BXBX NOVEL Chapter 232 - 232: 224: One Year Later
Chapter 232 - 232: 224: One Year Later
Hard work pays off for those who are determined.
Soon.
An idea flashed through his mind.
Hadn’t he studied Amulet Tao for a while when he was at Bamboo Mountain Immortal Pavilion?
Later, he even imprinted the Amulet Tao Introductory Insights into his memory at the Book Collection Pavilion in Thick Earth Sect.
With his current Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation,
Studying the Amulet Tao Introduction and even the Amulet Tao Introductory Insights would definitely be easier than during his Qi Refining stage.
In other words,
If he were to pick up Amulet Tao again, his mastery of it would rapidly improve.
Once he improved to a certain extent,
For example, being able to draw a spirit amulet for the Foundation Establishment Realm, would he still lack spirit stones with the speed of earning them using Amulet Tao?
Back in Bamboo Mountain Immortal Pavilion, he could only draw low-quality spirit amulets, but the spirit stones he earned in a year were not a small amount.
If he could draw Foundation Establishment spirit amulets,
Not to mention that he wouldn’t have to buy spirit amulets in the future,
The spirit stones earned from selling them would probably be enough for his expenses.
Drawing spirit amulets in his spare time,
Plus the income from his Medicine Garden every ten years,
He would naturally be able to make up for the spirit stones he spent on his cultivation in the future.
Moreover,
The spirit plants in his several Medicine Gardens were all the main ingredients for various elixirs.
He could take this time to further study Elixir Refinement Skill, and perhaps when those spirit plants matured, he could use those main ingredients, buy some auxiliary medicinal materials, and directly refine elixirs.
After all, the main ingredients were his own, and the auxiliary materials would not be too expensive.
He wouldn’t feel a sting using them to practice his skills.
Once he truly studied the Elixir Refinement Skill thoroughly and made use of his Medicine Garden advantages to refine real elixirs,
Selling elixirs would earn him even more spirit stones than selling spirit medicines.
Most importantly,
Since He Song planted the main ingredients himself, his cost of learning Elixir Refinement Skill would be greatly reduced.
What he spent would only be some auxiliary materials, and some time.
Time.
As an everlasting being, He Song always had plenty of it.
Before being able to refine elixirs, he would earn spirit stones through Amulet Tao to support his growth in Elixir Tao.
After truly learning Elixir Refinement Skill and becoming an elixir refinement master, he could sell elixirs to earn a large amount of spirit stones. However, after becoming a elixir refinement master,
He Song would still need to hide his elixir refinement master identity.
Elixir refiners were highly sought-after in the Cultivation World,
The investment required to cultivate one is just too great.
Therefore, whenever an elixir refiner appears, and doesn’t have a powerful backing, they would inevitably attract the attention of numerous forces.
Although He Song was backed by the Thick Earth Sect, his elixir refiner identity would be exposed, and he would likely spend the rest of his days within the sect’s mountain gates.
The Thick Earth Sect would never let an elixir refiner venture outside, giving others an opportunity to exploit.
Moreover, He Song would definitely attract the attention of countless people, and his every move would be watched by others. The identities of an elixir refiner and an array Tao genius,
Are actually quite similar.
Both would attract others’ attention.
Both would result in the sect’s protection.
Both would elevate He Song’s status.
Both would cause He Song’s actions to be scrutinized by others.
To this,
He Song was naturally unwilling.
In the past, he never revealed his identity as an Array Tao genius.
In the future, he wouldn’t reveal his identity as an elixir refiner either.
But to talk about these things now is still too early.
He Song is currently not an elixir refiner and has not yet successfully refined even one elixir.
However, even so, He Song had already planned in his heart how to proceed in the future.
Only by doing so, could he take steady steps, without plunging himself into unknown crises.
After going over his subsequent plans in his mind,
Feeling that there were no oversights,
He Song finally relaxed and began to focus on strengthening his cultivation.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed by slowly.
During this month,
Day and night, He Song finally consolidated his cultivation to the mid-stage Foundation Establishment today.
Now that his cultivation is consolidated at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, no matter how freely he uses his mana in the future, it will not fall back to the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
The mana he consumes will simply need to recover through meditation or by consuming elixirs to restore mana, and he could quickly return to his peak state.
In this way, He Song’s cultivation could be considered truly stable.
At the very first moment after fully consolidating his cultivation,
He Song immediately left his seclusion.
He went directly to the Amulet Making Room he had set up in his mansion. Although it had been a long time since he studied Amulet Tao,
He Song’s amulet making skills had not been completely abandoned.
Last time,
When Ping’er had brought Yu’er to see He Song, he had come up with the idea of giving some spirit amulets to Yue’er after seeing his own Amulet Making Room.
The Amulet Making Room, of course, was also located within He Song’s mansion.
Moreover, in his spare time from regular cultivation, He Song would also come to the Amulet Making Room to draw some spirit amulets to calm his mind.
However, over these years.
He Song had not delved deeply into the Amulet Tao Introduction.
Arriving at the Amulet Making Room.
He Song looked at the amulet pen, amulet ink, and amulet paper in front of him, as well as the spirit amulets he had drawn before.
In his heart, various information related to the Amulet Tao Introduction quickly flashed through his mind.
Amulet Tao Introduction.
It was one of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation Truth that He Song had studied when he was in Bamboo Mountain Immortal Pavilion.
At that time, He Song had only raised the success rate of low-quality Thick Earth Amulet, low-quality Golden Light Amulet, and low-quality Divine Movement Amulet to over fifty percent.
He was just about to raise the success rate of the medium-quality Thick Earth Amulet to over fifty percent as well.
However, as a result, Meng Guan’s sudden Foundation Establishment had disrupted all his plans.
Since then.
The amulet making methods recorded in the Amulet Tao Introduction had become dispensable in He Song’s eyes.
Although he had studied it later, he had not been as serious as before.
Even now, decades have passed, He Song has only raised his success rate of drawing medium-quality spirit amulets to fifty percent.
Medium-quality Thick Earth Amulet, medium-quality Golden Light Amulet, medium-quality Divine Movement Amulet.
The success rates of these three spirit amulets had reached over fifty percent.
But the success rates of the subsequent high-quality Thick Earth Amulet, high-quality Golden Light Amulet, and high-quality Divine Movement Amulet were miserable due to a lack of further in-depth study.
Amulet making.
Aside from diligent research.
It also requires long-term practice.
Once you neglect practice, the success rate of amulet making naturally won’t increase.
If He Song wants to quickly refine a spirit amulet that can be used in the Foundation Establishment Realm, he probably needs to study assiduously for a while.
Fortunately, he now has just enough spirit stones on his body.
It is still tolerable for the time being.
At least he has the time to study the Amulet Tao Introduction and the Amulet Tao Introductory Insights.
After organizing all the information about the Amulet Tao Introduction in his mind, and casually drawing a few medium-quality Thick Earth Amulets to regain his touch.
He Song quickly became immersed in his study of the Amulet Tao Introduction.
Although it seemed a bit overkill for a Foundation Establishment Master like him to go back and study the Amulet Tao Introduction.
He Song didn’t care about that.
He was not a cultivator of this world and would not be burdened by his status.
Learning, for him, was always endless.
Not to mention studying the Amulet Tao Introduction while in the Foundation Establishment Realm, even if he was in the Golden Elixir Realm, as long as the Amulet Tao Introduction was useful to him, he would not hesitate to study it.
As for whether it would be overkill.
Something useful to oneself will always be useful after learning.
Furthermore.
He Song’s spirit stones were now running low.
If he didn’t study Amulet Tao to earn spirit stones, he would have to endure the gradual slowing of his cultivation progress.
This was something He Song couldn’t bear.
Only by maintaining a high-speed increase in his cultivation could he quickly become stronger than others.
Only when his cultivation was higher would He Song’s safety be greatly enhanced.
He Song was immersed in studying the Amulet Tao Introduction.
His success rate in amulet-making also began to increase rapidly.
Since he was now in the Foundation Establishment stage and possessed divine sense, he had also studied the Qi Observing Skill.
Therefore, his progress when drawing spirit amulets was extremely fast.
The success rate of drawing high-quality Thick Earth Amulets soon exceeded the fifty percent threshold.
In this way.
He could sell the high-quality Thick Earth Amulets he had drawn and then buy the various materials needed to continue studying the Amulet Tao Introduction in return.
After selling the drawn spirit amulets, he could continue to buy materials to study the Amulet Tao Introduction.
After many cycles, He Song’s study of the Amulet Tao Introduction gradually deepened.
Perhaps, in just a little longer, his study of the Amulet Tao Introduction would reach its peak.
Once he had mastered all the spirit amulets recorded in the Amulet Tao Introduction.
He Song could continue to study the various Foundation Establishment spirit amulets recorded in the Amulet Tao Introductory Insights.
The spirit amulets recorded in the Amulet Tao Introduction were used by Qi Refining stage cultivators.
The spirit amulets recorded in the Amulet Tao Introductory Insights were Foundation Establishment Amulets.
One was for Qi Refining stage cultivators.
One was for Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.
The gap between them was huge.
Therefore, the price difference between them was naturally enormous as well.
As He Song delved deeper into studying the Amulet Tao, time began to flow slowly at this moment.
One year later.
He Song stood in the Amulet Making Room with a focused expression, holding an amulet pen and drawing line after line on a flawless amulet paper.
As He Song’s pen glided like a dragon and snake, the lines on the amulet paper gradually became full.
Faint wisps of spirit Qi came from all directions toward the Amulet Making Room and swarmed into the amulet paper that was originally flawless but now filled with lines due to the falling amulet pen.
At some moment.
He Song’s right hand, which was holding the pen, suddenly lifted.
At this moment, the lines on the amulet paper became round and smooth, without any flaws.
There was a flash in his eyes.
“Thick Earth Spirit Amulet for Foundation Establishment Realm, completed!” A touch of joy flashed in He Song’s eyes.
But in the next moment, a powerful suction force came from the spirit amulet in front of him and took away half of the mana in He Song’s body.
This made He Song’s expression slightly wilting..