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Chapter 398 - 225: Refining the Body with Qi - "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill

Chapter 398: Chapter 225: Refining the Body with Qi - "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill

"It’s here. This thing requires blood to open the door, which is a bit troublesome," Gu Shanhai looked at the ruins in front of him, which he had dug out after quite some effort.

The way to open it was also rather demonic. To obtain the inheritance, one must smear his own blood on the big door.

However, Gu Shanhai was rather stingy with his blood. He often used his own blood for dishes like blood-filled tofu without a problem, since it all ended up in his stomach anyway, but when it came to smearing it out, he was reluctant.

The reason he used his own blood for dishes was simple, it was nutritious. Given the Spirit Plants he cultivated, his flesh and blood were almost like that of a Tang Monk, and if it wasn’t for the slow growth that made it uneconomical, he would have considered making some stewed meat or roasted bones.

Adding a large amount of Spirit Plants and cooking them through the Azure Dragon—not cooking, refining—resulted in a table that looked like regular meals but was delicious and essentially medicinal. Eating it could not only replenish but also greatly enhance energy intake.

The basic principle was much like taking a piece of meat from the fridge and putting it back, although the meat was still in the fridge, his hands were greasy, pulling in nature’s spiritual energy.

"Let me see, it seems to be some kind of detection mode, but it seems to be severely damaged," Gu Shanhai carefully examined the entrance of the ruins.

He soon discovered why blood was needed to open it. The normal process was not so simple; it would have checked the blood’s genetic makeup.

In other words, it required a specific type of blood gene to be able to unlock this ancient relic, otherwise, it would not work.

Unfortunately, due to damage, the recognition malfunctioned. Now, any blood could open it, without the need for a specific blood gene.

"It was probably originally intended for descendants, but because of the long passage of time, the ancient relic has severely deteriorated. Look at this condition, it probably can’t be used many more times," Gu Shanhai said with some regret.

He had seen records of such technology in the Great Mahayana Truth Sect, although the techniques used might be different.

In the Great Mahayana Truth Sect, they used Arrays and talismans, but here, it appeared to be unique cultivation techniques and corresponding innate divine abilities.

"The previous guess that it involved blood path was actually inaccurate. The actual school should be the Body Refining path," Gu Shanhai could deduce a lot just from a door.

The Body Refining path had been eliminated a long time ago, and Gu Shanhai knew the reasons; mainly, it couldn’t compete with the mainstream Qi Refining path.

If it were normal Qi Refining, the two wouldn’t differ too much; but Qi Refining in the Xuanzhen Realm was different, it directly plundered nature’s energy. You painstakingly cultivate your body for half a year, and someone just absorbs a heaven-sent treasure and breaks through to the Purple Mansion Stage, not only having more mana but also a sturdier body, which would indeed cause imbalance.

Another reason is that Body Refining was indeed painful, like the previous blood man practicing the meat and bone refining divine power, peeling skin, extracting flesh, picking bones; it took a lot of perseverance to be that harsh on oneself.

However, that wasn’t the main reason. It was likely because the techniques of Body Refining weren’t perfect back then, occasionally resulting in deaths during practice. Now it has been so many thousands of years since Body Refining disappeared, Gu Shanhai couldn’t study it further.

In fact, the Body Refining path hadn’t completely died out; it had integrated into the current system of cultivators, preserving some traces of Body Refining in partial techniques, divine skills, and spells, just without the original bloodiness and pain.

"Found it. This thing is really crude. It can fool those barbarians who only know how to duel, but anyone with a bit of knowledge of arrays could break through," Gu Shanhai quickly found the weak point.

The mainstream in Xuanzhen Realm was dueling. Even Array Formation Talismans were fundamentally created for dueling. This had something to do with recognizing calamities, but more so because they were naturally in a survival of the fittest world.

Sect disciples had to face other sects’ disciples, and Loose Cultivators had to face numerous hostilities, thus naturally they needed some offensive attributes.

Even with the emergence of the Great Mahayana Truth Sect controlling the realm, it was just a few short years. How could it possibly change the ethos immediately? It would take thousands of years of recuperation for such changes to occur, mainly because the time perception of cultivators was too long; immediate change was not feasible.

As Gu Shanhai acted, he effortlessly opened the relic.

Upon stepping inside, he immediately felt the difference in gravity.

"This gravity, at least double the outside! They really hid a lot, looks like I have to do it myself." Previously, they hadn’t mentioned that the environment would change, only that passing each test would grant a part of the inheritance.

He had completed three tests and received the inheritance corresponding to the Heavenly Scenery Stage.

"This inheritance starts from the very beginning of being ordinary; the initial part is the simplest, just walk to the end."

Gravity doubling was hardly a challenge for Gu Shanhai, and he easily walked through.

Touching the jade slip, a stream of light flashed and entered between his eyebrows.

However, this stream of light was easily blocked by Gu Shanhai.

"Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill · Qi Refining Chapter"

The inheritance emerged, and Gu Shanhai skimmed through it in an instant.

"This inheritance has something to it, seems not very ancient. I thought it was purely Body Refining, but it turns out it’s essentially Qi Refining combined with Body Refining, taking a path of refining the body through qi, not an obsolete one."

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