Free Web NovelChapter 1324: Chapter 1310: Marrow Cleansing
Gu Bo nodded and said:
"Yang Xiao, just focus on your cultivation here. I will arrange for someone to take care of your daily dining. I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll leave now."
Gu Bo, as the Great Elder of the Genetic Store and the master of Mingluo City, showed great composure by not watching Yang Xiao’s cultivation.
For a powerful cultivator like Yang Xiao, everyone has their own secret technique for cultivation, which isn’t suitable for outsiders to observe, so he found an excuse to leave.
Yang Xiao nodded and asked:
"Elder, besides the four cultivation techniques in this room, can I read other books in the Heavenly Book Pavilion?"
Gu Bo hesitated and said:
"You can look at the first and second floors, but don’t go to the third floor."
"Alright, thank you."
After Gu Bo left, Yang Xiao immediately closed the door and began to take out the Dragon-shaped Jade Pendant.
Feeling somewhat excited at the thought, Yang Xiao had initially cultivated three phases of Body Refinement, Bone Forging, and Yijin, only lacking the final step of Marrow Cleansing to succeed.
Yang Xiao suppressed the impulse within him, took a deep breath, and slowly activated his Genetic Evolution Ability with the jade token in hand.
The Dragon-shaped Jade Pendant in his hand suddenly lit up.
A beam of light flashed, and a current coursed through his arm into Yang Xiao’s body, a mysterious consciousness entered his mind.
Yang Xiao focused inwardly, and his mind presented introductions to the cultivation techniques of Body Refinement, Bone Forging, Yijin, and Marrow Cleansing, along with the secrets of the mental method operation.
Yang Xiao carefully studied it once, and detailed information about the entire Heavenly Dragon Skill appeared in his mind.
After scrutinizing it from start to end, Yang Xiao noticed a problem—the Genetic Cultivation methods currently popular in the Great Dragon Empire had been significantly improved, with the most substantial change being the forced reduction of cultivation time using supportive drugs.
Whether it was Body Refinement, Bone Forging, or Yijin, the modern Great Dragon Empire would have corresponding supportive drugs, and these drugs had begun to be widely sold in the Genetic Store.
Yang Xiao reviewed the introduction of the cultivation method three more times, and indeed, it did not show methods of using drugs to aid cultivation.
Thinking for a moment, Yang Xiao instantly realized something.
The future of Great Dragon Empire is to improve the speed and efficiency of cultivation by catalyzing the process using drugs.
Whether Body Refinement, Bone Forging, or Yijin, these are incredibly painful cultivation processes, especially Bone Forging, where the bones of the body are smashed piece by piece, and then quickly regenerated using the Genetic Evolution method—a process that is extremely painful.
Many people who cultivate the evolution technique of the Great Dragon Empire give up midway because they cannot endure such an extreme cultivation process.
Yet, this drug-assisted cultivation is actually harmful to some cultivation techniques, superficially reducing the cultivator’s pain but shortening the direct experiences and time of evolution.
It’s like raising pigs on Earth with large quantities of synthetic feed and various special drugs to ensure a piglet turns into a mature pig within three months.
However, the taste of pork from such raised pigs is really poor.
Yang Xiao cultivated the Flying Leopard Divine Skill and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Skill using supportive drugs throughout the process. Looking back, this behavior may be somewhat shortsighted and even harmful.
Yang Xiao was just about to return the Dragon-shaped Jade Pendant to the Black Jade Box, when he suddenly saw another exquisite Yellow Jade Carving inside.
Feeling a spark within, Yang Xiao reached out and took out the Yellow Jade Carving to have a closer look, greatly impressed.
This Yellow Jade Dragon is incredibly vivid and lifelike.
Yang Xiao’s mind suddenly recalled a similar Flying Leopard sculpture had also appeared during his cultivation of the Flying Leopard Divine Skill. At that time, this Flying Leopard turned into a beam of light and entered Yang Xiao’s body, now hovering above Yang Xiao’s Spiritual Power Sea.
"This Flying Leopard hovering above the Spiritual Power Sea seemed to have no apparent effects usually, except during the cultivation of the Flying Leopard Divine Skill, when immersed in potions enduring various pains, only then it activates, emitting a refreshing aura helping Yang Xiao to withstand the boundless pain from the potion immersion."
"What use does this Yellow Jade Dragon sculpture have? Is it the same as the previous Flying Leopard sculpture?"
With this thought, Yang Xiao held the Dragon-shaped sculpture, slightly activating the Evolution Energy in his hand.
Sure enough, the Yellow Jade Dragon suddenly shone brightly, then disappeared in a flash.
This time, Yang Xiao was prepared, neither shouting for help nor panicking, but rather focused his inward gaze, discovering a Flying Dragon-like Demon Beast now hovering above his Spiritual Power Sea.
With both Flying Dragon Demon Beast and Flying Leopard Demon Beast appearing simultaneously above my Spiritual Power Sea, will they start a fight?
If that happens, I’ll be in trouble!
Yang Xiao pondered for a moment, deciding first to cultivate the Heavenly Dragon Divine Skill, and after completing it, then to cultivate the other two techniques.
Thus, Yang Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground, running the Marrow Cleansing technique of the Heavenly Dragon Divine Skill.
Circles of halo appeared above Yang Xiao’s head, lingering for a long time.
The fourth step "Marrow Cleansing" mental method requires a cultivator to break with their past, significantly reconstructing a whole new self.
In the Genetic Evolution method of the Heavenly Dragon Divine Skill, Marrow Cleansing has two meanings, one regarding physical cultivation, thoroughly transforming the flesh into a sacred entity, not to be violated by anyone.
Indeed, the Heavenly Dragon Divine Skill has another deeper meaning, reaching Marrow Cleansing mentally, changing fundamentally to start anew.
A self-renewed in both flesh and spirit, isn’t it the essence of Genetic Evolution?
In his mind, Yang Xiao silently recited the Marrow Cleansing mental method, a warm stream surged upward from his Spiritual Power Sea within his body, like tides, starting to wash over every inch of Yang Xiao’s body.
Yang Xiao cultivated for two hours, barely managing that warm stream to encircle the vast space around the Spiritual Power Sea.
At dinner time, Gu Bo returned to the Heavenly Book Pavilion, finding Yang Xiao in the small room.
"Yang Xiao, it’s meal time. Every morning at 8 o’clock, midday at 12 o’clock, and afternoon at 6 o’clock, someone will come to deliver food. However, they cannot enter the Heavenly Book Pavilion and can only place the food outside the door, then the Golden Armor Guard takes the food into the pavilion.
There’s a small dining room on the first floor of the Heavenly Book Pavilion. From now on, you’ll eat there. Remember to be on time, don’t be late."
Yang Xiao followed Gu Bo to a room on the first floor, which Gu Bo referred to as the dining room. As soon as he entered, he saw three white-bearded elders eating while reading quietly.
The arrival of Gu Bo and Yang Xiao did not alarm them, seeming as if Yang Xiao and Gu Bo were simply air.
Gu Bo gestured for Yang Xiao to sit, and the two silently ate together.
As Yang Xiao ate, he observed the three white-bearded elders, one of whom had been seen in the hall on the first floor, Gu Bo’s second uncle.
Throughout, the three elders had no interactions, each reading while eating, leaving separately after finishing their meals.
Yang Xiao let out a long breath and said softly:
"Elder, are all the seniors in the Heavenly Book Pavilion so eccentric? No wonder they can’t break through to the Saint Level Supreme Realm despite long-term cultivation."
