A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 8: Can't one cultivate immortality without the small bottle?
Soon, Doctor Mo taught Han Li the new cultivation technique and its incantation.

That's the mantra for the second level of the "Eternal Spring Kung Fu".

Zhang Tie, on the other hand, taught the "Elephant Armor Technique".

From then on, both seemed to have returned to the growth paths they described in their books. However, there were also many subtle differences.

As a result, compared to the book, they all came into contact with their respective specialties a month and a half earlier.

What subtle changes will occur if we move it forward by a month and a half?

...

The days that followed.

Zhang Tie's talent in practicing the Elephant Armor Technique quickly became apparent.

This truly impressed Dr. Mo.

In just one month, the honest-looking young man mastered the first level of the Elephant Armor Technique, a skill that would take most people one or two years to even begin to grasp. Building upon this foundation, he continued his rapid and diligent progress, reaching the pinnacle of the first level in just half a month.

This speed of cultivation is probably second only to the old masters who created this technique back then.

Elephant Armor Technique is divided into nine levels.

The ninth level of perfection signifies the great completion of the practice.

Upon mastering this technique, the practitioner's body becomes as if clad in a layer of armor, impervious to blades, spears, water, and fire. Not only are palm strikes and fist attacks no longer able to cause trouble, but even precious swords and blades struggle to penetrate their defenses and inflict serious damage. Furthermore, they possess boundless strength, capable of tearing tigers and leopards apart with their bare hands. Their stamina is enduring, allowing them to fight for days and nights without exhaustion. They are truly formidable walking weapons in the mortal world.

After Zhang Tie mastered the first level of the Elephant Armor Technique, his strength increased greatly, and his skin became thicker and more resilient, making him even more resistant to beatings.

The only drawback is that practitioners must endure pain and torment that ordinary people cannot bear.

The first three levels are manageable; although the pain experienced during cultivation is intense, it is still within the range that ordinary people can endure.

However, starting from the fourth level, the difficulty of cultivation increases sharply, becoming extremely difficult to practice. The difficulty level of each level is a new high, similar to the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill" in a martial arts novel from my previous life.

Okay, this technique was inspired by the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique when he wrote the book.

It's just that one is doubling the time spent cultivating, and the other is doubling the pain that needs to be endured during cultivation.

As for Zhang Tie, in order to cultivate faster and better, he followed Doctor Mo's advice and chose to cultivate at the foot of the great waterfall of Chishui Peak.

in this way.

Han Li now had an excuse to frequently visit Chishui Peak.

Unlike before, when he was always on edge and apprehensive every time he came out of Shenshou Valley to look for the small bottle, fearing that Doctor Mo would follow him or happen to run into him.

just now.

It was perfectly natural for him to take a secluded mountain path to Chishui Peak to find Zhang Tie.

It doesn't seem out of place at all.

Unfortunately, even though he planned this for more than a month in advance, he still failed to find the little green bottle more than a month ahead of time.

He walked those roads every day, more than two or three times a day.

I've made the trip back and forth no less than a hundred times.

But the small bottle was nowhere to be seen.

By this point, no matter how much he insisted, he already had a less than favorable answer in his heart:
This world probably doesn't have the Heavenly Bottle. Or rather, the Heavenly Bottle isn't even on Rainbow Cloud Mountain; it's highly likely it's in the Spirit Realm or even the Immortal Realm.

Why is that?

Why is the situation different from the plot he set in his book?
Han Li wouldn't understand.

Even the 36-year-old author, Wang Yu, wouldn't understand.

Only Wang Yu, who wrote the Mortal Realm and Immortal Realm arc in his forties, would understand.

...

What should I do if I can't find the small bottle?

At first, Han Li was confused, anxious, unwilling, discouraged, and even felt desperate.

He almost went mad because of it.

After all, he was just a small-time cultivator with four pseudo-spiritual roots. Without a background, resources, or a small bottle, according to the various settings in his book, even if he were thrown into a major sect in the Great Jin Immortal Cultivation World, a holy land of cultivation in this world, and cultivated normally for a lifetime, he would at most reach the level of Qi Refining six or seven.

It can't go any higher.

Unless you're on drugs.

It can truly be said that the pit one dug in the past has fallen on the newborn in the next life as retribution.

The bullet fired in the past life hits you right between the eyebrows in this life.

There's no chance of immortality.

give up.

He should just go back to his village and enjoy his old age.

Various negative emotions disturbed his peace of mind, causing him to toss and turn for many nights.

Fortunately, he eventually pulled through.

He figured it out.

I let go of those negative emotions.

"Even though I've lost the ultimate cheat code, the little bottle, I might still have other cheat codes!"

"I am the creator of this world; I know all the key moments that led to its creation..."

"I possess intelligence unknown to countless beings in this world, and I have the advantage of foresight that no other living being possesses!"

That alone is the biggest advantage!

"The Yellow Maple Valley Ascension Token in the hands of Venerable Jin Guang can help me join Yellow Maple Valley and become a disciple of the immortal sect. It may even grant me a precious Foundation Establishment Pill."

He didn't think much about that Foundation Establishment Pill anymore.

However, he could exchange this Foundation Establishment Pill for enough Qi Refining stage cultivation resources and even protective magic artifacts, giving him a degree of self-defense in the subsequent Crimson Trials. "The golden treasure chests and golden tokens within the Crimson Forbidden Land are not to be missed..."

The golden token is linked to the legacy of an ancient Nascent Soul cultivator.

It involves the secrets and opportunities of the entire Crimson Forbidden Land.

With the gains from the forbidden area, the chances of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage are quite high.

"Also, the golden pages in the hands of Li Huayuan and the barefoot giant from the Giant Sword Sect..."

Inside is the core inheritance of the Xuanjian Sect, a once righteous sword-cultivating sect in Tiannan: the "Qingyuan Sword Manual".

This method helps in the formation of the elixir.

After others ascend to the Spirit Realm, they can still find the Mahayana stage powerhouse Qing Yuanzi by following the cause and effect.

Perhaps, he could become Qing Yuanzi's disciple.

"Furthermore, Senior Brother Lin, one of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in Huangfeng Valley, is actually the former young master of the Qianzhu Sect in the far west of the southern sky. He possesses two inherited manuals: the *Great Evolution Technique* and the *True Explanation of Puppetry*..."

As long as I can obtain the inheritance, and become a Nascent Soul cultivator in the future, I can go to the far west to find the Great Evolution Divine Lord, this old grandfather from ten thousand years ago.

Learning from that old man allows us to inherit his knowledge and enrich our own understanding.

Moreover, the Great Evolution Technique can enhance spiritual sense, and it also helps cultivators form their core and even their nascent soul.

"Besides those, in the northern part of Yue Kingdom, there is also an ancient teleportation array hidden in an abandoned mine, leading to the Chaotic Star Sea..."

An ancient teleportation array is enough to create a powerful force comparable to a star palace.

It can also provide him with a continuous stream of cultivation resources.

Therefore, he was determined to obtain the ancient teleportation array.

It must be firmly grasped in our hands.

At the location of the ancient teleportation array, there was also Ji Xuan's corpse and its accompanying storage bag! In the original storyline, he didn't allow the original body to obtain Ji Xuan's storage bag, but that doesn't mean the storage bag didn't exist. Furthermore, Ji Xuan's corpse contained a Heaven-Mending Pill, which had a tremendous effect on improving spiritual roots. With a hundred years of refining, it could allow his spiritual root characteristics to reach a level comparable to dual spiritual roots.

This can greatly bridge the gap between him and geniuses.

"By the way, there's a painting on the fifth floor of the inner hall of the Void Heaven Palace that involves the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid and the Soul-Nourishing Wood..."

"The Brahma Pearl in the hands of the Extreme Yin Demon..."

All of these help nourish and soothe the soul, and aid in the formation of the infant spirit.

"Especially the Thunder Bamboo and the Spirit Eye Tree that I mentioned in the abandoned manuscript, which were planted in two rooms on the third and fourth floors of the inner palace of the Void Heaven Palace!"

The Thunder Bamboo has been growing for 60,000 to 70,000 years in the special environment of the fourth floor of the Void Heaven Palace, and has long since become the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo.

It is a seedling left by the ancient Nascent Soul cultivators, such as the Ice Soul Fairy, for their descendants.

It can ward off evil spirits and demons.

The Spirit Eye Tree is located in a special stone hall on the third floor of the inner palace of the Void Heaven Palace. After growing for sixty to seventy thousand years, it has produced countless special spiritual sap.

Moreover, the various spiritual herbs in the stone halls of the inner palace of the Void Heaven Palace are at least 60,000 to 70,000 years old!
One of the reasons why there are so many Nascent Soul stage cultivators among the human cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea is this.

The first and second floors of the inner hall are prepared for Core Formation cultivators.

Inside, there are many spiritual herbs and medicines that can help cultivators at the Core Formation stage improve their cultivation.

It's just a multiple-choice question about how to select the answer.

"Furthermore, there's the high-grade mineral vein on Biling Island, located on the northern border of the Chaotic Star Sea, and that incredibly precious top-grade spirit stone..."

That top-grade wood-attribute spirit stone is also a top-grade spirit stone that is almost extinct in the lower realm. It is an important cultivation material that can help one break through from the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

He absolutely cannot miss this opportunity.

"There are many easy opportunities, but also many that are difficult to obtain. Within the cave dwelling left by the Venerable Cangkun five thousand years ago, there exists a remnant of a painting—a fragment of a demonic being who has reached the Divine Transformation stage and is still clinging to life. With the right methods, one can obtain much information about the seal of the Endless Sea Demon Abyss from it, thus gaining the upper hand and reaching Seven Spirits Island to search for treasure before everyone else..."

Seven Spirits Island has been nourished by the pure spiritual energy layer at the bottom of the boundless sea for sixty to seventy thousand years. Even if the opportunities there are not enough to allow a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator to break through to the Divine Transformation stage, they may still allow a small step forward in the Nascent Soul stage.

As long as the remnant of the demonic soul is controlled and prevented from entering first to plunder and destroy, all those benefits will be his.

With so much crucial, precognitive intelligence at his disposal, why would he need the Heavenly Bottle?

"Even without the Heavenly Bottle, I still managed to cultivate successfully and travel to the Spirit Realm."

"Even without the Heavenly Bottle, I can still become a Mahayana Ancestor and even ascend to the Immortal Realm."

"Why should I, Han Li, need to control the Heavenly Bottle to become an immortal?!"

...

Inside a stone chamber carved out of granite.

Han Li sat cross-legged in meditation.

This is where he is currently in seclusion.

It was arranged specifically for him by Dr. Mo.

Cultivators often prefer tranquility, and with this stone chamber for arduous practice, they can achieve twice the results with half the effort.

Not only that.

After confirming that he possessed spiritual roots, Doctor Mo fed him carefully prepared medicine every day.

In addition, every now and then, he would make soup or medicinal baths with some unknown herbs for him to soak in.

Han Li didn't know the names or functions of these herbs, but he was very clear that they were all precious to Mo Juren.

Because every time the other person used these herbs to help him with his medicinal bath, they looked reluctant and pained.

"Could these herbs be those rare spiritual herbs left behind by Yu Zitong, each possessing rich spiritual medicinal power?"

That's for cultivators at the sixth or even seventh level of Qi Refining.

Diluting the medicine and using it on him for a medicinal bath is indeed a bit too extravagant.

No wonder Dr. Mo was heartbroken.

(End of this chapter)