Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 348 Becoming a Modern Cultivator
Upon receiving the message from the Great Awakening Puppet, Yi Dong did not rush to respond.

On the Frozen Continent, there are two fifth-order spiritual veins.

One of them is a spiritual vein located within a glacier, known as the Blue Glacier.

At this moment, Yi Yan, Mu Mu, Dongfang Hong, and the others were all on the Blue Glacier spiritual vein.

Mu Mu and the others soon learned that Yi Dong had discovered his innate Daoist physique.

Because of the Zijinshan Information Database, Mu Mu and the others were also able to access it through relevant magical artifacts.

However, they don't have time to deal with this matter for the time being.

In a beautiful courtyard.

A vortex of starlight opened, and the vortex of starlight was facing Adong.

Mu Mu glanced at Yi Yan, then at A Dong who was sitting quietly with her eyes closed.

I couldn't help but say:
“Adong does not have the bloodline of the human race of the Immortal Kingdom. She may be able to cultivate the current cultivation inheritance using the body of a true dragon, but it may not be very smooth for her to cultivate using a human body, as there is no true spirit bloodline in her human body.”

She is different from Yang Xiaoli.

Yang Xiaoli was born on Yaochi Immortal Island, but she has the blood of our Yi family in her bloodline. Obviously, her ancestors were also mortal descendants of cultivators from our Yi family. In other words, she also possesses the bloodline of the immortal kingdom.

"For A-Dong to build a spiritual energy circuit, she must possess the bloodline of the Immortal Kingdom; otherwise, she probably won't succeed."

Yi Yan glanced at Mu Mu but didn't say anything.

In the Immortal Realm, few people arbitrarily modify their bodies.

Many cultivators today, even those who know about acquired spiritual bodies, will not transform their bodies into acquired spiritual bodies. This is because the spiritual energy circuit is closely related to the body and soul. If it is altered even slightly, it may lead to a decrease in the efficiency of the magical power transmission of the spiritual energy circuit, or even more serious problems.

Similarly, research by the Taoist Academy shows that if flaws appear in postnatal modifications, it is extremely difficult to correct them later.

Especially the physical transformation before cultivation begins; if something goes wrong, it means there's an error at the very beginning, and the consequences will be extremely serious.

In Yi Yan's view, although the current magical artifacts and spiritual treasures cannot detect it, A Dong has the body of a true dragon, and her bloodline must contain the bloodline of a true dragon.

In the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, many true spirits and auspicious beasts can construct the spiritual energy circuits of the cultivator.

A Dong possesses the body of a true dragon. Even if he were in human form, as long as he had the blood of a true dragon, he should have a certain probability of being able to construct a spiritual energy circuit.

If one cannot construct a spiritual energy circuit and integrate the bloodline of the Immortal Kingdom, one might be able to achieve the Great Dao Golden Core in the future, but the hope of achieving the Great Dao Nascent Soul should be extremely slim.

Therefore, it would be better to switch directly to ancient cultivation.

Mu Mu looked at A Dong with some regret.

At other times, it would be easier to be directly teleported to Qingzhou in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm and become a current cultivator.

The Immortal Kingdom transformed the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, and in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, whether it is cultivation or breakthrough, it provides an invisible assistance to current cultivators.

However, now is not the right time to return to Qingzhou.

According to Yi Ze, recently the people from the Underworld and the Evil Suppression Bureau of Qingzhou have been hiding in Pingyuan County, obviously looking for Yi Dong or Mu Mu.

It was only because Yi Ze was in Pingyuan County that those people from the Immortal Kingdom were able to hide. If it weren't for Yi Ze, they might have openly searched and seized the Yi family's assets.

Of course, Yi Ze had committed some offenses and was dismissed from his post by the Immortal Kingdom. Although he still had some influence, it wasn't much.

At most, he could only protect the Yi family's assets, but he couldn't get the officials from the Immortal Kingdom to leave.

Mu Mu didn't know what Yi Ze had done in the Northern Yue Spirit Realm, because Yi Ze hadn't said.

All I know is that I can't go back to Qingzhou right now.

Thus, Mu Mu could only open the Starlight Vortex to attract the spiritual energy of the Divine Tree Forest so that A Dong could construct a spiritual energy circuit.

Yi Yan and Mu Mu both knew that Jin Xiu's cultivation was beneficial in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm. Since they couldn't return to the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, they could only use its spiritual energy, hoping it would be of some use.

At this moment, Adong is attempting to construct a spiritual energy circuit for the first time, a process that has been ongoing for three days.

After three days, A Dong felt that constructing a spiritual energy circuit was even more difficult than advancing to the Golden Core stage.

When she was cultivating the "Nine Transformations of the Ice Dragon," she felt that heaven and earth were helping her. But now, when she was constructing the spiritual energy circuit, she felt an invisible force of repulsion hindering her.

That feeling of unease is like a land creature falling into water, or a creature adapted to a hot environment coming to a frozen wasteland.

Although he felt uncomfortable, Adong did not give up.

Suddenly, the treasured Feather of Eternity within A Dong's body emitted light, and her consciousness detached from her body.

Before long, when A-Dong regained consciousness, she found herself in a place called Qingzhu Taoist Temple.

This time, Adong's consciousness was in a daze; he couldn't remember his original body or understand his situation.

In a daze, she was just an ordinary student at the Taoist academy.

After enrolling in school, she inexplicably received some information.

Then, based on that information, they continued to search for various rare materials.

Because she hadn't constructed a spiritual energy circuit, while her fellow students were becoming cultivators one by one, she remained a mortal. However, she managed to gather resources that even those at the Dao Academy, who struggled to find in the records of the Great Dao Golden Core stage or the Great Dao Nascent Soul stage, in just three years.

The process of collecting resources is also vague, but in general, it is very simple.

Then, using those materials and following the methods in the information, she quickly refined various magical artifacts and treasures using the Taoist academy's refining facilities, forming a formation called the "Heaven and Earth Profound Ice Array," and then constructed supernatural patterns within it.

Then, A Dong successfully constructed supernatural patterns within the formation, becoming a cultivator with the spiritual supernatural power of "Ice World".

The moment he became a cultivator, a flash of enlightenment appeared in A Dong's eyes, and then his entire body vanished without a trace.

"Looks like there's no other way, huh?"

As soon as Adong opened his eyes, he saw Mumu staring at him with wide eyes, looking at him in disbelief.

Beside her, Yi Yan was also somewhat surprised.

"Divine power patterns?"
Can supernatural patterns be constructed without using rare and precious materials?

Mu Mu found it hard to believe. In her opinion, Jin Xiu's strength came from the accumulation of massive resources. From the construction of the spiritual energy circuit, every step of Jin Xiu's cultivation required a large amount of resources.

The resources that Yi Yan prepared for A Dong were only enough to help him build a basic spiritual energy circuit.

It's not that Yi Yan couldn't obtain the resources needed for the divine power patterns.

It's because A Dong's human form is not a spirit body, or rather, not a spirit body recorded by the Taoist Academy, so it cannot be detected at all.

Furthermore, constructing supernatural patterns requires not only studying the spirit body, but also studying the spiritual root.

In the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, one can enter the Dao Academy even if one possesses a spiritual body and has mixed spiritual roots, but the Dao Academy will not accept those with unusual spiritual roots.

The academy lacks modern cultivation knowledge regarding the three spiritual roots of ice, wind, and thunder. Even if A-Dong possesses a spiritual body, it would be difficult for Yi Yan to research the corresponding methods for constructing supernatural power patterns in a short period of time, because she is unaware of the detailed information regarding ice-attribute magic power.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, A Dong actually constructed supernatural runes.

Yi Yan knew that, apart from the supreme treasure, the Feather of a Thousand Autumns, there was probably no one else capable of doing such a thing.

Previously, Qianqiu Zhiyu's "Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns" only allowed Adong to obtain some vague information about the future. Now, however, he has directly obtained real spiritual objects from the future to construct divine power patterns.

However, Yi Yan knew how rare the materials used to construct the supernatural patterns were.

In the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, those materials are basically monopolized by powerful cultivation families, and are very difficult to find outside.

The materials required for ice-attribute supernatural runes may be even more than those for the five elements. No matter how powerful a treasure is, it cannot truly be created out of nothing. The treasure's power must have been plundered from reality, or even directly from the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm.

To achieve these things, a great price must be paid, either by A Dong or by the priceless treasure, the Feather of a Thousand Autumns.

Seeing that A Dong showed no abnormality, Yi Yan spoke up:
"You should take a look at your Thousand-Autumn Feather."

Adong is sensing the supernatural patterns on his body.

Originally, "World of Ice" was the innate divine power of the Ice Dragon's body, but now, she can also use this divine power in her human form.

The "world of ice" can freeze everything, even the invisible passage of time.

At this moment, due to the construction of the supernatural runes, her magic power now possesses a trace of supernatural characteristics.

"My magic cannot freeze everything or time, but it can greatly slow down the aging of my body and soul."

If an ordinary Qi Refining King can live for about a thousand years, then once I become a Qi Refining King, my lifespan will be at least ten thousand years, or even more.

Magical power flowed within the supernatural runes, and A Dong's body emanated a chilling aura. Her body was like a block of ice, and the flow of her blood and the beating of her heart slowed down considerably. However, this did not affect her physiological activities or her mental thinking.

"So that's how it is. I've always looked like a child. I guess it's because of the supernatural power of the 'World of Ice'."

This supernatural power is not something I acquired by obtaining the body of an ice dragon; it is something I was born with.

Due to the influence of this supernatural power, my growth and development became abnormally slow.

Similarly, even without the body of an ice dragon, my lifespan would probably be several times that of an ordinary cultivator.

"What a pity. With the body of the Ice Dragon, I'm no different from Changsheng. The greatest effect of my supernatural power—extending lifespan—has become useless."

Just as A Dong was lamenting that his supernatural power was somewhat useless, he heard Yi Yan's voice.

She was taken aback at first, then quickly summoned the Feather of a Thousand Autumns.

But they discovered that the once dim and dull yet solid Feather of a Thousand Autumns was now just a phantom.

The illusory figure was faint and indistinct, giving the impression that it was about to disappear.

Adong was at a loss for what to do.

Just then, Yi Yan's voice rang out.

"Um?

Didn't I tell you to show me the Feather of a Thousand Autumns?

Adong glanced at the illusory image of the Feather of a Thousand Autumns, then at Mu Mu and Yi Yan, who seemed to see nothing at all, and couldn't help but say:
"Can't you all see the illusory figure in front of me?"

(End of this chapter)