Mythical Cultivation

When the women in the village saw the immortal master's actions, they did not dare to speak loudly. They could only stand aside and hold their breath, for fear of disturbing Wu Ming.

After drinking a mouthful of well water, Wu Ming closed his eyes and began to examine his body. As the well water went down, Wu Ming clearly felt a negligible trace of energy in the water adding to his body, which strengthened his body by one ten-thousandth. If Wu Ming had not observed carefully, he would not have noticed it at all.

It was indeed the effect of the water source. His guess was correct, but Wu Ming started his investigation in the wrong direction.

He had only searched the stream and hadn't thought of well water. It made sense, as stream water was mostly used for washing or irrigation, and few people drank it directly. Most of the villagers probably got their drinking water from the well.

Now that he knew the reason, Wu Ming took the entire bucket of water back and prepared to study it to see what was so strange about the water that could have such a strengthening effect on the body.

He couldn't just carry a bucket to the well and drink water to strengthen himself. That would seem a bit idiotic. Who in their right mind would drink water all the time? Besides, their stomach couldn't hold that much well water. Wu Ming decided to study it first to see if he could find the secret of the water.

The women nearby saw the Immortal Master leave and continued to busy themselves with their own affairs without discussing the matter. Although Wu Ming looked approachable, no one dared to discuss the Immortal Master casually.

Back at his residence, Wu Ming continued to explore the special energy in the water. He discovered that this special energy seemed to be completely dissolved in the water. The only way to obtain this energy was to drink it. However, Wu Ming felt that he had to think of a way to determine how much he would need to drink.

When an apprentice alchemist first starts learning, in addition to remembering the appearance and medicinal properties of various spiritual objects, another task is to extract the essence of the spiritual objects. If these two requirements are not met, it would be a daydream to want to become a qualified alchemist.

Although Wu Ming is not an alchemist, he did learn some things when he was a reserve disciple. At that time, the teachers in the Newcomer Academy would teach everyone some basic knowledge related to cultivation. This not only increased the newcomers' knowledge, but also gave everyone a preliminary understanding of what aspects would be involved in the future.

This is also the advantage of a large sect, allowing disciples to understand various things in advance and have a clear plan for the future. Instead of randomly choosing a path in ignorance and regretting it later, the time wasted is not just a day or two, but years, even decades.

It just so happened that Wu Ming wrote down everything the teachers said when he was in the freshman school. Although he didn't know everything, he still understood the basic principles.

Next, we will try to use the method of extracting the essence of spiritual objects through alchemy to see if we can extract this energy from water.

With his true energy circulating, Wu Ming began to extract the essence from the cup of well water in his hand according to the method he remembered. As expected, he failed, which was also within Wu Ming's expectations.

After more than ten or twenty extractions, when a bucket of well water was about to be used up, Wu Ming finally extracted a strand of cyan-gold energy as thick as a hair from the well water. His hard work paid off, and he finally succeeded.

After more than a dozen mistakes, Wu Ming finally mastered the tricks of extracting the essence, which enabled him to successfully extract the special energy from the water.

The spiritual consciousness investigated the cyan-gold threads, and apart from vaguely feeling a little bit of pressure, there was nothing unusual. He didn't know if it was an illusion.

Wu Ming couldn't wait to swallow the cyan-gold energy. This time he could feel the increase in his body strength a little more clearly.

Having discovered the well water's effect, Wu Ming didn't hesitate. He summoned Village Chief Niu and asked him to find someone to fetch him a bucket of well water every hour for his own use. By nightfall, Wu Ming had used up four buckets of water and extracted over thirty special energies. He stored them in a jade bottle and would return to use them at night.

After half a day of extraction, looking at the more than thirty special energies in the jade bottle, Wu Ming knew that he was getting closer and closer to the fourth level of the Hundred Refinements True Body.

He began to practice. After more than an hour, the energy in the bottle was exhausted. Wu Ming could clearly feel that his body, which had remained unchanged for a long time, had been significantly strengthened, at least by 3 or 4 percent, and he had hope of breaking through to the fourth level of the Hundred Refinements True Body.

It was another calm night, and no one was missing in the village. Three days of peace made the villagers feel more at ease, thinking that it was the arrival of the immortal master that restored peace to the village.

This also made everyone respect the Immortal Master even more, and the young men helping Wu Ming worked even harder. Wu Ming didn't get impatient. If the monster didn't appear, it would be fine. He could improve his strength. If it did appear, he could complete the task as soon as possible.

In the next few days, he began his own extraction project. During the day, he searched around the village for possible mysterious monsters and extracted energy from the well water. At night, he practiced his body, striving to break through to the fourth level of the Hundred Refinements True Body as soon as possible.

Another three days passed, and Wu Ming had extracted nearly two hundred strands of special energy. He could already feel that the breakthrough would come tonight.

Wu Ming had already begun his training before nightfall. The eighty strands of turquoise energy in the bottle were his harvest for the day. As Wu Ming became more proficient at extracting the essence, he made fewer mistakes and his speed increased.

As Wu Ming took the medicine, two hours passed and crackling sounds came from all parts of his body. He finally broke through to the fourth level of the Hundred Refinements of True Body.

After the breakthrough, Wu Ming took out the Qingyun Sword, which he had not used for a long time, and drew it across his forearm. It felt like a blunt knife drawing across leather. A white sword mark appeared on his forearm, but his forearm was intact. It had indeed reached the level of a low-grade magic weapon.

This can also be considered as Wu Ming's trump card. Even if he is attacked by someone, as long as it is not a mid-grade magic weapon, Wu Ming does not have to worry too much.

After a moment's thought, Wu Ming channeled his True Energy into the Qingyun Sword again, carefully slashing it across. This time, the feeling was noticeably different. A shallow scar appeared on his skin, and a few seconds later, a trace of blood appeared on the wound. The wound wasn't deep, so the blood quickly clotted, barely forming a scar.

It seems that low-grade magic weapons can still injure me. Although the wound is shallow, it is still risky. However, I have only just entered the fourth level and there is still room for improvement, so I must continue to work hard.

But it's already very good. Before entering the fourth level, the Qingyun Sword without the addition of true energy could easily cut wounds on the body. Now it is much stronger.

After the experiment, Wu Ming continued to use the remaining special energy, but now Wu Ming could not feel any change. Unconvinced, Wu Ming used up all the energy and only felt a slight increase in physical strength, less than one ten-thousandth of a percent.

It took half a day to extract this much energy, and it only improved this little bit. It seems that further improvement would be difficult to rely on the special energy in the well water. Wu Ming no longer worried about it. At least he had broken through to the fourth level, which was a big step forward.