I, Who Hate Marine So Much, Have Become A Future Nika?

Chapter 16: Five Beasts Infusion Technique, Advancement!

The intense hunger made Zhong Cang feel like he could eat a whole cow.

At the same time, this feeling also made Zhong Cang feel somewhat curious.

"By the way, how long has it been since I last ate since I became proficient in the Qi Consumption Technique?"

After sighing with emotion, Zhong Cang, who didn't dare to slack off, casually washed up and went to the Cloud Firmament Sect's cafeteria. He spent some scattered spirit stones to buy several bowls of rice.

Rice was all he could eat.

The Cloud Firmament Sect cafeteria provided unlimited quantities of ordinary food, even meat. However, ordinary food provided very little nutrition and was quite filthy (for cultivators). Every time they ate, cultivators like Zhong Cang had to spend time cleaning the impurities from their bodies.

Therefore, almost no cultivators were willing to eat ordinary food.

What Zhong Cang was eating now was Spirit Rice grown by Lingzhi.

Although it was rice, Spirit Rice was extremely nutritious. After eating three bowls, Zhong Cang's hunger disappeared without a trace.

As his body recovered, a strong sense of power also filled Zhong Cang's heart.

"To be able to feel such a significant increase in power, this cultivation is definitely not six times more effective than normal cultivation."

"That's right. Taking Snow Jade Cream and Scarlet Blood Pill together can indeed greatly enhance the effects of cultivation. But according to the Four Seas Tower, it is only twice as effective as taking a single pill, which means it is not six times more efficient than taking a pill alone."

"But this obvious evolution is at least ten times, or even fifteen times!"

The excessively high increase initially puzzled Zhong Cang.

After careful consideration for a while, he slowly understood everything.

"It should be because of the technique used during cultivation... Other cultivators can endure the pain and continue cultivation with their willpower, but the extreme pain and itching make their movements during cultivation far from standard. It is not easy for them to barely cultivate the technique once."

"But with my Sword Heart, under the influence of the Transcendent will attached to Sword Heart, the pain doesn't affect me too much... There is a difference between barely cultivating and completing a full cultivation. It is only natural that the effects are different."

Having figured everything out, at this moment, Zhong Cang could only say one thing: "Sword Heart is forever divine!"

It can activate the body's potential when in danger.

It can also eliminate external impurities during cultivation. This characteristic of Sword Heart truly made Zhong Cang love it to the core.

And he truly felt that he made the right choice when he purchased the Ignorant Heart Sword Art.

...

With the combined effects of Snow Jade Cream and Scarlet Blood Pill, Zhong Cang's confidence soared.

Then the next day, he was beaten up by Yan Lingdie again.

And today, she only fought Zhong Cang once, indicating that Zhong Cang was no longer a threat to her.

Without pressure, she naturally no longer needed Zhong Cang as a sparring partner.

Zhong Cang was not in a hurry about this.

His cultivation was for himself, not to accompany someone else.

Even if Yan Lingdie no longer chose him, it wouldn't delay Zhong Cang's progress.

"...No, there is still an impact. Such generous clients are not easy to come by. Without this fat sheep, it would be wishful thinking to continue cultivating with pills like this."

After thinking about it, Zhong Cang realized that it was necessary to keep Yan Lingdie.

This made him slightly adjust his cultivation strategy.

"Roar..."

For the next three days, Zhong Cang temporarily slowed down the progress of the Qi Consumption Technique and Ignorant Heart Sword Art. Every day, he devoted himself to practicing the Five Beasts Infusion Technique.

This was a technique that could increase his combat power in the shortest amount of time.

Of course, practicing the Five Beasts Infusion Technique consumed a tremendous amount of physical and spiritual energy. Normally, even if Zhong Cang wanted to go all out, he wouldn't be able to practice it more than a few times a day.

And here, we have to talk about the wonderful uses of spirit stones.

In the world of cultivation, phrases like "Wealth Partner Law Ground" and "Wealth can lead to Spirit Ascension" are not casually spoken.

Zhong Cang himself may not be able to practice it many times, but he can purchase elixirs like Primordial Yang Water.

This is made from Primordial Yang Grass and contains a rich energy. When consumed, Zhong Cang will gain immense vitality and spiritual energy.

The continuous flow of energy and spiritual power allows him to continuously train his physical body for five hours in a state of extreme limits.

Two bottles would be ten hours, or twenty hours.

Of course, this kind of elixir is very expensive, and Zhong Cang himself cannot afford to buy it. Moreover, training his physical body for twenty hours continuously is a severe strain and can easily damage his body.

These two problems were quickly solved by Zhong Cang. The former was easily solved... The spirit stones given by Yan Lingdie happened to alleviate Zhong Cang's poverty.

With such wealth, if she weren't so young, Zhong Cang might even have entertained the idea of living off her.

Of course, he was only fantasizing in his mind. In this era, there is no freedom in love, and class barriers are even heavier.

Without a good family background, if he rashly provoked these young ladies, the most likely outcome for Zhong Cang would be to disappear without a trace.

So, he never had the intention of having a romantic encounter in the world of cultivation.

...

The biggest problem was solved by the spirit stones given by Yan Lingdie.

And the extreme training and strain on his physical body were also endured by Zhong Cang.

"If it's only three days, the damage to the body won't be too great. Afterward, I can make up for it by eating something good (spirit food made by the kitchen cultivators)."

With Zhong Cang's decision, his cultivation became even more desperate.

And with the three types of elixirs, Primordial Yang Water, Snow Jade Ointment, and Scarlet Blood Pill, Zhong Cang's efficiency skyrocketed to thirty times that of his previous cultivation!

(Due to the high consumption of spirit stones, the Bay Leaf Incense was stopped.)

Now, Zhong Cang's cultivation in one day was equivalent to the growth rate of his physical body cultivation in one month in the past.

Of course, pain was inevitable during this process.

Because of taking Snow Jade Ointment and Scarlet Blood Pill at the same time, the pain Zhong Cang felt was tens of times that of an ordinary cultivator.

And the Primordial Yang Water prolonged this pain for several hours.

Zhong Cang was certain that without the Sword Heart, he would never have been able to persist in this abnormal and self-torturing cultivation.

But there were no "ifs." Zhong Cang had the Sword Heart and the spirit stones to purchase Spirit Medicine, which allowed him to achieve his goal three days later.

"Crack, crack..."

On the fourth day, in the early morning, Zhong Cang moved his body slightly after waking up, and a series of cracking sounds came from his joints.

When the bones rubbed against each other, Zhong Cang could also feel a powerful force building up inside his body.

This kind of power made Zhong Cang feel like he could tear apart tigers and leopards with his bare hands.

This was not an illusion; physical cultivation is also a category of cultivation.

Although most people practice both body and qi cultivation, there is no doubt that powerful physical cultivation can contend with qi cultivation using only the physical body.

And today, Zhong Cang's physical cultivation has caught up with his spiritual cultivation, reaching the third level of Qi Refining.

"Goal achieved, and there's even a surprise."

Thinking this way, Zhong Cang looked at the section on cultivation techniques, where the proficiency of the Five Beasts Infusion Technique had also reached the second level of proficiency.

What surprised Zhong Cang even more was that this advancement in the cultivation technique not only clarified how he should proceed with his cultivation but also granted him a special ability to increase his combat power. This ability was comprehended during the advancement of the Five Beasts Infusion Technique.

[Five Beasts Infusion Technique, 2nd level of proficiency (13/1800), special ability: Spirit Beast Shadow (Low)]

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