Spirit cultivation and immortality, how do you control an aircraft carrier?

Shen Huang didn't hide his thoughts; instead, he asked them openly.

After all, who wouldn't want to accelerate their cultivation?

Yin Kongtian naturally understood as well, and laughed heartily a few times. He looked at the blood pool, and a hint of smugness appeared on his face.

"The methods of refining spirits recorded in the Spirit Control Technique are naturally extraordinary. However, they are only prepared for temporary refining in the gray mist. Although they also cover essence, energy, and spirit, they cannot fully refine the items being refined. My blood sacrifice method, on the other hand, can condense blood evil and rapidly enhance the essence of spirits. It is indeed a method to accelerate cultivation."

Shen Huang then realized something.

No wonder, the techniques recorded in that jade slip of the Spirit Control Technique are all extraordinary.

Both the simplified method of gathering spirits and the "destroying evil talisman" are optimizations and improvements made by many powerful beings.

There's no reason why this ritual should be so ordinary.

It turns out it's because of the different application scenarios.

However, Shen Huang still didn't quite understand.

"Of these three elements—essence, energy, and spirit—I can understand energy and spirit, but essence..." Shen Huang carefully examined the meaning of the text, confirming that it was roughly in line with his understanding, and couldn't help but ask, "Spiritual beings have no flesh and blood, yet they can possess essence and energy?"

"Of course there is." Yin Kongtian chuckled and took a sip of tea.

The only thing he could establish a sense of cognitive superiority over Shen Huang was in matters related to cultivation.

He smiled and asked, "Junior Brother Shen, where do you think the many treasures that exist universally in the world, such as rare minerals, rare immortal metals, and even various immortal medicines and materials, come from?"

"Aren't they born and raised in nature?" Shen Huang was genuinely curious this time.

He did know that all sorts of mysterious and rare treasures existed in this world.

It includes not only elixirs, but also some spiritual materials.

Before the emergence of spiritual objects, only spiritual materials could be used to create various magical treasures of immortals.

This can be considered a specialty of the cultivation world.

"Indeed, it was born of nature." Yin Kongtian nodded slightly. "But it was also refined from essence and energy."

Shen Huang was slightly taken aback.

"All things in heaven and earth possess essence, but essence is scarce among mortal objects. However, once essence transforms, mortal objects can become spiritual materials, and spiritual materials can become even stronger spiritual materials." Yin Kongtian paused, somewhat sighing. "In the past, essence was scarce and difficult to refine. One had to either find powerful spiritual materials or offer sacrifices of flesh and blood. Therefore, in order to enhance their magical treasures, the people of the Demonic Sect would often leave nothing but barren land wherever they went. They not only hunted down demons and spirit beasts extensively, but also frequently sacrificed entire cities to become enemies of the world. However, after the sudden appearance of the gray fog and the destruction of all living things, these sacrifices have become more abundant."

That's it!

Shen Huang finally understood.

No wonder the experts on the home planet had long had doubts. It was one thing for ordinary inanimate objects to become spiritual objects and develop souls, but even the properties of their materials changed.

Some speculate that this is due to the addition of spiritual energy.

However, this guess was only half right.

It's not spiritual energy, but vital energy!

For cultivators, essence and energy can enhance their physical bodies, making them stronger. Similarly, for spiritual objects, it can increase the strength of their materials!

The many rare and precious materials, immortal herbs and spiritual materials of this world have been transformed by being constantly nourished by spiritual energy over a long period of time!

From this perspective...

Wouldn't all living things suddenly gain vitality and spirit?

"No wonder the demonic arts are so popular!" Shen Huang exclaimed.

"It's not that simple."

Yin Kongtian recalled what he had read in the book, but could only shake his head helplessly:

"When the gray mist first descended upon the world, many powerful figures of the demonic sects were overjoyed, believing it to be a divinely ordained era for the flourishing of the demonic sects."

However, while the number of offerings has increased, the difficulty of the ritual has also risen. Firstly, the gray mist is corroded by malevolent energy, which intensifies in places rich in spiritual energy, making it impossible to stay for long. Secondly, the mist monsters are filled with malevolent energy and resentment, making them difficult to refine. Thirdly... their sheer number and strength make the ritual extremely dangerous.

Actually, there was one more thing he didn't say.

In this situation, compared to capturing and refining the mist monsters, sacrificing humans, especially cultivators and spiritual beings, with blood is still simpler.

Therefore, there are no more demonic martial arts techniques in this world, but the demonic sect still exists!

However, although Yin Kongtian did not say it explicitly, Shen Huang had a vague feeling about it.

However, this is not the time to ask about such things.

He then continued, asking about strategies to accelerate cultivation: "So, to speed up cultivation, one either needs to establish such a blood pool to enhance the effects of blood sacrifice, or one needs to delve deep into the gray fog and continuously hunt fog monsters to refine spiritual creatures?"

This is the strategy as Shen Huang understands it.

However, Yin Kongtian slowly shook his head: "That's not the case. Otherwise, why would I stay here? Would I be afraid to risk fighting?"

Shen Huang was taken aback, but slowly nodded: "Senior Brother Yin is single-minded in his pursuit of the Dao and is by no means someone who cherishes his life."

"Exactly." Yin Kongtian sighed softly. "Ordinary mist monsters are full of malevolent energy and have mottled spiritual energy. If you directly refine them, you need to spend time refining the malevolent energy and purifying the spiritual energy. Although there will be gains, it is time-consuming and inefficient. If it is a low-quality mist monster of the same level as me, it will take several months to refine one, unless... we can find a high-quality mist monster."

"A high-quality fog monster?" Shen Huang keenly noticed the key point.

"That's right," Yin Kongtian explained. "Spiritual creatures are differentiated by quality, and so are mist monsters. The earth spirits you killed on the day you awakened your spirit, although they reached the fourth level of the Transcendent Realm, were still of the lowest quality. If it hadn't been for the exact day of your awakening, just one of them would have taken an ordinary first-level Transcendent Realm Spirit Master at least several years to refine. But if they were of medium or even high quality—they could allow a first-level Transcendent Realm Spirit Master to advance directly to the mid-stage within a year. That's a cultivation treasure that an ordinary Transcendent Realm Spirit Master would never see in their entire life!"

Shen Huang couldn't help but gasp.

He could tell from that.

The example given by this township head is "an ordinary Spirit Master at the first level of the Mortal Transformation Realm"!

Like ordinary guards in the village.

For a Spirit Master like this, let alone reaching the fourth level of the Mortal Transformation Realm, even just reaching the third level would take twenty or thirty years!

But how could a mere high-quality, fourth-level Transcendent Realm Mist Monster compress this process into a year?

Even the most miraculous medicine is nothing more than this.

"Junior Brother Shen, don't overthink it." Yin Kongtian saw Shen Huang's interest and couldn't help but laugh. "Top-quality ones are extremely hard to find. Let alone top-quality ones, even medium-quality ones are rare and hard to come by. These mist monsters are actually the rare treasures of the past. However, they are not like the ones that stayed in one place without moving. They can run and jump, and they are even very powerful. Most importantly, the gray mist isolates spiritual senses, making them difficult to find."

Can gray fog block spiritual consciousness?

Shen Huang was taken aback and asked Xiao Wan in his mind.

"Is your ability to detect things being hindered or blocked?"

"Master, I don't have spiritual consciousness yet. It takes until the middle stage of the Transcendent Realm to have it. However, that gray mist is not water vapor and has no physical form, so infrared detection and sonic radar can be used normally without any obstruction or interference," Xiao Wan replied.