Chapter 263 Seclusion and Self-Preservation Lead to Technique Advancement (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

After feeling satisfied.

Wang Yu did not inquire further about the negotiations between Zhuyue Prefecture and the two hegemons, knowing full well that no results would be reached within five or six years under these circumstances.

The previous negotiations with Guiling serve as a cautionary tale, and this matter involving the redemption of Nascent Soul cultivators will only take longer.

Although the war in Zhuyue Prefecture has come to a standstill, no one knows whether it will continue after the negotiations end.

Only eight years have passed since the twenty-year agreement was made.

He has done so much, he is inevitably mentally exhausted and urgently needs a period of rest.

The ancient city of Youzhou is perfect for his seclusion. It's not far from Zhuyue Prefecture, so he'll be informed immediately if anything major happens.

There is also a business of renting out cave dwellings here.

Several days later.

The second-level cave dwelling of the ancient city.

Wang Yu's goal for this seclusion was quite clear: first and foremost, the [Demon Dragon Armor] being nurtured by the Dragon Spine Divine Marrow.

This item is a true artifact of bloodline, connected to his lifeblood.

Based on the "Black Fiend Armor" condensed by the Soul Devouring Evil Armor Technique, it takes into account the defense of the divine sense, true essence, and physical body, and incorporates living soul blood gold, ten-thousand-year-old locust tree bark, and dragon vein pearl.

Needless to say, its potential is immense. Based on the current growth rate, it will be able to truly transform into a third-grade low-level true artifact in at most five years.

At that time.

To continue improving, one must consider the cultivation methods for the third stage of Body Refiner, as recorded in the "Yinming Demon Dragon Technique".

Besides consuming spiritual herbs, the way to enhance one's spiritual essence after reaching the third rank is also through refining one's evil spirits.

The zombie refinement seeks the transformation of the earthly evil.

Cultivators who refine evil spirits, unless for special supernatural abilities, are only subject to extensive contact with evil spirit energy, except for those who refine body energy.

The Yinming Demon Dragon Technique can refine Yin-type evil energy and dragon-type evil energy.

The Moon Fiend happens to belong to the Yin within Yin position, the Taiyin position. With the Taiyin Fiend Corpse in hand, Wang Yu is very experienced in this area and can directly obtain it from the world for free.

If that's not enough, you can also absorb it from the Taiyin Sha Corpse.

This thing is about to advance to the mid-stage of the third tier, and Wang Yu can't suppress it for the time being, so it would be good to artificially curb it.

There's a theory about the dragon's malevolent energy. It can further transform Wang Yu's blood and energy into a dragon. True dragons belong to the true spirit bloodline and are extinct in this world.

There are quite a few dragons, and when they die, they can give birth to the most basic dragon spirit. He is in seclusion, so it is not convenient for him to do so, and it is also difficult to find dragons.

In addition, there is also the concept of inauspicious formations in the feng shui of the world, which are a variant of earth formations. If Wang Yu can find one, his body cultivation will also soar.

This requires him to gradually improve the Earth Mother Scripture, collect the Qi from all directions and the four seas, and then refine the Feng Shui Plate.

For now, Moonfire is enough. As long as I absorb enough Dragonfire before breaking through to the fourth rank, there won't be any problems.

He planned to resolve Zhuo Shouqing's matter before seeking him out.

That's one point.

Secondly, he used the spiritual herbs in his possession to refine the third-tier Soul Dream Pill from the Ancient Soul Manual, thus breaking through his divine sense to the mid-third tier and completely controlling the power of the Three Corpses.

This elixir formula will be perfected in five years.

On the contrary, the content contained in the [Frosty Dragon Alchemy Technique] is too vast, and it will take a full 120 years to restore it to its complete third stage.

This alchemy technique has a remarkable effect on Wang Yu, who cultivates ice-attribute techniques. He cannot give it up, and he will even continue to develop it to the fourth level.

The mere 50% bonus to ice-attribute spirit pills, along with the potential for fourth-tier ice dragon pill flames, is already excellent enough, making it an extremely suitable top-tier alchemy inheritance for him.

He remembered that it was placed there in the 16th year of his deacon career, and now it is May of the 44th year, which is almost 30 years since it was placed there.

With the current level of alchemy skills, it's unlikely to reach the highest grade after the formula is perfected, but it's still possible to try and refine a high-grade one, once the issue of spiritual root aptitude is resolved.

His obsession with top-grade elixirs has also diminished considerably.

However, it is always best to use top-grade cultivation pills. After the top-grade Ice Spirit Pill, the second cultivation pill he obtained after leaving Guiling City was the Ice Lotus Pill!

This is also one of the goals of this closed-door refining.

He only needs three more Ice Spirit Pills to form a pill barrier, which will be perfect for him to use. He won't be far from reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment, or even condensing his Golden Core.

Before officially going into seclusion.

He specially brought the Earth Demon Mask and purchased two kinds of spiritual items at Jinmanlou in Huangsha City, Youzhou, before returning to Gufang City to go into seclusion.

It's a small hook, really.

As the saying goes, time flies in the mountains, and one doesn't know the years have passed in the cold winter.

The higher one's cultivation level, the longer a cultivator's seclusion can last. Except for those who encounter bottlenecks, they can always gain something from it.

Wang Yu was making rapid progress, gaining endless insights every day, and his cultivation level was increasing rapidly, constantly advancing towards the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

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In the blink of an eye, the seasons have turned.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of May, the 50th year of Mr. Wang's career as a steward, six years in a row.

The original goals were basically achieved, and there was an additional, expected event.

[Placement Slot 1: Heavenly Cold Yin Blood Technique (Tier 3)]

"Heavenly Cold Yin Blood Technique (100/100): No further development possible"

This is a foundation-building technique obtained from Cold Blood Peak.

In addition to increasing the upper limit of true essence, reaching the completion of cultivation will grant a significant boost to the quality of Yin Cold True Essence.

With the improvement in quality, the extreme cold power contained within will naturally increase significantly, and Wang Yu's cultivation speed will also increase dramatically.

The placement bar is based on his own existence to deduce these techniques, and he can receive every feedback, that is to say...

Promotion also signifies fulfillment.

It's no different from what he derived and created himself.

The effects of the third-tier perfected cultivation technique turned his true essence almost black. The black ice that originally required painstaking condensation could now be formed with a mere thought.

This truly elevates one's true essence to a higher level.

This will greatly benefit his future breakthrough to the Core Formation stage, at least reducing the difficulty of condensing magical power, perhaps not as much as the massive amount of Xuanjing flowers used during the Qi Refining stage.

However, it can also increase the chances by 10%.

Little by little, it adds up, and that's something to be happy about.

His cultivation level also saw a dramatic increase; he advanced his cultivation technique in his fourth year, and the speed at which he condensed true essence increased from "100 strands/day" to "200 strands/day". (Double placement column)

The benefits of a perfect third-tier cultivation technique have more than doubled compared to those of a perfect second-tier technique, suggesting that similar surprises are on the horizon.

Over the course of six years, he refined three Ice Spirit Pills and officially took the first Ice Lotus Pill, which increased his True Essence by a total of 450 drops. His self-cultivation improvement reached a new high of 240 drops.

Besides the boost from the True Essence Lake, the main benefit comes from the frequent and intense battles. The speed is also significantly increased with the support of cultivation techniques and the Mystic Ice Bed.

The dual placement slots increased true essence by 360 drops, and the six years of cultivation increased the upper limit of true essence by a full 1050 drops.

At 87 and a half years old, he has reached the eighth level of Foundation Establishment and possesses 5050 drops of true essence.

Even without taking any pills, given eleven or twelve years, he could break through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment. He might not be able to form his core before the age of one hundred.

But at most, one can condense the golden elixir at around 120 or 130 years old and enjoy a lifespan of 800 years!

If you take in the pills and various enhancements, and find some spiritual herbs that can increase true essence along the way, reaching the cultivation speed of a Heavenly Spiritual Root is not a pipe dream.

With such a rapid advancement, one can only be satisfied by looking at the Third Young Master of the Reverse Spirit.

only--

"The efficiency of a dual placement bar is getting worse and worse. Should we switch to a triple placement bar?"

Wang Yu only thought about this question for a moment.

I think it's better to condense the Golden Core first. To obtain Unit 7, one needs to break through to the fourth level in one of the following areas: spiritual sense, magical power, or physical strength.

The most promising possibility is divine consciousness, but there is no hope of seeing it in the short term.

Such is the gain in cultivation.

One of the greatest benefits Wang Yu gained during his seclusion was the Bloodline True Artifact—the [Demon Dragon Armor]!

The dragon vein pearl that was originally embedded in it was completely digested.

The third-tier low-grade true artifact has also truly taken shape.

With just a thought, the dragon armor stored in the dragon's spine covered the entire body, even the head, forming a ferocious and menacing full-armored figure.

A slight surge of qi and blood can unleash endless chills and the roar of a dragon, perfectly matching the Demon Dragon Fist and also having excellent compatibility with the Lesser Asura Killing Fist.

Wearing armor, Wang Yu could feel that his physical functions had increased by at least 60%, which was a completely different concept from being naked.

The Demon Dragon Fist can also be unleashed at 200% thanks to this armor.

Moreover, this is a suit of armor, with the most obvious improvement in defense. It can withstand collisions with divine sense, true essence, and physical body. The Demonic Dragon Armor is one with him.

After a period of being baptized by the Taiyin Moon Sha, it has many more moon shadow patterns, and has become more gentle, but the growth of its essence is not much.

This added a piece the size of a fingernail, which can be considered as truly stabilizing the realm and taking a slight step forward, but it is still far from the mid-stage of the third rank.

The Starfall Cold Furnace, which had been dented by the Blood Demon Ginseng, was still a mid-grade magic weapon and greatly helped him in alchemy.

After being refined again by the Ice Dragon Flame, it slowly returned to its original state.

Now.

This is the perfect opportunity to refine the [Soul Dream Essence Pill].

He obtained some materials in the ancient Heavenly Soul Sect's medicine garden, and traveled to several cities in Youzhou, eventually collecting two paintings in total.

"If gathering materials for third-tier spirit pills is this difficult, I wonder what kind of difficulty it will be for fourth-tier spirit pills. Cultivation is truly hard~"

After a moment of reflection, Wang Yu officially began the refining process.

With experience in perfecting pill formulas, and with the assistance of the Starfall Cold Furnace, even if one's alchemy skills are slightly inferior, they can make up for it with other methods.

The refining and extraction step is almost effortless.

Wang Yu's configuration exceeded all the standards, but the difficult part was the pill condensation step. How many pills he could produce depended on how well he mastered the pill condensation technique.

This step was constrained by his alchemy skills.

A total of six condensed.

This means that there's no chance of getting a top-grade pill; at best, it's only a high-grade one. Even so, Wang Yu used all his skills and spent even more time on the final step of nurturing the pill.

The first batch took a full twelve days to refine.

One low-grade, three medium-grade, and two high-grade—barely meeting the standard.

The second batch took thirteen days to produce seven pills, three of which were of superior quality and four of medium quality.

The variable in both cases lies in the Starfall Cold Furnace.

After all, the self in the placement bar doesn't have an advanced alchemy furnace to use, so the feedback is only the most basic type, with some slight changes, which isn't too bad.

Five high-grade Soul Dream Pills were enough for him to refine and break through to the mid-stage of the third rank of spiritual consciousness. After all, they were third-rank spiritual pills, and they were a perfect match for the Ancient Soul Technique.

There's no reason for it to fail.

"here we go."

(End of this chapter)