vncnus Chapter 109 Initial Refinement of Jade Bones, A Saintess from Another Generation
Chapter 109 Initial Refinement of Jade Bones, A Saintess from Another Generation
Chapter 109 Initial Refinement of Jade Bones, A Saintess from Another Generation
Holding these rare materials in his hands, Chen Yi's eyes gleamed.
The scorching heat emanating from the Fire Marrow Jade and the pure wood-type spiritual energy within the third-tier spirit bamboo are both quite precious.
After a moment's thought, he decided to first convert these resources into combat power.
Before that, he prepared to try to learn the basics of the "Blazing Sun True Body Technique".
If successful, there might be a chance to upgrade the three-color gold radiance to four colors!
Once he possesses the four-colored golden radiance, he can attempt bone refining and perhaps reach the legendary realm of jade bones.
Even if all else fails, with the four-colored golden radiance,
It would be safer for him to draw spiritual energy from the Thunder Pool again.
Having found a secluded cave, Chen Yi carefully set up various concealment and defensive restrictions.
He ordered the Crimson Flame Sparrow to stand guard on a dead tree outside the cave, while the Treasure-Seeking Rat acted as a sentry, hiding in a distant burrow to investigate.
After confirming that it was safe, he sat cross-legged on the bluestone.
He took out the third-tier Fire Marrow Jade and placed it in his palm.
The fiery jade emitted a rich, flickering flame, casting an unpredictable glow on the rock face.
At the same time, Chen Yi took out the jade slip containing the "Blazing Sun True Body Technique" from his storage bag.
He slowly probed the jade slip with his divine sense, and fine golden runes immediately appeared on its surface.
As the consciousness deepened, the key techniques of the cultivation method unfolded in the sea of consciousness like a scroll painting.
After a long time,
Chen Yi frowned slightly. Although the basic principles of this technique were not complicated, the requirements for talent were extremely demanding.
Its core essence is to use the power of fire as a hammer and the physical body as a base for a process of tempering and refining.
Starting from the most basic mortal fire spiritual power, to various rare spiritual fires in the cultivation world, and then to those peerless exotic fires that only exist in ancient books:
The Great Sun True Flame is like the blazing sun descending upon the world; the Southern Bright Fire is like the Vermilion Bird spreading its wings; the Six Ding Divine Fire contains the creation of heaven and earth; the Nine Heavens Mysterious Fire contains the true meaning of the Great Dao. These legendary flames are only described in brief mentions in the records of cultivation techniques.
The jade slip also noted at the end: all kinds of high-level strange fires are almost extinct in the Great Green cultivation world. Perhaps only in the mysterious Fallen Immortal Realm can one find a glimmer of hope.
"The Great Azure Cultivation Realm Destroyed the Immortal Realm."
Chen Yi murmured softly, memorizing these key terms.
At the same time, he memorized the names and characteristics of those dozen or so different kinds of strange fire.
After digesting all the information, he took a deep breath and slowly withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip.
Back in reality, Chen Yi's gaze sharpened, and he immediately focused on the key points of the Bone Refining chapter in the cultivation technique.
With his left palm facing upwards, a ball of crimson flame, as red as blood, appeared out of thin air from the Fire Marrow Jade, burning quietly three inches above his palm, illuminating the cave like a pool of blood.
Golden sparks occasionally burst forth from the core of the flame, which is the innate spirituality contained within the essence of a third-tier flame.
Chen Yi activated the system, directly beginning to devour and absorb the fire spirit within.
In an instant, the spirituality within the essence of the flames seemed to be drawn by an invisible hand, transforming into wisps of golden-red light that entered the space between the eyebrows.
At the same time, the text of the "True Body Technique of Blazing Sun" in his mind began to twist and recombine, transforming into dynamic energy circulation diagrams.
Thanks to the system's temporary boost to his comprehension, coupled with the superior quality of the Tier 3 Fire Marrow Jade gifted by Qi Wuba, Chen Yi's understanding of the "Blazing Sun True Body Technique" deepened at a visible speed.
In less than a quarter of an hour, he suddenly opened his eyes, and a flame seemed to flicker deep in his pupils—he had already grasped the key to entering the body refinement stage.
laugh--!
The blazing fire surged upwards along the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin, causing an abnormal flushing of the skin wherever it passed.
Chen Yi grunted, and immediately drew a drop of Earth Spirit Stone Milk from the tip of his right finger. The earthy yellow spiritual liquid transformed into a thin film that enveloped the scorching meridians.
Within his sea of consciousness, Chen Yi transformed his awareness into countless silver threads, precisely cutting into the rampaging essence of the raging fire.
The originally violent crimson light particles were forcibly broken into finer sparks, and when they met the dark golden radiance wandering between the bones, they began to violently repel each other.
Whenever the gold and red colors are about to collide, the Earth Spirit Stone Milk emits a soft halo, and the earth elemental energy builds dams in the meridians, forcefully separating the two energies into a spiral-shaped dual flow.
Time passed little by little,
After one night,
When the second drop of stone milk was exhausted, a crisp popping sound suddenly came from Chen Yi's palm - a cluster of pure white flames burst out of his body, but the core of the flame was filled with dark gold patterns, just like molten black iron.
The instant the Yang Flame took shape, the dormant Earth Qi, Azure Origin, and Golden Radiance within his meridians and bone orifices trembled simultaneously. The four energies spontaneously formed the Four Symbols Formation, causing all the various types of Golden Radiance within his body to tremble slightly.
"We could try to merge the four elements in one go."
Chen Yi's heart stirred. While there were still a few drops of Earth Spirit Stone Milk left, as well as the energy from the Fire Marrow Jade and Spirit Bamboo, he decided to...
He decided to take it a step further.
Chen Yi sat cross-legged deep in the cave, surrounded by rare materials such as earth vein spiritual milk, fire marrow jade, and third-tier spiritual bamboo.
He took a deep breath, and the golden bone lightning patterns in his body suddenly lit up. The golden patterns, like a spider web, spread across his bones, bursting out with dazzling lightning.
He first used the power of lightning patterns as a guide, forcing the four types of body-refining energies one by one into the bone acupoint of his right hand—
The power of the Earthly Element is as heavy as lead, the essence of the Fire Element is as violent as flames, the golden radiance is as sharp as a blade, and the vitality of the Wood Element is enduring.
Having the experience of fusing the three-colored golden light earlier, Chen Yi didn't hesitate.
With a thought,
The power of the lightning patterns transformed into golden lightning, shattering the four energies one by one in an almost brutal manner.
It transformed into countless particles of energy in four colors.
Even with the physical defenses of a newly promoted Golden Bone Grandmaster, the process of shattering the armor caused him to break out in a cold sweat from the pain.
He gritted his teeth and swallowed the second drop of Earth Spirit Stone Milk. The milky white liquid instantly transformed into a viscous spiritual energy net, forcibly enveloping the scattered energy fragments.
However, this harmonization was far more dangerous than the three-colored golden radiance—the gentle properties of the earth milk were countered by the fire spirit and the golden radiance, causing turbulent energy to roam throughout the body's meridians, which could easily damage the body.
Chen Yi felt a pain in his right arm as if it were being bitten by ants, but he still used his divine sense as a hammer to repeatedly strike the chaotic energy.
In the critical moment, he activated the Thunderfire Gold Crystal within his body, using thunder as a furnace and flames as a hammer, and poured the four elements of energy into the "furnace".
Amidst the thunder and fire, the energy particles gradually softened, but the repulsive force generated during fusion nearly tore his meridians apart.
After a violent clash of energy, Chen Yi's right arm exploded into a bloody mist, exposing his bare white bones.
He seemed oblivious, instead taking the opportunity to forcefully direct the burst of energy towards the core acupoint of his right hand, the most resilient area and the part where Chen Yi's golden bones were initially tempered.
finally--
After two days of torment, a ray of azure light finally emerged from the golden bone thunder pattern.
The moment this four-colored golden radiance appeared, it suppressed the entire scene like an emperor:
The earth's solidity transforms into the stability of glazed glass, the yang's ferocity turns into a restrained blazing light, the golden radiance condenses into an invincible sharpness, and the azure spirit's vitality becomes an inexhaustible source.
Chen Yi's broken bones and charred flesh regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the newly grown flesh even faintly revealed a glassy luster.
Chen Yi wiped the blood off his right arm and gazed at the shimmering light flowing from his fingertips.
She smiled slightly: "The Four Symbols Golden Radiance is not that difficult; I wonder what it would be like to have all Five Elements."
The four-colored golden light flowed in Chen Yi's palm, the energy intertwining and swirling like liquid rainbow light. The four colors of blue, gold, red, and brown merged together yet remained distinct, each surge releasing a heart-palpitating fluctuation.
Its intensity far exceeds that of the three-colored golden radiance, and is even several times more violent than the thunderfire golden radiance, almost approaching the destructive level of the thunderfire golden crystal.
However, unlike other weapons, the Thunderfire Golden Crystal can only be used as a trump card for killing; if used carelessly, it can backfire and damage the physical body.
The four-colored golden light before them was extremely gentle and could be used as body-refining energy to temper the body.
"This kind of energy... it might even be able to forcibly activate the Refining Realm!"
Chen Yi's fingertips trembled slightly, and a burning light flashed in his eyes.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the corresponding cultivation technique at hand, so he could only refer to the description of jade bones in the "Azure Willow Jade Body Technique" and try it out.
Without hesitation, the dangerous process of fusing the four-colored golden light was over, and refining the jade bone was not too risky.
He concentrated and held his breath, slowly guiding a four-colored golden radiance toward his right index finger.
The moment the golden light touched the periosteum, the entire finger bone suddenly trembled, emitting a clear, melodious hum, as if a jade chime had been gently struck.
The golden bones, which had already been tempered to their peak, were now like parched land receiving sweet rain, greedily devouring the four-colored energy.
Under the precise control of his divine sense, the four-colored golden light seeped into his bone inch by inch, and his knuckles gradually developed a lustrous sheen like mutton-fat jade.
Although only two or three percent of the fingernail's area was ultimately transformed, that small patch of jade-like color standing out against the golden bones was like a bright moon falling into the dust.
They're not even in the same league!
Chen Yi gasped.
And this small amount of nail refining alone consumed one of Chen Yi's four-colored golden energy cores.
It should be noted that if converted into three-colored golden radiance of equal energy, it would be enough to complete at least one fingernail-sized golden bone tempering.
It is evident that the efficiency of jade bone tempering, or rather, the absorption of energy, is dozens of times greater than that of gold bone tempering!
But the jade bone obtained in exchange was worth far more than it cost—the tiny white jade-like light at the fingertip contained an explosive power that surpassed the power of the entire finger's golden bone!
He gently flicked his finger, and the air crackled with a subtle pop, as if even the void itself could not withstand this extremely condensed power.
"I've actually touched upon the legendary realm. If my Jade Bones are fully formed, I'll be comparable to a third-tier body cultivator."
Chen Yi was excited.
Chen Yi took a deep breath, no longer holding back any resources, and put all the remaining Fire Marrow Jade into refining. The remaining Earth Spirit Stone Milk and third-tier spirit bamboo, including the golden radiance in his body, also began to be consumed rapidly.
Four golden lights flowed within his body, with the four energies of blue, gold, red, and brown intertwined. Each fusion was like forging gold in a raging fire, bursting forth with astonishing spiritual pressure.
In the end, he managed to refine more than 120 four-colored golden radiances, each one as clear as glass, containing a violent yet stable energy.
However, the energy level of the four-colored golden light far exceeded expectations. Chen Yi's physical body could only hold about fifty of them at a time. Any more would cause his bones to tremble and backfire on him.
He had to refine it while simultaneously consuming the golden radiance in the bone refining process.
Under the tempering of the four-colored golden light, the index and middle fingers of the right hand gradually lost their gold color and transformed into white bones that were as smooth as jade.
Each time a piece of jade bone took shape, it was accompanied by a subtle humming sound, as if the bones were cheering and jumping for joy.
When all 110 four-colored golden rays were exhausted, the two fingers underwent a complete transformation, their fingertips becoming as white as jade, containing terrifying power.
With just a light slash, the air was torn apart like paper, producing a sharp popping sound.
Chen Yi carefully preserved the remaining thirteen four-colored golden radiances.
This item possesses energy comparable to Thunderfire Gold Crystal, yet it does not need to be stored in the bone orifices; it can be used as a trump card in times of crisis.
However, he did not intend to use them lightly—the four-colored golden light was too precious, each one priceless, and using it in battle would be a waste of its resources.
Resources worth tens of thousands of spirit stones were used to refine only a little over a hundred stones, barely enough to refine two fingers into jade bones.
Chen Yi couldn't even imagine how many terrifying resources would be required to refine all the bones in his body into jade bones.
Thinking of this astronomical figure, Chen Yi even considered giving up on refining the Jade Bone.
That would require millions of spirit stones.
"Perhaps using the four-colored golden light to refine the jade bone is still a bit too much of a stretch."
"I wonder if the five-colored golden light would be more efficient?"
Chen Yi only needs to use second-tier high-grade or higher energy to absorb and refine ordinary high-purity body-refining energy.
Combining three, four, and five of them doesn't significantly differ in the amount of energy consumed for each individual body refinement method.
However, the combined effects differ by more than tenfold.
Chen Yi planned to find another water-based body-refining technique after returning home, and use the remaining half of the Earth Spirit Stone Milk to see if he could create a body-refining energy that combines the five elements.
If possible, he wanted to try again to see if the individual elements could be transformed after the five elements were combined.
After all, it's too difficult to find resources of multiple attributes at the same time when fusing multiple types of energy.
Integrating the Five Elements involves the knowledge of their mutual generation and restraint, which is a high-level ability that can only be barely entered at the third level.
In an instant, Chen Yi felt that there were just too many skills he needed to learn and master.
All of this stems from his obsession with and longing for jade bones.
Of course, if it succeeds, the reward will be incredibly terrifying.
because,
He had only refined the jade bones of these two fingers, and Chen Yi could clearly feel that if the fingers of both hands collided simultaneously,
His left hand bone would be broken instantly.
Chen Yi's jade bones are far superior to the strength of a puppet whose overall strength barely reaches the third rank.
At the edge of the underground lightning pool, lightning flashed like silver snakes, illuminating the dark cave with flickering light.
A young and extremely beautiful woman in a short skirt stood quietly by the Thunder Pool, her long legs as white as jade under the lightning.
Her features were exquisite, and her eyes sparkled with a captivating brilliance, as if they held the stars within them.
A deep, dark mark between his brows emanated a soul-path fluctuation that sent shivers down one's spine.
"Sizzle—"
A bolt of lightning suddenly struck, but it was barely blocked by the thin layer of soul power shield in front of her.
In the instant the lightning exploded, she felt as if her consciousness was being torn apart, but she frowned slightly, bit her lower lip lightly, and still stubbornly stood in place, not retreating an inch.
"Grandma, I swear I'll never sneak into your soul again! Can we please get away from this awful place?"
A sinister divine thought emanated from the specially made puppet pouch at her waist, its tone filled with obvious fear.
"Hmph! That old bastard from the Yin Demon Sect, with only this remnant of his will left, still dares to cause trouble! If you dare to harbor any more evil thoughts, even if I have to abandon this third-tier puppet, I will throw you into the Thunder Pool and have your soul scattered!"
"It's a misunderstanding, this isn't a misunderstanding!"
I didn't know you were a descendant of the Holy Sect, Miss. I thought you were one of those disgusting righteous geniuses who wanted to possess your body and make it my own.
Now that I know your identity, young lady, I will naturally do my utmost to assist you. The Yin Demon Sect's legacy contained within my remaining spirit is not much.
I'll pass on some Yin spirit techniques to you first.
Once you help me find the other parts of the demonic consciousness, and I gradually regain my memories, I will be able to give you more information.
"Young lady, you only need to provide this puppet ape for my temporary storage. Later, when the opportunity arises, I will find a suitable body to parasitize."
"I won't believe a single word your Yin Demon Sect says."
My puppet ape can't stay with you for too long. If it encounters a righteous expert, it's very likely to be exposed!
"I'm giving you two months. You either leave, or you perish together with this puppet ape."
Ning Bu'er snorted coldly in the telepathic communication.
Just now, after she left the icy pool with the puppet, she was instructed by the demonic thought to familiarize herself with the puppet's body and recall the demonic thought's combat skills from its previous life.
result,
Taking advantage of Ning Bu'er's unpreparedness, the demonic thought launched a sneak attack, piercing into Ning Bu'er's ancestral aperture, attempting to enter the depths of her soul and seize it.
The demonic thought is not a complete demonic soul, and therefore cannot yet possess another body.
However, it can parasitize the host's soul, gradually devouring the host's soul to restore its demonic power and eventually restore it to a complete demonic soul.
And it was this single prick that jolted Ning Bu'er awake.
Her Nine Yin Body technique was activated immediately, and a terrifying Nine Yin Demonic Flame erupted from her body, directly blocking her brow.
Despite the fact that the demonic thought was indestructible after being ravaged for thousands of years, it was still powerless against the top-level demonic flames of the Demonic Sect.
Simultaneously,
This outburst, however, also exposed her identity as a demonic cultivator from the Xuan Yin Sect.
The Xuan Yin Sect, also known as the Holy Sect of the Demonic Path, was once the leading sect among the major sects of the demonic path.
In ancient times, they were a force to be reckoned with, leading the Eight Demonic Sects and the Ten Righteous Sects to contend with each other on this continent for tens of thousands of years.
However, like the Thunder Soul Sect, the Xuan Yin Sect has now lost its lineage.
Ning Bu'er obtained the Xuan Yin Sect's inheritance from who-knows-where and cultivated the Nine Yin Profound Body.
Their cultivation in terms of spirit, soul, and magical power is naturally extremely strong.
This is also why Ning Bu'er has only ever controlled the puppet ape and has never used his own magic to attack.
Now that both Ning Bu'er and Mo Nian are identified as demons, Mo Nian is actually quite relieved.
At least it can survive temporarily on the puppet ape.
Upon discovering the demonic intent, Ning Bu'er ceased her pretense and directly reverted to her original form, revealing her slender figure and exquisitely beautiful face.
He went alone to the Thunder Pool, which was more than a hundred feet underground.
He then directly threatened the demonic thought, saying he would throw it into the Thunder Pool to annihilate it.
Demonic cultivators fear the power of lightning spirits most.
That demonic thought was reduced to a mere core wisp by the Thunder Soul Sect's Thunder Prison Lightning, its powerful demonic soul energy from ten thousand years ago now completely gone.
Ning Bu'er's risky journey to this secret realm also had another purpose: to obtain the inheritance of the Thunder Soul Sect.
Legend has it that the Thunder Soul Sect has three lineages: the first is the Thunder Cultivation lineage, the second is the Soul Cultivation lineage, and the third is...
The third is the Soul Thunder Technique, a peerless true master that only one or two people in each generation of the Thunder Soul Sect possess!
In short, one must be able to withstand a lightning strike before one can even begin to cultivate the Thunder Soul Technique.
This method is mediocre before the Core Formation stage, but it begins to show improvement after reaching the Core Formation stage. At the Nascent Soul stage, it's almost like an early-stage cultivator fighting a mid-stage cultivator, and a mid-stage cultivator fighting a late-stage cultivator.
Legend has it that the terrifying power of the Soul Thunder Technique is only fully revealed when one reaches the Nascent Soul stage.
Once mastered, one would almost reach the level of a prodigy in the Nascent Soul stage.
Ning Bu'er has already obtained the Nine Yin Demon Flame inheritance of the Xuan Yin Sect. He possesses the Nine Yin Profound Body, and his divine soul and magical power will grow at the highest speed in the cultivation world, destined to become the most outstanding person.
In order to find the reincarnation of her brother who was killed while protecting her as a child in the mortal realm, she is single-mindedly focused on cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage, or even the Deity Transformation stage.
Otherwise, it would be insufficient to reach the path of reincarnation.
A simple Nascent Soul stage is not enough; one needs a great lineage like the Thunder Soul Sect, which possesses unique supernatural abilities in the path of the soul.
Therefore, she transformed herself into a puppeteer prodigy, risking discovery by righteous cultivators, to venture into this secret realm and make a final stand.
Furthermore, the puppeteer who fell into the eternally icy pool and was possessed by that demonic thought did not make a fuss, but instead quietly cooperated with it.
Everything is for strength and growth.
Protected by the Nine Yin Demon Flame, she was not afraid of the demonic thoughts invading her soul.
Of course, the Nine Yin Demon Flame was infamous in the cultivation world, so she dared not use it casually outside, and she didn't even dare to use ordinary demonic spells.
They only dare to erect the most ordinary magical shield when attacked, or use ordinary divine sense attacks.
Normally, she presents herself as a puppeteer, and her actions are limited to manipulating puppets.
This would best conceal her identity as a successor of the Demonic Sect's Holy Lineage.
Little did people know that compared to her puppeteer skills, her demonic cultivation and body tempering abilities were in no way inferior!
Ning Bu'er's long hair was tucked behind her ears, her peerless face fixed on the Thunder Pool before her, her gaze seemingly peering through the pool to its bottom.
The energy within the Thunder Pool was extremely violent, obstructing her divine sense.
Or rather, if she were to try to probe inside with her divine sense, she would be torn to shreds by the special attack power of the lightning spirit within.
Each time, the pain was so intense it felt like a piece of her soul was being torn away.
She only turned slightly pale, without even blinking.
After observing for a while, it seemed that something was confirmed.
She then quietly extended a slender finger to touch the lightning pool.
Crackling sound—
A bolt of lightning power, surpassing even the power of the lightning array at the core of the Jedi, struck her hand.
Her slender fingers were instantly charred black.
A faint flash of demonic flame flickered within her body, enveloping her fingers. The next moment, the charred blackness vanished, and her fingers returned to their fair and tender color.
"The mixed thunder pool destroys both the soul and the physical body."
"Indeed, this is the back entrance to the Hall of Inheritance."
As a successor of the Xuan Yin Holy Sect from ten thousand years ago, she also possessed some information about the sect.
They also knew a little about the Thunder Soul Sect, the mortal enemy of the Xuan Yin Holy Sect.
The cultivation techniques of the Xuan Yin Sect and the Lei Hun Sect are mutually restraining. The Nine Yin Demon Flame refines both the body and the soul, and once mastered, it is immune to the powerful thunder techniques of the Lei Hun Sect.
However, the Thunder Soul Sect's only true inheritance, the Soul Thunder Technique, is very effective against the Nine Yin Demon Flame.
Right now, she's in a bind.
To enter the Thunder Soul Sect's secret inheritance grounds through the back door, one must withstand the Thunder Pool that annihilates both soul and body.
To withstand this Thunder Pool, one must first obtain the Thunder and Soul True Teachings of the Thunder Soul Sect.
It's a dead end.
Just as she was scratching her head...
A rustling sound came from the soil above.
Ning Bu'er sensed something with a thought, and the next moment, she vanished into the shadows, enveloping herself with her powerful divine sense and hiding herself.
Not long after, a gray-furred mouse, about the size of a house cat, quietly appeared at the bottom of the hole.
It searched around the cave, sniffed, and sensed something was wrong, but couldn't find Ning Bu'er. Then it hid to the side, sent a signal to someone, and quietly disappeared.
Ning Bu'er found the little mouse interesting; could it be scouting for someone?
She decided to hide for a while longer and see what happens.
really,
A noticeable earth-escape fluctuation suddenly emanated from above the soil layer, and as space slightly distorted, the figure of a bald, muscular man abruptly appeared.
The brown earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magical energy) talisman in his hand had not yet completely dissipated when he casually put it into his storage bag.
Ning Bu'er's pupils contracted slightly as she recognized the person as Xu Jiu, the body cultivator who had ambushed her by the cold pool and stolen the Crystal Fruit.
A cold smile curved her lips as the Nine Yin Demon Flame quietly circulated within her meridians.
"Bald guy, you deserve your bad luck!"
Ning Bu'er sneered inwardly.
"Today, I'll take your bald head and collect some interest!"
(End of this chapter)