The Terrifying Path of Immortal Cultivation

The Jade Tablet displayed the following:

Old Version

"Black Water Mysterious Yin Formula" (Foundation Building)

Cultivation Method: Gather the kidneys of nine living beings, mix them with mandala flowers, gloomy grass, and dark yin vines, grind them into juice, arrange the method, inscribe the "Black Water Mysterious Yin Curse," sense the Essence Qi of the nine spirit kidneys in the formation, absorb it into the body, circulate it around the meridians a hundred times, store it in the kidneys, and it will become Black Water Essence Qi.

Innate Spells: Dark Yin Black Water, when struck, absorbs yang and perishes.

Cost: Perpetual virginity.

New Version

"Black Water Formula" (Foundation Building)

Cultivation Method: Gather black mysterious mushrooms, nine yin grass, dew from the full moon night, gloomy fruits, and dark yin inkstone, grind them into juice, inscribe the "Black Water Curse" at the position of the kidneys, sense one's own kidney Essence Qi, circulate it around the meridians, transform it into Black Water Essence Qi, return it to the kidneys, and nourish the kidney marrow.

Innate Spells: True Yin Black Water, when struck, robs vitality and freezes to death.

Cost: None.

Looking at this cultivation method, Li Qing's eyes revealed a hint of inexplicable expression.

"This cultivation method focuses on the Essence Qi of the kidneys, which is completely different from the 'Spirit Blood Art.'"

"Could it be that the cultivation methods in this world correspond to the Essence Qi of different parts of the human body?"

"And the storage location of Essence Qi is also not entirely the same."

"It can be stored in the blood, in the kidneys, and perhaps even in the meridians and dantian."

"According to the different sources of Essence Qi, the storage locations will also differ."

"The sources of Essence Qi are also different."

"For example, almost all the cultivation methods I have obtained are based on plundering the Essence Qi of other living beings for cultivation."

"After the modification by the Jade Tablet, almost all of them are cultivated using my own Essence Qi."

"There is definitely a problem here. According to all the scriptures and books I have obtained, the role of the Jade Tablet is to optimize everything."

"So, since all these cultivation methods have been optimized to refine one's own Essence Qi, it means that this method is safer and more reliable."

"The fact that there is no cost involved is evident."

"And it seems that these cultivation methods do not interfere with each other based on the different storage locations of Essence Qi."

"Could it be that I can cultivate multiple methods?"

Slightly excited in his heart, "Could I follow the path of mastering various techniques?"

"The human body has five viscera and six bowels, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, tongue, skin, muscles, bones, brain, marrow, and blood."

"If each of them has different Essence Qi, there would be at least twenty to thirty different types of cultivation methods."

"If I can collect them all and cultivate them all."

"Then every part of my body can store different Essence Qi, possessing different innate spells."

"Would I be tens of times stronger than others at the same level?"

The more he thought about it, the more excited Li Qing became. This is indeed a possibility.

But soon he restrained his inner restlessness.

"No, absolutely cannot be impatient."

"This is the Immortal Cultivation World, and anything related to power may contain unknown dangers."

"Is it possible that cultivating different Essence Qi could lead to conflicts and eventually turn into monsters?"

"I must have more knowledge to determine whether it is possible to cultivate multiple types of Essence Qi."

He turned his gaze to another book.

This book was a diary that recorded some of the attacker's activities.

Li Qing began to carefully read the diary, absorbing all kinds of information from it.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Qing had roughly understood some of the content about cultivation in this world.

The person who attacked him was named Wang Dexiu and came from a sect called the Black Water Xuanmen.

This sect was just a small Taoist temple, and the temple master was only a peak Foundation Building cultivator.

Wang Dexiu was one of his five disciples.

But the reason Wang Dexiu defected from the Black Water Xuanmen was because he found out that the temple master treated them as great medicine.

The "Black Water Mysterious Yin Formula" they cultivated seemed to be an auxiliary method for another cultivation method.

After they cultivated to a certain stage, they would be killed, and their kidneys would be dug out alive to refine into great medicine, extracting the Essence Qi of the kidneys for cultivation.

The reason Wang Dexiu was able to discover this was because he found the bodies of two senior brothers who had gone out for training.

They had all had their kidneys removed.

At that time, he knew that his master had a problem.

He found an opportunity and escaped from the Black Water Xuanmen, wandering all the way until he settled in Jade City.

A few years ago, he couldn't bear the loneliness and went to a brothel, breaking his celibacy.

From then on, his troubles began. He found that two tentacles had grown from the position of his kidneys.

Some black pustules also grew on his body, often causing him unbearable pain, and he needed some special medicine to suppress the pain.

And he became very interested in flesh and blood, knowing that he had started to mutate.

The street where he set up his stall was called Bai Men Lane, meaning that no matter what origin, anyone could enter.

In Jade City, most cultivators were at the Foundation Building level, and the total number of cultivators was at least over 1,000.

They all had their own public identities, hidden among the crowd, cultivating and absorbing the Essence Qi of the city.

Many of the shops in Bai Men Lane were branches of major sects, spread throughout the Great Tang Dynasty.

These sects did not accept money, only accepting Spirit Medicine, minerals, Law Weapons, or special materials.

Or various unique techniques, spells, Divine Abilities, valued in Essence Qi stones, could be purchased from their shops.

As long as you have valuable items, you can buy most of what you want from them.

Even inheritances of techniques were possible to obtain.

So, many Independent Cultivators would try their best to explore ancient sites or dangerous places to find various treasures.

In Wang Dexiu's diary, there were clear records of some of the orthodox forces in the Great Tang Dynasty.

The orthodox forces of the entire world are roughly divided into seven types.

Taoism, Buddhist Gate, Confucianism, Demon Dao, Ghost Path, Yao Path, and the Hundred Schools of Thought.

They either reside in temples or hide among the rivers and lakes, guiding the development of human society and dominating everything from ancient times to the present.

This is a vast world, containing countless legendary stories, and the practitioners of the orthodox are the true rulers of this world.

These Independent Cultivators are the lowest level in the orthodox, using all means to exchange for the needed resources and techniques from these true orthodox.

Wang Dexiu had heard some legends that in some true giant cities, there were populations of tens of millions.

The endless Essence Qi generated daily would be collected by the orthodox and transformed into mysterious Grotto-Heaven blessed lands.

Grotto-Heaven blessed lands are not in the mountains and rivers, but within the human world.

Wang Dexiu knew little about the realms of cultivation.

He only knew about the Foundation Building realm and the True Law realm, with the Foundation Building realm divided into three levels.

Refining Essence, strengthening the body, and the human calamity!