pappabearbooks Chapter 736 - 448 Cultivation: Realm 8!_2
Chapter 736 - 448 Cultivation: Realm 8!_2
Silent Heart Method.Transporting True Energy.
Contemplating Sun and Moon.
Yan Chuan’s "Nine Yang Divine Skill" had long reached the Seventh Realm Peak, stuck at its limit, unable to break through for many days. During this period, Yan Chuan was either on the road or engaged in battles. Previously, he had briefly engaged in closed-door cultivation in Tan Valley Royal City, but had not been able to make any progress.
Until today, in Golden Talisman City, at the Divine General’s Courtyard, within the ’Five Elements Release Origin Array,’ Yan Chuan filled five hundred jin of Essence Stone into the array. The array operated on its own, with the Essence Energy from the five hundred jin of Essence Stone being released systematically, with eighty percent absorbed by Yan Chuan and the remaining twenty percent inevitably being consumed to operate the ’Five Elements Sky-Supporting Array.’
Intense cultivation! Closed-door cultivation!
One day! Two days!
Yan Chuan had Essence Stones, assistance from the array, mastery of the Seventh Realm Peak Divine Skill, and gravity pressure from the ’Fifth Rank·Star Stone,’ along with consuming a ’Hundred-Year-Old Wine Worm Fruit’——
Drunken Life and Dream Death!
Three days, then another three days.
The five hundred jin of Essence Stone had already been replaced six times, totaling 3000 jin. Yan Chuan absorbed the Essence Stone Essence like a dragon swallowing the sea, with a momentum as vast as mountains and rivers.
Even though the ’Five Elements Release Origin Array’ in this Yellow Character Divine General’s Courtyard could only utilize eighty percent of the Essence Stones, after five cycles, even without accounting for the portion absorbed by Ding Xiang, Lu Yu, and the ’Monkey King Avatar’ from North Mansion’s Wang Zhengyi, Yan Chuan alone had absorbed over twelve hundred jin of majestic Essence Energy.
Divine Skill in operation.
True Energy transportation.
Within, the Nine Yang True Qi, along with Mist Purple Qi, surged forward, constantly advancing toward Innate Third Layer.
Closer!
Even closer!
When Yan Chuan awoke from the ’Drunken Life and Dream Death’ state, he opened his eyes——
[Your ’Nine Yang Divine Skill’ has improved, skill level +2]
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[Nine Yang Divine Skill: Eighth Realm Peak (1)]
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Nine Yang Divine Skill!
Finally Eighth Realm!
However, Yan Chuan’s cultivation still remained at the Innate Second Layer.
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"Still not enough!" Yan Chuan awoke from his great dream, as if just yesterday. He stood up and moved his body, understanding in his mind: "Since I proved the Dao and achieved Innate last year on the 30th of November, within half a month, I advanced to Innate First Layer, relying on twenty jins of ’Honey Jade Bee Royal Jelly.’ Afterwards, at the beginning of February, I advanced to Innate Second Layer, relying on two hundred jin of ’Jade Honey’ and spiritual medicines such as the ’Spirit Candle Fruit’ and the ’Replenishing Essence Mushroom’ acquired from the Innate Beast King’s territory in Nanyue Lake."
Yan Chuan proved the Dao and achieved Innate on the 30th of the winter month last year.
Advanced to Innate First Layer on the 15th of the twelfth lunar month the same year.
Advanced to Innate Second Layer at the beginning of February this year.
Returned from battle at Nanxiong City to Tan Valley Royal City on the sixth of February, then returned to Nanyue Lake on the 22nd, and arrived at Golden Talisman City on the 25th of February.
Now it is——
"The first of March!"
Since advancing to Innate Second Layer, a whole month had passed, yet Yan Chuan had not yet broken through to Innate Third Layer. However: "The previous Seventh Realm Peak ’Nine Yang Divine Skill,’ coupled with the three Primordial Pills left by Fu Manduo made my daily cultivation smoother. In addition to the closed-door cultivation in the Divine General’s Courtyard for the past few days, and with the help of the ’Hundred-Year-Old Wine Worm Fruit,’ I finally broke through the ’Nine Yang Divine Skill’ to Eighth Realm Peak. Now, I am not far from Innate Third Layer. By cultivating step by step, at most another half to one month, the Third Layer will definitely be achieved!"
Yan Chuan’s cultivation had not broken through, but his face was still full of smiles.
Half a month.
One and a half months.
At most two months.
In total, it may not even take four months for Yan Chuan to advance from newly achieved Innate to Innate Third Layer. Is there anyone faster than him?
Is there anything to be unsatisfied about?
No!
Yan Chuan was very satisfied!
Of course, he also knew that his rapid progress was built on a foundation of massive resources——
Twenty jin of ’Honey Jade Bee Royal Jelly.’
Two hundred jin of ’Jade Honey.’
Essence Stones.
Primordial Pills.
Yan Chuan refined over a hundred jin of Essence Stone daily, maintaining a terrifying speed of progress, with True Energy evolving daily, advancing a thousand miles a day. After acquiring ’Primordial Pills’ and residing in the ’Divine General’s Mansion,’ his speed in refining Essence Energy and cultivating True Energy increased dramatically.
So, Yan Chuan made rapid progress!
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"Still not enough!"
Yan Chuan was already very fast, yet he still considered it slow.
In fact, there indeed remained a significant room for progress in Yan Chuan’s cultivation speed——
"After advancing to Innate Second Layer, while nourishing ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane’ during the first cycle of ’Bone Tempering,’ despite refining Essence Stones and frequently exchanging them while being distracted, I could refine about a hundred jin of Essence Stone daily. But when using ’Primordial Pills’ in an uninterrupted state, efficiency doubled, allowing the refinement of roughly two hundred jin of Essence Energy, which is about one-thirtieth of a One-Pattern Primordial Pill’s total Essence Energy."
Innate Realm cultivation of the ’Eight Extraordinary Meridians’ transforms ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane,’ with a total of twenty layers.
The cultivation of these twenty layers is actually simple, yet simple, like tempering ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane’ through three cycles of transformation is nothing more than repeatedly tempering and nourishing with Qi-Blood, True Qi, and Heaven and Earth Essence Energy, a process of continuous refinement.
Theoretically, as long as there are sufficient resources, one can continuously advance and ascend.
However, it is also challenging——
Cultivation Technique!
True Qi!
Eight Extraordinary Meridians!
Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane!
Everyone understands the bigger picture, but the actual execution during real cultivation, the difficulty dramatically increases. Odd issues often arise in hidden corners, sometimes easily resolved, sometimes incomprehensible, leading to stagnation and halting progress.
Yan Chuan had not yet encountered these issues, so: "Since I haven’t hit a bottleneck yet, and since I can still advance boldly and vigorously, I naturally must do everything possible to maximize my cultivation speed and efficiency!"
How to maximize?
Naturally, by investing heavily, relying on massive resources!
For example, Essence Stones, with a daily limit of only around a hundred jin. Then switch to ’Primordial Pills,’ switch to ’Divine General’s Courtyard,’ with efficiency doubling, increasing to two hundred jin.
The cultivation progress naturally speeds up greatly.
However, this results in the daily consumption of over two hundred jin of Essence Stone, not merely two hundred jin. Based on the ’One-Pattern Primordial Pill’ valued at 10,000 jin of Essence Stone containing only 6,000 jin of Essence Energy, for Yan Chuan to absorb and refine 200 jin of Essence Energy from ’One-Pattern Primordial Pills,’ it equates to the cost of 333 jin of Essence Stone.
With daily consumption of 333, Yan Chuan’s ’Fifth-Rank Gathering Treasure Basin’ struggled to supply this.
Even switching to the ’Divine General’s Courtyard,’ calculating with the ’Five Elements Release Origin Array’ utilization rate of eighty percent, to refine 200 jin of Essence Energy daily, it equates to 250 jin of Essence Stone, plus the daily rent of 20 jin of Essence Stone, totaling a consumption of 270 jin.
The ’Fifth-Rank Gathering Treasure Basin’ still couldn’t supply this.
Primordial Pills, daily consumption of 333 jin of Essence Stone.
Divine General’s Courtyard, daily consumption of 270 jin of Essence Stone.
This is Yan Chuan’s situation when cultivating full-force.
However, this was before.
Now there are changes, after Yan Chuan attained the ’Nine Yang Divine Skill’ nearly to Eighth Realm, his proficiency increased, making the nourishment of ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane’ more efficient, and simultaneously utilization, refining, and consumption of Essence Energy also intensified.
Even with the ’Divine General’s Courtyard,’ conservatively estimating daily 400 jin of Essence Stone may not suffice.
And this is just him cultivating alone.
But he’s not alone——
Lu Yuru hasn’t proved the Dao, so he can be disregarded.
Ding Xiang insists on following, but Yan Chuan doesn’t bear her cultivation resources.
However, since Wang Zhengyi’s ’Monkey King Avatar’ does nothing all day except sit in the ’North Mansion’ as Yan Chuan’s escape route and last resort, it would be unreasonable to expect Wang Zhengyi to support it. Hence, Yan Chuan had to supply the ’Monkey King Avatar’ with cultivation resources, ensuring even its treatment is maximized, including giving half of whatever Yan Chuan had to the Monkey King Avatar, honoring Wang Zhengyi’s goodwill and intentions.
The ’Monkey King Avatar’ doesn’t cultivate as efficiently as Yan Chuan, yet its limit wouldn’t be less than 100 jin of Essence Stone.
To calculate——
"I use 400."
"Monkey King Avatar uses 100."
"Daily, about 500 jin of Essence Stone consumed just for cultivation!"
Money!
Money, money, money!
Martial arts is a gold-consuming pit!
It wasn’t obvious in the Postnatal Realm, but seems evident upon proving Innate.
Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane’s three cycles of transformation.
The twenty layers of Innate require vast resources.
Essence Stone!
Essence Stone!
This is just the most fundamental ’material requirement,’ yet just this alone stumps many heroes and unrivaled talents.
Yan Chuan didn’t realize until he calculated, and at that moment he finally felt the urgent need to earn Essence Stones.
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