This time, Han Muye witnessed the auction in the cultivation world.
All the treasures were priceless.
He also saw the hardships of the itinerant cultivators and small sects.
A spiritual rock could stump some cultivators for the rest of their lives.
When he went to the ancient cultivator’s cave abode, he felt even more deeply.
Every step of cultivation was really a combination of opportunity and danger.
Even a Grand Cultivator did not have everything going smoothly.
Between tomorrow and accidents, one never knew which would come first.
The only thing one could do was to cultivate with all one’s might so that one had the strength to deal with everything.
Han Muye walked towards the Sword Pavilion.
“Instructor Lin, you were able to protect me at that critical moment. Isn’t this opportunity what you deserve?”
Lin Shen, who was following behind him, smiled and nodded.
…
When the two of them returned to the Sword Pavilion, Lu Gao was already at the door.
“Ancestor Tao Ran said that Senior Brother Han and Instructor Lin returned before him, but he didn’t see you. He thought something had happened to you.” His words were filled with concern.
Lu Gao had a spiritual sword fused into his body. Although his eyes were covered by a black veil, it did not affect his movements at all.
The sword was his eye.
“I happened to obtain some benefits.” Han Muye laughed and walked into the Sword Pavilion.
Old Huang Six and Gao Xiaoxuan had just come forward when Patriarch Tao Ran’s voice sounded.
“Come to the third floor, boy.”
Han Muye smiled, patted Gao Xiaoxuan’s head, and walked to the third floor.
He was also curious about what Patriarch Tao Ran had gained from sending the sword to the Bright Mountain Sword Sect.
After all, that sword was the legacy of the Bright Mountain Sword Sect’s Young Sect Master and was the sword of Sect Master Yang Dingshan’s grandson.
On the third floor, Patriarch Tao Ran and the Sword Pavilion Elder were both present.
Han Muye bowed and said to the Sword Pavilion Elder, “Elder, I have something to report.”
The Sword Elder nodded.
Han Muye then told Lin Shen about how he had gone to the cave abode of the great cultivator and how the sword spirit had devoured its master.
After he finished speaking, he looked up and saw Patriarch Tao Ran and the Sword Pavilion Elder with complicated expressions.
“Kid, do you believe in opportunities?” Patriarch Tao Ran sized up Han Muye and said.
Han Muye nodded.
“You’re the kind of person that can encounter opportunities wherever you go.” Patriarch Tao Ran’s words were bitter.
He wondered why he didn’t encounter such a good thing in the cave abode of a great cultivator.
I’ve really been cultivating hard all my life. But I’m not lucky like others…
“Lin Shen is considered one of us. He’s also obsessed with the Sword Dao. Just teach him the Nurturing Sword Technique.” Gao Changgong was quite open-minded.
After all, Lin Shen had already fused with the jade bones of a great cultivator.
As long as he slowly nurtured and refined him, he would be a proper expert.
Even if he did not have the combat strength of a great cultivator, with the jade bones fused into his body, he could definitely suppress a half-step Heaven Realm expert.
It was better to be on his side than to let outsiders benefit.
Han Muye raised his hand and took out the sword pill, the jade bottle, and the jade slip.
Previously, he was unwilling to ask the Sword Pavilion Elder and Patriarch Tao Ran to investigate the cave abode of the great cultivator because he did not want them to take the treasures.
Now that he took them out, he was certain that these two would not be able to bring themselves to snatch his treasures.
As expected, their gazes landed on the jade bottle and the sword pill. Although a trace of desire flashed across their faces, they still shook their heads.
“Although the sword pill is good, it needs to be nurtured and consumes a lot of sword qi. It’s up to you.” The Sword Pavilion Elder reached out and took the jade bottle. He did not open it and only looked at Patriarch Tao Ran.
“The two necessary medicinal pills for the reincarnation of a great cultivator are the Spirit Accumulation Pill and the Bone Transformation Pill. This pill is either the Spirit Accumulation Pill or the Bone Transformation Pill, right?”
Patriarch Tao Ran nodded and looked at the jade bottle. “The Spirit Accumulation Pill nourishes the soul, and the Bone Transformation Pill fuses with the jade bone. This senior has already prepared everything 10,000 years ago. Unfortunately…”
Unfortunately, he still died.
This was the cultivation world.
Even a great cultivator would not dare to say that he would live forever.
This was cultivation.
Thinking of that lonely cultivator, Han Muye was glad that he had so many brothers and friends around him.
Huang Six was very close to him. He would even borrow his wife’s money to extend his life.
Lin Shen and Lu Gao were brothers who could entrust their lives to each other.
There was also his master, Mo Yuan, who had given him most of his wealth.
At this moment, on the third floor of the Sword Pavilion, the Sword Pill and other treasures were placed in front of them. The patriarch and elder did not have any ill intentions.
Ever since he transmigrated and walked into the Nine Mystic Sword Sect, he had seen mutual deception. He had also seen the persistence of cultivation and life.
Wasn’t this the requirement for immortality?
Looking at the small jade bottle that the great cultivator had prepared for reincarnation but did not use in the end, Han Muye suddenly had many understandings.
“Hum—”
Around him, spiritual light rose and turned into clouds that enveloped his body.
In his meridians, spiritual energy surged like a galloping horse.
The spiritual energy that filled his dantian slowly turned into thick clouds.
Qi Condensation Liquid.
Qi Condensation Realm!
This moment of enlightenment allowed Han Muye to immediately break through the cultivation barrier and step into the Qi Condensation Realm!
Does this work?
The Sword Pavilion Elder and Patriarch Tao Ran looked at each other and shook their heads with a smile.
“Kid, if you have any good medicinal pills, take them now. When you step into the Qi Condensation Realm, you will be called a small Foundation Establishment cultivator.” As Patriarch Tao Ran spoke, he took out two small jade bottles.
However, just as he took out the jade bottles, he paused.
Bright pills appeared in Han Muye’s hands.
Cloud Qi Pill, five to six, supreme-grade.
Essence Energy Nurturing Pill, four to five, supreme-grade.
There was also a pill with a mysterious divine light.
That was the Three Yang Nourishing Divine Pill that could increase the strength of the soul. One was worth 50,000 spiritual rocks.
Ignoring Patriarch Tao Ran’s surprise, Han Muye swallowed the pills one by one.
At this moment, he was swallowing pills on the third floor of the Sword Pavilion. Wasn’t it best to have the protection of two elders?
When the pills entered his stomach, they turned into spiritual energy that surged through his meridians.
The medicinal power in the supreme-grade Cloud Qi Pill seemed to be insufficient. After swallowing five pills, he swallowed the remaining Essence Energy Nurturing Pill without hesitation.
The medicinal power contained in a pill could increase one’s cultivation base by one level, what more a supreme-grade pill.
With the impact of the medicinal power, Han Muye’s blood surged, and the shadows of iron oxen appeared.
After reaching the ninth ox, the phantom behind him no longer flashed, but it began to slowly change its appearance.
The illusory green ox shadows condensed into a corporeal form, and spiritual patterns floated on its body.
“Cultivation technique fusion, derivation, and transformation?”
Patriarch Tao Ran was surprised and said in a low voice, “Good kid, you have some comprehension.”
“How capable are you?” The Sword Pavilion Elder smiled and said, “Back then, Patriarch and I spent nearly a hundred years deducing the Prairie Fire Sword Technique.”
These words made Patriarch Tao Ran blush slightly.
“Ahem, this Iron Ox Strength’s subsequent cultivation technique is incomplete. I wonder how this kid is going to advance?” Changing the topic, Patriarch Tao Ran looked at the constantly changing bull shadow behind Han Muye.
“Boom—”
With a loud bang, the nine ox shadows dissipated and turned into a green spiritual light. Then it poured into his body and fused into his bones.
Behind Han Muye, jade-colored bones could be seen flashing.
He used his physical strength to condense the sword bones.
“Kid, are you so decisive?” Patriarch Tao Ran said in a low voice, “You couldn’t choose the follow-up of the cultivation technique and immediately interrupted the breakthrough of your body refinement. Such decisiveness is really rare.”
“This is a major breakthrough. If I miss today, I don’t know when I’ll have the chance.”
Breakthrough was all about opportunity.
The opportunity had arrived.
If he missed this opportunity, he might remain a nobody.
Patriarch Tao Ran was very surprised that Han Muye gave up when he broke through.
“Is this kid afraid that he won’t have the opportunity to break through?”
The elder of the Sword Pavilion was calm. He chuckled and said, “It’s not easy to choose whether to cultivate the body of an ancient Ox or the Black Ox Spirit Body, or transform into a Primordial Ox.”
The spiritual energy cultivation technique was still alright. In the future, it would be a path of merging many techniques into one and cultivating many techniques from one.
However, there were too many choices for body-tempering cultivation techniques. Many times, if a cultivator took a wrong step and chose something that was not most suitable for him, he would be very sorrowful. He might even waste years of hard work.
Han Muye had indeed not thought of what path he would take in the future. Just now, when his body refinement cultivation broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm, he had forcefully stopped.
But he had no regrets.
It was just a breakthrough. He could do it anytime.
The qi, blood, and spiritual energy in his body surged, condensing the sword bones, causing other jade-colored sword bones to appear.
An hour later, his dantian had already expanded to a radius of 100 feet. Nearly 20,000 sword qi intertwined and spun like fish.
The vast sea of qi seemed endless, allowing countless sword qi to roam.
The six sword intents each occupied a place in his Qi Sea.
This was the result of Han Muye injecting more sword intent into the swords on the first floor.
The last time he shared his insights about swords, he earned a lot.
When the last pill entered his stomach, Han Muye retracted the sword energy and spiritual energy around him, and the aura on his body suddenly became mysterious.
His soul power began to condense into sword qi.
It was not the Sword Condensing Technique that he had cultivated before, but the combination of the three incantations: Focus, qi condensation, and body condensation.
Mystic Sun Technique.
The sword qi in the divine treasure did not remain in the divine treasure. Instead, it wandered around his body and fused with the sword qi in his Qi Sea and dantian.
The sword qi that had fused with his soul was even more agile. It passed through his meridians and was as warm as water.
Only such cultivation was carefree.
Half a day later, Han Muye stopped cultivating and opened his eyes.
At this moment, he was already a cultivator at the first level of Qi Condensation.
With this cultivation, he was definitely an inner sect disciple of the Sword Sect.
Thinking about how he didn’t even have the qualifications to enter the sect with his previous ninth-grade aptitude, Han Muye couldn’t help but sigh.
After stepping into the Qi Condensation Realm, he could be considered a cultivator with some cultivation.
“Thank you, Patriarch. Elder, for your protection.” He bowed to the Sword Pavilion Elder and Patriarch Tao Ran.
He had to be nice.
The Sword Pavilion Elder waved his hand and handed back the jade slip he had obtained from the cultivator’s cave abode.
“The cultivation technique in this jade slip is a little strange. I’ve already copied it.”
“You won’t object, will you?”
Since he had taken it out, Han Muye naturally would not object to the Sword Pavilion Elder copying it.
Besides, could he stop it?
“Kid, did you refine those supreme-grade pills yourself?”
Patriarch Tao Ran looked at Han Muye.
Han Muye nodded.
“Are you really using sword qi to refine pills?” Patriarch Tao Ran stared at Han Muye.
“I’m using sword qi to refine pills.” Han Muye did not hide anything.
“You’re preparing to visit the Mu family with Su Liang, right?” Patriarch Tao Ran leaned closer and lowered his voice. “Kid, let’s discuss something. How about you teach me the alchemy technique?”