Chapter 157: Chapter 62: True Phoenix Body

Sun True Fire was even more effective at suppressing Outer Celestial Demons than Thunder Techniques.

Yang Jing had been tirelessly using Nine Breath Qi Refining to refine Sun True Fire. He was doing this to gain another weapon against the Celestial Demons, giving him more leeway when he eventually entered the ruins of the Nine Yang Sect.

The Sun True Fire was immensely powerful. The tiny, needle-point-sized speck Yang Jing had refined was enough to burn through a Low-Tier Magical Artifact.

Fortunately, the True and False Five Elements Wheel in Yang Jing’s Dantian had been tempered by the Five Elements Gang Sha, making it strong enough to withstand the power of the True Fire and refine it.

What surprised Yang Jing most, however, was what happened after he refined the Sun True Fire. The other four elements on his Five Elements Wheel were passively enhanced according to the principle of the Five Elements of Mutual Generation and Inhibition, yet there were no signs of imbalance.

Finishing a day of cultivation, Yang Jing slowly exhaled and circulated his Magical Power to calm the scorching heat in his body.

He planned to see if there was anything worth redeeming his Merit Points for at the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion. After resting a bit more, he would set out to hunt the Demon Cultivators of the Northern Domain.

“Is this the authentic version of the True Yang Body?”

Yang Jing asked the Scribe, pointing to the True Yang Body in the redemption catalog.

“Absolutely authentic. Elder Guo of the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect provided this True Yang Body for the cultivators of our Northern Army Governor’s Mansion before he passed away.”

Elder Guo was the Nascent Soul Cultivator who had escaped from the Nine Yang Sect back then.

“Then why are the sections from Nascent Soul to Divinity Transformation missing?”

Yang Jing asked.

“The legacy of the True Yang Body now belongs to the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. For Elder Guo to have been allowed to share the technique’s sections prior to the Golden Core Stage was already an act of great generosity on the sect’s part. Besides, the True Yang Body is incredibly difficult to cultivate. Without the Nine Yang Sect’s arrays and Spirit Pills, most cultivators get stuck after opening just three to five Acupoints. It’s been a long time since anyone has come to redeem this technique.”

The Scribe lamented.

“If Junior Brother Yang had come a few years later, this True Yang Body would have been removed from the redemption catalog.”

Back then, after Elder Guo escaped the Demon Sect’s encirclement with the remaining Nine Yang Sect disciples, they were subjected to endless pursuit by the Four Demon Sects. The Four Demon Sects would absolutely not allow the True Yang Body to reappear in the Western Continent.

It was the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect that sheltered these disciples.

It’s just that this cultivation technique is too dependent on the Nine Heavens Profound Sun Array. It’s said that even within the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect today, not many are cultivating the True Yang Body.

Yang Jing didn’t hesitate. He directly spent one thousand five hundred Merit Points to redeem this authentic version of the True Yang Body.

He skimmed through it. Unlike the shoddy, incomplete version from the Taichang Trading Company, this one indeed had the Chapter on transforming True Yang into Yang Fire. Even the cultivation content for the Golden Core Stage was complete.

Besides the True Yang Body, Yang Jing also redeemed some of all the Spirit Fruits and Spirit Pills in the treasury that were helpful for Body Refinement.

Perhaps due to the legacy of the Nine Yang Sect, many Body Refining Techniques circulated in the Northern Domain. The Northern Army Governor’s Mansion’s redemption catalog had many Body Refining Spirit Pills available for redemption, and few of them overlapped with those in the Nine Infant Pill Scripture.

Yang Jing also found a cultivation technique in the treasury that was suitable for Ji Feng.

Its name was *True Phoenix Body*.

This Body Refining Technique was originally the legacy of a Nascent Soul Clan in the Northern Domain. But when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. After the Nine Yang Sect was destroyed, this clan was annihilated along with it.

This technique was presented to the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion by a member of the clan’s Direct Lineage who escaped. In exchange for this technique, they obtained a Tier Three Spirit Vein in the Inner Domain to rebuild their clan.

Because it was a cultivation technique that led directly to the Nascent Soul realm, its price was even higher than the True Yang Body, requiring two thousand four hundred Merit Points.

Among his four disciples, Ji Feng’s physical body was the weakest. Yang Jing had long wanted to find a suitable Body Refining Technique to help him overcome this weakness, but he had never been able to find one.

The cultivation of this True Phoenix Body required one to condense a True Phoenix Talisman within the Acupoints using Spiritual Fire after they were opened. The higher the quality of the Spiritual Fire used, the stronger the True Qi cultivated by the True Phoenix Body would be.

Ji Feng’s Five Elements True Fire was perfectly suited for condensing the True Phoenix Talisman.

This technique, along with the Profound Whale Body that Chi Yu practiced, were both high-level Body Refining Techniques, though they were a tier below the True Yang Body.

With the last of his Merit Points, Yang Jing redeemed two bottles of Spirit Ascension Pills from the treasury. Chi Yu had been pestering him about Spirit Ascension Pills all day.

The Scribe in the treasury hadn’t encountered a cultivator who redeemed so many items at once in a long time. It took him a while to retrieve everything.

After carefully inspecting everything, Yang Jing put it all into his Storage Bag, satisfied.

When he returned to his courtyard, he ran into Yang Jingxu, with whom he had feasted the day before.

The other man’s aggrieved expression made Yang Jing’s scalp prickle. He had no choice but to brace himself and inquire what was the matter.

After learning the whole story, Yang Jing could only force a reply:

“I am flattered by Junior Sister Yang’s favor, truly, but I am entirely devoted to the path of cultivation and have no intention of seeking a partner. She has misplaced her affections.”

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he sought out Chi Yu.

“Chi Yu, you have some nerve.”

Chi Yu had been squatting on the ground watching ants. Hearing Yang Jing’s reprimand, she immediately flinched and looked at him timidly.

“Master, I was wrong.”

“What did you do wrong?”

“My mistake was listening to Master. You said to accept any gifts offered, that it’s a waste not to take what’s freely given.”

Yang Jing choked, speechless at Chi Yu’s retort.

“From now on, don’t accept any more gifts from those female cultivators. They have ulterior motives. Their real target is me.”

Chi Yu immediately nodded obediently.

“Speaking of which, it’s been a while since I’ve tested your progress. How many Acupoints have you opened for your Profound Whale Body?”

Upon hearing Yang Jing’s words, Chi Yu’s face immediately froze. She knew her master was looking for an excuse to discipline her.

“T-twelve.”

“Perform a set of Sea Covering Fist for me.”

The Profound Whale Body required one to condense a Profound Whale True Register within one’s Acupoints. This allowed the Acupoints to hold more than three times the True Qi of other Body Refining Techniques, embodying the concept of a boundless ocean that accepts all rivers.

Chi Yu stood up, clenched her small fists, and performed a set of Sea Covering Fist with deliberate, precise movements.

Between her fists and palms, True Qi surged, creating the sound of a whistling ocean tide.

Yang Jing nodded. Chi Yu was still young after all; strictly speaking, she was only just over three years old. He hadn’t supervised her cultivation too closely before, so to have reached this level of cultivation despite her lax training was already quite impressive.

“From now on, you will train your Body Refining Technique with Ji Feng every day. I will test you both once a month. Whoever makes slower progress, I will forbid them from eating for three days.”

When Chi Yu heard “forbidden from eating for three days,” she first panicked, but then she realized she was competing against Ji Feng and immediately relaxed.

Without using Magical Power, she could hold Ji Feng down with just one hand.

Seeing her confident expression, Yang Jing said nothing. He would just wait a month to punish her by taking away her food.

After setting Chi Yu up for a fall, Yang Jing took out the newly acquired True Yang Body and began to read it carefully.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, his cultivation of the True Yang Body had been extremely slow. He hoped to find the reason in the authentic version.

After reading through the authentic version, Yang Jing’s face darkened, and he cursed the Taichang Trading Company for its unscrupulousness.

The Taichang Trading Company’s version of the True Yang Body must have come from a True Disciple of the Nine Yang Sect, which was why the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment sections were mostly complete.

However, the True Yang Body was different from other Body Refining Techniques. Because the required True Register was of an exceptionally high essence, it had to be condensed using True Gang after reaching Foundation Establishment.

Only after condensing the True Register could one use the method to transform True Gang into Yang Fire.

However, the True Register was complex and contained a subtle spiritual essence. The original Foundation Establishment Disciple had been completely unable to replicate and inscribe it onto a Jade Scroll, so the Taichang Trading Company had simply deleted the entire section.

With no True Register to anchor his Acupoints, Yang Jing’s progress was naturally slow.

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