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Chapter 146 - 113: The Breeding and Mating of Sows【4K】

Chapter 146: Chapter 113: The Breeding and Mating of Sows【4K】

The youth sat down in the study contentedly, attentively flipping through the ancient book in his hands.

He had been sitting in the study for three whole days, maintaining a proper posture, as the Spiritual Energy within his body constantly circulated searching for shortcuts, flowing over and over, making his control of the Spiritual Energy all the more proficient.

The Spiritual Energy coursed rapidly through his veins, and his wide and resilient meridians allowed him to absorb it to the greatest extent, cycling it inside his body, compressing it, and after repeating this process, he would gather sufficiently pure Spiritual Energy within himself.

To be precise, it was the small thatched hut that his senior martial sister had built for him.

The reason why Spirit Veins or Spiritual Springs—such locations with excellent feng shui—are so popular is due to their higher purity of nature’s spiritual energy. When absorbed, they require fewer cycles of operation and compression, which is the principle behind accelerating one’s cultivation.

Many Spirit pills that can enhance one’s Cultivation Realm work in the same way.

To others, this Cultivation Technique would seem profound and extremely difficult to learn, but in Jiang Feng’s hands, it posed almost no difficulty at all.

"Huff~ This Qi Refinement Realm eighth level should be considered stable by now, right?"

He let out a sigh of relief.

About half a month ago, the Spiritual Energy filaments in his body counted merely around a hundred, but now at a glance, it had exceeded two hundred, and looking at their state, they were not as loose as before, and quite solid, showing signs of starting to liquefy.

Over these three days, apart from cultivating, Jiang Feng had been diligently rummaging through all the various treasures in the study, learning and digesting them. Any Cultivation Technique under his hands needed only one pass for his body to memorize, and initially, he even believed it was his own exceptional talent.

But in fact...

"The remnant soul of Demon Night True Monarch has had no small influence on my body, and this symbiotic relationship is a double-edged sword."

"It constantly subtly influences my body, but so far, it seems only beneficial, whether it’s absorbing other people’s souls or talents like this."

"But the downside... God knows when it might go crazy inside my body. I hope by then I already possess the ability to suppress it."

Dispelling stray thoughts from his mind, he continued to concentrate on studying the Secret Manual.

The desk was cluttered with seven or eight ancient books and scrolls, all treasures he found in the study, but somewhat surprisingly, the content they recorded was almost all related to Guardian-related topics.

He took a deep breath.

The youth casually took out a sheet of xuan paper and placed it on the table. His left hand fingers bent, thumb and index finger touching, murmuring something, while his right hand pointed straight at the xuan paper in front of him!

"Rise!"

He shouted in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, the xuan paper genuinely began to fold itself. Under the control of Spiritual Energy, it quickly formed into the shape he intended, turning into a somewhat rough Paperman, with azure silk threads connecting its parts, looking quite lifelike.

But the next second, the youth withdrew his right hand, and the Paperman, losing the support of Spiritual Energy, collapsed.

His expression was somewhat annoyed.

It wasn’t because the technique was too poor to control the thing, but his little Paperman had no combat ability at all. Wu Fangsheng could summon a Spirit Tiger because he possessed a Spirit Tiger soul, but Jiang Feng did not have one.

After the death of Wu Fangsheng, that Spirit Tiger soul naturally disappeared, and even now, as Jiang Feng had absorbed his soul, he still could not find any method that could be improved upon.

"This technique looks novel, and it’s very versatile. If I could figure it out, it would be very effective for both assassination and arson, but the Paperman is just a medium, without a soul inside. Don’t tell me I have to go out and hunt a few Spiritual Beasts?"

"The animal protection association would heavily condemn me."

He looked troubled.

Now he was truly at a loss about how to enhance his strength.

In the past few days, he had rummaged through a lot of things in Yu Ying’s study, but there was almost nothing that was truly suitable for his current realm to practice, and even if there was, it was hard to exert much power.

Why was that?

"No, why isn’t there a single Spell suitable for the Qi Refinement Realm? Apart from those basic lighters, there’s nothing to use."

"Every one of them is marked as unsuitable for practice during the Qi Refinement Realm and should focus on stabilizing the foundation, planning for gradual progress and not being greedy for quick results, otherwise one is prone to suffering from Spiritual Energy backlash."

"Or they mention some basic stuff, but I pretty much know all of them."

He looked at the big pile of stuff on the desk with a smile yet not a smile. The only thing that might be useful to him was the most basic Five Elements Taoism, the related Spells of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, and even those had a very limited effect.

In his words, they were basically good for lighting a cigarette or flushing a toilet, and he couldn’t even achieve the effect of heating the bathwater like Lu Luo did for him last time.

This huge study was a tremendous fortune to anyone, with its secret techniques account for no less than a hundred volumes, yet those relevant to the Qi Refinement Realm simply weren’t part of the category.

Because one is not considered a true entrant until after Foundation Establishment.

Jiang Feng is a man without much self-awareness, simply setting himself as the standard for judgment, but the fact is, apart from him, ninety-nine percent of the Qi Refinement Realm... at this moment are still pondering how to cultivate without going berserk.

How to cultivate to achieve the fastest Spiritual Energy circulation and absorption?

How to compress the Spiritual Energy in the body as much as possible to allow the small Dantian to accommodate more? How to enable each and every acupoint to breathe out Spiritual Energy?

These are the questions others are considering.

It is also not hard to explain why, with just the mastery of Sword Control, Jiang Feng seems to have a decisive advantage when facing others in the Qi Refinement Realm, and can even hold his own against those in the Foundation Establishment Stage.