Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation Chapter 60

Blackbone Mountain.

Wang Yu returned to his temporary residence on the third Blackbone Mountain. Since the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators had all gone out in full force, those remaining on the three Blackbone Mountains were just some small fry.

From his viewpoint, both Situ Hong and Liu Jinxian still had a large number of people stationed on their sides. A few were digesting the benefits brought by the Xuan Essence Flowers.

Most were repairing their residences and patrolling the Bonewood Forest.

No one noticed that someone had suddenly returned.

As for Gu Zhengshun's position, it was still shrouded in black mist, making it impossible to see clearly.

After setting up the Blood Mist Concealing Spirit Formation, he immediately circulated his cultivation method to recover from his injuries, especially channeling the large amount of Yin spiritual power obtained from cultivating the Corpse Demon Secret Technique into his left arm, causing the severed part to gradually heal.

The speed was just somewhat slow.

The later six kills also brought him around three thousand spirit stones and a large number of first-rank low-grade pills and spirit materials.

From the pile, he selected two items for refinement. One was the Gold Edge Whip from a former sect member, which could replace the function of the Nether Spirit Iron Chain in his hands.

The other was a free offering from one of the three guarding the retreat path, a high-grade magic tool called the Black Scale Shield. Its defensive effect was even better than the Bronze Bell, though its defense angle had some limitations.

It could not provide full protection, but this was not a major issue.

The most important income still came from the Xuan Essence Flowers. The number of first-rank Xuan Essence Flowers exceeded a thousand, even surpassing two thousand.

The second-rank Xuan Essence Flowers were close to two hundred in number.

With such a huge quantity, even with his Wasted Spiritual Roots, he could use resources to push his cultivation to the level of semi-true essence transformation in spiritual power.

In addition, his personal assets exceeded ten thousand spirit stones for the first time. If he processed the corpses and miscellaneous items, another three thousand spirit stones might be possible.

To have gone out for such a short time and gained this much wealth.

Of course, this was also related to the fact that all he killed were late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. At this realm, they all had some desire for Foundation Establishment and would unconsciously save and accumulate.

If he had killed mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, the harvest would not have been like this.

For such cultivators, their bodies were the most valuable.

After resting for three days, the underground area still showed no reaction, and no one returned. Wang Yu then used the Night Concealment Mantra to leave Blackbone Mountain, finding a natural cave near the spiritual vein’s edge to hide.

This was to guard against Liu Jinxian and the others suddenly emerging from underground while he was engrossed in cultivation and failing to notice in time.

If surrounded by hundreds of people, he lacked speed and would face mortal danger. Therefore, he stayed away from Blackbone Mountain, monitoring from the edge while cultivating in secret.

As long as he broke through to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, he could then use the Xuan Essence Flowers to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining. That would be the right time for him to enter the underground palace again.

The Idle Slot cultivation required no environmental conditions.

His main body’s cultivation speed was terribly slow, almost meaningless.

Thus, apart from operating his cultivation technique when refining the supreme-grade Cold Blood Pill, he had very little reliance on the spiritual vein.

The rest of the time, he used Yin Marrow Liquid to cultivate the Mysterious Yin Hand, a second-rank high-grade technique that was extremely difficult to practice.

Fortunately, he had treasures to assist him, and after the Corpse Demon Secret Method’s physical modifications, his talent in the Yin-cold attribute had increased somewhat.

This technique had three stages.

In the first stage, he could only condense a fist about one zhang long based on his own arm, which could not leave his body.

In the second stage, he could condense two gray-black giant fists that could detach from his body and be controlled freely within a hundred meters.

Su Qingshan was in the second stage, known as "small accomplishment."

In the third stage, the Mysterious Yin Hand reached true mastery. Not only fists but also forearms could be condensed, ranging in size from about one zhang to three zhang. As long as it was within his divine sense range, he could form and use them freely.

In the usual sense, reaching the "mastery" stage meant the cultivation of a technique was complete. To reach perfection and rival the technique’s creator required extraordinary comprehension.

Wang Yu understood well the benefits and conveniences of a perfected technique.

That smooth and effortless feeling, which could even undergo secondary development and branch out into various practical combat uses, was truly marvelous.

He valued this spell technique greatly, but unfortunately, there were no Idle Slots available.

Next came the second major harvest.

From the hands of the Foundation Establishment corpse demon, he seized a divine sense jade slip containing a profound inheritance of an eye secret art.

[Taiyin Nether Eye]

Like the [Corpse Demon Secret Technique], it was also a body-modification secret art, but more refined, affecting only the eyes.

Moreover, it was an inheritance jade slip containing four layers in total.

With Wang Yu’s current cultivation realm, he could only unlock the contents of the first layer.

Without hesitation, after a brief observation, he directly placed it into an Idle Slot for viewing.

[Idle Slot 3: Taiyin Nether Eye]

Taiyin Nether Eye (0/100): 24 session a day, master in 1 year.

A year was not short.

Among all the first-rank spell techniques Wang Yu had practiced, this required the longest time. Cultivating this Ocular art was essentially a transformation of both eyes.

It required the aid of a special treasure called [Guanghan Dew], one drop per month, and the genuine [Taiyin Moonlight] to nourish the pupils.

The moonlight scattered to the mortal realm from the Taiyin Star was also a high-grade essence of heaven and earth. Sitting in meditation to absorb it directly was impossible unless one possessed the corresponding cultivation method or a special formation to assist.

Thus, Wang Yu could only rely on the Idle Slot for cultivation.

On the other hand, the Corpse Demon Secret Technique could only draw in yin spirit power, which suggested that this ocular art might be even superior. And this was only the first layer. With its four-layer division, it might correspond to the four major realms of a cultivator.

At the very least, it was a Nascent Soul-level secret art. Trading a corpse arm imbued with divine strength for it was an absolute gain.

At present, the Corpse Demon Secret Technique was already at perfection. The Idle Slot had accumulated one year and one month of progress, still lacking nineteen years to complete even a portion.

After a brief hesitation, since there was no immediate need for the second slot, he decided to place the [Taiyin Nether Eye] into Slot Three.

This ocular art suited him well. Its effects were described in an elusive way, and only by experiencing it personally could one truly understand.

With that, Wang Yu entered a state of secluded cultivation.

He refined the power of medicinal pills, cultivated the Mysterious Yin Hand, and comprehended the changes in his body day after day.

Half a year later, at the end of his first year at Blackbone Mountain, it was also the end of the third year and eleventh month of his Outer Sect life.

The remaining half of the supreme-grade Cold Blood Pill was completely refined, increasing his spiritual power by fifty strands, while the idle slot’s effect increased by sixty strands.

His own cultivation grew by three strands, a result of engaging in frequent high-intensity battles over a short period, which seemed to slightly accelerate his progress, though it was not much.

At present, his accumulated spiritual power cultivation had reached 536 strands.

After consuming a new supreme-grade Cold Blood Pill, he would still need two and a half years of hard work to reach the breakthrough point.

The road ahead was long.

If he could take a third supreme-grade Cold Blood Pill in the meantime, he estimated that he could shorten the process to about two years. This was not a slow pace.

However, considering the situation in Blackbone Mountain, his strength was indeed still somewhat lacking.