My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

A sense of hunger emanated from the Bitter Bamboo in the Sword Realm.

With a wave of his hand, Gu Qing stacked hundreds of high-grade spirit stones at the base of the bitter bamboo, and countless spiritual energies poured into the bamboo body, which was covered with pink spots, and continued to expand the area of ​​the pink spots.

The light on the bamboo stalk grew brighter and brighter.

After a while.

The Bitter Bamboo in the Sword Realm has completely transformed into a pinkish-jade color.

Near the bitter bamboo branches in the Sword Realm, where the flowers had previously bloomed and faded, a strange bamboo fruit has grown after the flowers withered, just like on ordinary trees.

"Bamboo fruit?"

Gu Qing was slightly surprised.

What mysterious meaning does bamboo fruit represent?

buzzing...

Just as Gu Qing was puzzled, the Bitter Bamboo of the Sword Realm suddenly provided Gu Qing with a large amount of information.

"This is... a clone of Guoying."

The information transmitted by the Bitter Bamboo in the Sword Realm allowed Gu Qing to experience the natural mysteries of the three wood attributes: flowering, withering, and fruiting.

The profound mystery is the Dao.

People follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature.

Flowers bloom, flowers wither, and fruits ripen.

Behind these three natural phenomena lie three mysterious manifestations of the wood element.

Gu Qing sat cross-legged beneath the Bitter Bamboo of the Sword Realm, focusing all his efforts on deducing the profound information transmitted by the Bitter Bamboo of the Sword Realm.

Gradually, Gu Qing entered a state of enlightenment, merging his entire being with the intent of the Bitter Bamboo Sword Realm, seemingly transforming into a bamboo in the world.

Gu Qing understood.

A mysterious green light shone from his body.

however.

Humans are not plants, after all.

Gu Qingzhou's emerald green sword light condensed into flowers of sword energy, which, after blooming and withering, condensed into strange fruits.

But this is not the end.

Thirteen sword-qi flowers bloomed around Gu Qing, condensing into thirteen strange fruits.

Bang bang bang!

The fruits made soft popping sounds, and their emerald green light shimmered.

next moment.

Thirteen figures appeared around Gu Qing.

They looked exactly like Gu Qing, even their expressions were identical. Gu Qing instantly felt as if he had grown thirteen more heads.

These cyan figures were all clones of Gu Qing.

"A shadow clone?"

"For each level of profound mystery you comprehend, you can condense a clone of the fruit."

The moment the cyan figure appeared, Gu Qing immediately had a sudden realization, understanding the specific function of this strange and profound thing.

A thought subtly stirred within me.

Gu Qing made these fruit shadow clones attack each other.

In an instant.

Sword energy crisscrosses the bamboo forest.

These fruit-shaped clones unleashed all the wood-attribute sword techniques that Gu Qing had mastered.

The mysteries of blooming and withering flowers, along with the six mysteries of wood-based sword techniques recorded in the Azure Emperor's Sword Manual, were unleashed like mercury flowing across the ground.

Even the various ancient martial arts sword techniques that Gu Qing learned in the ancient martial arts world were used by these shadow clones.

In a flash, they moved nimbly.

Their sword techniques changed like a gazelle leaping from a cliff, and they all displayed the skill of a grandmaster, their sword techniques combined with various profound sword principles in a seamless and natural way.

"Bang bang bang..."

After a brief but intense battle, all of Guo Ying's clones that were injured in the melee exploded into a cloud of emerald green sword energy with a bang.

at the same time.

The combat experience and memories accumulated by the shadow clone during the recent fight were also synchronized into Gu Qing's mind.

"It even has this effect."

Upon sensing the information relayed by the fruit shadow clone, Gu Qing's eyes lit up.

The Fruit Shadow clone can reflect memories and experiences.

Whether in battle or daily training, they can be of great help.

After a few trials, Gu Qing formed various tactical routines in his mind.

Moreover, these shadow clones are also top-quality workers.

If I were still in my past life, I could have these shadow clones of fruit delivered food or driven for Didi (a ride-hailing service) for me...

Imagine how great it would be to have them work for you while you lie down and earn money.

The shadow clone that exploits and oppresses itself?

This scene is absolutely bizarre.

Well, in a cultivation world, these fruit shadow clones have even greater potential.

The shadow clones are all fragile; they explode when injured.

But it doesn't matter, as long as they are allowed to comprehend and cultivate various profound and mysterious techniques, this problem will not exist.

A thought crossed my mind.

Gu Qing then created thirteen more fruit shadow clones and gave each of them a jade slip.

These jade slips contain the insights and experiences of the sect's senior members in cultivating the Azure Emperor Sword Manual.

"Consider this carefully!!"

In an instant, thirteen figures transformed into thirteen sword lights, deep within the bamboo forest, comprehending the profound sword techniques and inheritances of their sects recorded within these jade slips.

Once the spiritual energy carried by these fruit shadow clones is exhausted, they will disappear into the bamboo forest with a snap.

In an instant, a whole host of insights and experiences flooded Gu Qing's mind.

Then look at the equipment inventory.

[Equipped Item: Jade Slip Inheriting the First Half of the Azure Emperor Sword Manual]

[Rank: Mid-level Earth-grade True Technique]

Completeness: 100%

[Equipment Effect: Gain insights into the profound mysteries of six wood-attribute sword techniques from the Sword Manual's True Method inheritance.]

[Note: Every three months after equipping the item, you will permanently gain the first profound insight into its essence. The six wood-attribute sword techniques are related to the solar terms; if you obtain the complete inheritance, you can analyze the seasonal power.]

……

"Without actively comprehending and digesting the profound meaning of the sword manual, it will take three months to permanently gain a profound understanding."

"There are now thirteen fruit shadow clones cultivating and comprehending simultaneously."

"There are now thirteen fruit shadow clones cultivating and comprehending simultaneously."

"It will take about twenty days to permanently unlock a basic and profound understanding."

Before the forbidden area trial, Gu Qing had already comprehended the profound mystery of [Sword Qi Taking Root] corresponding to the beginning of spring. There are still five more profound mysteries that have not been permanently unlocked. It will take about a hundred days to completely master the first half of the Azure Emperor Sword Manual.

……

Twenty days later.

Seeing the bottle of Four-Pattern Spirit-Nourishing Pill disappear from his equipment inventory, Gu Qing's spiritual power surged and roared like a river, propelling his cultivation level to continuously increase.

There are various resources provided by sects.

If Gu Qing's daily cultivation resources were converted into spirit stones, they would be worth tens of thousands of spirit stones.

With the investment of various resources regardless of cost, the results are astonishing.

During these twenty days.

Gu Qing has once again permanently mastered the fundamental mysteries of the Azure Emperor Sword Manual.

His spiritual power cultivation level broke through from 26% of the third stage of Foundation Establishment to 78% of the sixth stage of Foundation Establishment.

With the help of the notes left by the sect's seniors, Guo Ying's cultivation speed in comprehending the basic mysteries was even faster than Gu Qing had expected.

In just over twenty days.

Gu Qing's spiritual power cultivation has been advancing rapidly from the early stage of Foundation Establishment, approaching the late stage.

And even greater gains.

However, it lies in the profound understanding of the mysteries.

With a profound understanding of the wood element, I felt a familiar stirring within my body once again.

"This is a sign that the second foundation of the Way is about to awaken."

"When a cultivator's spiritual power increases and they undergo a transformation by comprehending profound mysteries, they will naturally awaken their Dao foundation by using essence, energy, and spirit as soil and the profound mysteries of the Dao as seeds."

"According to the understanding of cultivators in this world, supernatural powers arise spontaneously."

Gu Qing knew that his period of rapid growth in cultivation and combat power was not yet over.

Aside from the foundation of one's cultivation, the easiest thing to improve is one's spiritual power cultivation.

Therefore, Gu Qing plans to continue taking Spirit Nourishing Pills to improve his cultivation.

"I'll leave the profound mysteries to the Shadow Clone for now. I'll focus on improving my spiritual power cultivation and pushing it to the tenth level of Foundation Establishment."

"As one's spiritual power increases, the duration of the Fruit Shadow Clone will also increase."

"Spiritual power cultivation is fundamental."