Chapter 161: Chapter 161 Yin Yang Transformation, Union of Three Treasures (Second Release, Please Subscribe)
With a wave of his hand, the golden scroll landed in his palm.
Pulling with all his might, even with the cultivation of the Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment, he couldn’t destroy it.
Urging his Divine Thought into it, characters on the scroll emerged automatically, these characters danced, entering his Sea of Consciousness, transforming into a Cultivation Technique.
[Yin Yang Transformation]
This cultivation technique describes the method of Yin Yang Dual Cultivation.
It consists of three layers.
The First Layer involves the dual cultivation of Magical Power, where each side’s Magical Power enters each other’s bodies, circulating and transforming into Primordial, accelerating speed faster than a cultivator practicing alone.
The Second Layer revolves around Primordial Spirit Dual Cultivation, emotional threads intertwine, and minds merge, enhancing Soul Power and Soul Strength.
The Third Layer comprises Origin Dual Cultivation, with both bodies merging, origins colliding, blending into each other, enhancing talent and aptitude.
This technique focuses on male-female dual cultivation, enhancing cultivation speed, Soul Strength, and cultivation aptitude for both parties.
The efficiency of dual cultivation depends on the mutual affection of both parties involved.
The more affectionate the couple, with intertwined emotional threads, the faster the cultivation speed; conversely, if merely a façade, harboring ill intentions, the cultivation speed slows down.
Yin Yang Transformation disregards aptitude or comprehension, focusing solely on emotional threads and mutual affection.
Just then, a voice echoed.
"Junior, I am the old demon of Joyful Union; in former days, I was a mortal, but because of the Pure Yang Dao Body, I was captured by the Joyful Union Demon Sect to become a female demon’s Furnace, being drained day and night. Later, when the Joyful Union Sect was destroyed, I managed to escape. In the Cultivation Immortality Realm, I captured female cultivators of the Demon Race, Demon Dao, Buddhist Sect, and Divine Race, turning them into furnaces to enhance my cultivation, until I met her!"
"Because of her, I abandoned the [Yin Yang Dragon and Phoenix Technique], and created [Yin Yang Transformation], then gradually cultivated, attaining the Dao to become Immortal."
"When ascending to the Immortal Realm, no Magical Treasure can be carried, one must ascend stark naked."
"Before ascending, I left the [Beauty Picture], [Chaotic Yin Ring], and [Pure Yang Sword] in the Purple Mansion Realm, with all at Ninth Grade, representing the pinnacle of the mortal world. As for their whereabouts, it depends on your fate... hahaha..."
At that moment, the voice dissipated.
Looking once more at the golden paper in his palm, its words vanished, leaving only a blank golden paper.
Whoosh!
Lu Xuanji urged the flame to burn it, but it was hard to destroy.
"What a pity! This golden paper, I don’t even know what materials it’s made of."
Lu Xuanji sighed, casually tossing the golden paper into his Storage Bag.
The harvest this time was considerable, obtaining a Pure-blooded Black Tortoise Egg, though it was a dead egg, it was priced at fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
Also, the [Yin Yang Transformation] from the old demon of Joyful Union, regarded as a top-level dual cultivation technique in the world, would have been useful if Ye Linglong were here, but now it held no use for him alone.
The story of the old demon of Joyful Union was recorded in the Water Moon Grotto Heaven, though the truth of it was uncertain, the three legendary treasures left in the mortal world were real.
These three legendary treasures are untrackable, sought after in vain by the world.
"The Beauty Picture is of little use to me as I don’t follow the Joyful Union Dao; the Chaotic Yin Ring is also of little use as I don’t intend to capture female cultivators as furnaces; the Pure Yang Sword, compatible with my body, is most useful to me. But where could it be?" Lu Xuanji sighed slightly, feeling that his luck had been declining recently.
Bad luck, first with the fall of Ye Linglong;
Then, attending an auction, without encountering any treasures;
Encountering an ambush, counterattacking a wave, gathering some treasures, yet of little use.
Packing up his belongings, Lu Xuanji departed.
He wandered casually, clearing his mind, walking through mortal villages and towns, seeing mortals striving for three meals a day; seeing girls in brothels, smiling for a living, forced to laugh; observing bandits rampant, slaughtering everywhere; even seeing some officials, upright and honest by day, changing at night.
He also saw some Five Spirit Root Cultivators walking in the mortal world, fighting over a few Spirit Stones.
The mortal world is rife with turmoil.
Many are mere mortals, with lifespans under a hundred years, yet they lead varied lives.
After traveling for five years, Lu Xuanji’s Mental Realm improved, alleviating much of the oppression in his heart.
Five years later, he returned to Changyuan Mountain.
Changyuan Mountain remained the same, stable and orderly, some cultivators practicing, some children learning cultivating knowledge, others managing shops outside.
Arriving at the Medicine Garden, there were two Foundation Establishment Cultivators stationed, guarding the Medicine Garden.
These two Foundation Establishment Cultivators were both First Grade Spirit Plant Cultivators, responsible for tending the Medicine Garden during his absence.
"Greetings to the Clan Leader!"
"How is the Clan Leader lately?"
These two cultivators were Lu Ping’an and Lu Pingyuan.
They had just entered Foundation Establishment a decade ago, and even now were still at the First Layer of Foundation Establishment.
Upon reaching Foundation Establishment, unless one has exceptional talent or abundant resources, many cultivators only advance by one layer every twenty to thirty years.
Seeing this Clan Leader, the two were somewhat nervous.
"Don’t be nervous, I want to test you!"
Lu Xuanji spoke, inquiring about knowledge of Spirit Plants, how to tend Jade Marrow Lingzhi, and other Spirit Medicine insights.
Lu Ping’an spoke rather nervously, stammering by the end with sweat on his forehead.
Lu Pingyuan, on the other hand, answered more fluently and calmly, though he also got some answers wrong.
After questioning for a moment, Lu Xuanji spoke again, providing guidance on Spirit Plant knowledge, relevant precautions, and more. After an hour of teaching, both displayed expressions of gratitude.
Lu Xuanji simply nodded in response.
He opened the array and entered the medicine garden.
In the Lu Family, there are three places most strictly guarded: one is the Library Pavilion, another is the Clan Treasury, and the third is the medicine garden.
The medicine garden is set up with a tight array, not to mention ordinary cultivators, even Purple Mansion cultivators cannot break in easily.
The medicine garden is divided into three layers based on the grade of spirit medicines: the outermost layer is for First Grade spirit medicines, the inner layer is for Second Grade spirit medicines, and the core is for Third Grade spirit medicines.
With the clan-issued token, one can enter the area of outer spirit medicines;
But to access the inner spirit medicines, the Grand Elder or the Clan Leader must personally unlock it.
As for the innermost area, only the Clan Leader has the right to access it.
The area of two hundred miles around is the site of the Lu Family’s medicine garden, where various spirit medicines are cultivated.
Spirit medicines have strict requirements for their growing environment.
Netherworld Grass needs to grow in a shady valley, in moist black gray spiritual soil, so the Lu Family built several thousand-meter-high mountains to create an artificial gorge; White Ghost Flower needs to grow in lakes, so the Lu Family also constructed a few hundred-meter-deep lakes and planted them inside;
Blood Orchid requires the blood of demon beasts as fertilizer, so the Lu Family regularly purchases some demon beast blood.
There are also other spirit medicines and spirit grasses that require suitable environments.
To create an appropriate environment, the Lu Family continuously transforms the terrain, constructs simulated environments, and perfectly restores and shapes the living environment for spirit medicines, increasing their survival rate.
Don’t be fooled by the large area of the medicine garden, which spans three hundred miles, yet the quantity of spirit medicines growing inside is quite limited.
To better nurture the spirit medicines, the Lu Family spent tens of thousands of spirit stones to lay a Second Grade spirit vein under the medicine garden.
After a brief tour, the spirit medicines appear to be growing well, having adapted to the simulated environment set up by the Lu Family.
As he walked, he arrived at the inner layer.
On the shady slopes, one can see clusters of Jade Marrow Lingzhi, each the size of a fist. The leaves already bear golden patterns, some with just a light golden trace, and others with two or three lines, among others.
The golden patterns indicate their age.
Some Jade Marrow Lingzhi will mature in three to five more years.
Here, thirty Jade Marrow Lingzhi are cultivated, maturing in batches, and can be harvested in batches, used for refining Foundation Establishment Pill.
Use as many as needed, and replenish as many as used.
Neither planting too many nor too few.
Why not plant more Jade Marrow Lingzhi? One reason is the lack of time, another is insufficient spiritual power.
No time, mainly because Lu Xuanji has to focus on cultivation, which is of utmost priority, spending relatively little time on spirit medicine cultivation, making it impossible to expand the scale;
Jade Marrow Lingzhi requires high soil fertility and consumes a lot of spiritual energy from underground spirit veins, so if the scale is expanded, the underground spirit veins may not withstand it.
Moving on, other Second Grade spirit medicines, such as True Essence Grass, Hundred Spirits Flower, etc., are cultivated inside, all of which can assist Foundation Establishment cultivators in cultivation, speeding up their cultivation process.
These Second Grade spirit medicines have limited areas and yields, and most are still in the seedling stage.
It will take at least a hundred years before they can be harvested.
Lu Xuanji stepped forward, activating the "Spring Wind Wood Spirit Technique" to begin ripening them, stopping only after depleting seven-tenths of his true essence.
Continuing inside, he reached the core position.
At the core, he opened the array, and immediately a ten-kilometer-wide medicine garden appeared.
Here, Third Grade spirit medicines, such as Pure Yang Grass, Purple Sun Grass, Nirvana Flower, and other high-level spirit medicines, are planted. At the moment, they are in the seedling stage.
After resting for a moment, he began to force them to ripen.
Living in the core area, continuously accelerating their growth, the spirit medicines grew slightly.
But they are still far from maturity, far from being usable, requiring another two hundred years.
If something unexpected happens, taking three hundred years to mature would be understandable.
That’s because he is a Third Grade Spirit Plant Master, able to manipulate wood spirit power to hasten maturity.
If relying on the natural growth and maturation of Third Grade spirit medicines, it would take at least two to three thousand years, enough to outlast a Golden Core or Nascent Soul.
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Half a year later, he left the medicine garden.
He concluded the ripening process.
After a period of ripening, it’s also necessary to allow the spirit medicines to grow naturally.
Proper ripening is beneficial for the growth of spirit medicines; however, excessive ripening can destroy the medicinal potency.
Returning to the cave mansion, Lu Xuanji sensed an opportunity for a breakthrough.
In at most two or three years, he would be able to break through.
At this moment, the Grand Elder arrived, saying, "I already know Ye Linglong has fallen, my condolences!"
"Thank you, I will heed your advice!"
Lu Xuanji said.
"Xuanji, Ye Linglong has already passed away, but you cannot continue to languish!" said the Grand Elder. "There are some Lu Family cultivators here once again to introduce Dao Companions to you: one is Ye Chenyu, and the other is Ye Wanyi. Which one do you choose?"
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