"Selling for as much as thirty thousand Spirit Stones."

Shen Xuan pondered secretly.

In the storage pouch, there were still thirty-one thousand Spirit Stones.

Originally, it was meant to bid for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Now it seems, the Foundation Establishment Pill is hard to come by.

It might be better to hunt Tier Two Sea Demons and gather suitable Demon Cores to ask a Pill Master to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

If lucky, maybe he could obtain two Foundation Establishment Pills.

There is even the possibility of getting superior ones.

"Thirty thousand Spirit Stones is a bit too much. Senior, could it be cheaper?"

Shen Xuan attempted to haggle.

"If you don't want it, then forget it!"

"The Sect's Water Technique, to think it couldn't even sell for merely thirty thousand Spirit Stones. It's not even as good as a Foundation Establishment Pill! How pathetic!"

The white-haired elder cultivator shook his head bitterly.

"Please wait, senior!"

For some unknown reason.

A feeling of extreme loss appeared in his consciousness.

His talent for Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil was warning him!

"I'll take it for thirty thousand Spirit Stones!"

After buying the desired technique, Shen Xuan did not linger for even a breath and immediately left Luoying Market.

Now, his storage pouch only contained a little over a thousand Spirit Stones left.

Fortunately, aside from the Life Transformation Fruit and Tier Two Demon Core, he had collected all the other two main ingredients and eight auxiliary ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The Bishui Sword in his hand had also been upgraded to an artifact embryo.

In the short term, there's no need for large expenses.

By making Water Escape Talismans, he could still manage to get by.

There were also Bai Xinghe's two magical treasures, some Tier Two Spirit Pills, Spirit Talismans, and more than a hundred self-made talismans.

Shen Xuan did not aspire too unrealistically.

Before Foundation Establishment, raising the Water Spirit Root to 50 points to reach upper-grade Spirit Root would be enough.

Now it's only three points short.

With various talents enhancing him,

improving the power of the Condensed Water Blade Technique and the Water Spirit Gathering Essence Technique further.

By then, he would be more composed when facing the threat of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

As for his dwindling wealth,

Shen Xuan was not that anxious anymore.

As long as his strength was formidable, where couldn't he earn Spirit Stones!

Moreover, he had a knack for making talismans!

"The Foundation Establishment Technique is so expensive, then this Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique must be quite valuable!"

After killing Bai Xinghe, an elder of the Red Rainbow Sect, he also found a corpse refinement technique in his storage pouch.

Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique.

"Taiyin Refining Form, resurrecting the dead, infinite salvation..."

Shen Xuan read with Divine Sense and couldn't help but feel a great shock in his mind.

A genuine Daoist cultivation technique!

After a cultivator is born, their innate talent is already determined, and improving physique and basic constitution is difficult.

To better practice the Dao of immortality, one needs to find ways to transform the body and refine bones.

And the Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique is a unique cultivation technique that allows the practitioner to be reborn.

The cost is to die once first.

The Primordial Spirit enters Taiyin for cultivation, while the body left in the mortal realm decays like a regular human corpse, with muscles rotting and blood disappearing.

However, the visceral organs do not decay, the bones remain pure as jade, and the nails and hair grow normally.

Thus, once the technique is perfected, the Primordial Spirit filled with magical power returns to the flesh body.

In an instant, it can regenerate blood and flesh, producing fluids.

The flesh body not only recovers but also becomes an indestructible immortal body, incomparable to the previous mortal flesh.

However, this method is extremely risky.

If Taiyin Corpse Refining fails, and the Primordial Spirit cannot return, the false death becomes real death, and the flesh body will completely turn to dust.

Traditionally, users have been elderly, dying cultivators.

Later on, it deviated and evolved into a technique for refining zombies.

Practitioners of this technique apply it to other people's corpses,

thereby refining "Immortal Corpses," impervious to water and fire, invulnerable to blades and spears.

To serve as aides in enemy confrontation.

This Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique is the main cultivation technique.

The subsequent chapters record related techniques.

Shen Xuan took a look.

"What a pity, the genuine Daoist inheritance, yet it has strayed onto the wrong path."

Upon introspection, Shen Xuan wouldn't call himself a good person.

But using a cultivator's corpse to refine an Immortal Corpse, he always found unnerving.

He was quite interested in one of the techniques.

Called the Taiyin Corpse Beast Technique.

Using the Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique to refine various Corpse Beasts.

Once successfully condensed, it can unleash eighty percent of the demon beast's pre-mortem power.

After being cleansed and strengthened with special heavenly and earthly treasures, it can even possess several times the original power of the demon beast's original form.

"Let's talk about it later!"

...

At this moment, Shen Xuan was unaware.

After the transaction, the white-haired elder cultivator entered a simple hut.

He opened a mechanism and walked into a dark basement.

The Refined Gold and Profound Iron Chains on the wall bound an emaciated old woman, whose skeletal frame was clearly visible.

"Old thing, you deceived another Water Technique genius! How many has it been? Sixteenth?"

"You're mistaken. Eighteenth!"

"All dead! You've killed them all! Old thing, you'll die a horrible death!"

"I didn't force them. Since they received my boon, they must bear the consequences."

"Three hundred years! You've holed up here for three hundred years, deceiving eighteen Water Technique geniuses, made them swear a Heavenly Dao oath, and once they achieved cultivation perfection, they went after that person, only to all die by that person's hand!"

The old woman spoke softly: "It's useless! That person is a water technique prodigy, a Golden Core True Master! You've been beaten so badly, do you still want to try? You won't succeed!"

"Why not just stop this and start a new life? After all, three hundred years is quite enough."

The white-haired old cultivator laughed.

His laughter was particularly frigid.

He picked up a peculiar whip from the ground, emitting arcs of electric light, and lashed it severely on the withered old woman's body!

Agonizing screams echoed through the basement.

"How many times have you forgotten, old hag!?"

"Is it the sixteenth or the eighteenth?! Didn't I say it's the eighteenth!?"

Shen Xuan's progress in cultivating the Condensed Water and Sharpness Technique and Water Spirit Gathering Essence Technique was not ideal.

After reading the Water Technique Foundation Establishment Chapter of these two books, he understood the basic principles.

But in execution, it was not as easy and smooth.

His mind understood.

His spiritual power, divine sense, and flesh body could not keep up.

After all, he was still at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Practicing indeed sped things up a bit.

At least, up until achieving perfection in Qi Cultivation, he wouldn't reach great success!

As for the Immortal-Slaying Water Qi Technique, he had managed to reach the entry level.

As a backup trump card, it was still something to look forward to.

Besides making talismans and training Zhu Yingying, he had nothing else to do.

The potential of the Immortal-Slaying Water Qi Technique was immense.

When cultivated to perfection, it could manifest divine power.

Sufficient to deal with a Core Formation True Master.

He had made a Heavenly Dao oath long ago.

Once he cultivated the Water Technique to perfection, he must avenge the white-haired elder and kill his foe.

Shen Xuan didn't take the Heavenly Dao oath to heart.

As a transmigrator, he did not need to abide by Heavenly Dao.

If it helps him survive.

This remarkably simple task should not be ignored.

He continued diligently practicing.

The Immortal-Slaying Water Qi Technique, with its immense potential.

When cultivated to perfection, it could manifest divine power.

More than enough to contend with a Golden Core True Master.

In any case, except for making talismans and training Zhu Yingying, there was nothing else to do.

And before sleeping,

just use the Seeking Joy and Avoiding Evil Technique for a quick scan.

If he could win, he would fight; if not, he wouldn't.

Such a simple matter.

Shen Xuan wasn't concerned about the Heavenly Dao Oath.

As a transmigrator, did he need to abide by the Heavenly Dao Oath?

In all things, survival was what mattered most.

Shen Xuan was utterly exhausted.

He went to the bathhouse and took a comfortably hot bath.

Yingying's cheeks turned crimson at the sight of Shen Xuan's muscular body.

As the hot water poured in, the water inside the bath tub soon began to billow with steam.

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