Chapter 149: Cultivation
Two auxiliary skills, one is《Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture》, and the other is《Heavenly Python Dharma Body》.
Long Qiushui said: “Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture is one of Poison Dragon True Person’s former cultivation manuals, which I obtained in Poison Dragon Valley. It can wash and refine bone structure, strengthen physique—a method whose grade is not high, just upper second-order, enough for you to use until True Intent Realm, Divine Union Stage.”
“Heavenly Python Dharma Body uses long insects like pythons, snakes, and boas to kill the body and seize the soul, tempering the physical body. In battle, it forms a dharma body armor, perfectly stimulating your green scale patterns, combining with inner armor defense.”
“Thank you, Master.”
Su Yan knew just from listening that these two cultivation manuals suited his current state perfectly.
Long Qiushui pondered for a moment, then took out a ring and said: “This storage ring is Master’s meeting gift to you. It contains some pills to help you advance Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique further.”
“As for practicing martial arts, go to Martial Lecture Hall yourself where Transmission Elders teach. Solidify your foundation, and come ask me if you don’t understand. On Xuan Shuang Mountain, I will order servants to build you a courtyard. You can come here for secluded cultivation. However, if convenient, you can also live in the courtyard on Gui Cang Mountain.”
Leaving Long Qiushui’s grand hall, Su Yan found a Black Horned Giant Eagle, rode it down the mountain, and headed straight for the courtyard on Gui Cang Mountain.
“Upper second-order Three Treasures Primordial Pill, refined from three treasures of poisonous creatures, much stronger than Poison Dragon Pill, perfect for me.”
Although Master Long Qiushui seemed truly unskilled at teaching disciples, she was after all a Dan Qiao Realm True Person with seasoned insight, giving things that suited him perfectly.
Moreover, there was this storage ring. Though only ten cubic capacity, it was even more useful for Su Yan.
With this status, he could boldly use his Insect Realm Space.
“Master said storage ring is just second-order artifact refining, which is rare. Refining difficulty isn’t high, but key materials are controlled by major powers.”
Undoubtedly, something like a storage ring had very high strategic value.
If casually distributed, it would cause many problems. Controlling it in the hands of major powers was the best method.
“Junior Brother Su”
Su Yan had just landed on the Gui Cang Mountain platform when he discovered Gu Songde was still there, seemingly having waited for some time.
“Senior Brother, this is?”
Gu Songde smiled and said: “My name is Gu Songde. I entered the sect a few years before Junior Brother, so just call me Senior Brother Gu.”
“Uncle Long is taking a disciple for the first time. No disciple separate courtyard has been built on Xuan Shuang Mountain yet. I thought Junior Brother would return, so I waited here and sure enough, here you are.”
Talent!
Hearing this, Su Yan’s eyes flashed slightly. This senior brother’s skill at reading the room was impressive, no wonder he handled matters for new entry disciples and got familiar.
“Su Yan has troubled Senior Brother with his own matters.”
“No trouble at all. Junior Brother Su took first place in the assessment, bringing honor to our Guizang Valley. Without Junior Brother, outsiders would probably have forgotten about our Guizang Valley branch.”
Gu Songde welcomed Su Yan, waved his hand to let the servant watching the Black Horned Giant Eagle settle the giant eagle.
Servants were only Muscle and Bone Realm strength, true mountain gate servants, unqualified to become disciples.
This differed from so-called servant disciples, who were actually called servant disciples, though they had servant tasks, mostly relatively difficult ones like raising, hunting, and cultivating spirit herbs.
They could also accumulate some experience in the martial arts world. As for such menial labor, servants handled it.
Gu Songde led Su Yan toward Gui Cang Mountain while saying: “Junior Brother, when traveling within the sect, you can take mounts from these relay stations—Cunning Ox Beast, Camel Cloud Sheep, Black Horned Giant Eagle, etc. Though not highly intelligent, they know the paths around the sect. At the relay station, no need to mind; servants will settle and feed them.”
“Right, some Black Horned Giant Eagles circle the various peaks at times; you can summon them with your disciple token.”
“These mounts are indeed convenient.”
Su Yan nodded with feeling; he had just experienced it himself, and it was indeed good.
Beast King Sect was vast. If disciples only traveled on foot, it would waste much time.
Gu Songde smiled faintly: “When Junior Brother contracts his own mount, or reaches Dan Qiao accomplishment, there will be no such trouble.”
The two followed the mountain path upward, passing many courtyards and buildings, all surrounded by flowers, plants, and trees. In the secular world, they would be fine residences.
They arrived before a spacious separate courtyard midway up the mountain.
“Junior Brother, is this courtyard satisfactory?”
The courtyard was spacious, equipped with space for practicing martial arts and raising feral beasts, some garden trees and flowers, then houses.
Su Yan nodded quite satisfied: “Thank you, Senior Brother.”
Gu Songde said: “Junior Brother, settle in for now. If there’s anything you don’t understand, come find me.”
He gave a few careful instructions, then bid farewell, without mentioning other Beast King Sect matters.
Su Yan settled here, not rushing to cultivate the cultivation manuals from Master Long Qiushui, but honestly rested one night.
Though the assessment caused no injury, facing death directly made the artistic conception especially real, consuming mental energy not lightly, so he naturally needed good rest.
In the following days, Su Yan rested in this separate courtyard, gradually getting familiar with surrounding inner disciples.
Of the twenty-three who entered inner sect with him, only two new True Intent Realm disciples, Yang Xincheng and Gu Wushang, were adjacent left and right.
Though Guizang Valley’s fame was not as prominent as other branches, in the separate courtyards on Gui Cang Mountain, there were over a thousand inner disciples alone, not a small number.
Of course, these were only disciples staying in the sect to cultivate. Some had cultivated long enough, changed identities, taken positions in Beast King Sect, had their own places, and could no longer be called inner disciples.
After familiarizing himself, Su Yan closed the gate, took out the Three Treasures Primordial Pill, and swallowed it.
Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique ran at full power, scale patterns emerging all over his body, like a set of battle armor.
Su Yan closed his eyes tightly, sitting cross-legged in the courtyard. Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon emerged, coiling around, inhaling and exhaling surrounding spiritual energy, continuously pouring into his body, fusing with the Three Treasures Primordial Pill’s medicinal potency.
“Nurture flood dragon qi in the body, muscles and bones like dragon, physical body like dragon, from inside out, golden body can form!”
Over several days, mind settled, Su Yan recalled that day’s combat with the Giant Fierce Centipede, flashes of combat spiritual light, and the feeling of operating Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique.
At this moment, insights converged. With Three Treasures Primordial Pill continuously strengthening physique, it tempered out even finer and tougher green scale patterns.
Su Yan’s Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique continuously strengthened, insights deepened. In a flash, even at his forehead corners, a pair of faint green dragon horn phantoms faintly grew.
Buzz!
Spiritual energy resonated, Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon roared to the sky, wrapping massive spiritual energy as it drilled into Su Yan’s body.
In an instant, the green scale patterns changed color, gaining a touch of golden light, like green-gold armor, majestic and awe-inspiring.
【True Intent Realm: Heart Ape Stage 1/200（Minor Accomplishment）】
【Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique: Transformation Realm】
Su Yan opened his eyes, whole body muscles extremely relaxed, mind free and easy.
“Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique has reached Transformation Realm. Now cultivation efficiency is at peak, can continuously strengthen physical body. Perfect time to comprehend the two hardening techniques.”
Cultivation stepping into Heart Ape Stage minor accomplishment was his natural progression.
This was still without massive resources redeemed.
He swallowed the remaining Three Treasures Primordial Pill, consolidating his physique, then took out and examined the auxiliary skills from Master Long Qiushui.
“《Heavenly Python Dharma Body》 is truly exquisite. Named for cultivating physical body, but focuses on soul of snake and python constructing dharma body armor with true essence, used as defense. Even wearing inner armor, it can fully exert this hardening skill, even synergizing.”
Setting aside Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique, Su Yan’s Golden Ape Jade Body Skill and Tiger Body Bone Forging Technique were quite crude.
They tempered physical body, but methods limited, lacking exquisite variations.
Now comparing, Su Yan truly understood the profundity of martial arts cultivation manuals.
“However, to get started, need python or snake as sacrifice, a bit troublesome. Must go to Main Peak as Senior Brother Gu said to find such feral beasts.”
If seeking Gu Songde or his Master Long Qiushui, entry feral beasts would be no issue.
But he disliked troubling others too much, and for such cultivation auxiliary skills, fewer hands involved meant more hidden methods. Better to handle himself.
Moreover, he was curious what the liveliest Main Peak in Beast King Sect looked like.
So-called Main Peak was not Azure Dragon Peak or other mountain peaks, but a heaven-reaching giant peak moved thousands of years ago by several Dharma Aspect Realm True Persons from Fuyue Peak, along with contracted beasts and true intents.
Main Peak fixed the central palace, located at Beast King Sect core. Sect Master, sect elders, Sect Affairs Pavilion, Martial Arts Pavilion, etc., core institutions all here, also where many disciples must go.
Resources converged, disciples coming and going, naturally the liveliest.
Su Yan memorized the 《Heavenly Python Dharma Body》 cultivation manual, set it aside for now, and turned to 《Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture》.
“Five poisons are feral beast toxins, used to forge body, build foundation, temper bone structure. Stronger feral beast, stronger bone structure.”
Su Yan’s eyes brightened, thinking: “This is a feral beast auxiliary cultivation method, foundation is contracted beast. Ordinary people need contracted beast to cultivate, but I seem not to.”
Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture’s cultivation method used five complementary feral beast toxins to build foundation, then continuously temper bone structure with poison, forming acquired five poisons body, physical body strong, fearless of toxins.
Ordinary people cultivating, even without contracted beast, could first use lower-toxicity feral beasts as primer, slowly building, finally enhanced by contracted beast.
One aspect controlled toxin dosage, other ensured feral beast cooperation; only contracted beast could continuously strengthen and cooperate in cultivation.
But Su Yan differed; he brought fierce insects to apprentice, like ‘bringing his own dry rations’.
Su Yan carefully read, eyes increasingly joyful.
“Beast poison controllable, fuses with body. One in physical body’s endurance protecting body from damage, two in balance and harmony between each toxin, so bone structure strengthens more. Five not fixed number, but depends on one’s ability…”
Long Qiushui knew he cultivated Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique, Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon as true intent, already having toxin tolerance foundation.
Though many domineering beast poisons his cultivation couldn’t endure now, for entry cultivation, no problem.
Su Yan steadied his mind, thinking: “I have Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon protecting body, can boldly try. Moreover, for beast poison harmony, Six-Winged Blood Centipede and Flame Armored Scorpion, two fierce insects connected to my origin, one water one fire, though clashing, perfect yin-yang technique, ideal for building foundation.”
He immediately summoned Six-Winged Blood Centipede and Flame Armored Scorpion.
He operated Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture, true essence circulated, Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon true intent emerged, enveloping his whole body.
Instantly spiritual energy gathered, meridians surged, filled with faint green true essence.
He mind-ordered, Six-Winged Blood Centipede and Flame Armored Scorpion spat a wisp of toxin origin each, along with insect yuan, landing on him, invading body.
“Fuse for me.”
Toxin origin with insect yuan entered body, fusing process surprisingly simpler, smoother.
In a flash, under his control, two toxin origins traveled meridians, each occupying half the body.
Half body like falling into midwinter, icy cold heavy unbearable.
Half body like locked in forging iron furnace, scorching unbearable.
Six-Winged Blood Centipede evolved from Yin Water Centipede, devours bone and blood, transforms blood centipede, toxins especially yin cold.
Flame Armored Scorpion’s flame poison demonic, burning water cannot extinguish, extremely fearsome.
Both colliding; without Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon true intent and Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique protecting core.
Even Heart Ape Stage martial artist, whole body meridians would likely be destroyed.
Su Yan endured pain, continuously urged two toxin origins to convert mutually, left and right body halves senses inverting nonstop, Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture continuously shaping two toxin origins in process, integrating into bone structure.
Thus cultivating, in a blink three days and nights.
Finally in one inversion, both gradually fused, becoming two interconnected converting patterns, landing outside dantian acupoints, extending along entire spine.
Every operation, body’s fine impurities continuously eliminated, bone structure thus improved.
【Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture: 1/100（Beginner）】
Comprehending beginner, Su Yan exhaled long, body faintly transmitting Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, clearly progressed.
He stood, stretched body, revealed smile.
“Success. Two toxins as foundation, henceforth using insect yuan and toxin origin as base, continuously strengthen body. As long as Six-Winged Blood Centipede and Flame Armored Scorpion continuously strengthen, bone structure can follow suit.”
Cultivated long, inevitably hungry, Su Yan tidied slightly, returned two fierce insects to Insect Realm Space.
Now he hadn’t found chance to contract feral beast, temporarily unsuitable to display openly, must wait some days.
Just stepping out, Gu Songde himself came face-to-face, seeing his appearance, seemingly come to find him.
“Junior Brother, seeing you reassures me.”
Gu Songde came forward, looked him up and down, pupils suddenly contracting slightly, clearly seeing some clues.
‘Only a few days passed, cultivation already progressed. Uncle Long really favors him.’
Su Yan spirit full, such demeanor easily let others detect cultivation advance.
“Senior Brother, this is?”
“Someone hadn’t seen you out for days, worried something happened, so I came to check.”
Gu Songde just found an excuse; after all, secluded cultivation was commonplace.
Though Su Yan was new, not strange.
“Junior Brother, Grand Martial Lecture Hall at Nine Tablet Spirit Platform is about to open. Want to go listen together?”
