Chapter 21: Xuanyin Puppet Refining
Daoist Ziyang wasn’t ignorant of the world of cultivation.
He had seen countless geniuses from immortal sects, some of whom even reached the Spirit Condensation Realm with a single thought.
But most of these geniuses had consumed countless cultivation resources and accumulated years of foundation to achieve such results, the sheer quantity astonishing even to Core Formation cultivators.
Not to mention the Dao Insights of Foundation Establishment cultivators, even Core Formation and Nascent Soul cultivators provided them.
But without massive amounts of cultivation resources… Daoist Ziyang doubted whether any of those so-called geniuses could compare to Su Yiyao.
Just then, the door opened, and Su Yiyao walked out, her beautiful eyes meeting Daoist Ziyang’s gaze.
“Master,” Su Yiyao asked softly, her voice measured, “After reaching the Innate Realm, how should I cultivate?”
Being stared at by those eyes, Daoist Ziyang, for some reason, took a few steps back.
But he quickly recovered, thinking to himself how could he be intimidated by a little Innate Realm brat, and resumed his usual demeanor.
“Come with me…”
Daoist Ziyang paused mid-sentence.
He had originally intended to take Su Yiyao, like Li Zining, to attempt merging with the Xuanyin Gu Seed, but on second thought, it wasn’t safe enough.
Recently, the Xuanyin Body girls he had found, who had reached the Innate Realm, had all failed.
One reason was aptitude, the other was cultivation level.
Insufficient aptitude, insufficient cultivation.
Daoist Ziyang had considered letting them advance further in the Innate Realm before merging with the Xuanyin Gu Seed.
But the problem was, each stage after the Innate Realm was profound and mysterious, relying mostly on personal comprehension.
Cultivating the Soul, Forging the Body, Strengthening the Mind, and Refining the Spirit, each step was extremely difficult. For ordinary cultivators, without external aids, it would take years, sometimes even decades.
Unless Daoist Ziyang could find Nascent Soul Dao Insights for them to use.
But if he had those, he wouldn’t be stuck at the Foundation Establishment Realm, hiding from his enemies for decades.
And the longer he spent nurturing disciples, the more variables there would be. For the sake of his grand plan, he could only choose the safest course of action.
Therefore, Daoist Ziyang couldn’t wait.
But now it was different.
Su Yiyao… had reached the Innate Realm overnight.
Seeing Daoist Ziyang’s prolonged silence, Su Yiyao repeated her question, her tone colder.
“Master, after reaching the Innate Realm, how should I cultivate?”
“Cultivate, oh… right, you can cultivate.”
Daoist Ziyang composed himself, hesitated for a moment, then took out a jade slip and carefully handed it to Su Yiyao.
“Su Yiyao, cultivate this scripture first. The matter of formal initiation will have to be delayed for a while.”
This time, Daoist Ziyang didn’t dare to casually hand it to a maid, because what he took out was the true inheritance of the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture.
This was the jade slip he had received from his Master, True Person Phoenix Yin.
As for the possibility of Su Yiyao successfully cultivating the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture…
Daoist Ziyang would only be happier. The chances of successfully merging with the Xuanyin Gu Seed would increase significantly.
But unfortunately, it was impossible.
The inheritance of the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture was incomplete, the technique flawed.
Otherwise, Daoist Ziyang wouldn’t have needed to refine True Person Phoenix Yin’s remains into the Xuanyin Gu Seed.
Su Yiyao took the jade slip and casually placed it in her sleeve, then said directly,
“I also need pills.”
She knew very well that Daoist Ziyang would agree.
Because Ah Chou had told her that Daoist Ziyang wanted them to cultivate as quickly as possible, so he couldn’t refuse.
Huang Xinya, who was standing beside them, finally couldn’t stand it anymore and jumped out, saying,
“Su Yiyao! Who do you think you are, how dare you speak to Master like…”
“Alright.”
Before Huang Xinya could finish, Daoist Ziyang nodded and took out a box, handing it to Su Yiyao.
“There are five inside. If it’s not enough, tell me.”
Daoist Ziyang saw Su Yiyao’s attitude, but he didn’t care. He didn’t care what Su Yiyao was planning.
Daoist Ziyang only needed one result, and that was for Su Yiyao to successfully merge with the Xuanyin Gu Seed. Besides that, even if Su Yiyao insulted him to his face, it wouldn’t matter.
Because of his strength, Daoist Ziyang wasn’t worried about any accidents. His Foundation Establishment cultivation was his absolute guarantee.
“I look forward… to you reaching the Spirit Condensation Realm with this scripture.”
Daoist Ziyang smiled faintly and turned to leave, ignoring Huang Xinya and Yu Yiling.
In his eyes, they had already lost their value.
Mortals with no value… were like ants.
…
In the darkness, Luo Xue slowly opened her eyes.
“This… is the Xuanyin Puppet Refining Formation?”
She looked at the formation runes slowly appearing around her, her expression turning serious.
After the dust settled last night, Luo Xue had been taken by Daoist Ziyang to the depths of Mount Ziyang, even deeper than the location of the Foundation Establishment battle.
The concentration of Yin Breath Poison here was so high that it was suffocating. Luo Xue could feel a slight dampness just by touching her skin.
…It was Yin Breath Poison so concentrated that it had condensed into liquid.
And around Luo Xue was the formation laid down by Daoist Ziyang.
This time, Luo Xue understood the function of the formation: it was gathering the surrounding Yin Breath Poison.
Even if Luo Xue didn’t know Daoist Ziyang’s puppet refining methods, she could roughly guess what he was planning.
Luo Xue opened the panel, and bright red text appeared:
[Survival Status: Gu Seed Implantation]
“Poison me to death with Yin Breath Poison, then control my body with the Gu Seed?”
So Yin Puppets were just an extra step of being poisoned to death…
Unfortunately for him, Luo Xue wasn’t afraid of Yin Breath Poison.
The red text on the panel flickered, and Luo Xue directly raised her Yin Poison Resistance to 100.
Instantly, the slightly cold environment around her became much milder, allowing her to breathe.
Luo Xue also spent 10 survival points to improve her survival status, directly removing the Gu Seed Implantation.
“Done.”
Luo Xue clapped her hands, completely solving the problem of Daoist Ziyang’s puppet refining.
But it cost her a whole 70 survival points. The points she had painstakingly accumulated were almost all gone.
Luo Xue couldn’t help but feel a bit distressed.
“It seems I only have 20 survival points left, far from being able to get rid of ‘Almost None’…”
As she spoke, Luo Xue opened the survival point panel and was instantly stunned.
“Eh, 70 points?”
She quickly opened the transaction record to see what was going on.
[Experienced Dangerous Event: Escaped Foundation Establishment Battle]
[Survival Points: +50]
Well, the situation back then was indeed very dangerous.
Zhang San and Li Si were genuine Foundation Establishment cultivators, not to mention Daoist Ziyang.
If neither side had paid attention to her, she wouldn’t have been able to escape.
For a mortal, such a feat was indeed worth fifty points!
However…
“Still not enough, 30 points short.”
Luo Xue was a bit troubled. She at least wanted to upgrade her aptitude, otherwise, she wouldn’t even be able to step onto the immortal path.
Relying solely on attribute points was quite risky…
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