Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy
Chapter 190 - 121, 122. A Leap Through the Mystic Realm, Visiting the Little Fox Immortal (Major Chapter - Subscription Requested)

Chapter 190: 121, 122. A Leap Through the Mystic Realm, Visiting the Little Fox Immortal (Major Chapter - Subscription Requested)

In the Yin Residence of the Su Family, Song Cheng’s heartbeat accelerated significantly.

This matter, when considered in its entirety, deepened his understanding of the world by a layer—an understanding that many nobles from great families likely still lacked.

After all, a noble family child is truly one only if their "name is on the Spirit Tablet, their body in the Ice Coffin."

It was nearly impossible for a person’s name to appear on the Spirit Tablets of two noble families.

And for a Family Head to appear on the Spirit Tablet of another family, that was even more impossible.

Therefore, the predicament that Song Cheng now faced was something others probably hadn’t even realized.

Without a word, he first returned the "Mysterious Heart Moon-Gazing Jue" to the cabinet, then quickly picked up the second Cultivation Technique and started flipping through it rapidly.

This second book was titled, "Heart Fox Body Refining Technique."

As Song Cheng flipped through the pages, information streamed swiftly into his mind.

His mouth went dry with a sense of being a thief.

Unbidden thoughts circled in his mind.

In truth, both Su Ningyu and Su Mengzhen had treated him well—one saw him as a man, the other as a brother-in-law, both regarding him as family.

And yet, there he was, stealing their family inheritance—wasn’t that a bit unscrupulous?

But then, on second thought, Su Mengzhen was simply upholding the rules of the Su Family in order to maintain the principle of "reward based on merit." Otherwise, wouldn’t it be better to teach him these techniques directly?

Moreover, who said this was the Su Family?

This was clearly his Ninefold Ghostly Tower, wasn’t it?

He was reading books in his own tower, not in the Su Family’s.

All sorts of little devils wrestled in Song Cheng’s mind.

Yet no matter the inner struggle, not a single Cultivation Technique that should be read would be missed.

However, the last two booklets contained a lot of information and couldn’t be skimmed quickly.

Song Cheng kept flipping pages while glancing towards the door, fearing that at any moment, Su Mengzhen might walk in and catch him red-handed.

So, deciding to go all out, he directly pocketed the two Cultivation Techniques and left the Yin Residence of the Su Family, heading to the first level of his "Ninefold Ghostly Tower," from where he continued to observe the Yin Residence and read in detail.

After a long time, he finished the "Heart Fox Body Refining Technique."

This Cultivation Technique deepened Song Cheng’s understanding of the "Mysterious Level Grade D."

If the "Mysterious Heart Moon-Gazing Jue" was about "activating" the Ghostly Soul to strengthen the Divine Soul, then the "Heart Fox Body Refining Technique" involved the technique of "transferring the soul to the body."

The "Yellow Level Grade A" technique of manifesting a Phantom Shadow was the human limit.

But if a powerful Ghostly Soul drove the body, one could practice until that phantom was internalized, absorbed into the body, which then would undergo powerful qualitative changes. The hair on one’s body would have supernatural effects on ordinary people.

This made Song Cheng think of Su Ningyu’s "White Fur," which could be used in minuscule amounts to create "Manifestation Water" and "Medicinal Humans."

And these supernatural effects of the body were merely a byproduct; the real strength lay in the body itself.

’It seems that the power of the Profound Level Grade D is not something one is born with after all.

The Ghostly Soul must only be a type of innate aptitude.

Afterward, one needs to cultivate to achieve it.’

Although Song Cheng had not yet practiced these two techniques, he had already obtained a general understanding of them.

And for the third book, which he hadn’t even opened yet, he had already guessed its purpose.

Illusion Techniques, Visualization, Possession, large Ghostly Soul Manifestation, the immortality of the Divine Soul...

Song Cheng thought this as he looked towards the Yin Residence of the Su Family.

No one was there.

He stealthily slipped into the house and returned the "Heart Fox Body Refining Technique" to the cabinet.

From beginning to end, his elder sister-in-law had not suddenly appeared.

Presumably, she could not sense him.

The Head of the Noble Family seemed to be only the "user of this Yin Residence," not fused with it.

Quietly running back to the Ghostly Tower, Song Cheng continued to look at the third Cultivation Technique: "Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Sutra."

This Cultivation Technique was very thick, thicker than the first two combined.

He continued to read.

After a long, long time, it took him about four to five hours to finish it.

Most of its effects were as he expected, with the Great Achievement indeed granting one "all the powers that Su Ningyu once demonstrated"...

Beyond this, there was something that surprised Song Cheng—the intrinsic characteristic of the "Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Sutra" itself.

Simply put, a practitioner of the "Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Sutra" is a "late-game hero."

This technique improves as your cultivation level increases. The higher your cultivation, the more tails you grow, and the more tails you have, the more terrifying you become.

This information was documented in the very last sections of the "Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Sutra," which Song Cheng guessed only the family head would be privy to.

One-tail, nothing strange; every fox has one tail.

But starting with "Two-tails," for every additional tail, you can store another body’s worth of power or in simple terms, "when your mana is low, you can tap into the power stored in the second tail to instantly refill your mana."

Two-tails marked the first qualitative change.

And Six-tails was the second qualitative change.

Starting from "Six-tails," not only can your "sixth tail" store magical power, but it can also store "the energy used for exerting force."

For instance, "you expend your own energy to cast a spell, right? Once exhausted, the spell is released immediately. But this sixth tail can store your spell and once expended, automatically replenishes it."

In this way, when you confront an enemy, it’s like dividing into two people, attacking simultaneously.

The ultimate transformation of the "Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Sutra" lies in the ninth tail.

But the technique merely outlines some hypotheses and does not specify clearly, obviously... this technique was "explored" by people, and they had not yet explored up to "Nine Tails."