Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 211: Western City Inn (Two-in-One Grand Chapter)
Among various shops, although there were body cultivation techniques available, each had flaws of one kind or another.
Either they were severely incomplete or too basic.
Moreover, most were only suitable for the qi refinement stage, with significant deficiencies in the foundation establishment stage techniques, making successful cultivation nearly impossible.
Even though Liu Yu had never practiced body cultivation techniques, he was at the foundation establishment stage and wasn't a novice completely ignorant of cultivation knowledge, so he could naturally make judgments.
What help could body cultivation techniques that only allow cultivation to the qi refinement stage provide him?
Even if he perfected the entire technique, it wouldn't be able to withstand an attack from a high-grade magical artifact, let alone a supreme magical artifact; they were essentially useless.
Additionally, he wouldn't attempt to practice those overly incomplete techniques by using his own body to test their accuracy.
Why take the rugged path when a broad avenue was available?
Although he wanted to develop both his magical power and physical body, looking for any random body cultivation technique wasn't his plan.
At the very least, he needed a technique that could facilitate cultivation up to the golden core stage and was relatively complete, ideally with accompanying attack methods to be of interest.
This was the most basic requirement; otherwise, the benefit to himself would be negligible, and he would waste energy instead.
After a round of visiting various shops in the East Market, Liu Yu was extremely disappointed, having inquired even at the sparsely attended stores without finding a suitable technique.
Leaving the East Market, he glanced back, ultimately setting off on his return to the Southern City Cave Dwelling.
If he couldn't gain anything from the upcoming exchange meeting, he would have to return to the sect to have a look.
Given the Yuan Yang Sect's prominence, they must have complete body cultivation techniques, and as a sect disciple, obtaining them should come at a lesser cost than acquiring them from outside.
However, Liu Yu had his own ulterior motives; he didn't want the sect to know too much about him. Just his identity as an alchemist was already quite dazzling.
After all, he had been just an ordinary outer sect disciple before becoming an alchemist, relying on alchemy to accumulate resources to boost his cultivation to the foundation establishment stage, which could still be justified.
Now, if he exchanged for a body cultivation technique and soon had a certain level of body cultivation achievement, what would that signify?
A genius? A prodigy?
The sect was still quite clear on his background; his three spiritual roots were clearly recorded in the sect's archives. Such an unusual situation could easily lead to assumptions.
Liu Yu had always adhered to a low-profile development strategy within the sect, avoiding attracting attention. Unless necessary for socializing or discussing with peers, he generally lived a secluded cultivation life.
Even when the jade alchemy hall opened, he didn't make a big deal out of it; it quietly started operating on a certain day.
After a short while, Liu Yu returned to the Southern City Cave Dwelling and removed his disguise to return to his original appearance.
The specially formulated disguise potion had a time limit, lasting only for eight hours. Once the time was up, it would lose its effect, meaning he could only remove it and would need to disguise himself again after seven days.
Heading straight to the alchemy room, he prepared to refine a few bottles of Vitality Pills for the transaction seven days later.
The Azure Origin Pill was an ancient recipe, requiring high-quality spiritual herbs, making it unsuitable to use too many; cautiously, he decided to take out only two bottles, using the Vitality Pills for trade instead.
In this way, if he encountered something of interest at the exchange meeting, he would find it easier to trade for it.