"What? Master Su?"
"What was he doing in your Spirit Field?" Cai the Ninth asked, puzzled.
Qin Ming had no choice but to patiently explain the situation of Master Su coming to ask for Red Spirit Dew.
"You actually managed to grow Beast Fang Rice?!"
Cai the Ninth was dumbfounded, his understanding of the world once again shattered.
He had been here for more than ten years and had tried to cultivate Beast Fang Rice himself.
But without exception, he had failed every time.
Cai the Ninth had once suspected that perhaps the Spirit Vein here was unsuitable for the growth of Beast Fang Rice.
He tried hard to convince himself that Qin Ming was just playing tricks on him.
But it wasn't until he came to the back of the mountain and saw Qin Ming's Spirit Field, where Beast Fang Rice was already half-grown,
he was speechless for a long time.
Indeed.
He felt a twinge of envy.
This time, he truly envied Qin Ming!
"Qin Ming, you little brat, you're not being fair! And to think I even gifted you wine."
"You grow Beast Fang Rice and don't even tell me?"
After saying this, he didn't forget to warmly greet Master Su.
Then he sidled closer to Qin Ming's ear and asked quietly, "Where did you get the Spirit Seed for Beast Fang Rice?"
Qin Ming looked at him, slightly dazed, "I bought it from Shopkeeper Liao."
"Took a gamble, bet everything I had."
"You really are lucky, to actually manage to grow it."
"I don't even know what to say to you."
Qin Ming smiled wryly, "Alright, when the Beast Fang Rice ripens, I'll treat you to a meal at Juxuan Pavilion."
"You said it, remember!" Cai the Ninth finally let it go.
...
Two days later.
The turmoil over the Demon Beast attack passed, and Spirit Feather Sect set up some protective measures around the Spirit Field.
But due to the large area, they could only set up some simple Alarm Arrays.
After this incident, Qin Ming's desire to enhance his power grew increasingly strong.
Without a trump card, there was no sense of security.
There was always the danger of death and destruction.
Qingyang Market.
Qin Ming once again arrived at the Ruan Family Mansion.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
He knocked on the red-painted door.
After a short while.
A middle-aged cultivator opened the door. He was at the Fifth Layer of the Qi Cultivation Stage, and his face showed signs of fatigue, his hair tied with a wooden crown, streaked with gray.
"Fellow Daoist, who are you here to see? What business do you have?"
Qin Ming cupped his hands in greeting and got straight to the point, "You must be Fellow Daoist Ruan? I am Qin, introduced by Shopkeeper Liao, and I've heard you have a Body Refining Technique for sale, so I've come to visit."
Fellow Daoist Ruan was momentarily surprised, then invited Qin Ming into the Ruan Family Mansion.
Once inside the courtyard.
The scene was desolate, with only Fellow Daoist Ruan present.
"Since you were introduced by Shopkeeper Liao, he must have told you, right?"
"Unless you have pills or spiritual materials that enhance Qi Blood, I fear I'll have to disappoint you." Fellow Daoist Ruan sized up the young cultivator before him, who appeared quite ordinary, showing no special traits.
"Of course."
"May I ask Fellow Daoist Ruan to introduce this technique? It would help me consider it carefully," Qin Ming asked.
"Ah, to speak of it, I must confess with a bit of embarrassment," Fellow Daoist Ruan sighed deeply.
He pointed to the expansive mansion, his voice full of melancholy.
Then he candidly said, "All this large family property has come to this point, thanks to this technique."
He then took a piece of beast hide from his storage pouch and showed it to Qin Ming before continuing, "This technique is called the 'Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture,' handed down in my family for generations."
"Generations of ancestors have treasured it, though its exact origin is unknown."
"However, practicing this technique requires a rather harsh prerequisite, which is that it must be accompanied by Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that enhance Qi Blood in order to cultivate..."
As Fellow Daoist Ruan delved deeper into the details, Qin Ming gradually formed his judgment about the technique.
This 'Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture' was entirely different from the Body Refining Techniques Qin Ming had encountered before.
The path it followed for body refining was neither about tempering the flesh, impacting acupoints, nor strengthening muscles and bones.
It was–––
Blood Transformation!
The 'Hundred Treasures,' as the name suggests, specifically refers to Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Materials that enhance Qi Blood, and they must be of graded quality.
The higher the grade, the better.
And the so-called Blood Transformation involves moving the Qi Blood, and upon reaching a certain level, entering the Bone Marrow Refining stage, replacing old blood with new.
By constantly enhancing Qi Blood, when compressed to the limit, one could even achieve Qi Blood as viscous as Mercury Slurry.
Transcending the human limit, breaking through to another level.
'Glaze' signifies that after blood transformation, the Qi Blood undergoes metamorphosis, and the body becomes as translucent as glass.
Once the 'Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture' is cultivated to the 5th Layer, the repeated metamorphosis of Qi Blood allows one to condense a 'glazed treasure robe' outside the body with one's own powerful Qi Blood.
Ward off all evils, immune to hundreds of poisons, indestructible, and even possesses certain Dharma-Defying effects against magic.
"Dharma-Defying effects?" Qin Ming was secretly astounded.
When cultivated to an advanced level, this technique could reach the state of being flawless, with the entire body radiating a treasure-hued brilliance, possessing incredibly formidable physical strength.
Ultimately achieving the 'Body of Pure Glass'!
However, this was merely what the technique documented, and no one had ever reached this state.
"Precisely because of this, the spiritual materials needed to practice this technique are incredibly vast," Fellow Daoist Ruan said at a measured pace.
"It could be considered a bottomless pit."
"If you don't have a sufficient supply of spiritual materials for long-term cultivation, I'd advise you to give up."
"Spending so much in terms of resources could purchase more than one Top-Tier Cultivation Technique."
"And it might not even be successful, making it somewhat impractical."
"Moreover, this technique is merely an incomplete scroll. The 'Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture' has a total of twelve layers, and currently, the beast hide I have only contains the first nine layers for Body Cultivators at the Qi Cultivation Stage."
After listening to Fellow Daoist Ruan, Qin Ming fell into deep thought.
He wasn't short of spiritual materials, as ripening would take care of it.
What seemed to require great expense for others turned out to be his advantage.
In conclusion.
As long as there were enough spiritual materials to increase Qi Blood, the Body Refining speed of this 'Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture' shouldn't be slow.
"May I ask, Fellow Daoist Ruan, how many layers have you cultivated?"
Fellow Daoist Ruan, upon being asked, replied with some sentiment, "Ah, over the years, I've exhausted my family's wealth, spending thousands of Spirit Stones, searching everywhere for spiritual materials to increase Qi Blood, and I've only reached the 3rd Layer..."
"Has anyone in your family cultivated this technique to the 5th Layer?"
"No, currently, I've cultivated it to the highest level."
"..."
Qin Ming suddenly understood why he wanted to sell it at a low price.
After careful consideration.
Qin Ming decisively said, "One hundred Spirit Stones, plus ten pounds of Beast Fang Rice, for this technique, how about it?"
"What? You actually have Beast Fang Rice?"
Upon hearing this, Fellow Daoist Ruan's previously despondent demeanor vanished.
His entire being suddenly became invigorated, and his eyes flashed brightly.