was a primordial Innate Brocade Pheasant, and the mushrooms even included lingzhi.

The fragrance of the Brocade Pheasant meat, the aroma of the mushrooms, and the unusual scent of the lingzhi all gathered in one pot, making Wu Chu and Yueling involuntarily show blissful expressions. It also made Little Wolf Cub squat nearby with its tongue hanging out, drooling heavily.

Though there were no seasonings, the ingredients of the Primordial World truly seemed not to require much seasoning. It was enough to bring out the ingredients' original flavors.

After eating the dish, Wu Chu felt warmth surge through his entire body. Little Moon Spirit looked as though she had not had enough, while Little Wolf Cub continued crunching away at chicken bones in the corner.

After resting for a while, he staggered back to the little wooden hut like a drunkard, lay down on the large bed, and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.

To his helpless disappointment, he still did not dream of how to cultivate.

The dream was still fragmented, bits and pieces scattered everywhere. Even when he tried to piece those fragments together himself, he still could not fill in most of what was missing.

This left him puzzled. If those two deceased beings were imparting the Dao to him, why had they not given him a genuine cultivation method?

But if they were not imparting the Dao, why did he keep dreaming of those scenes?

It troubled him greatly and left him unwilling to accept it.

It was like knowing he stood atop a mountain of gold, yet not knowing how to mine it.

Only when those fragmented dreams vanished amid that alluring scene did he wake from his dream again, greeted by another morning with a pillar reaching the sky.

He sat up, felt some discomfort in his stomach, and swiftly jumped to his feet, running toward the latrine. Once seated on the toilet, Wu Chu finally let out a long breath.

As he relieved the pressure in his intestines, Wu Chu pondered how he should cultivate.

Having come to this world without knowing how to cultivate was clearly a distressing thing. Though he knew he should let nature take its course, he still had to think of a solution when the time came.

He decided to make use of his own initiative.

So he decided to speak with Little Moon Spirit. Although she did not have a specific cultivation method either, she at least knew how she herself cultivated, didn't she?

These Innate Beings were born able to cultivate and had no need to learn. However, there should have been a limit to how far this instinctive cultivation could take them.

Otherwise, there would have been no need for the Purple Cloud Palace to expound the Dao in the future.

If everyone could cultivate to the peak on their own, why would they need to listen to someone else expound the Dao?

After taking care of his personal business, he felt his body was somewhat sticky, so he ran to the bathing pool by the lake and soaked for a while.

To his surprise, he scrubbed a layer of grime off his body, and his skin seemed even smoother than before. This made him wonder whether it was the effect of last night's Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms. After all, a large piece of lingzhi had been added to that pot.

After coming out of the bathing pool, Wu Chu wrapped his outer robe around his waist, then washed his pants, T-shirt, and even his underwear, hanging them outside the house to dry.

Seeing that Wu Chu had finished washing and was wearing only something wrapped around his waist, Little Moon Spirit blinked her eyes in confusion. Finally, she smiled and asked, "Brother A Chu, that big mushroom was quite effective, wasn't it?"

Wu Chu smiled and nodded. Sitting down, he asked, "Little Moon Spirit, may I ask how you usually cultivate? Do you draw the spiritual energy outside into your body and store it there?"

Little Moon Spirit nodded slightly, then shook her head slightly. "When we cultivate, we do indeed begin by drawing external spiritual energy into our bodies. However, we must refine that spiritual energy into mana suited to our own attributes before we can store it. As for now..."

At this moment, Yueling found Wu Chu's state rather strange.

She had always thought Wu Chu was a senior whose cultivation might have been concealed.

Yet Wu Chu's various displays also made her feel that what he said might be true. She simply did not know how Wu Chu had managed to attain Transformation Form with such low cultivation.

In Yueling's eyes, that was highly contrary to common sense.

"Brother A Chu, may I ask how you attained Transformation Form?"

Faced with this familiar question, Wu Chu could only smile bitterly. "If I said I was born looking like this, you probably wouldn't believe me. But that is the truth. I was born in human form, yet I have little cultivation. People like me can be called mortals."

"Mortals?"

"That's right, ordinary and unremarkable humans. They are also called common folk, or mortals for short!"

Little Moon Spirit was left with a head full of question marks. "Humans? But that's impossible! Spiritual energy fills this world everywhere. All living beings are born able to absorb and exhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate on their own. Once they cultivate to a certain level, they can attain Transformation Form, and once they do, they become Earth Immortals..."

Hearing her say this, Wu Chu became puzzled. Wasn't it said that none of the ten great Innate Spirit Roots of the Primordial World could attain Transformation Form? Innate Spirit Roots should count as Innate Beings too!

Although there was a claim that Zhunti had attained Transformation Form from a Bodhi Tree, it seemed to be because that Innate Bodhi Tree's origin had been damaged, allowing it to attain Transformation Form.

Wu Chu did not know where this claim had come from, but looking over the more famous Innate Spirit Roots of the Primordial World, such as the Ginseng Fruit Tree and the Flat Peach Tree... none of them seemed to have attained Transformation Form.

He thought for a while but could not figure it out.

So Wu Chu had Little Moon Spirit describe her insights and methods of cultivation, then asked Yibao to record those insights. He would ponder them slowly later.

According to Little Moon Spirit, she no longer simply drew spiritual energy into her body to refine mana. Instead, she now comprehended the Great Dao of heaven-and-earth laws.

But in the past, she had indeed drawn spiritual energy into her body... Sun and Moon Essence and Starlight also counted as Primordial Spiritual Energy. She drew this Primordial Spiritual Energy into her body, then used the circulation method she had been born knowing to refine it into mana.

This mana circulated through her body along certain fixed paths, after which it could be channeled outside her body to form various spells for skillful use.

Of course, that had been how she was in the past. She was different now.

Wu Chu thought for a moment, then asked Little Moon Spirit to draw the paths along which mana circulated in her body.

Hearing Wu Chu's request, Little Moon Spirit fell silent for a moment before saying, "Brother A Chu, before I attained Transformation Form, the meridians in my body were different from those I have now. They have no reference value!"

Hearing this, Wu Chu was also stunned. It was as though he had only just remembered that she was a little spirit, though what her true form was remained a mystery.

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