159: Chapter 159 Golden Entries for Body Refinement

Time flies; in the blink of an eye, a whole year has quietly slipped away.

Throughout this past year, Qin Changsheng maintained his boring yet fulfilling life of mining by day and cultivating by night, never slacking off for a single day.

During the day, just as the sky began to brighten, Qin Changsheng would rise with his Incarnation Hu Nan, pick up their mining picks, and head towards the areas within the mine cave rich in Spiritual Qi to excavate.

Apart from patrolling, Wang Cheng would also come to the mine cave to excavate.

At night, when the Spiritual Qi within the mine cave became even purer, Qin Changsheng would sit cross-legged in the center of the mine cave, take out the Spirit Stones mined during the day, and operate his Cultivation Technique to absorb the pure Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Stones, nourishing his own Meridians and Dantian.

After a full year of accumulation, the Spirit Stones that he, Hu Nan, and Wang Cheng had personally excavated amounted to no more than sixty thousand, but under the blessing of the [Cultivation] trait, Qin Changsheng had obtained a total of over six hundred thousand Spirit Stones!

These Spirit Stones were neatly stacked within his Storage Space, like a small mountain of Spirit Stones, emitting a reassuring Spiritual Qi, sufficient to support his subsequent long-term Cultivation and consumption.

After a year of dedicated Cultivation, his Realm had successfully broken through, steadily rising from the fourth level of Foundation Establishment to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.

[Name: Qin Changsheng]

[Lifespan: 29 / +∞]

[Realm: Foundation Establishment Level 5 (15000 / 80000)]

[Cultivation Technique: Five Elements Spirit Gathering Technique (Perfection)]

[Spells: Fire Snake Technique (Perfection), Fire Shield Technique (Perfection)]

[Gale Sword Technique: Perfection]

[Smoke Shadow Evasive Footwork: Perfection]

[Sword Flight Technique: Perfection]

[Spiritual Root: Top-grade Five Spirit Roots]

[trait Draw Count: 1]

[traits: Cultivation, Storage Space, External Incarnation, Immortality, Substitute Death, Breath Concealment, Exchange, Sword Heart Clarity, Sharing, Intelligence, Source of Mana, Fire Spells, Rebirth, Repair, Instant Spellcasting]

The acquisition of Spirit Stones and the Breakthrough in his Realm, while pleasing to Qin Changsheng, did not make him overly excited.

What truly made him ecstatic and unable to suppress his excitement was the clear prompt that sounded in his mind at this moment.

"Ding, a new year has arrived, you have obtained one Golden Trait draw opportunity!"

Looking at the newly appeared draw count, Qin Changsheng's eyes were filled with anticipation.

He wondered what kind of trait he would be able to draw this time.

Qin Changsheng took a deep breath, suppressing the urgency and ecstasy in his heart, and with a thought, he silently meditated to the attribute panel: "Start drawing!"

The moment his words fell, the attribute panel suddenly surged, golden light swept through his entire Sea of Consciousness, and that blurry golden light began to rotate rapidly, spinning faster and faster, turning into a stream of golden light, flickering constantly on the light screen.

Qin Changsheng's focus followed closely, his gaze unblinking, silently hoping in his heart to draw a trait that would assist in Cultivation or enhance combat power, adding another boost to his path of Cultivation.

A moment later, the Speed of the golden light's rotation gradually slowed down, finally coming to a halt. A condensed and heavy golden light emerged from the light screen and slowly drifted to the center of Qin Changsheng's Sea of Consciousness. The light dissipated, and two simple and powerful large characters appeared — [Body Refining].

"Ding, congratulations on successfully drawing the Golden Trait — [Body Refining]!"

The clear prompt echoed in his Sea of Consciousness again, and Qin Changsheng opened his eyes abruptly, his eyes full of unconcealable ecstasy.

[Body Refining: Golden Trait, Characteristic 1 Strength: Physical Body strength doubled, defense greatly increased]

[Characteristic 2: Cultivation, Speed increased fivefold when cultivating Body Refining Cultivation Techniques, there are no Bottlenecks when cultivating Body Refining Cultivation Techniques]

[Characteristic 3: Self-healing: Physical Body self-healing ability greatly increased, even if severely injured, as long as the Dantian is not broken and Spiritual Qi is not exhausted, one can quickly self-heal, wound healing Speed increased threefold, reducing loss during Cultivation and battle.]

[Characteristic 4: Synchronization: All your Incarnations are also blessed by the Golden Trait Body Refining]

Looking at the characteristics of the Golden Trait Body Refining, Qin Changsheng's mind stirred, and he immediately mobilized the power of the [Body Refining] trait. A pure and heavy force instantly flowed out from his Sea of Consciousness, spreading to his entire body's Meridians and Physical Body.

He could clearly feel that his Physical Body was being rapidly nourished, his bones were becoming increasingly hard, his muscles were becoming more solid, his Meridians were becoming wider, and his aura, in addition to the Spiritual Qi Pressure of the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, also had an extra heavy Physical Body Pressure, appearing increasingly steady and powerful.

He raised his hand and made a fist, lightly punching the rock wall beside him. With a muffled "bang," the rock wall was instantly struck with a deep fist print, gravel splashed, but his fist felt no pain at all, and not even a trace was left behind.

This was the power of the [Body Refining] trait, even though Qin Changsheng had not practiced any Body Refining Cultivation Techniques.

His physical strength was already far stronger than that of an ordinary Cultivator.

After closing the attribute panel, Qin Changsheng slowly closed his eyes and began to silently plan his future path of Cultivation; every step of the plan was clearly imprinted in his heart.

After a year of hard mining, he had accumulated over six hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and his Realm had broken through to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.

But Qin Changsheng did not slack off; he knew that this was just the groundwork for the path of Cultivation, and if he wanted to go further, he must have a clear plan and move forward steadily.

The first plan was to continue mining at the Danxia Spirit Stone Mine and persist for a few more years.

Qin Changsheng knew in his heart that the six hundred thousand plus Spirit Stones in his Storage Space, while seemingly huge, were far from enough.

During the Sect Competition, Qin Changsheng had obtained a spirit suppressing pearl, but the spirit suppressing pearl was already damaged.

To Repair this spirit suppressing pearl, one million Spirit Stones would be required.

At the same time, he would also have Wang Cheng continue to monitor Li Hu's movements and wait and see what happens.

Secondly, it was to find a powerful Body Refining Cultivation Technique.

Qin Changsheng knew that although he had drawn the [Body Refining] Golden Trait, and his Physical Body strength and self-healing ability had been greatly improved, the power of the trait ultimately needed to rely on a Body Refining Cultivation Technique to be exerted to its limit.

If there was no corresponding Body Refining Cultivation Technique, even with the blessing of the trait, the potential of the Physical Body would be difficult to fully excavate, and over time, he would fall into a Bottleneck and be unable to make further progress.

He secretly calculated in his heart that there were quite a few Body Refining Cultivation Techniques circulating in the world of Cultivation, but most of them were of low grade and difficult to match the Heaven-Defying power of the [Body Refining] trait.

He needed to find a Body Refining Cultivation Technique that was at least of the Xuan-grade Medium Grade or above, preferably one that could fuse with the power of the Heavenly Dao, so that it could perfectly fit the [Body Refining] trait and let his Physical Body strength break through the shackles.

Perhaps the Heavenly Sword Sect's Scripture Pavilion, or other secret ruins, might contain such a Body Refining Cultivation Technique. After gathering the Spirit Stones to Repair the spirit suppressing pearl, he would start looking.

Next was to look for auxiliary Materials for refining his Lifebound Treasure.

On the path of Cultivation, the Lifebound Treasure is crucial. It is connected to the Cultivator's mind and complements each other, capable of both enhancing combat power and protecting the master in times of crisis.

Now that Qin Changsheng's Realm had reached the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, he had long reached the Realm where he could refine his Lifebound Treasure, but he had always lacked suitable auxiliary Materials and the main Magical Artifact, and had not been able to start refining.

He already had a preliminary plan in his heart: the Lifebound Treasure would focus on offense and supplement with defense, fitting his current characteristics of a strong Physical Body. Refining such a Lifebound Treasure required several key auxiliary Materials.

Finally, there were the heavenly dao fragments; only by obtaining heavenly dao fragments could Qin Changsheng's strength be significantly improved.

Qin Changsheng slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of determination and longing.

The three major plans were clear and explicit: continue mining for another year to gather the Spirit Stones to Repair the spirit suppressing pearl; find a powerful Body Refining Cultivation Technique to exert the ultimate power of the [Body Refining] trait; collect auxiliary Materials for the Lifebound Treasure and refine his own Lifebound Treasure.

"Hu Nan!" Qin Changsheng called out softly.

"Greetings, Master!" Hu Nan walked in from outside.

"You go to the Qingyun Tower and attend the Foundation Establishment gathering!" Qin Changsheng ordered.

"As you command!" Hu Nan's figure moved and disappeared from there.