Chapter 146: Peeping into the inheritance and changing the cultivation method

Although Liu Xuexuan successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, she did not come out immediately, but instead stayed in seclusion to consolidate her realm.

Liu Xuexuan has now broken through to the foundation-building stage. The first-level technique she practiced before is no longer enough, and it is time to change the technique and continue practicing.

In order to make it easier for Liu Xuexuan to raise spirit snakes and take care of the snake cave for him, Ji Chang taught Liu Xuexuan the "Snake Taming Art" which was derived from the "Five Poison Fragments".

And now, Ji Chang should prepare to teach the second-level skills to Liu Xuexuan.

Ji Chang relied on the peeping Dao Seed to spy on many foundation-building cultivators. He had a large number of second-level skills in his hands, and even had more than a dozen inheritances that could be practiced to the peak of the foundation-building stage, the false elixir realm.

Even the vast majority of foundation-building families do not possess as many foundation-building inheritances as Ji Chang.

At this time, Ji Chang was pacing slowly outside the quiet room, thinking about what kind of second-level skills he should teach Liu Xuexuan.

He has mastered many second-level skills, each of which has its own unique features, but choosing the one that is most suitable for Liu Xuexuan requires careful consideration.

He took into consideration that Liu Xuexuan had already made some progress in the "Snake Taming Art", which was derived from the "Five Poison Fragments". If she continued to practice the "Five Poison Fragments", she would definitely be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Moreover, the most important thing is that he plans to give her the task of refining poisonous insects. After practicing the "Five Poisons Fragments", Liu Xuexuan will be able to refine poisonous insects for him.

In this way, you can save a lot of energy.

Besides that, it is more convenient for her to give instructions when she practices this technique.

After thinking for a long time, Ji Chang finally made up his mind.

He took out a blank jade slip, sank his spiritual consciousness into it, and began to record the practice methods of "Five Poison Fragments" into it one by one.

This "Five Poison Fragments" is a precious inheritance he had received when he first started building his foundation. He has been practicing it for many years and has gained deep insights into it.

He also incorporated his understanding of this technique into it, hoping that it would be helpful to Liu Xuexuan's practice.

When the last wisp of consciousness withdrew from the jade slip, Ji Chang breathed a sigh of relief and put away the jade slip engraved with "Five Poison Fragments".

Then, the next step is to consider changing your own practice method.

His cultivation has now reached the middle stage of foundation building, and his attainments in alchemy have also reached the second-grade middle level.

With the help of elixirs in his practice, and his own superior spiritual roots, his practice speed was much faster than that of ordinary practitioners.

It would take about thirty years to reach the late stage of foundation building.

When you reach the late stage of foundation building, you need to consider solidifying your magic power and condensing the fake pill.

Once the fake pill is formed, if you want to change the practice method, you need to break the fake pill.

Although the fake elixir is only the prototype of the golden elixir, it is not like the golden elixir in the body of a Jindan cultivator. It is a matter of life and death. Once it is destroyed, the body and soul will disappear.

But it also seriously damages one's vitality and shortens one's lifespan.

Therefore, Ji Chang should plan ahead and choose his main practice method.

Of course, Ji Chang could actually wait until the later stage of foundation building before making a choice.

There are three main reasons why the choice is made so quickly.

There are three reasons why he is so eager to make his choice.

Firstly, now that the Huangquan Sect has expanded its territory into the Shiwan Mountains, it might come into conflict with the Yuanying Sect, the Gushen Sect, which is located south of the Shiwan Mountains.

The "Five Poison Fragments" that I practiced originated from the Gu God Cult. If someone finds out and treats me as a spy, that would not be a good thing.

Of course, the probability of this happening is not high, otherwise Ji Chang would not have planned to let Liu Xuexuan practice "Five Poison Fragments".

The main reasons are two others.

Secondly, when breaking through the Jindan stage, one must follow the Jindan method, collect corresponding spiritual objects, and smelt the golden elixir.

The Huangquan Sect's expansion into new territory now provides him with a perfect opportunity to collect spiritual objects for the Jindan stage.

Whether it is the third-level spiritual objects collected by the cultivators in the process of opening up the territory, or the merit rewards set up by the Huangquan Sect to motivate the cultivators, they are all good ways for him to obtain the spiritual objects he needs for Danji.

It’s just that each method of forming the golden elixir produces a different golden elixir, and the spiritual objects required are also different.

Even if they belong to the same sect, their skills are inherited differently and their methods of forming the elixir are also different.

I should take this opportunity to decide on a method of cultivation, follow the method of forming the elixir, and collect the corresponding spiritual objects.

The third is that he has successfully spied on Zhou family's Jindan cultivator Zhou Jingxing, and obtained the complete third-level martial arts inheritance "Broken Jade Golden Palace" from him.

It includes the method of condensing the golden elixir of the golden path.

However, among the methods to cultivate the Danwen magical power, Ji Chang only obtained the method to cultivate the [Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils] magical power.

This is because Zhou Jingxing has not yet successfully practiced this magical power and is currently practicing this Danwen magical power, which gave Ji Chang the opportunity to peek successfully.

Zhou Jingxing did not have the cultivation methods of other Danwen magical powers, and he did not practice them, so Ji Chang had no chance to see them.

According to Ji Chang's observations over the past six months, Zhou Jingxing has already cultivated two Danwen magical powers.

The two Danwen magical powers that he cultivated were called [Solid as Gold] and [Flowing Gold and Stone] respectively.

[Solid as a Rock] is a defensive Danwen magical power.

【Golden Rhenium Stone】 is a killing-type magical power with danwen.

[Liquid Gold and Silver Stone] This magical power is quite interesting. Although it is a magical power of the gold way, it is a magic power that evolves the methods of the fire way using the methods of the gold way. It has extraordinary power.

Although he only got a glimpse of the practice method of one Danwen magical power, as long as Ji Chang continued to peek in the future, he might have the opportunity to obtain the practice methods of several other Danwen magical powers.

"If I use the 'Broken Jade Golden Palace Technique' as my main cultivation technique, I can condense the false golden elixir, collect the golden spiritual objects, and smelt the golden elixir."

“In the future, I will continue to seek other Danwen magical power cultivation methods from the Zhou family’s Jindan Zhenren, which will be enough to perfect my own cultivation system.”

However, he was in deep hesitation at this moment.

The reason is simple, it is because of the magical power of luck [Blood Disaster] in his hands.

The conditions for practicing this magical power are extremely special. It requires condensing the golden elixirs of the three schools of Qi, luck, and water before it can be practiced.

This restriction forced Ji Chang to make more considerations when choosing his main practice method.

He understood that if he switched to practicing "Broken Jade Golden Throne Technique", then unless there was another opportunity in the future, he would not be able to practice the Danwen magical powers of other schools, which naturally included the "Blood Disaster" that he had been thinking about.

The potential of this magical power [Blood Disaster] is enormous, and it involves a mysterious destiny. If he can practice it successfully, it will definitely add a lot of help to his path of practice.

After hesitating for a long time, Ji Chang finally made up his mind.

He decided to practice the "Bi Tao Sutra", the third-level waterway inheritance in his hand, for the sake of "Blood Disaster".

In his opinion, the Waterway school was not such a rare one. After he had formed the elixir, he would definitely meet a cultivator who had also formed the elixir through the Waterway.

At that time, he will be able to use the power of peeping to peek into their inheritance, and thus obtain more methods of practicing Danwen magical powers.

You must know that the Huangquan Sect, a Yuanying sect, excels in the art of water and corpse.

If I practice the waterway technique and obtain the fourth-level inheritance of the Huangquan Sect in the future, I may have a chance to get a glimpse of the Nascent Soul realm.

In comparison, although the Zhou family has a large number of danwen magical powers and a complete system, it is just a Jindan family.

The "Broken Jade Golden Palace Technique" is not a fourth-level technique and can only be practiced to the Core Formation Stage at best.

If you really compare them, it's not even as long-lasting as the "Huangquan Corpse Refining Art", another corpse-cultivation tradition in Ji Chang's hands.

After making this decision, Ji Chang felt a lot more relieved.

Ji Chang made up his mind and stopped hesitating, and began to practice the "Bi Tao Sutra".

He first thoroughly comprehended the techniques and methods of the "Bi Tao Sutra" one by one, making sure that he had a thorough understanding of the practice methods therein.

He began to adjust his practice state according to the practice methods of "Bi Tao Sutra", and gradually transformed his own magic power into water magic power.

Although "Bi Tao Jing" is a water-based martial art, it is from the Kui Shui lineage. Like the "Five Poison Fragments" that Ji Chang practiced before, they are both yin-based martial arts.

After changing to this practice, there weren't too many conflicts.

After changing his practice, Ji Chang used the power of water to activate the spells he had mastered, and found that the effect of the second-level escape technique, the Poisonous Mist Escape, which he had practiced to perfection before, was indeed much inferior.

Its speed is only comparable to that of a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building. However, Ji Chang still has the Cloud Python Gu, which is good at escaping, so the loss in this regard is not great.

What's more, Ji Chang's fighting style has not always been mainly dependent on the spells of "Five Poison Fragments".

His fighting power is mainly reflected in controlling poisonous insects and refining corpses.

Therefore, although Ji Chang changed his martial arts skills, his overall combat power was not greatly affected.

Ji Chang secretly felt fortunate that he had not put too much energy into practicing the spell of "Five Poison Fragments".

Now that he has switched to practicing the "Bi Tao Sutra", he has not fallen into a period of weakness.

After coming out of seclusion, Ji Chang called Liu Xuexuan.

During the months of her retreat and cultivation, Liu Xuexuan had already consolidated her cultivation and broke through the barrier.

Ji Chang looked at Liu Xuexuan. She was wearing a blue long dress, her hair was tied up in a simple bun, and a clear jade hairpin was inserted diagonally, making her look gentle and generous.

Ji Chang smiled and said, "Xue Xuan, you have already successfully established your foundation. I will teach you the "Five Poison Fragments" to help you reach a higher level of cultivation."

When Liu Xuexuan heard this, a glimmer of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Originally, she was still worried about the inheritance of the skills after building the foundation, but she didn't expect Ji Chang to directly give her a inheritance.
She solemnly took the jade slip, bowed and said, "Thank you for your generous gift, Master. Xuexuan will definitely live up to your expectations."

Ji Chang smiled and nodded.

He went on to say, “Although the Five Poisons Fragment is extremely powerful, it is also quite difficult to practice.”

"You need to carefully comprehend the mystery, and pay attention to safety. Don't seek quick success and hurt your foundation."

"If there is anything you don't understand, you can come and ask me."

Liu Xuexuan listened carefully to Ji Chang's instructions, her heart filled with gratitude and respect.

She said firmly: "Master, rest assured, Xuexuan will definitely act carefully and practice steadily."

"By the way, Xuexuan, you have successfully established your foundation, which is a great joy."

Ji Chang smiled and said, "I plan to hold a foundation-building celebration for you and invite all the cultivators to come and celebrate. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Xuexuan showed a mixture of surprise and gratitude on her face. She bowed and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Master. Xuexuan is very grateful. Everything will be arranged by you, Master."

Ji Chang nodded and smiled, then began to prepare for the celebration.

When the maids in his cave heard the news, they also became busy, hanging up lights and decorations, and were in a festive mood.

Some maids were talking about it in private. They looked at Liu Xuexuan who was busy with work, with envy in their eyes.

"I heard that Sister Liu has successfully established her foundation, and the master is going to hold a celebration for her!" a maid whispered.

"Yes, it's really enviable. Now that Sister Liu has successfully established her foundation, her status is different from before. Maybe she will have the opportunity to become our mistress in the future." Another maid sighed.

"I wish I could be like that." A maid thought enviously.

At this time, an older maid scolded, "Why don't you go to work instead of gossiping here? Sister Liu has followed the master for many years and is now a foundation-building cultivator. How can you discuss this?"

……

In a quiet study room in the Hu family mansion, the ancestor of the Hu family, Hu Rending, was playing with the invitation sent by Ji Chang in his hands.

On the invitation, golden handwriting shone brightly, and it contained the good news that Ji Changshi's concubine Liu Xuexuan had broken through to the foundation building stage, and also invited the Hu family to come and celebrate.

Fairy Hong Ling sat aside, but there was a coldness on her pretty face.

The smile on her face was a little stiff, and she was obviously unhappy with Liu Xuexuan's breakthrough.

Now that Liu Xuexuan has broken through to the foundation building stage, it will be much more difficult for the Hu family to use her to win over Ji Chang.

Hu Rending glanced at Fairy Hong Ling and understood what she was thinking.

He didn't say much, just sighed deeply.

However, in sharp contrast to Fairy Hong Ling's displeasure, Hu Qingsong was in high spirits.

He stood in the middle of the study, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Grandmaster, Fellow Daoist Han's concubine has broken through to the foundation building stage. We should go and celebrate."

Hu Rending looked at Hu Qingsong with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

He nodded and said in a deep voice: "Qingsong, you are right. Our Hu family should go to celebrate."

"Go down and get ready, and go to celebrate on behalf of the Hu family."

"The one who is building the foundation this time is just Han Lin's concubine. There is no need to bring out too expensive gifts."

When Fairy Hong Ling heard this, her expression changed slightly, but she didn't say anything in the end.

She knew that the ancestor's decision was not something she could change.

Hu Qingsong was immediately cheered up when he received the ancestor's affirmation.

He bowed and saluted, saying, "Don't worry, ancestor."

The last time Ji Chang broke through to the middle stage of foundation building, he was unable to go because he was in charge of the family. This time he finally has the opportunity to make up for his regret.

Hu Qingsong left the study, lost in thought all the way, when he suddenly smelled a burst of floral scent, soft and rich.

He looked up and saw various flowers in the garden competing for beauty and fragrance.

Shen Yaoyu was sitting quietly under the pavilion, admiring the beautiful scenery.

She was wearing an elegant dress. Although her belly was slightly bulging, it still couldn't hide her pure and elegant temperament.

Some time ago, the ancestor of the Hu family, Hu Rending, asked the alchemist Sun Yihai for an elixir that could help him reproduce, which made Hu Qingyun and Shen Yaoyu conceive a child.

When he saw Shen Yaoyu, Hu Qingsong paused involuntarily.

He recalled the anger and helplessness he felt when he first learned that Shen Yaoyu was being coerced by her family.

But now, looking at Shen Yaoyu's quiet profile, those emotions turned into deep guilt.

Hu Qingsong walked over and called softly, "Sister-in-law."

Shen Yaoyu was immersed in her own thoughts. She was slightly stunned when she heard this, then turned around.

When she saw it was Hu Qingsong, a faint smile appeared on her face, like peach blossoms blooming in the spring breeze, graceful yet profound.

"Qingsong, you seem to be walking in such a hurry. Where are you going?" She looked at Hu Qingsong curiously, with a barely perceptible inquiry in her tone.

Hu Qingsong did not hide anything and told Ji Changshi's concubine the truth that he was going to congratulate her on her breakthrough in foundation building.

When Shen Yaoyu heard this, a complex emotion flashed across her eyes, including surprise and loneliness.

When I first met him, he was just an unknown first-class top-grade alchemist.

Now he has become a famous second-rank mid-grade alchemist, and even his concubine has broken through to the foundation-building stage.

But he was trapped in the Hu family, like a bird with broken wings, losing his freedom.

This couldn't help but make Shen Yaoyu feel a little sad.

Shen Yaoyu gently stroked her bulging belly, with a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.

There is bitterness, helplessness, regret, and a hint of hidden murderous intent.

She had fantasized countless times about being able to break free from this bondage and regain her freedom.

But the reality was like an insurmountable mountain that made her feel suffocated.

The resentment and unwillingness in her heart were never forgotten, but were buried deep in her heart.

She took a deep breath and suppressed the inexplicable emotion.

He raised his head, looked into Hu Qingsong's eyes, and said calmly, "Since it is such a happy event, you can go and congratulate Fellow Daoist Han on my behalf."

(End of this chapter)