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Blood Burning Art!

This is the First Layer of Qi Condensation Cultivation Method issued by the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect.

Even though Wang Yu had prepared himself mentally to pay any price, he was still shocked by it.

It was a pure and unadulterated shortcut-type Demonic Art.

It burned the cultivator's Essence and Qi and Blood, transforming them into the most primitive Blood Burning Spirit Power. Essence represented the body's vitality and origin, while Qi and Blood were closely related to physical strength and health.

Deficiency in Qi and Blood would lead to premature graying of hair, aged appearance, physical weakness, and susceptibility to illness.

Deficiency in Essence would lead to organ failure, loose skin… spots, shortened lifespan, and damage to Essence, among other conditions.

In other words, it was exchanging lifespan for cultivation.

Three years of lifespan, regardless of Aptitude, would allow a cultivator to break through to the First Layer of Qi Condensation in just one month. From that point on, they would be a qualified Spirit Slave.

Seemingly, sacrificing three years of lifespan to achieve this goal was a one-time transaction, something that could be endured with gritted teeth. However, the problem lay in condensing Spirit Sand, which would reduce cultivation.

A drop in cultivation would require re-cultivating, meaning a continuous and prolonged burning of lifespan.

The requirement of one or two Spirit Sand per month was the real problem.

Could it even be condensed…?

After reading through the entire Blood Burning Art, Wang Yu pondered while selecting it and placing it into his only Cheat, the [Placement Slot].

[Placement Slot 1: Blood Burning Art]

「Blood Burning Art (0/100): Forty-eight cultivations a day, completion in one year.」

Wang Yu: "???"

This was the first time such a change had occurred in the Placement Slot. It had never happened before, and it was very likely related to it being a Cultivation Art.

However, this was a lifespan-burning Demonic Art, forty-eight cultivations a day?

A round of cultivation every half hour on average, wouldn't that turn him into a dried husk?!

Just as Wang Yu was about to take it out, his thoughts wavered again. This was his only chance to turn things around.

"Try one round, wait for half an hour to see what changes occur, and then decide. It's not too late."

Soon, half an hour passed.

Wang Yu did not feel any abnormalities in his body. Instead, a lot of experience and feelings about cultivating the Blood Burning Art appeared in his mind. A warm current suddenly emerged within his body, lasting for about three breaths before disappearing.

There was no lifespan reduction, nor did he enjoy the effects of a quick Demonic Art.

This situation made him even more confused.

Based on the patterns and usages he had figured out over the past sixteen years, Wang Yu flipped through the booklet recording common sense knowledge of the Cultivation World, and a flash of insight suddenly struck him.

Lifespan burning for quick success was a special effect of the Blood Burning Art. It didn't mean that every cultivator was forced to execute this special effect. It could also normally Refine Spirit Qi and absorb it.

The warm current that appeared in his body out of nowhere just now was likely a manifestation of the Placement Slot running the Blood Burning Art once.

The Placement Slot never tired and never rested. Forty-eight cultivations a day seemed normal.

A cultivator's Aptitude had a great impact on Early Stage Cultivation. Spirit Root not only represented Spirit Qi Affinity but was also closely related to Spirit Qi Conversion Rate.

Normally speaking, Heavenly Spirit Root Aptitude naturally had an attraction to Spirit Qi of the same attribute. When cultivating Cultivation Art, Spirit Qi of the same attribute would spontaneously surge into the body and be very gently refined, becoming the cultivator's Spirit Power.

How much they absorbed was how much they refined. This was the reason for their rapid progress in cultivation.

Wang Yu's Useless Spirit Root Aptitude, with all Five Elements but poor Affinity, required him to painstakingly capture Spirit Qi himself and would feel the Spirit Qi to be violent and difficult to refine.

The Conversion Rate was even more terrifyingly low. Being able to refine one strand out of ten strands absorbed was considered successful. More often than not, not even a single strand of Spirit Qi could be refined. This was why a Useless Spirit Root had difficulty breaking through to Qi Condensation Fourth Level.

The Reverse Spirit Blood Sect was built on several Fourth-Order Spirit Veins. Even though most of the Spirit Qi was concentrated on the Nine Peaks, the Spirit Qi quantity in the Stone House Area was comparable to a First-Order High-Grade Spirit Vein.

The cultivation environment could be considered quite good.

Spirit Root Aptitude and Spirit Vein environment were two of the three elements that constituted the speed of a cultivator's Early Stage Cultivation. There was also another factor related to the cultivator's Meridians and spirit.

Completing a Grand Circulation Cycle of Cultivation Art in the body was extremely energy-consuming.

It required full concentration to perform. This situation would only lessen its impact after breaking through to the Mid Qi Condensation Stage and Divine Sense leaving the body, when the Cultivation Art Cycle formed into instinct.

Mortal bodies' Meridians were weak. Even Heavenly Spirit Roots could not withstand Full Day Cultivation of twelve hours. Initially, being able to circulate four Grand Circulation Cycles a day was considered good.

In this regard, except for Nascent Soul Seeds with Spirit Body, everyone stood at the same starting point.

As cultivation increased, Meridians would become stronger and stronger, and the Spirit Qi they could withstand would also increase. This process was the embodiment of the gap widening between those with excellent Aptitude.

Heavenly Spirit Roots cultivated faster and faster, while Useless Spirit Roots cultivated slower and slower. Within a year, there would be a world of difference!

Only when breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage would these various limitations and difficulties in cultivation completely disappear.

Forty-eight cultivations a day in the Placement Slot could bring Wang Yu extremely obvious advantages in the Qi Condensation Stage. However, similarly, his Aptitude was too poor.

The Placement Slot could not change his Aptitude. Regardless of the conditions, running the Cultivation Art forty-eight times a day would still be the same. That was why the warm current he felt earlier only lasted for three breaths.

Even so, Wang Yu felt extremely pleasantly surprised.

It was always better to have it than not to have it. As long as he could embark on the path of cultivation and solve his current predicament, it was not without hope to change his Aptitude in the future. With an increased base, the amplification rate of the Placement Slot would also increase linearly.

In fact, even without Rare Treasures and Medicines to improve Aptitude, a cultivator's Aptitude would also improve when breaking through Major Realms.

It was just that Four Spirit Roots and Five Element Spirit Root often died of old age before reaching that stage. Only Three Spirit Roots, the Middle Grade Spirit Root level, could have hope of enjoying it.

"Moreover, the Placement Slot and the Physical Body do not affect each other, like an accessory. The Physical Body can also cultivate."

Next, Wang Yu continued to comprehend the Cultivation Art. Every half hour, a segment of insights and cultivation experience regarding the Blood Burning Art would appear in his mind.

This was of great help to him in breaking the deadlock. The Spirit Qi that occasionally appeared in his body, even if it could not be refined, could still bring many benefits.

A body nourished by Spirit Qi was ultimately different.

While experiencing the effects of the Placement Slot in all aspects, Wang Yu also made an astonishing discovery. The Placement Slot not only did not interact with the Physical Body, but also did not have any interaction with the outside world, including Spirit Qi.

In other words, the Spirit Qi brought to Wang Yu by the Placement Slot running the Cultivation Art appeared out of thin air. Who knew where it absorbed it from.

This meant that even in places without Spirit Veins, he could enjoy twelve hours of uninterrupted Spirit Qi supply. Apart from the quantity being relatively small, there were no disadvantages.

The convenience brought by the Placement Slot, although they were all auxiliary effects, when combined, they could provide him with very great help!

And so a day passed.

Wang Yu was passively cultivating even when sleeping at night, receiving feedback and benefits from the Placement Slot intermittently. His understanding of the Blood Burning Art completely crossed a level.

Without painstaking research and feeling, a breakthrough might be today.

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