Chapter 228: Aid for Core Formation (Seeking Subscriptions)
Chapter 228: Aid for Core Formation (Seeking Subscriptions)
After cultivating the Wood Spirit Body, Fang Xi did not sever his Grand Circulation connection with the Demonic Tree.
After all, having reached this point, Fang Xi naturally held some anticipation for the 'Eternal Evergreen Body,' the final layer of the 'Longevity Art. '
This was indeed a physique only mentioned in legends, capable of increasing one's lifespan by ten thousand years, and guaranteed to achieve immortality!
If he could cultivate it, his future cultivation path would be smooth sailing.
In the seclusion chamber.
Fang Xi sat cross-legged, forming hand seals, deep in cultivation.
"Hmm?"
After only a brief moment of meditation, he opened his eyes: "Something's not right. . . What's going on with the circulation path of my magic power?"
As he continuously absorbed external spiritual energy and circulated it through his meridians, his divine consciousness also meticulously observed his inner self inch by inch, discovering an anomaly.
"This. . . the Green Wood Cultivation Method's technique, at its subtle points, has actually begun to operate on its own. . . No, or rather, it's being forced by my Wood Spirit Body to make certain changes. . ."
"This. . . is it good or bad?"
Fang Xi ultimately gritted his teeth, deciding not to restrain the magic power's circulation path, but instead to allow the Wood Spirit Body to influence it.
After one Grand Circulation, he carefully savored the feeling, sensing that his cultivation progress was surprisingly a tiny bit faster than usual.
"The cultivation method. . . is it self-improving?"
"No, that's not right. . . If before I was adapting to the cultivation method, now, it's the Green Wood Cultivation Method that is being forced to adapt to my Wood Spirit Body!"
Fang Xi's eyes lit up.
All along, he had been quite self-aware. His main cultivation method, the Green Wood Cultivation Method, while it could be considered a minor gem, was far from comparable to those top-tier cultivation methods that served as foundational pillars for sects or clans!
The greatest difference lay in the varying depths of magic power!
According to his calculations, even if he cultivated to the limit of both early and mid Foundation Establishment before breaking through, reaching the perfected Foundation Establishment stage, the total amount of liquid spiritual energy in his Dantian and Qi Sea should be around two hundred and fifty drops!
However, top-tier cultivation methods like the Melting Gold Art, according to their descriptions, stated that the magic power at perfected Foundation Establishment should be around three hundred drops!
The difference in the depth of magic power not only affected the disparity in divine abilities and spells, but also influenced subsequent Core Formation!
And if Fang Xi had relied on pills to break through as soon as he barely could, the total amount of liquid spiritual energy in his Dantian and Qi Sea might only have been around two hundred drops at perfected Foundation Establishment!
Originally, Fang Xi knew this but there was nothing he could do about it. Furthermore, even forming a Core with two hundred and fifty drops of liquid spiritual energy was still far stronger than perfecting Foundation Establishment with a top-tier cultivation method!
He had always advocated for suppression by a major realm, and didn't care about these minor differences.
What's more, disciples cultivating top-tier methods might not necessarily cultivate every realm to its limit; they might just directly break through using breakthrough pills, so in the end, the difference in magic power between the two wouldn't be significant.
But now, influenced by the Wood Spirit Body, the Green Wood Cultivation Method surprisingly began to gradually change. . .
According to Fang Xi's understanding, every cultivation session now brought subtle improvements, and eventually, it might even form an entirely new cultivation method, possessing the miraculous effects of deepening the Dantian and expanding the meridians.
Although this greatly prolonged the time it would take for him to cultivate to perfected Foundation Establishment, being able to solidify his foundation was naturally a good thing.
After all, his lifespan was long; he could live as long as Nascent Soul old monsters!
Recently, there was nothing that absolutely required a cultivation breakthrough to handle.
It was naturally better to firmly establish his foundation!
...
Ever since he cultivated the Wood Spirit Body, Fang Xi had become almost obsessed with cultivation, unable to extricate himself, frequently entering states of prolonged seclusion.
A year later.
Inside the secret chamber.
Fang Xi opened his eyes, with a hint of regret: "I was still wrong. . . The Wood Spirit Body is just a spiritual physique, it has no intelligence, how could it create its own cultivation method?"
"It's just that it's too powerful, forcing the Green Wood Cultivation Method to passively adapt to me. . . This 'fine-tuning' of the cultivation method's circulation path also has its limits!"
Just today, Fang Xi discovered that the fine-tuning of the Green Wood Cultivation Method's circulation path by the Wood Spirit Body had concluded.
The new Green Wood Cultivation Method, assuming no change in spiritual root and spiritual body aptitude, increased the speed of daily meditation and Qi Refinement by thirty percent compared to before, and the upper limit of his Dantian and Qi Sea had also increased!
However, that was the extent of it; it had not transformed into an entirely new cultivation method.
Rather than self-created, it was more like a special version tailored for him by the original creator of the cultivation method, specifically for Fang Xi's current physique.
"This new circulation path is just right for my cultivation. Others cultivating it might not achieve such good results as me, and might even suffer qi deviation if careless!"
"Nevertheless, even so, this new Green Wood Cultivation Method. . . should now be comparable to a top-tier cultivation method in my hands!"
Fang Xi's lips curved into a faint smile.
His last remaining weakness compared to the geniuses of major powers was now being compensated for.
"Now, this cultivation method could be said to have been reborn. Should I change its name. . . Azure Emperor Longevity Art? Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign. . . forget it. . . I'll just keep it as the Green Wood Longevity Art!"
...
Cultivation knows no time.
In the blink of an eye, three more years passed.
Inside the seclusion chamber.
Fang Xi inwardly observed his Qi Sea Dantian, watching the sphere of liquid spiritual energy that had formed.
"Who would have thought. . . even too good an aptitude could bring trouble. . . What's limiting my progress now is actually the grade of the second-order spirit vein."
A wry smile appeared on Fang Xi's face.
The progress of a cultivator's cultivation is closely related to their spiritual root, cultivation method, and the grade of the spirit vein.
Currently, his spiritual root and cultivation method were both excellent, allowing him to absorb a large amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy daily and refine it into magic power.
However, he was suffering a disadvantage due to the grade of the spirit vein.
Nevertheless, his cultivation speed was still much faster than before.
"At this rate, within twenty to thirty years, I can complete the thirteenth layer of the Green Wood Longevity Art, reaching the perfected Foundation Establishment realm!"
The current Fang Xi, once he reached perfected Foundation Establishment, would certainly have over three hundred drops of liquid spiritual energy within his body, a standard for peerless geniuses cultivating top-tier methods!
At this stage, even without consuming any spiritual medicine, he would have a certain success rate for forming a Core on his own!
"Core Formation. . ."
Fang Xi carefully observed his own azure liquid spiritual energy, and made a significant discovery.
"My current liquid spiritual energy. . . surprisingly shows a hint of solidification?"
"This was definitely not a problem with the cultivation method or spiritual root, but rather the doing of the Wood Spirit Body!"
A hint of solidification in liquid spiritual energy was naturally a great thing!
After all, the effect of most Core Formation Spiritual Items was also to cause liquid spiritual energy to solidify, thus meeting the requirements for Core Formation!
"Although a spiritual physique differs from a spiritual root, it also aids cultivators in breaking through major realms. . ."
"Just like the previous 'Green Wood Spiritual Body,' which could prematurely give birth to divine consciousness, directly helping me break through the barrier of divine consciousness. . ."
"The current Wood Spirit Body was the same; it could surprisingly solidify liquid spiritual energy prematurely, transforming it into true essence, which naturally greatly benefited Core Formation, at least increasing the chances of successful Core Formation by several tenths. . ."
"Although in terms of breaking through the Core Formation bottleneck, the Wood Spirit Body was slightly inferior to a Heaven-grade spiritual root, it surpassed it in terms of extending lifespan and divine abilities. . . Of course, the fact that I can now live for nearly a thousand years is mostly due to the Demonic Tree; with a sufficiently large base lifespan, and then a roughly fifty percent increase from the spiritual physique, my lifespan is naturally immense. . ."
After Fang Xi reached late Foundation Establishment, he naturally began to consider matters of Core Formation.
Originally, his plan was to find a way to communicate with the Shard World, to obtain Core Formation Spiritual Items from Dan Ya or other Wu people, preferably stacking the success rate to one hundred percent!
After all, the consequence of failing Core Formation, while not as catastrophic as failing Foundation Establishment, still carried a certain chance of cultivation regression, or even death and the dissipation of one's Dao!
Even though the death rate for failing Core Formation was much lower than for failing Foundation Establishment, it still existed!
Moreover, once the body suffered irreversible injuries, one's path might be severed then and there, unable to advance even an inch further!
To avoid the dire consequences of failure, it was naturally best to succeed on the first try.
But now, the situation seemed to have changed?
The power of the Wood Spirit Body made Fang Xi see the possibility of not relying on external aid, and cultivating all the way to the Core Formation stage on his own!
"The Wood Spirit Body is not a Heaven-grade spiritual root, and thus cannot guarantee a definite success in Core Formation. . . but it inherently brings several tenths of a Core Formation success rate, enough for a cultivator to take a gamble. . . Cultivators with Heaven-grade spiritual roots had no bottleneck for Core Formation, and as long as their opportunities were sufficient later on, they would basically all become Nascent Soul True Monarchs in the end."
"Ultimately, it's still because my own spiritual root aptitude is too poor, only an inferior-grade wood spiritual root. Generally speaking, cultivators capable of awakening the Wood Spirit Body are at least of superior-grade, or even Earth-grade or Heaven-grade wood spiritual root level, right? Nascent Soul True Monarchs possessing the Wood Spirit Body, their own wood spiritual root aptitude must also be extremely superior! They might even be Heaven-grade spiritual roots!"
"But what's even more precious is the Wood Spirit Body's vibrant life force, capable of healing various injuries. . . Even if Core Formation fails, death is certainly not guaranteed. As for severe injuries? They can always be slowly nursed back to health with the Wood Spirit Body's vitality. . ."
"This gives cultivators many opportunities to try again!"
"Fail once, try twice; fail twice, try thrice. . . With enough attempts, one will always succeed in Core Formation."
Fang Xi finally understood why most owners of the Wood Spirit Body were high-stage cultivators.
The Wood Spirit Body granted a long lifespan, came with several tenths of a Core Formation success rate, and moreover, could heal severe injuries and possessed extremely strong self-recovery capabilities.
After a few more attempts, the Core Formation bottleneck would not be able to trap them.
Not to mention, they could also simultaneously consume some Core Formation Spiritual Items. . .
"The Dao of Golden Core, right before my eyes!"
A smile appeared at the corner of Fang Xi's mouth: "As expected, cultivating the tree to the end truly brings everything one could wish for. . ."
"However, being able to form a Core in one go was still the best option; communication and attempts with the Shard World could not be cut off. . ."
The abundance of resources in the Shard World was something Fang Xi didn't want to give up.
Not to mention, being able to succeed in one go was naturally better than failing multiple times.
...
Just as Fang Xi was filled with joy.
Yu County, State of Yue.
A streak of escape light swept low over the mountain peak, disappearing into the forest, revealing Zhong Hong Yu's figure.
Her appearance remained unchanged, due to having consumed a 'Face-Fixing Pill,' but her expression and demeanor were much more mature, a faint hint of murderous aura subtly lingered between her brows.
She looked behind her, her expression cold.
"It's over there. . . Senior Brother Li, I wasn't mistaken. . . that female cultivator definitely has a Foundation Establishment Pill on her!"
Two streaks of escape light, one after the other, landed in the forest, revealing two cultivators.
One of them, a young man in blue robes, flashed a fawning smile at the leading cultivator in green robes.
They were fellow disciples, from the Spirit Sword Sect.
This Spirit Sword Sect, like the Lunar Gate, was one of the five great sects in the State of Yue's cultivation world.
Back then, the seven great cultivation families of the State of Yue, plus the five great sects, a total of twelve major Foundation Establishment forces, were the peak powers beneath the Black Heaven Sect.
Now, after the Song Clan was annihilated, the cultivation sects grew more powerful, and their disciples naturally became more arrogant.
This Senior Brother Li had reached perfected Qi Refinement cultivation, and had been searching for an opportunity to achieve Foundation Establishment.
By a stroke of chance, that junior brother, during a black market trading session, surprisingly stumbled upon Zhong Hong Yu, who had just traded for a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill!
The junior brother in blue robes naturally immediately informed Senior Brother Li, and the two of them pursued her all the way here. . .
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