Free Web NovelChapter 333: Chapter 62: Inspecting the Spoils, a New Cultivation Technique
After returning home and lying low for several days, Wang Ping began to take stock of the spoils he had won in the previous battle.
First, he opened the storage bag of the Taiyan Cultivator. The most abundant item inside was physical silver, about one hundred thousand taels’ worth. There wasn’t a single silver banknote, which suggested the Taiyan Cultivator was often on the move and had no fixed Cultivation Dojo.
After the silver, the most valuable items were two ’Vine Wood Cores.’ As Wood Spirit Celestial and Earthly Treasures, each was currently worth around one million taels of silver. For Wang Ping, they were the best core material for crafting Armor Talisman soldiers.
Then there were various medicinal herbs, a large number of seeds Wang Ping didn’t recognize, and finally, hundreds of bamboo scrolls and over a hundred sets of books. They were all handwritten. Most recorded insights into poison research, while a smaller portion consisted of books on Arrays.
"He didn’t even have a single puppet or Talisman?" Yu Lian was extremely curious. "Didn’t he use a Talisman during the fight?"
"That was created on the spot using a Spirit Communication Talisman," Wang Ping explained, though he was just as curious himself.
Next, his gaze naturally fell upon a string of identity tokens. The tokens were a motley collection, marked in a rich variety of languages that covered nearly eighty percent of the world’s linguistic systems.
This confirmed Wang Ping’s initial suspicion: this Taiyan Cultivator spent most of his time traveling.
Soon, an identity token from the Daoist Scripture Hall caught his eye. Wang Ping carefully extended a sliver of his Primordial Spirit Consciousness to examine it. The token had been issued by the Southern Daoist Scripture Hall.
"Tang Ye, the fourth disciple of Wu Ma Daoist. Just as I thought." Wang Ping looked at Yu Lian, who flicked her forked tongue with a look that said, ’What are you looking at me for?’
"Was he poor?" Yu Lian found a new topic.
"More than just poor!"
As Wang Ping nodded, he continued pulling other things from the storage bag. Most of it was miscellaneous junk. There were many strange items he had never seen before, clearly not products of Zhongzhou.
"This outfit is quite nice."
Yu Lian picked out a wide, black robe. Its surface was covered in white patterns, and the collar was inlaid with shiny metal ornaments.
Wang Ping glanced at it, then subconsciously looked at the pile of clothes he had taken out. Most of them were ornate and dignified, but their style was completely different from Zhongzhou’s culture.
He had no particular habit of inspecting other people’s clothes, especially not those of a greasy old man. After a single glance, he made a casual gesture, and with a burst of Wood Spirit Qi, destroyed them all.
A natural breeze swept through. As the powdered remnants of the clothes scattered on the wind, Wang Ping picked up a jade slip from among the books and bamboo scrolls, one that clearly had a restriction placed on it. The restriction wasn’t very sophisticated; Wang Ping destroyed it in a matter of moments.
He opened the jade slip. Inscribed at the very beginning in ink mixed with gold dust was a three-word title: *Poison Classic Jottings*.
Wang Ping was immediately energized, his gaze falling upon the contents that followed...
It recorded Wu Ma Daoist’s research directions on Wood Spirit Poison, a collection of essential points compiled by Tang Ye from a disciple’s perspective.
It was divided into three volumes, and this jade slip was merely an outline and summary. The specific details were all contained within the remaining bamboo scrolls.
The first volume introduced the transformations of Wood Spirit Poison, including poisons that corroded spirituality—the very path Wang Ping was researching. As he read, he took out his own casually written notes to compare.
The second volume spoke of the origins of various poisons. For example, the spirituality-corroding poison Wang Ping was studying originated from a natural talent Magic of the Lizard Demon Race. The jade slip clearly stated that to unleash this poison’s greatest power, the best method was to enslave the divine soul or Primordial Spirit of a Lizard Demon, then combine it with their Flesh and Blood Spirituality to refine a matching Magical Artifact.
The third volume was a Secret Technique deduced by Wu Ma Daoist. He had named it "Body Corrosion." It involved cultivating poison within one’s own Spirit Body. The specific method was to find the poison’s origin, use Wood Spirit Qi to absorb the target’s spiritual traits, and use one’s own Spirit Body as nourishment to sustain the poison’s consciousness.
Sometimes, it even required nourishing a new divine soul or Primordial Spirit!
After he finished reading the third volume’s content, a guide panel popped up as expected. Wang Ping used his Primordial Spirit Consciousness to observe his physical body again and saw a distinct streak of golden light converge around his eyes, but it vanished in a flash.
[Body Corrosion: An incomplete Cultivation Technique deduced by a Lord based on his own Primordial Spirit. It uses one’s Spirit Body as a foundation to cultivate a new spiritual consciousness, which serves as a condition for casting the magic.]
[1. Find the poison’s source and obtain its spiritual consciousness or divine soul consciousness.]
[2. Use the most basic "Wood Spirit Skill" to nourish the spiritual target you need to absorb. Use its spirituality to draw in Wood Spirit Qi. This can be attempted once per day until its spirituality is born within your body’s Spirit Vein. If you do not succeed within one year, give up immediately.]
[Note 1: After succeeding, you will be eroded day and night by the spiritual consciousness. You can use Holy Heart Grass with the cultivation method from the second volume of the "Taiyan Talisman" to merge this spiritual consciousness into your Primordial Spirit, allowing your Primordial Spirit to possess a new spirituality.]
[Note 2: It is best not to merge more than three spiritual consciousnesses, or your Primordial Spirit will be completely altered, leading to an irreversible distortion of your consciousness.]
[Note 3: This Secret Technique can be used to deduce a new entry method. Referencing the "Taiyan Talisman" entry method, replace the Locust Tree Divine Soul with a spiritual consciousness that has Wood Spirit attributes.]
After reading the prompts on the light-screen panel, the first volume of the "Taiyan Talisman" uncontrollably surfaced in Wang Ping’s mind. Immediately, a new idea was born. The moment this new idea appeared, another light screen popped up:
[Unknown Secret Technique: An incomplete Wood Spirit Secret Technique deduced from the "Taiyan Talisman." Defy fate and change your destiny through Wood Spirit spirituality.]
[1. Complete Foundation Establishment and the implantation of a Wood Spirit Vein in your body.]
[2. Find a spiritual consciousness for entry. Nourish it with your own Wood Spirit Qi, not exceeding 2 times per day, until the spiritual consciousness attunes with your divine soul. (Progress 0/100, Today’s Progress 0/2 attempts).]
[3. Construct a suitable and stable Array. Fuse the Spirit Vein within your body with the spiritual consciousness to complete the final step of defying fate and changing your destiny.]
[Note 1: You must have a suitable spiritual consciousness. No specific reference can be provided. Please find a reference object on your own.]
[Note 2: No stable Array can be provided. Please refer to your own knowledge of Arrays.]
[Note 3: Different spiritual consciousnesses require different Arrays.]
[Note 4: Before completing the deduction for entry, do not attempt the deduction for the Second Realm.]
[Note 5: You need a large amount of real data.]
After Wang Ping finished reading the new guide panel, countless questions arose in his mind. He had originally wanted to use the True Spirit Consciousness from the Inspiration Realm as a test subject, but his idea received no prompt from the light-screen panel.
This meant his idea was simply impossible.
’Then, based on the subconscious ideas born from my current knowledge, a suitable spiritual consciousness must first be stable, preferably one I’ve cultivated myself.’
’But the required consciousness must have already broken through to a new realm!’
He immediately thought of members of the Demon Race who had just stepped into the Fake Pill Realm. But their spiritual consciousnesses would certainly not be willing. ’That left only one method... raising them in captivity!’
