Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction
The severed limb looked as though it had only just been cut off. Its silvery-white scales gleamed, and the exposed flesh was a deep crimson, giving off a faint fragrance.
Mo Wen squeezed the limb hard and found that it was like gripping a piece of divine iron. He couldn't budge it in the slightest.
This thing would be great for smashing people! The thought suddenly sprang to Mo Wen's mind.
He laughed at his own wild idea. Who would bear to use such a treasure to smash people?
He put the limb back on the stone platform and looked toward the other two. Without thinking too hard, he knew the treasures on them had to be on the same level as the limb, or at least not far below it!
The other two stone platforms were still protected by restrictions. To obtain the treasures within, he would have to break through them.
Mo Wen didn't dare use his full strength for fear of damaging the treasures inside. He came to one of the platforms and first used a tenth of his strength, sending a flash of sword light slashing down on the protective barrier.
The barrier trembled, its light dimming somewhat. Mo Wen increased his strength to twenty percent and struck again.
This time, the barrier shattered under the blow, revealing a white jade box. The box wasn't locked and could be opened directly.
Mo Wen opened it and found a slightly damaged piece of beast hide inside. There was nothing else.
An eye radiating endless starlight was depicted on the hide. It was profoundly mysterious, giving off an unfathomable feeling.
Mo Wen swept his Divine Sense toward the eye, only to see a vortex made up of countless points of light. Before he knew it, he had become immersed in it, until a sharp pain erupted in his sea of consciousness.
He immediately closed his eyes and focused. Only after quite a while did the pain subside, though he felt utterly exhausted.
"What a terrifying eye!" Mo Wen didn't dare look again and hurriedly shut the jade box.
Immediately afterward, he opened the restriction on the third stone platform and found a Jade Slip inside.
This time, he didn't dare rashly examine it with his Divine Sense.
"It's better to leave here as soon as possible!"
Mo Wen put all three treasures into his Storage Bag and quickly left the underground palace.
After obtaining three precious treasures, he had no desire to keep roaming around the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, so he returned directly to the Red Leaf Market.
Back in his little courtyard, he didn't feel like doing anything. He went straight to bed and fell fast asleep.
When he woke again, three days had passed. Only then did he discover that not only had he returned to normal, but his Divine Sense had also grown considerably stronger.
"Could the image on that beast hide be a legendary visualization diagram?" Mo Wen suppressed the wild joy in his heart and took out the Jade Slip.
Jade Slips were one of the main means of storing information in the cultivation world. They were both easy to carry and easy to preserve. Generally speaking, only high-level Cultivation Methods and precious inheritances were worthy of being stored in Jade Slips.
Mo Wen sent his Divine Sense into the Jade Slip, and in an instant, the entire contents of a Body Refining Cultivation Method entered his sea of consciousness.
The method was called the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction, an extraordinary body-refining art that used Demon Beast Essence Blood to temper the physique. It had four levels: initial refinement, Primordial Embryo, treasure body, and true body.
The initial refinement level focused on laying the foundation of the physical body. The more Demon Beast Essence Blood a practitioner refined, the stronger that foundation became.
Once a practitioner's physical foundation reached its limit, they could use the Qi and Blood in their body to nurture a Primordial Embryo. When the Primordial Embryo first formed, the practitioner's combat strength could rival that of a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator. Once the Primordial Embryo reached major accomplishment, they could contend with a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator.
Once the Primordial Embryo reached perfection, the practitioner needed to use the natal Essence Blood of a pureblood Demon Beast as a catalyst to forge a treasure body. When the treasure body first formed, their strength would be comparable to the Golden Core Early Stage, and they could withstand a Golden Core True Person's Law Treasure attack with their bare hands.
Once a practitioner's treasure body reached perfection, they had to refine all the Essence Blood in a fourth-tier Demon Emperor's body to successfully break through to the "true body" realm.
Finally, the mighty figure who created this art proposed a conjecture: if a practitioner could refine a drop of a true spirit of heaven and earth's natal Essence Blood, their strength might reach a level comparable to Spirit Transformation. However, true spirits of heaven and earth were rare in the world and immensely powerful, so this was only a conjecture that had never been tested in practice.
"What an unbelievably awesome Cultivation Method!" Mo Wen couldn't help marveling.
In Yan Province, Cultivation Methods that led directly to the Nascent Soul level were exceedingly rare. Even the three great Nascent Soul immortal sects guarded methods of this level like precious jade, placing restrictions on practitioners' souls to prevent them from leaking out!
Although the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction was a body cultivator's method, it could also be cultivated to the "true body" level, comparable to Nascent Soul. If those Golden Core immortal sects learned of such a precious method, they would certainly do everything in their power to seize it. Thus, Mo Wen had to guard this secret closely and let no one know.
"Alas, as good as this method is, it uses up too much Demon Beast Essence Blood. I can only take it slowly," Mo Wen sighed, somewhat dissatisfied.
Demon Beast Essence Blood was refined from the essence of a Demon Beast's flesh and blood. Depending on the type, a beast yielded as little as one or two drops or as many as eight or nine, showing just how precious it was.
At the Red Leaf Market, a drop of First-Tier Low-Grade Demon Beast Essence Blood was worth ten Spirit Stones, a drop of First-Tier Middle-Grade Essence Blood was worth fifty, and a drop of First-Tier Superior-Grade Essence Blood was worth two hundred.
The high price was one thing, but First-Tier Superior-Grade Demon Beast Essence Blood was relatively rare. Even if Mo Wen had enough Spirit Stones, he might not be able to buy more than a few drops at the Red Leaf Market.
"It seems I must head to Azure Luan Immortal City as soon as possible!"
Mo Wen had been in no hurry to leave the Red Leaf Market partly because he wanted to guard against those cultivation Lineages, and partly because he wanted to improve his own strength.
Azure Luan Immortal City was the largest gathering place for Rogue Cultivators in Yan Province. Not only did several Golden Core cultivators hold down the fort there, but it also had more than five hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators. Given Mo Wen's cautious nature, he was unwilling to set foot in such a place without sufficient strength.
His Flowing Light Sword Technique was already close to minor accomplishment. Even if he still couldn't match an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was considerably stronger than those who had reached Foundation Establishment through a Divergent Method.
And since he needed Demon Beast Essence Blood to aid his cultivation, he decided to head to Azure Luan Immortal City once his Flowing Light Sword Technique reached minor accomplishment.
Thus, in the days that followed, Mo Wen set aside his other cultivation and devoted all his time to practicing the Flowing Light Sword Technique.
Hard work did not fail the determined. Seven days later, his Flowing Light Sword Technique finally advanced to the realm of minor accomplishment.
"It's time to go!"
Mo Wen looked at the familiar Red Leaf Market and couldn't help feeling a wave of wistfulness.
After transmigrating to this world, he had spent most of his time living in the Red Leaf Market. This little market, utterly unremarkable in the cultivation world, could be considered his second home.
But the immortal path stretched far ahead, its road long and fraught with obstacles. To reach the peak, he had to press bravely onward! He could admire the scenery along the way, but he could not linger over it!