A Mortal's Supporting Character's Different Kind of Cultivation

A burst of black light shone from the opening of the storage bag, and immediately a whole bunch of things fell to the ground.

Lu Yunfeng first pocketed the pile of spirit stones on the ground, which earned him tens of thousands of spirit stones in this one trip. His face lit up with joy, and he was even more excited about the treasure hunt to come.

Then he picked up a wooden box sealed with a talisman. Lu Yunfeng held the box, examined it carefully, and after confirming there was no danger, he opened it by performing a hand seal.

The talismans on the wooden box spontaneously combusted in the wind. Upon opening the box, a rich spiritual energy wafted out. Looking closely, Lu Yunfeng saw a spirit stone inside, radiating a powerful wind-attribute spiritual energy. Lu Yunfeng was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. "This is! This is a top-grade spirit stone! And a top-grade wind-attribute spirit stone at that!" Lu Yunfeng gasped for breath. "What a treasure! I really have to thank Lu Sheng. If I'd known, I would have erected a monument for you." Lu Yunfeng happily closed the wooden box, added a few more talismans, and solemnly placed it into his storage bag.

"I'm rich, I'm rich! I didn't expect this trip to the forbidden area to be so worthwhile." Lu Yunfeng looked at the pile of minerals on the ground again, "Wind copper, Azure Gang crystal, Yin Wind stone..." Most of the minerals on the ground were wind-attribute minerals. "It seems that my previous speculation was correct. The person who built this place really was a cultivator who cultivated the wind attribute." Lu Yunfeng thought to himself, and his hands were not slow. He directly put all the minerals on the ground into his storage bag.

Finally, only a few jade slips remained on the ground. Lu Yunfeng casually picked one up and solemnly placed it on his forehead. A massive amount of information immediately flooded into his mind. After a long while, Lu Yunfeng rubbed his throbbing head and pondered.

It turns out that this jade slip records a cultivation technique with wind and thunder attributes, brought to the mortal realm by a cultivator from the upper realm. It is called the "Xun Tribulation Scripture," created by the Spirit Realm's Divine Wind True Lord after venturing alone through the boundless hurricane sea of ​​the Stormy Sea, braving spatial wind blades, chaotic thunder, and hail. It combines the silver tide and thunder tribulation, and can perfectly utilize either the wind or thunder spiritual root.

"This cultivation technique is amazing! I was just worried about not having a wind-attribute technique. It's like a pillow being delivered when I'm sleepy. It's like heaven is helping me." Lu Yunfeng was overjoyed. "However, this technique only has four levels, from Foundation Establishment to Deity Transformation. There are no records of techniques beyond that." Lu Yunfeng wasn't bothered by it.

He picked up another cultivation manual and began reading. After a long while, Lu Yunfeng frowned and silently continued reading the other jade slips. An hour later, he had sorted through the various pieces of information in his mind. His expression was uncertain.

After packing up all his belongings, he came to the Spirit Eye Spring. Looking at the spring water that exuded rich spiritual energy, he regretted that there was no restriction designed to collect ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk. However, he couldn't be too greedy. Then he smiled and let it go.

Picking up the eggs floating in the spiritual spring, Lu Yunfeng gazed at them, recalling the description on the jade slip. These eggs were all from the ancient, ferocious Bloodwing Black Mosquito, said to be born with the Great Dao of Devouring, capable of absorbing all tangible and intangible things. As long as one survived, it could be reborn. These were seized from the Demon Realm by the withered skeleton of Daoist Dong Yuan, but he had tried many methods without success in hatching the eggs. Therefore, he could only first mark them with his essence blood and place them in the Spiritual Eye Spring to incubate, hoping for a miracle.

Lu Yunfeng wondered if the Creation Blood Spring could hatch these ancient ferocious insects. He hadn't tested it before and would have to wait until he got out to try. However, once outside, he would first need to remove the essence blood imprints on the eggs; otherwise, all his efforts would be in vain. He wasn't afraid, though; there were several such secret techniques involving essence blood and soul in the Demon Scripture.

Finding a wooden box, Lu Yunfeng used cinnabar to create a base. According to the description in the jade slip, this mosquito feared pure yang substances, such as the righteous true energy of Confucianism and the golden light of Buddhist merit. Using cinnabar was also for safety; it couldn't be so unlucky as to let the eggs remain unhatched until he took them away, but it was always better to be safe than sorry. After placing the eggs in the specially made wooden box, he added several layers of protection before confidently putting it into his storage bag.

Lu Yunfeng then came to the willow trees on his left. Looking at these willow trees, he closed his eyes and carefully felt their presence.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Yunfeng opened his eyes with satisfaction. It truly lived up to the description on the jade slip of the ancient wind-attribute spirit wood, the Dragon Beard Wood. Standing under the tree for a while, he felt as if his entire being had been cleansed. The branches of the Dragon Beard Wood were supple yet stronger than refined steel, able to move with the wind and follow its course, possessing an inherent property of overcoming strength with softness. Lu Yunfeng recalled this moment, then immediately took out a flying sword, infused it with spiritual power, and swung it at a tender bud.

With a flurry of chopping motions, the tender shoots remained completely unharmed, aside from a few sparks. This left Lu Yunfeng quite embarrassed, exclaiming that it truly lived up to its reputation as an ancient spirit tree. However, Lu Yunfeng didn't give up. He used all his spiritual power and finally, after several hours, managed to cut down the worst-growing old branch. And this superior-grade magic weapon, the flying sword, had reached the end of its lifespan, completely destroyed.

He put it into his storage bag. Even a single old branch that was about to wither had taken him all his strength. Lu Yunfeng sighed, realizing that his cultivation level was still too low. His frustration didn't last long. He immediately sat down to meditate and restore his cultivation to its best before dealing with the most troublesome Thunder Bamboo.

Two hours later, Lu Yunfeng arrived in front of the Thunder Bamboo on his right and stared at it. Suddenly, a pitch-black tentacle, wrapped in Netherworld Evil Qi, lashed out at Lu Yunfeng irrationally. Lu Yunfeng was already prepared and immediately ducked to avoid the tentacle's attack.

The white thunder bamboo immediately trembled, and streaks of white lightning shot towards a shadow at its base. The two collided and immediately burst into a blinding light, accompanied by a sound of ghosts howling and wolves wailing.

Lu Yunfeng stood far away, looking on in astonishment. "So this is the Nine Netherworld Killing Qi that killed Senior Dong Yuan? It's amazing! It's been trapped by the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo for so many years, yet it can still hurt people. It's so tenacious, unbelievable!"

Lu Yunfeng's goal was to subdue this Nine Netherworld Fiend Qi. This item was a wisp of Nine Netherworld Fiend Qi that Dong Yuan obtained when he followed his master, True Person Fengdu, to resist the invasion of the Demon Realm and killed demons. Of course, the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito also obtained it from this.

After years of refining and using the captured "Nine-Child Mother Heavenly Demon Profound Art," Dong Yuan prepared to transform this malevolent energy into the Nine-Child Mother Heavenly Demon, an external avatar. However, he underestimated the demon's ferocity, confidently pursuing his cultivation. He was then devoured by the demon, his primordial spirit severely damaged. Forced to return to the forbidden area, he entered seclusion for a life-or-death retreat, suppressing the demon with the Golden Thunder Bamboo he had obtained. Even so, he was still severely injured and died.

Seeing this, Lu Yunfeng was also glad that he hadn't directly touched the Thunder Bamboo. In the years of fighting with the Heavenly Demon, the Golden Thunder Bamboo had fallen to the level of the White Thunder Bamboo. If Lu Yunfeng hadn't come, the Heavenly Demon might have really come out in a few thousand years.

Lu Yunfeng immediately took out a jade bottle-shaped treasure he had obtained from his storage bag and shone it on the roots of the Thunder Bamboo. Instantly, the bottle's mouth emitted a brilliant light, and the roots of the Thunder Bamboo began to wail and howl. However, this jade bottle was a treasure that Dong Yuan had specifically sought out to collect the Nine Netherworld Evil Qi. Upon seeing the emitted treasure light, the evil qi was like a mouse seeing a cat, and could only obediently enter it.