Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 195 Skilled in Battle and Nourishing Health, Zhu You's Unyielding Spirit

Tens of millions of spirit crystals!
These spirit crystals are too easy to earn!
Despite the intense excitement ignited by the Dao patterns and spirit crystals, and the desire to quickly free Yao Fei from the clutches of evil and help her start anew, he was deeply moved.

However, the thirty-six Buddhist cultivators inside the storage bag had been hanging their heads since the battle with the octopus monster, looking extremely tired, and it was unclear when they would recover.

Therefore, Su Qing did not give Yao Fei a specific time for the exorcism, but only told her to wait at home for good news. Once she had recovered, she would invite Yao Fei to visit.

This made Consort Yao think to herself how much Su Qing had sacrificed to exorcise the evil spirit, and she felt even more grateful to him.

When Su Qing later inquired about various matters within the Cursed Spirit Clan, he told her the truth without concealing anything.

What Su Qing really wanted to ask was whether the Cursed Spirit Clan was skilled in physical cultivation.

Because the Nine Li Dao Patterns are Dao Patterns that are entirely applied to the path of body cultivation.

Logically speaking, curse masters who can use the power of evil runes should be exceptionally gifted in physical cultivation.

However, as far as he knew, at least in the Cloud Mountain Immortal Kingdom and the surrounding Immortal Kingdoms, no Spellcaster had shown any special ability in physical cultivation.

"The Cursed Spirit Clan has branches in various parts of the Tianyuan Realm, forming several tribes."

Depending on the different evil markings branded on each person's body, the abilities they can display also vary.

Some sorcerers use incantations as a catalyst to manipulate evil runes, sacrificing themselves to curse and kill others.

Some sorcerers can chant incantations to pray for sunshine and rain, summon thunder and lightning, and practice Taoist arts according to the proper methods; their power is unfathomable.

As fellow Daoist said, some Spellcasters are exceptionally gifted in physical cultivation, making rapid progress and possessing formidable combat power. However, such Spellcasters generally do not live long and pass away before advancing to a higher level, thus remaining relatively unknown in the cultivation world.

People like Yao Fei, who are considered chosen ones, have many strange and powerful evil markings on their bodies. If Yao Fei were to choose, even those who have achieved Foundation Establishment or Second-Order Body Cultivation would find it difficult to compete with her.

However, Consort Yao dared not tamper with these evil runes, lest she accelerate their invasion of her physical body and soul. Over the years, she had only made slight progress with two types of evil runes: incantations and spirit binding.

Consort Yao assumed that Su Qing needed to inquire about the secrets of the Cursed Spirit Clan because he needed to exorcise evil spirits.

Since she was seeking out Su Qing to exorcise evil spirits, and Su Qing did indeed possess the ability to do so, she readily shared all her knowledge.

As they talked, he even prepared to take off his robes, wanting to show Su Qing the functions of the various evil markings on his body.

"No need, it's not that serious. I've already seen it, Fellow Daoist Yao, hurry up and put it on!"

Su Qing waved her hand, indicating that there was no need for such enthusiasm.

But he secretly felt regretful.

He had thought that besides Yao Fei, her clansmen would also help him increase the completeness of his Dao patterns.

Unexpectedly, although Consort Yao was small, she was covered in evil marks.

According to Yao Fei, at least all the evil runes on the thousands of curse spirit masters in Baiyun Immortal City can be found on her.

This caused Su Qing to lose interest in exorcising evil spirits for the entire Cursed Spirit Clan.

Perhaps other cursed spirit tribes possess evil markings that Yao Fei does not have.

As the first Dao rune of enlightenment he obtained, it was also a Dao rune at the level of the Five Elders.

The Dao patterns of the Nine Li were too profound and extensive, which greatly piqued his interest. He longed to meet another extraordinary woman like Yao Fei as soon as possible so that he could study them thoroughly.

After expressing his deepest gratitude, Yao Fei, whose exquisite figure and stunning beauty were once again shrouded in a white cloth, was escorted out of the courtyard.

Su Qing finally had time to carefully experience the various changes he had undergone after obtaining the Nine Li Dao Patterns.

The biggest change, of course, comes from health maintenance.

Like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, or a furnace igniting its fire, one can instantly become a second-tier body cultivator.

The Immovable Heavenly King Technique was thus perfected. The furnace fire burned the essence into qi, which was then condensed into an outer armor of powerful qi outside the body.

In terms of pure defense, even Shao Delong's Heavenly Silkworm Armor is probably no match for it.

After advancing to the second tier, the Vajra Furnace fully unleashed its unparalleled fierceness. He raised his fist and clashed head-on with the tiger egg. Even the tiger egg, which used Heavenly Spirit Crystal externally and Demon King Bone internally, could not withstand the sharp internal force contained in his fist.

Their offensive is unstoppable, and their defense is as solid as a rock!
Such power comes at a price; a second-tier beast core can only sustain him for about half a month.

He wondered where he would find such a precious item containing a massive amount of vital energy after this beast core was used up.

But right now, the furnace is burning brightly, and every part of the body is frantically absorbing this energy for its own use, subtly evolving towards becoming stronger.

Su Qing was extremely satisfied with this change.

Then look at that skilled warrior.

He unleashed the Overlord Spear, practicing the Overlord Dragon Roar Spear technique.

All the obstacles that were originally hindering the cultivation of this combat technique have now become clear, although there are still some hurdles that cannot be fully mastered.

However, after a set of combat skills demonstrations, it was at least presentable, unlike the old Deng who had never even practiced combat skills and was ridiculed by Liang Haishun and others as just showing off.

"If I were to merge with Tiger Egg now and fight Xu Huaiyi again, without the aid of the array flags and the Whale Absorption Gourd, I might still have a chance to win?"

Having suddenly gained an understanding of combat techniques, Su Qing became somewhat fascinated by the feeling of practicing them.

He practiced the Tyrannosaurus Rex Spear three times in a row.

He realized that his original comprehension of combat skills was still too poor. Even with the effect of being good at combat, which improved his ability to comprehend combat skills by 30%, he was still only at a level similar to that of an average body-cultivating fanatic.

He reluctantly put down the Overlord Spear and then tried the effects of the incantation.

The effects of this technique are chaotic and inconsistent.

It feels like they're forcing things when there's nothing to do, artificially stimulating the body's energy and blood to achieve various effects.

For example, summoning wind and rain is incredibly simple for cultivators. They can use their magical power to manipulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, performing techniques like cloud-clearing and rain-making.

To achieve the same effect using the Zhuyou method, one must use qi and blood to forcibly subdue the surrounding spiritual energy, forcing it to obey.

Compared to other methods of cultivating the Dao, this technique is not only extremely strenuous, but also incredibly effective due to the limitations imposed by one's Qi and blood.

At least after half a day of effort, Su Qing managed to suppress a small amount of water-based spiritual energy and condense it into half a bucket of dew.

As for so-called divination, it's even more exhausting.

It is to forcefully question Heaven and Earth with one's physical body, in order to compel Heaven and Earth to tell it information about things.

The Heavenly Secret Talisman, as Master Tong described, senses changes in the Qi of Heaven and Earth, gathers countless pieces of information, and thus follows the cause to guide the effect, and infers the cause from the effect.

This kind of divination is completely defying heaven and earth. If the powerful don't tell me the secrets of heaven, I'll just break through the heavens!
If you're incompetent and don't tell me the outcome, I'll kill myself right now!

This is roughly the method of Zhu You divination.

Su Qing calculated that if he wanted to predict his fate tomorrow, he would probably have to vomit three liters of blood to get some guidance, and even that guidance might not be reliable!

When it was discovered that the art of incantation was a physical cultivation method aimed at achieving the same level of ability as magical cultivation, it lacked the essence of brute force.

Su Qing's interest in this technique plummeted immediately.

The final effect, Unyielding, has no experimental subjects yet, so its actual power cannot be investigated.

But based on the literal meaning, with his current cultivation level as a second-tier body cultivator, he should be able to withstand the pressure of a third-tier demon king.

"Let's find a chance to pluck all the feathers from that Golden Roc King's head!"

Possessing a sharp weapon and harboring murderous intent, Jinpeng Wang was on his list of people he shouldn't mess with just a few days ago.

Now he dares to even think about the golden roc feather on his body!
Of course, it's just a thought.

(End of this chapter)