The Demonic Cultivator In Zombie World

Chapter 240: Nascent Soul Technique, The Mysterious Heavenly Ice Soul Scroll

Over the next period, Chu Xuan, assuming the identity of Lin Fan, entered the treasure pavilion to exchange for various materials required for the Complete Root Seizing Technique. He didn't exchange everything all at once but did so in small quantities over multiple visits.

He also exchanged some less commonly used materials or those he might need in the future to confuse any onlookers. For other materials, he changed his appearance and purchased them from markets near the Yin Soul Mountain Range. Within just a couple of weeks, Chu Xuan had all the necessary materials ready.

The pills required for the technique were the Sky-Mending Pill and the Spirit-Binding Pill. With Chu Xuan's prior proficiency in pill making, crafting these would normally be somewhat challenging.

However, now possessing the True Blood Physique, even if there were slight imperfections in the pill crafting process, just a drop of his essence blood mixed into the pills could rectify their properties. Thus, crafting these two types of pills posed no difficulty.

The process of seizing Leng Hanshuang's spirit root was similar to how he had previously taken Duan Feipeng's ultimate-grade thunder spirit root. The entire procedure went smoothly without any obstacles, and Chu Xuan successfully obtained the earth-grade ice spirit root.

As for the superior Thunder spirit root previously obtained, Chu Xuan had implanted it into Hu's body, while the original spirit root was placed into Bao's body. This allowed both Hu and Bao to possess their own spirit roots, significantly accelerating their cultivation speeds.

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"Spirit Mechanism Jade... so that's how it's obtained," Chu Xuan murmured in surprise. After extensive research in the Myriad Souls Sect's library, he discovered that Spirit Mechanism Jade wasn't an actual jade but was formed through a demonic array that refined cultivator skulls into a substance neither flesh nor jade.

"To craft a piece of Spirit Mechanism Jade, at least one Nascent Soul cultivator's skull is needed. However, a sufficient number of ordinary human skulls, equivalent in quantity to a Nascent Soul cultivator's skull, would also suffice."

Chu Xuan pondered this information. Mystic Azure Star was not like the extraterrestrial battlefield where Golden Core cultivators were as common as dogs and Nascent Soul cultivators were plentiful. Here, each Nascent Soul cultivator was significant, and their demise would cause a stir.

He was merely recuperating at the Myriad Souls Sect and did not wish to cause any significant disturbances. If he could use a large number of ordinary human skulls to craft Spirit Mechanism Jade, it would be ideal. Other cultivators might worry about accumulating bad karma, but Chu Xuan did not care.

Blue Star was abundant with powerful high-level zombies. "If ten thousand are not enough, then twenty thousand. If twenty thousand are insufficient, then forty thousand! Capturing more is always enough."

"Once the Spirit Mechanism Jade is crafted, I can use the Body-Seizing Technique to also seize Leng Hanshuang's Ice Soul Spirit Body," Chu Xuan nodded to himself. With the earth spirit root and earth spirit body, his cultivation speed was sure to increase exponentially.

Chu Xuan found a desolate desert on Blue Star and set up the Spirit Mechanism Array. This array was not created by True Master Tianqing but had been devised by a great figure of the demonic path long before.

It was specifically used to craft Spirit Mechanism Jade to hasten the understanding of techniques and scriptures. True Master Tianqing had made slight modifications to the original design, significantly reducing energy consumption and greatly increasing production capacity. This pleased Chu Xuan, as the consumption of high-level zombies had been excessively rapid lately.

After setting up the Spirit Mechanism Array, Chu Xuan ordered Two Arms, Four Arms, Long, Hu, and Bao to capture high-level zombies from across Blue Star and throw them into the array. He then sat in meditation near the array, beginning to study a Nascent Soul stage technique.

Chu Xuan placed the jade slip against his forehead and delved deep into contemplation. After a long while, he opened his eyes, thoughtful. The technique was named the "Mysterious Heavenly Ice Soul Scroll."

It included a comprehensive suite of spells for attack, defense, escape, treasure refinement, soul transformation, physical enhancement, and spiritual secrets. It was indeed all-encompassing.

Compared to it, other techniques found in Leng Hanshuang's storage bag seemed rather insufficient. Those techniques were either solely offensive or defensive, or specialized in escapism, presenting significant limitations. Of course, despite these flaws, they were not without their merits.

Chu Xuan estimated that while he cultivated the Mysterious Heavenly Ice Soul Scroll, he could also practice several other techniques in tandem. Selecting a few special techniques to supplement his primary practice would allow him to maximize his abilities.

From Leng Hanshuang's memories, Chu Xuan learned that the Mysterious Heavenly Ice Soul Scroll was a secret core technique of the Reincarnation Divine Sect: The first part corresponded to the Nascent Soul stage. The second part was for the Deity Transformation. The third part was applicable to the Astral Projection stage!

Leng Hanshuang, as a Holy Maiden, only possessed the first part. The second part was held by Deity Transformation elders, and not every one of them had it. Only those elders who had grown up within the Reincarnation Divine Sect, advancing from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, and then to Nascent Soul and Deity Transformations, were privy to it.

Deity Transformation elders who joined the sect later did not have access to the second part. The third part was exclusively in the hands of the Astral Projection ancestor Wen Lingtian.

After studying the Mysterious Heavenly Ice Soul Scroll, Chu Xuan was thrilled. Initially, he thought it was a standard righteous technique, but upon thorough reading, he discovered it contained a method to accelerate cultivation by absorbing ice souls!

In the bitterly cold and dark places where wronged spirits wreak havoc, these spirits, over the years, condense a crystal within their bodies imbued with icy Spiritual Qi. These are not Ice Souls but Ice Soul Crystals.

To purify these crystals into pure Ice Souls, a special method described in the Mysterious Heavenly Ice Soul Scroll must be used to remove the impurities and resentful spirits within them.

Leng Hanshuang employed such methods to accelerate her cultivation. The Reincarnation Divine Sect, after all, controls over a dozen stars and can naturally find such bitterly cold and dark places.

However, creating wronged spirits to produce Ice Souls damages one's virtue and can even incur karmic retribution. Thus, even Leng Hanshuang, as a Holy Maiden, couldn't obtain many Ice Souls—just five palm-sized pieces a month. Usually, she had to rely solely on her own spirit root and body for cultivation.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Chu Xuan, upon learning this, slapped his thigh in excitement. "Why didn't anyone mention this fantastic opportunity before!"

Although Blue Star lacked a sufficient number of spirits, Soul Star had plenty and more than enough. All he needed to do was set up an array and guide the wronged spirits into it. Within at most a hundred years, numerous spirits possessing Ice Soul Crystals would appear, ripe for harvest.

Chu Xuan wasn't concerned about the impure resentful spirits within the crystals. He dealt with corpse spirits on a daily basis. What was there to fear from some impure malevolent spirits? If it could enhance his cultivation speed, he was willing to absorb these malevolent spirits daily!

Chu Xuan caressed the jade slip, full of praise. "This Mysterious Heavenly Ice Soul Scroll, just by its name, indicates it's a top-tier orthodox technique. Truly as expected! I'm off to set up the array on Soul Star!"

He quickly found an appropriate Nascent Soul stage array within Leng Hanshuang's storage bag. Wrapping the array plate with his soul, he immediately used a soul-splitting technique to separate this part of his soul and transported it through the soul transmission matrix to Soul Star.