"Respectfully invite the Mandate Gate's First Huangting Yuan Wangshimingjing, courtesy name Fuyangchang, to constantly guard between the two hips, the axle's door, the gate of death qi, causing all blood to coagulate, spirit qi not to dissipate, pulling out the earthly dwelling, transcending the eight difficulties."
Li Chuan sat cross-legged on the bed, and according to Li Qingfeng's memory, began cultivating the fundamental cultivation method of Xiao Zhu Mountain, the "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing".
Although Xiao Zhu Mountain was an insignificant small sect among the Shu Mountain range, with dozens if not hundreds of similar sects, the cultivation method of Xiao Zhu Mountain was an orthodox Daoist method.
Although it could not compare to top-tier cultivation methods like the "Nine Heavens Profound Scripture" or "Great Profound Heavenly Chapter", one could still cultivate to the heavenly immortal stage and ascend to the upper realm.
What Xiao Zhu Mountain lacked was, firstly, cultivators, secondly, various profound magic for dealing with enemies, and thirdly, powerful magic treasures.
Treasures of the level of Mount Emei's haotian mirror and Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords, or Mount Kunlun's Sun Moon Golden Wheel, were completely absent in Xiao Zhu Mountain; even Li Qingfeng's Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl was considered a powerful treasure in Xiao Zhu Mountain.
After all, it was a magic treasure that the sect leader, Daoist Qingzhu, frequently used.
However, treasures of this level were everywhere on Mount Emei's Sword Mountain; even an getting Started disciple could casually pick one that might be significantly stronger than the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl.
There was nothing that could be done about this; the refinement of magic treasures required heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and could not be forged from ordinary iron. And everyone was looking for heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and after searching for so many years, how could they be easy to find?
This was why many low-level demonic path cultivators massacred villages and killed people, because the flesh and blood and souls of mortals could achieve effects comparable to heavenly materials and earthly treasures, refining decent demonic path magic treasures.
As for the flesh and blood and souls of those on the righteous path of cultivation, they were even more premium. Demonic path cultivators skilled in harvesting and charm methods could even directly use them to increase their cultivation and refine puppets.
"Got it!"
Because he had achieved a high completion rate, Li Chuan was endowed with top-tier cultivation aptitude. Coupled with Li Qingfeng's memory making the path familiar, he quickly entered the beginner stage and absorbed the first wisp of heaven and earth spiritual energy into his meridians.
Furthermore, because his body had been modified by the Number One Enhancement Agent and the Extremis virus, he did not need to be as cautious the first time as the cultivation method instructed, preventing the spiritual energy from damaging his fragile meridians and dantian upon entry.
His meridians and dantian were truly very resilient; even if he absorbed too much spiritual energy at once and problems arose, even if they burst, they could quickly return to normal.
One must know that he now possessed a super healing ability where his body could recover as long as his head was fine.
As for the cultivation aptitude mentioned by cultivators in this World, he summarized it: generally, it was the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy into the spiritual body. The higher one's cultivation aptitude, the much higher the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy into the body at each realm compared to those with lower aptitude.
This gap might not be apparent at the beginning of cultivation, because everyone's meridians and dantian were very weak initially, and absorbing too much spiritual energy would be dangerous. Even those with good aptitude had to be cautious when first starting.
However, as time passed, the meridians and dantian were continuously nourished by the cultivation method and spiritual energy, becoming increasingly resilient, and the gap began to show.
Someone with good aptitude might cultivate for one day, equivalent to someone with poor aptitude cultivating for one year, and this gap would become increasingly obvious as the realm increased, unless there were other fortuitous encounters.
For example, consuming elixirs, heavenly materials and earthly treasures that could improve aptitude and increase cultivation by decades or centuries, or inheriting the cultivation of a powerful expert, and so on.
Li Chuan himself had top-tier cultivation aptitude, and coupled with his meridians and dantian being more durable than those of a typical Nascent Soul Stage cultivator after being modified, spiritual energy continuously surged into his body from the very beginning of his cultivation.
Then, after quickly circulating through several major cycles, it transformed into mana and true essence and was stored in the dantian.
His current cultivation efficiency was comparable to that of a peak Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator with the most top-tier aptitude in this World.
In the later stages, when he reached core formation, his efficiency upon entering core formation would be equivalent to that of a peak core formation cultivator with the most top-tier aptitude. When he formed a nascent soul, it would be the cultivation efficiency of a peak Nascent Soul Stage cultivator with the most top-tier aptitude.
As for beyond forming a nascent soul, after surviving the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, cultivation for cultivators at that point no longer depended on aptitude.
Therefore, everything leads to the same destination through different paths. As long as it was used well, regardless of the system, his body, due to genetic modification, not only greatly increased the amount of Chakra but also allowed him to be one step ahead in cultivation here.
Thus, the first cultivation session upon entering the sect, which according to Li Qingfeng's memory lasted nearly three months, he completed in just three days.
There was nothing he could do about it; the amount of spiritual energy he absorbed each day was equivalent to the daily cultivation amount of a peak Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator with the best aptitude, which naturally could not be compared to the small amount of spiritual energy absorbed by a newly initiated disciple each day.
"Foundation establishment completed in three days. Next is spending time cultivating slowly every day."
For normal disciples who completed foundation establishment upon entering the sect, subsequent cultivation became routine. Besides cultivating and absorbing spiritual energy to increase cultivation every day, they also had to learn magic, Daoist common sense, refine magic treasures, and so on.
Li Chuan did not need to learn common sense knowledge; Li Qingfeng's memory contained all of that. What he needed to learn was magic and refining magic treasures.
Actually, magic and refining magic treasures were also in his memory, but just like learning magic before, having it in memory was one thing, but that was Li Qingfeng's memory. If he wanted to use them proficiently, he definitely needed to spend time practicing them.
He needed to restore his cultivation to be as close as possible to Li Qingfeng's, and then learn everything in Li Qingfeng's memory, so that when he returned to the sect, no flaws would be discovered.
Otherwise, if he were mistaken for a demonic path cultivator who had seized a body, he estimated he would be hunted down by Li Qingfeng's Master, although Li Qingfeng's Master might not necessarily be able to defeat him.
As for why he wanted to return to the sect, it was naturally because although the sect was small, it was a place where spiritual energy converged, and the cultivation efficiency was much faster than in the mortal realm.
Moreover, there were still some things in the sect, just like the Heavenly Evolution Thirty-Six Divine Bamboo Restriction that Master Daoist Qingzhu mentioned in Li Qingfeng's memory, which was very powerful, but no one in the sect had learned it for over a thousand years.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
After using the Seamless Spatial Expansion Charm to enlarge the courtyard's space by ten times, Li Chuan used the multiple Shadow Clone technique, letting the clones go learn the Daoist magic from Li Qingfeng's memory, while he himself began learning to refine three magic treasures.
Li Qingfeng did not know many Daoist magic techniques; they were basically some Five Elements magic, not very powerful or difficult, so letting the Shadow Clones learn them was fine.
However, the refinement and assimilation of magic treasures could not be replaced by shadow clones; he needed to handle it himself.
Of course, his main task now was not to refine a magic treasure that belonged to him, as that was too difficult for him. What he needed to do was first assimilate Li Qingfeng's Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl.
Because he had the experience of assimilating it once in his memory, it would be relatively easy. Afterwards, he would refine the two magic treasures from that demonic cultivator. He did not care about righteous path or demonic path; anything that could increase his strength would naturally not be let go.
Later, when he had more experience and sufficient true essence, he would then learn to refine magic treasures himself.
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