Chapter 178: Like a Demon, Like a Monster

The so-called Imperial-level cultivation technique is the secret technique created by those ancient emperors and masters over countless eras of the Wang Gu Continent. There are complete sets, and there are secret techniques.

But no matter what, the power is extremely astonishing.

Its eeriness and formidable nature are often mind-boggling, naturally incomparably precious.

Coupled with the rarity of the Imperial-level, it has become one of the foundation resources of all forces.

It is just that most of them are basically impossible to cultivate, requiring extremely harsh conditions. For example, many need to cooperate with the inherited bloodline power, which makes almost everyone out of reach.

And it is also difficult to cross species to cultivate between different races, which makes it even more difficult to master.

Only a few that do not need bloodline and can be cultivated by any species have the greatest value. Any one that is spread out can make people crazy and helpless.

Crazy is because of envy, helpless is because it cannot be deprived.

Once the Imperial-level cultivation technique forms a seed, even if the outsider kills the possessor, it is still empty.

Even if the content of the cultivation technique is spoken out, the outsider will forget it after seeing it and thinking about it, and it cannot be memorized.

Even if there is a special way to save the memory, without the inheritance seed in the body, it is still impossible to cultivate.

The inheritance seed is like a voucher. Only those who possess it have the qualification to cultivate.

Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits belongs to this category.

And to be precise, Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits is not a cultivation technique, it is a secret technique!

This secret technique is strong and astonishing. According to the information Xu Qing obtained, it is stated in it that after this secret technique is cultivated to great success, it can allow the cultivator to achieve their own Jin Wu Imperial Body.

Once the Jin Wu Imperial Body is formed, the physical combat power steps into the Imperial Realm, and it can transform into a Jin Wu to dominate above the nine heavens.

These descriptions and cognitions made Xu Qing already realize that this Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits is a body-refining secret technique.

The process of its cultivation pays attention to the survival of the fittest, refining the blood of the origin of ten thousand races and ten thousand spirits to merge into oneself, constantly improving the flesh and blood, making the flesh and blood stronger and stronger in this nourishment, until finally transforming into the Jin Wu Imperial Body.

This is, after all, a method created by the Jin Wu. Clearly, in the Jin Wu's cognition, there is not much good and evil concept. To it, the weak eat the strong, and constantly evolving to become the strongest is the original choice.

And while constantly absorbing the origin blood of ten thousand races and ten thousand spirits and constantly strengthening oneself, one can also seize the racial talent of the other party in this absorption!

This point is extremely domineering.

But there are also limitations. If you want to seize racial talent, simply refining one clansman is not enough. You need to refine many clansmen of this race, and those with higher cultivation bases are the first choice. Only with such accumulation can it finally be completely plundered.

At this moment, Xu Qing leaned against the ship wall, his eyes closed, and his mind rapidly recalled the information he had obtained this time. The more he felt, the more his heart beat faster.

After a while, Xu Qing opened his eyes, and his eyes revealed a hint of shock.

"Imperial-level body-refining secret technique!"

Xu Qing was no stranger to body refining.

The first cultivation technique he came into contact with, the Haishan Secret Technique, was a body-refining technique. This also made his lethality extremely great when he was in the scavenger camp. Even after reaching the Seven Blood Eyes and seeing the terror of magic techniques, he still did not give up on body refining.

Until his Haishan Secret Technique reached its limit after reaching the ninth layer.

Even though the Corpse Shadow behind him was suffused with lava and possessed an astonishing aura, and two bumps that looked like they were about to become horns had appeared on its head, it… ultimately failed to complete the transformation, making it difficult to reach the tenth layer.

This had nothing to do with Xu Qing. In fact, because there was no foreign matter in his body, coupled with the relationship of the purple crystal, he had already cultivated the Haishan Secret Technique to an unprecedented degree.

What made Xu Qing finally unable to break through was the level of the Haishan Secret Technique.

It was, after all, just a low-level cultivation technique spread widely.

The limitation of this method itself made Xu Qing have to stop and break through to Foundation Establishment with the Sea-Transforming Scripture.

But his pursuit of body refining did not decrease. After stepping into Foundation Establishment, he also exchanged for some body-refining methods in the sect, but the effects after trying were all poor, making it difficult to assist the Haishan Secret Technique in improving its level.

Now, Xu Qing's eyes revealed sharp light.

He felt some of the Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits that appeared in his mind and the Jin Wu inheritance seed beside the life lamp, and he had the urge to try it in his heart.

"I don't know if my Haishan Secret Technique will have any gain for cultivating Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart. He felt that since they were both body refining, then most likely the blessing of the Haishan Secret Technique on himself would become part of the help for cultivating Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits.

But his injury was too heavy at this moment, not suitable for immediate cultivation, so Xu Qing took a deep breath, endured the severe pain of his body, and began to adjust his own breath, operating his magic power to merge into the purple crystal, and fully recovered his injury.

Just like this, time passed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

In these ten days, whether it was day or night, the shadow radiated an incomparably loyal emotion. During the day, it shaded Xu Qing from the sunlight, and at night, it guarded Xu Qing under the sea.

The Ancestor of the Jin Gang Sect saw all this and sneered in his heart, thinking that the more you perform like this now, the more ruthless the Xu Demon's suppression of you will be. After all, the feeling you give people now is that you won't be honest if you aren't cleaned up.

So the correct approach is not to express loyalty so forcefully, but to be subtle.

Thinking of this, the Ancestor of the Jin Gang Sect controlled the black iron skewer to rush toward the firmament, swept around in all directions, and returned, floating quietly in a position where he could observe all areas around Xu Qing.

In addition, in these ten days, although Xu Qing also encountered some dangers from sea beasts, whether it was the Ancestor of the Jin Gang Sect or the shadow, they were completely different from the past. Under their moves, Xu Qing could rest assured to recuperate.

As for those sea beasts, Xu Qing did not kill them, but used the shadow to transform into a rope, tied them up, and placed them under the sea, like captivity, following him forward.

At the same time, his purple crystal also unfolded rapidly under continuous healing, making Xu Qing look like he had no major problems except for being somewhat pale. By this time, Xu Qing felt that the time for him to cultivate Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits had arrived.

So he sat cross-legged and took a deep breath. At the moment the early sun rose into the sky on this day, Xu Qing raised his head, and the Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits, which he had pondered for ten days and had been completely imprinted in his heart and soul, unfolded in his body!

"Nine Heavens Cast Imperial Body, Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits, Ten Thousand Races Talent Return, My Life Shines in the Firmament!"

"The Nine Heavens forge the Emperor Body, the Jin Wu refines ten thousand spirits, the talents of all clans return, my life illuminates the firmament!"

Then he took a deep breath toward the early sun in the sky.

Instantly, the sky in Xu Qing's eyes seemed to become blurry and had a sense of distortion. A heat that could not be seen but could only be perceived by Xu Qing seemed to radiate from the sun in the firmament, following his mouth, and sank into his body.

The Jin Wu beside Xu Qing's life lamp suddenly opened its eyes, its wings vibrated fiercely as if wanting to spread, and at the same time, its head also lifted, and it swallowed fiercely toward the heat power of the sun that sank in.

Instantly, this heat power merged into the Jin Wu's mouth, and its eyes opened and closed slightly, but it seemed that it was not enough to open completely. However, even the slightly opened slit revealed dazzling light.

This is the first step of cultivating Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits!

Awaken the Jin Wu inheritance seed in the body.

And the method of awakening is the first mouthful of sun aura and... self-blood nourishment.

So the next instant, this Jin Wu, which could not open its eyes completely, suddenly sucked fiercely in Xu Qing's body. Instantly, it seemed to have transformed into a black hole, sucking fiercely toward Xu Qing's whole body.

Xu Qing's body trembled at this instant. His blood and energy rolled strongly, radiating strands and rushing directly into the Jin Wu. While being absorbed by the Jin Wu, Xu Qing's body also withered visibly to the naked eye.

His arms became loose, his face had depressions, and his body at this moment also became even thinner, and his clothes became increasingly wide.

But his expression was as usual, without panic.

In these ten days, Xu Qing had already known about this situation as he studied Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits.

So at this moment, he was calm, letting the Jin Wu chick in his body constantly absorb his blood and energy.

Gradually, his body became increasingly withered, and his whole person looked somewhat terrifying. And the Jin Wu's absorption also reached the critical moment, and its eyes were trying hard to open.

In fact, any inheritance seed of an Imperial-level cultivation technique does not erupt immediately after forming, but needs the cultivator to actively open it. This is because the power required to open the inheritance seed is too great.

Generally speaking, very few people can satisfy it by themselves, and they often need the help of the forces behind them, regardless of the cost, to let them complete the opening.

For example, this Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits, in fact, the blood and energy power required to open it is incomparably vast. Ordinary cultivators simply cannot support it, and once they fail, they have to face the crisis of being sucked dry.

Xu Qing here is also because his body refining is astonishing, his body is refined, and the blood and energy contained are incomparably vast, so he could support it until now. If it were someone else, he would have been sucked dry in an instant.

Xu Qing was able to hold on until now because his body tempering was astonishing and his body was refined, containing very vast Qi and blood; if it had been anyone else, they would likely have been sucked dry in an instant.

But even so, Xu Qing was struggling to hold on. He noticed that his own flesh and blood were now almost completely shriveled, like a dried corpse, so a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and the Haishan Secret Technique revolved abruptly, causing the Corpse Shadow to manifest behind him.

As soon as this Corpse Shadow appeared, it roared toward the sky. The lava beneath its cracked body boiled at this moment, and while its aura was astonishing, its Qi and blood power was also incomparably dense.

The next instant, the Corpse Shadow's body swayed, releasing countless mists of Qi and blood from its entire body, which rapidly drilled into Xu Qing's body and surged toward the Jin Wu.

The Jin Wu trembled, going all out to open its eyes completely, but it seemed that even with the vastness of the blood and energy Xu Qing currently mastered, it was still a step short.

Making the Jin Wu's eye-opening just one step away.

Sharp light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He did not hesitate in the slightest. His right hand lifted and pressed on the deck to the side. Instantly, the suction spread through the magic boat along his palm, directly spreading to the core area of the magic boat, which was... the place where the Ju Ying flesh and blood were located!

The moment it touched the Ju Ying flesh and blood, Xu Qing's body roared, and rich and astonishing blood and energy power radiated from within the Ju Ying flesh and blood, pouring into his body frantically.

After being swallowed by the Jin Wu in one mouthful, it finally completed what it needed. Its eyes opened abruptly, and it emitted a hiss.

This sound contained the power of rhyme, earth-shattering.

After it was transmitted from Xu Qing's body, the ocean surface in all directions roared instantly, and circles of waves took Xu Qing's magic boat as the center, setting off rumbling toward all directions, like a small tsunami!

Looking down from the sky, one could clearly see the sea surface where Xu Qing was. As the waves rolled toward all directions, it seemed to form a strange picture scroll.

This picture scroll was like a huge eye.

As if the eye of the Jin Wu!

And Xu Qing's magic boat was in the pupil of this Jin Wu eye.

Sitting cross-legged in the magic boat, his whole body, although withered, had eyes like stars, incomparably bright. At this moment, his messy hair danced with the wind, and his whole person looked...

Like a demon, like a monster! ===== CHAPTER 179 =====

Like a demon, like a ghost!