Chapter 619: Today, Ill completely grasp the cultivation technique! (2/2)
Song Shuhang rubbed his eyes and forced a smile.
If things kept going on like this, he wouldn't be able to sleep at all.
The pain that his mental energy was causing him after sharply increasing this time was already in the range where he couldn't 'neglect' it anymore.
From the looks of it, he was going to suffer from insomnia until he could strengthen his const.i.tution enough or find another method to solve the problem.
Song Shuhang's current cultivation realm wasn't so high that he could go for months without sleeping. After seven or eight days of wakefulness, his condition would start to worsen.
After faintly sighing, Song Shuhang got out of bed and pushed the door of the balcony open.
Even though it was night, the Jiangnan area was still brightly lit.
Large stalls selling grilled food, seafood, and so on were very lively at this time.
”Geez...” Song Shuhang sighed, perplexed.
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After gazing at the nighttime scenery for a long time, Song Shuhang returned to his room and took out that box of spirit beast crystals.
Since he couldn't fall asleep, he might as well practice!
He felt that he had already thoroughly absorbed and refined the spirit beast crystals he'd eaten yesterday. Therefore, he could eat some more now.
In addition, since he broke through several small realms yesterday, the number of spirit beast crystals he could eat at once should have also increased, right?
He first took out five types of spirit beast crystals. The lion, tiger, leopard, wolf, and fox types.
The ❮Whale Swallowing Technique❯ activated, and the lion-type spirit beast crystal was swallowed up and digested with its essence being absorbed.
The small illusory figure of a lion appeared next to the embryonic form of the 'innate true qi' in Song Shuhang's Sea of Qi Dantian, pus.h.i.+ng it one step further toward perfection.
Afterward, the spiritual energy inside the spirit beast crystal was transformed into true qi and poured into Song Shuhang's dantian.
But at this time, all of his dantians were full.
In particular, the dantians from the fourth (Dragon Body Dantian) to the seventh (Dragon Head Dantian) were filled to the brim by those grains of high-quality energy and couldn't accommodate any more true qi.
After helping Song Shuhang break through, that high-quality energy stayed inside his dantians. That energy was simply too powerful, and although Song Shuhang started to slowly 'refine' and transform it into his own true qi, the process was extremely slow.
Without any external help, Song Shuhang would need years to completely refine the energy.
Such being the case, before it could be even refined, the spiritual energy inside the lion-type spirit beast crystal that Song Shuhang had just swallowed and transformed into true qi was forcefully pushed towards the bottleneck of the seventh dantian by that high-quality energy.
But how could the energy of a spirit beast crystal of the Second Stage break through that bottleneck?
Thereupon, the spiritual energy inside that lion-type spirit beast crystal that Song Shuhang had just eaten was almost instantaneously consumed.
It was nothing but a huge waste!
It was no different than wasting the spiritual qi inside a spirit stone of the Second Stage rank.
Song Shuhang's eyes suddenly lit up. The true qi he obtained from the spirit beast crystal was wasted before he could even refine it... however, the projection of a lion had appeared next to the embryonic form of the innate true qi inside his original dantian!
Such being the case, didn't it mean that he could swallow all the 33 types of spirit beast crystals without having to worry about the amount of his true qi inside his body increasing?
Although he was just wasting spirit beast crystals this way, Song Shuhang could complete his 'pseudo-innate true qi' several days earlier.
”Although its cost-ineffective, it's the best choice I have at this moment. In that case, let's give it a try!” Song Shuhang tried to eat another spirit beast crystal, the tiger-type one.
Just like before, the projection of a tiger appeared in his original dantian.
Then, the absorbed true qi was sent towards the checkpoint between the seventh and eighth dantian before it was refined, getting quickly consumed.
”It seems to work! If there are no problems, I should be able to eat all the 33 types of spirit beast crystals today and condense that 'pseudo-innate true qi'!” Song Shuhang was very happy.
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Song Shuhang started to swallow down spirit beast crystals one after another.
Leopard, wolf, fox, marten, bear, elephant, ape, chicken, crane, wild goose, hawk, snake, turtle, pangolin, rabbit, mouse, whale, piglet, crab, shrimp, cuttlefish.
In addition, there were the ones he had already eaten: shark, sheep, horse, camel, donkey, bull, deer, pig, dog, cat, lion, and tiger... for a total of 33 spirit beast crystals!
After he swallowed down the last spirit beast crystal, the projections of 33 different types of beasts had appeared on the edge of the embryonic form of the innate true qi inside Song Shuhang's dantian, quickly rotating.
After rotating, the projections of the 33 beasts started to merge.
What Song Shuhang practiced was the Huge Whale Chapter of the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique❯. Therefore, the projections of the 33 beasts inside his body started to fuse using the whale as a base.
Each projection that was fusing with the whale would change part of its appearance.
It took from two to three seconds for one of the projections to fuse with the whale.
Therefore, around two minutes later, the 33 beasts finished fusing with the huge whale, transforming it into a hideous monster.
The newly born creature had four beastly claws, the neck hair of a lion, hard scales, pointed horns, the tentacles of a cuttlefish, the wings of a bird, and so on. In short, it had the distinctive characteristics of each of the 33 beasts.
After this hideous creature came into existence, it hovered next to the embryonic form of the innate true qi and opened its mouth, swallowing it down.
It was precisely the last step needed for the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Innate True Qi' to take shape. This hideous beast was the key to complete it.
With this Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Innate True Qi, Song Shuhang's practicing speed after advancing to the Third Stage Realm wouldn't be inferior to that of geniuses that had practiced since they were kids!
It was the cultivation technique that Venerable White had said was the most suitable for him.
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But how could the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique❯ that originated from the Divine Beast Department of the ancient Heavenly City be so simple?
Back in those days, even the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect' was a large world-famous sect. Was it really possible that all the disciples they recruited didn't start practicing since they were little and missed the best period to cultivate just to learn the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique❯ later to make up for the lost time?
Of course, it wasn't this simple!
Just as Song Shuhang condensed the perfect form of the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Innate True Qi', the innate true qi spread to all his body.
It was the same as pouring dyestuff into the limpid water. The innate true qi started to affect all the true qi in Song Shuhang's body.
The speed of the transformation was very quick.
In around two or three breaths, the true qi inside Song Shuhang's Sea of Qi Dantian was transformed into 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Innate True Qi'.
Next, the change spread to his other dantians.
He had finally managed to completely grasp the cultivation technique!
Song Shuhang was a little excited. After coming out of the ancient ruins, Venerable White would be surely surprised after seeing him, right?
Song Shuhang himself couldn't believe that he had managed to get the complete set of the 33 spirit beast crystals and perfect his innate true qi in such a short amount of time!
However, Song Shuhang's excitement lasted only for around ten seconds.
Soon after, he discovered that when his true qi was transformed into 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Innate True Qi', the bottleneck to the eighth dantian, the Dragon Horn Dantian, couldn't hold anymore and got breached...