Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation Chapter 17
This rule was astonishing, almost unbelievable, but its very existence must have reason. Otherwise, demonic cultivators wouldn't willingly accept exploitation.
The fact that it persisted proved it was more profitable than accepting assignments from the Mission Hall.
Wang Yu naturally thought of people using connections to secure Idle Slots. He was very familiar with this concept. Yes, this was exactly that feeling.
The authority of a True Disciple was equal to that of an elder, and the influence they could exert was widespread. It wasn't limited to just themselves. The Ice and Snow Pavilion was a direct product of such privilege.
When both sides benefit, then it all makes sense.
When Wang Yu arrived on the tenth floor, he found it nearly full. Only room twenty-nine was vacant, so he moved in without hesitation.
The room was well-equipped and spacious.
A purple tungwood bed large enough for five people to lie vertically, or more than ten if lying across. The bedding was smooth like flowing water, cool and moist to the touch, with excellent fabric quality.
The tables and chairs were complete, engraved with landscapes and scenic carvings.
The room’s arched corners were inlaid with gold and silver, making it extravagantly luxurious.
It was much larger than he had imagined.
There was an arched curtain doorway leading to a sleeping alcove, a main hall open on all sides, and a balcony with railings and ripple-shaped seats, offering a beautiful view below.
In addition, there was a sealed quiet chamber inside, designed for secluded cultivation.
With this, Wang Yu’s first day as an outer sect disciple concluded successfully.
The next day.
He encountered his first problem after becoming officially recognized.
Food.
Even cultivators had to eat. Before breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Qi Refining cultivators couldn't absorb spiritual energy as nourishment. Without scheduled feedings like during his spirit slave days, Wang Yu found it hard to adapt.
He could either buy food from outside, or purchase Fasting Pills from the Alchemy Hall. A single pill could last three months and satisfy daily bodily needs.
The problem was, Wang Yu had no spirit stones. He still had a few taels of spirit sand left, since he hadn't submitted any during the last three months of his spirit slave life.
The Blood Reversal Sect didn’t have any concept of disciple stipends. As long as they didn’t exploit you further, that was already merciful. Expecting a “salary”? That was dreaming.
Flipping through the booklet Zhao Shang had given him, he discovered that the Ice and Snow Pavilion provided meal ordering services, mostly consisting of various spirit foods beneficial to cultivation.
As for the price, Wang Yu didn’t even dare consider it.
Currently, he faced two major problems: making money and switching cultivation techniques.
The Blood-Burning Technique was a shortcut demonic technique. It had no advanced stages. Sooner or later, he had to change it.
The sooner, the better.
As for making money, other than harming his own cultivation to refine spirit sand or outright robbing others, he had no skill to earn spirit stones.
“First solve the survival issue, then head to the Scripture Repository of the Various Halls and Wards to settle the matter of a new cultivation technique.”
Having made up his mind, Wang Yu set out early in the morning.
Within the Blood Reversal Sect, two currencies are in circulation: contribution points and spirit stones. Both are roughly equivalent in value, but they cannot be exchanged for one another.
Spiritual food with special effects is usually traded with contribution points. Ordinary food is not expensive, and after acquiring a storage pouch, there is no longer any concern about spoilage.
Wang Yu bought three hundred large meat buns in one go, spending half a tael of spirit sand.
After casually eating a few, the Scripture Repository came into view.
This place resembled more of a catalog hall. After deciding which cultivation method or spell to learn, one had to take the catalog to the Impartation Hall to receive the corresponding jade slip.
These jade slips could not be taken outside, nor could the contents be taught to others. One must swear a heart-demon oath.
There were not many people in the Scripture Repository, likely because the main recruitment period had already passed. The ten peaks of the Blood Reversal Sect each corresponded to a different heretical Dao lineage.
Wang Yu went to the section corresponding to Cold Blood Peak. As an outer disciple of Cold Blood Peak, his free chance to change cultivation methods could only be used here.
However, another benefit given to him by Disciple Su had no such restriction.
“Cold Blood Technique, Yin Nether Skill, Heaven Cold Codex, Ice Marrow Scripture…”
Without exception, all were cold-element cultivation methods. They were all Rank 1 High-grade, allowing normal cultivation up to the great perfection of Qi Refining. They could be used to smoothly break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, at which point a new method would be needed.
Each had subsequent volumes, but their upper limit was Rank 3. None reached Rank 4 Nascent Soul level.
[Practicing the Ice Marrow Scripture results in a calm mind and clarity of spirit. After death, the corpse may produce "Ice Marrow", an excellent material for raising Cold Corpses.]
[Practicing the Heaven Cold Codex greatly enhances the power of ice-type spells, far exceeding the norm. After death, the corpse serves as an excellent material for corpse refining.]
[Practicing the Cold Blood Technique strengthens the physical body and infuses it with yin-cold blood, improving affinity with cold-type spiritual energy. It can slightly improve one’s aptitude. After death, the corpse is a top-grade material for refining Ice Corpses.]
Wang Yu: “???”
So blatantly open about it?!
They might as well just state that the corpse belongs to the sect after death. But with such descriptions, the meaning was basically the same.
The only thing that caught Wang Yu’s interest was the description of the Cold Blood Technique, which claimed to slightly improve one’s aptitude. This improvement was likely extremely minimal.
But for him, with Wasted Spiritual Roots, there was no worse aptitude. Any tiny improvement, when placed into the Idle Slot, would be magnified several times over.
That made it quite significant.
“Cold Blood…”
Moreover, he had a gut feeling that this technique matched perfectly with the Corpse Demon Secret Method.
After much contemplation, Wang Yu took the catalog and went next door to the Impartation Hall. After verification through the heart-demon oath, he successfully obtained the jade slip for this new cultivation method and immediately placed it into an idle slot for review.
[Idle Slot 1: Cold Blood Technique]
“Cold Blood Technique (0/100): 48 sessions per day, master in one year.”
It was worth mentioning that Ice Sword Technique was one of the matching spells for this method. There was also a medium-grade spell called Ice Shield Technique, which Wang Yu acquired as well.
Included with the set were a Rank 1 magical tool blueprint Cold Blood Needle and a Rank 1 pill recipe Cold Blood Pill. This was a complete cultivation inheritance.
The entire set was complete. All that remained was to slowly refine it, and he would become a proper Qi Refining cultivator.
If he advanced to Rank 2 in the future and became a Foundation Establishment cultivator, there would be even more supporting spells, tools, and pill recipes.
Wang Yu returned to the Ice and Snow Pavilion feeling very satisfied.
He had not yet decided how to use the arbitrary token worth one thousand contribution points.
For now, his focus was not only on breaking through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, but also on perfecting all the spells he had accumulated.
High-grade spell Night Concealment Mantra, medium-grade spell Ice Shield Technique, and the incomplete Nascent Soul secret method Corpse Demon Secret Method.
He had already decided to cultivate this secret method, but needed to establish a proper order.
Breaking through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining was still a distant goal, so freeing up one idle slot would not be a problem.
[Idle Slot 2: Night Concealment Mantra]
“Night Concealment Mantra (1/100): 12 sessions per day, master in three months.”
Seeing this, Wang Yu switched it out for the Ice Shield Technique.
[Idle Slot 2: Ice Shield Technique]
“Ice Shield Technique (0/100): 144 sessions per day, completion in one month.”
After weighing the options in his mind, he decided to stick with placing the Night Concealment Mantra first.