"Wait a minute, we can talk it over, everything can be discussed."
Upon seeing Bai Cang's sinister smile, Ye Lan'er quickly waved her hands and said, "I was just joking, Brother Dao, please don't take it seriously!"
"I do have some family wealth, and I am willing to lend you a helping hand, fellow Daoist."
Upon hearing this, Bai Cang lowered his eyes slightly, his eyebrows drooped, and his lines softened, making his overall demeanor much more amiable.
"One hundred portions of malevolent energy, any type, shouldn't that put Miss Lan'er in a difficult position?"
Ye Lan'er was deeply moved and dared not move an inch. "This is easy!"
"However, raw evil spirits are difficult to extract and refine, and are rarely found in the market. I wonder if cooked evil spirits are acceptable?"
Bai Cang was taken aback upon hearing this, "What is a living evil spirit? What is a cooked evil spirit?"
Ye Lan'er rolled her eyes inwardly: Still fishing? You're still fishing? Can't you have any shame?
She absolutely refused to believe that someone of Bai Cang's status and position wouldn't even know such a basic "common sense" question.
The only explanation is that this thick-skinned and ruthless guy is still "playing dumb to fool others".
The problem is: I've already suffered such a huge loss at your hands, how could I possibly fall for this kind of "straight hook and salty bait" trick again?
Wouldn't that make me appear "wise but foolish"?
Thinking this way, Ye Lan'er could only patiently explain: "As we all know, once the foundation of one's Dao is perfected and one's body is full of magical power, one must gather and refine evil energy to temper one's magical power in order to advance further. This is called condensing evil energy."
"It's just that the earth's yin energy is violent and fierce. It may not be obvious in normal times, but if it is combined with magic power, each strand is as heavy as a thousand pounds."
"If one's magical power is of insufficient quality, one's physical body is easily corroded by malevolent energy, leading to death and the dissipation of one's spiritual energy. Therefore, in the 'ranking of malevolent energy' stage, many people with insufficient foundation resort to opportunistic tricks."
"The most common method is to condense low-grade evil energy that has been artificially cultivated, or to enter the earth's yin evil veins that have been mined and refined by others and have thin evil energy, and to use various methods such as incense and vows to cleanse and tame it. This kind of evil energy is called: mature evil energy!"
"Correspondingly, the earth's yin energy veins, which are naturally formed and filled with evil energy, are called 'life-giving evil energy.' This kind of evil energy is not easy to collect and refine. It basically needs to be collected and refined immediately, or carried by special magical artifacts. The value of the two is vastly different."
Upon hearing this, Bai Cang suddenly realized: No wonder so many Qi Condensation and Qi Refining cultivators performed so poorly; they were defective products who had taken shortcuts in both Qi Appreciation and Qi Gathering!
Such evil spirits as "frost evil" and "mysterious frost evil" are probably what is called "cooked evil".
No wonder the price he received when he tried to extract and sell the "Mysterious Frost Demon" generated by Xiao Nie was so "touching".
So this kind of low-quality, menacing product has already been cultivated on a large scale, and its price has long been driven down by others!
However, for Bai Cang, the quality of the evil energy has no impact on his use.
Anyway, it's not used to "condense evil spirits," it's just used for offerings to meet the requirements for advancement in the Daoist talisman.
With this in mind, Bai Cang immediately said calmly, "Just make sure you're familiar with it. Thank you, Miss Lan'er!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Lan'er breathed a sigh of relief and immediately summoned a Divine Light True Person, whispering a few instructions to him.
Before long, one hundred portions of low-grade cooked evil spirits such as "Mysterious Frost Evil" and "Frost Evil" were delivered.
Bai Cang ignored Ye Lan'er's "muscle-flexing" behavior, and simply rolled up his sleeves to collect over a hundred jade bottles.
He then added, "As the saying goes, 'If you're going to help someone, help them all the way.' Adding a secret technique for walking in the void shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"
After condensing the evil energy, one must refine the vital energy. Evil energy is easy to obtain, but vital energy is hard to come by.
However, in reality, compared to the Yin Sha Veins hidden beneath the Ten Earths, the Heavenly Qi that permeates the Nine Heavens is almost inexhaustible.
The difficulty of refining the Qi lies first in the sharpness of the Qi, which is like a divine weapon. If one's foundation is insufficient or one tries to cheat at the stage of condensing evil, it will be virtually impossible to refine the Qi. Forcing it will only lead to death and the dissipation of one's cultivation.
The reason why the Qi is so hard to obtain is that the heavens are filled with fierce winds. Without the secret technique of "Stepping into Emptiness", one has to endure the fierce winds of the heavens to collect and refine the Qi.
While Daoji Zhenren could fly through the sky and escape into the earth, he was still limited in his ability to fly to the Ninth Heaven. He needed to rely on special secret techniques or high-quality flying artifacts, and he also had to withstand the strangling winds of the Ninth Heaven.
Basically speaking, without the "Step into Emptiness" secret technique, one can only refine Qi at the lowest level of the Nine Heavens Gale Layer. Not only is the quality unsatisfactory, but many types of Qi only appear in the upper level of the Nine Heavens Gale Layer, where they are as tangible as physical objects and are incomparably fierce.
The Nine Heavens Gale Layer, which is over 30,000 feet high, can almost drive any Condensing Fiend True Person to despair.
Even more crucially, if one wishes to combine the Qi and the evil Qi to forge divine light, not only must the quality of the refined Qi be extremely high, but different types of evil Qi also correspond to specific qualities and types of Heavenly Qi.
Just like a weapon-forging manual, there can be no ambiguity whatsoever, and there is absolutely no possibility of "falsification".
Therefore, True Immortals of Condensing Evil are common, and True Immortals of Refining Qi are not uncommon.
However, each of the Divine Light Immortals who combines the elements of Qi and Sha has their own "great opportunity".
They either have the support of a major sect or are so exceptionally talented that they can break through the limitations of any "sect".
This is because the "Step into Emptiness" secret technique is basically "monopolized" by the major sects of the Xuanmen.
Even a major unorthodox sect like Heshan Dao does not have the "Step into Emptiness" secret technique passed down.
As for unorthodox sects like Heshan Dao, if a prodigy with extraordinary talent emerges, they can only rely on the "guidance" of a Golden Core True Monarch to cross the stage of refining Qi and refine a suitable and satisfactory Heavenly Qi.
This is also one of the important reasons why the prominent families in Heshan Road have an absolute advantage.
If you weren't a blood relative, which Golden Core True Lord would be willing to go to great lengths and go through all the trouble to "mentor" you?
Although Bai Cang carries the title of "disciple of a future Dao Lord," finding a Golden Core True Lord willing to mentor him will probably not be an easy task.
Moreover, given his current cultivation level, even if True Monarch Xuanhu were willing to help, he would never easily ask for help.
After all, the Heavenly Qi and high-quality Earthly Yin Qi have similar characteristics, namely, they can be collected and refined immediately.
Without special magical artifacts, it would be extremely difficult to preserve them.
Bai Cang was refining the Heavenly Qi in order to advance his Dao Register, so why would he deliberately expose it?
Most importantly: it's better to rely on yourself than on others; mastering core technologies yourself is the only true way!
However, for Ye Lan'er, Bai Cang's actions were simply making things difficult for her; to put it bluntly, he was looking for trouble.
Could Longhu Mountain possibly be without his "Step into Emptiness" secret technique?
Moreover, passing on the secret techniques of one's sect to outsiders is a major taboo!
"Is he trying to find something on me so he can coerce me into doing something bad later?"
Thinking of this, Ye Lan'er's gaze toward Bai Cang suddenly became strange.
Bai Cang met his gaze calmly, showing no sign of weakness: This is how we, the Han Clan, do things!
If you're going to cut the chives, you have to cut them off at the root. If you're not convinced, let's have another go!
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