Chapter 174: Chapter 124: Change_1

Translator: 549690339

Having sent away the overjoyed elder couple of the Xin family, it was once again time for the couple to be alone.

“Young Master!”

Miss Xin Shisi turned around and bowed to him solemnly.

“On behalf of my parents and elder sister, I’d like to thank the Young Master!”

Her words were laden with deep affection and earnestness.

She had long been aware that Mingxiao Taoist Temple was going to increase the production of Foundation Building Pills, and that all the students of Guo Bei Academy, as well as those who fought against spirit monsters, would benefit. However, the quality of Foundation Building Pills could vary greatly.

When Mingxiao Taoist Temple first started refining Foundation Building Pills, due to the unfamiliarity with the new alchemy method, the produced pills were of inferior or lower quality, merely serving to preserve life and protect the body, incapable of assisting breakthroughs.

But the two Foundation Building Pills she gave her parents were of supreme grade; they were infused with a great amount of Thunderbolt Strength, using the power of thunderbolt creation to make up for the deficiencies in alchemy skills and ingredients, yielding such spirit pills.

Such a method of pill refinement was highly consuming, how could ordinary people possibly obtain them?

It was only because she, as his beloved, went to Mingxiao Taoist Temple personally that King Shifa was willing to disregard the exhaustion of his Mana and Taoist Cultivation, using all of his thunderbolt creation power to refine such spirit pills.

Only such spirit pills could assist her parents, whose lifespan wasn’t much, and whose essence, energy, and spirit were all weak, to make a breakthrough in their cultivation.

Ordinary Foundation Building Pills, let alone the inferior ones, even those of high quality, would probably not achieve this effect.

The two pills from back then were of supreme grade, and the one now was the same.

The depth of his kindness went without saying.

Xu Yang smiled and embraced her into his arms, “Between you and me, do we still need to talk about such things?”

“Young Master’s compassion.”

At these words, the girl showed shyness, with a beauty beyond compare. Her already delicate and boneless body became even softer as she collapsed into his embrace, though she struggled to straighten up and gave him a proactive kiss on the lips.

Xu Yang held her in his arms and looked at her. The woman in his arms had a face that had not aged, still reminiscent of the past. Time seemed to leave no trace on her; although she dressed as a married woman, she still possessed the appearance of a maiden, breathtakingly beautiful and unparalleled in the world.

Their eyes met, saying everything that needed to be said without words.

With a smile, Xu Yang carried her horizontally and headed towards the bedroom.

It was another night of excellent beauty and passion.

The next day, early in the morning.

Feeling refreshed and cheerful, Xu Yang got up with the help of Miss Xin Shisi and transformed into a streak of sword light, piercing into the celestial Qingming realm, heading straight for Mount Jilei.

Since ancient times it has been said, “The land of softness is the tomb of heroes; a beauty’s embrace, the grave of the valiant. A strong will turns to steel after a hundred refinings, yet under a woman’s tender care, it becomes soft as silk around her finger.”

Although such sayings apply to others, they had no such effect on him; instead, it aided his cultivation, but that didn’t mean he could indulge all the time.

There were still important matters to attend to.

Within the sword light, his mind partially distracted, he glanced at his attribute panel.

Xu Yang (Li Liuxian)

Lifespan: 63/700

Cultivation: Embracing Core Outer Body, Yin Soul out of body (Unified within and without, Taoist True Man, Five Realms)

Eating (Daily Devour One Ox, Strengthen Body and Health, Food Aversion for Longevity)

Sleeping (Soothe the Spirit and Nourish the Soul, Stabilize Foundation and Cultivate Essence, Vigor of Dragon and Tiger, Extend Lifespan)

Breathing (Strengthen Body and Health, Stabilize Foundation and Cultivate Essence, Vigorous as Thunder and Fire, Circulation of Breath like an Infant)

Travel (Swift as Flying, Scaling Mountains and Crossing Ridges, Strengthen Body and Health, Cloud Riding, Sword Light Across All the Way)

Reading (Never Forget After Reading, Reflect on Every Aspect, Scriptures of the Three Teaching Sects, Path through the Book Mountain, Boat on the Sea of Learning)

Martial Training (Heaven rewards hard work, Martial Path Communicates with God, Founder of Martial Arts Scripture, Extend Lifespan, Yin and Yang Dual Cultivation)

Teaching (Patient Teaching, Mutual Learning, Lead by Example, All Age Mentor, Everyone Becomes a Dragon)

Beast Taming (Enlightening Transmutation, Thriving Growth, Fish Leaping Over Dragon Gate, Large-scale Breeding, Both Pet and Beast)

Spirit Plants (Exotic Flowers and Herbs, Quality Cultivation, Mighty Cloud Rain, Thriving Growth, Second World Shennong)

Formation (Stone Formations, Thunder Formations, General Formations, Sword Intent Formations, Talisman Formations)

Alchemy (Practice Makes Perfect, Herbal Spirit Pills, Thunder Spirit Pills)

Painting Talisman (Spirit in Each Stroke, Thunder Talismans and Lightning Scripts, Mana Altar Talisman Making)

Artifact Refining (Skilled Craftsman, Divine Weapons and Precious Artifacts, Nurturing Flying Swords)

Cultural Qi (Four Sages and Four Excellences, Cultural Qi as Deep as the Abyss, Immense Righteous Qi)

Taoism (Thunder Lightning Mana King, Increase and Decrease Two Generals, Five Chaotic Generals and Soldiers, Three Laws Sword, Spirit Eyes Mysterious Light, Yin and Yang Dual Cultivation)

Martial Arts Scripture: Martial Arts Scripture.

Spells: Supreme Cave True Spirit Cultivation Scripture, Nine Heavens’ Responsive Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable Jade Shu Sutra, Xuanming True Person’s Ghost Controlling Method, Spirit Eyes Mysterious Light Numbers, Baiyun Immortal’s Spirit Grass Song, Supreme Yin Body Training Skill, Supreme Pure True Man Vital Linkage Jue, Supreme Pure Contemplation Mirror Sword Figure, Supreme Pure Wearable Talisman Scripture Jue, Cave Truth Eight Scenery Jade Tablet Morning Figure…

Three months hurried by, and with a hundredfold time difference, a full twenty-five years had passed in the dream, with changes that were indeed earth-shattering.

First was the cultivation, a successful breakthrough—both the Inner Yuan martial arts and the physical body of the Outer Yuan had entered the fifth barrier realm, comparable to the Cultivation World’s Foundation Establishment.

The Taoist cultivation, too, had reached the stage of the soul leaving the body, where the yin soul could separate from the flesh. Even in death, the spirit would not perish.

With this cultivation level, the span of life reached the limit of seven hundred years.

When compared to reality, it falls short.

In the real world, I’m only in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, but with various traits augmented, I can break the constraints of the heavens and earth to possess a lifespan of eight hundred years, overpowering Golden Core cultivators and closely chasing Nascent Soul practitioners.

However, in this world, due to the dormant Yuan Spirit and the impoverishment of heaven and earth, cultivators have even shorter lifespans. A Taoist Real Man at the level comparable to Foundation Establishment generally has only two hundred years of life, a True Monarch somewhat better, with up to four hundred, but still a hundred less than Golden Core cultivators in the real world.

Although Xu Yang had various skill traits augmenting him, allowing him to break through the constraints of the heavens and earth to extend his life, he was still somewhat affected. Only upon reaching the pinnacle of Taoist True Man and the peak of Cultivation Foundation Establishment could he achieve a lifespan of seven hundred years.

These were the changes in cultivation and lifespan.

Next, let’s look at the skill traits.

In the real world, over the course of three months, apart from refining the Ghost General, Xu Yang was not idle. He continuously used the Heshi Jade and various elixirs and spirit talismans that could replenish and restore the power of the divine soul to add to his strength and transmit skill traits.

That’s right—transmission!

Transmitting skill traits from the real world to the world of Taoist law.

The more Xu Yang came to understand it, the more he realized the significance and value of this world.

Therefore, he decided to increase his investment, transferring some development-oriented skill traits to strengthen the power of Guo Bei Academy, in order to plan for the future and bring this world into his fold.

The power of money is strong; with the cost-insensitive investments of Heshi Jade and various elixirs and spirit talismans, Xu Yang successfully transferred a large batch of developmental skills.

Such as the meticulous guidance of teachers, teaching and learning from one another, leading by example, an All-Age Mentor, making each person as powerful as a dragon—indeed a powerful tool for developing the academy.

There were also skills like Spirit Plant cultivation, Beast Taming, Formation setting, Painting Talisman, Artifact Refining, and Alchemy. These traits helped him scale up his farming, enhance production, significantly improve output and quality, and gain a large amount of spiritual objects to serve as resources for cultivation.

Otherwise, relying only on Divine Soul cultivation methods, without other resources, would make it impossible to develop Guo Bei Academy to its current state in twenty or thirty years, let alone two or three hundred years.

Apart from support through transmission from the real world, Xu Yang also relied on his own efforts in the world of Daoist law, developing new skills and traits.

For example, his travel methods had replaced the walking skills. Aside from traits like Swift as Flying, he acquired two new traits: Cloud Riding and Sword light Across All the Way.

There’s not much to say about these two traits. As the names suggest, they enhance the effects of cloud riding and sword flying, including speed, defense, power, and so on.

They aren’t very strong, but when combined with other skill traits, the accumulated effects can lead to qualitative changes.

Reading skills too had improved. After comprehensively studying the scriptures of the Three Teaching Sect, Xu Yang greatly enhanced his speed of reading the scriptures and cultivating the mana of this world. It was with the aid of these skill traits that he was able to perfect his Taoist cultivation in just over twenty years and achieve the pinnacle of a True Man.

In the sphere of Beast Taming, he now had traits for mass breeding and pet bifurcation.

Mass breeding is self-explanatory—it’s about cultivating on a large scale. Even if he was not personally involved in the nurturing, he would still gain a portion of the skill benefits and trait augmentations, increasing the yield while also freeing his hands.

Otherwise, how could he possibly manage so many breeding grounds in Guo Bei Academy by himself?

As for pet bifurcation, it’s quite straightforward—separating the cultivation of spiritual beasts from spiritual pets.

Spiritual beasts are bred for consumption as cultivation resources, thus reducing the enhancement of spirit wisdom but strengthening spiritual energy and meat quality. This way, the resulting spiritual beasts don’t have high intelligence, almost none, but the meat quality is excellent and filled with spiritual energy, making them superior food ingredients.

Spiritual pets, as companions, are cultivated partners, so their spirit wisdom and spiritual energy are enhanced. They can cultivate the Supreme Yin Body Training Skill more quickly, transform into spirit monsters, becoming helpers that provide workforce assistance.

This skill trait also addresses the racial issue within Guo Bei Academy.

After all, there are many spirit monsters in the academy, of the benign kind.

Spirit monsters can’t consume humans, but humans can consume beasts. Over time, this disparity would inevitably cause tensions.

With the implementation of pet bifurcation, spirit monsters were separated from the ranks of beasts; now, people only consume creatures that do not develop spirit wisdom, whereas spirit monster groups capable of developing such wisdom are cultivated as pets. While this doesn’t entirely resolve the issue, it does minimize disputes.

Even the spirit monsters benefited because they, too, like humans, could consume spiritual beasts.

Spiritual beasts without wisdom bear no curses or grievances, thereby not adversely affecting the Divine Soul cultivation method, and preventing plunging into the path of demons.

Following Beast Taming came Spirit Plant cultivation, with two new traits: Mighty Cloud Rain and Second World God of Shennong.

Mighty Cloud Rain needs no further explanation; it’s an evolved version of a lesser cloud-raining skill, able to significantly enhance the effects of the Cloud Cover and Rain spell.

With this trait, Xu Yang’s single spell could enshroud the entire Guo Bei area with spiritual rain, moisturizing all fields within Guo Bei County.

As for the Second World God of Shennong, it works similarly to “mass breeding” but with far superior effects.

Relying on this trait, Xu Yang again freed his hands and a great deal of time. Any crops planted under his guidance would fall under his farming system, receiving all the beneficial trait bonuses from his cultivation skills, significantly improving both quality and yield, making him a true Second World God of Shennong.

Besides, with Formation, Alchemy, Talisman Making, Artifact Refining, Taoism, and Law, new traits continuously emerged, but their functions are self-explanatory and do not require much elucidation.

Using these skill traits, along with various formations, ancient and modern techniques melded from the Cultivation World, Guo Bei Academy, Mount Jilei’s Mingxiao Taoist Temple, and the Hundred Ghosts Forest’s Yin Mountain Mansion, the three powers surged forward in their development.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that holding a single county or conquering a province, even aspiring for the whole of Jiangnan, was well within their means.

However, Xu Yang still kept his power contained within North City, and although there was some external development, it was more about extending his reach through trade routes than creating new foundations.

Why?

Because this world is different from the Great Zhou or the Great Tang!