Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 17 The Crystallization of Vengeful Spirits
Although he listened to Ji Cheng's lies, anyone with eyes could see that it had nothing to do with Su You. After all, at that time, most of the fellow disciples were fleeing for their lives when disaster struck, and they had no time to care about others.

The vengeful spirit quietly infiltrated Liu Hua's cave. Even a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage could not withstand the vengeful spirit's soul attack and was quickly devoured.

After the vengeful spirit devoured Liu Hua's soul, Su You felt a sense of relief, as if he had avenged a great grudge.

He hadn't been feeling comfortable for long when he sensed something was wrong. He had suddenly lost control of the vengeful spirit. "Oh no! The soul of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator is a great tonic for vengeful spirits. Now its soul has become much stronger, and I can't control it anymore! The vengeful spirit is backfiring!"

The vengeful spirit staggered out of the cave, its only thought now being to kill the host that had devoured its soul.

"Where did this evil spirit come from, daring to cause trouble in my Liushan Sect!" A loud and majestic voice rang out from the mountain.

A bolt of lightning struck down from the mountain peak, hitting the vengeful spirit directly.

"Waaaaaah..." The vengeful spirit instantly shattered into countless fragments, which quickly coalesced again. Then it let out an angry wail, glanced at the mountain, and immediately burrowed underground, disappearing from sight.

"Haha, serves them right!" Su You saw this scene from afar through the contract.

This vengeful spirit is truly brainless. After its strength increased dramatically, it stopped concealing its aura and swaggered out. No wonder it was discovered.

When Su You was controlling it, he was extremely careful and cautious, not revealing a single trace of his presence.

"We should take care of it, otherwise it will be a problem once it grows stronger." Su You quickly headed towards the location of the vengeful spirit.

He still can't control the other party, but he can sense its location. If he doesn't take advantage of its injury and weakened strength to eliminate it now, he won't be able to withstand the backlash when it grows stronger.

Su You piloted his flying sword at full speed. Now that the vengeful spirit was out of control, it would be disastrous if it caused a large-scale massacre.

Fortunately, he stayed near Liushan Sect to prevent any problems from arising, and was able to get there immediately.

In just half an hour, Su You found the vengeful spirit, which had just killed two rogue cultivators and devoured their souls.

Unfortunately, that attack was from a Golden Core cultivator, and it was lightning-based. Although it was just a casual strike, it still caused immense damage. Even now, the power of the lightning is still raging within its soul.

"Die!" Su You said without the slightest hesitation.

Light Spell! Fireball Spell! Mental Pierce!

They used every kind of witchcraft that could restrain a soul indiscriminately.

The vengeful spirit simply could not withstand the secondary damage and was torn apart again.

After dozens of tearing apart, Su You finally regained control of the vengeful spirit.

After hesitating for a moment, Su You decided to kill it. The power of this curse was too evil and difficult to control. It would easily backfire, so it was better not to leave it alive.

Next, Su You used the power of the contract to control the vengeful spirit so that it would not resist, and then continuously endure its witchcraft attacks.

With each wave of sorcery attacks, the vengeful spirit's body shrank smaller and smaller until it finally disappeared, condensing into a pale yellow, crystalline substance.

"This must be a crystal of vengeful spirits, and it's quite pure. It can be used directly after a little purification," Su You quickly determined.

The Golden Core cultivator from the Liushan Sect helped him a great deal; the power of that thunder was indeed very effective in purifying impurities in the soul.

"Not bad, not bad. With this vengeful spirit crystal, my mental strength can be greatly enhanced." Su You smiled.

……

Void Heaven Immortal City, East District, Liusu Lane, Cave No. 35.

Since abandoning his identity as a member of the Liushan Sect, Su You spent two thousand spirit stones to rent a mid-grade B-level cave dwelling in the Xutian Immortal City for cultivation. The spiritual energy inside was equivalent to that of a mid-grade third-level spiritual vein.

Don't be fooled by the low price; it's because the lease term is short, only two years. If it were ten years, it would cost 10,000 spirit stones, and for a hundred years, it would cost 100,000 spirit stones. Only wealthy Golden Core cultivators can afford to rent such a cave dwelling.

Moreover, two thousand spirit stones are enough for an ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivator to purchase a powerful top-grade magic weapon.

Now, in this quiet, comfortable environment rich in spiritual energy, and with plenty of pills, Su You's Qi Refining cultivation is improving rapidly.

Moreover, his progress in body refinement was not slow, because his body refinement resources were constantly increasing, so he was making slow but steady progress.

……

One year later.

Su You stretched his arms and slowly stepped out of the bathtub.

After more than half a year of cultivation, his body refinement realm finally reached the late stage of the first level.

His Qi Refining cultivation had reached perfection half a year ago, and after six months of continuous refinement, his spiritual power had become extremely smooth.

Everything is ready now, except for laying the foundation.

The Foundation Establishment Pill and the Twin Avatars were purchased at an auction six months ago.

Now, everything is in place, from the cultivation environment and Foundation Establishment Pills to one's own cultivation level, making it a natural progression to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

This time, Su You didn't hesitate much for a moment before breaking through. With the experience of his previous Foundation Establishment, he quickly began the conversion of his magical power. With his powerful mental control, this step was a breeze for him.

Su You hadn't even used the Foundation Establishment Pill yet, but this step was already completed.

As for the Divine Sense Barrier, he had already broken through to the next level and did not need to break through again.

Finally, there was the physical challenge. Su You considered his powerful physique and decided to forgo taking Foundation Establishment Pills and instead undergo spiritual energy infusion.

With his current physique, even if he fails to establish his foundation, his body will not suffer too much damage. If he is seriously injured, he can commit suicide and be resurrected, and he will be completely unharmed again.

After the transformation of magical power is completed, the divine consciousness breaks through the body. Due to the spiritual pressure inside and outside, spiritual energy flows into the body, cleansing the meridians and marrow, and improving the physique.

However, for Su You, who had already cultivated his body to the late stage of the first level of body refinement, it was easy to withstand the infusion of spiritual energy, and his meridians were not damaged much.

In this way, Su You successfully completed the Foundation Establishment without even taking any Foundation Establishment Pills.

"It worked?" Su You exclaimed in disbelief.

It should be noted that the twin clones specifically went to the black market to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill for this Foundation Establishment, but they succeeded before even using it.

The unexpected saving of a Foundation Establishment Pill was good news for Su You, since Foundation Establishment Pills are very valuable and require months of hard hunting in the Flowing Cloud Mountains to obtain such a harvest.

However, this successful foundation building, while unexpected, was also within reason.

For Su You, the only difficult part of the Foundation Establishment Trials was the mana barrier. However, once he successfully passed this barrier, he could easily pass the other two without needing Foundation Establishment Pills.

Su You closed his eyes and began to meditate on the World Tree.

really!

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the World Tree standing there also rose a notch in height.

The World Tree is the manifestation of the soul; as the World Tree improves, one's own soul strength also increases considerably.

Su You spread his spiritual power outwards.

Originally, my mental power could only detect a range of five kilometers outside, but now it can detect a range of at least six kilometers.

"My current mental strength..." Su You pondered for a moment, feeling his surging mental strength.

He should be close to breaking through, and his spiritual sense is probably similar to that of a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Without hesitation, Su You took out the already purified vengeful spirit crystal and swallowed it in one gulp. He could feel his spiritual power slowly increasing like a trickle of water until it reached the limit of an apprentice's spiritual power, at which point it stopped.

"It's a pity there's no magic crystal, otherwise I could observe the specific mental energy values ​​and more accurately judge when I'm about to break through." Su You shook his head helplessly.

The materials for making magic crystals have not yet been found.

However, over the course of more than a year, the twin clones have been constantly poring over various information and materials from the cultivation world, and have also discovered many materials that are the same as those in the wizarding world, only with different names. As long as they continue to search, they will be able to find them sooner or later.

Even if he couldn't find it, Su You would search for substitute materials to refine it.

Once you become a first-tier wizard, receive the inheritance once more, and build your own wizard tower, you can conduct numerous wizard experiments there.

For the next month, Su You focused all his energy on absorbing spiritual energy and converting it into mana. As his cultivation level improved, the amount of mana his dantian could hold also increased significantly. Furthermore, mana was qualitatively different from spiritual energy.

Now, when Su You uses magic, it is in no way inferior to his own witchcraft, and some of it is even more powerful.

After consolidating his cultivation, Su You did not stay in the cave to continue cultivating. Although the spiritual energy here was abundant, his aptitude was three spiritual roots. If he wanted to improve quickly, the best way was still to take pills as before.

However, pills for the Foundation Establishment stage are quite valuable. Even a single pill that enhances mana in the early stages of Foundation Establishment is worth hundreds of spirit stones.

For a typical Foundation Establishment cultivator, consuming even one bottle of pills a year is considered quite extravagant.

Moreover, these pills are priceless and rarely available in ordinary shops.

Now that I have successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm, my previous cultivation of the "Green Wood Technique" has reached its limit.

After all, it's only a Qi Refining level cultivation technique. If he wants to continue cultivating, he'll have to switch to a Foundation Establishment technique.

After thinking it over, Su You decided to give up his plan to go to Liushan Sect to find cultivation techniques. He was not prepared to reveal his Foundation Establishment cultivation level at the moment.

Moreover, the cultivation techniques obtained from the Liushan Sect may not be as good as those stored by the Xutian Sect.

Moreover, it is more convenient for the twin clones to exchange for cultivation techniques at the Transmission Pavilion.

Having resolved the issue of his subsequent cultivation techniques, Su is now considering his wizarding realm, which is only one step away from the first level.

Now all that's missing is finding a suitable demon beast to refine. Once a suitable demon beast is found, its complete flesh and soul can be collected and refined into a Primal Seed, which can then be refined into one's innate talent.

(End of this chapter)