Cultivation Technique Mutation (Fifth Update, Please Bookmark)

Chapter 18: Cultivation Technique Mutation (Fifth Update, Please Bookmark)

"The wandering souls have finally been used up. As expected, the common ghost has reached the utmost limit of soul nourishment. Next comes the body replacement."

"Although the medicinal spirit ghost is a derivative type of wood-attribute soul body, its cultivation does not necessarily require wood-attribute aura. A certain amount of medicinal fragrance will suffice. Of course, if there is no medicinal fragrance, the Spirit-Imitating Art in the 'Ghost Path True Explanation' can also use some weak soul bodies to imitate medicinal fragrance and achieve the same purpose. But in terms of effectiveness, it is far inferior to using medicinal herbs."

"However, I only have ten spirit stones on hand right now. That is not even enough to buy a single spirit herb..."

"Only by introducing medicinal fragrance into the soul body can ghost qi, yin qi, and soul power be stirred into mutation, merging with the medicinal fragrance to recast its soul and form a medicinal spirit ghost. This step of body replacement is the most crucial. If anything goes wrong, this common ghost will be ruined."

Hu Donghan frowned, pondering a solution.

Suddenly, inspiration flashed through Hu Donghan's mind. He slapped his palm and thought, That's right, how could I have forgotten? By the calendar, today is the start of the month, the time when disciples receive their monthly stipends. With my first-layer Qi Refinement cultivation, I can receive five spirit stones and two Lesser Qi-Nourishing Pills. Together with my ten spirit stones, that should be enough to exchange for a slightly inferior spirit herb. Fortunately, the early cultivation of a medicinal spirit ghost does not place high demands on spirit herbs. Otherwise, this truly would have been troublesome. As long as I complete the body replacement, the subsequent solidification stage will only require enough wandering souls...

"However, I have been raising ghosts for three days straight, and I am truly exhausted. I should rest first. It will not be too late to go afterward."

With that in mind, Hu Donghan sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and began meditating.

Once the Profound Yin Mental Cultivation circulated in its yin transformation, Hu Donghan had cultivated for only a few minutes before abruptly opening his eyes in shock, sensing the condition inside his body with disbelief.

"This... this is? Why has the cultivation speed of my Profound Yin Mental Cultivation become more than twice as fast as before? Could this be the benefit the common ghost has brought me?"

"No! The common ghost is not assisting my cultivation at all right now. This is my own cultivation speed increasing! What is going on? Could it be..."

Hu Donghan closed his eyes again and silently recited the Qi Refinement-stage cultivation method of the Profound Yin Mental Cultivation from beginning to end. Vaguely, he felt that his understanding of the Profound Yin Mental Cultivation had become much deeper than before. Some passages that had once seemed ambiguous were now thoroughly understood, while even the simpler portions gave him the feeling that he had gained new insights.

A more thorough understanding of the mental cultivation method, along with those new insights, was the main reason Hu Donghan's cultivation speed had increased!

"'Ghost Path True Explanation'! It is the influence of the 'Ghost Path True Explanation'! The ghost path arts explained in its general outline have actually deepened and clarified my understanding of the Profound Yin Mental Cultivation! A mere general outline has such miraculous effects?" Hu Donghan verified every piece of information in his mind and quickly found the root of it all, leaving him astonished beyond measure.

After calming his excited emotions once more, Hu Donghan resumed cultivating the Profound Yin Mental Cultivation.

About two hours later, Hu Donghan stopped cultivating. His spiritual power had fully recovered, and even his spirits had improved considerably.

"The cultivation speed of the Profound Yin Mental Cultivation is about twice what it was before, while the recovery speed of spiritual power is more than three times faster. On top of that, the purity of my spiritual power has also improved greatly. For a single general outline to bring such terrifying improvements is truly unimaginable!" Hu Donghan stood up and stretched before thinking, For now, I should first go to the External Affairs Hall and collect this month's stipend, then find a way to exchange it for a spirit herb.

He opened the door and walked out. As he shut it behind him, Hu Donghan swept his eyes over it and noticed that directly beneath the four words "Girl, save me" he had written was a carved little fox. Beneath that little fox was a small knife.

At the sight of the little fox, a trace of tenderness flickered through Hu Donghan's eyes.

Sure enough, that girl had already come.

The little fox was Hu Meier's mark. Hu Donghan believed that in the entire Yin Soul Sect, the only person who would draw a fox beneath the words "Girl, save me" was Hu Meier. As for the small knife beneath the fox, it was probably because of Hu Donghan's way of calling her "girl."

Since childhood, Hu Donghan had lived together with Hu Meier, so he naturally understood her character better than anyone.

Although Hu Meier, his child bride, had often "bullied" Hu Donghan since they were young, her concern for him had always been genuine. Now that Hu Donghan had asked Hu Meier for help, she must have been keeping watch over everything around him at all times. If Hu Donghan encountered any danger, Hu Meier would absolutely be the first to appear and protect him—just as Hu Donghan would protect Hu Meier.

After firmly shutting the door, Hu Donghan strode out of the outer disciples' compound.

He had not gone far before Hu Donghan felt that someone seemed to be watching him. Turning his head, he swept his gaze around and spotted a figure furtively hiding away.

"That damned servant? Hmph!" Hu Donghan recognized the figure, sneered, and ignored it.

Before long, Hu Donghan arrived at the External Affairs Hall. He collected his monthly stipend from the "Monthly Stipend" area without lingering, then immediately left the hall. Standing outside, he was considering how to obtain a spirit herb when he suddenly saw six cultivators hurrying over from afar. Two of them were people Hu Donghan knew—Mu Zhengfeng and Wang Linshu!

Of the six, aside from Mu Zhengfeng and Wang Linshu, three wore green robes, with whips hanging from one side of their waists and iron plaques from the other. They were actually Law Enforcement disciples! As for the last person, his clothes were not particularly luxurious and his appearance was ordinary, but the aura around him revealed that he was no common man. He was at least a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator—he should be an inner sect disciple!

"Three Martial Uncles, that's him!"

Mu Zhengfeng spotted Hu Donghan from afar. His already narrow eyes squinted even tighter as he pointed at Hu Donghan and shouted excitedly, "There! Over there! That guy is Hu Donghan!"

At Mu Zhengfeng's shouting, the others all frowned and instinctively moved a little farther away. The three Law Enforcement disciples were especially so—they had come this time partly because someone had reported Hu Donghan for violating sect rules, and partly out of consideration for that Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator. Otherwise, why would the three of them have the time to rush all the way from the main peak to Stacked Peaks Peak just to make trouble for a first-layer Qi Refinement cultivator? With that time, they would be better off cultivating behind closed doors than coming here!