Cultivation through Skin Making

Gusha Mountain, Zuo Xuanxin.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Princess Xi brought all the "Five Elements, Evil Qi, Divine Soul, and Cause and Effect" White Cave Crystal Jades that Song Yan needed, and then she left again. She had comprehended most of the Late Stage of the Purple Mansion, needing only a few more major battles, which required going to some sects for a magical battle to increase her comprehension.

A few more days later...

Although Song Yan sat cross-legged above, he couldn't help but frown.

Though he possessed a Double Profound Root, one was inferior, and the other was lower grade, his Divine Soul and body were already quite strong. Therefore, he originally thought breaking through would be a matter of course, but after conducting simulation after simulation with wisdom, he found it didn't work well.

The reason is simple: The Profound Root Talent is insufficient!

The essence of the Profound Root is the efficiency of absorbing Profound Qi.

The difference in Profound Root Talent is not so fatal in places where Profound Qi is general or sparse, but the "Profound Domain Core" is the place with the most concentrated Profound Qi. Cultivating here is like a rush of Profound Qi, the Profound Root must reach a certain level to "initially borrow from this Heaven and Earth."

Certainly, the purpose of borrowing this Body of Heaven and Earth is for the Divine Soul to initially integrate with Heaven and Earth, to strengthen the Divine Soul.

However... it seems that the existence of the Purple Mansion Realm places more emphasis on this process of "borrowing body to merge with soul," rather than how strong your body and Divine Soul are.

If you do not borrow the "Body of Heaven and Earth," do not merge with the "Soul of Heaven and Earth," then it cannot be considered as Purple Mansion.

Song Yan pondered for a while and understood the principle.

From the start of the Purple Mansion Realm, it is like resetting oneself in the Heaven and Earth Mother Womb, seeking to fight for "the right to life" in this womb, and then being nurtured from this womb.

Even if you are strong, if you do not enter this womb, it certainly cannot be considered entering the Purple Mansion Realm.

So, there's no way around the path to "Middle Grade Profound Root."

Even if it's troublesome, the minimum requirement is right here. As long as you are still in this Heaven and Earth, you cannot have the privilege of bypassing it.

Fortunately, the Library Pavilion in Gusha Mountain is abundant in books. As a "greenhouse" reserved by the Formless Ancient Race, it is very lenient regarding the reading rights for long-term resident geniuses.

After some search, Song Yan found a method—Chaotic Heaven Cleansing Profound Pill.

Upon consuming this elixir, it can stimulate the Profound Root in a short time, enabling lower or inferior Profound Roots to function as Middle Grade Profound Roots, making Middle Grade Profound Roots function as Superior Grade Profound Roots, and Superior Roots to just barely touch the Finest... Moreover, during this process, there is a certain chance to permanently transform lower or inferior Profound Roots into Middle Grade.

This kind of elixir is naturally precious.

And due to the principle that it must be consumed immediately after forming, only the materials but no finished products are in the ancient clan's stockpile.

To obtain the materials, Contribution Points are needed.

Being a clan member, Song Yan naturally receives Contribution Points distributed annually. He encountered no trouble in exchanging for the materials for the elixir and the pill recipe, which he then handed to An Li.

Afterward, he also exchanged for a large amount of advanced Demon Beast Skin.

Many of these Demon Beast Skins come from beasts at the Crimson Palace Level, whose lifespan far exceeds that of mundane creatures by tenfold, and some even by twentyfold or thirtyfold.

Thus...

The efficiency of lifespan gained from his skin-making can also correspondingly increase greatly, this being the first point.

The second point is to exchange the crafted Shadow Puppets for Contribution Points.

This forms a positive cycle, providing him with ample resources for exchanges.

The Formless Ancient Race is not a clan of just one; there are rules within the clan, where taking requires giving, even the Elders and Clan Leaders are no exception, or else the foundational reserves would have been plundered dry long ago.

Previously, he'd been using Princess Xi's Contribution Points, but he couldn't keep doing so; besides, at the rate he was using them, could Princess Xi's Contribution Points sustain?

After completing these tasks, Song Yan returned to the Profound Heart, sitting cross-legged, engaging in skin-making while operating the Purple Mansion Technique.

This cultivation technique is not the "Ghost Infant Scripture," but a technique from the "Wind City Child's Carefully Selected Series" within the Formless Mask: "Carefree Scripture."

This scripture, like "Soul Burst Technique," was very tightly concealed by Feng Chengzi.

However, after Feng Chengzi's one Immortal Thought was merged with Song Yan, these secrets could no longer remain hidden.

Feng Chengzi's cultivation system was fully exposed to Song Yan.

Soul Burst!

Escape Technique!

Ensuring others cannot catch him, yet he can kill his opponents through a mad Soul Burst.

This was Feng Chengzi's core magical battle strategy.

Although the "Carefree Scripture" cannot enhance the power of magic in the Evil Land like the "Ghost Infant Scripture," it can elevate the level of all "Escape Techniques," enabling both "speed" and "stealth" of the techniques to be further improved beyond their original basis.

Song Yan could fully imagine how cunning Feng Chengzi was back when he was in the Purple Mansion Realm.

With the Five Elements Escape Technique, combined with a secondary speed boost from Thought Escape, and further enhancements from the "Carefree Scripture," one is entirely invested in Escape Techniques, able to fight when desired and escape at whim, utterly uncatchable by others.

This magical battle strategy, he liked it.

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Time swiftly passed again, another month went by.

Song Yan continuously sat at the Profound Heart, faux practicing while crafting Shadow Puppets, awaiting An Li's elixir completion.

He believed in An Li.

If An Li failed, he would exchange for another set of materials and let An Li try again.

As for time...

Even the most extraordinary person can't break through in an instant, so he must sit at the Profound Heart, until he sits through gatherings to break through to Purple Mansion again.

Being a genius with long-term residency here, every hundred years, he possesses fifty years of usage rights at the Profound Heart.

Of course, if the family has many disciples needing breakthroughs, then he would have to allocate some time.