After the Black Dragon Spear was crafted, Wang Sheng naturally couldn’t resist trying it out.
It had to be said, the Six Harmonies Spear, a weapon imbued with skills, truly displayed its powerful potential only when wielded.
Even a simple thrust could unleash formidable force, seeming to pierce through space with an overwhelming presence, and a flick could easily stir the ground, altering the terrain.
He then realized the destructive power was somewhat intense, so he briefly tested it before discontinuing, and thereafter he only practiced daily by restraining his power.
Time sped by during his practices, and nearly a month had passed.
At dawn, Wang Sheng opened his eyes.
“Refining Essence and Qi. Producing Medicine: 99.5%”
During this time, he shifted his focus to the cultivation of his realm, and now, he had finally reached the end of the “Producing Medicine” phase.
An important stage was next.
“Harvesting and Sealing!”
This actually encompassed two concepts, harvesting the medicine and sealing the furnace.
They were combined because the harvesting phase lasted only a very short period and was closely linked to sealing the furnace.
After the “Producing Medicine” phase was complete, “Minor Medicine” would form.
But as “Minor Medicine” formed, it was like a crossbow arrow poised to launch, desiring to escape externally. Capturing it during this fleeting moment required harvesting the medicine.
Simply put, as soon as “Minor Medicine” formed and tried to break away from the Dantian, potentially ruining months of effort within mere moments, one needed to act.
So, grabbing the “Minor Medicine” was like firing a powerful crossbow, seizing that brief opportunity through a harvesting action that was neither harvesting nor not harvesting, capturing it right at the instant it formed.
After seizing the “Minor Medicine” came the Sealing Furnace, also known as stabilizing it.
The body acted as a giant refining melting furnace, with the Dantian at its core, incubating the “Minor Medicine.”
This encapsulated the entire process of Harvesting and Sealing.
Due to the unique nature of the process, the two steps were inherently connected.
After harvesting, one must immediately proceed to the Sealing Furnace.
This was why Wang Sheng halted his progress at “99.5%” abruptly, as harvesting required his undivided attention to prevent failure.
In theory, a failed harvest wouldn’t cause much physical harm, only depleting Qi-Blood for some time, but the temporal cost was immense. Hence, despite the presence of a progress bar, he was preparing comprehensively, for capturing the Minor Medicine required summoning all his Essence Qi and spirit without distraction.
After about half an hour of composure, allowing his Qi-Blood and spirit to stabilize, and after ensuring that Da Bai stood guard at the door to prevent any disturbance, Wang Sheng drank a big mouthful of chrysanthemum tea and continued to cultivate his Inner Core Skill, ready to complete the remaining 0.5% in an instant.
And he was poised to capture that very moment!
As the Inner Core Skill circulated, the progress bar gradually advanced.
In that instant—
The progress bar reached a certain limit and hit one hundred percent.
The Qi Blood Power merged with the “spirit” like a grain of spirit light seemed to flicker for a moment, then Wang Sheng felt something stirring inside his body, as if his Dantian was being agitated.
His “spirit” sensed something, something had come into existence.
Spirit awareness equals harvesting!
Wang Sheng knew the moment his “spirit” stirred was the time for harvesting.
He pressed his tongue against the roof of his mouth and held his breath, tightening his anus, closing off both his mouth and nose, sealing his entire body. Then he began searching for that spirit light.
“Little Medicine” had already been produced, and at this moment, it would start trying to escape, so it needed to be compelled by the “spirit” to be forced back into the furnace.
And that furnace was the Dantian.
It was the birthplace of the Little Medicine.
Under the influence of chrysanthemum tea, Wang Sheng’s spirit was highly concentrated. He almost instantly located the Little Medicine and succeeded in harvesting it!
He dared not relax. He immediately mobilized his own Qi-Blood Power and began forcing the Little Medicine, which also meant he started the Sealing Furnace process.
Little Medicine tried to flee directly, but Wang Sheng had sealed his body tightly; there was no place for it to escape, and it could only flee along the route planned by Wang Sheng.
It was hard to know how much time had passed when the Little Medicine, born from the Dantian, once again returned to the Dantian.
At this time, Wang Sheng did not stop his movements. His Qi-Blood Power moved in unison, merging with the spirit’s Qi-Blood Power to firmly seal the Dantian, securing the Little Medicine.
This process seemed lengthy, but it actually took less than a minute.
The progress bar directly jumped from “Refining Essence and Qi. Producing Medicine” to “Refining Essence and Qi. Harvesting Medicine,” but “Harvesting Medicine” only lasted a moment before turning into “Refining Essence and Qi. Sealing Furnace: 1%.”
The Sealing Furnace process essentially meant guarding the Dantian, trapping the Little Medicine inside.
The Little Medicine was born from the merging of the spirit’s Qi-Blood Power, and Wang Sheng used the same Qi-Blood Power to seal it, which also served to guard the Dantian.
The realm of Sealing Furnace required that, at this stage, the Little Medicine be turned into a pill mother.
The method was nearly similar to producing medicine, but the outcome was different. The secured Little Medicine had developed a different property, and the Qi-Blood Power would produce a completely different result with the River Carriage Operation.
However, though Sealing Furnace was not as fleeting as harvesting medicine, this process would not take too much time, nor would it greatly impact his strength.
Sealing Furnace was merely a transitional realm, simply intended to turn the Little Medicine into a pill mother.
The real time-consuming process and the one that immensely boosts strength was actually the next stage in Refining Essence to Qi, Refining.
This stage was where the greatest enhancement in Refining Essence to Qi occurred and also required the most energy.
Of course, for the current Wang Sheng, it was necessary to complete the Sealing Furnace step first. Only by turning the Little Medicine into a pill mother could he move on to the next step.
And this step was also a process of accumulation.
Inner Core Skill emphasized the dual cultivation of life and spirit and was not to be rushed.
Thus, Wang Sheng opened his eyes.
“Sigh~”
Although it was a brief period, Wang Sheng still felt mentally exhausted. Capturing Little Medicine was certainly no easy feat.
This was with the aid of a progress bar, and he couldn’t fail.
Otherwise, the energy he would have expended might have been even greater.
“Next comes the slow accumulation!”
During this period, Wang Sheng needed to accumulate over a long time. He didn’t need to do anything else, just to steadily pass this time.
“That way, I’ll also have time to delve into some of my own interests!”
Such as Mechanical Techniques, or Mechanical Techniques, even Mechanical Techniques, and so on.
Indeed, he had been eyeing a few things within Mechanical Techniques for a while now. But previously, there had been no time, and the level of Mechanical Techniques hadn’t risen much. Now, he could finally carve out time to continue his studies…