Cultivation Begins with Skill Points
Chapter 302 - 301: Dragon Elephant Golden Body Ninth Layer

Chapter 302: Chapter 301: Dragon Elephant Golden Body Ninth Layer

"You go back to the Purple Cloud Sect first. I have something to take care of."

"Do you need a disciple’s service?"

"No need."

After sending Gu Chen off, Zhong Lin enveloped in sword light, flew towards the depths of the sea.

After an hour, he arrived at "Treasure Island," the place where the Blood Thieves hide their treasure. Zhong Lin named it Treasure Island, which is fitting!

Entering the cave, swimming through the underwater pool, and opening the vault door, after a series of procedures, Zhong Lin arrived at the treasury again.

He placed some extremely precious but currently unused materials into the niches, then turned towards the Geng Metal Vein.

He took out a jade box from his storage bracelet; the "Jade Infant" inside remained unchanged, pure, flawless, serene, and calm, like a sleeping baby, making one feel peaceful at heart.

After thinking for a while, Zhong Lin decided to store it back into the storage bracelet.

"No, it’s too wasteful to consume it now. The Jade Infant Divine Flower contains extremely pure medicinal power and is the best supplement for strengthening the divine soul. It would be a waste to use it to open the Soul Palace."

Zhong Lin had already condensed a Spiritual Body, and his next task was to open the Soul Palace, then use Qi to condense the spirit and essence to nourish the divine.

The Soul Palace is hidden within the upper Dantian of the human body, located in the mysterious brain.

The brain is the most exquisite organ in the human body, but it is also extremely fragile. It cannot be forcibly broken through external force; otherwise, it would likely cause brain damage. Death is the least of worries; the most painful thing is brain damage, turning one into a fool.

To open the Soul Palace, there are two paths, internal and external.

Externally, one can use an elixir, and there is a specific one called "Soul Breaking Pill" for breaking through.

This pill can seep its medicinal power into the Soul Palace, nourishing the divine soul, and strengthening the soul body, thus allowing it to break the Soul Palace from the inside out, stepping into the Yunling Realm.

Unfortunately, Zhong Lin had not yet gathered all the materials needed to make the Soul Breaking Pill.

Mainly because the Luoxing Islands are too remote, making it incredibly difficult to gather the materials.

Internally, it requires the comprehension of over eighty percent of Sword Intent, using the manifestation of the divine soul in "Sword Refining into Silk" to break the Soul Palace in one go.

However, even with the assistance of the System Panel, Zhong Lin had only comprehended sixty percent Sword Intent, achieving the "Sword Qi Thunder Sound."

"Wait a while longer. If within three months I still can’t gather the materials for the Soul Breaking Pill or comprehend eighty percent Sword Intent, I won’t wait any longer even if it means wasting the medicinal power of the Jade Infant Divine Flower."

Zhong Lin shook his head, setting a three-month goal for himself.

"The Jade Infant Divine Flower is naturally precious but is not irreplaceable. At worst, I’ll consume more elixirs in the future, wasting some time."

"However, not breaking through doesn’t mean one cannot increase their combat power. The Dragon Elephant Golden Body still has the Ninth Layer untrained. Once completed, the physical body’s power can rise to twenty-five hundred thousand pounds of tremendous force, and also the secret technique ’Dragon Elephant Prison’ of the Ninth Layer can be mastered. At that point, maybe I can compete with Feng Lan Sword Lord?"

Feng Lan Sword Lord is the strongest on Luoxing Island, and to compete with him would mean Zhong Lin could sweep across the entire Luoxing Island, handling matters openly rather than hidden.

"Gu Chen now can already provoke Martial Artists in the Spirit Embryo Realm; who knows what kind of powerhouse might appear next. It’s a must to improve strength quickly."

Zhong Lin felt a headache thinking about his trouble-making disciple. Although he had gained enough benefits from it, he was indeed worried about failures in unexpected situations!

He had attracted Spirit Embryo Realm experts while still in the Innate Realm; who knows if next time it won’t be Yunling Realm, but if he provokes a supreme expert from the Xuandan Realm...

Just thinking about it was a bit thrilling.

Realizing this, Zhong Lin stopped hesitating and sat cross-legged immediately.

With the system panel’s help, Zhong Lin had grasped the Dragon Elephant Golden Body to the utmost; he also had a direction on how to break through the Ninth Layer. The opportunity lay in the Geng Metal Vein before his eyes.

The Ninth Layer of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body is the riskiest compared to the previous eight because it requires absorbing "Gold Qi."

The so-called Gold Qi is Gold Nature Qi, and the Geng Metal Vein before him is the best source.

Dragon Elephant Golden Body’s Ninth Layer is to absorb the Gold Nature Qi from this vein, integrate it into oneself, leveraging the toughness and rigidity of Gold Nature Qi for the final breakthrough to shape the true Vajra Body.

This is the meaning of "Gold" in the Dragon Elephant Golden Body, not only referring to the dragon and elephant but also the Golden Body.

Dragon Elephant signifies great strength, Golden Body signifies invulnerability.

"Spiritual Origin running, Taiyin Geng Gold, Dragon Elephant Golden Body, turning false to real."

Zhong Lin slightly closed his eyes, face solemn, applying the "Dragon Elephant Golden Body" cultivation technique to skillfully utilize Spiritual Origin into the conception of Gold Nature Qi,

Instantly, Zhong Lin felt threads of Gold Nature Qi flowing out from the vein in front of him and penetrating into his body.

Gold Nature Qi is extremely domineering, just a thread made Zhong Lin feel a full-body prickling pain, were it not for completing the previous eight layers’ cultivation making his body incredibly strong, it might have even scattered his physical body.

As the Gold Nature Qi kept flowing in, Zhong Lin’s body became faintly tinged with a golden hue, as if dusted with gold powder. If he were to shave his head and sit in a temple, he would be like a Golden Arhat from the Buddhist sect.

With a whole vein, Gold Nature Qi surged towards Zhong Lin like an endless tide, driven by his mind, flowing into all parts of the body, nurturing organs, muscles, and membranes.

Suddenly, Zhong Lin felt his body stiffen, could even faintly hear the sound of metal clashing with his heartbeat.

His heart moved, realizing this was the damage from Gold Nature Qi to the physical body due to absorbing too much Gold Qi.

The Dragon Elephant Golden Body’s perfection isn’t easy to achieve; the ruler of gold brings slaughter not just to others but causes significant harm to oneself as well.

Therefore, the last layer’s cultivation must not be done in one go but slowly to transform, using Spiritual Origin to mediate, and consuming elixirs to dissolve the Gold Qi’s harm to the body.

If the Gold Qi’s harm to the body isn’t mediated, the cultivation technique might not be completed before the body collapses.

Simply put, it might turn one into an iron man.

Upon this realization, Zhong Lin immediately ceased operating the Dragon Elephant Golden Body cultivation technique, slowly opening his eyes.

With a wave of his right hand, he directly took out the Spiritual Artifact Furnace from his storage bracelet, where spiritual fire blazed at its base, and he leaped into it.

Consuming elixirs was too cumbersome; Zhong Lin intended to tread the old path of the Seventh Level, directly using spiritual fire to temper himself again.

Elixirs have elixir toxins. How could they compare to spiritual fire?

Utilizing the power of this Pill Furnace to directly disperse the accumulated Gold Qi within the body, although painful, was extremely effective.

With a rumble!

Accompanied by the scorching flames, dark golden patterns on Zhong Lin’s skin exploded continuously, revealing crystal-clear, smooth skin in moments, with the stiffness dissipating instantly, and the Qi-Blood within began to flow anew.

Moreover, the Qi-Blood circulation was accelerating, like a river in flood, surging and roaring, truly terrifying.