I offered sacrifices to the gods

What is supernatural power? It is power far exceeding ordinary magic, possessing the ability to turn the rotten into the miraculous.

Once one's cultivation reaches the Candle Illumination Realm and the life fire is ignited within the body, one can attempt to cultivate one or two supernatural abilities.

Only with the support of the life fire can the power of a supernatural ability be unleashed. Even if a cultivator at the Spirit Guiding Realm manages to cultivate a supernatural ability by chance, they will not be able to activate it.

If you force it, you will likely end up draining your life force.

As for the "Wu Xin Zuo Shan Guan" that Lin Mo obtained, it is an earth-attribute divine power, suitable for cultivators who practice earth-based techniques.

However, he had already mastered the Stone Skin Technique ahead of time. This technique is a prerequisite for the Earth Heart Sitting Mountain Pass. Even if his cultivation method is not Earth Path, he still has a chance to successfully cultivate it.

"To cultivate this supernatural power, one must be in a famous mountain, merging one's body and mind with the mountain, truly experiencing and comprehending everything about the mountain, and it would be best to supplement it with some earth-based spiritual objects."

"This cultivation process is quite similar to the worship ceremony of the Earth Virtue Emperor."

Lin Mo muttered to himself, and couldn't help but think of the worship ceremony for the [Earth Virtue Emperor].

The statue of the Earth Deity can be visited a second time.

[Worship Ceremony: Hidden in the mountains, gathering the earth's energy, three different earth-based spiritual objects are condensed. Or, a portion of mountain marrow may be offered as a sacrifice!]

[Worship Reward: The Heart Sutra of Thick Earth]

When practicing the "Wu Xin Sitting Mountain Gate", one will automatically draw the earth elemental essence from the earth and rocks to one's whole body, and at the same time, one will also stimulate some earth vein energy.

If he can collect the earth vein energy along the way and combine it with the earth element essence, he will have the opportunity to condense an earth-elemental spiritual object.

However, this process will take a long time, and it may take several years to refine the earthen spirit.

But Lin Mo had no other choice. At this point, the abbot might use him to refine medicine at any time, so he had to seize every opportunity to become stronger.

With this in mind, Lin Mo began to continue carving in his cave.

Jin Yang Peak possesses a spiritual vein and is one of the most majestic and towering mountains in the Yu Kingdom. It connects with several surrounding hills to form an extremely precipitous mountain range that stretches across the northwest of the Yu Kingdom.

This mountain perfectly meets the requirements of the "Wuxin Sitting Mountain Pass" and the ritual of worshipping the "Earth Virtue Emperor". If he were to choose again, he would not be able to find a better one.

Lin Mo's cave is located on the mountainside of Jinyang Peak. The further in he went, the harder the rocks became, as unshakeable as metal.

After a long while, he continued to dig deeper into the cave, excavating a distance of more than ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), and finally found a suitable place to cultivate supernatural powers.

This place is already very close to the core of the mountain. If we continue to excavate, the cave may collapse.

Lin Mo, covered in dust and dirt, sat down cross-legged and began to cultivate the "Wu Xin Zuo Shan Guan".

The rich earth elemental energy gathered around him, and the Stone Skin Technique naturally began to operate.

Cultivating supernatural powers is not easy; it involves deeper levels of transformation that are far beyond ordinary techniques.

Only when cultivators in the Candle Illumination Realm have no hope of advancement will they consider cultivating one or two supernatural abilities to increase their combat power; otherwise, they will still focus on improving their cultivation level.

After all, breaking through one's cultivation level can most directly enhance combat power and also grant a longer lifespan.

A cultivator at the visualization level can easily live to be 280 or even over 300 years old.

But Lin Mo is different. He is now counting down the days, hoping that every extra bit of self-protection he can gain will increase his chances of survival.

As for improving his cultivation level, he didn't need to worry about it at all; the abbot would naturally make preparations.

And so time flew by, and several months passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, besides watering the Dragon Blood Tree once a month as usual, Lin Mo was occasionally summoned by the abbot to the Golden Sun Hall to take Qi-Nourishing Pills to increase his cultivation.

However, the abbot seemed less impatient and slowed down the pace, extending the time from having Lin Mo take one Qi-Nourishing Pill every seven days to once every half month.

Even so, Lin Mo's cultivation level advanced rapidly towards the mid-stage of the Candle Illumination Realm at a rocket-like speed.

Of course, the price was the destruction of his foundation. His foundation was no longer intact, and the mixed spiritual energy in his dantian occupied most of it.

Even if he manages to break through to the mid-stage of the Candle Illumination Realm with the help of elixirs, he probably won't be able to advance any further.

"What exactly is this old man trying to do? He keeps feeding me medicine. Does he need to have a higher cultivation level to refine that Human Essence Pill?"

Lin Mo didn't understand why the abbot was forcibly raising his magical power, but he couldn't resist and could only passively accept it.

The only thing we can do is give up.

No matter how badly his foundation was damaged, Lin Mo no longer cared and focused solely on cultivating his supernatural powers.

Finally, after more than ten days, a rich earth-attribute spiritual energy emanated from Lin Mo's cave.

"After nearly four months, we have finally condensed a kind of earthen spirit object."

Before him, a dark yellow crystal appeared, which was the source of the spiritual energy fluctuations earlier.

This is the earth spirit object he created by continuously gathering the earth's energy over the past four months and fusing it with the essence of earth.

"Yellow Yuan Stone can barely be used as a material for refining mid-grade magic weapons. It took four months to obtain just one piece. It was truly not easy."

With that, Lin Mo put it away.

Later, when refining the Zhenyue Xuanyuan Bell, this yellow Yuan Stone can be used as an auxiliary material.

Thus, Lin Mo once again devoted himself to cultivating his supernatural powers, not daring to stop for a moment.

Even during these demanding days of cultivation, he still made time to occasionally visit the Ginkgo Forest to tend to the dozen or so Ginkgo trees he had planted.

Now those tree species have grown into saplings. Thanks to the abundant spiritual energy contained in the earth, even with some neglect, these spiritual trees have grown strong and healthy.

...

Behind the Hall of Punishments, peach blossoms danced in the air.

The voluptuous and graceful elder of punishment sat leaning against a tree, surrounded by a faint purple mist.

Yang Xiaoran stepped forward and respectfully bowed, saying, "Disciple greets Master!"

"How is Lin Mo doing lately?" the Elder of Punishments asked calmly.

Yang Xiaoran hesitated for a moment before replying, "His cultivation has improved rapidly. In less than half a year since he ignited his life flame, his cultivation has already approached the mid-stage of the Candle Illumination Realm."

"However, his aura is unstable and has become increasingly weak lately. I believe he has taken some kind of elixir that has forced him to grow too fast and damaged his foundation."

The elder of punishments was not surprised at all, as if he had expected it.

"What else?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaoran thought for a moment and then spoke again: "He spends his days cultivating in his cave and occasionally goes to the Ginkgo Forest to take care of the spirit trees."

"In addition, he should have already started cultivating that earth magic. The last time I saw him, his steps were heavy, as if he was carrying a thousand pounds on his back."

The Elder of Punishments frowned slightly and slowly said, "You still have the mind to plant spirit trees? You certainly have the leisure for such pursuits."

"In about three more years, my senior brother should be able to start refining pills."

Yang Xiaoran was somewhat confused, and she asked in bewilderment, "May I ask, Master, why is it three years?"

"According to the requirements for refining the Human Essence Pill, all he needs to do next is to cultivate the Blood Transporting Scripture to perfection, and he will be considered a qualified main medicine."

The elder of punishments shook his head, his delicate hand brushing across the stone platform in front of him, and peach petals fluttered down the cliff.

"Three years from now will be the ancestor's five hundredth birthday."

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