Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 261 The Western Border of the Tang Dynasty, the Land of Two Realms Mountain, General Xue Dingshan Suppresses the Demon Monkey

"Haha... Brother Di Xiao, you have quite the aptitude. After mastering the first level of the Impurity Severing Technique, you'll be able to automatically draw in spiritual energy. It seems you've thoroughly cleansed the impurities from your body."

"Ordinary humans, even those who have reached the first level of cultivation, need a cultivation method or rely on their divine sense to guide spiritual energy into their bodies. But you have directly introduced spiritual energy, which clearly indicates that your physical body is now very pure."

"However, at this point, Brother Di Xiao, you must also make a choice. Will you abandon continuing to cultivate the Defilement-Slaying Technique and instead cultivate other methods, or will you continue cultivating the Defilement-Slaying Technique?"

After half a year of cultivation, Di Xiao clearly understood what Xue Ping's choice meant. If he gave up cultivating the Defilement-Slaying Technique, he could choose other cultivation methods, then draw upon spiritual energy to cultivate and eventually reach the peak.

However, if one continues to cultivate the Impurity-Slaying Technique and further cleanses the body of impurities, one's cultivation level may not improve significantly. But it will enhance one's aptitude, which will be of great benefit to future cultivation.

To this, Di Xiao smiled slightly: "Can't we cultivate at the same time?"

"Cultivating at the same time? Haha, Brother Di Xiao is really greedy. However, cultivating like this is possible. But cultivating like this is not good for either end. After all, no matter what cultivation method you use, it all involves drawing spiritual energy into the body, then cultivating magical power, and then using magical power to activate spells and magical treasures to fight."

"The Defilement Removal Technique also requires drawing upon spiritual energy to continue tempering the physical body and clearing away impurities. However, with your current cultivation level, the amount of spiritual energy you can draw upon is limited. Although you can supplement it with resources, let alone whether you can find that many resources. Even if you had a lot of resources, with your current cultivation level, it would be difficult to refine that many resources."

"Therefore, cultivating in two ways seems feasible. However, it results in a slow cultivation speed, ultimately leading to mediocrity. Such cultivation is not worth the effort."

Xue Ping had seen many similar situations and thought about cultivating together. However, the amount of spiritual energy and resources that could be drawn was limited. If they were to divide it in half, one half could be converted into mana, and the other half could be used to cultivate the Defilement Severing Technique.

Cultivating in this way will be very slow, and it's completely counterproductive.

Upon hearing this, Di Xiao understood the problem. In truth, Di Xiao was well aware that he should specialize in one cultivation method. However, Di Xiao yearned to acquire more cultivation techniques to enrich his wisdom.

However, judging from Xue Ping's expression and words, one could tell what Xue Ping was thinking.

As Di Xiao had said, Xue Ping, seeing Di Xiao deep in thought, advised him, "Brother Di Xiao, with your talent, there's no need to pursue cultivation too early. Right now, it's best for you to build a solid foundation. This way, if you acquire higher aptitude, cultivation will be easier in the future, and you'll be able to go further."

"Furthermore, the military has regulations. Cultivation methods must be exchanged for merit points, so..."

Xue Ping clearly wanted Di Xiao to continue cultivating the Defilement-Slaying Technique, not wanting Di Xiao to waste his talent.

Di Xiao understood and nodded, "Alright, then I will continue to cultivate the Defilement Severing Technique."

There was nothing he could do; judging from Xue Ping's intentions, he didn't want to be exposed to any more cultivation methods for the time being.

What could Di Xiao say in this situation? He could only choose to continue cultivating the Defilement Severing Technique.

With this in mind, Di Xiao continued his cultivation.

The second level of the Defilement Severing Technique involves drawing spiritual energy into the body, merging it with blood and qi, and then using a special method to cleanse the bone marrow within the blood and qi.

Thinking of this, Di Xiao also began to cultivate.

The surging, vast flow of qi and blood penetrates deep into one's bone marrow, initiating a new round of blood exchange.

If the pain from the first stage of cultivation is at most the cracking of bones, then the pain from the influx of spiritual energy is like being thrown into a vat of boiling oil or a volcano.

The spiritual energy seemed naturally pure and untouched by filth. Therefore, once it seeped into one's bones, it felt as if encountering an enemy. A battle ensued, and the pain was truly unbearable.

Fortunately, Di Xiao's will was firm, and he quickly suppressed the pain and continued cultivating.

Xue Ping looked at Di Xiao, who had cultivated the second level of the Defilement Severing Technique so easily without even screaming in pain, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "Good, good... As expected of Brother Di Xiao, even when cultivating the second level of the Defilement Severing Technique, he wasn't affected by the pain it brought. He's a real man, and a genius."

He then ordered the veterans to bring plenty of food and resources.

In the blink of an eye, the three years of basic training have come to an end.

After three years of training, many of the new recruits have made significant progress. Most have reached the peak of their Qi and Blood and have begun practicing the Defilement-Slaying Technique.

However, among the countless new recruits, very few are able to master the first level of the Defilement Slaying Technique to perfection within three years.

In response, Xue Ping could only lament that the path of cultivation for the human race was becoming increasingly difficult.

Of course, this difficulty was nothing to Di Xiao. Di Xiao was considered one of the most valued and treated recruits in this new recruit camp.

Not only does it offer comprehensive training, but it also provides abundant resources. Of course, most of these resources are quite ordinary and not very useful to true cultivators.

Di Xiao ate dragon meat and highly nourishing, tempered demon flesh every day. Combined with numerous medicinal herbs brimming with spiritual energy, he underwent repeated blood transfusions.

The effects of drawing spiritual energy to temper the bone marrow and then exchanging one's own blood are far beyond what the first level can achieve.

Each blood transfusion is a complete transformation for Di Xiao. Each time, his flesh and blood explode and shatter into pieces, eventually piecing together a dilapidated old body.

It can be said that Di Xiao has now lived 108 times.

That's right, one hundred and eight times. Di Xiao looked at the ruins and felt the scattered blood, which carried a faint fragrance and spiritual energy: "Hoo... the second level of the Defilement Severing Technique is complete. In this way, my Defilement Severing Technique can be considered to have been mastered."

"However, these 108 transformations must have been incredibly torturous."

Although he said this, he couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction as he felt the closeness of the spiritual energy and the flow of spiritual energy into his body. Clearly, even someone who had only reached the first level of cultivation could only draw upon a small amount of spiritual energy at a time.

The amount of spiritual energy that can be drawn now is hundreds of times greater than before.

The surging spiritual energy washed over Di Xiao, making him perfect and elevating his aptitude to a very high level.

Xue Ping looked on with immense satisfaction and deep emotion: "In just three years, they have mastered the Defilement Severing Technique. Few among the human race can match this speed. Moreover, after mastering it, the Di Xiao brothers' aptitude far surpasses that of nine out of ten humans today. And with such aptitude, reaching the Profound Immortal realm should be no problem at all."

"What do you mean?" Di Xiao asked in confusion. In fact, over the years, in order to get Di Xiao to persist in cultivating the Defilement-Slaying Technique, Xue Ping rarely mentioned the cultivation method or his understanding of the cultivation path.

(End of this chapter)