Chapter Sixteen: Taking Stock of the Harvest

  At night, in a dark cave, Wang Chen sat beside a bonfire roasting a bear's paw!

  "Sizzling, sizzling, sizzling" The bear's paw emitted a tempting aroma under the flame's roasting. After waiting for a moment, Wang Chen couldn't wait any longer and started eating!

  This bear was really unlucky, staying quietly in its den, but was occupied by Wang Chen. Moreover, it was roasted and eaten by Wang Chen, what a tragic end!

  After finishing the bear paw, Wang Chen fell into deep thought for a moment before taking out his storage bag.

  Thinking is a habit of Wang Chen's. After experiencing a period of time, Wang Chen always reflects on his past mistakes and plans for his future.

  Gently taking out the items from the storage bag, Wang Chen examined each one carefully!

  First, there is a small red sword with a length of about one chi, which is an unknown magical artifact. Let's temporarily name it the Rainbow Sword! Although its rank is unknown, since the middle-aged cultivator's cultivation level is so low, it shouldn't be very good and should probably be a lower-grade artifact. I'll put it away for now.

  Next are the fur, meat and unknown materials of the demon beast! The demon beast's flesh is rich in blood and energy, after eating it, the mutated Great Strength Technique should be able to reach the third layer, although I estimate that the effect of the mutated Great Strength Technique will become limited later on!

  But since it's not much trouble and can increase physical strength, that's a good thing! In case of close combat, it might be helpful!

  What's more, the Golden Elixir Body hasn't been cultivated yet. If all 36 Earthly Hells and 72 Heavenly Hells are fully cultivated, what level will one's physical strength reach? Invincible in the Qi Refining stage or even the Foundation Building stage!

  Wang Chen didn't dare think about it anymore! The demon beast meat and materials were also put away for now!

  Next are the talismans! Three dozen talismans, six talisman seals! Talisman seals can be used for combat, and blank talismans can also be drawn on, let's collect them first!

  What's left is what Wang Chen has been looking forward to the most: a book and two jade slips!

  The pages have turned yellow, although the years are not short, they are very neat, and it is clear that the middle-aged scholar often flips through them! When I opened the first page, what caught my eye was the ancient and fragrant characters!

  If it were an ordinary person, they might not even know the truth, but Wang Chen's teacher in his childhood was a learned scholar! He recognized many strange and unusual ancient characters, which Wang Chen happened to recognize as well.

  Gently opening the ancient book, the black font entered his eyes, "The way of gold is sharp and cutting! Therefore it is said..." This was a basic technique manual for the Gold element! Hurriedly flipping through these few pages, the basic techniques for the Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth elements were also there! After this, Wang Chen surprisingly discovered that there was a basic technique manual for the Five Elements!

  Wang Chen's spiritual root was the worst of the five attributes, and this basic five-element spell that others would discard like a worn-out shoe was indeed the most suitable for Wang Chen.

  The most suitable is always the best, such a simple truth Wang Chen still understands!

  Although it was just the most basic immortal cultivation technique, Wang Chen was very satisfied!

  As he looked further back, Wang Chen discovered another surprise. Behind the ancient book was actually a method for creating talismans! Golden Light Talisman, Fireball Talisman, Wood Healing Talisman, Water Shield Talisman! Although these four talismans were of the lowest level, they were extremely practical, and for Wang Chen at this time, they held extraordinary significance.

  It was mentioned in the Xian Jing that alchemy, artifact refinement and talismans are called the three major auxiliary cultivation methods, and they are accepted by everyone, there must be certain reasons for this!

  The blank talisman paper left by Wang Chen made him angry and had a guess, the middle-aged cultivator was originally going to learn the technique of making talismans, but happened to be killed by himself!

  He put away the ancient book, and Wang Chen picked up a jade slip and placed it on his forehead. After a moment, he replaced it with another jade slip!

  Before the foundation-building period, the divine consciousness of the cultivator was not strong enough, and he could only place the jade slip on his forehead to watch it. This has been mentioned in the cultivation experience!

  After reading the two jade slips, Wang Chen fell silent for a moment. The harvest in the storage bag was all what Wang Chen urgently needed, not to mention the cultivation method of Xian. The remaining two jade slips were also very important. One of the jade slips introduced several years of experience and knowledge of the middle-aged man, many of which were important information that Wang Chen needed.

  For example, nearby Fang City and Xiuxian families, Xia Guo's Xiuxianmen School, the usual place for cultivators to go!

  Alone, it's hard to support oneself. Wang Chen needs a lot of resources for cultivation, which can't be separated from exchanging with other cultivators, and even wanting to build the foundation requires joining a large cultivation sect.

  Another jade slip is a middle-aged cultivator's compilation of data on demonic beasts and spiritual medicines!

  Slowly closing his eyes, Wang Chen lay down slowly, and the jade slip also quietly slipped into the storage bag. In the darkness of night, the bonfire crackled with a loud noise, echoing far away, and the dim light of the bonfire also shone on Wang Chen's sleeping face!

  In the next few days, Wang Chen began his own cultivation. However, Wang Chen had already planned everything out and wasn't flustered in the slightest. At first, he carefully read through the information on the jade slip again and again, making sure he hadn't missed anything before putting it down.

  In the morning, the bright sunlight shines in through the opening.

  Under the roasting of the bonfire, the blood and flesh of the demon beast had already emitted a fresh and tender fragrance. The meat king Chen also ate a lot of wild beasts, but he couldn't help admitting that the demon beast's meat was even better.

  The monster meat was very filling and had a nice chew to it. Before long, the last big piece of meat had gone into Wang Chen's stomach. After that, his belly started to feel warm and cozy.

  The flesh of the demon beast was indeed a great tonic. After being digested by the stomach, the blood energy actually re-entered the red spiritual energy sphere once again.

  Cultivating spiritual power isn't something that can be accomplished overnight, so Wang Chen decided to first cultivate the Variant Great Strength Technique, and the key to this was naturally the demonic beast meat he had previously stored in his inventory bag.

  In his meridians, the red spiritual energy cluster that was previously as big as a fist had transformed into a river-like flow, occupying half of Wang Chen's meridians.

  Gulu gulu!

  Wang Chen's body remembered a clear sound, as if confirming the sound in general, and the last bit of blood energy in his stomach was also digested. The dense red spiritual energy ball became even deeper red.

  However, there was not a hint of eeriness or bloodthirst in this redness. This redness was formed by the gradual condensation of Wang Chen's own vital energy, carrying a strong life aura, Wang Chen's life aura.

  After the reverberations, the red spiritual energy cluster that occupied half of the meridian actually shrank back, as if a cloud slowly dissipating. The variant mighty strength that occupied most of the meridians slowly condensed.

  The Great Power is divided into three layers. After the addition of spiritual energy, an unknown variation occurs, but in essence, there is no change, only the effect of the kung fu method becomes even stronger!

  The first layer of Dà Lì Gōng combines internal energy with blood to form the internal energy of Dà Lì Gōng. The second layer is to purify the internal energy, turning it into a liquid red-colored gas sphere, which Wáng Chén has already achieved. The third layer further refines and condenses the red gas sphere, forming a crystal nucleus.

  Of course this was just the creator's idea at first, but Wang Chen is going to make it a reality today!

  The red spiritual energy slowly condensed, initially imperceptible, but later seemed to be attracted to each other, rapidly condensing.

  Wow! Wow! Wow!

  Later, the red spiritual energy gathered too quickly and actually made a gurgling sound in Wang Chen's body. If it were an ordinary person, with blood flowing so fast, their meridians and internal organs would not have been able to withstand it. However, Wang Chen's entire body had undergone strengthening and he managed to hold on.

  It started with a faint pain, followed by an intense one, and eventually Wang Chen couldn't help but let out a low growl, his eyes wide open in agony.

  "It hurts, it really hurts!"

  This was the only thought in Wang Chen's mind, but he didn't give up because of this. Although this technique might be just an ordinary secular technique, with his persistence in his heart, Wang Chen persisted!

  There must be giving in order to gain! This is Wang Chen's idea!

  Finally, as if several years had passed, just when Wang Chen's consciousness began to get a little fuzzy.

  "Ding Dong"

  A faint sound, as if a raindrop fell into the water, but Wang Chen felt a subtle connection, truly bound by blood!

  As Wang Chen's consciousness moved, a red crystal nucleus in the meridians emitted dazzling light, like precious jewels!

  At the same time as the crystal nucleus was formed, a box suddenly flew out of Wang Chen's storage bag with a loud crash. The bead that Wang Chen had noticed for a long time on the box actually flew up.

  At the sound of the noise, Wang Chen opened his eyes and saw a bead flying towards him.

  "These are the pearls from inside the box before!"

  This was the only thought Wang Chen had time for before he fell to the ground!