Chapter 198 - Chapter 198: Chapter 193: Medicine King Sutra Furnace and Cauldroni (2/2)

After completing his check, he went to collect the Banyan Tree Blood and cultivate the Medicine King Sutra, which goes without saying.

As he continually absorbed a massive amount of medicinal energy, the power of his Medicine King Sutra rapidly grew.

He had been stuck at the Mortal Realm’s tenfold for many days.

The power of the Everlasting Spring Technique had already reached the second layer of the Acquired Realm for quite some time, and in a few more days, he estimated he could attempt to break through to the third layer.

However, the power of the Medicine King Sutra just could not make a breakthrough.

This inevitably made him somewhat anxious.

As more and more medicinal energy was converted into power, he felt his body gradually inflating, swelling.

This made him increasingly uncomfortable.

He was even more worried about his body exploding.

The Medicine King Sutra he acquired was a complete Cultivation Technique; the Mortal Realm’s tenfold was definitely not the limit.

Why couldn’t he make a breakthrough?

Without a master to guide him, he could only grope his way forward, and encountering such strange phenomena as his body swelling made him somewhat fearful.

With his current conditions, he could fare quite well even without cultivating the Medicine King Sutra.

It cannot be denied that after cultivating the Medicine King Sutra, indeed, there were considerable benefits.

Whether a herb or plant had value, what its properties were, he could now identify at a glance. This was a benefit brought by cultivating the Medicine King Sutra.

He believed that as his power increased, it was very likely new abilities would emerge.

He grit his teeth and persisted, yet his heart was still wavering.

Several times he thought about stopping the cultivation.

But in the end, he overcame his fear and worry, continued to cultivate. Moreover, his determination gradually became firm.

The Medicine King Sutra was left to Xiao Qing by her parents. If there really were any problems, her parents would not have passed it down to their daughter.

Since there were no issues, it meant that cultivating the Medicine King Sutra should be safe.

Even if Qin Niu made some mistakes in cultivating this technique, it should not lead to a body explosion and death.

And from the first layer to the tenth layer of the Mortal Realm, everything had been normal.

This indicated that his cultivation method should be correct.

The situation now arising was very likely a tribulation that one must go through in the process of cultivating the technique.

It was like the termites looking to become stronger, which, after consuming the Ancient Banyan Tree Blood, had to go through a life-and-death tribulation.

After thorough contemplation, Qin Niu’s will became unwavering and fearless, pressing forward relentlessly.

His body swelled more and more, but fortunately, after the power of the Everlasting Spring Technique reached the Acquired Realm, it had tempered and strengthened his body a second time. This allowed him to safely withstand the rapid expansion.

Otherwise, his skin might have cracked from being overstretched.

As his cultivation continued, when his body swelled to a peak, it seemed like there was a change in the dantian within his abdomen.

There, a large amount of the Medicine King Sutra’s power had condensed. They were like a vortex in a raging current, spinning at high speed.

It generated a strong potent force, which like a rolling snowball, began to pull in more and more of the Medicine King Sutra’s power.

When it reached a critical point, Qin Niu distinctly perceived that within it, a cauldron was gradually forming.

In the beginning, like a gestating fetus, it was just a tiny rudimentary form.

Even its outline was somewhat vague and indistinct.

As time passed, it nurtured and changed bit by bit until the outline became clear.

The shape of a cauldron gradually took form.

And it became increasingly substantial.

Once the cauldron was formed, the power of the Medicine King Sutra within Qin Niu felt like it had found its place.

They all fused into the cauldron.

Who knows how much time had passed when Qin Niu slowly opened his eyes, his body had long since returned to normal.

Inside him, there was now a cauldron formed from the condensation of the Medicine King Sutra’s power.

It rotated slowly.

It functioned akin to a heart, ceaselessly drawing in new Medicine King Sutra power, before exhaling a portion of it.

Qin Niu discovered that the Medicine King Sutra power it exhaled was clearly more refined.

The function of this cauldron seemed to be the refinement of the Medicine King Sutra’s power.

Perhaps it had other uses as well, which he needed to explore.

Finally, his Medicine King Sutra’s power broke through the confines of the Mortal Realm, reaching the first layer of the Acquired Realm.

However, his current state was not very stable.

It would probably require a few more days of cultivation to solidify his realm.

When he sensed the Ancient Banyan Tree again, he felt something different from before.

Before, he thought its energy was like a vast ocean.

Now, sensing its energy felt more like a large lake, or perhaps calling it an inner sea would be more appropriate. He was able to perceive its specific energy, rather than just vaguely sensing its terrifying energy as before.

He checked the changes in his lifespan.

128 years old.

He gained an additional ten years of life.

Originally, his lifespan was 118 years.

Compared to ordinary people, his lifespan was already that of an elder amongst the long-lived.

But compared to his pets, it really wasn’t much at all.

The extension of a human’s lifespan is inherently much more difficult.

The creator is very fair, granting humans higher intelligence while also making the human body the weakest and life the shortest.

If an ant were to achieve the height and weight of a human, it could easily kill an adult male.

If a rat were to grow as big as a human, if it found a human and there was no escape or hiding, it could instantly kill them.

The truly powerful aspect of humanity, the most spiritually advanced being, is wisdom.

Humans who live longer than two hundred years are already quite rare.