Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation Chapter 79

Zhao Shang also used a third-rank Breaking Void Talisman to escape. It was said to have been stolen from the private treasure vault of True Disciple Su, almost making him vomit blood in anger.

There was also another major event.

After being in seclusion for nearly nine years, that True Disciple from Cold Blood Peak, who had accidentally obtained a matching Core Formation spiritual item from his subordinates’ offerings back then, was about to come out.

According to intelligence, in the last year that Wang Yu and the others were stationed at Blackbone Mountain, this True Disciple had already passed the Core Formation lightning tribulation. His promotion was certain.

For more than a year afterward, he had been in seclusion to stabilize his realm and consolidate his foundation. It was expected that he would come out next year.

When that happens, the other nine True Disciples of Cold Blood Peak would either be sent outside the sect to guard cities, open their own mansions, and freely cultivate in the outside world, or give up their True Disciple position, have the sect allocate them a piece of land, and take on the work of an inner sect Foundation Establishment deacon to indicate withdrawal.

Otherwise, when accounts were settled, no one would have a good outcome.

Reading this, Wang Yu frowned deeply. Back when he was a Spirit Slave, he had already offended this True Disciple, setting a bad precedent and giving the other True Disciples the chance to attack this person.

Now that he was about to come out of seclusion, if he had lost the chance to receive a Nascent Soul inheritance, he would certainly carry out bloody revenge.

Looking left and right, Wang Yu saw no third possibility.

His originally good mood instantly darkened again. He could not help wanting to curse.

He had thought these days after returning would be more peaceful. Now it seemed it was still just his own wishful thinking. With this matter stuck in his throat, if it was not clarified, he could not stay in this sect.

His actions back then were already extreme, based on the assumption that the other party would not care about a small figure like him, so he took the risk.

Now it was different. He had assets and foundation, so he dared not take the same risk again. As such, information became even more important.

While thinking, Wang Yu realized the best response was actually to contact True Disciple Su. With a rival about to come out of seclusion, the person involved would be more anxious than him.

Over these years, True Disciple Su had basically forgotten about him, which was normal.

But if it involved this person, Su should remember him. That meant he needed to take the initiative to contact Duan Ping, that fat fellow.

Thinking of this, the next morning, Wang Yu hurried to the Ice and Snow Pavilion. Fortunately, he had not gotten too arrogant and still kept his name listed here.

He asked Lan Ji to send a message to Duan Ping, telling him to come again tomorrow to discuss matters.

Of course, eggs could not be placed in one basket.

After starting this route, Wang Yu turned and went to the Scripture Hall in the All Hall Market. He had originally been captured “cargo” and felt very little sense of belonging to the Blood Reversal Sect.

If it had not been so hard to return to the Taihu Spirit Domain, he would have left the moment he shed his Spirit Slave status. But he truly did not know the way back, plus there was the pressure near Black Mountain Pass.

A small Qi Refining cultivator should not even think about crossing domains.

Later, as his understanding of cultivation gradually deepened, he finally realized the importance of spiritual root aptitude. Staying in a demonic sect was instead beneficial to his cultivation.

The idea of leaving soon grew weaker and weaker.

But now, with a likely True Disciple-level trouble looming, he had to prepare an escape route.

His only reason for staying in the demonic sect was the secret art that could improve aptitude. He had to speed up his investigation into this. That way, if he really needed to escape, it would not be such a loss.

Half an hour later, just as the sun was rising, Wang Yu arrived at the Scripture Hall. Unlike the Scripture Repository or the Impartation Hall, this place recorded basic knowledge of the cultivation world, hidden knowledge, personal biographies of famous cultivators, as well as myths, ancient histories, great clan secrets, and more.

The entire Miscellaneous Records Hall had everything. Its content was rich and covered all kinds of topics. The collection of books numbered well over a million.

Furthermore, it was free for inner sect disciples.

Outer sect disciples who came here and wanted to consult some materials and information could purchase access with spirit stones, thus avoiding the use of contribution points, which were an internal currency.

Fortunately, Wang Yu had plenty of spirit stones but not many contribution points.

Although the Scripture Pavilion did not grant him the authority to exchange for certain things, he could use the information here to find out the names of secret techniques that could improve aptitude, allowing him to target them precisely and obtain what he wanted.

The only troublesome point was that the place lacked proper management.

Books borrowed by inner sect disciples might be returned and casually shoved onto some random shelf, or they might be taken as personal property, such as books recording methods to identify spirit herbs.

Some even contained strange and folk recipes, and it was not uncommon for people to simply tear out a few pages without concern.

Of course, while it was called “borrowing,” in reality, people might keep it for several hundred years without returning it. The first impression it gave was chaos.

Only occasionally would someone replenish the missing books.

For someone like Wang Yu, who wanted to search for books precisely, it was a huge undertaking, requiring a lot of time, yet he had no choice but to do it.

Thus, in the days that followed, Wang Yu left early and returned late, lingering in the Scripture Hall every day, scanning through shelf after shelf, often coming across content that interested him.

While searching, he would also rent books to read, such as: “Nine Secret Records of Life-Bound Treasures”, “Taboos in Qi Refining Cultivation”, “Secrets of the Three Foundation Establishment Barriers”, “The Birth of a Pill Recipe”, “How to Achieve Foundation Establishment”, “An Explanation of Spiritual Roots”, and so on.

Among these, what he was most interested in was the “Secrets of the Three Foundation Establishment Barriers”. This book was written by a Nascent Soul cultivator of the Taihu Spiritual Domain in his younger days and explained the Three Foundation Establishment Trials in detail, greatly improving the success rate for the younger generation.

The so-called Three Foundation Establishment Barriers were:

Spirit Power Trial, Qi and Blood Trial, Divine Sense Trial.

It not only gave a comprehensive explanation of the Foundation Establishment realm but also detailed the standards for passing the three trials, even offering practical suggestions, filled with valuable information.

The Spirit Power Barrier referred to the three times a Qi Refining cultivator would temper their spirit power, liquefying it into higher-quality true essence, each drop worth a thousand streams.

The first two temperings happened in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining. The third occurred when breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

The Qi and Blood Barrier referred to the strength of one’s body and vital essence. To complete the third tempering, a cultivator’s body had to accommodate a massive amount of spirit power at once, compressing and refining it.

This demanded high endurance from the meridians and physical strength. Generally speaking, the more abundant the qi and blood and the stronger the body, the better the chances. Hence the name Qi and Blood Trial.

After the age of one hundred, Qi Refining cultivators entered old age, their qi and blood gradually declining, their bodies weakening day by day. The later it became, the lower the chance of achieving Foundation Establishment. This gave rise to the current trend of the “Hundred-Year Limit”.

The Divine Sense Barrier was the most difficult because techniques suitable for Qi Refining cultivators to train and improve their divine sense were extremely rare, as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Those who achieved accomplishments in this path during Qi Refining were few and far between.

Divine sense played two important roles in Foundation Establishment. First, it restrained the massive amount of spirit power during breakthrough, protecting the meridians from excessive impact.

Second, compressing spirit power was extremely draining on the mind. Without a strong divine sense, the spirit power could not be compressed into true essence to produce a qualitative change, and the breakthrough would fail.

The book provided many methods. The simpler ones included practicing skills such as alchemy, artifact forging, talisman drawing, and formation carving, all of which tempered divine sense.