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Chapter 200 Qi Sea Blood Bodhi
Unfortunately, Lingguang Xian did not know the first half of the Heavenly Book Secret Technique; he only knew how to use this technique to refine magical treasures.

The mirage beads possessing artifact spirits from the Mirage Sect are refined using this method, making them far more powerful than ordinary mirage beads.

Chen Ye didn't know which classic text she was referring to, or whether he could recite it, but the alchemy and treasure-making methods that Lingguang Xian spoke of were indeed incredibly profound.

Lingguang Xian continued to explain that, among their Mirage Demon clan, apart from beings like her who were born with complete intelligence by chance, the vast majority of their kind were like ignorant wild beasts.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Mirage Faction, these ordinary mirages are almost no threat; the real trouble is the water pressure of the deep sea.

After the Mirage Sect successfully captured the Mirage Demon, they would use a special technique recorded in the Heavenly Book to completely separate its soul from its physical body. The process described by Lingguang Xian immediately reminded Chen Ye of his own experience using the Myriad Soul Banner to collect the remnant soul of the Blood Pill; the two seemed to share a common principle.

However, the Mirage Sect's methods were clearly more sophisticated and cruel. The souls they extracted were extremely intact, almost without any damage, but the pain involved was far more intense than when Chen Ye collected the remnant souls.

Chen Ye once remarked that his method had likely been studied by predecessors. Perhaps their uses differed, or their efficiencies varied, but their core principles were probably the same.

However, the extracted mirage spirits are not used directly for weapon crafting. Instead, they are sent to the strange seven-colored coral tree deep within the forbidden area of ​​the Mirage Sect for cultivation, just like "planting".

Lingguang Xian explained, "This method is quite similar to the use of the improved Blood Bodhi Tree of the Yellow Spring Sect. The Blood Bodhi Tree is cultivated using various highly poisonous substances as 'nutrients' to produce Blood Bodhi Fruits containing unique powers. These fruits are then fed to poisonous snakes, thereby giving birth to mutated and powerful Crimson Serpents."

"The Mirage Sect's Seven-Colored Coral uses the soul of the Mirage Demon as a seed, constantly 'watering' it with various rare and precious natural materials. When the time is right, the coral tree will bear a coral fruit containing the essence of the Mirage Demon. This fruit is the key material for refining high-level Mirage Pearls."

"If I were to personally care for and nurture them, these mirage pearls might be able to give birth to spirits with consciousness."

Chen Ye listened to the description and pondered it carefully, but then frowned: "It sounds like the two are not exactly the same. The Blood Bodhi feeds the venomous snake, and the venomous snake is the final product, while the Blood Bodhi fruit is just an intermediate product. On the other hand, the coral tree of your Mirage Sect bears fruit, and the coral fruit is used as the core material to refine magic weapons. The final products and the core are completely different."

Lingguang Xian shook his head and explained, "Sect Master, although the appearances are different, their core transformation processes are extremely similar. Whether it is the Blood Bodhi Tree or the Seven-Colored Coral, they are both living alchemy furnaces or weapon-forging furnaces."

"Ordinary alchemy furnaces use flames to forge and refine various materials. But these two divine trees transform and fuse them through biochemical processes, ultimately producing living beings!"

As Chen Ye listened to Lingguangxian's analysis, a chill ran through him.

The idea of ​​"using trees as furnaces to refine life" sounds rather sinister!

It was one thing for those madmen from the Crimson Serpent Demon Sect to do such things back then, since the demonic sects acted without restraint. But for the Mirage Sect, one of the five major righteous sects, to secretly use such methods was truly frightening.

However, Chen Ye quickly put these trivial matters out of his mind.

The Yellow Springs Sect now needs this secret technique provided by Immortal Lingguang to fill in the gaps and supplement the sect's needs.

There are almost no pills in the world that can accelerate the growth of the Qi Sea, and the Burning Incense Sect cannot produce one either. They rely on some kind of magic to stimulate the Qi Sea in the Dantian, making it absorb spiritual energy faster, rather than increasing cultivation level by taking a pill.

There is only one thing that can directly increase one's Qi Sea cultivation by "eating" it, and that is—eating people!
Of course, this "eating" is not the same as that "eating".

It is not about eating raw meat and drinking blood, but about using secret methods to forcibly strip away the Qi Sea that others have painstakingly cultivated, and then merging it into oneself.

This was a common cultivation method used by the Demonic Sect back then.

Blood pills are made by refining humans; swallowing a thousand human blood pills can forcibly create a Qi Sea. So all you need to do is capture a human sacrifice, forcibly infuse him with a large number of blood pills to induce the growth of a Qi Sea, and then peel away the Qi Sea.

Different demonic sects use different methods to seize the Qi Sea of ​​others, but they are largely the same, differing mainly in efficiency and success rate.

Some might ask, why go through all this trouble? Why not just directly consume the Blood Pill to increase one's Qi Sea?
The reason is simple: it will cause indigestion.

This is like cows eating grass and people eating beef.

The energy contained in hay is complex and difficult to absorb; cattle require a large digestive system and a long time to convert it. However, humans can absorb the energy much more efficiently by directly consuming beef that has been processed and refined by cattle.

Similarly, directly consuming blood pills to increase one's Qi Sea is extremely inefficient. Blood pills contain not only spiritual energy but also a large amount of pill toxins. Eating too few will have little effect, while eating too many will result in excessive accumulation of pill toxins, causing one to die from poisoning before even achieving a breakthrough in cultivation.

It's different if you strip away the Qi Sea. This cultivator at the Qi Sea Realm has already filtered out all the toxins for you, and the Qi Sea is already here. You can just integrate it directly into yourself.

By directly stripping it away and integrating it into oneself, the efficiency of absorption and refining will be dozens or even hundreds of times higher, and the risk of backlash from the elixir can be avoided to the greatest extent.

This is similar to people eating beef, which is nutritious, easy to absorb, and less likely to cause diarrhea.

Therefore, the Demonic Sect's method is to eat people repeatedly, using all sorts of fancy ways to do so.

This is precisely why the Demonic Sect is considered intolerable by heaven and earth, and everyone has the right to kill it.

Chen Ye could not allow the cultivators of the Yellow Springs Sect to eat people, not even the most heinous criminals.

Once this door is opened, things will slide to the point where spitting will be punishable by death, or even that spitting will be punishable by death.

Lingguang Xian's suggestion was to refer to the methods of the Crimson Serpent Demon Sect and use the Blood Bodhi Tree to cultivate the Blood Bodhi containing the Qi Sea.

Swallowing a Blood Bodhi containing Qi Sea will naturally lead to a rapid increase in cultivation level.

The principle is as described, but cultivating a Bodhi seed containing Qi Sea Blood is not so easy. There is no relevant record in the Crimson Serpent Demon Sect's books, so Chen Ye can only discuss it with Lingguang Xian.

The two talked for almost half a month, during which Lingguang Xian only left for half a day. The damaged artifact spirit was taken out by the Venerable Lord and reshaped into a golden body with the power of incense, becoming a new statue in the City God Pavilion.

For some reason, she appeared to be a pretty woman.

Chen Ye simply assumed that mirage demons all preferred female forms and didn't take it to heart.

It must be said that Lingguang Xian is indeed very knowledgeable.

The Mirage Sect believed they had firmly grasped her true form and were not wary of her. In fact, in order to enable her to better serve the sect, they opened up many profound techniques to her, which is why Lingguang Xian was able to become the second in the Tongxuan Realm.

Perhaps in terms of combat and life-or-death battles, Lingguang Xian is slightly inferior to Su Chunyi, who has a clear sword mind, but this vast amount of secret knowledge has given Chen Ye countless inspirations and help.

Within a month, through their joint efforts, the secret technique of cultivating "Qi Sea Blood Bodhi" took shape.

The key is how to make the Blood Bodhi have a structure similar to the Dantian. As long as this exotic Blood Bodhi is cultivated and integrated with the Beast Blood Pill, a "Qi Sea" can be cultivated.

The Crimson Serpent Demon Sect has conducted in-depth research on cultivating exotic Blood Bodhi varieties, and its resources are comprehensive.

In order to stably generate Crimson Serpents, the Crimson Serpent Demon Sect conducted countless experiments and cultivated hundreds of mutated Blood Bodhis with different effects.

Although most of them were considered failures, Chen Ye believed that the ideas they provided were of great value and greatly reduced his own research time.

After several revisions, some progress has finally been made.

"It's finally over."

Chen Ye let out a long sigh of relief and stretched out his arms as usual. In fact, he was perfectly fine.

Chen Ye's body had long since transformed into innate essence, becoming completely transparent and untouched by dust or dirt, so naturally he no longer suffered from backaches or pains.

However, he has only been cultivating for a short time and still retains many of his habits from when he was a mortal.

After several days of secluded discussions with Lingguang Xian, which consumed a great deal of my energy, I have finally succeeded.

The next step is to turn theory into practice.

However, Chen Ye didn't need to do this himself. Li Fan happened to have a lot of experience in cultivating plants. He could take a few branches from the Blood Bodhi tree and let Li Fan try it out to find out the results.

Chen Ye summoned Li Fan, gave him detailed instructions, and then sent him to cultivate the Blood Bodhi.

Looking back at Lingguangxian, she still looked like Su Chunyi, except that Su Chunyi's eyes were incredibly clear, while Lingguangxian's eyes were somewhat confused.

Ever since Lingguang Xian joined the Yellow Springs Sect, the two of them have been in seclusion researching secret techniques, and a month has passed without them taking a break.

Chen Ye felt like a heartless boss from his past life, so he invited Lingguang Xian, saying, "You have been a member of the Yellow Springs Sect for some time now, but you have been trapped here. Since you have some free time today, why don't I take you to Fengdu City for a visit, so that you can see the real Yellow Springs Sect?"

Upon hearing this, Lingguang Xian asked in confusion, "Touring? Does the Sect Master mean I can leave this City God Pavilion?"

“Of course,” Chen Ye said matter-of-factly. “You’re not a prisoner, so why can’t you leave? You can go wherever you want, as long as you’re safe. Speaking of which, the scenery in the Northern Frontier is completely different from that in the East Sea. You’ve been trapped in the Mirage Sect for years, so you probably haven’t seen the grassland scenery before. This is a good opportunity to relax and broaden your horizons.”

Lingguangxian fell into a long silence after hearing Chen Ye's words.

Although the Mirage Sect taught her many profound secret techniques, they never truly regarded her as one of their own. More often than not, she was merely a closely guarded and invaluable tool.

That seemingly magnificent waterside pavilion was actually a sturdy cage, where divine thoughts were constantly monitoring her every move, sometimes openly, sometimes secretly.

She had long been accustomed to that solitary life of seclusion, where she rarely even saw any living people, and dared not disobey the Mirage Faction in the slightest.

Now that she has joined the Yellow Springs Sect, she thought the outcome would be the same, since her identity is sensitive and she cannot be exposed to the public at will.

In her view, this City God Pavilion, which was also isolated from the outside world, was another "small building" prepared for her by the Yellow Springs Sect.

To her utter surprise, Chen Ye would allow her to move freely.

This sect leader of the Yellow Springs Sect is completely different from the cultivators of the Mirage Sect; he is truly a gentleman.

Having never experienced such preferential treatment before, Lingguangxian felt somewhat at a loss and even a little apprehensive.

She instinctively wanted to decline, so she made up an excuse: "I am a spirit, and it would be inappropriate for me to walk under the sun."

Chen Ye laughed and said, "Don't worry, this is Fengdu City. With the support of the formation, the spirits can move freely."

Lingguangxian hesitated for a moment, then looked at the smile on Chen Ye's face and felt her unease melt away a bit. She slowly nodded and said, "Thank you, Sect Master. I will respectfully accept your offer."

(End of this chapter)