Chapter 407 - Chapter 407: Chapter 399: Undermine the Foundation Part 1 (1/2)

Chapter 407: Chapter 399: Undermine the Foundation Part 1

Wang Wanyan’s eyes seemed somewhat swollen, likely shedding no small number of tears last night.

The heart of a young girl is tender and kind, having raised a cat for so long, she had grown quite attached to it.

Seeing it die, Wang Wanyan must have been very sad.

Qin Niu, rising early, took the three of them into the mountains for cultivation.

After making considerable progress in reaching the Dual Innate Realm yesterday, today he aimed to take it a step further.

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Beneath the Ancient Banyan Tree, Qin Niu once more charged at the Innate Realm of the Medicine King Sutra based on yesterday’s foundation.

He cultivated at a steady and unhurried pace.

The Alchemy Stove, condensed from his cultivation power, turned at a uniform speed, and he could feel it becoming even more stable.

Two hours later, when Qin Niu started to feel a bit of a headache, he slowly ended his practice.

The enhancement of the Alchemy Stove seemed to have reached its limit.

Although he had clearly touched the threshold of the Innate Realm, he was just short of the final step.

First, he practiced the Everlasting Spring Technique to recover his depleted spiritual power.

Nearly two hours later, he ended his practice.

His spiritual power had been fully restored, and he looked energetic and spirited.

Trying to cultivate the Medicine King Sutra once more, he persisted with the determination and perseverance to turn an iron staff into a needle.

This time, just as the Alchemy Stove began to spin, its speed slowed down, and then, to his surprise, it began to spin in the opposite direction. The hard-earned cultivation power began to dissipate along with the reverse rotation of the stove.

Qin Niu felt a pang of distress.

Without any guidance, he didn’t know whether this was a cultivation mishap or a normal phenomenon in the assault on the Innate Realm.

His only option was to stabilize and continue cultivating.

The turnaround came quickly.

The Alchemy Stove spun in the reverse direction faster and faster, and not only did the power stop dissipating, it started to absorb the medicinal energy from outside back into the body. Raised patterns began to emerge on the surface of the stove.

They stretched out like tendons, from the three legs toward the entire surface of the stove.

As time rapidly flew by, these tendons evolved into nine principal meridians and countless branches.

They covered the entire outer surface of the Alchemy Stove.

This made the entire stove look ugly and somewhat ferocious.

Though it was not aesthetically pleasing, the stove had gained a framework, becoming as stable as a bronze stove. No matter how fast it spun, there was no need to worry about deformation or rupture.

Moreover, its speed of absorbing medicinal energy had nearly tripled from before.

It was like a giant whale crazily engulfing the medicinal energy of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

But there was no need to worry, the medicinal energy of this tree could be described as vast as the sea. No matter how fast Qin Niu absorbed it, it was nothing but a drop in the ocean for the tree.

As the Alchemy Stove transformed, his body also became stronger.

The benefits of the Dual Innate Realm were beyond imagination.

However, it was rare for someone to cultivate two techniques because it could lead to biting off more than one could chew, resulting in loss rather than gain.

“So this is the Innate Realm of the Medicine King Sutra, quite miraculous indeed,” he mused as he meticulously felt the brand-new realm.

Besides his body becoming stronger, going through a second refinement and nourishment, and the thrice-increased speed of absorbing medicinal energy, he could now see deeper aspects of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

It is said that the size of the tree crown matches the breadth of its roots.

He could feel that the roots of this tree extended over a hundred meters deep into the ground. Moreover, he could sense an odd energy within the trunk, very advanced and much higher-grade than his Innate Realm cultivation.

Additionally, at the top of the tree, mingled with the medicinal energy, was a hint of a faint, violent aura.

He couldn’t quite identify it.

It always felt somewhat like the legendary demonic aura.