Chapter 30

Chapter Thirty-One: Carving Rotten Wood

"However, there is a way to speed things up," Lei Feng said with a mischievous smile.

Please note, this Lei Feng is not the Lei Feng from Earth.

"If the three of you have any tasks, I will climb the knife mountain and dive into the sea of fire without hesitation," Qian Xing said respectfully to the three brothers Lei Feng. Qian Xing was sincere, after all, they had given him the opportunity to transform his body. Even if they asked him to do something, he thought it was only right. Otherwise, why would they give him such a benefit?

"The Black Star Sand Beast we drove away today, we once saw in a book of strange records. The one today should still be a juvenile. If we can obtain a large number of Black Star Sand Beasts' magic cores, since heaven is yang and earth is yin, and this Black Star Sand Beast swallows and expels black heavy sand, it can be considered a mid-grade earth attribute magical beast. Consuming a large number of these magic cores should greatly promote yin-cold attribute powers.

"You see, earth and water generate yin. These earth attribute magic cores can help you lay a solid foundation for the Cold Ice Decree. With a solid foundation, building a high-rise on it will be much easier."

Lei Yue first explained the great benefits of the Black Star Sand Beast's magic cores for yin-cold attribute powers, then got to the main point.

"According to legend, these Black Star Sand Beasts only grow in the Lung Wind Caves of the Extreme Evil Gale. Moreover, they are social animals. The feces of a group of Black Star Sand Beasts, under the influence of the Extreme Evil Gale, can take tens of thousands of years to possibly give birth to the Lung Wind Spirit Horse. This Lung Wind Spirit Horse can penetrate mountains and rocks and move as swiftly as the wind.

"Although we have marked the fleeing Black Star Sand Beast with a spiritual mark and can find its nest, we don't know if there are enough Black Star Sand Beasts in the nest. Even if there are enough, the probability of a Lung Wind Spirit Horse being born is only one in a thousand or one in ten thousand.

"If there is one, the Lung Wind Spirit Horse is extremely fast and agile. The three of us, who practice alchemy, are not as flexible in close combat as you, young brother."

This last sentence was the most critical part. The three brothers had been practicing alchemy and potion-making since childhood, along with Daoist techniques and flying swords. The small and agile techniques were originally minor skills for them, but the Lung Wind Spirit Horse was indeed very agile. Only the secret "Four Phases Spirit Suppressing Formation" of the Dan Ding Sect was the nemesis of such natural spirits. The Four Phases Spirit Suppressing Formation requires four people to stand in four directions. When they needed someone, and seeing that Qian Xing was a fellow townsman of their senior, and also sincere and quick-witted, they immediately had the idea of having Qian Xing guard one side of the Four Phases Spirit Suppressing Formation.

Faced with such a good opportunity, Qian Xing naturally agreed without hesitation.

Since he was part of the team, Qian Xing's cultivation was too low, not yet reaching the innate level. More importantly, without innate cultivation, he couldn't even use an array flag. If he couldn't raise the array flag, wouldn't he be just like a useless person?

Therefore, after obtaining the Cold Ice Decree, Qian Xing also received three "Dragon Tiger Marrow Washing Pills." The Dragon Tiger Marrow Washing Pills are the most basic spiritual pills, specifically for new disciples. These three Lei brothers had been studying in the Dan Ding Sect for at least twenty-five years.

However, without reaching the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment, they had no right to take on disciples—this was a rule set by the bigwigs in the cultivation world to prevent the awkward situation where both master and disciple fail to establish their foundation and die of old age.

After searching through their entire bodies, they found these three long-forgotten Dragon Tiger Marrow Washing Pills at the bottom of their large and small medicine bottles.

After taking one spiritual pill, Qian Xing's body was covered in a layer of black grime, as if he hadn't bathed for two months, and the stench was overwhelming.

However, in the entire Tiger Cave, with over two thousand people, there was only a small spring the size of a bathtub—water was an extremely precious resource in the Black Rock Domain. Therefore, he could only wait until they returned to Black Rock City to take a bath.

After returning to Black Rock City and washing off the grime, Qian Xing felt that his entire body's meridians were much more unblocked.

He then began practicing the Cold Ice Decree. Unexpectedly, after seven days, he only formed a cold ice qi pulse in his lower dantian, and hadn't even completed the first level of the Cold Ice Decree.

Even so, Qian Xing barely reached the innate martial artist level. Compared to the Cold Ice Decree, the Nine Yin True Canon's internal cultivation was simply garbage.

However, the Cold Ice Decree was purely a cultivation method for internal energy, while the Nine Yin True Canon contained various martial arts and techniques for subduing enemies, which were not found in the Cold Ice Decree.

The three Lei brothers, although somewhat skeptical that Qian Xing hadn't completed the first level of the Cold Ice Decree after taking one pill, didn't say anything—after all, not everyone was suitable for cultivation.

Even two of them, after taking a Foundation Establishment Pill, had failed to establish their foundation.

Qian Xing was greatly embarrassed and worried. If he really had poor aptitude, wouldn't he miss out on this great fortune?

Biting his teeth, he took another Dragon Tiger Marrow Washing Pill. After taking this pill, the black grime on his body was much lighter, indicating that the impurities in his body had decreased.

Apart from his duty hours, he spent all his time sitting in meditation and practicing. The three Lei brothers, with one accompanying Qian Xing to prevent disturbances, and the other two using their patrol duties to scout for the Black Star Sand Beasts outside the city.

After taking the second spiritual pill, it took Qian Xing ten days to complete the first level of the Cold Ice Decree. When he touched something with his hands, a layer of ice immediately formed.

If combined with the Nine Yin White Bone Claw, inserting it into the opponent's body and then using the Cold Ice Decree, no matter how strong the opponent's body, their meridians and blood vessels would instantly freeze.

In terms of increased lethality, Qian Xing was overjoyed. However, the three Lei brothers handed him a black array flag and taught him the method to activate it, asking him to try shaking it.

When Qian Xing shook it, he felt the cold ice spiritual energy he had just cultivated rushing into the flag. The black flag immediately spewed out hundreds of black water lines, forming a large net several dozen feet wide on the ground.

However, after just three minutes, Qian Xing felt his physical and spiritual energy drained, as if he had been completely drained, his head turned black, and he swayed on the verge of collapse.

The three Lei brothers finally couldn't hide their disappointment, shaking their heads and telling Qian Xing that to catch the Lung Wind Spirit Horse, the range of the Black Water Flag needed to be at least doubled, and the duration needed to be at least the time it takes to burn an incense stick!

The way they looked at Qian Xing clearly said "rotten wood"!

This was also Qian Xing's good fortune. If they had met him in the cultivation world, they would have long abandoned him due to his ordinary aptitude. However, in this beast arena, they couldn't freely come and go, and there was no other trustworthy person.

The three Lei brothers from the Dan Ding Sect had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept it, inadvertently benefiting Qian Xing.

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