Chapter 427: Chapter 405: Utility Pills

“You have successfully cultivated a Fifth-Grade Ruyi Golden Spirit Pill.”

“You have comprehended the Gold Daoist Technique’s Level 5 Profound Iron Barrier, and you have comprehended the Gold Daoist Technique’s Level 5 Sharpness!”

“Your longevity has cumulatively increased by 1,000 years, currently at 5,214 years.”

“Your Life Value and Physical Strength have cumulatively increased by 5,000 Points, currently at 59,000 Points.”

“Your Basic Agility, Basic Power, and Basic Defense have encountered a bottleneck and cannot be improved, currently at 1,000 Points.”

“Your cultivation is currently in a conflicting, dangerous, unstable, and incomprehensible state. Please find a solution as soon as possible, or destroy this Fifth-Grade Ruyi Golden Spirit Pill.”

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The Four Clowns issued a warning.

Two days later, Wang Wu, using Brother Daitou’s power, successfully cultivated the Fifth-Grade Ruyi Golden Spirit Pill, as easily as eating or drinking.

However, this Fifth-Grade Ruyi Golden Spirit Pill was not integrated into the Acquired Cultivation System. That is to say, it was always wrapped and isolated by Innate Blood Qi to avoid reacting with the Ice and Fire Spirit Pill and the Cyan Wood Spirit Pill, as that would certainly be a cataclysmic battle.

However, he was neither in a hurry nor worried.

Because whether it was the Cyan Wood Spirit Pill, the Gold Spirit Pill at this moment, or the Earth Spirit Pill he would cultivate next, they were all tool pills used to accumulate longevity, basic attributes, and support logistics.

He rarely needed them in daily battles; the purpose of cultivating these three tool pills was clear from the start, and that was to establish the second Five Elements Spirit Array.

Thus, one is Innate, and one is Acquired; this is considered perfect.

For others, this behavior would be suicidal, but for Wang Wu, it was quite easy.

At this moment, Wang Wu no longer attempted to continue cultivating the Gold Spirit Pill, nor did he exhaust Brother Daitou.

He began to supplement the last component, namely cultivating the Earth Spirit Root, this time without Brother Daitou’s help, though he didn’t need to cultivate to a high level.

Just crafting a Ninth-Grade Earth Spirit Pill to make up the numbers would suffice.

Everything was solely for the deployment of the Five Elements Spirit Array.

Normally, this requirement wasn’t considered too difficult.

However, Wang Wu’s current state was quite bizarre, conflicted, and filled with unstable bugs, so he cautiously consumed Earth Spirit Stones, nurturing the Earth Spirit Root bit by bit.

It took about three months in total before he managed to barely cultivate an imperfect Earth Spirit Root, one that would be scorned among ordinary cultivators.

Yet, Wang Wu did not mind, so long as it made up the numbers.

Thereafter, he painstakingly spent another three months, successfully cultivating a Ninth-Grade Earth Spirit Pill; truly, it was not easy.

His actions were practically defying the heavens.

For it was akin to having married two wives (Ice and Fire Spirit Roots), taken a Cyan Wood concubine, secretly having a mistress outside, and now even wanting another, perpetually on the verge of Qigong Deviation and potential rebellion.

Or any sudden disturbance outside could spell the end.

However, the outside environment was so favorable, with a secluded place to cultivate in peace, without worry about safety, was truly excellent.

“Huh, it’s so damn exhausting!”

Wang Wu looked weary, it was truly not easy; was this cultivation or rather suicide?

For this small Earth Spirit Tool Pill, had it been easy?

Fortunately, today marked the end of hardships.

The deployment of the second Five Elements Spirit Array began!

This time, it was much easier, with the Level 18 Spirit Essence Talent overseeing, first deploying at the Ice and Fire Spirit Pill, followed by the Cyan Wood Spirit Pill, and then the Ruyi Golden Spirit Pill.

Finally, quickly deploying at the Earth Spirit Pill.

It was like weaving a great net.

When the great net was finally woven, he successfully completed the isolation of the five spirit pills.

From this moment on, these five spirit pills were no longer directly accountable to Wang Wu; any opinions or emotions would be directed at the Five Elements Spirit Array, which could act as a buffer, averting direct impact on him.

In a sense, this was akin to a firewall, a system that could accommodate five spirit pills.

In essence, Wang Wu could still enjoy the benefits of the five spirit pills without bearing the consequences.

The creator of the Five Elements Spirit Array was truly a genius.

And this was the true meaning of the Five Elements Heaven Repairing Technique.

At this moment, Wang Wu no longer simply circulated demon and spirit pills.

But rather, only operated the Innate Five Elements Spirit Array and the Acquired Five Elements Spirit Array; like a vast galaxy, embracing all, naturally accommodating five demon pills and five spirit pills.

However, this operation was somewhat slow.

Relative to the Innate Blood Qi’s rapid 6,400 cycles per second, compared to the Acquired Ice and Fire Spiritual Qi’s 3,600 cycles per second.

The circulation of these two Five Elements Spirit Arrays astonishingly required a full year to complete one cycle.

Dragging down the performance, of course, was the Earth Spirit Pill and the internal conflict among the other four pills.

But the issue wasn’t significant.

The magic of the Five Elements Spirit Array lay precisely in repairing heaven’s deficiencies.

By adjusting the overflow from the Ice and Fire Spirit Pill, transferring payments to the Earth Spirit Pill, the Cyan Wood Spirit Pill, and the Gold Spirit Pill.

Adjustments were thus made slowly but definitely safely.

Wang Wu wasn’t in a hurry, instead, he operated slowly, perceiving, seeking, and perfecting.

It’s somewhat like getting on the train first and buying the ticket later.

That is, first set up the Five Elements Spirit Array, then cultivate the Spirit Pill.

His cheap master once said that an Earth Immortal is actually about solving the question of where one comes from and where one is going, forming one’s own Dao in this process.

This Dao is his understanding of himself, his understanding of the external world, and how to communicate these issues.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

The two Five Elements Spirit Arrays have successfully completed one Circulation of Heaven.

In just one Circulation, Wang Wu consumed ten million points of Spiritual Qi.

His strength didn’t seem to have grown significantly; only the Earth Spirit Pill advanced from Ninth Grade to Eighth Grade.

This is the only visible change.

It’s hard to imagine, saying out loud, ten million points of Spiritual Qi, and a year’s time only upgraded the Ninth-Grade Earth Spirit Pill to Eighth Grade?

It would make cultivators laugh their heads off.

But actually, these two Five Elements Spirit Arrays are adjusting, much like the past grinding, adjustment, internal consumption, compromise, and balance of the Ice and Fire Spiritual Qi, eventually reaching a resonance process.

So, it can be slow, but it really can’t be fast.

Just like that, another three years passed, and Wang Wu’s two Five Elements Spirit Arrays once again ran for three Circulations of Heaven, with no speed improvement whatsoever. In fact, after three years, the Earth Spirit Pill was only upgraded to Seventh Grade.

The consumption of Spiritual Qi did not decrease either, three years, thirty million points of Spiritual Qi.

Fortunately, Wang Wu is now a Ninth-Grade Elder, receiving a daily bonus of twenty thousand points of Spiritual Qi. Over the past four and a half years, he has amassed another thirty million points of Spiritual Qi, allowing him to continue running the Innate and Acquired two Five Elements Spirit Arrays.

It is worth mentioning that this operation cannot produce Spirit Platform Clear Qi.

Because the setup is too large and the deficit is too significant.

Wang Wu reckons that only when the speed of this Innate and Acquired operation can be restored to one Circulation per month can it produce Spirit Platform Clear Qi again.

This is the price.

No way around it.

In simple terms, Wang Wu is equivalent to opening up a map.

The Innate Bloodline System is like a metropolis with a population of ten million, already prosperous.

The Acquired Ice and Fire Spirit Pill System is like another medium-sized city with a population of two million, equally prosperous.

The Cyan Wood Spirit Pill is like a relatively prosperous county.

The Golden Spirit Pill is akin to a very prosperous small town.

While the Earth Spirit Pill is like a small village on a gobi desert.

But he, without developing the Earth Spirit Pill, Golden Spirit Pill, and Cyan Wood Spirit Pill, directly grouped these five Spirit Pills together, drew a circle on a map, and declared it a prosperous metropolis with a population of ten million.

He has the slogan, the facade, and the title, but lacks the substance.

So, it is still far from it.

Forty million points of Spiritual Qi is nothing, thirty million points is even less significant, far from enough.

The road is long and far!

In a flash, another three years passed, and another thirty million points of Spiritual Qi were poured in, yet the Earth Spirit Pill still remained at Seventh Grade.

No change at all.

But the external environment changed.

On this day, as Wang Wu had just ended a year of Circulation, a sudden chill appeared in his heart without any warning, quickly spreading throughout his body. For a moment, he felt as if his Demon Pill and Spirit Pill were all frozen.

But it was only for a moment, because the two Innate and Acquired Five Elements Spirit Arrays immediately intervened, subtly dispelling and absorbing this chill.

Smooth all the way!

This left Wang Wu himself dumbfounded.

He was amazed at how terrifying that mysterious chill was, as if his Demon Pill and Spirit Pill were as fragile as a mortal’s flesh facing a Maxim machine gun.

He was also amazed at the depth and breadth of the two Five Elements Spirit Arrays.

Because their resistance to that mysterious chill didn’t rely on any extraordinary structure nor any magical complex transformations.

They relied merely on a sufficiently large scope, dividing this chill evenly.

Yes, this seems simple, but actually, it’s incredibly difficult to achieve, much like coordinating the efforts of five billion people on Earth to share pressure and benefits evenly.

No one can do it, but these two Five Elements Spirit Arrays did.

This is no longer just impressive but Dragon Bi!

Wang Wu suddenly realized that his combined strength might have already broken through Tier Four of the Earth Immortal, one of the first challenging thresholds in Tier Nine Earth Immortal.

Although he didn’t have any specific concept of how to cross that threshold, he definitely broke through it.

“Could it be that the Great Cold and Minor Cold of the Twenty-four Solar Terms are approaching?”

Wang Wu was quite curious because even his cheap master, the Old Man Gray, treated the Twenty-four Solar Terms very cautiously.

As he was thinking, several pieces of information suddenly surfaced from the Hidden Element Jade Talisman that had been silent for nearly eight years.

They were distributed by the Hidden Origin Association Headquarters.

“The Minor Cold, one of the Twenty-four Solar Terms, is about to arrive, lasting for ten years. It is expected that the maximum Azure Sea Cold Qi will reach Level 5. Please ensure all branches are prepared for disaster prevention and relief, ensuring basic living guarantees for mortals and lower-tier cultivators in controlled areas, and always patrol and maintain the Hidden Origin Bell and its base.”

“Ten years later, the Great Cold Solar Term will arrive, lasting for ten years, with the maximum value of the Azure Sea Cold Qi expected to reach Level 8. Please all branches make preparations in advance, avoid leaving the city without necessity, avoid seclusion without necessity, unite sincerely, and work together to overcome these difficult times!”

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