Chapter 913: Innate Perfection (2200 bonus)

"Oh? What kind of immortal?"

Aaron felt a bit curious and asked.

"It was that wandering Daoist who went to exorcise ghosts for the Zhao Family last time. He was recognized by a passing Sword Hero, and it turned out the ghost was actually released by that Daoist himself, just to swindle money... The two started fighting. That Sword Hero had a Flying Sword; with one strike, half the city could see the Sword Light and hear a sword-whine like a dragon's roar..."

Li Xiao gestured while he spoke, beaming with excitement and dancing about, clearly envious to the extreme: "I wonder... when will an immortal come to take me as a disciple, so I can learn some immortal methods like a Sword Immortal?"

'Forget it. With your 'aptitude' where you can't even identify the human meridians, other cultivators would have to be blind to take you as a disciple.'

Aaron muttered to himself in his heart.

In this world, martial arts and immortal cultivation are not separate.

"Although I don't mind abandoning my cultivation to start over, Shen Xuexing's Daoist book is too incomplete, while the *Ten Thousand Gu Book* can at least be cultivated to the Mysterious Light Realm... Although the Hundred Poisons True Qi is too trashy, ranking at most ninth among the Nine Grades of True Qi, or even unranked... but Wan Gu Zhenjun was ingenious; if one can refine the Five Viscera and Six Bowels Gu, it can wash the marrow and cut the bones, improving the quality of True Qi and one's Innate root bone..."

【Name: Xin Chen (Fang Yu, Aaron)】

Aaron slowly recalled the techniques for condensing Sha Qi written by Wan Gu Zhenjun, which flowed past his mind like a small stream.

And the Innate stage reached by Daoist cultivation has an extra layer of mystery, allowing one to cast some minor spells with True Qi.

At this moment, his heart stirred, and the cultivation technique column in his attribute panel changed:

He thought for a moment and felt it was better to continue on Xin Chen's original path and cultivate the *Ten Thousand Gu Book*.

Although it was not impossible for Aaron to snatch one, it would be highly unworthy to invite karma and trouble for it.

Without an immortal or demonic Side Sect cultivation technique, and without knowing the secret of Condensing Sha, one could never refine Sha Qi in a lifetime and truly possess immortal methods!

At this moment, Aaron only had two Daoist books on hand, and Shen Xuexing's Daoist method was even worse; although the Sha Qi Realm was very convenient, it only reached Condensing Sha, and then there was no way forward.

【Cultivation Technique: Hundred Poisons True Scripture (100/100)】

【Skills: Gu Technique (90/100), Spirit Snake Sword Technique (77/100)】

【Cultivation Technique: Hundred Poisons True Scripture (100/100) → Wan Gu Book Condensing Sha Chapter (0/1000)】

Only then would it be more cost-effective to abandon his cultivation and start over.

Aaron understood this point, so he never practiced any spells, but instead practiced the nine styles of the Spirit Snake Sword Technique until he was extremely proficient, and used the Spirit Snake Sword Formula to refine the Golden Snake Hook. In the future, when facing enemies, he would only need to release the Golden Snake Hook, and ninety-nine percent of the Innate Martial Artists in the world would immediately lose their heads!

After circulating his energy several times, Aaron felt his True Qi was full, permeating his limbs, bones, dantian, and meridians, reaching a point where it could not be advanced further, so he couldn't help but glance at the attribute panel:

Aaron was not stubborn and thought calmly: "When I've had enough fun in the future, I'll find an opportunity to see if I can apprentice to the Orthodox Xuan Sect..."

How precious are immortal cultivation techniques?

In this regard, Aaron had previous experience and methods for luring poisonous creatures, so he was not too worried.

Unless one had a backer as big as Aaron's, there was only a one or two percent chance.

As for the remaining Side Sects and Heterodox Paths, they were even lower.

Alas, with Li Xiao's aptitude, even a Post-Heaven martial arts expert might not even look at him!

'I don't know what bad luck the Zhao Family had to be targeted by that wandering Daoist, but they had the help of a Sword Hero, so their luck was still not bad...'

【Age: 18】

Aaron didn't care about this monkey, just thinking faintly: 'A mere Yuanjia City actually has so many things going on. It seems I can't go to Wanhua Pavilion recently, which is a great pity...'

【Realm: Innate】

Just then, he suddenly thought of something and sighed again: "I hear that disciples of the Orthodox Xuan Sect cultivate techniques directly, naturally generating Sha Qi and Gang Qi that are perfectly in sync with their own energy, requiring no bitter searching for Heavenly Sha Qi or Gang Qi... They look down on these methods of condensing external Sha Qi and Gang Qi, even criticizing them as Side Sects and Heterodox Paths... Side Sects and Heterodox Paths... hehe... there is actually some truth to that."

This body had originally reached the Innate Realm, then fell in rank, and was re-cultivated back by Aaron. Moreover, his vision and knowledge were far higher than Xin Chen's, and his Hundred Poisons True Qi had been refined to be pure and refined.

However, the spells at this time, without the support of Sha Qi, were inherently weak and easily countered by things like black dog blood, ox eye tears, boy urine, or masculine Qi and Blood.

And for those with one-in-a-thousand aptitude who also possess an Innate cultivation technique and a bit of luck, entering the Innate Realm through martial arts is not impossible. Those are the peerless figures of the martial arts world, known as Grandmasters or Great Grandmasters, but that is as far as it goes.

Aaron also knew that the heritage of this world is divided into the Orthodox Xuan Sect and the Nine Great Demonic Legacies... These true transmissions of both the Orthodox and Demonic paths are supreme methods pointing directly to the Golden Core, Primordial Spirit, and even higher realms!

'But to be safe, it's better to go less often recently...'

Still want to cultivate immortality at this time?

Aaron had long planned to follow this world's promotion system and cultivate local techniques.

Even the Innate Experts in the secular world, whose True Qi connects with the Heavenly Qi, are said to never worry about a lack of True Qi.

Although there are some who can cultivate to the Golden Core or even Primordial Spirit, most of the inheritances are incomplete or have huge flaws.

Those are often traitors or abandoned disciples of the Orthodox Xuan Sect who started their own lineage, which is considered lucky.

【Talent: Immortality】

After sending Li Xiao away, he resumed sitting in meditation to refine Qi.

"The *Hundred Poisons True Scripture* was passed down by Jin Daoren, an unranked piece of trash given to a disciple, which can at most be cultivated to the Innate Realm... I maxed out the proficiency and reached the Innate Perfection, so I can try to break through to the Condensing Sha Realm..."

The first two realms of immortal cultivation—Post-Heaven and Innate—also exist among mortals. Even experts in the secular martial arts world, as long as their aptitude is passable, can reach the Post-Heaven realm after decades of bitter cultivation.

Among the secular world, those charlatans and Warlocks whose spells are easily broken mostly exist in this realm. If they are unlucky, they might even be hacked to death by a Martial Artist, causing great loss of face for cultivators.

At the very least, after cultivating to the Mysterious Light Realm, with a higher realm and stronger power, one can plot for a better inheritance.

"The Hundred Poisons True Qi and Hundred Poisons Sha Qi are of the same lineage. To condense Sha, one needs to collect the essence of a hundred poisons and refine it into one's own True Qi... The rarer and more precious the poisonous creatures found, the better..."

The truly miserable ones are the Side Sects like Shen Xuexing and Jin Daoren, whose inheritances are incomplete, only allowing them to cultivate to Sha Qi or Outer Gang... with no hope of ever glimpsing the Golden Core Dao in their lifetime!

'If one can walk the bright and broad road, why take the rugged small path?'

However, he was a meticulous person. Once he decided to take a master, he would at least first cover up the anomalies on his body, such as methods to mask his age and arts to distort divination. Only when all sorts of buffs were stacked would he consider the issue of taking a master.

Otherwise, he would rather be free and unfettered in the countryside; after all, his own safety is more important than anything!

(End of chapter)