Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 418 - 171 Task and Preparation

"The ghosts gained a temporary increase in spirit wisdom after being connected to the 'Ghost King,' and they also experienced an improvement when connected to 'Jiyin,' though not as significant as with the 'Ghost King.'" The Empirical Department's first team tried multiple connections with the 'Ghost King' after the first experiment, while the second team split off a few to connect with 'Jiyin'... Prolonged contact with an external magic foundation memory body has a promoting effect on the spirit awakening of these little ghosts, with the spirit awakening speed of the first and second teams of the Empirical Department being higher than the control group... No differences in personality were observed among the ghosts using the 'Ghost King' and 'Jiyin' external magic foundations, meaning the external magic foundation has no impact or a very weak impact on personality, which is not statistically significant... In summary, we can at least prove the following points. First, a certain computational ability is the basis for self-awareness; second, mana can promote spirit awakening, but the principle is estimated to be the stimulation of the growth of the soul; third, the influence of the Modern Cultivation Method on personality formation is not significant..."

Inside the study of the Empirical Department, Wang Qi was reporting his experimental results to Chen Feng. Chen Feng nodded. These results could also be part of his research and could even corroborate some of his theories.

"Good work." Once Wang Qi finished reading, Chen Feng affirmed, "Worthy of someone who earned the Seeking Dao Jade through logic. Your first foray into this domain of research is respectable."

Wang Qi was about to modestly deflect the compliment when Chen Feng's next question arrived, "What do you want to do for your next step of research?"

Wang Qi shook his head with a wry smile, "There's nothing to be done."

"Why?"

"According to my initial plan, the next step would be to use an external magic foundation imitating the Ancient Method to see if it would influence personality." Wang Qi reached into his pocket and then pulled out a cyan-colored Spirit Rhinoceros Bottle, "The memory body 'Gale,' a law gate from the Ancient Method Piaoyun Sect."

"Piaoyun?" Chen Feng was perplexed, "I recall that the descendants of this sect..."

"The Piaoyun Sect was once a vassal to the Luofu Xuanqing Palace. This old man remembers all their cultivation methods," Zhen Chan explained.

The cultivation methods of the Luofu Xuanqing Palace were known as "all-encompassing," and as a master in this field, Zhen Chan naturally remembered all the distinctive mental methods from ten thousand years ago. For Wang Qi, he was like a Guinness World Records book, holding an all-encompassing array of knowledge, much of it fairly useless.

Modern cultivation is like a formula where everyone can substitute their own "parameters" into this "equation" to obtain the most suitable "result" for themselves. The Ancient Method Practitioners, due to limited expressive abilities, could only use a "wordless" approach to coalesce the founder's enlightenment and thoughts into something called "inheritance." Such inheritances often influence a Cultivator's personality. Those who practice Water Cultivation become gentler or subtly reserved, while those who practice Fire Cultivation become increasingly violent and aggressive. Those who follow Ghost Cultivation or Cultivation Killing inevitably become more brutal and bloodthirsty, and the Demon Path naturally leads to increasing coldness and greed.

Chen Feng understood what Wang Qi was getting at. Wang Qi indeed had this idea, but now he found himself utterly unable to proceed.

"In that case... wild Demons should be no problem. Actually, I need you to complete a task, and you can just carry out this empirical study at the same time," said Chen Feng. He took a file bag from beneath his desk, pulled out a sheet of paper, and began drawing several circles with a pen. After he finished, he handed the file bag to Wang Qi, "These circled Demon Beasts, you can use all of them for your empirical evidence."

Monitoring the Demon Clan in the wild and observing their personality formation was also part of the Empirical Department's work. This task was initially being aided by Beifeng. However, it was unclear whether the exploration work in the ancient ruins of Divine Capital was too busy or Beifeng had returned to Spirit Beast Mountain, but later Wang Qi took over this task.

"Thank you." Wang Qi took the file bag and said, "Boss, if there's nothing else, I'll head to Spirit Awakening Village to check on the progress. Also, please ask my junior sister to make another 'Ghost King.' In an unexpected situation, the user's Spirit Sense may flow into the memory body, and the Ghost King I currently have is no longer pure. I'll need to find a way to set it to 'read-only'—I'll be off, then!"

Chen Feng said helplessly, "Don't you think you've been spending a little too much time there recently? Remember! You're leaving within three days. Also, if you plan to reach Foundation Establishment before August, clear out half a month in July for secluded cultivation!"

"Yes, yes."

Three days later, at noon, the scorching summer sun made everything dry and thirsty. A Demonized Wild Bull in the Qi Storage Stage wandered listlessly through a sparse forest, occasionally munching on the thick ground lichen—which made quite a nice snack for it.

Suddenly, a dark figure pounced from a tree next to it. The Demon Bull was taken down before it could react. The beast was stunned for a moment then roared in rage, raising its head high, trying to break free. It opened its mouth to bellow, the veins on its neck bulging, turning to see who was attacking it. However, another terrifying strength pressed on its back, making it impossible to escape.

Great anger surged through the Demon Bull's soul. It wasn't any powerful Great Demon, but it had considerable confidence in its own strength—how could it allow anyone to overpower it?

"MOO!" With an earth-shattering bellow, the innate Divine Seal within its Demon Clan bloodline was activated, and the Demon Bull's strength rose to another level. Blood rushed into its muscles, causing its body to swell. Among the Qi Storage Demon Clan, such might was indeed top grade.

However, the force on its back was also growing stronger, like an iron hoop, firmly pinning it to the ground.

The Barbaric Bull's charge dug a deep pit at the bottom, but it still couldn't escape the confinement!

Muscle strength could never surpass mana on a sustainable basis. The Demon Bull soon grew tired. Its resistance weakened. At that moment, it felt something prick its waist. A wave of fatigue followed. The bull quickly found its limbs weak, unable to move.

Behind it, Wang Qi released his hands and then withdrew the anesthetic needle. He was surrounded by a white glow—a combination of Holy Light and the explosive state of the Life Burning Skill.

"Wow, the Immortal Hero Version of Holy Light I conjured actually fits the setting of Shankou Mountain quite well. A Holy Knight buffing themselves is pretty awesome." Wang Qi dispelled the Light of Life surrounding him, took out a device from his Storage Bag—a Jade Plate connected to several probes. He inserted the probes into a few acupoints on the Demon Bull. Several readings immediately appeared on the Jade Plate.

As a layman, Wang Qi didn't understand the biological significance of these readings. All he could do was record them and send them back to Chen Feng. Then he put away the device and took out the "Gale" Memory Body, stabbing it forcefully into the Demon Bull's back.

The Driver was only created for safety. Given a Demon Clan's physical resilience, it wasn't really necessary.

"Piaoyun Sect's cultivation method leads its practitioners towards calmness and elegance, quite the opposite of the Demon Bull's natural disposition," Wang Qi said as he used the Dream Building Technique to delve into the Demon Bull's mind, "Let's see what you look like now!"

After a while, Wang Qi retrieved the Memory Body and left the wrecked Demon Bull where it was. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for it with your recommendation tickets and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)

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