Chapter 18: Preparation Before Cultivation
Yan Jie returned to his residence, pulled the curtain in front of the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to carefully pranayama to prepare for formal cultivation.
"Elder Long, do you think that in my current situation, should I first cultivate the Dragon Refining Technique or the Holy Soul Channeling Technique?" Yan Jie opened his mouth and asked Elder Long.
"If it is a normal cultivation, I would suggest that you first practice the Holy Soul Channeling Technique, your Shentai is tough and different from ordinary people, supplemented by the cultivation that can quickly improve your spiritual power in the Holy Soul Channeling Technique, with your qualifications, I conservatively estimate that you will be able to reach the threshold of being able to practice magic in less than a month, and when the time comes, I will teach you a few dragon magic at will, and your combat effectiveness will be greatly improved, but in today's mortal world, the cultivation of spiritual power generally starts after the awakening of the dragon soul, and the situation of sacrificing like your tribe just now is really rare, but anyone who is born with awakened spiritual power will become the object of great forces。 The old man said slowly.
"That's not very good, I can find a big force to join, wouldn't it be a lot easier to grow. Yan Jie heard this and interjected.
"Yes, it would be good if you could join the big forces in the Holy Dragon Continent or the Magic Continent, but you are now in a barbarian land, and the most powerful forces here are just some barbarian tribes, and the most powerful people in the entire barbarian land may only be the peak of high-level martial artists, and they don't even have the qualifications to awaken the dragon soul, even if they can't kill you, they will threaten you with people who are important to you, and what should you do when the time comes. The old man was not annoyed, and explained to Yan Jie.
"It's true, it's that I didn't think of this layer. Thank you, Long Lao. Yan Jie knew that he was still too immature, Long Lao had been practicing in this world for 100,000 years, and he had already existed in front of him to elevate this plane to a great position with his own strength, during which he had witnessed too many changes of power, and he had also seen too many Tianzhong talents die prematurely on the way to growth, so his teachings are the greatest help to Yan Jie's growth.
"Therefore, I suggest that you practice the Dragon Refining Technique, this set of exercises was created by a Terran powerhouse of the same era as me, after cultivating to the extreme, this Terran powerhouse has more physical strength than all dragons, except for me being able to suppress him with the power of the plane, no one in this world can match him in pure physical strength, extremely strong. I can see that you have some experience in the use of strength, but the physical strength is not enough, what is the strength value you detected with the power stone before?"
"The patriarch tested me once before I set out to hunt the Storm Wolves, and it was 5 strength. Yan Jie replied truthfully.
"I also told you before, whether it is strength or spiritual power, the ultimate foundation is vitality, and the strength or weakness of vitality directly determines the upper limit of your cultivation, so what you need now is to quickly improve your vitality force. Long Lao thought for a moment and said to Yan Jie.
"Okay, then what do I need to do?" Yan Jie nodded in agreement, and then continued to ask.
"If you want to boost your vitality and transform your body in a short period of time, you need several medicinal herbs, you can prepare them. Long Lao pointed to Yan Jie.
"Medicinal herbs, Elder Long, you have also seen that the Black Flag Tribe is a weak tribe, where is the ability to help me prepare medicinal herbs. If you go to the Desolate North Alliance to buy it, you can buy it, but the medicinal materials that can enhance your vitality must be precious, and I don't have so much money to buy it. When Yan Jie heard that he needed to prepare medicinal materials, he suddenly made a difficulty.
"You don't need to buy it, it's not as rare as you think, you can collect it near your tribe, they are pig's spine grass, nine-branch phalaenopsis and golden fruit. Long Lao smiled and said.
"What? These three? Aren't they ordinary medicinal herbs all over the ground?
"Haha, stinky boy, don't question my experience with your knowledge, in my long life, I have been slightly involved in many fields, among which alchemy is one of them, as long as these ordinary medicinal materials are mixed according to the proportion of my prescription, they can show amazing effects, it is no exaggeration to tell you, as long as you collect these medicinal materials, within three days, I will let you break through to the realm of martial arts." Seeing Yan Jie's stunned expression, Long Lao said a little proudly.
"Great, I see that Barry reached nine strength points three years ago, and he couldn't break through for a long time, but I didn't expect you to let me break through in just three days. Yan Jie said excitedly, but he couldn't help but feel sad when he remembered that Barry, who had been on a mission with him before, had died under the claws of the Storm Wolf King.
"The road of the strong must be difficult, how many geniuses as dazzling as stars have also fallen on the road of growth, you have to get used to such days, only if you become strong enough, can you protect the people you cherish. Long Lao sensed the change in Yan Jie's mood and comforted.
"I understand, Long Lao, I haven't told you before, fate in the underworld arranged for me to come to the world of the dragon god and meet you, and now although you are attached to my god platform, I always regard you as my teacher, you taught me the exercises, and guided me the way in the future, it was you who changed my fate, I will definitely continue to grow stronger, in order to protect the people I want to protect, I don't know what happened back then? I know that you must have taken on a great responsibility to seal yourself, you can rest assured, I will definitely grow strong enough to help you break the seal, so that you can return to this world, I will face your enemies, and I will carry your responsibilities!" Yan Jie's eyes shone with determination, and then bowed to the air in front of him, this is the highest etiquette for a teacher as a disciple.
"Good boy, I now begin to believe that your arrival is really arranged by the Heavenly Dao, I am waiting for you to grow up to the day when I need to look up, maybe you can really help me solve the problem. Long Lao said with a smile.
"Then let's start by collecting herbs. These three are common materials, and I believe that there should be storage in the tribe, so I can borrow some first. Yan Jie clenched his fists, then lifted the curtain and walked out.
"Uncle Bucky, do you have pig's spine grass, nine-branch phalaenopsis and golden fruit?" Yan Jie came to a yurt, which was different from other residences, and there were bundles of dried medicinal herbs stacked in front of the door, and the smell of the medicine could be smelled from a long distance.
"Ayir, it's you, what do you want these for?" Uncle named Bucky is in charge of the collection of medicinal materials in the Black Flag Tribe, and has rich experience in field collection.
"I was also injured on this hunting mission, and I want to concoct a potion that will be good for my recovery. Yan Jie replied, this is not a lie, the medicine is indeed used on himself.
"You kid, you always have some strange ideas, okay, you go to the medicinal herb warehouse at the back of the house to get it yourself, these are very ordinary medicinal materials, uncle can take care of it. Uncle Bucky let out a hearty laugh and waved his hand, asking Yan Jie to go to the herb warehouse to get the herbs by himself.
"Thank you, Uncle Bucky. Yan Jie thanked him, trotted all the way to the medicinal herb warehouse behind the house, pushed the door and walked in.
I saw that there were hundreds of medicinal herbs neatly placed on the shelves in the house, most of which were commonly seen herbs, but there were also a few that were more difficult to obtain.
"Elder Long, are you okay with these, how much do you need?" Yan Jie asked the old man on the altar.
"Yes, I didn't expect that the people who manage herbs in your Black Flag tribe still have some ability, the quality of these medicinal materials is very good, and with them to concoct medicines, it only takes two days for you to break through to the realm of martial artists." You don't need to take a lot of them, just take two portions each. Then you can find a random crockpot, and I can start refining potions for you. Long Lao looked at the medicinal herb shelf in front of him and said with a little surprise.
Yan Jie took two medicinal herbs, said goodbye to Uncle Bucky, and asked the aunt next door for a crockpot, then returned to his residence and began his first step towards a martial artist.