: Connecting with the Meridians, Cultivating Qi

The most severely decayed part of the tiger's corpse is its internal organs; it's basically just flesh wrapped in a puddle of rotten mud, completely unusable.

Zhu Yu was mentally prepared, but he still felt a bit nauseous. He forced himself to suppress his nausea, imbued his palm with spiritual energy, opened his abdomen with one hand, and held a slender knife for cutting flesh in the other. He scanned the flesh inch by inch with his divine sense, carefully cleaning away the rotten flesh.

Half an hour had passed, and most of the spiritual energy had been consumed.

What appeared before me was an uneven cavity with flesh that was dark brown.

Zhu Yu scanned the area with his divine sense and then examined it with his True Sight Eye to confirm that there was no more rotten flesh and blood. He then took the "Refined Beast Corpse Oil" from the side, poured out the dark brown liquid, and spread it evenly and firmly little by little.

After wiping away the corpse oil, they took out the sewage needle and thread, sutured the cavity, sealed it with "sealing mud", and then sealed the other exposed holes.

A complete process.

It took about three hours.

"Cultivating zombies isn't easy either..."

Zhu Yu sighed, stood up and stretched his stiff body. With a flick of his sleeve, an invisible force acted on the tiger corpse he had just dealt with, and its body slowly floated up and followed him out of the room.

Corpse ground.

Zhu Yu checked the concentration of Yin Sha spiritual energy in the three acres of corpse land one by one, and finally buried the tiger corpse seed in the center of the one acre of corpse land closest to the wooden house. Sensing the small grave mound that was slowly gathering Yin Sha spiritual energy, his mind suddenly stirred and his gaze fixed on it.

[Target: Tiger Corpse]

Race: Tiger

[Bloodline: Contains a trace of an unknown tiger-type demon beast bloodline "unawakened"]

[Non-product quality: 32%]

[Effects: Strengthens skin, bones, and muscles]

Status: Quiet

"It actually works..."

Zhu Yu looked surprised. He had thought that the Corpse Seed was probably a seed, so he tried it out. Unexpectedly, there was indeed an information panel. He then focused his gaze on [Ungraded: 32%] and silently read:

"Establish a model, analyze the 'Tiger Corpse Species,' and provide suitable growth materials."

The next instant, a panel appeared.

【Cultivation requirements for "Tiger Corpse Seed": Infuse with a large amount of corpse energy, nurture with "nothing" / fresh tiger blood mixed with tiger stripe flower and blood-coagulating grass, place in a cellar with rich divine energy, the longer it is placed, the higher the quality and the faster its growth rate will be "seven days"】

Upon learning the information, Zhu Yu's face lit up with surprise and delight.

In the underworld, corpse energy can be bought for a considerable amount with just one spirit stone.

As for fresh beast blood, it can be found in the nearby animal pen. Tiger-striped flowers and blood-coagulating grass are not rare spiritual herbs; they are all first-grade low-level spiritual herbs.

Tiger-striped flower is the main ingredient of the low-grade elixir, Bone Strengthening Pill, and has the effect of strengthening bones. Blood-coagulating flower is the main ingredient of Blood and Qi Pill, and has the effect of replenishing blood and qi.

In places where divine energy is abundant, it's even simpler...

Zhu Yu recalled the information about the abundance of natural resources and silently made an estimate.

According to the recipe given by the Eye of True Sight, preparing a potion that can be used ten times requires about two hundred catties of fresh beast blood, one tiger-striped flower, and three blood-coagulating herbs. If ordinary tiger blood, which is not worth much, is used, the cost will be about twenty-five low-grade spirit stones.

Not too expensive, but not cheap either.

"I wonder how much the demon tiger's blood is worth..."

Zhu Yu naturally wanted to maximize the efficacy of the medicine, so after a moment's hesitation, he didn't rush to search for it in the neighboring animal pen.

The tiger corpse seed has just been planted. It should be nurtured for at least a month to stimulate its remaining spirituality before further cultivation will be much more effective.

The most important thing for him now is to learn the "Corpse Control Technique." He doesn't want to end up with a tiger corpse that he's not daring to raise because he hasn't practiced the technique. That would be a real joke.

After glancing at the animal pen not far away, Zhu Yu turned back to the wooden house. He went up to the second floor, found a clean spot, took out another jade slip from a hidden pouch in his sleeve, and probed it with his divine sense.

Suddenly, a flood of information rushed into my mind.

A short while later.

"call..."

Zhu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, opened his eyes, rubbed his throbbing temples, and summoned his personal control panel.

【Zhu Yu】

Age: 17/120

[Spiritual Root: Wood and Earth, "Third Grade"]

[Attributes: Physical Strength 2.5, Spirit 36.2]

[Cultivation Level: Early Stage of Qi Refining "51%" Characteristic: Erosion]

[Skill: "Basic Visualization Diagram" Minor Success "68/1000" Characteristic: Concentration]

[Technique: First-tier superior: Cicada Pact (incomplete) "Not yet mastered"]

Tier 1, Low Grade: Chewing Gold and Eating Iron (Fragment) "Beginner"

Tier 1, Low Grade: Corpse Control Technique "Understanding"

[Original Destiny: Underworld Yun Yin Sophora japonica]

Over the past two days, with the continuous infusion of spiritual energy, his physique has increased by a full 0.8, bringing him one step closer to the physique required for the Qi Refining Realm.

Zhu Yu's gaze swept over the spell, landing on the "Corpse Control Technique," and he smiled with satisfaction: "Finally, there's a spell that isn't incomplete."

He immediately closed his eyes and concentrated, recalling the information about "corpse control technique".

Accompanied by numerous annotations, a diagram of a lineage, resembling a winding insect and constructed from six lines primarily in black but incorporating other colors, appeared in my mind. Along with it, spiritual objects needed for cultivating magical arts also appeared.

The main material is a pair of compound eyes of a first-tier mid-grade demonic insect called "Corpse Beetle".

The auxiliary spiritual materials include the molted shell of a mid-grade Tier 1 demonic insect called the "Soul-Parasite Insect," the wings of a low-grade Tier 1 demonic insect called the "Dream-Catching Butterfly," and spiritual spring water...

Compared to the "Chew Gold and Eat Iron" lineage diagram, the "Corpse Control Technique" is significantly simpler, which also means it is much weaker than the former.

Zhu Yu pondered for a moment, then silently recited:

"Establish a model, using my physical body and the laws of heaven and earth as the main body, to deduce and analyze the applicable technique 'Corpse Control Technique'."

As soon as the thought was uttered, the panel changed.

[The spell "Corpse Control Technique" is applicable to the following lineages. Analysis progress: 1%. Estimated analysis time: 15 minutes.]

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction, paused the analysis of "chewing gold and eating iron", and began to analyze "corpse control technique".

Half an hour later.

A diagram of the human body's celestial and terrestrial meridians appeared in Zhu Yu's mind. At the back of his neck, a faint white light severed six meridians, outlining a meridian that resembled an insect.

"good."

Zhu Yu was overjoyed. With the Eye of Truth analyzing the applicable lineage, he could start cultivating it directly once the materials for constructing the spell arrived.

Suppressing his excitement, he instructed the Eye of True Sight to continue analyzing "Chew Gold and Eat Iron," closed his eyes, and began his first meditation since breaking through to Qi Refining.

As always, I easily immersed myself in deep meditation.

In the dim space of consciousness, the blurry outline of a three-ring pattern emerged, and consciousness transformed into a brush tip, slowly and deliberately outlining the lines.

The moment the inner ring lines appeared, green and yellow light spots suddenly flooded into the consciousness space. Before Zhu Yu could react, a green light spot and a yellow light spot had already taken over.

After its move in.

The other yellow-green spots slowly faded and disappeared.

When Zhu Yu came to his senses, he saw that the inner ring lines he had just drawn had twisted and dissipated, and the wood and earth spiritual energy that had resided within them had also disappeared.

"Is this what Qi cultivation is...?"

As soon as the thought flashed through my mind, I continued to meditate and sketch the three-ring pattern. Each time the inner ring was formed, the wood and earth spirits would rush in.

He tried to block it with his divine sense, which did work. However, as the wood and earth spiritual energy gathered more and more, the rate at which his divine sense was consumed increased dramatically. Before the spiritual energy could interfere, the drawing failed because his divine sense was consumed too much.

Several times in a row.

Zhu Yu had no choice but to abandon the method of blocking spiritual energy with divine sense and obediently wait for a piece of wood and earth spiritual energy to enter. He tried to suppress and soothe it while drawing the three-ring pattern with his mind.

"No wonder Senior Brother and the others haven't been able to break through..."