263 Building the Foundation (2)
“I’ve been in the Qi Refinement Realm for more than a hundred years, and it’s been many years since. I’ve reached the peak of the Qi Refinement Realm. Although the quality of my spiritual energy is not very condensed, my control of my spiritual energy has surpassed most of the Qi Refinement Realm cultivators after so many years of training. As for Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation techniques, when I left Xiaoqian Mountain back then, a group of people from the Divine Eye Sect graciously sent me a package, which gave me a few more techniques. I only need to pick a suitable cultivation technique!”
Jiang Ming pondered for a moment. His only shortcoming was his degree of condensation of spiritual energy, which was the main reason for his failure of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
After all, it was impossible for an individual cultivator to find any precious spirit herbs or rare treasures that could temper their own spiritual energy.
Although Jiang Ming had consumed a lot of resources over the years, most of them were still common goods in the market of individual cultivators. He had never seen any high-level stuff. Compared with the genius disciples of the major sects, he was still far behind.
“However, I happen to have something on me that can make up for this flaw.”
Jiang Ming stroked his storage ring. The jade bottles, gourds, and other tools in it were filled with a large amount of ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood.
According to ancient records, this could wash the meridians of immortal cultivators and condense spiritual energy. It was an extremely rare treasure.
The ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood was incredibly difficult to find here. The conditions for its production were extremely harsh, and it still needed tens of thousands of years to process. Even the geniuses in the grotto-heavens and blessed lands would find it difficult to find something of this level.
Furthermore, the ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood was very useful even for Foundation Establishment Realm and Golden Core Realm cultivators. No one would ever let Qi Refinement Realm disciples use it to condense their spiritual energy.
“With this alone, I can surpass those geniuses from the major forces. Moreover, I’ve dug out a lot of the crystals from the bottom of the pool. Although I don’t know what they are, they must be more precious than the ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood. If I consume them all. It might have some wondrous effect!”
Jiang Ming was not afraid of any problems. After all, he was immortal.
“Let’s try it out!”
Jiang Ming immediately took out a jade bottle from his storage ring and began to pour its contents into his mouth.
Although the jade bottle looked small, its capacity as a magical tool was immense. Jiang Ming drank until he was a little full, and then he burped and tried to refine the ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood in his body.
Not long after he drank it, he felt as if there was a flame erupting in his body. The heat swept through his limbs and bones from his abdomen, erupting with an extremely pure medicinal power. However, it was extremely violent, like sharp blades, destroying his flesh and meridians like crazy.
Jiang Ming gasped. However, he also knew that this was not the time to waste the medicinal power. He endured the severe pain and circulated the Five Elemental Arts to refine the medicinal power of the ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood.
At this moment, Jiang Ming felt as if his whole body was burning. Even his soul was in excruciating pain. A violent and strange power was rapidly permeating his body.
Jiang Ming’s spiritual energy and blood Qi were rapidly refined under the penetration of the strange power. However, Jiang Ming’s blood Qi had been refined to an extremely pure state. Therefore, the effect was not obvious now. However, he could feel that the condensation of the strange power and blood Qi made his foundation more solid. The power contained in every trace of blood Qi was enhanced a lot.
As for Jiang Ming’s spiritual energy, it was undergoing a huge change. The spiritual energy that used to be as erratic as smoke was quickly becoming solid and clear.
After a full four hours, Jiang Ming could feel that the pain in his body was slowly reducing.
The medicinal effect of the ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood was too violent. If it was not for the inextinguishable origin light, he would have exploded.
However, its effect also exceeded Jiang Ming’s expectations. The spiritual energy in his body had undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before.
Even Jiang Ming’s spiritual core, which used to be chaotic, had calmed down a lot.
“Spiritual energy like smoke is a characteristic of ordinary Qi Refinement Realm cultivators. The geniuses from the major forces, who can refine one-tenth of their spiritual energy into liquid before breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, are considered outstanding. Those who can successfully condense one-third of their spiritual energy are almost unheard of! Only Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators can condense spiritual energy completely into liquid!”
At this moment, about a quarter of the spiritual energy in Jiang Ming’s body had completely turned into liquid.
He was deep in thought. He knew himself. How could he not know what his aptitude was like? It had nothing to do with being a genius.
“It seems that this ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood is exquisite. In addition to the undying origin light, I was able to condense my spiritual energy to this level without damaging my meridians! However, I don’t know how far I can go.”
Jiang Ming naturally would not give up. He immediately took out the jade bottle and drank more ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood before he began to refine it.
At the end of the second round, Jiang Ming’s spiritual energy condensation had already reached one-third of its completion.
“However, its medicinal effects seem to have weakened!” Jiang Ming muttered to himself, “It seems that it’s the same as condensing blood Qi. The more you progress, the more difficult it becomes. Fortunately, I have enough ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood. The spiritual energy consumed for two tempering sessions is also quite a lot. I’ll cultivate and recover first, and then go for another round tomorrow!”
While slowly recovering his spiritual energy, he took out a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation technique from the storage ring and browsed through it.
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Half a month later, Jiang Ming threw away an empty jade bottle and frowned.
“I’ve drunk a few hundred pounds of it. Why isn’t it working?”
At this time, in Jiang Ming’s body, all the spiritual energy had almost turned into a liquid, clear and flawless, flowing in his meridians. However, in the center of his spiritual core, there was still a trace of spiritual energy that was stubbornly refusing to be condensed.
“Do I really have to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm to be able to do this?”
Jiang Ming was irritated.
“Oh, that’s right.” Jiang Ming’s eyes suddenly lit up. He still had the crystals.
With a flip of his wrist, he took out a purple crystal from his storage ring. It was flowing with a faint luster, as if it was condensed from the purest energy.
“It’s all up to you now.” Jiang Ming threw it into his mouth without hesitation. He chewed a few times and swallowed it directly.
An energy a hundred times purer than before instantly burst out in Jiang Ming’s body.