CHAPTER 100: CHAPTER 99: TRUE DAOIST TECHNIQUE, EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION!

After Gu Yuan finished eating the wolf leg, his stomach began to churn, crushing the food and starting to digest its benefits.

The Soul Devouring Talent also played its role, continuously absorbing waves of warmth.

A few hours later, when everything had calmed down, the chopstick-thick True Qi in Gu Yuan’s body had already swelled more than tenfold, circulating incessantly within his meridians.

Even his physique experienced a certain degree of enhancement!

Swish, swish!

The jade-green True Qi flowed through his meridians, moving and brushing past Gu Yuan’s flesh and bones, even slowly seeping into his bone marrow!

A numbing, itchy, and painful sensation gradually emerged, as if many ants were drilling, biting, and gnawing inside his bones.

Gu Yuan could feel that his bone marrow was undergoing slow yet steady refinement!

Washing Marrow is the second phase for the Innate Martial Master.

It signifies profound martial arts, beginning to penetrate the bone marrow, washing away old impurities, replacing them with new marrow, and transforming one’s essence!

After achieving Great Success in Refining Skin, Refining Tendons, and Bone Refining during the Martial Master phase, one often experiences transformation.

But that is not complete.

The bone marrow within bones has a blood-producing function and is one of the most core and important parts of the human body.

People often say that one truly masters learned knowledge and skills when they are integrated into the bones and seep into the marrow.

Cultivation is the same.

The Washing Marrow phase involves integrating martial arts into the bones to fundamentally alter one’s inherent bone structure and transcend the mundane.

Others wash their marrow by enduring day after day of True Qi circulation, bolstering their blood, gently nurturing bit by bit.

Or by seeking out Spirit Medicines, slaying spiritual beasts and demons to obtain their Essence Blood and Spirit Marrow, configuring powerful washing medicines to refine the bone marrow.

In any case, caution and care are paramount!

Because the process of Washing Marrow cannot afford any errors or negligence; it is even more perilous than Bone Refining or Refining Organs!

A small mistake could result in irrevocable consequences.

But Gu Yuan is different!

He possesses Turtle Breath and Soul Devouring Talent, which both subtly and imperceptibly refine and nurture the bone marrow.

In other words, he has long since begun the process of Washing Marrow.

Previously, he passively received these benefits, but now Gu Yuan actively washes his marrow.

However, the True Qi that Gu Yuan has cultivated is gentle and pure, containing a vibrant life force.

Using it for Washing Marrow is perfectly suitable!

Swish!

After a while, Gu Yuan opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

The breath stretched over six feet, like a white sharp sword, piercing through the air, dissipating only after a long time.

Washing Marrow is a long and slow process.

Even he cannot be an exception, only capable of shortening this process.

According to Gu Yuan’s estimation, without sufficient resources such as Spirit Medicines and Spirit Pills to assist in cultivation, achieving Great Success in Washing Marrow may take at least one or two years.

Of course, with enough Spirit Medicines or demon blood and flesh, the entire Washing Marrow process could be shortened several times over, even tenfold!

Gu Yuan is not actually worried about the issue of Spirit Medicine.

He currently has several Spirit Medicine plants to address his immediate needs, and with Ah Huang’s help, he can continue seeking Spirit Medicine on Yunmeng Mountain.

Looking at the four little ones, each of them was collapsed on the ground, barely able to walk.

Bigmouth, being a Devouring Serpent with Soul Devouring Talent, has the largest appetite despite its small size!

At this moment, the body that was originally as slender as chopsticks had its thickest part become as wide as a bowl, lying motionless on the ground, looking extremely strange and exaggerated.

Anyone unaware might think it was greedily stuffed to death!

However, Gu Yuan knows that Bigmouth is currently rapidly digesting the benefits.

Additionally, its Growth Stage has increased from (1%) to (3%), and its body has lengthened slightly.

When it finishes digesting these benefits, it is likely to grow even larger.

As for Ah Huang and Ah Wu, these two fellows also lack restraint, eating too much and barely able to stand, their Growth Stage improving as well.

Comparatively, Ao Da has undergone the most significant change!

At this moment, Ao Da’s shell is dark and heavy, densely covered with ancient and peculiar patterns, faintly exuding a metallic texture.

Its limbs, neck, head, and tail are covered in large and small bony protrusions, especially on its forehead, where a horn-like gray-white protrusion adds a touch of dominance.

The whole Ao is as large as a grinding disc, much larger than when Gu Yuan first accepted it as a Spirit Pet.

[Black Armor Ao (Green)]

Description: A spiritual turtle with a trace of Divine Ao bloodline, possessing a long lifespan and abundant life force, its shell is as hard as black iron with high defense and full of spirituality, possessing great wisdom. Evolving into "Black Armored Spirit Ao" requires growing into Black Armor Ao mature form and consuming 1200 Dao Rhyme Points!

Status: Normal

Phase: Growth Stage (98%)

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Ao Da’s Growth Stage has remarkably reached 98%, just two percent short of entering the mature stage.

At that time, Gu Yuan can consume Dao Rhyme Points to allow its evolution.

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This time, it should not be far off.

Gu Yuan was also very much looking forward to seeing what kind of talent Ao Da would be born with after its upgrade.

In fact, even though it is not yet a demon, the seemingly gentle and peaceful Ao Da can be quite terrifying once it gets angry.

Not to mention anything else, just its hard shell would probably be unbreakable even by an Innate Martial Master.

Once its lineage evolves and it becomes a Black Armored Spirit Ao, it will definitely become even more formidable!

The wolf demon’s corpse had been gnawed down to less than half, but Gu Yuan didn’t bother with it.

Given the appetite of the four little ones, the remaining wolf meat will probably be completely devoured by tomorrow, with not a bit wasted.

Gu Yuan took out two items from his clothes.

A black leather book, looking ancient and quaint, probably has some years to it.

The other item was a jade scroll.

These two items were exactly the Luo Sha Scripture given to him by Old Man Chen, as well as half the Profound Turtle Armor Technique.

Gu Yuan immersed his mind into the jade scroll to ensure that the contents recorded inside were correct, then opened the Luo Sha Scripture.

As a Middle Grade Earth Tier Daoist Scripture, the value of this Luo Sha Scripture is much higher than the Profound Turtle Armor Technique!

After all, the Profound Turtle Armor Technique is just a Superior Martial Arts, reaching only the peak of an Innate Martial Master.

But the Luo Sha Scripture is different.

Gu Yuan carefully read through it and found that this Daoist Scripture was quite detailed from low to high levels.

From Martial Master’s Refining Skin, Refining Tendons, Bone Refining with the Profound Yin Grappling Hand, Innate Martial Master’s Refining Organs, Washing Marrow, Blood Exchange with the Luo Sha Visualization Image, whether it be inner cultivation and outer practice, or martial arts for either attack or defense, it was all available.

After the peak of the Innate Martial Master, it still includes techniques for Foundation Establishment, recording methods for collecting various Yin Sha Qi, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to cultivate Yin Wind Body-Protecting Gang Qi, Soul Searching Hand, Evil Ghost Curse, Profound Yin Demon-slaying Saber, and other divine techniques.

With this book, one can cultivate to the Celestial Human Realm.

Moreover, it even records how to condense a Golden Core and step into the Saint Realm after achieving great success in divine techniques.

However, this record is not complete and is obviously missing parts.

In other words, this is a Daoist Scripture that directly points to the peak of the Celestial Human Realm.

"It turns out entering the Celestial Human Realm, the foundation is most important! It is analogous to laying the foundation for building a house. Whether a Martial Master or an Innate Martial Master, it is all about laying the foundation."

"Only with a refined and powerful physique can one bear the Dao Foundation and have the basis to cultivate divine techniques! Otherwise, if a common person directly starts cultivating divine techniques, they would be crushed under the pressure."

Gu Yuan carefully studied it and figured out a few things.

"Moreover, the True Daoist Technique seems to emphasize compatibility in attributes. This Luo Sha Scripture is clearly a Demon Technique, and its nature is rather cold and eerie, which is somewhat at odds with my current physique and the martial arts I have practiced..."

Gu Yuan fell silent.

To be honest, this Luo Sha Scripture is indeed a precious cultivation scripture.

But Old Man Chen had also told him before.

A Martial Master and an Innate Martial Master are okay, but once it involves the True Daoist Technique of the Celestial Human Realm, one must be extremely cautious.

Because once a True Daoist Technique is cultivated incorrectly, or it is incompatible with one’s physique, attributes, and will, it will be too late for regrets.

Switching to another technique is not possible.

Once the Dao Foundation is established, the path is basically set, analogous to having laid the foundation; changing it would mean washing away the Dao Foundation and starting all over again!

Which, of course, is impossible!

Not to mention the time and effort wasted, just cleansing the Dao Foundation destroys one’s essence.

Whether one can rebuild the Dao Foundation from scratch is uncertain.

Moreover, the grade of the True Daoist Technique is also very important.

The higher the grade of the Daoist Scripture, the more exquisite and stable the established Dao Foundation will be, with greater potential, capable of bearing more divine techniques.

From this perspective, disciples of the Great Immortal Sect clearly do not have to worry about these issues.

Because within the Great Immortal Sects, there are often systematic and comprehensive cultivation techniques, already forming a complete system.

Just like the Profound Turtle Armor Technique that Gu Yuan is studying, it is one of the most famous foundational martial arts in Medicine King Mountain.

Once disciples of Medicine King Mountain cultivate it to Great Perfection, they can access subsequent True Daoist Techniques like Gui Water Profound Yin Technique, Gentle Water True Formulas, Gloomy Moon Visualization Image, and so on.

Each can seamlessly continue from the Profound Turtle Armor Technique, and all have the potential to form an Upper Grade Dao Foundation, without worrying about incompatibility with physique or attributes.

Even if an unexpected situation occurs, they can still choose other True Daoist Techniques.

After all, with thousands of techniques in the Library Pavilion, there is always one suitable for you.

But if you are an average loose cultivator martial master, where would you have the luxury of choice?

Getting a True Daoist Technique and promoting to the Celestial Human Realm would already be a stroke of luck, still thinking of being picky?

Dream on!

"It seems that if the opportunity arises in the future, I should find a way to join Medicine King Mountain. Only then can I get a True Daoist Technique that is more suitable for my cultivation..."

Gu Yuan gently closed the black leather book:

"It’s just that it’s not the time for Medicine King Mountain to recruit disciples now, and my age is also somewhat unsuitable, making it really challenging to join Medicine King Mountain."

"Fortunately, I am just beginning Washing Marrow, with some distance from the Celestial Human Realm, so I can plan slowly."

For Gu Yuan, obtaining a True Daoist Technique, Medicine King Mountain is one avenue.

The Fairy Qin he met a few days ago is actually another.