Chapter 148 - 140: What is a Genius

Chapter 148: Chapter 140: What is a Genius

He poured three bottles in succession.

Li Changsheng stared at the interface of the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree for a full cup of tea’s time. Only after confirming there were no issues did he turn and head back up to the third floor.

Sitting cross-legged on the soft couch, Li Changsheng shifted his thoughts and summoned Xiaobai.

SQUEAK...

Xiaobai was dazed for a moment before it leaped into his arms. It wriggled non-stop, letting out intermittent cries that sounded like a baby’s. Li Changsheng smiled and rubbed its head, taking out a Spiritual Snake Corpse and ten stalks of Jade Grass to send it off.

He calmed his mind, sitting cross-legged to regulate his breathing for a while. Then, he took out the jade slip inscribed with the Blood River Refining Yang True Skill and pressed it against his glabella to read it.

Two hours later.

Li Changsheng opened his eyes and waved his hand, storing the jade slip back into his storage bag. He had reviewed the Blood River Refining Yang True Skill countless times, already knowing it like the back of his hand.

The reason he had delayed switching his Cultivation Technique was twofold: first, because of the Spirit Fields; and second, because he needed time to sort through the complex branch veins subordinate to the main Spirit Veins. The Blood River Refining Yang True Skill cultivated twelve main Spirit Veins. The complex branch veins involved were distributed throughout the entire body, with the ones in the chest and abdomen being the most densely packed.

HAA...

Li Changsheng slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, closing his eyes to focus his mind. As time slowly ticked by, his breathing became increasingly prolonged and steady.

After an unknown amount of time had passed.

Li Changsheng felt his vision brighten as densely packed, intricate lines appeared in his mind’s eye. Among them were twelve thick, pale-gold main Spirit Veins, along with the branch veins connected to them. Counting carefully, there were well over a hundred pathways.

He thought, "It’s quite complicated..."

The thought flashed through his mind before he quickly calmed himself. He channeled his Spiritual Power and began to expand the branch veins according to the meridian pathways of the Blood River Refining Yang True Skill.

When his Spiritual Power surged into one of the branch veins, he couldn’t help but let out a soft sound of surprise in his heart. In the past, whether he was practicing a Cultivation Technique or Magic, circulating Spiritual Power to open his meridians always felt like clearing out clogged dirt. It was not only strenuous but also very painful.

However, this time, as his Spiritual Power poured into the branch vein, the resistance was extremely slight. The Spiritual Power flowed in smoothly. In no time at all, a branch vein was completely opened.

He wondered, "Is this because my aptitude has improved?"

The moment this thought arose, Li Changsheng remembered the Daoist Technique that Elder Qing had cast on him.

He concluded, "It’s probably a bit of both."

With that fleeting thought, he immediately calmed his mind again, circulating his Spiritual Power to surge toward the rest of the branch veins.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. The following morning.

HAA...

Li Changsheng slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and opened his eyes. He focused his gaze on his own status.

[Target: Li Changsheng]

[Cultivation: Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer "1%"]

[Cultivation Technique: Blood River Refining Yang True Skill (7/12) | Traits: Blood Poison, Yang Malice]

[Magic: Three-leaf Spirit Absorption Vein Map "Minor Completion 13%" | Spirit Contract (Fragment) "Minor Completion 87%" / Golden Turtle Shield "Minor Completion 51%"...]

The progress of the Three-leaf Spirit Absorption Vein Map had increased by more than ten percentage points, thanks to the nourishment of life’s spiritual vitality. The Spirit Contract had experienced a massive surge due to Xiaohai’s advancement. The rest of the Magic he practiced had also seen varying degrees of improvement.

His cultivation progress, however, had decreased significantly because his Spiritual Power had become extremely pure. The "Spirit Recovery" trait brought by the Spirit Guiding Technique and the "Toughness" trait from the Golden Turtle Spirit Technique were both overwritten. The reason both traits were overwritten was entirely because the Blood River Refining Yang True Skill boasted a faster Spiritual Power recovery rate and yielded even tougher Spiritual Power compared to his previous two Cultivation Techniques.

After quietly experiencing the changes, Li Changsheng couldn’t help but marvel. It truly lived up to being a Condensing Vein Realm Technique.

Because the Cultivation Technique’s branch veins were intricate and covered his entire body, he could mobilize his Spiritual Power with a mere thought. Furthermore, the Spiritual Power had the effect of tempering his physical body. Although the effect was minimal, he was already very satisfied with it. He then tested the traits of his Cultivation Technique.

He thought, "Well, I can only say it certainly lives up to its name!"

Praising it in his heart, Li Changsheng got up from the soft couch.

He went down to the second floor.

A lush, green small tree that had grown all the way to the ceiling came into view. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

RUSTLE...

As he approached, the small tree’s branches and leaves trembled. Pure white flowers, each the size of a baby’s fist, bloomed one after another. A rich, refreshing fragrance instantly filled the air.

Li Changsheng’s expression changed slightly. He hurriedly covered his nose, quickly stepped up to it, and patted its trunk.

RUSTLE...

The Snake Saliva Spirit Tree trembled, and the pure white flowers among the branches and leaves slowly closed up.

PHEW...

Seeing this, Li Changsheng couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief. Ever since the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree had grown larger, its floral scent had mutated to the point where it was comparable to poisonous gas. Smelling it made one dizzy and lightheaded.

However, just because he didn’t like it didn’t mean that other things disliked it. The green snake coiled around the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree was rapidly flicking its tongue, looking exceedingly excited. The Insect Mother had also crawled out of its nest, opening its fanged mouth wide to inhale the scent.

Li Changsheng glanced at them before fixing his gaze on the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree.

[Target: Snake Saliva Spirit Tree]

[Race: Spirit Tree]

[Rank 1 High-Grade: 68%]

[Talents: Gathering Spirit, Snake Control]

[Status: Healthy]

Under his continuous irrigation with Spiritual Snake minced meat and pool water, the progress of the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree could only be described as rapid. In just seven days, its cultivation progress had jumped by another large margin.

Li Changsheng patted the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree and sighed, "The house won’t be able to hold you much longer..."

With a wave of his hand, he stored it, along with the Insect Mother and the green snake, into his Spirit Beast Bag. Then, he turned and went downstairs.

Arriving in the courtyard.

Li Changsheng walked up to Xiaohua, mounted its back, and patted its neck.

GRUNT...

Xiaohua grunted as it stood up and strode out of the courtyard. Urged on by Li Changsheng, it headed straight for the High-grade Spirit Field.

In just a short while, the man and the pig arrived outside the Spirit Field. Li Changsheng dismounted and landed on his feet. Looking at the Spirit Field enveloped in thin Spiritual Mist, he shifted his thoughts.

BUZZ...

Led by Big Bro and Little Bro, the insect swarm flew down and landed in the Spirit Field.

In a few moments.

A Spiritual Snake and over ten snake beasts were dragged out by the insect swarm and greedily devoured. After clearing out the High-grade Spirit Field, the insect swarm flew down to the Mid-grade Spirit Field.