Beginning of Cultivation
Chapter 145: Turning Alchemy into Reality

Chapter 145: Turning Alchemy into Reality

Jun Wu Xiao had returned home, reflecting on what he had read. Although some of the books annoyed him, they still offered some useful ideas, such as alchemy.

The rules about alchemy in the stories were rather vague, including the absurd notion of tribulation lightning for elixirs. He couldn’t understand which crazy heavenly way would intervene in the world like that. But upon closer thought, those details were merely to add content for the author to write.

"This idea of alchemy, on the other hand, has great potential. If this method could actually succeed, my realm would break through rapidly. That way, my chances of quickly qualifying to fight the entity behind the monsters would be much higher." Jun Wu Xiao thought.

He then began to recall the alchemy scenes in the stories and link them to related real-world concepts.

After a moment of contemplation, he said:

"Elixirs can be understood as a collection of a large amount of energy. For me, that energy is dark energy. So, what I need to do is consume things that contain a lot of dark energy. Could it be that monster cores are elixirs? But those can’t be consumed directly, can they? Have I forgotten something?"

After spacing out for a bit, Jun Wu Xiao finally realized what he had forgotten. He laughed and said:

"Right, I forgot about the alchemy process. It’s possible that monster cores are the raw materials, and what I need to do is link them with dark energy and break them down into a form I can absorb. I have the idea, now it’s time to put it into practice."

He was now feeling incredibly optimistic about his life. If this succeeded, it could be a great leap forward for both himself and the cultivators on Earth in general.

Without further hesitation, he immediately rushed to the place where the monster cores were stored. Upon arrival, he quickly took a six-meter-tall monster core and thought:

"Now, back to Gu Zhou Jian’s place. After all, I’m researching, not fighting, so I don’t need a large area. Also, I don’t know when Tang Hao will come looking for me again, so it’s better not to return here just yet."

After making up his mind, he grabbed a monster core and dashed back to the capital. With his speed, he could leave whenever he wanted, as it wouldn’t take much time anyway.

Gu Zhou Jian heard the sound of the door opening and closing but didn’t pay much attention to it. After all, there was no human on Earth strong enough to catch him if he wanted to escape.

With the monster core in hand, Jun Wu Xiao began figuring out how to practice alchemy. He thought:

"Now, what I need to do is extract the dark energy from the monster’s core. I can’t use fire to burn it because regular matter and energy can’t affect dark energy. Since I can link with dark energy, I should be able to control it and guide it out. Let’s see if this works."

He then focused his spirit to the maximum, connecting his own dark energy with the dark energy inside the monster’s core.

After some fumbling, he finally managed to extract a bit of dark energy from the monster’s core. However, he encountered another problem. He thought:

"This dark energy has a distinctive quality, probably representing its owner. The dark energy in my body has my unique characteristics, while the dark energy in nature doesn’t have that. To extract usable dark energy, I need to try to separate or remove these characteristics."

He was now seeking a way to transform this dark energy into something he could use. Fortunately, since he could manipulate dark energy, he could actively separate the unique quality from it. However, human strength is limited, and at the moment, he couldn’t completely remove the characteristics of the dark energy.

After separating some usable dark energy, he concentrated it into a spherical shape. Naturally, it was still invisible and didn’t affect the surrounding environment. Jun Wu Xiao directed the energy sphere straight into his body.

His body quickly distributed the dark energy, spreading it evenly at an astonishing speed. Jun Wu Xiao was overjoyed and laughed loudly:

"Ha ha ha, this speed far exceeds normal cultivation methods. Great, since it’s a headache anyway, why not choose the faster way? What should I call this process? Let’s call it ’year of cultivation’ since days or months are too small for me.

Good, according to my estimation, this monster core has energy equivalent to nearly twenty-four years of cultivation. I wonder how many years of cultivation I can extract from it now."

Suddenly hearing his laughter startled Gu Zhou Jian. She walked out to meet him and said:

"What are you laughing about like that all of a sudden?"

She noticed the black sphere in his hand and, seeing nothing particularly special about it, continued:

"And what is that black sphere in your hand? It’s not just a rock you picked up somewhere, is it?"

Jun Wu Xiao, seeing her come out, began to share his joy. He laughed and said:

"Ha ha ha, I have succeeded in finding a great leap forward for cultivation. The so-called alchemy I read about in those stories gave me the idea to make it work. What I am holding is the core of a six-meter-tall monster with strength equivalent to the peak stage of body refinement."

Gu Zhou Jian was extremely surprised upon hearing this. She had not thought that the ordinary-looking black sphere was the core of something that had caused a major disaster for humanity.

Moreover, she was also astonished that he could actually make the concept of alchemy a reality. She voiced her speculation:

"Could it be that you are using the monster’s cores as raw materials for alchemy?"

Jun Wu Xiao nodded and said:

"Exactly. Although it’s unclear how much it can speed up cultivation, I am certain it will be much faster than the conventional methods. With the number of monster cores collected over the years, it should be enough for a long time."

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