Chapter 357: Splitting Technique

Wang Man smiled and said, "Well, thank you so much, Daoist Yan, I will consider your suggestion carefully."

"Hmm, if any problems arise during the refining process, you can also ask me."

Wang Man thought for a moment and said, "What you mentioned that can accelerate mana flow… if there were a Mutant Bone, it wouldn't be so troublesome."

"Mutant Bone, huh…?" Yan Buji laughed, "Those only appear as rare treasures with a tiny chance from Abnormal Beasts above the third transformation, and they also contain Mutant Force, so they're not easy to wield."

"Indeed, but if we had an Abnormal Beast bone, we could completely ignore mana flow issues and freely add Accumulation Device combos to the armament," Wang Man sighed.

Yan Buji raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean by that?"

Wang Man looked at Yan Buji and whispered, "Long Batian, his dragon‑beast armament uses a Mutant Bone."

With that, Wang Man left.

"Abnormal Beast, huh…"

Yan Buji covered his left eye; the Mutant Force within him is quite powerful. Had he not been overconfident in his youth, believing he could suppress the Mutant Force, given another chance he certainly wouldn't have chosen to use an Abnormal Beast's eye to practice the Eye Technique.

That indirectly caused Yan Buji to choose to practice the Nine‑turn Technique; one can only say that a sip and a bite—choice outweighs effort.

But many times Yan Buji has no choice.

Speaking of which…

Yan Buji took out a jade slip and successfully cultivated through the Golden Foil Pattern.

"Peering Shadow Eye…" Yan Buji activated the Eye Technique and looked around.

This Peering Shadow Eye has little effect; it seems designed specifically to observe those Mutant Source Stones, so its specialty is strong, but otherwise it's basically useless.

After that, Yan Buji reviewed his shortcomings in techniques.

For example, some techniques he had obtained before can now be practiced again, such as a high‑fidelity replica of the Earth Fiend Divine Ability "Open Wall", called the Splitting Technique, which can directly split earth and stone, consuming massive mana.

When used well, it seems it can also split some lower‑level techniques.

Yan Buji gave it a try: a wooden snake emerged from his palm, and his other hand performed the Splitting Technique!

In an instant, the wooden snake was shattered by the Splitting Technique, but the speed, well…

Yan Buji made a strange face, "Honestly, it's still not very useful… shall we try an Earth Golem instead?"

Then Yan Buji summoned an Earth Golem again; this time, upon activating the Splitting Technique, it instantly disintegrated the Earth Golem!

Yan Buji was startled for a moment and exclaimed, "Looks like this technique is specifically aimed at earth paths."

This technique is actually better suited for carving out a cave dwelling in the wild; it can create a tidy cave without wasting much mana.

Besides that, Yan Buji also practiced some of his earlier techniques; although they may not greatly affect his current combat, they are still options.

Putting other things aside, there's his Heaven Gate Five Elements Method, which at least can still be cultivated up to the later Foundation Establishment Stage, right?

"By advancing through the Human Essence Grand Pill, I don't even need to manually integrate Lianqi Phase cultivation methods; it automatically evolves into an entirely new Foundation Establishment technique." Yan Buji wasn't sure if that's good or bad, but the Heaven Gate Five Elements Method isn't overly defiant of the heavens; it can, via the Heaven Gate, trigger the Five Elements' power, using the essence of the Heaven Gate Law to drive the Five Elements' evasion method, which Yan Buji hadn't anticipated.

Beyond that, after integrating his techniques, most traits were stripped away, leaving only the Heaven Gate's teleportation, the Five Elements' mutual generation cycle, and the symbiosis with the Ghost Orchid.

Although one can harness the growth‑over‑time trait of the Two‑leaf Ghost Orchid to obtain spiritual energy for cultivation, outside the Youming Jie's extreme time dilation, the Two‑leaf Ghost Orchid grows very slowly.

It's even quite sluggish.

Why does this happen?

Yan Buji guessed that the Two‑leaf Ghost Orchid itself is a Spiritual Material that exists within the Five Realms, its traits being unique to the Five Realms; once it leaves that domain, the time dilation changes.

For instance, a trip to Youming Jie can boost the Two‑leaf Ghost Orchid's growth rate. What normally takes a millennium for a One‑leaf Ghost Orchid to bloom can produce two leaves in just two years, no wonder the Nine‑leaf Ghost Orchid is considered the best Six‑Transform Immortal Material to cultivate in the cultivation world.

During those years in Youming Jie, although Yan Buji didn't have much time to train, the original Two‑leaf Ghost Orchid had already metamorphosed into a Four‑transform Spiritual Material Seven‑leaf Ghost Orchid.

The Seven‑leaf Ghost Orchid's intake of spiritual energy during growth increased, barely keeping pace with Yan Buji's cultivation.

In other words, with his current mana, he only needs to rely on the Seven‑leaf Ghost Orchid and, without using any other resources, meditate for one hundred fifty years to break through the later Foundation Establishment Stage.

But obviously Yan Buji doesn't have that time; he basically waits for the Seven‑leaf Ghost Orchid's released spiritual energy to accumulate enough to complete a dispersal‑reformation cycle before continuing cultivation.

Now that Yan Buji has just entered the Foundation Establishment Stage, combined with his years of accumulation, supplementing with some Spiritual Pills is just enough for one dispersal‑reformation.

Talk is cheap; let's do it.

Each time the Nine‑turn Technique completes a dispersal, it leaves him weakened, but because he possesses True Essence, no one can detect any abnormality.

After another few months of seclusion, Yan Buji finished his dispersal‑reformation, and it made him realize that cultivating the Nine‑turn Technique during the Foundation Establishment Stage has become much harder; it wasn't this difficult during the Lianqi Phase.

"Slow is one thing, but the resources needed for a dispersal likely already exceed one hundred thousand Spiritual Stones; roughly twenty thousand medium‑grade Spiritual Stones' spiritual energy would be enough for me to complete a dispersal‑reformation."

Yan Buji's face showed distress; the path of Magical Cultivation is truly hard, but having chosen it, he must press on.

That's how the Nine‑turn Technique works; although it consumes resources on a massive scale, it at least ensures Yan Buji's combat prowess and mana strength won't fall behind those cultivators with excellent aptitude.

Unless those people also practice the Nine‑turn Technique.

It could also be that Yan Buji has hardly encountered any truly tough opponents; the only one who bears a grudge against him is Yunhua, who is somewhat odd, so the technique can't be used under normal circumstances.

Moreover, Yan Buji previously defeated Wang Man, who was at the Golden Core Stage; even though Wang Man was wounded, Yan Buji's mana strength was at least not weaker than his opponent's. Though he relied on his robust Martial Dao Profound Skill to win, Yan Buji's known techniques aren't particularly strong.

If a secret art like the Splitting Technique is potent enough, he can wield such a high‑damage technique; his mana alone is fully sufficient to sustain it.

On top of that, Yan Buji has also learned many Spiritual Insight techniques, which gave him an edge when dealing with Wang Man.

"That's about it; Wang Chao and his group should have cleared the outer seven layers of monsters, so the Dragon People's transformation will become increasingly intense."

Yan Buji smiled; although he learned of several resource sites from the Demon King of Heaven, he wondered why he should act now.

Are the resources that easy to obtain?

No.

Wang Chao's group must have also paid a great price, so they are certainly very cautious in their use of resources.

But I'm different; even if I control those three resource sites, without enough manpower it's hard to develop them. At present, Wang Chao holds the advantage, so I have no need to clash with them directly.

When they realize the resources will also run dry someday, and can't satisfy the entire Dragon People's appetite, we'll talk then.

Regardless of what Wang Chao does, my plan is ultimately unfolding.

He stepped out of the door.

Wang Man, leading a few Dragon People, stood before him and laughed, "Daoist Yan, everything is ready."

Hmm, then let's get moving!