But this time, after the “Inner Core Skill” breakthrough, the “Five Elements Fist” seemed rather trivial; the speed of his “Qi-Blood Power” circulation had increased manifold.
It was on the twenty-fifth day that Wang Sheng had managed to breakthrough all his skills in a short period of time.
Of course, a slowdown in the process of skill breakthroughs did not mean that his progress had ceased.
In fact, the results of these skill breakthroughs had a significant impact on Wang Sheng, especially on his own realm.
“Refining Essence and Qi. Producing Medicine: 87%”
With great progress in “Five Elements Fist,” “Inner Core Skill,” and “Ba Duan Jin,” the advancement in “Refining Essence to Qi” was even more rapid.
“Perhaps in just over a month, I will enter the next realm of ’Refining Essence to Qi,’ right?”
But “Refining Essence to Qi” didn’t require such intense focus anymore.
The advancement of a realm emphasizes natural progression; whether it’s advancement through adversity or desperation, both are the results of accumulated experience.
Just like many novel protagonists, breakthroughs in adversity are either due to sufficient accumulation or, even with insufficient accumulation, various adventures make up for it.
So, why not just ensure enough accumulation and then breakthrough?
Wang Sheng still preferred breakthroughs that came naturally, so in such realm advancements, he never hurried; instead, he took his time.
“Let’s take it slowly and also use this time to study the things grown through the ’Planting Skill.’”
While he spent time on breakthroughs for his nearly maxed skills, the crops he had planted were essentially mature.
Iron Wood, rice, soybeans, and wheat had all matured, and they were the result of “Planting Skill” enhanced four times through breakthroughs.
Only the peach trees and jujube trees had not matured and were still growing.
Logically, if ginseng could mature, jujube trees and peach trees should have as well, but there were still no signs of mature fruits.
“Could it be that these fruit trees are somehow different?”
Wang Sheng just muttered to himself in doubt and didn’t pay much attention.
In fact, late maturity wasn’t necessarily a bad thing; through long experience, Wang Sheng understood that the longer the growth period, the more astonishing the final effects.
Since the jujube trees and peach trees took longer to grow, he decided to just let them grow, as long as the final results were good.
So, he quickly shifted his attention to the other four crops.
First up were the rice and wheat.
Both were mainstream crops in Wang Sheng’s memory; the “Planting Skill: Breakthrough +4” yielded rice and wheat that not only looked full of “Spiritual Energy” but also appeared aesthetically pleasing.
The grains were plump, with no empty husks, and both the plants and the grains had grown significantly larger, looking extremely beautiful.
For such edible items, Wang Sheng had only one way to test them: eating directly.
After some time, Wang Sheng utilized his “Qi-Blood Power” to dehusk the rice and wheat grains, turn the rice into cooked rice, and ground the wheat into flour, then kneaded it into dough, and cut it into noodles.
All these processes were accomplished using “Qi-Blood Power.”
With his current level of control over “Qi-Blood Power,” he could easily handle it, though it felt a bit odd.
“Using ’Qi-Blood Power’ to cook, I must be the only Grandmaster doing this, right?”
Of course, he said this, but he didn’t think much of it; wasn’t the point of gaining strength to make things more comfortable?
The first thing he prepared was the noodles; although his skills were not great, the quality of the raw materials was formidable. Despite the dough being kneaded haphazardly, the noodles were full of texture and elasticity.
The taste was simply seasoned, but the inherent flavor of the “Spiritual Grain” wheat surpassed everything else and shared a unique similarity with the fungi Xu Qu brought out during the New Year.
Then came the most important effects.
“Quickly replenishing physical energy, and—”
Wang Sheng performed the “Ba Duan Jin” once, and afterward, he hastily ate a few “Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills” to replenish his energy.
“Could it replace the ’Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill’ in replenishing cultivation energy? Although the effects are slightly inferior, it’s more than enough for beginner cultivators.”
Next were the effects of the rice, but the results were similar to those of the wheat, nothing surprising.
“Let’s call them ’Spirit Rice’ and ’Spirit Wheat’ then!”
These two items, if given to some factions, would definitely be immense treasures.
However, in Wang Sheng’s hands, they are merely benefits for the people of Qingshan Village.
After testing the Spirit Rice and Spiritual Grain, it was time for soybeans. Wang Sheng simply stir-fried the beans and ate them, then—
“Pfft~”
He let out a fart, something he hadn’t done in a long time.
Given Wang Sheng’s current strength, one can imagine the power of this fart.
However, after releasing it, he felt much lighter, as if it had cleared the impurities from his body.
Wang Sheng quickly understood the effect of the soybeans.
Human bodies accumulate impurities that can pollute the body over time. Normally, Wang Sheng would naturally expel them through cultivation without letting his body get contaminated.
But with the soybeans, they achieved this by a rather outlandish means, through farting…
“It’s kind of a treasure, actually!”
Theoretically, the soybeans were even more beneficial to him than the Spirit Rice and Spiritual Grain, provided he could accept this method of action.
“Well, that wraps up the testing of the three types of food. Next would be the Iron Wood, right?”
Iron Wood, something he had been looking forward to for a long time.
He had already tested the Iron Wood when it was mature, “Planting Skill: Breakthrough +4” resulted in the Iron Wood having greatly enhanced hardness, toughness, and weight.
Overall, it met his requirements, at least it wouldn’t get damaged when he used his full strength.
It was enough to start making spears.
Originally, it had no spearhead, but the Evil Flood Dragon he killed last time provided a good one.
“Evil Flood Dragon Horn!”
The Evil Flood Dragon had Grandmaster Level strength, and its horns were very powerful.
“Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter” included a method to process the Evil Flood Dragon Horn using “Mechanical Melting Iron,” which would integrate the mechanical melt into the horn, slightly altering its shape.
Of course, it was only a minor change.
It was impossible to melt and reshape the Evil Flood Dragon Horn like metal.
But even these changes were sufficient.
Because the original shape of the Evil Flood Dragon Horn was quite suitable, with the alteration by “Mechanical Melting Iron,” it was already more than enough.
So, for the next ten days or so, Wang Sheng, apart from continuing his cultivation of several important Cultivation Techniques, dedicated his time to crafting the spear.
It took him a lot of time to craft a spearhead from the Evil Flood Dragon’s horn.
Then he handled the Iron Wood, which normal knives could no longer process because their hardness was less than that of the Iron Wood.
Thus, Wang Sheng could only use his Qi-Blood Power to process a particularly suitable piece of Iron Wood.
Then, when it came time to join the spearhead and the handle, besides their inherent fit, he also used something from the Evil Flood Dragon.
The Evil Flood Dragon also had a substance similar to fish glue, referred to as Dragon Glue in the Mechanical Technique, which could be cooked into a very strong “glue”—this “glue” was highly rated in Mechanical Technique as a very useful adhesive.
Thus, a nearly entirely black spear was crafted.
The spear body had a metallic gloss and was made of black Iron Wood, while the spearhead, forged from the Evil Flood Dragon Horn and “Mechanical Melting Iron,” maintained the horn’s black color with some metallic luster from the “Mechanical Melting Iron,” somewhat matching the color of the Iron Wood.
Only the red tassel was ordinary.
Just like that, a ten-foot-long black spear was born.
The spearhead was one foot long, and under the light, it showed chilling glimmers, looking extremely dangerous.
“Let’s give it a name… it’s all black and made from materials from the Evil Flood Dragon, Black Flood Spear? No, that’s not stylish enough… Black Dragon Spear!”
“Yes, it’ll be called Black Dragon Spear!”
The Black Dragon Spear emerged into existence!