Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 228 - 227: Core Formation Boost (Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 228: Chapter 227: Core Formation Boost (Seeking Subscription)_1

After attaining the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ Fang Xi did not sever the Great Zhou Connect with the Monster Tree.

After all, having come this far, Fang Xi naturally had some expectations for the final level of ’Longevity Skills,’ the ’Eternal Green Body.’

This was a constitution that had only been mentioned in rumors, capable of increasing one’s lifespan by ten thousand years, a sure path to becoming an immortal!

If he could cultivate it successfully, his future path would indeed be smooth sailing.

Inside the closed-door cultivation room.

Fang Xi sat cross-legged, forming magic spells with his hands, engaged in cultivation.

"Hmm?"

Merely moments after entering into meditation, his eyes snapped open, "Something’s not right... What’s happening with the flow of magic power?"

Fang Xi’s expression fluctuated between light and dark as he entered meditation once more.

As he continued to absorb spiritual energy from the outside world and circulate it through his meridians, his Divine Consciousness also delved inch by inch within himself, detecting something unusual.

"This... The ’Green Wood Longevity Skills’ are beginning to circulate on their own in subtle ways... No, rather, they are being forced by my ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ to undergo some changes..."

"Is this... good or bad?"

In the end, Fang Xi gritted his teeth and decided not to restrict the flow of magic power but instead allowed the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ to exert its influence.

After a complete Great Zhou circulatory cycle, he carefully savored the sensation and felt that the progress of his magic power was a bit more than usual.

"Is the cultivation technique... self-improving?"

"No, that’s not it... If it used to be me adapting to the cultivation technique, now it’s the ’Green Wood Longevity Skills’ that are being forced to adapt to my ’Yi Wood Magic Body’!"

Fang Xi’s eyes shone brightly.

All this while, he had been fully aware that his main cultivation technique—’Green Wood Longevity Skills,’ while decent, couldn’t compare with the top-grade techniques that were the pillar of sects or clans!

The biggest difference lay in the depth of the magic power!

Based on his estimates, even if he were to push his cultivation to the limit in the initial and middle stages of Foundation Establishment before breaking through, by the time he reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, the liquid magic power in his Dantian Qi Ocean should be around 250 drops in total!

Whereas for top-grade techniques like ’Melting Gold Spell,’ as described, the magic power at the peak of Foundation Establishment should be around 300 drops!

The richness of magic power not only affects the disparity in Divine Skills and spells but also influences the subsequent Core Formation!

If Fang Xi decided to use spirit medicines to force a breakthrough when he was just capable of doing so, the total amount of liquid magic power in his Dantian Qi Ocean at the peak of Foundation Establishment might only be around 200 drops!

Originally, Fang Xi understood this, but there was nothing he could do about it. Moreover, having 250 drops of liquid magic power for Core Formation was still far superior to the culmination of Foundation Establishment with a top-grade technique!

He had always subscribed to the view that higher cultivation realms suppressed all else and didn’t care much about these small differences.

Moreover, even cultivators who practice top-grade techniques may not cultivate each realm to its limits and might just break through with a breakthrough pill. In the end, the difference in magic power between the two might not be significant.

But now, as the ’Green Wood Longevity Skills’ are influenced by the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ they begin to gradually change...

According to Fang Xi’s understanding, with each cultivation session seeing minute improvements, eventually, a completely new technique could form, bestowing profound effects such as deepening the Dantian and expanding meridians.

Although this greatly delayed his progress to the peak of Foundation Establishment, he considered it an acceptable trade-off to strengthen his foundation.

After all, he had a lifespan as long as that of Nascent Soul elders!

Recently, there were no matters that required a surge in cultivation to deal with.

Naturally, reinforcing his foundation would be the wisest choice!

...

Since attaining the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ Fang Xi had become addicted to cultivation, unable to extricate himself, frequently entering long periods of closed-door cultivation.

One year later.

Inside the secret chamber.

Fang Xi opened his eyes with a hint of regret, "I guessed wrong... The ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ is only a Spirit Body and has no intelligence, how could it possibly create its own cultivation technique?"

"It’s just that it’s too powerful, making the ’Green Wood Longevity Skills’ passively adapt to me... This ’fine-tuning’ of the cultivation technique’s circulatory routes has its limits!"

Today, Fang Xi discovered that the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’s influence on the ’Green Wood Longevity Skills’ circulatory adjustments had come to an end.

And the revamped ’Green Wood Longevity Skills,’ assuming no change in the nature of Spiritual Root and Spirit Body, now had a 30% increase in daily meditation and Qi refining speed, with an even higher limit for the Dantian Qi Ocean!

Nevertheless, that was it—it hadn’t transformed into a brand-new technique.

Instead of claiming it was self-created, it was more like the original founder of the technique had tailored a special version specifically for Fang Xi, given his current constitution.

"This new route is perfect for my cultivation, but others might not benefit as much from cultivating it, and might even risk becoming possessed if they’re not careful!"

"However, even so, this revamped ’Green Wood Longevity Skills’... should now be comparable to top-grade techniques in my hands!"

Fang Xi’s lips curled slightly upward.

The one last gap between him and the geniuses from major powers was being bridged.

"Now, this cultivation technique can be considered completely transformed. Should I change its name to... Green Emperor Longevity Skill? Green Emperor Wood Sovereign... No... Let’s stick with ’Green Wood Longevity Skills’!"

...

Cultivation knows no years.

In the blink of an eye, another three years passed.

Inside the closed-door cultivation room.

Fang Xi introspected his Dantian Qi Ocean, observing the sphere of liquid magic power.

"Who would have thought... having too good a constitution could also be troublesome... Now, what’s holding back my progression is, in fact, the quality of the second-grade Spiritual Vein."

A bitter smile appeared on Fang Xi’s face.

The progress of a cultivator’s practice is closely related to the Spiritual Root, cultivation technique, and the grade of the Spiritual Vein.

Recently, his Spiritual Root and cultivation technique were both extremely good, being able to absorb a great amount of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi daily and then refining it into Magic Power.

However, he was at a disadvantage in terms of the grade of his Spiritual Vein.

Even so, his cultivation speed was still much faster than before.

"At this rate, within twenty to thirty years, I will be able to fully master the thirteenth layer of the ’Green Wood Longevity Skill’ and reach the peak of Foundation Establishment!"

The current Fang Xi, once he reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, would surely have more than three hundred drops of liquid Magic Power within him, marking him as a rare genius capable of cultivating top-tier techniques!

At such a stage, even without consuming any Spirit Medicine, there was a certain chance of success for self-occurring Core Formation!

"Core Formation..."

Fang Xi closely examined his aquamarine liquid Magic Power, and he made a significant discovery.

"The liquid Magic Power I possess is actually showing signs of solidifying?"

"This is certainly not an issue with my cultivation technique or Spiritual Root, but a credit to the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’!"

Signs of the liquid Magic Power solidifying were naturally a good thing!

After all, the function of those Core Formation Spiritual Objects was mostly to solidify the liquid Magic Power, thus meeting the requirements for Core Formation!

"Although a Spirit Body is different from a Spiritual Root, it still benefits cultivators greatly when breaking through major barriers..."

"Just like the previous ’Green Wood Spirit Body’, which helped me to activate my Divine Consciousness ahead of time and directly assisted me in overcoming the challenge of Divine Consciousness..."

"Now the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ is doing the same, able to solidify the liquid Magic Power ahead of time, transforming it into True Element... Naturally, this is greatly beneficial for Core Formation, at least increasing the chances of success by several percentages..."

"Although the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ is slightly inferior to a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root when it comes to breaking the Core Formation bottleneck, it surpasses it in terms of extending one’s lifespan and Divine Skills... Of course, my current lifespan of nearly a thousand years is mostly due to the Monster Tree’s contribution. With a large enough base and an amp up of about fifty percent from the Spirit Body, it’s natural that my lifespan is prolonged..."

After reaching the late phase of Foundation Establishment, Fang Xi naturally began to consider the matters of Core Formation.

Originally, his plan was to find a way to communicate with the Fragment World, obtaining Core Formation Spiritual Objects from Danya or other Shaman Race, preferably to push the success rate to a hundred percent!

After all, although the consequences of failing Core Formation were not as devastating as failing at Foundation Establishment, there was still a certain chance of regressing in cultivation level, or even facing Death by Dao dissipation!

Even though the mortality rate for Core Formation failure was much lower than that for Foundation Establishment failure, it still existed!

Moreover, if one sustained irreversible injuries, their Taoist Path might be cut off, and they might never be able to advance any further!

To avoid the dreadful aftermath of failure, it would be best to succeed in one attempt.

But now, it seemed that the situation might have changed?

The strength of the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ gave Fang Xi hope that he could cultivate on his own all the way to the Core Formation Stage without external aid!

"The ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ may not be a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root that guarantees certain success in Core Formation... but its innate several percent chances of success are enough for a cultivator to take a chance... Cultivators with Heaven Grade Spiritual Roots have no bottlenecks in Core Formation, and as long as they have enough opportunities, they ultimately become Yuan Ying True Monarchs."

"In the end, it’s still because my own Spiritual Root aptitude is too poor, just a lower-grade Wooden Spirit Root. Generally speaking, those who awaken the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ are at least of upper-grade or even Earth Grade, Heaven Grade Wooden Spirit Root level, right? A Yuan Ying True Monarch possessing the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ must also have an outstanding Spiritual Root aptitude! Maybe even a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root!"

"But what’s even more valuable is the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’s vigorous vitality, capable of healing various injuries... Even if Core Formation fails, I will surely not die, and as for serious injuries? I can always slowly recover with the Yi Wood vitality..."

"This gives cultivators many chances to try again!"

"If I fail once, I’ll try twice, and if I fail twice, I’ll try three times... With enough attempts, I’ll eventually succeed in Core Formation."

Fang Xi finally understood why most owners of the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ were high-level cultivators.

The ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ had a long lifespan, conveyed several percent chances of successful Core Formation, and could heal serious injuries with strong self-recovery capabilities.

With several attempts, the bottleneck of Core Formation wouldn’t hold them back.

Not to mention, they could also consume some Core Formation Spiritual Objects...

"The Golden Pill Grand Path is right before my eyes!"

A hint of a smile appeared on Fang Xi’s lips: "Indeed, in the end, planting trees yields a bounty..."

"But still, succeeding in Core Formation on the first attempt is best. Communication and attempts with the Fragment World cannot be severed..."

The resources of the Fragment World were too rich for Fang Xi to give up.

Not to mention, succeeding on the first try is obviously better than failing several times.

...

While Fang Xi was in high spirits,

In Yu County of Yue Country,

An Escape Light streaked low across the mountain tops before dipping into the forest and revealing the figure of Zhong Hongyu.

This woman’s appearance had not changed, thanks to the Wrinkle-Resisting Pill she had consumed, but her demeanor had matured significantly, and there was a hint of Evil Qi between her brows.

Looking back, her expression was icy.

"It’s over there... Brother Li, I’m not mistaken... That female cultivator definitely has a Foundation Establishment Pill on her!"

Two Escape Lights, one following the other, descended into the forest, revealing two Immortal Cultivators.

One of them, a blue-shirted young man, flashed a flattering smile at the lead cultivator dressed in blue.

They were fellows from the ’Spirit Sword Sect’.

This Spirit Sword Sect, like the Gloomy Moon Sect, was one of the top five Sects in the Cultivation World of Yue Country.

In those years, the seven noble families of Yue Country, along with the five big Sects, were the peak forces under the Mysterious Heaven Sect.

Now, with the Song Family destroyed, the Sects’ power had grown, and their disciples naturally became even more arrogant.

This Senior Fellow Li had reached the culmination of Qi Refining and had been searching for a chance to achieve Foundation Establishment.

By a stroke of luck, his junior saw Zhong Hongyu trading for an inferior grade Foundation Establishment Pill at a black market,

This blue-shirted junior immediately informed Senior Fellow Li, and they tracked her all the way here...