Mythical Cultivation

After another seven days of rest, Wu Ming was finally able to rise from his bed. After ten days in bed, Wu Ming felt like he was rusted. However, to fully recover from his injuries and prevent future complications, he had no choice but to follow the doctor's orders.

Now he could finally move around, but he only moved around in the yard every day. Since he couldn't do any strenuous activities, he didn't go out. He would discuss cultivation with Senior Brother Pan Ning on weekdays, but he was the one asking most of the questions. Pan Ning said that the difference in their cultivation levels was too great.

But Wu Ming is a man who has experienced several lifetimes, and his ideas are quite imaginative. Sometimes his views will make Pan Ning's eyes light up and inspire him, which also makes Pan Ning happy to communicate with Wu Ming.

The days spent together had actually made their relationship much closer. It was no longer just a simple camaraderie between fellow disciples; they had even exchanged communication talismans. Upon learning that Wu Ming had taken on the missing persons mission he hadn't previously accepted, he also brought out the body of the Bilin Snake and asked Wu Ming to complete the mission.

He also learned many things from Senior Brother Pan that he had never known before. For example, this was the county seat of Changxin County. Seriously injured, Pan Ning had taken him directly back to his residence in Changxin County, a two-story courtyard. This was also where Pan Ning was stationed in Changxin County. His mission was to guard Changxin County for ten years, and he was already in his eighth year. He had two years left to complete this mission.

After the disciples of Qingyun Sect reach the foundation-building stage and become inner disciples, they can still take on tasks, but they also have tasks that they must complete.

One is to serve as an Inspector, patrolling Qingjiang County to prevent demonic disciples from causing chaos or monsters from wreaking havoc on the world. The term of service is usually ten years, just like Brother Wang Zongyuan, who I met earlier, is an Inspector.

The second type is like Pan Ning, who is stationed in the county town. There are disciples of Qingyun Sect stationed in all the county towns in Qingjiang County. Their main purpose is to help the villages under the jurisdiction of the county town resist evil cultivators or monsters. The mission period for this type of mission is also ten years.

The third type involves fighting on the front lines, such as defending various demon beast gathering points to prevent them from rioting, or defending against invasions from the Netherworld Sect of Huangsha County within the boundaries of Qingjiang County. These missions are relatively dangerous and typically last only three years.

These three tasks were tasks that every inner disciple had completed, and they were also tasks they had to complete. These were things only Foundation Establishment disciples understood, and Wu Ming had known about them in advance.

Another three or four days passed, and Wu Ming's injuries were finally almost healed. Ever since he could get out of bed, his recovery had been rapid. This period of recuperation was the most leisurely he'd experienced in over twenty years. At first, he'd just lie in bed and wait for someone to take care of him. Later, he'd wander around like a retired old man, feeling completely dejected.

After half a month of rest and recuperation, not only did Wu Ming's injuries heal completely, he also felt that his cultivation had made great progress. It turned out that fighting was the best way to improve cultivation, but it was too dangerous.

"Brother Pan, my injuries are completely healed. I've troubled you for so long, and it's time for me to leave."

That day, Wu Ming found Pan Ning and prepared to say goodbye to him.

"Junior Brother Wu, I won't keep you here any longer. I know you must have your own things to do. But please pick out some useful things from the things I got when I killed Yin Lenghai."

Pan Ning said this and waved his hand, and a storage bag floated in front of Wu Ming.

Wu Ming didn't refuse; this was something they had agreed on long ago. Wu Ming probed his spiritual sense into the storage bag, revealing a ten-foot square area. The largest area was a pile of spirit stones, over a thousand of them of various properties scattered about.

These spirit stones were not much, especially for a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage. A thousand or so would be considered a pittance. Wu Ming didn't know that Yin Lenghai had been hunted by Pan Ning for nearly a month, and he had used up nearly a thousand spirit stones just to recover his true essence, not to mention that his spirit beast, the Bi Lin Snake, also needed spirit stones.

Spirit stones are not only the currency of the cultivation world, but also a means for cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage to restore their true essence. While elixirs can restore this energy, using them is too slow and requires careful refinement. The vital energy contained in spirit stones can be instantly converted into true essence, but using spirit stones is somewhat wasteful and not cost-effective. Therefore, most people only use spirit stones to restore true essence when absolutely necessary.

As for why Wu Ming had never used it, it wasn't because he didn't have spirit stones. It was because Qi Refining cultivators were too weak to absorb the vital energy from the spirit stones, so they couldn't use it even if they wanted to.

There were also nearly twenty bottles of medicinal pills. Wu Ming recognized several of them, such as the Qi-Restoring Pill, the Toxin-Removing Pill, and the Qi-Invigorating Pill. The remaining pills were unfamiliar to him. The bottles were labeled with names: Red Blood Pill, Marrow Cleansing Pill, Life-Devouring Pill, and Qi-Harmonizing Pill. He had no idea what they did. He'd ask Senior Brother Pan later; he was likely knowledgeable and would recognize them.

Then came a jade slip. Wu Ming examined it and discovered it contained a secret Qi-harvesting technique, one that could gather one's true essence and conceal oneself. This technique, called the Wuxiang Jue, allowed one to achieve a level of invisibility, making it undetectable to cultivators in the Qi Refining stage. At the second level, Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn't detect one either. And at the third level, there was a chance of concealing one's form from cultivators in the Golden Core stage.

Then there were more than ten different magical instruments, ranging from low-grade to high-grade, though several were damaged. Among the damaged instruments were several high-grade ones, which made Wu Ming very sad.

All that was left was a pile of blood-red stones, and no one knew what they were or what they were used for.

After Wu Ming finished his investigation, he took out a few bottles of elixirs and blood-red stones that he had never seen before and asked Pan Ning about them.

“This Red Blood Pill is a medicine used to replenish blood and essence. The Blood Demon Sect has a secret technique that requires burning one’s own blood and essence, so they have this kind of pill in case of emergency.

The Marrow Cleansing Pill is a elixir used by cultivators of the Body Refining Stage to strengthen their physique. The Qi-Harmonizing Pill is used by cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, similar to the Qi-Invigorating Pills you use daily. As for the Life-Devouring Pill, it's a very cruel elixir, slowly eroding a person's vitality until they eventually die. This stone is a resource unique to the Blood Demon Sect's cultivators, making it ideal for their cultivation.

You can choose five items from this storage bag. Have you decided which ones you want?"

Wu Ming had gained a lot of knowledge today, but he was a bit confused when it came to choosing five items. There were so many good things that he didn't know how to choose. Spiritual stones were definitely hard currency, so he had to choose them. Then there was the Wuxiang Jue. The effects of this secret technique really attracted Wu Ming.

As for the pills, he wanted the Red Blood Pill and the Cleansing Marrow Pill, which would be very useful for his Hundred Refinements True Body cultivation. But there were so many magical instruments that he didn't want to miss out on. If that top-grade magical instrument wasn't so badly damaged, a magical instrument would be his first choice.