txolops Chapter 300 The Yin Cold Flame and the Crimson Lightning's Scheme
Chapter 300 The Yin Cold Flame and the Crimson Lightning's Scheme
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One year later, on the underground spirit island of Xiaomei Mountain.
Li Ping suddenly opened his eyes, and two beams of divine light seemed to shoot out from them.
Upon breaking through to the second stage of body refinement, he realized that the mysterious "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture" had the effect of prolonging life.
He might be able to cultivate to the peak of Core Formation and break through to Nascent Soul within these additional lifespans without taking any medicine.
Therefore, in order to achieve a 50% success rate in forming a Nascent Soul, he made the decision without hesitation to make the "Zeshui Nourishing Life Technique" his main cultivation method.
However, for the time being, he is still cultivating the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture" for the second Golden Core stage.
Before the second Golden Core is formed, there is no bottleneck. Even if you take spiritual medicine continuously, there is no problem with an unstable foundation. You can cultivate to the third tribulation of the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture within seventeen or eighteen years.
By then, he will be able to see the third-order body-refining techniques, and he can then put the cultivation of the second Golden Core in a secondary position and focus on cultivating the "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" (a cultivation method for nourishing life through water).
However, his current cessation of cultivation is not due to cultivation itself, but because the purple-veined wood planted on Gray Island has reached the age of a thousand years.
The thousand-year-old purple-veined wood has reached the third-grade low quality level.
If it continues to be cultivated, it will only grow to the middle grade of the third rank in two thousand years.
After growing to the third rank of superior quality for five thousand years, it will stop growing altogether.
They are all Tier 3 materials. There is not much difference between Tier 3 low-grade and Tier 3 mid-grade materials. It is not worth spending thousands of years on them.
Therefore, in general, most cultivated purple-veined wood will be harvested and used to refine magical artifacts after a thousand years, and will not be cultivated any further.
However, the weapon-refining inheritance that Li Ping wants to inherit is a mid-grade third-tier one, and he still needs to continue cultivating it until it reaches two thousand years before he can use it.
It was found that there were no problems with the growth of the purple-veined wood.
Li Ping's gaze then fell upon the black and white spiritual flames entwined around the Starry Divine Tree. Over a thousand years had passed on the Gray Island, and the Yin-Yang Star Flames had greedily devoured the aura and star power emanating from the Starry Divine Tree over the past millennium.
Not only has its grade been successfully upgraded to mid-grade third rank, but its color has also changed from a dull gray to a shimmering silver-white, exuding a mysterious and profound aura.
"Having absorbed the stellar power emanating from the ancient Yaoji Starry Sky Divine Tree for thousands of years, has it evolved into a new kind of spiritual flame?" With a thought, Li Ping conjured up a silvery-white star flame in the void before him.
The spiritual flames flickered erratically, actually radiating silver light like stars. Wherever the light shone, white frost appeared in the void, and the temperature on the entire spirit island suddenly dropped.
After its evolution, the Yin-Yang Star Flame became a spiritual flame with extremely cold attributes.
However, this extreme cold had little effect on Core Formation cultivators. Li Ping held the star flame in one hand, examined it carefully for a moment, and then smiled: "Since it has the attribute of extreme cold, calling you Yin-Yang Star Flame is no longer appropriate. The Golden Crow controls Yang, and the Moon Goddess controls Yin. From now on, I'll call you 'Taiyin Cold Flame'!"
The third-tier, mid-grade Taiyin Cold Flame already meets the requirements for inheriting the weapon-refining tradition of the Fiery True Man.
However, Li Ping hoped to keep a seed of the Frost Flame for cultivation, so that it could be used as a nutrient for alchemy and weapon crafting in the future, as well as for his own use. Naturally, he couldn't just use the Frost Flame like that.
Silently reflecting on the method of dividing the spiritual flame that he had obtained from Daoist Gaoji, Li Ping pondered for several days before slowly probing a wisp of his magic power into the Taiyin Cold Flame, carefully peeling away the seed of the cold flame.
……
Several days have passed.
Li Ping smiled as he looked at the two spheres of Taiyin Cold Flame in the void in front of him, one large and one small. The smaller one was only of the lower grade of the first rank.
The larger one, after having a portion of its origin forcibly stripped away, was also severely damaged, its grade even dropping below the third rank, now resembling only a second-grade upper-level item.
It might take hundreds of years to cultivate it back to the third tier!
His behavior is like splitting four 2s into single cards in a game of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game), which can be described as a waste of resources.
Li Ping couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "To split a fully formed third-tier mid-grade spiritual flame into two weak spiritual flames, if it weren't for the Gray Island acceleration and the Radiant Starwood to support the growth of the spiritual flames, doing such a thing would be utterly foolish."
Whoosh!Whoosh!
The next moment, under his mental control, the two Taiyin Spirit Flames re-entered the gray island, wrapping around the already twelve-foot-tall Yaoji Starry Sky Divine Tree, slowly growing and strengthening under the nourishment of the divine tree's aura.
A thousand years have passed on Gray Island, and the remnant soul of the Fiery Immortal left in the Spirit Flame has long since vanished without a trace under the cleansing of the Starry Divine Tree.
Therefore, Li Ping successfully imprinted his soul mark into the core of that first-grade low-level Taiyin Spirit Flame, refining it into his natal spirit flame.
As for that second-tier high-grade spirit flame, Li Ping intended to cultivate it as nourishment for passing on his weapon-refining skills, so he didn't bother with it. The moment it grew to the third-tier mid-grade, that would be the end of its life.
Therefore, their arrival did not reduce the time flow rate on the gray island; the time flow rate on the gray island remained at more than 333 times.
This is undoubtedly a great thing.
……
After observing the growth of the spirit tree and dividing and processing the Taiyin Cold Flame, Li Ping continued to sit cross-legged and cultivate diligently.
And it was during his arduous practice that...
Donghuashan Market.
Old Monster Chi Lei, Zhou Lingyan, and Old Demon Wu sat in the courtyard, looking up at the strange phenomenon of Core Formation appearing in the sky.
Old Monster Chi Lei remained calm, but a hint of joy flickered in his eyes: "Young Feng managed to exchange a Qi Condensation Pill with Li Jingyu, so he's indeed about to form a pill."
Zhou Lingyan also had an excited look on her face. She said softly, "Now that this kid has formed his core, we can explore the cave that Liehuo discovered, right?"
Old Demon Wu's face was bluish-purple, showing no obvious change, but the corners of his mouth revealed his inner joy.
"Alas... I've known Liehuo for hundreds of years. If he had obediently led us to that ancient cultivator's cave, why would I have targeted him?" Old Monster Chi Lei sighed. "Now we can only wait for young Feng to lead us there."
Old Demon Wu couldn't stand Crimson Thunder Old Monster's hypocrisy and sneered, "Fiery Blaze is truly lucky to have a friend like you."
Sensing the sarcasm in his words, Old Monster Crimson Thunder snorted coldly: "Hmph! If it weren't for the prosperity of my sect, why would I do such a thing!"
Seeing that Old Monster Chi Lei looked displeased, Zhou Lingyan quickly smoothed things over: "Fellow Daoist Chi Lei has gone to great lengths to protect the Holy Sect, even hiding his identity. Brother Wu, how could you misunderstand him?"
"Everyone claims to be doing this for the sect, but are they really doing it for themselves?" Old Demon Wu thought disdainfully.
After dissuading the two, Zhou Lingyan changed the subject again: "Speaking of which, it's also the old man Liehuo's fault for hiding the cave map in the Heavenly Secret Box before he died. Only a Core Formation cultivator among his descendants can open it, otherwise we wouldn't have needed to scheme against Feng boy."
The Heavenly Secret Box is a treasure box developed by the Heavenly Secrets Sect of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Once the opening conditions are set, even if a Nascent Soul cultivator forcibly opens the box, it will cause the contents inside to self-destruct, unless the conditions are met.
Master Liehuo somehow obtained a map of the ancient cultivator's cave, which could only be opened by himself and his descendants.
Otherwise, they would have already looted all the legacy left by Master Liehuo and gone to explore the ancient cultivator's cave.
There's no need to go through all the trouble of holding auctions for his descendants and protecting them when they reach the Golden Core stage.
Fortunately, once the young man surnamed Feng successfully forms his core and opens the Heavenly Mystery Box, everything will still be theirs.
Old Monster Chi Lei nodded, not dwelling on Old Demon Wu's taunts.
Zhou Lingyan smiled and continued, "Born a rogue cultivator from the Blazing Fire Sect, and with only three spiritual roots, he was able to form his core and even reach the middle grade of the third rank in weapon crafting. It was all thanks to the opportunities he had in the ancient cultivator's cave. If we obtain that cave, we might be able to reach the late stage of core formation."
Old Monster Crimson Thunder nodded in agreement.
He understood the hardships of independent cultivators.
If it weren't for the sect's secret support, his chances of forming his core would actually be quite low.
Liehuo's aptitude was far inferior to his, yet he was able to form a core, which shows that he had good fortune.
After discussing the matter of the raging fire, Zhou Lingyan sighed again: "Li Jingyu is also a rogue cultivator. He was able to cultivate to the Core Formation stage, so his opportunities may not be inferior to those of the raging fire. Unfortunately, he is impervious to reason, and even charm techniques are ineffective against him. We have no way to get to him."
Old Demon Wu shook his head dismissively: "You two are overthinking things. Dealing with a mere rogue cultivator at the Core Formation stage is easy. Just find an opportunity to surround and kill them."
Upon hearing this, Old Monster Chi Lei glanced at him but didn't say anything more.
People without brains are perfect cannon fodder in adventures.
……
Three more years have passed.
The purple-veined wood had grown to two thousand years old and reached the middle grade of the third rank, which met Li Ping's requirements. Continuing to cultivate it would be a waste.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to move the purple-veined wood off Gray Island, causing the time flow on Gray Island to return to five hundred times.
Out of the corner of his eye, he also noticed the two Taiyin Cold Flames, which had grown to the lower grade of the third rank and the middle grade of the second rank, respectively.
Holding the two-thousand-year-old purple-veined wood in his hand, Li Ping began to process it.
The first step, naturally, is to cut off the roots of the purple-veined wood and give them to Xuan Yi to plant in the spiritual vein.
After carefully processing the remaining portion, Li Ping divided it into five parts: four small and one large. The four small parts were to be used as nourishment for passing on the Dao of Weapon Refining and the Dao of Array Formation.
As for the portion that was two feet long, Li Ping planned to use it to forge a shield-shaped magic weapon.
He already possesses the Devouring Yuan Sword as an offensive magic weapon.
The best magical treasures are the best, not the most numerous.
With the Golden Profound Wood, he doesn't need to refine too many offensive magic weapons.
Once his own natal magic weapon is crafted, the Devouring Yuan Sword will be given to Xuan Yi to use.
On the contrary, defense is his weakness.
If he could forge a defensive magic weapon, his safety would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced in battles between cultivators of the same level.
However, Li Ping has not yet awakened his talent for refining weapons, so he can only put the five pieces of spiritual material he cut into his storage bag and continue to cultivate his second Golden Core.
Before we knew it, four years had passed in the real world.
With continuous drug use, Li Ping's cultivation of the second Golden Core finally reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
As for Gray Island, with a flow rate five hundred times faster, another two thousand years have passed.
The two Taiyin Spirit Flames have grown to the middle grade of the third rank and the lower grade of the third rank, respectively.
With everything prepared, he had gathered all the necessary resources to pass on the art of weapon crafting.
At the same time, the Golden Profound Wood also grew to the age of ten thousand years, and could be used to refine a natal magic weapon.