Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 37 Azure Scale Serpent Blood (Please continue reading)

Ding Yijin's successful foundation building was a huge boost for the Ding family.

The Foundation Establishment Elder of Qingyun Sect personally attended the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, and the three major cultivation families of Zhao, He, and Tao all settled in Qinglong Bay.

This also means that the Ding family has weathered the most difficult time.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, if you hunt down a water-attribute demon beast, you shall share its blood."

As Zhao Chunsheng was leaving, Shen Xuan gave him some instructions.

"it is good!"

He agreed readily.

At this time, the relationship between Shen Xuan and Qin Yuehan, the newly promoted elder of the Qingyun Sect, was the talk of the town in Qinglong Bay.

With such connections, the Ding family treated Shen Xuan with great enthusiasm.

Ding Yijin personally referred to Ding Yuyao as his younger sister.

As a result, Zhao Chunsheng's status among the demon hunters rose rapidly.

After all, his whole family shared an apartment with Shen Fushi.

Now, Shen Xuan has become a little bolder.

It turns out that many cultivators also need the essence blood of demonic beasts for their cultivation, and he wasn't the only one.

Alchemy, weapon crafting, array formation, and talisman making all require the essence and blood of demonic beasts.

Even the improvement of spiritual roots is not a rare thing.

Many rare and precious materials can enhance one's spiritual root aptitude.

There are even elixirs specifically designed to enhance one's spiritual root aptitude.

However, the spiritual root aptitude is too low, and the cost of improving it is too high.

Moreover, the further you go, the harder it becomes to improve.

The sect's test is like the talent recruitment process in my previous life.

They all have bachelor's degrees.

But those from 985 and 211 universities are the ones they should be recruiting from.

Ordinary undergraduate students don't even have a chance to be shortlisted.

The better the spiritual root aptitude, the easier it is to cultivate.

There are definitely hidden gems, but no sect has put in the effort to discover them.

With a relatively fixed number of spiritual veins, the number of cultivators on the Xuan Yuan Continent is becoming excessive.

Shen Xuan focused on cultivating and making talismans.

He occasionally gave Ding Yuyao pointers on whip techniques.

Simplify the complex and achieve your goal with the simplest methods.

He instructed Ding Yuyao not to easily activate the Purple Jade Sword Heart Bracelet on her wrist.

It contained Qin Yuehan's nine sword intents.

Shen Xuan guessed that it was Qin Yuehan's sword intent during her Qi Refining stage.

Foundation Establishment Sword Intent cannot be activated by true qi alone.

A month later, Zhao Chunsheng returned home with a big smile on his face, carrying a bucket of monster blood.

Shen Xuan asked, "What is this?"

"Azure Scale Serpent Blood, Master Shen, try its effects!"

"it is good!"

Shen Xuan carried the Azure Scale Serpent Blood into the training room.

A quarter of it was scooped out and placed into the blood basin.

Prior to this, he repeatedly studied "The Essays of Master Qingxu".

I have a bold hypothesis.

Adult water-attribute monsters can also plunder talents.

Talent is hidden in one's bloodline.

As long as there is enough demon blood, you can try it.

This amount of blood would require at least the entire blood of an adult demon beast.

The Azure Scale Serpent is a mid-grade first-tier water-attribute monster, several meters long, amphibious, and non-venomous.

Shen Xuan silently recalled the description of the Azure Scale Serpent in the "Illustrated Compendium of Monsters of the Wilderness".

Suddenly, I burst into laughter.

Why think so much?

He was just a minor cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining. He finally unlocked his cheat ability, which allowed him to plunder the bloodline talents of demonic beasts and improve his spiritual root aptitude. What was there to complain about?

The Azure Scale Serpent is a mid-grade first-tier demonic beast, so it must have a bloodline talent worth plundering!
A beam of golden light shot out from the mysterious jade talisman.

[Plunderable Talents: Insight, Agility, Devour]

Shen Xuan chose the [Insight] talent.

[Talent: Insight (28/100)]

【Daoyun: 28】

"As expected, the blood of adult demon beasts can also plunder bloodline talents. This Azure Scale Serpent has good talent and a high level of Daoist aura."

The blood of a single green-scaled snake is enough to begin the training.

We left the training room.

"Eighty spirit stones!"

Shen Xuan counted out eighty spirit stones and handed them to Zhao Chunsheng.

Zhao Chunsheng's face was beaming like a chrysanthemum.

Master Shen is so generous!
The same Azure Scale Serpent Demon Blood sells for a maximum of sixty spirit stones at the market.

"Master Shen, if there is any more blood from water-attribute demon beasts, would you still accept it?" "Yes! But it has to be from a different kind of demon beast."

Shen Xuan said decisively.

As long as he has spirit stones, he will devote himself to plundering the talents of demon beasts.

As one's spiritual root aptitude improves, cultivation becomes increasingly smooth.

He needs to improve his strength as soon as possible.

Over the next two weeks, he successfully plundered the Azure Serpent's talent.

[Talent: Basic Insight (2/100)]

【Daoyun: 106】

[Spiritual Root: Water 22/100]

Shen Xuan first tested the [Insight] talent.

It is an intuitive ability similar to telepathy, which can keenly detect subtle movements, facial expressions, and sound fluctuations of surrounding living beings.

This ability is like a snake's forked tongue, capable of sensing the slightest vibrations in the air.

"A very useful talent. Insightful, perceptive, and able to distinguish right from wrong."

This talent allows Shen Xuan to avoid many unknown dangers.

Moreover, Shen Xuan's talent proficiency also increases when he uses the [Insight Technique].

Therefore, he added the Daoist essence to his self-healing talent.

[Talent: Self-Healing Mastery (83/400)]

For the next six months, Zhao Chunsheng had some bad luck.

The monsters hunted were of other attributes.

This made him very upset.

When it comes to the profit sharing, if he asks for the blood of the demon beasts and resells it to Shen Xuan, he can earn more spirit stones.

Shen Xuan was not in a hurry about this.

With a water elemental root aptitude of 22 points, he has enough to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

What he needs to do now is to continuously cultivate and improve his cultivation level.

Focus on crafting the [Rejuvenation Talisman] and earn spirit stones.

As for the blood of water-attribute monsters, it's better to have it, but there's no rush if you don't.

As long as you have spirit stones, you can buy them at any time.

Since moving into the second-class mansion, Ding Yuyao has never gone out without Shen Xuan by her side.

She was just an ordinary person, living in the inner city of the market, making her stand out.

But it's the Ding family.

Every now and then, female cultivators of similar age would come to visit the Shen family, addressing Ding Yuyao as a sister.

Shen Xuan was fully aware of this.

The Ding family was still unwilling to give up and wanted to pull him into their fold.

He could only pretend not to know.

Every time the female cultivators from the Ding family came, they would hide in the training room or the talisman-making room.

Cultivating spiritual skills, practicing techniques, and crafting talismans are strictly forbidden from being disturbed by others.

Ding Yuyao understood her husband's intentions.

She would not allow these women to get close to her husband.

Jiang Xueqi also helped her, pulling the girls away from the training room and talisman-making room.

After some time, the Ding family seemed to understand Shen Xuan's intentions.

The number of times the female cultivators from the Ding family visited gradually decreased.

They could occasionally send servants to deliver gifts during festivals.

Shen Xuan reciprocated with a fine "Rejuvenation Charm" of corresponding value.

The main point is not to profit from the price difference.

He didn't want to get too entangled with the Ding family.

The four major cultivation families in this area each have two Foundation Establishment cultivators. On the surface, they are evenly matched and live in harmony.

However, the Ding family patriarch's lifespan is coming to an end.

At that time, the Ding family will still be the weakest.

However, Qinglong Bay is a place with excellent feng shui.

Not only is it rich in spiritual energy, but it also occupies a port on the Longze River and sets up checkpoints to collect taxes.

Ding Yijin successfully completed the foundation building, and everything seemed to be going well.

In reality, they are all bark and no bite.

He knew the inside story.

Most of the profits from Qinglong Bay Market will be used to pay off the debts owed by Zhuji Dan.

Taking advantage of the situation, the Zhao, He, and Tao families each set up shop in Qinglongwan Market.

It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away!
In the distribution of benefits, there are never permanent enemies or friends.

He had no desire to get involved in the power struggles among the four major cultivation families.

Unless the Ding family's power continues to grow.

A third cultivator from the Ding family has successfully established his foundation.

Otherwise, once the Ding family patriarch reaches the end of his life...

No one can predict how things will turn out!

(End of this chapter)