Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

Chapter 63 Auspicious Transformation
After examining it carefully for a while, he had a thought, and a wisp of wind, like a rope, wrapped around the silver-glowing iron arrow, pulling it inch by inch from the dead infant's brow.

puff!

A dozen or so breaths later, a short arrow about 1.6 feet long hovered in front of Wu Tian.

The dead infant had a hole through its skull between its eyebrows, a rather gruesome sight.

Wu Tian swallowed the short arrow whole and telepathically told Man Xiongmu, "Master, let's put this dead infant back into the cold pool!"

"Hmm?" Man Xiongmu turned around, looking at him with some confusion. "Why?"

Wu Tian said in a serious tone, "This dead infant has an extraordinary identity, and I'm afraid it might get me into trouble."

Man Xiongmu said, "I think he has been dead for a long time. Moreover, he has been nurtured in this cold pool for a long time, and his original appearance is no longer recognizable. With his blue face and fangs, he looks like a water ghost. Even if his parents were to meet him, they would definitely not recognize him."

Wu Tian shook his head again, "Forget it, Master. We don't have the incantations of the sect leader's lineage. Even if we refine human skin, it will only be a mere shell."

"Besides, I still feel uneasy, so I'd better put it back!"

Upon hearing this, Man Xiongmu pondered for a moment. Bai Long'er could sense danger, and he wasn't one to act rashly. After a brief consideration, he immediately put the dead infant back.

As the stillborn infant sank into the icy pool, Wu Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the blood-red light that had been shrouding the canyon gradually dissipated.

“Since you’re not going to use that dead infant, let’s try this python demon first. If you can’t suppress its evil spirit, then we’ll go find other snake spirits.”

"Okay, thank you, Master." Wu Tian quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Go on, go on, go play by yourself. Don't bother me while I'm forging the beast armor. It's such a big thing, it won't be easy to forge it successfully." Man Xiong Mu patted his head with a headache.

Wu Tian nuzzled against his leg in a flattering manner before slipping to the edge of the cold pool to begin his cultivation.

"I'll be able to complete the Ruyi Mantra in a while. I wonder if I'll be able to unlock the talent that allows me to change the size of my body?"

"The Ruyi Whip is only missing the last Ruyi Rope to be fully refined..."

"And the Wind-Tearing Blade..."

Wu Tian felt that there was more and more to learn, and there was simply not enough time.

He spat out strands of Yin spirit from his mouth and began to refine the Ruyi Rope.

"If the python robe can be successfully refined, the Ruyi Rope will be even more necessary. I wonder how big a python it will become when wrapped with the Ruyi Rope?"

At this moment, Man Xiongmu had already begun to busy himself with processing the python's body, while Wu Tian began to refine the Ruyi Rope.

No one noticed that the hole left between the eyebrows of the dead infant that had been sunk to the bottom of the icy pool was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, until in the end, only a faint vertical mark remained.

……

Wu Tian originally thought that after descending the mountain, Man Xiongmu would lead him to kill demons and collect various spiritual materials. However, he did not expect that they would spend a long time in this valley.

The crafting of the beast armor was more complicated than he had imagined, especially since the material used was the corpse of a demon, and with such a huge python body, it required even more effort.

The bear-wood peels off the snake's skin, using its flesh and blood as materials, and inscribes incantations on the snake's skin. Then it extracts the snake's bones, softens them using secret methods, and refines them continuously until they become fine threads.

Finally, the bone threads are used to sew the snakeskin together, while connecting the incantations engraved on it.

During this process, the python's internal organs are also refined into special materials, which are then used to outline the snakeskin.

As for the two snake eyes, they have been removed and, after being refined using secret methods, have become two dark green stone beads; and the python has a total of one hundred and twenty-two teeth. These materials all need to be constantly refined, and at the same time, they need to be combined with the snake skin.

The most difficult thing to deal with is the vengeful spirit. Man Xiongmu is worried that Wu Tian is in danger, so he has been trying various methods to erase its ferocity, which requires a lot of effort...

Besides processing materials, Man Xiongmu also has his own daily training, so they can only stay in this valley temporarily.

To make it easier for him to live and rest, Wu Tian used his claws and wind-tearing blades to carve out caves in the hard cliff face.

His claws were already sharp, but after being enhanced by true energy, they became even sharper, enough to tear apart those rocks.

During this process, he began to try to use Wind Release to perform the transformation of the Wind-Tearing Blade. This involves the understanding and subtle control of Wind Release, and it is not enough to just have the form.

However, Wu Tian was not in a hurry. He remained calm and kept trying to condense wind-tearing blades every day and use them to open up stone caves.

On the eighteenth day of staying in this valley, he successfully refined the third Ruyi Rope. The next step was to combine the three Ruyi Ropes.

The process of refining requires constant purification with one's own true energy, allowing the Ruyi Rope to be imbued with one's own aura, thus ensuring a smoother refining process.

In this respect, he has a unique advantage. He only needs to swallow all three Ruyi Ropes into his stomach, and the Swallowing Mountain talent will naturally refine these Ruyi Ropes.

This was originally a time-consuming and laborious process, but thanks to the Devouring Mountain talent, the three Ruyi Ropes were connected by their energy in just twelve days, becoming as one.

"It's a pleasant surprise. I never expected that Swallowing Mountains would have such a wonderful use."

However, considering that he had awakened the Devouring Mountain technique through the Abdominal Sac Technique, which has the function of nurturing magical artifacts, he understood.

"Next, we will begin the combined training."

Wu Tian still chose to perform this step within his own abdomen. Before breaking through the Xuan Guan, his true energy could not be released outwards, and it could be better refined and nurtured within his abdomen.

He began chanting the Ruyi Mantra, and the spiritual energy within his body flowed naturally with the incantation.

The auspicious mantras engraved on the three auspicious ropes began to resonate with it, the runes flowed, and the ropes trembled and twisted like thin snakes.

As the incantation echoed, the runes on the Ruyi ropes swirled, and the three Ruyi ropes began to intertwine.

As time went by, the intertwined Ruyi ropes became tighter and tighter, and even the incantations on them began to merge with each other.

After a full hour, Wu Tian suddenly spat out the Ruyi Rope, and instantly, the essence of heaven and earth surged in from all directions.

The four colors of light—water, fire, wind, and thunder—transformed into a stream, completely submerging the Ruyi Rope...

This is the final step in the refining process. The Ruyi Mantra is used to activate the other four incantations engraved inside the artifact. Under the refinement of the essence of heaven and earth, the five incantations are completely united and transformed into the Ruyi Whip.

This final step is the resonance between the artifact itself and the heavens and earth. The longer this resonance lasts, the stronger the foundation becomes, and the more outstanding the effect will be.

Wu Tian breathed a slight sigh of relief. Refining the Ruyi Whip, this cursed artifact, had truly consumed too much of his time and energy, but now he had finally achieved initial success.

At the same time, the system panel changed.

Ding! System notification: Your skill "Wishful Mantra" has been upgraded to perfection and can be awakened as a talent. Please choose one of the following two intermediate talents.

Option 1, Size at Will: You can shrink or enlarge your body, up to a maximum of three times. This option continuously consumes your vital energy.

Option two refers to object transformation. You can shrink or enlarge your personal items, up to a maximum of three times. Using this option will continuously consume your energy and spirit.

(End of this chapter)