Chapter 70: Inheriting Gemstone

identifying divine medicines for alchemists, as many disciples cursed internally because of the time they spent picking them up.Shen Xiang didn't feel too bad about it because this was considered a ki...Chapter 70: Inheriting Gem

This week, I'm pushing for a new book ranking. Bai Youyou was furious, but now is not the time to scold.

"Hurry up and find a place for cultivation!" Bai Youyou said, her icy voice filled with concern. This made Shen Xiang feel warm inside; suddenly, he felt guilty for being so determined without remembering Bai Youyou's advice.

Shen Xiang arrived at the deep forest and began cultivating on a giant tree, starting to refine the tyrannical essence that he had absorbed. These essences weren't his, so after entering his body, they caused rejection, thus becoming more tyrannical and reckless. If not controlled, Shen Xiang would risk exploding at any moment.

Luckily, the situation wasn't as bad. Although Shijuizi was only at the tenth level of martial arts, his own essence wasn't pure and didn't have any distinct characteristics.

The Taiji Yin-Yang diagram in Shen Xiang's body spun quickly, absorbing the turbid essence into the Taiji diagram and refining it. He expelled white, pure essence that nurtured the five different essence masses on the Taiji diagram.

"Sister MeiYa, what should I do next I feel like the five essence masses might not be able to hold so much essence." Shen Xiang asked.

"Compress and shape! Condense the five essence masses into five different forms," Su Meiya quickly answered.

"So, I'm entering the Ninth Level of martial arts" Shen Xiang asked again. Compressing and shaping essence is equivalent to the Ninth Level of martial arts.

"Not that quickly, you need to condense all five essences. Since you're cultivating the Four Seasons Divine Art, you should condense them into a green dragon, white tiger, red phoenix, and black tortoise!" Su Meiya said.

Shen Xiang frowned and said, "But I don't know the true forms of those four divine beasts. How do I condense them Plus, my main cultivation method is the Taiji Divine Art; shouldn't my essence form be related to that"

"The Four Seasons Divine Art is a derivative of the Taiji Divine Art. There's a section in both where there are phrases for condensing essence forms when you reach the Ninth Level of martial arts. Follow those instructions, and naturally, four divine beast forms will appear," Su Meiya said.

After hearing this, Shen Xiang immediately recalled that there was indeed a part of both arts he didn't understand the purpose of—it was said to be a crucial phrase, but Su Meiya never told him it was related to condensing essence forms.

Shen Xiang immediately followed the instructions, rotating his cultivation method to make the essence flow differently in his dantian. He first condensed a green dragon form, compressing large amounts of essence into shape while compressing caused intense explosions during the process. These explosions changed the quality of the essence, making it thicker and more powerful.

After a day, a snake-like essence form appeared on the Taiji diagram in Shen Xiang's body. It was still just a雛形, not fully formed, so the details of the green dragon couldn't be seen.

"Essence form is just a shape, not the true shape. Only reaching the peak of the tenth level will your essence forms come to life," Su Meiya said. "You need to condense and compress all five essence forms before you can enter the Ninth Level of martial arts!"

Shen Xiang nodded, continuing his cultivation...

The next morning, warm dawn light shone on Shen Xiang's body through the leaves. He slowly opened his eyes, taking a deep breath. He had already condensed two essence forms: the green dragon and red phoenix forms were both blurry but formed from large amounts of essence, making him feel the thickness.

Originally, a single essence mass was like several meters of essence in a small space. But now, he had to fit thousands of such essences into that small space, and this was just the beginning. If he were to create a lifelike essence form, he would need to compress tens of thousands of essences into that small space.

"Just two essence forms!" Shen Xiang checked his dantian, looking at the snake and bird forms on the Taiji diagram, feeling somewhat disappointed.

"Satisfied Most of his essence contains impurities. After refining and compressing, there isn't much left." Su Meiya said.

"Hmph, don't do it again!" Bai Youyou's angry voice echoed, making Shen Xiang's body tremble.

Shen Xiang quickly apologized, "Sister Youyou, I'm sorry. It won't happen again."

"I doubt you would," Bai Youyou said with a snort.

Although he didn't manage to enter the Ninth Level of martial arts, Shen Xiang felt stronger. The essence transformed and became denser through the process, making it more powerful.

Compared to before, he could now destroy ten trees with a single essence instead of just one. This was because his current essence was compressed from ten previous essences, making it denser and more powerful. This result came from continuous cultivation—no matter how advanced, the process of endless compression became more exhausting. The process required absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy to transform it into essence.

Shen Xiang asked, "Sister MeiYa, the Four Seasons Divine Art can only condense four essence forms. Since essence is divided into five elements, what should my earth element form be"

"The Taiji Divine Art has the answer—it's an elephant. However, I chose to condense it into a lotus in my time," Su Meiya said.

Elephant! Shen Xiang felt delighted, because in his mind, elephants were considered powerful among creatures.

Shen Xiang was still sitting on a giant tree, the Nine Poison Sect's issue resolved. This area was now safe. He was holding Shijuizi's storage bag, checking what good things were inside.

There were many items. The most numerous were poison needles and other weapons, followed by poison powders and medicines. There were also some antidotes and pills, with some large amounts of Spirit Money too. These items were all useful to Shen Xiang. If ever he faced danger, using these poison weapons could be helpful.

Shen Xiang discovered a square jade box in the storage bag. He took out the box, but he couldn't open it.

"Use your consciousness. There's definitely something inside the box, only using strong consciousness can open it." Su Meiya said. Although she was in that ring, she could see outside.

Shen Xiang immediately poured his consciousness into the box, surprising him. This box seemed like a bottomless pit, absorbing his consciousness. Even trying to retrieve it was difficult.

Within seconds, Shen Xiang felt his head spinning. At that moment, the box stopped absorbing his consciousness and automatically opened. He only saw a small walnut-sized jade pearl underneath, with yellowish beast skin as the base!

Right then, Bai Youyou and Su Meiya came out from the ring, standing on a thick branch of the giant tree as they watched Shen Xiang's belongings.

"This is an inheriting pearl, you can read the information inside by entering your consciousness into the pearl," Su Meiya said. She pulled out the beast skin underneath, which was folded and looked very large when unfolded.

"So there's someone else's belongings inside this pearl" Shen Xiang asked.

"Correct. Most sect leaders use this method to pass down their martial arts techniques. This inheriting pearl likely contains someone else's technique or alchemy insights." Bai Youyou said.

Shen Xiang felt delighted, never expecting that Shijuizi had such a precious item. He immediately poured his consciousness into the inheriting jade pearl, and a massive amount of information flooded his mind. He read the information, his face filled with madness.is old friend and disappeared. He secretly went to the place where lots were drawn. There was already quite a crowd there.The people participating weren’t many, maybe around seventy. They were all exc...