Over the course of more than a year, Wang Sheng had been deeply immersed in cultivation.
Progress was almost blatantly evident, including several extremely crucial skills.
In that year, he chiefly practiced Ba Duan Jin and Inner Core Skill, devoting the longest time to Inner Core Skill.
Thus, his precision in Refining Essence to Qi and Refining had reached 95%. He had not yet achieved a Breakthrough, but considering the pace of the Refining stage, it was not considered slow.
Cultivation knows no time, and it wasn’t just a saying.
Though it was merely the first major phase, what was the reality?
Inner Core Skill covered Refining Essence to Qi, Refining Qi into God, Refining God and Returning to Void, and then returning to the path, after which one truly attained immortality.
The path to becoming immortal had only four realms in total.
Wang Sheng’s pace was indeed astonishing.
If one could genuinely cultivate, it would take decades, if not hundreds of years to complete.
Inner Core Skill was extremely powerful in prolonging life, which also meant that cultivation time was destined to be long, regardless of the realm.
With the help of the progress bar, he could nearly reach the peak of Refining Essence to Qi in just a few years, which was already incredibly powerful.
With just five percent more progress, he could truly refine a great elixir.
At that time, his lifespan would increase again, reaching the level of legendary figures like Peng Zu should not be a problem.
However, the growth in the progress bar was now very slow; even with just five percent left in the Refining stage, it still required a not-so-short amount of time.
Then there was the progress of Inner Core Skill and Ba Duan Jin.
Both had achieved four Breakthroughs, and the current progress had reached ninety percent, which presumably wouldn’t take long to reach the fifth Breakthrough.
Especially for Ba Duan Jin, the next Breakthrough might take just two to three months, while Inner Core Skill might take a bit longer and would likely progress alongside the “Refining” stage.
Next was the Five Elements Fist, with three Breakthroughs, progressing faster and having reached ninety-eight percent progress; the next Breakthrough should come quicker.
Finally, there was the skill with the highest progress on the progress bar.
“Planting Skill: Breakthrough +5 (99%)”
He spent as much time on Planting Skill as on any Cultivation Technique, after all, the resources for cultivation were also the foundation for improvement.
And at the same level, the progress speed of Planting Skill was a bit faster, so even after several merges, it was about to achieve the sixth Breakthrough.
If Wang Sheng guessed right, the Planting Skill with six Breakthroughs would transform again.
As for the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill which had moved from four to five Breakthroughs, the steps were simple: Refining became more convenient, and the pills became more rounded.
With so much progress, Wang Sheng’s strength had also significantly improved.
The progress in the “Refining” stage alone had enhanced his Qi Blood Power and Divine Thought considerably.
The progress in other martial techniques also enhanced his strength.
After reviewing his skills, he made a decision.
“Both Inner Core Skill and Ba Duan Jin need to be improved, but there shouldn’t be any qualitative change. The same goes for the Five Elements Fist and Yijin Scripture, so next I’ll focus on amping up the Planting Skill.”
Planting Skill was not only the most likely to achieve a Breakthrough, but it was also one of the most crucial skills.
His cultivation speed was linked to Spiritual Medicine.
Whether enhancing Blood Qi or Inner Core Skill, a large amount of resources was needed.
And thus, “Planting Skill”, capable of cultivating Spiritual Medicine, was extremely important.
Take “Blood Qi like Dragon” for example.
More than a year, nearly two years ago, he had already reached the stage of Blood Qi like Dragon.
But in such a long time, the progress was only ten percent, which was incredibly slow.
It is important to note that the progress of Blood Qi was linked to Ba Duan Jin, and he had spent a long time practicing Ba Duan Jin.
The time spent on Five Elements Fist and Yijin Scripture was a bit shorter.
The progress was so slow partly because Blood Qi like Dragon was very difficult to enhance.
After all, Blood Qi like Dragon had given him the power of a Great Grandmaster, even a top Great Grandmaster; one could imagine, the strength of the next realm was likely to surpass Great Grandmaster and reach a frightening level.
So, being a bit slow was somewhat understandable.
Of course, that was just one reason.
Another reason was due to Spiritual Medicine.
After Wang Sheng’s Blood Qi advanced, the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill was still useful, but it had diminished considerably in boosting his own strength.
The little effects of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill had minimal help in enhancing Blood Qi.
So it took such a long time to achieve such little progress.
With such high difficulty in advancement, it was naturally an unsolvable issue, so external aid had to be sought.
Thus, enhancing the effects of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill was the urgent matter at hand.
One hit, fresh; devour the heavens.
Having made the decision, Wang Sheng began to advance the progress of Planting Skill.
Simply put, it meant farming.
At his level, farming was also a form of leisure, allowing him not to be so bored.
With ninety-nine percent progress, even if the skill level was high, about half a month’s time, the “Planting Skill” had successfully achieved the sixth Breakthrough.
“Planting Skill: Breakthrough +6 (1%)”
Looking at the Planting Skill that had undergone another Breakthrough, Wang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, and next, he was to test the effects of the sixth Breakthrough of Planting Skill.
He did not hesitate and began farming directly; it did not take long before a new batch of medicinal materials appeared.
In the past, he might have only been able to turn them into pills and then determine the final effects, but now, under the influence of Divine Thought, he could directly assess the effects of these Spiritual Medicines.
Divine Thought directly covered them, then compared them with the previous Spiritual Medicines.
“The effects of the medicine did indeed increase greatly, undergoing a complete metamorphosis, this is… Medicine King!”
Wang Sheng had also encountered Medicine Kings before, and not just once.
Apart from the Bloodthirsty Lotus Medicine King, the people in the village had actually found another Medicine King.
That was discovered by Wang Shuwen and was already in a mature state, eventually taken by the village chief to be given to Wang Sheng.
That Medicine King was called the Ming Wu Flower.
The Medicine Kings in this world generally each have their own effects, and the effect of the Ming Wu Flower was somewhat similar to that of Understanding Dao Tea.
As long as one inhaled the pollen of the Ming Wu Flower, then continued to cultivate martial arts and Cultivation Techniques, one would achieve twice the result with half the effort.
It was also an extremely rare Medicine King.
However, the village still unreservedly gave it to him.
Despite the strong effects of the Ming Wu Flower, for him, it was nothing.
The progress bar was way more useful than this thing.
So Wang Sheng planted it alongside many other Spiritual Medicines by the front door of his house, purely as ornamental flowers.
With the maintenance of the progress bar, these flowers were always vibrant and colorful, no matter the time.
Yue would always gaze at them multiple times whenever she visited, even Grandmaster Level forces didn’t have such luxury.
Having seen Medicine Kings twice, Wang Sheng could determine the rank of the medicinal materials in his hand.
They were all Medicine King!
“Let’s see if there are any special effects!”
Wang Sheng directly tested the effects of each type of Spiritual Medicine.
He eventually came to a conclusion, there were effects, but rather than special effects, they were greatly enhanced effects of the original medicine.
“That’s good!”
Actually, Wang Sheng wasn’t particularly concerned about the special effects of Medicine Kings, whether it was the Bloodthirsty Medicine King or the Ming Wu Flower, for him, their utility wasn’t particularly significant, basically unusable.
Thus, he wasn’t particularly bothered by the effects of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill materials turning into Medicine Kings.
What he cared most about was the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill itself, enhancing Qi-Blood was what he wanted.
If the nature of the medicine really had changed drastically, no one knew if the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill could still be produced.
Now that the nature of the medicine had not changed, there naturally weren’t any major issues.
“Let’s give it a try now!”
Without hesitation, Wang Sheng, with a thought of his Divine Thought, directly extracted the nature of these medicinal materials that had reached the Medicine King standard, and began crafting Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills.
Breaking through five times made the creation of Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills even more convenient.
In no time, several Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills were all crafted and then fused together using Refined Honey.
He let all the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills fall into his hand.
A sweet, medicinally aromatic scent wafted towards him.
Medicine King Level medicinal materials, used to create elixirs, were incomparable to ordinary pills.
Freshly made, they could hardly contain their fragrance.
Wang Sheng sensed with his Divine Thought and felt an extremely strong medicinal effect.
Without hesitation, he swallowed a pill.
“Such a strong medicinal effect!”
It had been a long time since Wang Sheng had felt such a potent medicinal effect.
Only at the very beginning had he experienced such a powerful effect.
He silently practiced Ba Duan Jin once, absorbed the medicinal effect completely, and felt his own improvement, revealing a smile.
This medicinal effect, he reckoned, could last him a long time.
“Breaking through six times, it really is a transformation!”
Even if those medicinal materials didn’t have any special effects, the powerful medicinal effect itself was worthy of the name transformation.
“Next up, see all the medicinal materials turn into Medicine King.”
With Medicine King standard, he naturally wouldn’t use any other medicinal materials again.
After some time, Wang Sheng turned all the Spiritual Medicines into Medicine Kings.
Even two other things had transformed.
The peach and jujube trees in the courtyard.
These two fruit trees were planted by Wang Sheng quite some time ago. After several years, they just grew in size but bore no fruits.
Thus, even now, they hadn’t served any purpose.
But this time with “Planting Skill” breaking through six times, there were new changes finally.
The peach and jujube trees both bloomed, bringing about a totally new change.
These changes Wang Sheng hadn’t anticipated.
“Could it be that they are going to bear fruit?”
He couldn’t make an accurate judgment.
“Just wait and see!”
Since the fruit trees were here, they couldn’t run away, and the results would be known later.
After so many years, he had gotten used to it, whether they bore fruit or not didn’t matter, now Wang Sheng had other ideas.
He wanted to first create an elixir that could enhance spiritual power, which is Divine Thought.
The potential of the “Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter” was significant, and he wouldn’t give up studying.
Items that could enhance spiritual power could help with cultivation, and he naturally wanted to try that…