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Chapter 72 Exchange Secret Method
Kunwu Mountain, Hall of Military Merit.
This is a magnificent hall nestled deep within the mountain, brightly lit and bustling with people day and night. The hall is vast, with countless jade slips embedded in the walls. Each jade slip represents a treasure that can be exchanged, with its name, effect, and the required battle merit points noted below.
A few days later, Wang Tianlong received his battle merits from the Battle of the Chaotic Star Sea. Just as he expected, his achievements of slaying several Nascent Soul Ancient Demons and severely injuring Kong Yu earned him 28,000 battle merits! Adding the 5,000 points bestowed by the Fairy Consort Linglong, he now possessed an astonishing 33,000 battle merits!
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Tianlong arrived at the Hall of Merit immediately.
The hall was bustling with activity, as dozens of cultivators paused to examine the various jade slips, conversing in hushed tones. They were more cautious than ever, often lingering over a single jade slip for a long time, weighing their options carefully before exchanging it for magical treasures or elixirs that could enhance their immediate combat power.
Wang Tianlong's appearance did not attract much attention. He concealed his aura, acting like an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, and walked straight into the depths of the main hall, where the highest-level cultivation techniques and secret arts were stored.
However, just as he passed by an area where jade slips containing ice-type cultivation techniques were displayed, a cold and aloof figure came into his view.
Ice Soul Fairy!
She was still dressed in a plain white palace gown, her face beautiful and her demeanor icy. She stood alone before the jade slip, intently examining something. The other cultivators around her seemed intimidated by the chilling aura emanating from her, and dared not approach.
"She's come to Kunwu Mountain too..." Wang Tianlong's heart stirred slightly. He had met this Palace Master of the Northern Minor Palace before when she emerged from the Void Heaven Palace. He knew she was powerful and seemed to have some connection with the Void Heaven Palace (though he didn't know the specifics). However, the two had never crossed paths and were not particularly familiar with each other.
Wang Tianlong was not a sociable person, and had no intention of chatting with this icy beauty at this moment. He glanced at her once, then looked away and continued walking towards his goal.
The Ice Soul Fairy seemed to notice Wang Tianlong's gaze. She slightly turned her head, her cold eyes lingering on him for a moment. She recognized the "Divine Wind True Man" who had risen to fame during the Chaotic Star Sea Battle, but that was all. Their eyes met briefly before looking away without any exchange, as if they were two complete strangers.
Wang Tianlong quickly located the jade slip containing the "Secret Record of the Five Elements Transformation into Emptiness." After confirming its authenticity, he went to the exchange point in the center of the main hall and handed over his identity token and the jade slip.
"To exchange for the 'Five Elements Transformation Secret Record,' you need 30,000 battle merit points." The person in charge of the exchange was a spirit realm cultivator with an expressionless face. He checked Wang Tianlong's identity token, and after confirming that he had enough battle merit points, he nodded, took out a specially made blank jade slip, and began to copy the contents of the secret technique.
A moment later, the rubbing was completed. Wang Tianlong took the jade slip that radiated a warm luster, feeling the profound information contained within it, and his heart was filled with excitement.
With this secret technique, the biggest obstacle to his breakthrough into the Void Refinement stage was easily solved!
"I still have three thousand battle merit points left..." After a moment's thought, Wang Tianlong used the remaining battle merit points to exchange for several bottles of "Condensation Pills" that would help him refine his late-stage Divine Spirit cultivation, as well as some materials needed to set up high-level formations.
After exchanging the items, Wang Tianlong didn't linger and turned to leave the Hall of Merit. He needed to return to his cave as soon as possible to study this hard-won secret technique.
Behind him, the Ice Soul Fairy also completed her exchange and disappeared in another direction from the Hall of Merit. These two top cultivators of the mortal realm brushed past each other in the Hall of Merit, each continuing on their own path.
Kunwu Mountain, inside a cave.
Wang Tianlong sat cross-legged, his expression solemn. He held the jade slip containing the "Five Elements Transformation Secret Record" that he had just exchanged in his hands, his consciousness completely immersed in it, studying and deducing word by word.
After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes, let out a long sigh, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, but more than that, there was an unprecedented solemnity.
"So that's how it is... The core of breaking through to the Void Refinement stage with a different spiritual root lies here..." Wang Tianlong muttered to himself, his fingertips unconsciously tapping lightly on his knees.
According to the secret technique, the process of a Nascent Soul cultivator breaking through to the Void Refinement stage essentially involves further fusing their nascent soul with the laws of heaven and earth, achieving "transformation from Nascent Soul to Void," thereby gaining the qualification to mobilize a greater amount of primordial energy from heaven and earth. The foundation of the laws of heaven and earth is the Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
For cultivators with five spiritual roots, the five elements are all present in their bodies, and the nascent soul itself is a miniature world of the five elements, making it relatively easy for them to resonate with the laws of the five elements of heaven and earth.
However, the situation is quite different for cultivators with wind spiritual roots (different spiritual roots) like Wang Tianlong, as well as cultivators with other spiritual roots such as lightning and ice.
Although the unique spiritual root is powerful and has a single, pure attribute, it faces a fatal problem when attempting to break through to the Void Refinement stage: the "incompatibility" between the Nascent Soul attribute and the basic Five Elements laws of heaven and earth.
A forced attack would be tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock; the nascent soul would be instantly crushed by the immense power of the Five Elements Laws.
The solution provided by "The Secret Record of Transforming the Five Elements into Emptiness" is not to forcibly replenish the five elements spiritual roots in the body (that is almost impossible), but to use an extremely profound secret method to simulate and evolve the characteristics of mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements through one's own unique spiritual root as a "guide", thus constructing a "pseudo-five elements cycle" around the nascent soul.
This "pseudo-Five Elements Cycle" is not a true Five Elements spiritual root, but a kind of imitation and deception at the level of laws. It allows the Nascent Soul to temporarily "disguise" itself as having all five elements when breaking through the bottleneck of the Void Refinement stage, thereby deceiving the rejection of the laws of heaven and earth and successfully integrating into them.
Constructing a "pseudo-Five Elements Cycle" requires cultivators to have unparalleled control over their own spiritual roots, and even more so, a profound understanding of the principles of mutual generation and restraint among the Five Elements. The entire process allows no room for error.
If the "pseudo-five elements cycle" collapses when breaking through the bottleneck, the nascent soul will be directly exposed to the violent five elements laws, with unimaginable consequences—at best, the nascent soul will be severely injured and cultivation will be completely ruined; at worst, both body and soul will be destroyed and reduced to ashes!
"The risk is great, but it's the only way out." Wang Tianlong's eyes gradually hardened. He had no other choice; if he wanted to climb to a higher peak, he had to take this risk.
Furthermore, the secret technique also mentions that if one can find a spiritual object of the five elements that complements one's own spiritual root attribute as an aid, the success rate and stability of constructing a "pseudo-five-element cycle" will be greatly improved.
"Wind Spirit Root... Wind can fuel fire, generate water, and overcome earth. It also has similarities with metal..." Wang Tianlong quickly pondered the connection between the Wind Spirit Root and the Five Elements. "If I could find some rare and precious materials containing pure wind spirit power, or five elemental spiritual objects related to wind, such as 'Wind Flame Stone' or 'Mysterious Ice Wind Marrow', it might be twice as effective with half the effort."
He picked up the jade slip again and carefully examined the records about auxiliary spiritual objects in the secret technique.
"It seems that besides accumulating battle merits to exchange for 'Black Flame Pills,' finding these auxiliary spiritual items has also become a top priority," Wang Tianlong thought to himself.
He carefully put away the jade slip, took out a Condensation Pill and swallowed it, then began to meditate and regulate his breathing. He needed to adjust his condition to its best as soon as possible before attempting to cultivate the basic methods in the "Five Elements Transformation Secret Record".