Chapter 233 - 183: Treasure Seed and Talisman Plate, Tier 3 Treasure Medicine
Chapter 233: Chapter 183: Treasure Seed and Talisman Plate, Tier 3 Treasure Medicine
Inside the secret chamber.
Lin Changheng’s thoughts drifted as he looked at the pile of Essence Blood before him.
Over the past two years, the Huang Family of Spirit Dome Mountain had also sent large quantities of Essence Blood like this.
They sent the Essence Blood of the Poison Fire Bull.
It arrived in two batches, totaling over two hundred and eighty portions.
Clearly, without a stockpile to draw from, the rate at which they supplied this Demon Beast Essence Blood had slowed.
But Lin Changheng was in no rush. He had long prepared for a protracted effort, planning to take things slow and steady.
Naturally, Lin Changheng performed Spirit Stealing on all of it.
Combined with his previous accumulation, which was already over halfway, he directly generated two more Treasure Seeds.
[Spirit Stealing: 100/100]
[Poison Fire Bull Treasure Seed·Third Layer]
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[Spirit Stealing: 100/100]
[Poison Fire Bull Treasure Seed·Fourth Layer]
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Two deep-red Treasure Seeds solidified one after another within his Primordial Cauldron. Lin Changheng plucked them in succession, and they fell into his body.
[Can continue to Refine into Demon Race Lifebound Talent: Fire Poison]
Lin Changheng naturally chose to Refine them!
[Obtained: Fire Poison Technique: Tongming]
[Obtained: Fire Poison Technique: Ascension]
The first time was fine. Lin Changheng noticed that the wisp of Fire Poison Qi inside him had grown stronger.
There were no other particularly strange changes.
But the second time made Lin Changheng’s eyes visibly brighten.
He could clearly sense that the wisp of Fire Poison Qi within him had not only been enhanced again but had also undergone a fundamental transformation.
Lin Changheng tested it on himself. Suppressing his body’s instincts, he was instantly struck by a combination of pain, a burning sensation, and numbness.
A moment later, he used both the Poison Transformation Demon Technique and the Fire Extinguishing Demon Technique to wash it away.
’This transformation is just as I expected. If I could inject this into the body of another Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, I’m afraid they would find it quite troublesome.’
Lin Changheng came to a conclusion.
Moreover, the larger the amount injected, the harder it would be to clear out. If an opponent were hit with it during Magical Combat, it could even seep into their meridians and affect their immediate combat strength.
This was extremely dangerous. The saying "one wrong move and heads will roll" was no exaggeration.
It also meant that the wisp of Fire Poison Qi Lin Changheng controlled had crossed into Tier Two.
[Utility: Possesses Tier One Upper Grade Fire Poison; body is continuously undergoing poison adaptation.]
[Utility: Possesses Tier Two Lower Grade Fire Poison; body is undergoing enhanced poison adaptation.]
’It really is Tier Two Lower Grade.’
’Once the Huang Family sends another four hundred portions of Essence Blood, I can proceed directly to Metamorphosis. I still have over one hundred and twenty portions of Fire Element Essence Blood from the Red-eyed Fire Demon, which is of the Profound Spirit grade.’
’What’s more, for the remaining three Muddy Evil Essence Blood species positions, if they happen to be Fire Element, I can achieve Metamorphosis in a single step as soon as I’ve collected enough Essence Blood.’
’I won’t need to wait for Upper Grade Profound Spirit Essence Blood.’
Afterward, Lin Changheng cast a Spirit Detecting Skill on himself and discovered his Fire Spirit Root had gained another two strands.
It had reached forty-three strands!
He was now only eight strands away from the fifty-one strand baseline for an Upper Grade Spirit Root.
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This feeling of slow and steady improvement was incredibly satisfying. At the same time, the benefits of his wide network of contacts were gradually becoming apparent.
He currently had three stable channels for acquiring Demon Beast Essence Blood.
First, the Huang Family of Spirit Dome Mountain.
Second, Mo Zhaoli’s channel within the Purple Extreme Sect.
Third, the Xu Family of the Black Water River.
There was a fourth channel as well—individual Cultivators he was acquainted with and purchases from shops—but it was generally ineffective and unstable. Better than nothing, but not by much.
’But it’s still not enough. The Fan Family of Luofeng Forest is the next target for investigation.’
Then, Lin Changheng returned to his senses. Looking at the Jade Horned Snake Essence Blood he had obtained, he naturally absorbed it all completely.
Just like before, he performed two layers of Spirit Stealing directly.
This brought him to the [Jade Horned Snake Treasure Seed·Third Layer].
He leaped directly from the First Layer’s [Concealing Breath Technique: Peeping Path] to [Concealing Breath Technique: Tongming].
Previously, Lin Changheng could restrain his Magical Power fluctuations and hide his Cultivation. He could also mask his aura, making it seem as if he wasn’t there.
Now, an extremely powerful new Utility had been added: the ability to block the probing of Divine Sense.
Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators would be completely unable to detect him.
The last time Lin Changheng had trailed and killed "Senior Brother Feng," he had relied on the range advantage of his Divine Sense to keep the other party from noticing him.
With this technique, even if he entered within a hundred zhang, "Senior Brother Feng’s" Divine Sense would not have been able to discover him.
As if fading into the void!
Lin Changheng also discovered something else. Although both were derived from Muddy Evil Essence Blood, the Third Layer Utility of the Jade Horned Snake Treasure Seed was clearly a cut above that of the Poison Fire Bull Treasure Seed.
This also showed that even among bloodlines of the same grade, the differences between various Demon Beast species were vast, and their potential varied greatly.
His Wood Spirit Root had also reached twenty-two strands of Spiritual Charm at this point!
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As for the items Tantai Feiyue had asked Xu Xujun to bring.
Lin Changheng opened the package. Inside, aside from a stack of Tier Two Lower Grade Talismans, was a round, disc-like object about a foot and a half in diameter, emanating an extraordinary aura.
It was somewhat similar to an Array Plate, but not entirely the same.
Eight positions could be clearly seen on its surface, each inlaid with a Tier Two Lower Grade Talisman.
Lin Changheng recognized them as Tier Two Lower Grade Defense Talismans. He had a few in his Storage Bag, taken from "Senior Brother Feng."
Moreover, they were interconnected in a way that gave Lin Changheng the impression of an Array.
As a Tier One Middle Grade Array Master, Lin Changheng could confirm this.
It was worth mentioning that Lin Changheng had never stopped studying the Array Dao over the years.
But his progress was slow; he still couldn’t refine a Masterpiece Tier One Middle Grade Array Flag and Array Plate. Despite the comprehension boost from his Fifth Layer Origin Treasure Seed, his progress didn’t even come close to his advancement in the Tier Two Alchemy Dao.
He had no choice but to dejectedly admit that his talent for the Array Dao was truly terrible.
The path of Arrays truly lived up to its reputation as one of the Hundred Arts with the highest barrier to entry in the Cultivation Realm, demanding exceptional talent, comprehension, and tutelage!