Chapter 444: Earth-Element Spleen Temple!

Unlike Ning Zhuo returned to Canglin Xiancheng.

However, he did not rush to the All-Book Pavilion, but instead went to stroll through the grand market, the small market, and the black market first.

While there, he selectively offloaded goods, selling some of the precious materials he had on hand.

For instance, he sold two hundred stalks of Mist-Show Orchid; seeing that the selling price could not be raised, he decisively stopped early.

One hundred and eighty Mist-Haze Stones were all sold off.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had originally intended to pair this material with the Weather Ball: Ice Crystal Snow. Now it seemed that even if the Weather Ball: Ice Crystal Snow increased combat power somewhat, it would have little effect against Golden Core, Nascent Soul, or even Soul Transformation cultivators in the current great war.

Furthermore, at this very moment, Unlike Ning Zhuo was extremely short on time and energy; how could he have time to invest in such minor improvements?

He happened to run into a cultivator who urgently needed Mist-Haze Stones to make spiritual food, so he sold them all, fetching a relatively high price.

Sixty drops of Purple Qi Morning Dew were quickly sold out.

After all, there were still many cultivators who used Purple Qi to cultivate.

Canglin Xiancheng and the military camps outside the city had gathered many cultivators, and the resources consumed by their daily cultivation were a staggering number.

Things like Purple Qi Morning Dew were not easy to collect, but they were not particularly precious, so they sold out easily, though the selling price would not be high.

Unlike Ning Zhuo also sold off more than half of his Heavy Thunder Beetles, mainly to cultivators of the Fire Cloud Camp. The Fire Cloud Camp excelled in fire techniques, but since ancient times, thunder and fire had been inseparable, so it was not strange for them to use Heavy Thunder Beetles.

This portion, however, sold for a relatively high price.

The cultivators of the Fire Cloud Camp were very straightforward; they did not haggle and directly agreed to Unlike Ning Zhuo's asking price. From this, it could be seen that the Fire Cloud Camp's military funding was relatively abundant.

Inspired by this, Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately changed his sales strategy.

He took the initiative to promote to several other military camps; no one purchased the Heavy Thunder Beetles, but all the camps expressed great interest in the Heavenly Dew.

This was because the Heavenly Dew in Unlike Ning Zhuo's hands could be used to make elixirs for healing wounds. With a great war imminent, having more of such wound medicine was never a mistake.

The final result was that the Heavenly Dew in Unlike Ning Zhuo's hands sold out directly, sold in batches to several military camps, with the White Jade Camp being the largest customer.

Unlike Ning Zhuo calculated that after reselling the precious materials, the spirit stones he had gained were still not quite enough.

He then continued to hide his identity and quietly sold off one or two pieces of the Old Monster of the Stone's precious materials in the black market.

Materials at the Nascent Soul level counted as high-grade goods, and the quality of the precious materials in Unlike Ning Zhuo's hands was absolutely outstanding; the moment he took them out, they firmly attracted the gazes of others.

In the end, these two pieces of stone-heart precious materials both sold for high prices.

After making such preparations, Unlike Ning Zhuo, carrying a large batch of spirit stones, finally headed to the All-Book Pavilion.

The All-Book Pavilion was a super sect, with branches in many cultivation kingdoms.

Because it strictly adhered to neutrality, the righteous path, the demonic path, and the evil path all had a continuous and strong demand for cultivation techniques, leading to the All-Book Pavilion having a massive audience; whether in the black or white paths, or in gray industries, it had room to survive.

Therefore, the scale of the All-Book Pavilion was extremely vast, far exceeding super sects like the Soul-Devouring Sect or the Non-Empty Gate.

Within Canglin Xiancheng, there was an All-Book Pavilion.

In broad daylight, Unlike Ning Zhuo put on a black robe, covered his face, wore a hood, cast spells, and used magic tools to disguise himself.

He slowly stepped into the All-Book Pavilion, his voice hoarse: "Shopkeeper, give me a copy of a demonic cultivation technique, one that requires blood sacrifice."

In the first floor, some cultivators were selecting techniques; hearing this, they immediately turned around and cast their gazes over.

"A person of the demonic path!"

"How unlucky."

"Sigh, ever since Canglin Xiancheng became the rear of the two-kingdom army, establishing and training a new army, such evil and demonic path cultivators have emerged one after another, and the public order has become too poor."

"When did people of the demonic path become able to enter the Xiancheng so openly and even wantonly purchase demonic cultivation techniques?"

Many cultivators shook their heads secretly.

Demonic path cultivators generally had to hide their names and cover themselves if they wanted to operate within an Xiancheng.

Because many of them were on wanted lists, their respective portraits were vivid and posted at the city gates or on notice boards.

Canglin Xiancheng was in a special period due to the Thousand Peaks Forest Great War.

Unlike Ning Zhuo doing this was also out of helplessness.

He could not use his true face to acquire demonic cultivation techniques; it would be of no benefit to himself or the Ning family.

The clerk of the All-Book Pavilion was full of vigilance; he came before Unlike Ning Zhuo, nodding and bowing, his face piled with smiles: "This lord, please come inside."

The All-Book Pavilion claimed to have all books, so naturally, it would also sell demonic cultivation techniques.

The clerk led Unlike Ning Zhuo into a secret room, and a manager came to receive Unlike Ning Zhuo, asking for the specific requirements for the demonic technique.

Unlike Ning Zhuo then said he needed one that required blood sacrifice of the physical body.

The manager waited silently for a few breaths, hearing no follow-up, and could not help but be puzzled, asking: "Sir, there are many demonic techniques that require blood sacrifice of the physical body, but they have different effects. For example, a surge in escape techniques, or a skyrocketing of combat power; which kind of power does sir need?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo, however, did not care about this: "I only need one that can sacrifice the physical body, regardless of the function. Tell me, which ones are there?"

The manager's heart skipped a beat, and his vigilance grew even heavier.

This black-robed person before him only wanted blood sacrifice, regardless of the function; he always felt that he was going to cause trouble, aiming to slaughter common people or destroy corpses and erase traces.

But business still had to be done.

The manager took a light breath, mobilized his spiritual sense, first read the jade slip records, and after investigating, he had an answer in his heart, only then responding to Unlike Ning Zhuo.

There were many demonic techniques that could blood sacrifice the physical body.

The most classic was the Blood Demon Disintegration Method. In the All-Book Pavilion, it was further divided into the Lesser Blood Demon Disintegration Method and the Greater Method, with obvious differences in power. Although the Lesser Method had less power, it only disintegrated a part of the body, and the aftereffects were smaller.

The Greater Blood Demon Disintegration Method was the most classic. In the earliest times, once this spell was activated, regardless of the enemy, one would inevitably die and disappear, and the outcome was too horrible to look at.

But after improvements and optimizations by sages of past generations, and even the introduction of new ideas, the aftereffects of today's Greater Blood Demon Disintegration Method had been greatly reduced, and it did not require paying the price of life.

"Bone Soul Wilderness Sacrifice Technique..." the manager continued to introduce.

The history of this spell could be traced back to the period before the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. At that time, the world did not yet have gods, demons, or ghosts; the ancients sacrificed to heaven and earth, temporarily stripping their own bones and souls from their physical bodies, transforming into the form of skeleton ghosts, wandering between heaven and earth.

If successful, the ancients would return with their bone souls, and their strength would greatly increase. If they failed, their bone souls would all dissolve between heaven and earth, serving as sacrifices offered to heaven and earth.

"Flesh-Cutting Shadow Sacrifice Technique..."

This cultivation technique was very new; it was only after the Night Rain Dynasty that the principle of "strange" was added to the world, and it came into being as the times required.

As could be seen from the name of the spell, this spell was to sacrifice the cultivator's shadow, and by cutting off one's own flesh and blood, continuously increase the power of the cultivator's shadow, eventually cultivating it into a powerful shadow monster.

"Crimson Blood Heaven-Offering Art..."

This cultivation technique was exceptionally powerful, but the prerequisite for casting it was that the cultivator must possess blood-type talent. The price was also very high; usually, after casting it, it would cause one's own mysterious talent to drop. If cast ruthlessly, it could even cause the talent to be completely consumed.

Besides these, there were also Death Moon Offering Song, Soul Returning to Heaven and Earth, Heaven Burial Grand Ceremony, and so on.

Unlike Ning Zhuo listened to the manager's introduction and sighed in his heart: "As expected of the All-Book Pavilion, the various demonic techniques are truly dazzling."

This cultivation world had developed to this day, not only with increasingly rich spiritual energy and talents emerging one after another, but also with various divine techniques and wonderful methods spreading on a large scale, with optimizations and improvements every year, as well as the introduction of new ideas.

This was a golden age of cultivation, like cooking oil with a raging fire, like a prosperous scene.

Unlike Ning Zhuo thought for a moment and chose the Lesser Blood Demon Disintegration Method, Death Moon Offering Song, and the Heaven Burial Grand Ceremony.

Seeing that he chose so many at once, the smile on the manager's face became a bit more sincere. With this deal done, he could also get quite a bit of commission.

At the same time, the wariness in the manager's heart also increased a bit.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's purchasing like this was clearly plotting something big, and his intentions were hard to fathom.

"Sir perhaps already has an understanding of my All-Book Pavilion. Currently, my pavilion has two ways of payment."

"One is to choose spirit stone payment."

"The other is to exchange for Pavilion Gold, and use Pavilion Gold to purchase."

Pavilion Gold was the All-Book Pavilion's own currency, which had no physical form and was just a digital record.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had a sum of Pavilion Gold in his hands, but not much. It was when he was in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng, selling some cultivation techniques, that he exchanged for it.

Unlike Ning Zhuo naturally would not use this Pavilion Gold; the Pavilion Gold was hung on his true identity, and if this were used, wouldn't it be self-exposing his identity?

"I choose spirit stone transaction." Unlike Ning Zhuo responded immediately.

The manager smiled: "Sir, using Pavilion Gold for transactions is actually far more cost-effective than spirit stones."

Unlike Ning Zhuo also knew this point.

The All-Book Pavilion deliberately set up these two transaction methods, the main purpose being to make a comparison, highlight the superiority of Pavilion Gold, and encourage more people to use Pavilion Gold for transactions.

As for how to obtain Pavilion Gold, it was naturally by selling cultivation techniques.

In this way, the All-Book Pavilion's foundation continuously grew; the more techniques sold, the greater the profit.

This was the All-Book Pavilion's clever management method, an open conspiracy.

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head: "Just use spirit stones."

He was wary of his true identity and did not want to have any involvement with these demonic techniques.

Back then, when he displayed the Demonic-Dyed Blood Tendon Art in the Linlang Reflection Wall, he had also aimed for the right timing before displaying it in public. Before that, he had never revealed it to Lin Shanshan, nor had he displayed this means in the martial arts arena.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had self-knowledge and knew that his ability to disguise was not outstanding; it was difficult to use this fake identity to establish a second account in the All-Book Pavilion.

In the end, the spirit stone reserves he had just increased by reselling precious materials were almost completely consumed.

Unlike Ning Zhuo still approved of this price.

The cultivation techniques he chose to purchase were absolutely the best of the best.

After this incident, Unlike Ning Zhuo had a new view of the All-Book Pavilion: "Selling cultivation techniques is really a good business!"

"As long as such a technique exists, the more times it is sold, the more the cost of acquiring this technique is spread out, becoming less and less. Reaching a certain limit, it can even approach zero cost."

Unlike Ning Zhuo felt very envious.

He had obtained a large amount of the Old Monster of the Stone's precious materials, which could be said to be completely out of poverty, becoming rich overnight.

But returning to the Xiancheng, he discovered that while the harvest was great, the consumption was also great!

This time, purchasing three demonic blood sacrifice spells was also out of helplessness. Unlike Ning Zhuo had to do his best to cope with the upcoming ambush battle.

"I once planned to purchase a cultivation technique suitable for him to cultivate for Meng Yehu."

"Sigh, my pockets are shy."

The greatest wealth in Unlike Ning Zhuo's hands was the stone-heart precious materials; he was currently too busy to have counted their total value.

But these precious materials, not to mention the hidden dangers of the Stone-Casting Earth Treasure divine ability, because the quality was too high, it was not very convenient for Unlike Ning Zhuo to sell them.

Now, the spirit stone reserves and fire essence reserves in Unlike Ning Zhuo's hands were almost bottomed out, which was very dangerous.

He also had no time to deal with this matter for the time being.

After obtaining the three demonic arts, he burrowed into the Ten-Thousand-Mile Swimming Dragon and immediately left the city again.

Arriving at a remote and uninhabited mountain peak, he buried his head in studying these cultivation techniques.

In terms of body cultivation and demonic arts, his realm was shallow, and he could not understand the principles within.

But because he bought three books, he could refer to them mutually. Just like when he was in the Ten Thousand Medicine Gate, learning how to cultivate the Spirit-Hidden Willow. Speaking only at the level of application, he could barely learn the means he wanted.

Unlike Ning Zhuo began to improve the Five-Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art, centering on the means of blood sacrifice.

Improving cultivation techniques had always been very difficult.

But Unlike Ning Zhuo felt that this most difficult step was even more relaxed and free than the demonic arts he had just studied.

After spending a day and a half, Unlike Ning Zhuo completed the improvement.

The original Five-Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art was a cultivation technique that specialized in cultivating the middle dantian qi sea, transforming the physical body, making magic power increase rapidly, and having a powerful ability to control five-element spiritual energy.

But now, Unlike Ning Zhuo deleted more than half of it, specifically taking the part that transformed the physical body, and combined it with the demonic blood sacrifice method, forming a Five-Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art!

Unlike Ning Zhuo pondered the results for a moment, felt satisfied in his heart, and immediately took action.

He came to the cabin and woke up Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong broke out of the stone clothing, heard Unlike Ning Zhuo's plan, and could not help but be astonished: "What? Little Zhuo, you want to burn the Old Monster of the Stone?"

Having cultivated so many times, Sun Lingtong could not help but have a feeling of attachment to the Old Monster of the Stone's body.

Unlike Ning Zhuo nodded: "Boss, I have great confidence."

Sun Lingtong nodded, put away the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat, and began to watch from the sidelines.

Unlike Ning Zhuo first mobilized the divine ability Stone-Casting Earth Treasure, unlocking all the defenses of the stone ball.

Subsequently, he directly mobilized the Fire Burial Prajna Spirit-Unlocking Scripture, beginning to burn the stone ball.

The stone ball itself was an aggregate of Nascent Soul-level precious materials, quite resistant to burning; it burned for a long time before spiritual nature flew out.

Unlike Ning Zhuo burned while absorbing this spiritual nature.

It was not until the level of full spiritual nature that he extinguished the flames.

Subsequently, he took out a long and thin awl, carefully chiseling open a thin hole, piercing all the way into the stone heart.

Through the tiny hole, Unlike Ning Zhuo had already seen the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Essence hidden in the deepest part of the stone heart.

This Earth Essence was the true body of the Old Monster of the Stone.

"Let me, let me!" Sun Lingtong could not hold back on the sidelines and took the initiative to volunteer.

Unlike Ning Zhuo then stepped back slightly.

Sun Lingtong giggled, jumped, and jumped in front of the stone ball.

"Hey!"

He gave a low, milky-voiced shout, then opened his short arms, trying his best to hug the stone ball.

He directly lifted the stone ball and then shook it left and right.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Essence in the stone heart flowed out along the hole like gold sand.

The stone ball was quite heavy; before, Sun Lingtong would not have been able to move it a fraction. But now, his physical body constitution had skyrocketed, and his strength had become much, much greater; he was actually able to lift it and could continuously shake it.

Sun Lingtong gritted his teeth, his little face flushed red, and with a bang, he put the stone ball down again.

"Still a bit heavy, almost lost my strength." Sun Lingtong thought to himself, quite nervous. It was not that he was afraid of the stone ball hitting himself, but he was worried about making a fool of himself and being laughed at by his own brother.

Sun Lingtong tugged at his collar, pretended to be relaxed, exhaled, and only then turned to look at Unlike Ning Zhuo.

His face was flushed red, but his expression tried to be indifferent, raising his eyebrows at Unlike Ning Zhuo: "How is it? Little Zhuo."

Unlike Ning Zhuo ignored his flushed face and directly gave a thumbs up: "Boss, as expected of you."

"Hee hee hee!" Sun Lingtong immediately put his hands on his hips, raised his little face, and was triumphant.

"Little Zhuo, using the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat to nourish the physical body is really great."

"I strongly suggest you follow my example; we are not in a hurry to decompose the last remains of this Old Monster of the Stone. Paired with the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat, it is an excellent cultivation method."

Unlike Ning Zhuo gave a bitter smile, indicating that they were still strapped for cash, but he also agreed with Sun Lingtong's words.

Problems in terms of funds could be solved through other channels, but such a shortcut to cultivation was rare and hard to find.

Whether it was the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat or the body of the Old Monster of the Stone, both were rare opportunities. The two were indispensable, and only by using them in combination could there be such a wonderful effect.

Unlike Ning Zhuo pondered: "I don't have your perception of space, Boss; in actual use, the effect will be much worse than yours."

"Let's not worry about this for now; Boss, please cooperate with me next."

Sun Lingtong almost complied with every request of Unlike Ning Zhuo and nodded immediately: "No problem!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo sat down cross-legged and adjusted his state.

A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes, his face full of determination.

"Boss, light the fire."

Sun Lingtong gave an 'en', mobilized the Fire Burial Prajna Spirit-Unlocking Scripture, and lit a patch of flames.

The firelight shone on Unlike Ning Zhuo's face, and he was expressionless.

The next moment, he took out a dagger and stabbed himself fiercely.

Blood did not splash out, but condensed into strips of blood tendons, weaving into a net, locking the area around the wound.

Unlike Ning Zhuo gritted his teeth secretly, slashed the dagger, and opened his own belly!

Severe pain struck; he frowned, his face colder.

Without needing to look down, Unlike Ning Zhuo used his spiritual sense, having long since locked onto his own spleen.

He used the dagger to cut off his own spleen, held it in his left hand, and threw it gently into mid-air.

Immediately following, he mobilized the Five-Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art he had just designed and improved.

Magic power was continuously consumed, triggering a blood-colored light that enveloped the spleen.

Under the illumination, the spleen emitted a faint yellow light. Among the five viscera and six bowels, it belonged to the earth element.

The blood light shone for a moment, the timing was ripe, and Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart moved, causing the spleen to fall directly into the fire below.

The flames were burning, and Unlike Ning Zhuo took the opportunity to throw the spiritual nature of the Old Monster of the Stone from before into the fire as well.

At the same time, he always maintained the blood light, shining on the spleen in the flames, without a moment of interruption!

The spleen gradually melted in the fire burial, absorbed the spiritual nature of the Old Monster of the Stone, and eventually turned into a ball of light.

Inside this ball of light was yellowish-brown, vaguely with a temple, and the outer layer of the ball of light was a piece of blood-colored radiance.

The Five-Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art was precisely to transform the five viscera into five divine temples, used to create gods and store gods.

Unlike Ning Zhuo improved this cultivation technique, took most of it, formed a spell, and it was still to refine his own internal organs into divine temples.

But he combined it with external objects. This was the concept he obtained from cultivating the Three Sects' Superior Arts.

The Three Sects' Superior Arts were good at borrowing external objects.

For example, the Mirror Platform Spirit-Communication Art required setting up various precious mirrors, paired with spiritual sense, to exert mysterious power.

"I have already cultivated the Three Sects' Superior Arts and cannot concurrently cultivate the Five-Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art."

"This cultivation technique is to take the cultivator's spiritual nature and create internal gods by oneself."

"I cannot change my cultivation and still want to create gods, so I can only create external gods."

Unlike Ning Zhuo first refined his own spleen, letting the pure Earth Essence restored after the Old Monster of the Stone died serve as his external god.

This was undoubtedly extremely compatible with the earth element among the five elements.

After Unlike Ning Zhuo refined it, he took a light breath, sucked the Spleen Temple into his abdomen, and it returned to its original position.

The wound was quickly stitched together, and the Spleen Temple could still exert its original function, participating in and maintaining Unlike Ning Zhuo's life activities.

A moment later, Unlike Ning Zhuo smoothed his abdomen, letting the wound disappear completely.

"Boss, I succeeded!" The young man had a face full of excitement. ===== CHAPTER 445 =====