The凝华 Pill was a rare and precious medicinal pill on the market that could increase the cultivation of a Golden Core cultivator in the mid-stage. The 地元 Pill was an auxiliary pill for cultivators who cultivated earth-attribute spiritual power.
These were the first two types of pills that Zhang Ling had ever refined, so the success rate was naturally pitifully low.
However, with the mysterious bead as a backing, a large number of spiritual herbs were produced.
With a steady supply of herbs, Zhang Ling's success rate in refining these two types of pills rose sharply. Two months later, he had refined more than two hundred of these two types of pills.
For the next five or six years, he basically wouldn't need to refine any more pills, as it would be enough for his cultivation needs.
Both of these pills contained a large amount of spiritual power, and it took him ten days to completely refine each one.
With the aid of pills, Zhang Ling's cultivation speed was several times faster than before.
However, his cultivation didn't increase very quickly, which was normal for Golden Core cultivators.
It took a newly advanced Golden Core cultivator hundreds of years to break through a small realm, and even with the aid of pills, it could only shorten the time by a certain amount.
This was because, as cultivation increased, the speed at which the cultivator absorbed and refined the spiritual power of heaven and earth was constantly increasing, which invisibly weakened the effect of some pills.
The spiritual power cultivated by a Golden Core cultivator in one day of breathing exercises was five or six times that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
This was also the reason why there were fewer suitable pills for higher cultivation levels. Only by enduring loneliness and cultivating diligently could one have the opportunity to break through.
This was what was meant by a person of great perseverance.
Zhang Ling also agreed with this view. Although he had the mysterious bead, without diligent cultivation, he would probably only be able to stop at the Golden Core realm.
Although the spiritual power he cultivated in a whole day now was four or five times more than what he absorbed during the Foundation Establishment stage,
compared to the Golden Core in his dantian, his cultivation only increased slightly. The spiritual power in his body, even with a whole year of diligent cultivation, increased very little.
At this rate of cultivation, it would probably be difficult to break through a small realm in fifty or sixty years.
But this was how high-level cultivators cultivated. Even with the aid of pills, they had to cultivate diligently for a long time and endure loneliness in order to increase their cultivation.
...
More than a year passed in peaceful cultivation.
This day, Zhang Ling walked out of his cave, holding a piece of white jade and carefully examining something.
The white jade in his hand was a special magical artifact that would display some of the major events happening in the cultivation world recently.
This item was purchased from Snow Moon Tower for five thousand spirit stones. As long as it was within ten thousand miles of Myriad Manifestation City, it could receive the latest events happening in the cultivation world.
Of course, most of the information that could be displayed on it was influential, such as the appearance of some natural treasures in a certain place, or the disputes of large sects. Information on auctions was also included.
The information on it was updated once a month.
Now he was attracted by a piece of information on it.
"There will be an auction in half a month. However, the location is a bit special. It is not in Myriad Manifestation City, but on the Crescent Moon Peak, more than three thousand miles away from Myriad Manifestation City."
This trade fair was also held for demon refiners, and the organizers were several large joint business alliances.
Although "Crescent Moon Peak" was nominally under the control of Myriad Manifestation City, the forces within it were more complex than Myriad Manifestation City.
It not only gathered a large number of demon refiners, but also some desperadoes such as demonic cultivators.
It could be said to be a lawless place.
The reason he was paying attention to this information was to increase his strength. During this time, in addition to cultivating step by step, he was also constantly studying the cultivation methods of demon refiners.
This was because the strange vines parasitic on his body were very similar to demon refiners.
The strange vines had always been a special existence for Zhang Ling. He entered the cultivation world because of this strange vine, and he had repeatedly used the vine to turn danger into safety.
After entering the Foundation Establishment stage, he had been using the "Profound Soul Demon Refining Technique" to refine the vines. Originally, he practiced this technique concurrently to solve the baleful aura that Wei Shen had created in his body.
The baleful aura on his body was the opposite of the corpse bear's yin baleful aura, belonging to yang baleful aura.
After initially controlling the yang baleful aura on his body, Zhang Ling guided the yang baleful aura to the vines to refine the Human Origin Baleful Pill refined by Wei Shen.
Now, he had finished cultivating the Profound Soul Demon Refining Technique. Originally, this technique was an incomplete version and not a cultivation technique to increase cultivation, but a secret technique-like spell.
With his current cultivation, he could also see the depth of this Profound Soul Demon Refining Technique. This secret technique was originally excerpted from other cultivation techniques.
Using this technique to refine the Human Origin Baleful Pill could only initially control it. At most, it would only increase the power of the vines.
According to records, the Human Origin Baleful Pill could be used to break through the Golden Core bottleneck. Wei Shen used it to refine this pill in the first place, and his purpose was to break through the Golden Core bottleneck.
Zhang Ling didn't believe that this pill could only be used to enhance the power of the vines.
Most likely, the Human Origin Baleful Pill was not really completely refined and had mutated, or he didn't use the right method.
Regardless of which one it was, it was somewhat similar to the cultivation methods of demon refiners.
Now that his cultivation progress had stabilized, he had taken this matter to heart. If he could completely refine the Human Origin Baleful Pill, then his strength would undoubtedly increase again significantly.
After all, the original Human Origin Baleful Pill was originally a wood-attribute demon beast inner core, containing powerful power.
Zhang Ling decided to participate in this trade fair.
In the Flowing Cloud Sea, the overall strength of demon refiners was not as good as that of cultivators. But being able to continue to this day must have its own unique features.
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This night, the moon and stars were bright, and a round moon hung in the night sky.
Standing on the street, looking up at the night sky, one could see a layer of cyan moon wheel and a layer of blood-colored moon wheel rotating on both sides of the silver moon.
This strange scene was called the Mother-Son Double Moon.
It only appeared for a few days each year, and could only be seen on Crescent Moon Peak.
"It's really a bit mysterious."
Thinking about the rumors of Crescent Moon Peak in his heart, and looking at the strange scene in the night sky in his eyes, Zhang Ling sighed secretly.
Directly below the moon was a huge stone mountain peak. The mountain peak was tall, like a sharp sword inserted into the ground. There was very little vegetation on it.
But at night, one could see countless lights flashing below the mountain peak. These were all traces of cultivators' activities.
This mountain peak was the so-called Crescent Moon Peak. The name came from the strange scene in the night sky.
The periphery of Crescent Moon Peak also had a plain that was not small in area. Although it was not as large as Myriad Manifestation City, it was also one-third its size.
This could be regarded as a medium-sized island.
At this moment, Zhang Ling was walking on a street, but the surrounding environment seemed a bit dilapidated and depressing.
The buildings on the street were mostly made of huge stones, and seemed to have been used for a long time.
Only some large shops were built with red sandalwood and other wood materials. In front of these shops were some lanterns emitting dim yellow light.
This kind of lantern was very common here.
Although this place looked dilapidated, there were many cultivators coming and going on the street. Crescent Moon Peak also had a small spiritual vein, and the concentration of spiritual energy was close to high-grade.
Along the way, one could occasionally encounter several cultivators wearing tattered clothes, covering most of their bodies. And people dressed like this were demon refiners.
