Junior sister, I really need to control you

The improvement in talent is negligible.

"At this rate, even if there are only six months left, or even five more years, my junior sister may not be able to achieve much."

Although the Three Elements True Technique does not conflict with cultivation methods, it still requires mental and physical exertion, and the exertion is greater than that of normal cultivation.

Moreover, my junior sister also needs to expend her mental energy to comprehend the visualization diagram.

That's why he cultivated the Three Elements True Technique.

He himself did not need the Three Elements True Technique to improve his talent. For him, the worse his talent, the slower his cultivation, and the better he could make use of the cave heaven.

However, after careful study, he discovered that the Three Elements True Technique could actually be "transmitted".

To be precise, the Three Primal True Technique improves one's innate talents by absorbing the three primal energies of heaven and earth.

Therefore, as long as a cultivator is selfless enough to share the three elements of Qi they have absorbed and refined with other cultivators, it is enough to accelerate their progress.

However, in this small world, almost no one would use this method to harvest the Three Elements True Technique from others.

Firstly, this approach is very wasteful. Secondly, although the Three Primal True Technique can actively transmit the Three Primal Qi to others, it is very difficult to reverse the process and plunder it from those who do not wish to give it.

Most importantly, lower-level Three Elements Qi does not benefit higher-level Qi.

Simply put, the Three Elements True Technique of the fourth level transmits one's own Three Elements Qi to the third level, which can indeed enable the third level to improve rapidly.

However, if the Three Elements Qi of the third level were to be passed on to cultivators of the fourth level, the effect would be negligible, if not immediate.

Even in cases where ancestors are nearing the end of their lifespan and need to pass on their Three Primal Qi to their descendants, the actual effect is not very good due to the great loss involved.

But none of that matters to Li Yinsheng.

He didn't need the Three Primal Qi in the first place; the reason he cultivated it was simply to accumulate more so that he could pass it on to his junior sister.

……

As the sun began to set, a burst of bright blue light, like a small sun, suddenly erupted from the Devouring Fish, the eye of the array.

Although everything seemed normal to outsiders, Mu Xiaoyu, who was studying the visualization diagram, was awakened by the light.

"Wow! Tun Tun, you're so bright!" she couldn't help but exclaim.

However, she was awakened mainly because, through the connection between her master and her spirit pet, she could clearly sense that Tun Tun was taking the final step in its advancement.

As the light gradually solidified, it transformed into a ten-zhang-tall, totem-like phantom outside the Devouring Spirit Fish's body, and the resounding sound of a great bell rang in Li Yinsheng's ears.

The light and shadow shifted before his eyes, and he stood on the white jade platform.

Since he achieved the title of True Man, the area of ​​the cave has greatly expanded, and he no longer feels so oppressed in it.

He looked down at the golden characters on the white jade platform.

[After arduous and extraordinary efforts, the Lord of the Grotto-Heaven has advanced his spirit pet to a True Spirit Beast, partially achieving his cultivation goal. This reward is four hundred years of cultivation. Please cultivate and claim it yourself.]

Sitting cross-legged on the white jade platform with practiced ease, Li Yinsheng began cultivating while simultaneously setting up an array to condense moon dew.

In addition to his usual cultivation, nurturing his magical treasures, condensing moon dew, cultivating the essence of the sun, and strengthening the Seven Luminaries Treasure Wheel, he also had one more thing to do: cultivate the Three Elements True Technique.

Although this would increase his cultivation speed and shorten the time he spends in the cave, it is a necessary price to pay in order to help his junior sister achieve rapid progress.

Anyway, his talent isn't that great, so even if he improves, it won't shorten the time by much.

But not long after, Li Yinsheng suddenly opened his eyes, a look of surprise and doubt flashing in them.

"What's going on... there's no such thing as the Three Primal Qi in this cave?"

Li Yinsheng closed his eyes again, and after cultivating for a while, he opened them again. The surprise and doubt in his eyes had turned into contemplation.

“That’s right, the so-called Three Primal Qi does not exist in the cave heaven.”

"It's not entirely impossible that the grotto-heaven is different from the outside world, so it lacks certain things from the outside, but..."

He looked up at the full moon overhead.

Inside the grotto, even the full moon is exactly the same as the one outside, and you can even use the moon's essence to condense moon dew normally.

He was somewhat skeptical that this so-called Three Primal Qi could be more advanced than the full moon and more difficult to imitate than moonlight.

Rather than believing that the cave heaven cannot possess the Three Primal Qi like the full moon, he leans more towards another conjecture—

In the normal outside world, there is indeed no "Three Primal Qi". This so-called "Three Primal Qi" only exists in this small world created by the Earth Immortal.

The grotto-heaven has no obligation to synchronize with the unique Three Elements Qi of this small world.

"But if that's the case, where does the Three Primal Qi in this small world come from? Why isn't it there in the outside world..."

Li Yinsheng seemed to be deep in thought. He summoned the golden characters and stared at the description of the tribulation of cultivation.

Previous tribulations in cultivation all emphasized the dangers involved.

While this time the importance of opportunity was also emphasized, the dangers should not be ignored.

Now it seems that the so-called selection of the Holy Maiden and the Three Elements True Technique are probably two sides of the same coin, a calamity and an opportunity.

Shaking off his chaotic thoughts, Li Yinsheng resumed his cultivation on his own initiative, before the cave heaven warned him against slacking off.

But after some time, he opened his eyes again, his brows furrowed, and the light in his eyes flickering uncertainly.

Although he confirmed that the so-called Three Primal Qi did not exist in the cave, out of curiosity about the Three Primal True Technique, he still tried to circulate the technique in his spare time.

His attempt was originally just for research purposes, but as he tried, he came up with new ideas.

The Three Primal True Secrets use the Qi of the Three Primal Elements to improve one's innate talents in "essence, Qi, and spirit".

So what would happen if we reversed the process and used the Three Elements True Formula in reverse?

Out of caution, he did not directly practice in reverse, but instead used the Three Elements True Technique to dismantle a tiny wisp of his own essence, energy, and spirit.

With his current level of cultivation, this level of effort would not have any negative impact on him.

But after his essence, energy, and spirit were dismantled by the reversed Three Primal True Technique, he was astonished to find that a wisp of Three Primal Qi had appeared in his body.

However, this wisp of the Three Primal Qi was quite different from the Three Primal Qi he had originally absorbed.

The two are almost identical, yet they are completely incompatible, even to the point of being irreconcilable.

Chapter 188 Devouring Spirit Divine Power

Inside the grotto.

Li Yinsheng's hand seals shifted as he slowly opened his eyes.

This seclusion is nearing its end. The reward for the Devouring Spirit Fish's advancement to a True Spirit Beast is four hundred years of cultivation, which he has almost received.

During the latter half of this seclusion, he had already cultivated the Sixfold Path of Withering and Flourishing to the final third level of the Flourishing Realm.

The resulting qualitative change is that the effects of the withering and flourishing spiritual energy are further enhanced.

In addition to further enhancing the original effects of reducing the lifespan of enemies, extending the lifespan of oneself and others, and accelerating the growth of spiritual plants.

Its biggest change is the addition of the ability to transform plants and trees.

A spiritual plant that is already quite remarkable, if it is constantly infused with the spiritual energy of the three withering and three flourishing states, can eventually develop intelligence and even transform into a human.

The humanoid spirit plants born from this are connected to their masters' minds, and their potential and strength can continue to improve through the life-and-death spiritual energy, making them loyal subordinates with considerable potential.

Of course, such cultivation consumes a lot of the spiritual energy of withering and flourishing. Therefore, cultivators who cultivate the spiritual energy of withering and flourishing usually cannot cultivate the spiritual plants they have nurtured to an extremely powerful level.

Not to mention that even if one poured all of one's vital energy into it, the effect would not be very good.

Most importantly, the original life-extending and plant-ripening effects of the withering and flourishing spiritual energy are also extremely useful, and it is also a major consumer of such energy.

Even though he could recover a large amount of his spiritual energy by secluded cultivation in the cave, Li Yinsheng still felt that it wasn't enough.

Especially during his time in Zhelong Valley, he often consulted Senior Sister Yue in his spare time, and together they actually figured out a method to solidify the withered and flourishing spiritual energy into a longevity pill.

This method only requires consuming some not-so-precious spiritual herbs, and then adding the essence of decay and prosperity during the alchemy process will preserve the essence of decay and prosperity for a considerable period of time.

If it weren't for the fact that this pill is somewhat troublesome to refine, and that selling longevity pills directly upon arrival would be a bit too ostentatious, then what he sold to Wanbaolou last month wouldn't have been a demon pill.

Therefore, the life force of decay and prosperity is indeed not enough.

Fortunately, the best way to maximize the effect of using the essence of decay and growth to transform spiritual plants is to find top-quality natural materials.

At this stage, he only has a few thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, which are not worth investing his life force into.

Therefore, if we disregard this newly added function and only use it for refining longevity pills and cultivating Crimson Yao Mosquitoes, it is sufficient for the time being.

In contrast, the Five Poisons Manual has not changed much.

With another four hundred years of cultivation, his slow poison can barely be considered to have reached its peak.

Since the four most useful poisons had already been mastered, the mastery of the slow poison this time wouldn't actually be of much benefit to him.

It's simply that the suppressive effect of the slow poison on low-level cultivators has been greatly enhanced.

However, when he was still only at a certain level of proficiency with the slow poison, he was slightly affected, and a sense of arrogance suddenly appeared on his body.

Now that slow-acting drugs have reached a high level of sophistication, this change is naturally more pronounced.

Fortunately, after careful observation, he realized that he wasn't arrogant enough to cause immediate dislike, so it wasn't a big problem.

Besides, he wasn't an arrogant person to begin with. Even though the cultivation technique might make him seem a bit haughty and authoritative at first glance, people would change that impression after a conversation.

Compared to this superficial influence of temperament, what he cared more about was the Three Elements True Principle.

Since discovering the Reverse Three Elements True Technique, which allows one to break down one's essence, energy, and spirit into three elements, he has been busy practicing the Reverse Three Elements during his seclusion.

It was only at this point that he was fully certain that he was not harmed not only when practicing spells, but also when cultivating.

No matter how much he depletes his own essence, energy, and spirit, refining it into the Three Primal Qi, the depleted essence, energy, and spirit will be quickly restored.

Similar to his time in the magic cave, even if he were killed by his junior sister's phantom, he would immediately revive, not to mention any other losses.

However, the efficiency of reversing the Three Elements True Technique and dismantling one's own essence, energy, and spirit is also limited. After a period of seclusion, he only managed to raise the Three Elements True Technique to the seventh level, which was somewhat close to the eighth level.

This speed is even slower than absorbing the Three Primal Qi outside for cultivation.

At first, he was worried that if he refined the Three Elements True Technique too much, it might boost his talent too much and thus greatly shorten his time in the cave.

But he soon discovered that this was not the case.

The Three Primal Qi he cultivates through his own essence, energy, and spirit is completely separate from the Three Primal Qi absorbed from the outside world. Therefore, although both are Three Primal Qi, their progress is calculated separately.

When he used his own Three Primal Qi to re-cultivate the first level, he clearly felt it.

His talent remained unchanged, but his magical power, soul strength, and physical strength all increased by 10% out of thin air.