[Cultivation Technique]: Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book · Qi Refining Chapter [Tier]: Heaven Grade [Introduction]: This technique points straight to Spirit Transformation and has lofty aspirations. It is suitable for cultivators with dual Water-Wood Heavenly Spiritual Roots. Those with exceptional innate talent can break through the Qi Refining Limit by cultivating it. Those who are compatible with this technique and cultivate a Water-Wood Dharma Body during the Qi Refining stage can comprehend the Dao and establish their foundation, forging a Flawless Dao Foundation. [Price]: Two thousand Spirit Origin
Seeing this price, Chen Beiwu showed no surprise.
This cultivation technique was indeed expensive, but it was also truly powerful. It was one of the very few Heaven-Grade Cultivation Techniques capable of forging a Flawless Dao Foundation.
What was a Flawless Dao Foundation?
In the Primordial Era, Qi Refining cultivators could take the Five Foundation Establishment Spirits and attempt to break through to Foundation Establishment as soon as they reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining. But the failure rate had always been high: at most, only three out of ten cultivators at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining would succeed.
As cultivation civilization grew ever more prosperous, Cultivation Magnates deduced the Great Dao and discovered that the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining was far from the limit for Qi Refining cultivators.
Cultivators who broke through their limits not only had a much higher chance of successfully advancing to Foundation Establishment, but could also possess a far more powerful Dao Foundation and even improve their chances of advancing to Golden Core.
Thus, the Immortal Alliance's mighty cultivators added three more realms above the Qi Refining Peak, namely:
Qi Refining Limit (tenth layer): increases the chance of Foundation Establishment by twenty percent; upon advancing, one can forge a Supreme-Grade Dao Foundation.
Qi Refining Beyond the Limit (eleventh layer): one has a ninety percent chance of Foundation Establishment without taking the Five Foundation Establishment Spirits; upon advancing, one can forge a Transcendent-Grade Dao Foundation.
Flawless Qi Refining (twelfth layer): comprehend the Dao of Heaven, and within a hundred days, automatically forge a Flawless Dao Foundation and advance to Foundation Establishment.
It was no exaggeration to say that if Chen Beiwu could advance to the Qi Refining Limit before the College Entrance Examination, he might not even need to take the examination-he could be directly guaranteed a place in one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects.
If Chen Beiwu could go two steps further and advance to Flawless Qi Refining during the Qi Refining stage, even the Five Great Grotto-Heavens would open their doors to him and hold an exclusive Immortal Examination.
But that was far too difficult!
Suppressing the thought, Chen Beiwu tapped his phone balance, which showed a five-digit number.
Balance: 753.28
The Immortal Alliance's Spirit Beast Loan charged interest. The more principal Chen Beiwu carried, the less interest he would have to pay on the loan.
Of the more than seven hundred Spirit Origin in his phone, only a portion came from his livestream wages. The vast majority came from his parents' sponsorship; it was no exaggeration to say he had emptied their pockets.
Fortunately, an unexpected turn of events meant Chen Beiwu would not have to take out a Spirit Beast Loan, saving him a large sum of money. Even so, he still could not afford a third of the Heaven-Grade Cultivation Technique's Qi Refining Chapter.
There was no helping it. Cultivation techniques were classified much like cultivators' Spiritual Roots: Immortal, Heaven, Earth, True, Mixed, and Mortal grades.
Immortal-Grade Cultivation Techniques were exceedingly rare, transcending Heaven Grade and pointing straight to Void Refinement and Mahayana. They were transcendent Immortal Canons that the Immortal Alliance never passed on to outsiders, held in the hands of the Alliance's rulers-the Five Great Grotto-Heavens-and guarded under the highest secrecy. They could not be exchanged for Spirit Origin.
If Immortal Alliance cultivators wanted to cultivate an Immortal-Grade Cultivation Technique, they had only two options: either possess the legendary Immortal Spiritual Root and earn the favor of a mighty cultivator, or join one of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens. Only then would they have a chance to glimpse the profound Great Dao contained within an Immortal-Grade Cultivation Technique.
Thus, just below Immortal Grade, Heaven-Grade Cultivation Techniques that could break through limits and point straight to Spirit Transformation were the very best techniques on the Immortal Alliance Official Website.
Even within the Thirteen Immortal Sects, such techniques were rare secret scriptures. They had extremely demanding cultivation requirements: a cultivator needed a Heavenly Spiritual Root to practice one.
By the same logic, Earth-Grade Cultivation Techniques pointed straight to Nascent Soul, and their cultivators had to possess an Earth Spiritual Root. True-Grade Cultivation Techniques pointed straight to Golden Core, and their cultivators had to possess a True Spiritual Root.
As for Mixed-Grade and Mortal-Grade Cultivation Techniques, they were so trashy that no cultivators practiced them. That was why they cost only a few Low-Grade Spirit Stones on the Immortal Alliance Official Website.
Some websites and apps even shared Mixed-Grade Cultivation Techniques for free to attract traffic, letting Qi Refining cultivators download them to study and discuss.
As a Heaven-Grade Cultivation Technique, the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book's Qi Refining Chapter cost two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones to purchase. On the Immortal Alliance Official Website, that was already a fairly reasonable price.
Some relatively rare Spirit Transformation techniques, such as the [Azure Sea Calamity-Transcending Eight Treasures Scripture], cost as much as ten thousand Spirit Origin for just the Qi Refining Chapter. That was equivalent to a hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones; even selling Iron Egg would not be enough to afford it.
Cultivation techniques concern the Great Dao of one's future. Better to have none than settle for less. Chen Beiwu thought to himself.
Before contracting the Golden Egg, he had been a cultivator with dual Water-Wood Earth Spiritual Roots. His aptitude could be called outstanding in Far Sky County, but he could only practice Earth-Grade Cultivation Techniques that pointed straight to Nascent Soul.
So the Earth-Grade Cultivation Techniques he had previously selected were not expensive. Buying their Qi Refining Chapters cost only a few hundred, or even just a few dozen, Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
But after contracting a Companion Beast, his aptitude had soared, transforming from a Water Earth Spiritual Root to a Heavenly Spiritual Root.
Such aptitude was rare even in Heavenly Derivation Commandery, let alone Fallen Dragon Prefecture.
In this situation, even though Heaven-Grade Cultivation Techniques were costly and Chen Beiwu would have to gather enough Spirit Stones before he could switch to the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book, he was still unwilling to settle.
If I speed up my exploration of the Southern Wild Region, I should be able to gather enough Spirit Stones soon, Chen Beiwu thought.
Until he had saved enough Spirit Stones, he could make do with the Ten Thousand Beasts Art.
The only two drawbacks of this foundational cultivation technique were that its Qi Refining speed was steady and moderate, and that it had no method for breaking through the Qi Refining Limit. At most, one could cultivate it to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, but it was enough for an emergency.
"Beiwu."
Chen Beiwu looked up toward the voice.
He saw Xu Ziqing and Sun Yajing appear with a group of senior female students.
Unlike before, Xu Ziqing now held a fox-like Spirit Beast in her arms, about three feet long and covered in crimson fur.
Its eyes were like fire, its muzzle long and narrow, and the tips of its ears bore flame-shaped tufts. From a distance, it looked like a moving ball of fire.
But even more eye-catching was the tail dragging a dazzling trail of flame behind it. Every so often, it brushed against Xu Ziqing's clothes, making people instinctively worry that they might catch fire.
Chen Beiwu narrowed his eyes and immediately recognized what kind of Spirit Beast it was.
[Breed]: Scarlet Flame Fox [Attribute]: Fire [Bloodline]: Second Tier, Upper Grade [Innate Talents]: Flame Assimilation, Divine-Sense Scorching Scarlet Flame [Can Advance To]: One-Tailed Golden Fox (Third-Tier Lower Grade Treasure Beast), Three-Tailed Flame Fox (Third-Tier Upper Grade Treasure Beast)... [Evaluation]: The Scarlet Flame Fox is a spirit of fire, the perfect combination of ferocity and elegance. It can freely control the flames within a hundred-zhang radius, condensing them into scarlet flames that melt gold, liquefy iron, and scorch Divine Sense. It can also create illusions and kill enemies silently.
A Second-Tier Spirit Beast alone was not enough to surprise Chen Beiwu. What truly astonished him was the faint orange Fortune above the Scarlet Flame Fox's head.
This Spirit Beast's Fortune is actually suspected to be Third Tier!
Chen Beiwu's gaze instinctively shifted to Xu Ziqing.
After contracting a Companion Beast, the faint orange Fortune above her head had deepened in color and begun to radiate a warm, bright glow.
"It's only been a few hours. You don't recognize me anymore?" Xu Ziqing smiled sweetly.
Clearly, she had contracted a suitable Companion Beast, and she was in an excellent mood.
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