Chapter 404

After searching the underground cavern, Yan Buji took some special spiritual materials and flew out.

"Yan Dao friend, nothing happened, right?" Hu Xue'er said with a smile.

Yan Buji nodded: "I managed to come back."

Yan Buji didn't elaborate, and Hu Xue'er naturally didn't ask further.

She looked around and asked: "Yan Dao friend, since you're an Alchemist, can you refine Four-turn Pills?"

"That's unfortunate; I'm only a Three-turn Alchemist." Yan Buji said.

Hu Xue'er pondered, then after a while said: "Nearby, I've discovered a blessed land where many Four-turn spiritual materials grow; if they can be used for pill refinement, I believe our strength could advance considerably in this period."

"Your fortune is enviable, Dao friend, but I truly cannot refine Four-turn Pills."

Hu Xue'er nodded: "In that case, Yan Dao friend, could you do me a favor?"

"Huh?"

"Dao friend, please follow me."

Yan Buji curiously followed Hu Xue'er, and soon arrived at a place rich in spiritual energy.

Sharp-eyed Yan Buji noticed the formation flags set up around; he saw Hu Xue'er take out a disc and activate it, causing streams of light to swirl in the sky, and wind and rain rose upon the flat ground!

"What is this?" Yan Buji asked curiously.

Hu Xue'er hesitated a bit, then said: "Dao friend, this is one of the Fox Tribe's secret arts, the Arc Light Joyful Grand Formation."

Yan Buji stroked his chin: "The earth stirs wind and rain, the brush moves like dragons and snakes. Is this a formation that uses the terrain?"

"Your insight is good, Dao friend; this formation is actually used to refine extraordinary spiritual materials. The Fox Tribe masters the finest alchemical arts in the world, and the Arc Light Joyful Grand Formation is one of them." Hu Xue'er said with a smile.

"Is it really that awesome?"

Yan Buji really doesn't know much about the Fox Tribe; after all, at the Alliance Conference, few of them seemed to attend, and Hu Xue'er alone couldn't tell anything unusual.

However, Yan Buji still had doubts: Is the Fox Tribe's alchemical technique truly the best in the world?

"Dao friend, look!" Hu Xue'er took out a large pile of spiritual materials and threw them into the wind and rain!

As the grand formation activated, the earth became a crucible, the wind and rain became fire; a large amount of spiritual materials shed their coarseness in the wind and rain, leaving only the finest, purest liquid, and Yan Buji's pupils constricted.

That's pure medicinal liquid?!

If one mixes their own essence, energy, and spirit into it, it seems possible to achieve the same effect as refining an Accumulation Device, infusing essence into the spiritual material!

Only then did Hu Xue'er gather the refined spiritual liquid, dispel the formation, and hand it to Yan Buji: "Yan Dao friend, how does this look?"

Yan Buji smelled it, nodded, and said: "It's fine, almost perfect refinement. This Arc Light Joyful Grand Formation is truly formidable—using a grand formation to refine pills, such a method is unheard of."

"If you don't mind, Dao friend, take these medicinal liquids." Hu Xue'er said with a smile: "Although not as good as finished pills, it's still my token of gratitude; thank you, Yan Dao friend, for your rescue."

"You're too kind, Dao friend."

Yan Buji received the liquids, then said: "It seems you, Hu Dao friend, are versed in formations, right?"

"Eh, a little. According to human classification, I should be considered a Four-turn Formation Master."

"A Four-turn Formation Master?!"

Yan Buji widened his eyes: "Dao friend, you truly hide your abilities well. If so, when we entered the secret realm earlier, did you notice anything amiss with the formation at the entrance?"

Hu Xue'er nodded, her expression grave: "At first, I indeed detected some anomalies, but we entered the secret realm smoothly then, thinking it wasn't a big issue, but now looking back...."

"What's wrong?"

Hu Xue'er pointed around: "Dao friend, do you still remember the Wood Pole Emperor I mentioned?"

Yan Buji nodded.

"The Wood Pole Emperor once suppressed an ancient primordial dragon, with rumors saying he subdued it.... Perhaps, beneath the deep sea outside the secret realm, that ancient primordial dragon might still be alive. By entering this place and triggering the formation...."

Yan Buji grasped the key, frowned, and said: "Perhaps we just startled that ancient primordial dragon?"

"Yes, so even if we want to leave, we must be extra careful. If that ancient primordial dragon truly guards outside the secret realm, we might...." Hu Xue'er said, full of worry.

"We'll die as soon as we go out!"

"That doesn't make sense; if Xue Qing came here before, why is she unharmed?"

"Perhaps this is something she's hiding, so I thought: maybe we must go to the Towering Giant Tree regardless, since Dao friend Xue Qing agreed to meet there, she must know something." Hu Xue'er said.

Yan Buji stroked his chin, nodded: "No rush; Dao friend, you should first recover from your injuries for a while. The dangers ahead are still unknown, so we must make full preparations before heading over."

"Alright, Dao friend, do you have any plans?"

"In one month, we'll meet here again. Dao friend, I'm off now!"

Having said that, Yan Buji turned and flew away, leaving Hu Xue'er alone here.

Hu Xue'er stood on the ground watching Yan Buji's receding figure, then also left this place.

A few days passed.

Yan Buji, relying on the spiritual materials he recently gathered, refined many spirit pills.

Adding the Four-turn medicinal liquid Hu Xue'er gave him, most were refined by him into top-grade Three-turn Spirit Pills, enough for his current magical power to break through to mid Foundation Establishment.

Yan Buji isn't unwilling to continue breaking through in Martial Dao, but the problem now is that many situations still require Magical Cultivation methods to resolve, whereas Martial Cultivation excels in combat.

"Fortunately, after completing a previous dispersal and re-cultivation, with so many spirit pills plus the reserve of Seven-leaf Ghost Orchid, and that one stalk of Nine-leaf Ghost Orchid...."

Yan Buji intends to break through to late Foundation Establishment in one go!

Naturally, choosing a cultivation method isn't difficult; Yan Buji has gathered many techniques recently, but cultivating the Mysterious Art is more important, so most have been set aside.

Especially Long Batian's and their cultivation methods, which are Dragon People's arts; as a half-dragon person, I seem to have no trouble practicing them.

After reviewing their cultivation methods once, Yan Buji stroked his chin and broke down their techniques.

A cultivator's techniques certainly differ from those originally passed down; this is evident in that Magical Cultivation must rely on one's own practice to add to what one has learned, perfect one's own technique, incorporate it into one's system, and form a unique transmission of one's own technique.

What suits others may not suit oneself.

The cultivation methods of Long Batian and the two others are almost all based on the Dragon People's inherited "Eight-Armed Divine Dragon Technique"; this technique suits the Dragon People's physique, can greatly stimulate their potential, and is a powerful method that comprehensively enhances magical power, physical body, and spiritual awareness.

As Long Batian focuses on refining Accumulation Devices, his technique adds spiritual awareness cultivation methods onto the foundation of the Eight-Armed Divine Dragon Technique.

As for Zhang Yao, it is because she herself had a strange encounter and can use many Accumulation Devices, so her demand for magical power is greater;

Wang Chao's is more comprehensive; he has everything.

Yan Buji split the main body of the Eight-Arm Divine Dragon Technique, and then obtained the cultivation method lineage of Long Batian and Zhang Yao in spiritual awareness and magical power cultivation, but this must have been modified by the other party, and restoring it is unlikely.

As for Wang Chao's cultivation method.....

"What is this cultivation method?" Yan Buji looked puzzled, furrowing his brows as he stared at that strange cultivation path.

It seems that Wang Chao's method was not an addition built upon the Eight-Arm Divine Dragon Technique, but a replacement of his own foundational cultivation method.

Therefore, after Yan Buji split the Eight-Arm Divine Dragon Technique out of Wang Chao's method, it felt as if a large piece were missing.