socalfunplaces Chapter 36 Blood Cultivator Li Wusheng
Chapter 36 Blood Cultivator Li Wusheng
Chapter 36 Blood Cultivator Li Wusheng
Chen Yi was only tentatively making a request, but he didn't expect Qin Chengcheng to leave without even hesitating for a moment.
He still underestimated the power of the most beautiful fairy in the Foundation Establishment stage of the cultivation world.
Three days later, a storage bag appeared silently on Chen Yi's bed.
Inside the bag was a complete set of array formation manuals, ranging from mid-grade first rank to low-grade second rank, and even several jade slips containing insights into high-level array formations.
In addition, there is a set of simple array materials, and... a bottle of [Spirit Nourishing Pill]!
Chen Yi picked up the jade bottle, took a gentle sniff, and felt the fragrance of the elixir refreshing his mind. Just one sniff made him feel clearer.
"Hiss—a second-tier Spirit Nourishing Pill?!"
This elixir is worth at least several hundred spirit stones in the market, and it's priceless!
Any one of these items is something Chen Yi, as a rogue Qi cultivator, might never be able to obtain in his lifetime.
And yet the other party got it so easily.
"Did I ask for too little?"
Chen Yi shook his head in a murmur.
He opened the book and found a note tucked inside, with two lines of text:
"I will come to check on the progress in March."
The monster meat tastes good; save some for me next time.
The Second-Order Spirit Nourishing Pill is a spiritual nourishing pill exclusively for Foundation Establishment cultivators, containing violent spiritual energy.
If a Qi Refining cultivator takes it directly, their fragile sea of consciousness will cause their soul to tear apart, resulting in either dementia or, in severe cases, death from body explosion.
Although Qin Chengcheng provided the pill, she implicitly agreed that Chen Yi needed to refine it slowly, and it would take at least one or two years to finish this bottle of Nourishing Spirit Pill.
But Chen Yi didn't need to do that. He placed the Nourishing Spirit Pill in his palm and secretly activated the system:
Second-tier divine soul energy detected.
The system instantly locked onto the core of the pill, directly absorbing and transforming 50% of its violent spiritual energy into pure spiritual power.
It directly affects the enhancement of Chen Yi's Divine Sense Needle Acupuncture skill.
After being weakened by the system, the remaining 50% of the pill's energy has been reduced to the peak level of Tier 1:
Chen Yi activated the "Turtle Breathing Water and Wood Technique," using water and wood spiritual energy to envelop the medicinal power and slowly guide it into his sea of consciousness along his meridians.
Because the technique has the characteristic of concealing one's breath, the fluctuations of spiritual energy are perfectly hidden, and the outside world can only perceive the ordinary aura of meditation.
A "spiritual mist" appeared in his sea of consciousness. As he absorbed the medicinal power, the mist gradually solidified, expanding its coverage from fifteen zhang to twenty zhang.
Although this second-tier Soul Nourishing Pill primarily enhances the energy of the soul, it is still a second-tier pill after all. The spiritual power in its auxiliary ingredients provides a considerable boost to the medicinal effect for Chen Yi, who is at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
Its medicinal power is infused into the meridians and dantian.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chen Yi cultivated the "Turtle Breath Water and Wood Technique," and his magical power subtly and steadily increased.
In this way, Chen Yi might only need to consume a small amount of the Soul Nourishing Pill each day, which he could digest in a single day.
Furthermore, the total amount of divine sense, the divine sense spike skill, and the cultivation of magical power will be improved simultaneously.
Chen Yi estimated that after consuming this bottle of pills, his spiritual soul should experience a significant improvement, and his magical power would also increase accordingly.
"This is truly a wonderful product!"
In the days that followed, Chen Yi quietly crafted talisman skins, dealt with demonic beasts, cultivated his divine soul and magical power, and ate demonic beast meat to practice the Vajra Technique.
The remaining time was spent studying formations.
He hid in the talisman shop, where his life was very stable.
But at this moment, the entire Lake and Sea Market was rife with undercurrents.
During this period, demonic beasts have become increasingly difficult to hunt, leading to greater casualties among cultivators hunting them in lakes and seas.
Even teams of cultivators can encounter attacks from demonic beasts.
In particular, different types of monsters have learned to cooperate and launch sneak attacks.
This didn't happen before.
Dong Chang'an and Qin Chengcheng, both Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Dong family, along with other Foundation Establishment cultivators visiting the market, discussed the matter and conducted further investigations.
They discovered that, led by that peak second-tier tortoise-snake beast,
The monsters in the entire lake began to obey commands.
"That tortoise-snake beast has become king?"
The Foundation Establishment cultivators frowned; this situation was indeed difficult to handle.
They advised the independent cultivators in the market to consolidate their forces and refrain from hunting demonic beasts recklessly. Meanwhile, the Dong family also wanted to take the lead in organizing the independent cultivators, unifying their commands, and confronting the demonic beasts in the lake.
However, the independent cultivators wouldn't listen; none of them wanted to be cannon fodder on the front lines.
Unable to persuade the Dong family, they had no choice but to give up.
"These Qi Refining rogue cultivators are truly useless!" Dong Chang'an said indignantly.
A month later, the talisman shop delivered a batch of newly hunted late-stage Tier 1 water demons. As usual, Chen Yi checked the materials and prepared to process the demon hides.
However, when he dissected the monster's corpse, his brow furrowed slightly—
The demon skin is intact, and the spiritual energy fluctuations are stable, making it suitable for talisman making.
The flesh and blood were grayish-white, devoid of any vital energy, as if its essence had been drained.
The core materials, including the heart, demon core, and essence blood, have all vanished without a trace!
"This monster... it looks like it's been completely drained?" Chen Yi sensed something was wrong and immediately realized the problem.
Chen Yi remained calm and took the monster's corpse to Liu Chenggang:
"Senior Liu, this batch of demonic beasts has lost all its essence, which may affect the quality of the talisman skin."
Liu Chenggang glanced at it, completely unconcerned:
"Oh, that? The Dong family said that a distinguished guest needed the essence blood of a demon beast and core materials, so they took them ahead of time."
"Anyway, we don't need flesh and blood for leather making, so it won't affect anything."
Chen Yi feigned confusion: "Distinguished guest? Which senior needs so much demon beast essence?"
Liu Chenggang lowered his voice:
"I heard he's a Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivator named Li Wusheng. The Dong family treats him with great respect, and he always checks on the demonic beasts before they're delivered."
"You like to eat demon beast meat, that's fine. This won't affect the taste of the meat. Without its vital energy and demonic power, it will be less harmful to your body."
"Anyway, you're not a body cultivator, so it works the same."
"Mmm." Chen Yi couldn't refute it and nodded in response.
In reality, he was pondering...
His body-refining cultivation relied on the essence of demonic beasts' flesh and blood:
The power of Qi and blood can be transformed into golden radiance to temper the physical body.
Core materials such as demon cores and hearts contain special spiritual properties that can accelerate the bone refining process.
Now that the essence has been extracted, only ordinary flesh and blood remain, which is of no value to Chen Yi.
"This person's presence is blocking my way, which is troublesome!" Chen Yi squinted in thought. "I need to find a way to resolve this, but I must plan carefully before making a decision."
Chen Yi secretly found Huo Sanniang:
"Go and find out more about this Li Wusheng, especially his relationship with the Dong family, and why he needs so much demon beast essence."
Huo Sanniang nodded and whispered:
"Brother Chen, I've long heard that this man is eccentric. It's said that the disappearances of several rogue cultivators in the market are all related to him..."
Chen Yi's eyes turned cold: "Be careful, don't alert them."
A few days later, Huo Sanniang brought back news:
"Li Wusheng appears to be a rogue cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining, but in reality, he is a blood cultivator who needs a large amount of essence and blood to cultivate evil arts."
He has a secret collaboration with Dong Chang'an, a Foundation Establishment Elder of the Dong family. The Dong family tacitly allows him to extract the essence of demonic beasts in exchange for certain benefits.
I suspect that Li Wusheng holds leverage over the Dong family.
Chen Yi squinted and nodded:
"I understand. Continue gathering intelligence, but always proceed with caution."
(End of this chapter)