Chapter 117: Nine Turns Technique

After gathering materials outside for a month, Yan Buji directly prepared the medicinal liquid and returned to Huo Xiong Zong Fang Shi.

After returning to the market, Wei Zifeng still hadn't come back, so Yan Buji directly began cultivating the Bright King Technique.

The medicinal liquid was poured into the water, and Yan Buji removed all his clothes and entered it.

Hiss!

Huh?

Although it hurt, it wasn't as painful as Yan Buji had imagined.

"Expelling turbid qi... Could it be similar to the marrow-washing and hair-shedding that ordinary martial artists undergo after entering the Heavenly Human Realm? I've already experienced it once, so the turbid qi on my body shouldn't be as much as that of a normal cultivator."

Most cultivators don't practice Martial Dao, so turbid qi naturally accumulates in the body with growth; but when their cultivation becomes high, they also actively expel it outward, unless they cultivate turbidity, in which case they must still hide filth and absorb impurity.

But as the second-worst physique among mortal bodies, those with the Bright Jade Bone physique mostly have naturally red lips and white teeth, and their aging is much slower than other cultivators'. Besides, their bodies also take on a jade-like quality similar to the seventh mortal physique, 'Ice Skin Jade Bone', though the difference is huge.

Only female cultivators possess the Ice Skin Jade Bone physique, which can double cultivation speed, keep ageless looks, and increase bodily resistance to blows by several levels, hence it ranks seventh on the Thousand Mortal Physique Ranking.

After Yan Buji finished one soak in the medicinal liquid, he felt his body become much lighter, an indescribable comfort.

But there is still a distance to go before completing the cultivation of the Bright King Technique.

However, Yan Buji estimates that at most one or two more sessions will be needed to reach the standard.

However, the cost in spiritual stones is truly not small; for now, I'll first take care of the Hundred Treasures Shop's business, and incidentally practice those fellows' cultivation methods to raise my realm—that's the main priority.

Right now Yan Buji has no room for choice; he's already cultivating the basic cultivation methods sold in the market, so why demand so much more?

Even if this might hide great dangers in the future, if I don't practice now, I might not even see the future.

The bald guy practices a technique called Heavy Mountain Technique, but given he has the strength of the fifth or sixth Lianqi layer, he likely also supplemented some basic cultivation methods with additions and subtractions.

And the other three at the third Lianqi layer are much the same—nothing worth looking forward to.

Yan Buji thought: "My aptitude is poor, so I can only rely on cultivation techniques to practice slowly. I don't need the technique's traits to be extremely strong, but the magical power produced must be abundant and stable, enough to resist the Mutant Force."

This is one of Yan Buji's main needs at present.

To train abundant magical power, the dantian's capacity to hold it must be increased. But he lacks the aptitude; this can be discussed after obtaining the Bright Jade Bone physique.

And for stable magical power, the technique must be stable, suitable for everyone to cultivate.

Yan Buji doesn't really want to take the heretical path, since his left eye's Mutant Force is already dangerous enough; he truly doesn't want to go down a deviant sword path for power, disregarding everything.

If one day his left eye's Mutant Force erupts, his abundant yet thin magical power would be like mist blown away by the wind—utterly useless.

Yan Buji looked at the few cultivation manuals in his hand and began studying them.

"I need to go to the bookstore to buy some more, carefully observe their subtleties. If I can understand how the technique's operation affects the strength of magical power, perhaps I can solve this problem."

Yan Buji thought it over and went straight to the bookstore to stock up.

Upon seeing Yan Buji come to buy basic cultivation methods, Boss Zhao's expression turned a little strange.

"Are you about to break through?"

"Yeah, Boss Zhao, I plan to research how to devise a cultivation technique."

"Formulating one... is like mixing medicines; I'd rather you say you're forging a path." Boss Zhao joked.

"Hahaha, the reasoning is the same."

Boss Zhao laughed: "Alright, how many do you want?"

"I'll take them all." Yan Buji pointed to the shelf holding the basic cultivation methods, and Boss Zhao drew a deep breath.

"You really want them?"

"Yeah."

"Ah, since Shopkeeper Yan is so generous, I ought to give you a little gift!"

While speaking, Boss Zhao suddenly pulled out a wooden slip from under the counter, placed it on the table, and said: "This manual is called the Nine Turns Technique, left behind by a madman who studied magical power realms, the 'Knowing Old Man' from thousands of years ago. He also spread this technique claiming 'Nine Turns of magical power, vast supernatural abilities,' which dissatisfied the disciples of the Sage and Virtue Gate's immortals; they slew him with a single sword and ordered the Nine Turns Technique to be destroyed."

"Ah? What do you mean by having me practice this?" Yan Buji looked at him dissatisfiedly.

Everyone says the Sage and Virtue Gate's disciples took action; if I practice this, won't I become a demonic cultivator?

"Ah~ don't think the Nine Turns Technique is a demonic path; this school doesn't distinguish clear from turbid, but it requires cultivators to disperse their practice nine times and re-cultivate nine times each time they break through a realm, accumulating nine turns before they can advance."

Yan Buji drew a deep breath.

Then I'm afraid I might never reach the tenth Lianqi layer even in death.

I barely managed to reach the first Lianqi layer at great cost, and now you want nine dispersals and nine recultivations?

Yan Buji's face fell; Boss Zhao gave an embarrassed laugh: "So it's just a gift—take a look, no pressure to practice."

"You... sigh, forget it."

Yan Buji rolled his eyes; anyway, it's just a gift—taking it back to look at is fine.

After packing up all the basic cultivation methods, Yan Buji returned to his residence and began researching them.

He didn't study the Nine Turns Technique first, after all, for someone nearing forty, he doesn't have that much lifespan to wait for Foundation Establishment day.

Just being able to break through a realm would be nice; still needing nine dispersals and nine recultivations—do they think I'm a thousand-year turtle?

After examining all the basic cultivation methods currently available, Yan Buji felt most of them are largely the same, or rather, they are various basic methods split from a single technique.

After discarding some useless odds and ends, Yan Buji determined his cultivation direction.

"First is this Spiritual Fire Technique, which comes with spiritual fire; whether for harming or concocting Accumulation Device pills and such, it should be useful; also the Golden Wheel Technique is not bad.... plus the Planting Wood Technique I'm currently practicing, adding the Five Elements makes a basic Five Elements Technique." Yan Buji thought it over and felt this approach should be correct.

The trouble is, these manuals aim to extract the essence and discard the dross to reach the fifth Lianqi layer, then slowly adjust; practicing according to the Five Elements cycle is fine for now, but I fear that after the fifth Lianqi layer, resolving the Five Elements' mutual conflict will be problematic.

After reading these techniques, Yan Buji had a direction and naturally wasn't confused, so he picked up the Nine Turns Technique and began reading.

Not reading it would be fine, but once he read it, Yan Buji's eyes widened suddenly.

【Magical power is born from the heavenly and earthly spiritual qi and human transformation, containing countless directions;】

【A realm also requires diligent cultivation of a solid foundation, opportunistic fortunate encounters, and innate talent establishing the Dao law, to stand proudly in the world!】

I sigh that the cultivators' path is arduous, wholly because their magical power is insufficient, lacking solidity and stability, causing them to fall upon the cultivation road. Thus I established the Nine Turnings doctrine for later generations to refer to!