Chapter 308: with translation of chapter title

Please ask the Grand Priest, with my current Wind Thunder Five Elements Skill foundation, what supporting cultivation method should I pair to better break through Foundation Establishment?

The Divine Envoy's foundation is solid; one should, with the aid of the principles of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, select a superior cultivation method for Foundation Establishment.

Is there a stronger way to use that technique?

Yes, go seek the Earth Fiends and Heavenly Gang divine abilities. Or, refine a technique to a profound level, use it as you wish; it is recommended to use the most basic technique, without circulating any cultivation method, relying solely on one's own magical power to control and deepen its subtlety—this will also be of great help for future technique cultivation.

Yan Buji asked many questions in succession, from cultivation techniques and skills to the hundred arts of cultivation; he even personally demonstrated to Yan Buji how to refine the Accumulation Device and how to refine pills—these two essential skills for cultivators.

Including some esoteric methods of talisman drawing, formation layout, the establishment of prohibitions, Gu Worm refinement, and puppet arts....

Yan Buji found it dazzling beyond belief, utterly impossible to learn.

The Grand Priest looked at the increasingly bewildered Yan Buji, chuckled, and took out a few jade slips: 'These skills of mine all come from the ancient human experts. However, I have only dabbled lightly, understanding little; if the Divine Envoy is interested, take them and have a look.'

'This.... Grand Priest is being too polite!'

Yan Buji was indeed tempted, but such knowledge is rare even in the Five Domains; seeking it would be too troublesome. Either one joins a mountain gate to study it specially, or one can only scavenge through the markets, piecing together bits and pieces.

Moreover, Yan Buji himself, aside from knowing a bit about refining the Accumulation Device, truly understands little else; at most he just knows how to use them.

This knowledge, from the most basic principles to the methods of refining and using it, is extremely precious to him!

The Grand Priest smiled: 'No need to be polite; the news you, Divine Envoy, have brought is more important.'

'Really?'

'So please accept them.'

'Alright.'

Yan Buji declined no further and accepted those jade slips.

However, Yan Buji also grew curious and asked: 'Grand Priest, are you acquainted with our human ancestors?'

The Grand Priest reminisced: 'Back when Magical Cultivation had not yet risen, it was heavily suppressed by Martial Cultivation. So they researched many, many strange things. Sometimes they would run to Youming Jie to seek Spiritual Materials; I met them back then.'

Then, calculating that way....

Martial Cultivation declined ten thousand years ago, but that does not mean Magical Cultivation did not exist ten thousand years ago.

The period from the emergence and development of any cultivation system to its decline is quite long.

That is to say, although Martial Cultivation dominated the Five Domains from the Primordial Era to the Ancient Era—a span possibly of millions of years—Magical Cultivation also existed during that period.

Ten thousand years ago, Magical Cultivation should have already flourished.

What the Grand Priest said....

I'm afraid it might even be earlier than the era when Martial Cultivation declined.

Just how old is this guy?!

Just thinking that the person sitting before him is an old monster, Yan Buji felt those jade slips somewhat hot to the touch.

The Grand Priest pondered and asked: 'Divine Envoy, your cultivation method probably cannot produce such magical power far beyond your realm, right? Have you cultivated another method in tandem?'

Yan Buji froze for a moment, thinking that the new Youming would not care whether human cultivation methods are contraband, and said: 'Yes, aside from my basic cultivation method, I also practice a Nine Turn Skill. This skill involves nine dispersals and nine refinements; each time after dispersing the cultivation and re-refining, it deepens one's magical power.'

The Grand Priest's pupils contracted: 'Nine Turn Revolving Skill?'

'Huh?'

'It probably isn't.... but the skill you practice is very much like the Nine Turn Revolving Skill that every generation of Yama Kings cultivates. They too possess magical power far beyond their peers, because through each cultivation they can disperse all their magical power into the cycle of rebirth, then re-refine, and after the rebirth absorb that magical power again; each realm is cultivated nine times, each time stronger than the last.' said the Grand Priest.

'That actually sounds somewhat like it.'

'But according to what you, Divine Envoy, said, your Nine Turn Skill likely can only deepen power through dispersal and re-refinement, unable to gather the dispersed magical power back into the body; nevertheless, it is also a method to strengthen magical power.'

Yan Buji looked puzzled: 'How is the dispersed magical power collected?'

'Your Nine Turn Skill is quite special; likely the dispersed magical power merges into your body, becoming your constitution. Otherwise, without also cultivating some body-refining method, your body could not withstand such vast magical power.'

'Oh!'

As it turns out, the Nine Turn Skill indeed has the ability to improve one's constitution.

However, Yan Buji understands that whoever obtains the Nine Turn Skill, or rather has the ability to cultivate disciples, will certainly require them to practice the Nine Turn Skill.

Going slow doesn't matter; cultivation isn't about who laughs wildly, nor is it about who lives to the end having the final say.

As for the Nine Turn Skill being considered a forbidden technique abroad, but for those major powers it's likely long been regarded as an essential requirement for their disciples' cultivation.

This brings up a very terrifying problem!

If there is a cultivator with immortal aptitude and another with merely a mortal body, and they both begin practicing the Nine Turn Skill upon entering the cultivation world, who do you think would be stronger?

Unless the Nine Turn Skill truly has some horrendous hidden drawback, no one can overlook its power.

Through dispersal and re-refinement, one's magical power far exceeds that of peers of the same realm, and it only grows stronger!

Although the initial cultivation is slow, the better one's constitution, the greater the gains from practicing the Nine Turn Skill, even if their cultivation difficulty far exceeds that of ordinary cultivators....

But just as that saying goes....

Others have better aptitude than you, cultivate more diligently than you, and have sufficient resources—how can you compete?

There's no way to compare.

Yan Buji has always been timid and fearful; aside from dreading cultivators whose realm exceeds his own, he fears the day he encounters someone who practices the Nine Turn Skill and has a better constitution than him.

Such people, even if their realm is only one or two levels higher than his, he likely cannot match them with magical power alone.

So now he dares not provoke enemies everywhere; moreover, the path to Qian Dao is now closed, and he doesn't even know how to return to the Five Domains in the future.

The more stifled his life feels, the more Yan Buji wants to become strong quickly; at least he still has a trump card, and can compensate for his lack of combat power through Martial Dao Profound Skill.

The Grand Priest looked at Yan Buji and asked: 'Divine Envoy, how much do you know about the Lord of the Starry Sky?'

Here it comes.

After chatting so much, Yan Buji and the Grand Priest have not touched upon the key question they wanted to ask.

Of course, Yan Buji asked too much, causing some interference in the conversation.

When the Grand Priest asked that, Yan Buji didn't know much either, and could only relate what he had learned.

'So, you discovered an ancient or even Primordial Era tribal ruin via a restriction in the new Youming realm, and found a way to worship the Lord of the Starry Sky?' the Grand Priest stared at Yan Buji strangely.

Yeah, is there a problem?

The high priest took a deep breath: "That envoy wonders, how could you go from the Five Regions to the original Netherworld, and then come to the new Netherworld?"

Yan Buji's face darkened.

How could he possibly not know?