Chen Sheng used the Jade Scroll as proof, taking down five Jade Scrolls from the shelf.
The following process was far more complicated than imagined.
First, the Jade Scroll numbers had to be recorded at the registration desk, verified by a steward through a secret technique in conjunction with his identity Jade Pendant and cultivation technique permissions, and then completing the final inheritance imprint in front of the specially made Transmission Jade Pendant inside the hall.
The Jade Pendant stood ten zhang tall, entirely translucent and white as suet, with runes flowing across the wall, faintly forming a picture of the Immortal Sect bestowing techniques.
Standing before the Jade Pendant, Chen Sheng spoke loudly:
"Disciple Micro-Image, willing to make a Dao Heart Oath, the imparted cultivation techniques will not be spread beyond six ears, nor leak from the Sect. If I violate this oath, my Dao Heart will shatter, my soul will scatter!"
As his words fell, he forced a drop of Essence Blood from his fingertip, pressing it onto the center of the Jade Pendant.
The drop of Essence Blood was instantly absorbed by the Jade Pendant, and the runes suddenly lit up, an enigmatic power of the oath was imprinted deep into his Divine Soul.
Afterward, he sequentially activated the five Jade Scrolls using mana.
Five gentle golden lights erged from the Jade Scrolls, burrowing like Spiritual Snakes into his forehead, directly entering his Sea of Consciousness.
The entire process was silent, devoid of any anomalous phenona; there was neither the usual spiritual power impact during transmission nor any sense of obscurity.
Focusing inward, Chen Sheng saw within his Sea of Consciousness, the five golden lights transford into five volus of archaic scriptures that hovered, surrounded by layers of restrictions.
These restrictions rooted in his Sea of Consciousness, completely rging with his Divine Sense, not only bringing no discomfort but even making the operation of his Divine Sense increasingly harmonious.
"The restrictions here are indeed gentle yet intricate."
Chen Sheng internally praised, having so understanding of the path of restrictions, he could see at a glance that these restrictions contained the exquisitely marvelous anings of "soul lock, heart guard, and leak prevention."
Not only did this ensure that the cultivation technique would not be seized by external forces, but it would automatically alert when a cultivator had thoughts of leaking it, truly exquisite and unparalleled.
With matters concluded, Chen Sheng did not tarry further, transforming into a cyan rainbow and swiftly leaving the Scripture Pavilion, his figure flickering several tis before disappearing into the Cloud Sea of Wenfa Peak.
At the sa ti, within the Primordial Magnetic Main Hall.
Han Lou True Monarch was contemplatively comprehending the Alchemy Dao, when the Jade Order hanging from his waist suddenly shone with a faint halo.
He swept his Divine Sense, and the information recorded in the Jade Order beca distinctly imprinted in his mind—it was precisely the list of five cultivation techniques selected by Chen Sheng.
"Pill Transformation, Spirit Refining, Sword Scripture, and two Alchemy inheritances selected."
Han Lou True Monarch’s lips curled into a slight smile:
"Planning to take the path of rging Dan Array? Though a difficult road, if it can be traversed, it is indeed a shortcut to advancing to Tier Four."
"The way of the Sword Array is akin to array techniques, indeed a wise choice."
Having said this, he then retracted his thoughts.
As a Nascent Soul True Monarch, being able to spare even this bit of attention for a newly promoted Inner Sect Elder was already an imnse level of interest; the rest relied on Chen Sheng’s own fortune.
...
Within the cave abode on Nine Cloud Peak, the arrangent was simple yet elegant.
Chen Sheng sat cross-legged on the Cold Jade Bed, eyes closed and mind focused, while the steps and cautionary points for cultivating the "Blood Gang Refining Golden Pill" flowed slowly within his Sea of Consciousness.
The more he comprehended, the more shocked he beca. This cultivation technique could perfectly blend Body Refining with Pill Transformation.
The concept of nourishing Dan with blood and tempering the body with Dan subtly resonated with his own cultivation path, unraveling many perplexing knots of understanding he had before.
"To cultivate this technique, one needs to flush away the mixed qi of the Fake Pill with Blood Gang Power, best used in conjunction with the Tier Three Middle Grade Blood Gang Pill, to maximize efficiency."
Chen Sheng was stirred, recalling that Inner Sect Elders could receive a quota of ten bottles of Tier Three cultivation elixirs every decade. He imdiately took out his identity Jade Pendant and swiped mana across it.
As expected, the Blood Gang Pill was included among them, as for high-tier Body Refining Cultivators, this pill was their routine cultivation elixir.
Chen Sheng promptly converted his first ten-year quota into solely Blood Gang Pills, specifying that the main ingredient should be Flood Dragon Essence Blood, and then waited for the Ministry Hall disciple to deliver the pills to his door.
Over the next half month, he roughly comprehended the remaining four cultivation techniques, first mastering the introductory essentials to ensure that they wouldn’t conflict with each other during cultivation.
On a morning half a month later, the Jade Pendant at Chen Sheng’s waist suddenly emitted a ray of Spirit Light, and after scanning it with his Divine Sense, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He flicked his fingers to cast a spell outside the cave abode.
From beneath the mountain peak, a crimson light gate appeared out of thin air, leading directly to the mountain top’s cave abode.
"Greetings, Elder Micro-Image!"
A clear voice was heard, as a young Foundation Establishnt disciple in a gray robe walked in quickly.
He respectfully held up a Jade Box carved with dragon patterns, wrapped in shimring flowing light restrictions.
"The elixirs are here, please verify them, Elder."
The disciple offered the Jade Box with utmost respect.
Chen Sheng glanced over the restriction outside the jade box and nodded slightly:
"You may leave now."
"Yes!"
The disciple bowed and retreated, stepping lightly without daring to make any noise.
After the disciple had left, Chen Sheng reached out to take the jade box and slowly infused it with his mana.
The restriction lted away like snow, revealing ten neatly arranged jade bottles inside.
He extracted a blood-red pill from them, and as soon as the pill left the bottle, a rich fragrance filled the air, faintly carrying a trace of majestic dragon’s might—it was precisely the Tier Three Middle Grade Blood Gang Pill.
This pill is typically refined with Tier Three Demon Beast essence blood as the main ingredient!
Due to Chen Sheng’s special note, the main ingredient of the pill he held was the essence blood of a Tier Three fire attribute flood dragon he had recently slain, and it still retained fresh fire attribute spiritual qi.
The Tier Three flood dragons, rare in the Chu Country, were extraordinarily common here.
The dragon breathes debauchery; in several sea regions of the Yue Country, there are countless dragons and offspring. As long as one has the strength to hunt them, they are indeed abundant.
In the records of the Three Elents Dao Sect, there were not only large reserves of Tier Three flood dragon essence blood but even several portions of Tier Four flood dragon essence blood.
"Back then in the Chu Country, a portion of Tier Three flood dragon essence blood was hard to co by. Now it’s a whole different world."
Chen Sheng sighed in his heart, then shook his head to dispel distracting thoughts, and sat cross-legged, opening his mouth to swallow the Blood Gang Pill.
As the pill entered his throat, it lted instantly, and a surge of blazing energy swept through his body. Countless tiny blood-colored light spots spread from his dantian, flowing through his ridians to every corner of his body.
Chen Sheng felt his whole body’s qi and blood boiling, and fine red scales surfaced on the skin.
In the next instant, he spontaneously transford into a ten-zhang-long Red Blood Flood Dragon, the scales gleaming with a tallic sheen, and as the dragon’s whiskers fluttered, the surrounding air beca unbearably hot.
At the sa ti, he focused his mind and, according to the secret technique from "Blood Gang Refining Golden Pill," guided the surging blood gang power around him to slowly sink into his dantian.
That blood gang power surged like tides, scrubbing the mixed qi around the fake pill. With each wash, a strand of grey qi was stripped away and dissipated within the dantian.
Seven days later, Chen Sheng slowly opened his eyes, a trace of joy flashing within them.
"Just as I predicted!"
Introspecting his dantian, he saw that the faint layer of mixed qi around the fake pill had thinned considerably, and the pill qi had beco more condensed, faintly emitting a blood-colored halo.
"At this speed, within two years, I can completely succeed. This progress is not only quicker than the Pill Shattering Reformation thod but also more stable."
...
Two leisurely years passed by.
Nine Cloud Peak remained shrouded in a serene mist of spiritual qi, only occasionally disturbed by the sound of a dragon’s roar.
On this day, the aura deep within the cave residence suddenly surged, and a magnificent qi and blood force broke through the cave’s restriction, forming a crimson mist in the sky above the peak.
After an unknown ti, a majestic dragon’s bellow echoed through the clouds, as if it ca from ancient tis, shaking the surrounding spiritual springs into rippling waves.
Inside the cave residence, a scarlet light burst forth, and a thirty-zhang-long red flood dragon spiraled upward, its body thick as a pillar, its scales shimring brightly under the spirit light, each scale clearly showing delicate patterns.
A mighty red cloud aura spontaneously ford around the flood dragon, interspersed with golden lightning. Occasionally, a bolt would strike, leaving charred marks on the ground.
Its eyes were like two golden lanterns, flickering with the divine light of perceiving all things, and it slowly spat out a fist-sized dragon bead from its mouth.
The dragon bead was entirely blood-red, but a strand of dazzling golden light coiled around its center, emitting an overbearing yet pure energy fluctuation.
"Finally succeeded!"
The flood dragon spoke with a human voice, the tone filled with irrepressible joy.
Just recently, he had completely cleared away all the mixed qi from the fake pill, then poured all his qi and blood power into the golden core, successfully refining the blood-gold Qi Blood Golden Core.
This golden core in return nourished the body, propelling the Path of Body Refining to break through to the Seventh Layer in one go, resulting in his current flood dragon form.
The Red Flood Dragon circled around once and suddenly dove down, dispersing the red light upon landing, reverting to the form of Chen Sheng.
His stature was now taller than it had been two years prior, with broader shoulders and a thicker back. His muscles had well-defined lines full of strength, and his presence was as heavy and imnse as a mountain.
Most striking was the faint golden dragon pattern appearing between his brows, which was an awakened physical divine technique after breaking through to the Seventh Layer of Body Refining—Forbidden Breaking Divine Light.
It can expend blood gang to forcibly break open restriction arrays, with very broad applications.
Chen Sheng lightly swung his fist; inside, the qi and blood surged like a river.
As the golden core rotated, mana flowed continuously, and his divine sense, refined due to the transformation of the golden core and his body, reached thirty li, surpassing the average Golden Core Early-stage Cultivator.
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