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Chapter 399 - 225: Refining the Body with Qi - "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill"_2

Chapter 399: Chapter 225: Refining the Body with Qi - "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill"_2

Gu Shanhai flipped through and thought about it, he was right; if he had truly focused only on body refinement, he would have trained himself to death long ago.

This was essentially still Qi Refinement, but it achieved the effects of body refinement through an extremely painful process, diminishing the importance of mana in the early stages and focusing instead on the physique.

Therefore, in the Lower Three Realms, his mana would not be as strong as his contemporaries.

Only when he reached the Spirit Origin Stage and could accommodate a Spirit Vein would he be able to make up for this defect. Correspondingly, while possessing powerful mana, he would also have a stronger physical body than others at the same realm—an advantage that would continue indefinitely. However, during this process, the practice of refining the body with energy could not be stopped. He had to endure a more painful training process and consume more resources than others.

More importantly, this Cultivation Technique required one to start from Qi Refinement anew, and every breakthrough necessitated specific materials and methods to obtain the corresponding Divine Skills to endure the physical refinement practice of the next realm; otherwise, he would end up training himself to death.

As for that blood man, it was clear he entered the path halfway through and thought about using the "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill" to break through to the Heavenly Scenery Stage—but that was just wishful thinking. If he truly managed to break through, it would be his time to die.

It was quite normal for the other to be unaware, for this was an allegory hidden in the Qi Refinements Chapter. After seeing the epilogue, the man certainly scoffed and continued on to the next challenge to get the Chapters he wanted.

For instance, if the blood man had been practicing the meat and bone refining divine power with the foundation and breakthrough Divine Skills of the "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill," how could he have ended up in such a sorry state? The speed of his flesh regeneration was beyond imagination; of course, the corresponding torture was there, too. It was a cycle of healing then flaying, and flaying then healing, involving not just pain but also an unbearable itchiness that couldn’t be suppressed.

The blood man’s regeneration abilities were so slow because they lacked a prerequisite.

It was a complementary set of skills after all. You’re lucky to practice it alone without issues, and you still want the full set effect? Fat chance!

"Next should be the strength test, I guess," Gu Shanhai said as he reached the top and saw another wall, only this wall had a handle that he simply had to lift.

"Come to think of it, there should be a corresponding prompt system, right? It’s not like it’s broken due to neglect," Gu Shanhai commented. After all, this relic was meant for inheritance trials and it certainly wasn’t designed to pose riddles.

It was quite probable that the recognition system outside was broken as well.

However, the security system was most likely still intact, because if it were not, then the blood man would have entered, received the inheritance, and long before Gu Shanhai arrived, taken or destroyed the jade slip, leaving nothing for successors. Since Gu Shanhai found it when he arrived, it indicated that the other person did not possess the capability.

To say it was out of kindness? That was even less likely. If he truly had been kind, how could he have set up traps to lure Loose Cultivators for a blood sacrifice?

Little White nudged the wall with his horn, lifting it without even needing Gu Shanhai’s help.

The trials themselves were aimed at specific realms. For example, this first challenge of the Qi Refinement Chapter was designed for mortals to try, and the second challenge of the Foundation Establishment Chapter was intended for those who had practiced the "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill" until the late-stage Qi Refining to push, thus obtaining the Foundation Establishment Chapter. Otherwise, if one needed to be in the Spirit Origin Stage to push it, what would be the point of setting up an inheritance, when they could have simply placed a lethal Array at the entrance or even more straightforwardly, not built an inheritance site at all.

After passing through, Gu Shanhai indeed saw another jade slip and successfully obtained the Foundation Establishment Chapter.

"The difficulty isn’t great, nor is there a danger to life, it should be passable."

Gu Shanhai rode Little White, overcoming challenges effortlessly. All of the challenges were actually tests of the "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill" practice, like the strength and durability of the physical body, with less emphasis on mana.

He passed seven stages, only obtaining up to the Divine Phase; beyond that, there were no more.

Hence, he figured that the creator of this "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill" probably only reached the Divine Phase himself.

The Upper Three Realms were extremely scarce at any time. Being able to unearth a Cultivation Technique pointing directly to the Divine Phase from this relic already counted as great luck in the entire Xuanzhen Realm.

It wasn’t like chives in the ground that grow back after being cut once.

"This Cultivation Technique must have been dug up by some Loose Cultivator from another relic, so he continued to leave it for his descendants after death," Gu Shanhai quickly deduced the situation. It was likely an ancient technique, even older than this relic.

The Cultivation Technique in Gu Shanhai’s eyes was actually of mediocre quality, but the idea of using Qi to refine the body wasn’t bad, and some of the explanations on flesh and blood were quite good, with some worthwhile aspects.

Within the Great Mahayana Xuanzhen Sect, there were also quite a few techniques that could strengthen the body, what set these apart was that such techniques generally formed powerful bodies through the combination of Divine Skills.

Like Shen An’s cultivation of the "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture," his wooden body during the Qi Refinement Realm, his superior wooden physique at the Foundation Establishment Stage, combined with the Cultivation Technique, didn’t have to endure such painful body refining with Qi, and the body he obtained was stronger than the one refined by the "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill" with two breakthrough Divine Skills added to it, that was the difference.

"From this, it seems that when this Cultivation Technique appeared, the concept of lifespan as currency didn’t exist yet." Gu Shanhai’s modified version of the "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture" was suitable for Shen An, but similar techniques within the Great Mahayana Xuanzhen Sect could also achieve the effect of tempering the body.

It was true that the Cultivation Technique hadn’t been eliminated, but unless there was really no technique to cultivate, it was unlikely that anyone would practice the "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill," with its many restrictions and difficulties in cultivation, these alone were enough to deter many.

And there was no follow-up. If one really wanted to cultivate it, because the path from Qi Refinement to Divine Phase was already fixed, to break through to the Magic Awakening Stage, one would either pray that there was more to this technique buried in some unknown relics that they could find, or they would have to deduce it themselves.

"Keep it and make some modifications, maybe my outdated ’Heavenly Gang Child Skill’ can be continued." Gu Shanhai thought that using Qi to refine the body was still somewhat useful, at least it could fortify his body a bit.

As for being a hodgepodge, it didn’t matter, a good cat is one that catches mice, whether it’s black or white. Once incorporated into Gu Shanhai’s "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture," even a powerful Cultivation Technique was just fodder; let alone this one, which wasn’t powerful but had its merits.

Since he had reached the end, Gu Shanhai prepared to get up and leave. However, he had only taken a few steps when he noticed something amiss.

"This bloodstain, why does it look somewhat fresh?" Gu Shanhai got down from Little White and examined the stone pedestal holding the jade slips with some confusion.

He had been focused on the "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill" before, so it was normal for him not to notice right away. It was only when he started packing up to leave that he saw it.

"No more than a thousand years old, and this amount of blood doesn’t seem quite right, somewhat similar to the blood earth strange scenery we saw before."

Gu Shanhai muttered softly, an abnormality was often a clue to the truth.

He suspected there was something wrong with this thing.

After repeatedly examining the "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill," he found no issues; on the contrary, everything seemed normal.

"Am I overthinking it?" Gu Shanhai attempted Prophetic Divination at the cost of his own lifespan.

Without divining, it was fine, but as he divined, he was bewildered and quickly terminated the process, thankfully without his lifespan being deducted.

"Damn, why so expensive? This secret is demanding a million years of my lifespan, even encrusted with gold and diamonds it shouldn’t be this pricey." Gu Shanhai complained.

The more costly the lifespan, the more secrets there were.

This was the consistent understanding among Heavenly Mechanism Flow cultivators, so it could be confirmed that there was a bigger secret hidden here.

"Maybe... I should dismantle this relic?" Gu Shanhai was a bit excited, originally thinking he was just picking up a somewhat useful Cultivation Technique, but he hadn’t expected to find even more.

As for what that gain was, he had no idea, he would find out by taking action.

"Since that’s the case, let’s start dismantling from here, and see why this thing is oozing blood." Gu Shanhai pondered for a moment and then took out the Azure Dragon.

As a weapon, this was definitely the time to bring it into play.

"Little White, step back a bit, don’t get all dusty, it’s not easy to clean." Before starting, Gu Shanhai didn’t forget to tell Little White to take care, given Little White’s large size, cleaning it was quite an effort.

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