Chapter 247 - 247 244 Bite the Golden Iron, Quick Promotion
Chapter 247: Chapter 244: Bite the Golden Iron, Quick Promotion Chapter 247: Chapter 244: Bite the Golden Iron, Quick Promotion In the tavern, Qin Feng, Liu Wuxiang, and Daoist Fellow Xiu Xin took their seats as host and guests.
Through conversation, it turned out that these two were also carefully nurtured True Disciples of the Ghost Controlling Sect.
Qin Feng felt relieved.
Just now, he thought that the cultivation technique of the Ghost Controlling Sect was exceptionally special, hence many talented disciples, like Xiu Xin, were advancing swiftly.
Now, casting them as True Disciples made sense to him.
Otherwise, even though Xiu Xin’s Dao Cultivation was slightly higher than his two years ago, it was only at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm, which shouldn’t account for such rapid progress.
He too once deeply experienced the difficulties of the Foundation Establishment Realm; refining the Taoist Body was incredibly slow.
…
If it wasn’t for post-apprenticeship, where Master Ning Wuxu never lacked cultivation resources for him, and later practicing in the Dragon Transformation Pond, he definitely wouldn’t have achieved such speed in cultivation.
Only True Disciples of various sects, entrusted with the sect’s reputation, are thus meticulously fostered.
“Come, Daoist Fellow Qin, I toast to you.”
Daoist Fellow Xiu Xin lifted his Spiritual Wine with a smile, “Our sects have had longstanding relations, merely separated by domains, hence the infrequent contacts.
However, our upper echelons do keep in touch, whether it be disciples from my Ghost Controlling Sect traveling to the Southern Domain or your Beast Taming Sect visiting the Eastern Domain, we frequently make trips to each other’s sects.
Moreover, our founding ancestors have deep friendships, which is why this alliance to jointly explore the Otherworld has been formed.
I see you, Daoist Fellow Qin, as an old acquaintance.
We may have opportunities to cooperate in the battlefield; here’s to the friendship of our two sects.”
Qin Feng nodded, raised his cup, signalling to him, and drank.
“Daoist Fellow Xiu Xin, I’ve been in seclusion until recently and am not clear about the specifics outside.
How many eminent figures did your sect send for this alliance?”
“That?”
Daoist Fellow Xiu Xin thought briefly and then said, “This time, our sect has sent five Supreme Elders.
Additionally, according to the regulations discussed by the Supreme Elders of both sects beforehand, over a hundred elders above the Purple Mansion Realm from the Inner Sect, a thousand Golden Core Cultivators, and over ten thousand Foundation Establishers, with nearly one hundred thousand at the Late Stage of the Qi Refining Realm were sent.
Not that my Ghost Controlling Sect didn’t want to send more, but we still have to guard our mountain gate in the Eastern Domain, and we have several rivals to beware of; thus, we could only dispatch this many.”
“Oh?
Do you have many rivals in the Eastern Domain?”
Qin Feng curiously asked.
Daoist Fellow Xiu Xin gave a wry smile, “The others are manageable.
The Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave, though quite formidable, is mostly seen as a place for nurturing ghosts and is not considered a threat.
The key issue is that there are too many powerful sects in the Eastern Domain, and the competition is even fiercer than in your Southern Domain.”
Qin Feng nodded, he knew some about this as the East Domain was originally the cradle of Daoism in this realm.
Besides the Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan’s Taixuan Sect, several other super-powerful sect forces exist, along with many other large sects that have survived from ancient times.
Due to Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan’s powerful protection during the Ancient Great Tribulation, the door schools of the Eastern Domain managed to preserve the most, supported by many old figures who had survived since ancient times.
It seems the days for the Ghost Controlling Sect were not too easy.
The group enjoyed their Spiritual Wine, chatted about various happenings in their territories, broadening their knowledge, and agreed that if there were a chance in the Otherworld, they could collaborate.
In reality, they knew that the opportunity to fight together might not be significant since both the Beast Taming Sect and the Ghost Controlling Sect were amongst the strongest in this expedition.
Once in the Otherworld, they would likely attack different areas, making encounters rather difficult.
Nonetheless, they established some rapport, which could prove useful later; not to mention, these True Disciples would surely ascend to high positions within their respective sects.
Later interactions between the sects would undoubtedly bring them together.
After a few hours, they left the tavern, bid each other farewell, and departed in different directions.
Qin Feng and Liu Wuxiang didn’t stay long in the market and left the city directly, flying toward their sect’s mountain gate.
With the coalition’s expedition just a few days away, they had to hurry back to make further preparations to avoid a chaotic situation in the Otherworld.
Especially Qin Feng, who still had many Divine Skills to complete and his Taoist Body to refine.
Moreover, he planned to gather as many Spiritual Objects for the Ruyi Golden Snake as possible, seeing if it could quickly ascend to the cultivation level of the Core Formation Realm.
Speaking of which, his own cultivation level was now very close to the peak of Foundation Establishment, but his Taoist Body had not yet completed its refinement.
He still needed the body-refinement methods from “Ten Thousand Beasts Origin Scripture” to consolidate his foundation, hence his cultivation level wasn’t close to perfection yet.
As for the Ruyi Golden Snake, this little creature was cultivating very quickly.
Disciples of the Beast Taming Sect always cultivated in tandem with their Lifebound Spiritual Beasts.
During the times Qin Feng made rapid progress at the Dragon Transformation Pond, because his Lifebound Spiritual Beast matched his own energy, no matter how fast he progressed, the Ruyi Golden Snake would not lag much behind.
Even if it fell behind a bit, it would quickly catch up due to the connection between his True Yuan and the spirit beast’s True Yuan.
Thus, the cultivation level of the Ruyi Golden Snake was also close to the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage.
The cultivation methods of Spiritual Beasts, compared to those of the Human Clan, tend to be more direct.
For instance, many Spiritual Medicines that Humans cannot consume directly require neutralization with other medicines to extract the essence to craft Elixir Pills suitable for human cultivators.
But Spiritual Beasts are different.
They can directly ingest these without fearing the wild nature of the medicines, even if doing so might entail some loss of medicinal properties, but it allows for a quicker cultivation pace.
Moreover, quite a few Spiritual Beasts have unique methods of cultivation.
For example, the Ruyi Golden Snake can consume various precious metals to enhance the power of the Golden Light within its body and accelerate the cultivation speed of the Gold Element True Yuan.
Other Spiritual Beasts are adept at devouring other Spiritual Objects, making their progression in the early stages of cultivation more direct than that of human cultivators.
Of course, this is only in the early stages of cultivation.
The Purple Mansion Realm represents a threshold for many ordinary Spiritual Beasts.
Moreover, the further they go, the slower this crude and simple way of advancing.
Due to its simplicity and brutality, they tend not to develop the habit of noticing details, lagging behind human cultivators in comprehending the Heavenly Dao Laws.
This is also why human cultivators can overtake them later on in cultivation.
Of course, cultivators from the Human Clan were better at utilizing various resources, managing to refine countless spiritual medicines and other resources into Spirit Pills and Magical Treasures to leverage these resources more effectively.
On this point, the Spiritual Beasts were far inferior, hence overall, the cultivation speed of Human Clan cultivators was faster than that of Spiritual Beasts.
Qin Feng had not yet considered matters pertaining to the Purple Mansion Realm.
He simply wanted to use the brutal and rapid promotion methods of Spiritual Beasts in their early stages to swiftly elevate the Ruyi Golden Snake to the Core Formation Realm, enabling him to speed up forming his own Golden Core through feedback from the Ruyi Golden Snake.
This was also why the Golden Core Cultivators of the Beast Taming Sect were a cut above those from Major Sects who had comparable abilities.
Regarding the cultivation of his Lifebound Spiritual Beast, he already had a comprehensive plan.
The Sect took great care in nurturing True Disciples, so as long as he could provide a reasonable justification, the Sect would meet his needs as much as possible.
Thus, he applied to the Sect for many precious materials to cultivate the Ruyi Golden Snake.
With Spiritual Beast Pills and a variety of precious metals, the cultivation of the Ruyi Golden Snake improved rapidly, and the power of its innate Divine Ability, Ruyi Golden Light, grew stronger.
He believed that within a few years at most, the Ruyi Golden Snake would successfully advance.
Cultivating the Ruyi Golden Snake was straightforward.
It involved simply feeding it as long as the amount was within what its stomach could handle and as long as it could refine the Spiritual Objects.
Qin Feng tried his best to satisfy all its needs.
Besides this, Qin Feng focused all his energy on refining his Taoist Body and cultivating Divine Skills.
Refining his Taoist Body was an indispensable part of his cultivation and the most critical step in building his foundation, which required him to spend significant time each day.
As for cultivating Divine Skills, it was now much easier for him.
After all, he had already taken the first step with the Ruyi Golden Snake’s help and acquired the Ruyi Golden Light.
Next, he needed only to communicate with the Ruyi Golden Snake continuously, sense the major and minor changes within it along with the Earth Escape Divine Power, and he could condense a new Divine Power Seed within himself.
This was the advantage of having a Lifebound Spiritual Beast with multiple Divine Skills.
Like Fang Zheng, whose Bengal Tiger currently possessed only the Evil Suppressing Dharma Eye, he could only condense that one Divine Skill.
However, Qin Feng’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast had multiple Divine Skills, allowing him to condense various Divine Skills.
Naturally, this would still take some time.
As for the Golden Hole Finger Divine Skill imparted to him by his master Ning Wuxu, it was also not too difficult to cultivate.
Now that he had already cultivated Ruyi Golden Light, further training in Golden Hole Finger was like having a solid foundation.
It was enough to concentrate on condensing based on what he had.
Moreover, during a feeding session with the Ruyi Golden Snake, Qin Feng had a sudden insight.
The main reason the Ruyi Golden Snake could devour various metals was due to its possession of the innate Divine Ability, Ruyi Golden Light.
Ruyi Golden Light appeared to refine and dissolve all kinds of metals, allowing it to consistently digest these solid iron clumps over time.
Thus, Qin Feng wondered if he could enhance his own Ruyi Golden Light by refining metals himself.
If he could enhance the Ruyi Golden Light, and if channeling the refined Golden Qi into the Divine Power Seed of Golden Hole Finger, could it also enhance the power of this Divine Skill?
After this idea emerged, Qin Feng’s mood was too agitated to calm down.
He decided to give it a try.
So, he directly took a fist-sized piece of Red Copper and bit down hard.
“Crunch…”
The Red Copper didn’t budge, and his teeth started to loosen.
Qin Feng covered his mouth and silently cursed in pain.
He had bitten too fiercely and nearly broke his teeth.
“Ptui, ptui, ptui!”
After spitting out the blood from his mouth and quickly healing the slight injury inside his mouth with Azure Dragon Divine Technique.
Then, Qin Feng reconsidered and gathered Ruyi Golden Light onto his teeth, then cautiously bit down again.
With a crack, this time he managed to break off a piece of the Red Copper the size of a broad bean.
“It’s working!”
Qin Feng was delighted.
He coated his dazzling golden teeth with Ruyi Golden Light and chewed the small piece of Red Copper into powder before swallowing it and bolstering his stomach with Ruyi Golden Light.
His stomach then churned madly under his deliberate control, refining that bit of Red Copper into pure Golden Qi.
Qin Feng was elated and nearly laughed out loud, his smile almost reaching his ears.
He persevered and chewed the piece of Red Copper into nothing, refining it completely.
Although the acquired Golden Qi was not much, it was an additional gain for him.
Over time, it would definitely make his Ruyi Golden Light more formidable, surpassing others in the power of his Golden Hole Finger Divine Skill and even speeding up the cultivation of his True Yuan.
Hmm, perhaps he could also apply this to the cultivation of his Azure Dragon Daoist Body, enhancing the power of his own Taoist Body.
However, Qin Feng soon stopped his attempts to gnaw on more metal.
He realized his stomach was different from that of the Ruyi Golden Snake, which was naturally able to consume metal.
Even with the aid of Ruyi Golden Light, refining metals left his stomach aching slightly.
But Qin Feng wasn’t too concerned about this.
He believed that, with the cultivation of Azure Dragon Divine Technique, his Taoist Body would become stronger.
If he focused on cultivating his stomach, it too could become capable of melting gold and iron, with nothing that it couldn’t digest.
The so-called Gold and Iron Chewing was nothing extraordinary.
Qin Feng thought about giving his ability a catchy name, maybe calling it Chewing Iron Great Method.