Chapter 18 Unspoken Rules
Although it took a little longer, it greatly helped his situation, as the situation of the outer disciples was more severe than he had guessed.
The main problem is that being inside the Ice and Snow Tower will bring him foreseeable trouble. Everyone has jealousy, so how to deal with it is crucial. The Night Concealment Spell is of paramount importance.
On the other hand, after switching to the "Frosty Blood Technique," his understanding of the technique was essentially starting from scratch, but it could wash away the burning blood spiritual power on Wang Yu's body and replace it with new spiritual power of the ice attribute.
Cultivating the Cold Blood Technique is like immersing your body in ice water, giving you a thorough, icy sensation that goes from your skin to your blood and then into your marrow.
During this process, Wang Yu's body will be tempered and grow stronger day by day.
He kept in mind the impact of missing an arm on foundation building, as the vital energy and blood are closely related to physical strength. He should repair and replenish it as early as possible to minimize the impact on his path.
Furthermore, the Cold Blood Technique and the Ice Sword Technique are originally a set, so the power is greatly increased while the consumption is greatly reduced! The spiritual power intensity is also much higher than that of the quick-to-learn demonic technique, the Blood Burning Technique.
With all these factors combined, the sooner the repair is completed, the sooner the benefits will be.
After personally experiencing the content of this stage of practice, the feedback from the placement bar also changed.
If Wang Yu cultivates by separating the hundred strands of spiritual energy in his body into groups of ten, then when the Great Circulation is in progress, the ten strands of spiritual energy simultaneously enter his meridians.
In the process of circulating energy, they are constantly compressed and forced to merge into one, transforming into "Tao" and improving the quality of spiritual energy.
This often requires persistence; if it doesn't work the first time, try ten times; if it doesn't work the ten times, try a hundred or a thousand times!
With such poor spiritual root aptitude, it would be extremely difficult to completely condense them into ten strands of spiritual power in order to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
The feedback from the placement bar directly feeds the continuously solidifying spiritual energy back into Wang Yu's dantian, just like when he placed the Ice Sword Technique, directly gaining the reflex of muscle memory.
However, this time the feedback was a conditioned reflex to spiritual energy.
There was no growth, and nothing suddenly appeared.
Instead, he continuously tamed and solidified it. When Wang Yu circulated his cultivation technique again, he felt as if he had been tempered and refined a thousand times, and everything seemed to go very smoothly.
It's like the natural feeling of water flowing into a channel!
At this rate, it will take at most six months to transform the "hundred strands of spiritual power" into "ten strands of spiritual power" and successfully break through the fourth level of Qi Refining, completing the first Spirit Refining!
This is only considering the efficiency of one placement slot, and it's more than enough time.
It's just in time for him to "place" the accompanying spells.
Over the next few days, Wang Yu spent most of his time traveling around, trying to understand the situation of the Ten Reverse Blood Workshops, especially the [Cold Blood Workshop], which was of paramount importance to his investigation.
Day 5 of my time as an outer gatekeeper.
In the main hall on the first floor of the Ice and Snow Pavilion, after a few days, he discovered that the cultivators living in the building were mostly inner disciples, and their cultivation levels were mostly hovering around the late stage of Qi Refining.
Although they saw each other frequently and didn't like him, a disciple who had been promoted from a spirit slave, they never actually attacked him; at most, they would make sarcastic remarks and mockery.
As long as you stay out of the way, there shouldn't be any major problems. The real trouble comes from the outer disciples outside the building who have also pledged allegiance to the true sect. They covet Wang Yu's [Essence Chamber] in the Ice and Snow Tower and are truly willing to make a move!
Most of them were at or below the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and there were very few outer disciples in the building with the Black Blood Token. Apart from him, there was only one other person whose situation was similar to his.
"Junior Brother Wang, you're sitting here so early, are you waiting for your elder brother?"
As he was pondering, Zhao Shang slowly walked down from upstairs. Despite only having the eighth level of Qi Refining cultivation, he actually held extremely high authority within the Ice and Snow Pavilion, thanks to the true teachings of the sect.
At crucial moments, he could even command those Foundation Establishment cultivators. At the same time, the position was incredibly lucrative. As far as he knew, Zhao Shang was not yet thirty years old, and it was almost certain that he would reach Foundation Establishment in the future.
"Senior Brother Zhao, I do have something to say."
Wang Yu got up, poured himself a cup of tea, and asked.
"I've heard that there are many missions in the Ice and Snow Pavilion that are easy to complete but rewarding with spirit stones. I wonder what the procedure is."
"No problem."
Zhao Shang did not sit down, but instead took out a large number of scrolls from his storage bag and placed them on the table.
"Junior Brother Wang, take your time looking through them. If you find a mission you like, I'll explain the details to you later."
"good---"
Unrolling the scroll, Wang Yu secretly compared it with the information he had gathered in the mission hall a few days ago, and it was indeed much more substantial.
[1. The second peak, "Heavenly Corpse Peak," requires three Qi Refining disciples skilled in "Corpse Refining Techniques" to care for thirty black zombies for one year. Reward: 800 contribution points.]
For example, he had seen similar requests in the Mission Hall, but the reward was only 300 spirit stones, not even contribution points.
Contribution points can be exchanged in the sect's treasury for desired spiritual herbs, spiritual materials, and even magical artifacts, spells, cultivation techniques, the four arts of immortal cultivation, and so on.
Many rare items can only be exchanged using contribution points. Just this alone makes the number of quests from Ice and Snow Tower far exceed those issued by the Quest Hall.
The only difference is that most of the Ice and Snow Tower's missions are privately issued, with a large number of Foundation Establishment deacons and Core Formation elders participating. The sheer number of missions also reflects the strength and influence of the true lineage behind it.
The mission hall is more public, and many of its assets belong to the sect and need to be maintained.
After touring the area, Wang Yu preferred short-term missions that did not require magical combat.
[12. Responsible for maintaining the private herb garden of "Deacon Tantai" for six months. Must be proficient in cultivating medicinal herbs and identifying various plants. Reward: 500 contribution points.]
Ice and Snow Pavilion takes 50%, which means that in six months, Wang Yu will only have 250 yuan left in his pocket. This strange number made Wang Yu hesitate for a moment.
During his sixteen years in Shihu City, he was unable to access cultivation techniques, so he mostly kept various miscellaneous books, and he was quite proficient in the field of herbal medicine.
But this level is definitely not enough to maintain a garden of medicinal herbs. He needs to catch up on his studies for a few days. He can memorize purely knowledge-based items in just a few days.
The Thousand Character Classic and the Ten Thousand Character Classic have both confirmed this, so there is no need to worry.
"Senior Brother Zhao, I've made my choice."
"A mission from Steward Tantai~" Zhao Shang glanced at it and immediately recognized the source of the scroll in Wang Yu's hand.
"The fee offered by Deacon Tantai is quite high, but her requirements are also very high. Are you sure you can complete it?"
"It should be possible."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Shang couldn't help but look at Wang Yu with higher regard. There were many cultivators in the Demonic Path who could fight, but those engaged in production were somewhat unsatisfactory, as there was a great lack of technical talent.
"Alright—"
"According to the rules, 50% of the tribute will go to Master Su. In addition, another 10% must be paid, half to the Foundation Establishment cultivator upstairs and half to me, Zhao. Any objections?"
Wang Yu was taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening and said in a muffled voice.
"No objection."
"Very good, then this task is yours. Report to Deacon Tantai within seven days."
"Junior brother understands."
(End of this chapter)
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