Chapter 36

Shen Xiang was now increasingly eager to visit those sects and see for himself, but even in those sects, people at the Eighth and Ninth Levels of the Mortal Martial Realm were only considered outer disciples, which showed how fierce the competition inside those sects must be, let alone the Supreme Martial Sect.

"The conditions of the Supreme Martial Sect are really strict. Can I become a true disciple?" Shen Xiang muttered to himself.

"Of course you can. You are someone who possesses the Yin-Yang Divine Vein, and you have us, your senior sisters, to personally teach you. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will surely become a powerful figure in the future," Bai Youyou said with determination, showing great confidence in Shen Xiang.

Shen Xiang waited for a moment, and Huayue Yun returned. She was now wearing a purple dress, no longer as alluring as before, which made Shen Xiang feel a bit disappointed.

"Here are the things you asked for and the spirit money!" Huayue Yun placed the spirit money notes and some paper-wrapped medicinal herbs on the table.

Shen Xiang didn't even count them, putting them directly into his storage bag. He trusted Huayue Yun very much, which made her secretly pleased.

"Are you still going to sign up for the King City Martial Arts Conference? The Southern Martial Kingdom is under the jurisdiction of the True Martial Sect," Huayue Yun asked, showing her concern for Shen Xiang.

Shen Xiang thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but I won't join the True Martial Sect. I'm only going for the True Essence Pill!"

Watching Shen Xiang leave, Huayue Yun shook her head and sighed softly, her beautiful eyes filled with disappointment. In the past, she could easily make such a young, inexperienced boy obey her with just a few words, but now, even after saying a lot and dressing provocatively, she still couldn't persuade Shen Xiang.

Shen Xiang sold the thousand-year-old Blood Spirit Grass for 400,000 large spirit money, and then used 100,000 large spirit money to buy a large amount of mature spirit herbs. Among these herbs, the most precious was the golden core of the Golden Spirit Fruit!

The Golden Spirit Fruit is a high-grade spirit fruit, as precious as the Thousand Pattern Fruit. It is said to bear fruit only once every thousand years. Both the flesh and the skin of the fruit are very useful, especially when added to the refining of high-grade pills, which not only improves the quality of the pills but also increases the chances of forming the pill.

Shen Xiang now bought the golden core of the Golden Spirit Fruit to plant it. The core itself is also used in pill refining, and no one had ever thought of growing a tree from it, as it takes a very long time. Even if it is grown, it still needs to wait a thousand years to bear fruit.

However, this was not a problem for Shen Xiang. In recent days, he had accumulated a lot of dragon saliva. Continuous irrigation would quickly grow the Golden Spirit Fruit tree.

In the small courtyard, Shen Xiang buried the seed and then took out a jade bottle filled with dragon saliva. Since he was only cultivating one seed, he didn't need to dilute it with water. He directly dripped the dragon saliva onto the soil where the golden core of the Golden Spirit Fruit was.

Just one drop, and a large amount of spiritual energy surged in, seeping into the soil. A tender sprout emerged. Seeing that it was effective, Shen Xiang continued to carefully drip the dragon saliva.

Each drop caused a large amount of spiritual energy to surge in, and the spiritual energy hidden in the ground also flowed into the Golden Spirit Fruit. The dragon saliva itself contained abundant life force, which now allowed the small tree to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy to accelerate its growth.

At this moment, Shen Xiang understood why Su Meirao always warned him not to reveal the Dragon Saliva Technique, as it would cause a lot of trouble. Now he deeply felt the power of this heaven-defying technique, and he was extremely excited. As long as he had time, cultivating spirit herbs that were thousands of years old would not be a problem for him!

After using up the entire bottle of dragon saliva, the golden core of the Golden Spirit Fruit had already grown into a small tree about the height of a person, and it only took half a day!

"Alas, it still hasn't borne fruit!" Shen Xiang was still somewhat dissatisfied and complained.

Su Meirao lightly hummed, "Be content. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least five hundred years to grow to this size. You would need to collect dragon saliva for at least a month to make this tree bear fruit."

As soon as it bears fruit, Shen Xiang will have several Golden Spirit Fruits. At that time, he can announce it nationwide and use the Golden Spirit Fruits as rewards to recruit alchemists, which would be a very easy thing to do. There might even be a group of alchemists vying to join.

"Boy, start collecting the herbs needed to refine the Foundation Building Pill. Although you have the Yin-Yang Divine Vein and a divine cultivation technique, entering the True Martial Realm is not a problem, but if you want to do it quickly and steadily, you need the pills!" Bai Youyou said.

The Foundation Building Pill is a low-grade spirit pill, mainly used to stabilize the foundation, enhance the physical body, and improve the purity of true qi. Taking it before entering the True Martial Realm makes the advancement easier.

Shen Xiang pouted and said, "I can only refine middle-grade mortal pills right now. That's a spirit pill! Even when I reach the Mortal Martial Realm, I probably won't have the ability to refine it!"

"Naive boy, as long as you can refine high-grade spirit pills, you can refine the Foundation Building Pill! The Foundation Building Pill is listed as a spirit pill because the herbs are rare, but the refining difficulty is not high," Bai Youyou coldly hummed.

Shen Xiang now has the Thousand Pattern Fruit and the Thousand-Year Beast Pill. He only needs three rare spirit herbs to refine the Foundation Building Pill. With the Dragon Saliva Technique, as long as he has the seeds, he can infinitely cultivate spirit herbs. When the time comes, he can refine as many Foundation Building Pills as he wants, which can be sold for a lot of spirit money!

Thinking of this, Shen Xiang was extremely excited. Of course, he still needed to improve his strength. The stronger he was, the better the effect of the Dragon Saliva Technique, and refining high-grade pills also required excellent flames.

At night, Shen Xiang disguised himself and left the King City, heading to a forest far outside the city. The true qi here was more concentrated, which would speed up his cultivation.

Shen Xiang, who possessed the Yin-Yang Divine Vein, could feel the dense spiritual energy within a radius of several dozen miles as soon as he closed his eyes. As soon as he activated the Taiji Divine Technique, the spiritual energy immediately surged into his body, refined into the five elements of true qi, and compressed into five positions in his dantian...

Before dawn, Shen Xiang woke up. Cultivating in a place with dense spiritual energy not only allowed him to cultivate more true qi but also produced more dragon saliva, which was why he came to the outskirts.

Feeling vigorous, Shen Xiang couldn't help but start practicing boxing in the forest. In the dim forest, green and red lights alternated, forming tiger heads that roared and struck the air, each punch causing a strong wind and the ground to ripple like waves. When his fists hit the trees, they produced loud explosions, capable of breaking trees that two people could barely encircle.

This was the high-grade spirit martial technique, "Heavenly Tiger Frenzy Fist." Shen Xiang had the Four Symbols Divine Technique, but his current level only allowed him to learn some simple martial techniques, which, although powerful, were not enough.

Only by becoming familiar with the martial techniques could he use them skillfully in battle, controlling them freely. Shen Xiang now felt the pleasure of releasing the thick true qi from his body and transforming it into powerful and ingenious forces through martial techniques, which made him extremely comfortable.

Looking at the trees he had broken and the craters he had created on the ground, Shen Xiang sighed inwardly. At just the Sixth Level of the Mortal Martial Realm, he already possessed such strength. Ordinary people were like ants to him, and even people of the same level would find it difficult to resist his fierce "Heavenly Tiger Frenzy Fist."

"If I enter the True Martial Realm, how much stronger will I be?" Thinking of this, Shen Xiang felt a surge of excitement. He was increasingly eager to possess great strength, which made him even more determined.