Mythical Cultivation

As for his golden finger, Wu Ming had gained some understanding of it after numerous explorations. However, his current cultivation was too low, so for now he could only enter the Eastern King's Palace as a spirit. He speculated that once his strength increased, he should be able to enter in person, which could also serve as a refuge.

As for the good things in the imperial palace, there are quite a few, whether it is the skills in the jade slips, the 3,600 star cores used for lighting above the main hall, or even the alchemy furnace in the side hall. They are all good things. Unfortunately, his cultivation is too low, so he can only look but not use them. He has a mountain of gold but can do nothing about it.

As for the elixirs and magic weapons, there wasn't a single one. He didn't know if they had never existed, or if they had all dissipated. After all, the palace looked like it had been through countless ages, which made Wu Ming feel very sorry. He hadn't considered that even if they did exist, they wouldn't be something he could use now. It wasn't impossible that he would explode and die after taking a single elixir.

But now Wu Ming does not understand how huge the gap between cultivators is. When he becomes stronger and understands it, he will find his current thoughts ridiculous.

As for the conditions for going to another world, Wu Ming still hasn't figured it out. He has used the star-fixing plate in the past few years, but it can no longer make him feel attracted as before, nor can it allow him to go to another world. He also doesn't know what conditions must be met to use it.

However, he had some guesses about the conditions for his return. Before his last return, the intense feeling he felt upon encountering the Void Pearl had made him desperate to obtain it. After obtaining it, he returned within a few days. Therefore, obtaining the Void Pearl must have been the reason for his return. However, Wu Ming had no idea why the Void Pearl could allow him to escape that world, so he could only wait and see.

Furthermore, over the past few years, he had researched the Void Pearl numerous times, but ultimately came to nothing. Based on Wu Ming's current experience, the Void Pearl was a secret treasure in this world. For the past three years, besides cultivating at home, Wu Ming's most frequent visit was to the Sutra Library, partly to understand the uniqueness of the Void Pearl.

The Qingyun Sect's Sutra Library was divided into five floors. The books on the bottom floor were all about the cultivation world, covering everything from natural treasures to astronomy and geography. This greatly broadened Wu Ming's horizons, and he was no longer the ignorant cultivator he had been before.

In terms of power division, a sect like the Qingyun Sect could be considered a first-rate power, but it only dominated Qingjiang County. Qingjiang County, with an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of miles, equivalent to the area of ​​dozens of Earths, was only a portion of the northern region of Yunzhou.

In the entire Yunzhou area, there are more than ten areas the size of Qingjiang County, and there are also more than ten forces as powerful as the Qingyun Sect. In addition, there are countless second- and third-rate forces and cultivation families. These forces together make up the entire Yunzhou cultivation world.

The countless forces in Yunzhou are divided into the righteous and the evil. For example, the Qingyun Sect is a member of the righteous sect, while the Huangsha County next to Qingjiang County is the world of the evil sect, the Youming Sect.

The Netherworld Sect and the Qingyun Sect are mortal enemies. The feud between the two sects has lasted for hundreds of years, and both want to destroy the other. When the disciples of the two sects meet, it is a fight to the death, but no one is sure of victory, so they are usually restrained. Fights are just between disciples, and rarely involve the high-level leaders of the sect. They can only be regarded as minor fights.

However, once one side feels that it has enough strength, that will be the day when the other sect is exterminated. Of course, the grudges between two first-class forces are not so casual. After all, the human race is not the only dominant force in this world.

The entire Yunzhou region is not solely populated by humans, but also by countless demons. Humans and demons are inherently antagonistic, but the demons are no less powerful than humans. Therefore, the most common struggles within Yunzhou, aside from the struggles between various sects for resources and territory, are between humans and demons.

This was a war of races. Compared to the struggle between the human and demon races, the fighting between sects was child's play. The human race's top leaders would not allow such a life-and-death battle to occur between two first-rate sects.

There was a lot of knowledge like this, things Wu Ming had never known or thought about before. The books he had read in recent years had also given him a greater understanding of the world and strengthened his resolve to cultivate.

As for the upper floors of the Sutra Library, Wu Ming had only been to the second floor, and that was the only place he could go. The second floor was for disciples at the Qi Refining stage, where dozens of shelves were filled with jade slips and books. However, these were not free; they required spirit stones to access them.

Wu Ming had also spent hundreds of spirit stones, selecting several jade slips from them, such as "Talisman Making Experience," "Magic Instrument Refining," and "Advancing Spells," which greatly benefited his cultivation. Not to mention that he could now craft first-level advanced talismans, a large part of the reason was due to his talisman making experience. Without this, if he had relied on his own hard work, it would have taken him forever to advance.

He originally knew only the most basic methods for refining magical instruments, having learned from jade slips how to refine different types of instruments to best suit his own needs and maximize their power. This most basic method only allowed him to unleash the power of instruments from the fifth to the eighth level. If it weren't for the explanations in "Refining Magical Instruments," he wouldn't have known this. Many casual cultivators are likely unaware of this, wasting their instruments' power without realizing it, a drawback of casual cultivators.

There is also "The Advancement of Magic", which also made Wu Ming deeply touched. It turns out that the so-called magic is divided into elementary, intermediate, advanced, and top levels. In fact, it not only refers to their power against the enemy, but also refers to the identification of the strength of one's own spiritual consciousness. Cultivation is only a prerequisite for practicing magic. The power of the magic also depends on the strength of one's own spiritual consciousness.

All spells are composed of ten basic elements, and there are nearly a hundred primary spells alone. The four levels of spells must number at least several hundred in total, but in fact there are not that many. Many spells are similar, and can even be said to be repetitive.

For example, take the simplest fireball technique. The elementary technique is called the Small Fireball, while the intermediate technique also has the Large Fireball. For a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage, there might be a difference between the two, but for a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage, the difference is simply one of size, or even less of a difference; it's simply a matter of varying degrees of flame compression. A fist-sized or a washbasin-sized fireball—if a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage needs it, they can transform a Large Fireball into a Small Fireball.

As for the more advanced spells, such as the Fire Bird Spell, the Fire Wolf Spell, and even the pinnacle Fire Phoenix Spell, these are essentially just different operations on flames. It's just that the spiritual awareness of Foundation Establishment cultivators is stronger, and they can imbue flames with a sense of consciousness. Furthermore, the transformation allows the flames to manifest in different forms, resulting in significant differences in power. As long as you're powerful enough, you could create a spell called Fireball Spell. That's fine, but the power of that Fireball Spell would undoubtedly be enough to incinerate mountains and boil seas.

As the saying goes, once you understand one thing, you can understand everything. As long as you understand the principles, you can create new techniques on your own, and learning techniques will be twice the result with half the effort.

In addition to these, there are some other jade slips that are also beneficial for cultivation. I will not go into details here. I can only say that cultivation is vast and cannot be understood overnight. We cultivators should be cautious and careful in order to reach the peak.