owlsbooks Chapter 34 Iron Cauldron Casts Golden Body
Chapter 34 Iron Cauldron Casts Golden Body
With a stomp of his foot, Luo Qing leaped into the air, his robes falling away, and landed inside the giant cauldron.
This cauldron is called the Body Casting Cauldron. It is a high-level magical artifact recorded in the first level of the "Iron Cauldron Golden Body Technique". It has the miraculous effect of storing metal-type magic and is an essential auxiliary item for cultivating this technique.
To obtain this cauldron, Luo Qing paid 120 spirit stones to commission a weapon refiner from the Earthly Fiend Peak to forge it.
"Meng Bao, I'll give you 5% of your primordial spirit computing power to help me control the earth fire."
Setting the restriction token aside, Luo Qing sat cross-legged in the center of the giant cauldron, touching the heels of his hands together to form a unique hand seal.
"Okay, Master, Mengbao is starting now! Go, Master!"
As soon as Meng Bao responded, the restriction token floated up.
Runes flashed across its surface, and the light from the several fiery eyes in the center dissipated, immediately giving way to raging flames!
The golden centipede shell that had been placed inside quickly succumbed to the heat and began to melt, almost like metal.
At the same time, the golden yang energy it contained also quickly dissipated.
At this moment, the mountain and river patterns on the casting cauldron glowed slightly, absorbing all the golden yang energy, which then circulated and was stored in the cauldron.
In just a moment, a thin golden mist appeared around Luo Qing.
Upon seeing this, he immediately activated the Iron Cauldron Golden Body Technique, causing all the pores on his body to open and close in a rhythmic breathing motion.
As soon as the golden yang energy seeped into his body, an indescribable burning and stinging sensation swept over him, as if countless red-hot steel needles were forcibly piercing his flesh and bones.
Luo Qing's brows furrowed instantly, and her hands loosened slightly in pain.
But the next moment, he remembered the bone-strengthening pills he had buried. He gritted his teeth and suddenly increased the force of his hand seals, forcibly suppressing the intense pain!
After two full days and two nights, Luo Qing's skin had turned an irregular pale gold color, and the golden yang energy in the cauldron was almost exhausted.
At that moment, Meng Bao activated the restriction token and used the earth fire to refine the second batch of golden-backed centipede shells.
A few breaths later, the golden yang energy in the cauldron became thicker again, even surpassing its previous level.
These golden yang energies were even purer, and naturally brought Luo Qing even greater pain.
If he hadn't already built a foundation after two days of arduous practice, he definitely wouldn't have been able to persevere at this point.
"Golden-backed old demon, you were no match for me before you died, and you are even less so after!"
Luo Qing's face was contorted with rage, veins bulging on his forehead, but he suddenly roared and recited the incantation for the martial arts technique:
"Absorbing wealth and vitality, forging a golden body!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Qing suddenly accelerated the speed of his cultivation technique. The golden mist around him seemed to be drawn in, slowly condensing into a rotating golden vortex that surged wildly toward his body.
Seeing this, Meng Bao also added the power of the earth fire, allowing more golden yang energy to flow into the body-forging cauldron!
Two more days and two nights passed, and Luo Qing's entire body was completely covered in pure gold, as if it were forged from refined gold, all of one color, reaching the Great Perfection of the Entrance!
The Iron Cauldron Golden Body Technique is a Nascent Soul cultivation method. The first level covers the entire Qi Refining period, and mastering it is equivalent to reaching the initial stage of Qi Refining.
With 9 points of Golden Yang Qi remaining, Luo Qing changed the hand seals, and her golden skin quickly returned to normal.
Immediately afterwards, he formed the hand seals of the Iron Bone Skill, circulated the technique, and began to inhale and exhale the third wave of golden yang energy sent by Meng Bao.
This cultivation lasted for another two days and two nights. After exhausting all 9 points of golden yang energy, Luo Qing clearly noticed that the golden color of his magic power had become brighter.
With a thought, Luo Qing shut down the Earth Fire Array and instead activated the Gentle Breeze Array, causing the temperature in the room to drop rapidly.
Still sitting cross-legged in the casting cauldron, Luo Qing stretched out his right sword finger and pressed and stroked it on his left arm, immediately feeling a metallic texture on his skin.
With a little force, golden light will appear where you press, providing protection.
"Mengbao, how was my training this round?"
"Master has successfully entered the Iron Cauldron Golden Body Technique and obtained 3 essence, 1 qi, and 3 pure yang."
In addition, the master's metal spirit attribute has been increased to 3 points by using 9 points of golden yang energy to refine his magic power.
This is already the limit of the golden yang energy that the golden-backed centipede can provide!
"Even at the beginner level, it provides 3 points of spirit attribute; truly worthy of being a specialized body-refining technique!"
Luo Qing was very pleased to hear this.
It should be noted that the entire training of Iron Bone Skill only yields 1 point of spirit attribute in the early stage of Qi Refining, 2 points in the middle stage, and 4 points in the late stage.
"I understand that the three treasures complement each other and that refining essence yields qi, but where do these three points of pure yang come from?"
No method of cultivation focuses solely on one of the three treasures. Luo Qing was particularly interested in the three additional points of pure Yang.
"Previously, the master's yin and yang were balanced, so he naturally had no yin or yang attributes. However, after cultivating the Iron Cauldron Golden Body Technique, the pure yang in the master's body was greatly enhanced, and Meng Bao then revealed it."
Moreover, this pure Yang attribute will have a tremendous and crucial impact on your subsequent cultivation of the "Iron Cauldron Golden Body Technique"!
"I want to see how this body-refining technique differs from normal techniques. Meng Bao, please make it visual for me!"
Luo Qing disliked vague descriptions, so she immediately gave Meng Bao the order.
"Okay, Master, please look."
"Iron Cauldron Golden Body Technique (First Level)"
内炼：肺金8（50%），脾土4（25%），纯阳9（25%）
External Refinement: Five Elements Demon Blood (3 Yang/6 Yang)
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"So this body-refining technique has internal and external cultivation methods. It seems that the lung metal and spleen earth are similar to the five elements spiritual roots."
If there are no resources to use external cultivation methods, then one can only use internal cultivation methods to gradually refine the physical body.
"Mengbao, how talented am I in this area?"
Luo Qing asked expectantly, "This original owner of the body can't be completely useless, can he?"
"It's a pity, Master. Normal people have a balance of the five elements. Only some people with innate special characteristics have varying levels of the five elements in their bodies."
"Alright, let me see exactly how much it is."
Luo Qing instantly gave up hope.
"The five elements of the body are: Lung Metal 5, Liver Wood 2, Kidney Water 2, Heart Fire 2, Spleen Earth 2."
The golden yang energy absorbed by the master earlier increased the lung metal by 3 points, but unfortunately, like the golden spirit, this is the limit for the golden-backed centipede.
"Sigh, another blank slate. Fortunately, my five elements are not as difficult to improve as spiritual roots. I can just cultivate them slowly in the future."
In fact, the simplest way to improve one's physical and mental elements is to improve one's magical power.
As long as Luo Qing breaks through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, all five elements of his body will increase by one.
It only took Luo Qing six days to absorb the golden yang energy, but he rented this place for a month. This was not because he misjudged the time, but because he never intended to stop here.
"Mengbao, what does '3 Yang' and '6 Yang' mean in the external cultivation method?"
After flipping himself onto one corner of the giant cauldron and reaching for a storage bag, Luo Qing asked a question.
"Tempering one's body with demon blood has a high chance of corrupting the cultivator with demonic energy, making them neither human nor demon."
Although the Iron Cauldron Golden Body Technique uses the Five Elements Rotation Method to suppress most of the demonic energy, there is still a significant risk if the cultivator's own Yang energy is insufficient.
Therefore, it would be best for the master to raise his Pure Yang to 6 points before practicing this skill using external cultivation methods!
Meng Bao used a unusually solemn tone.
"I see. But I was never able to perfect the first level anyway, since I don't have the essence blood of a level two metal elemental demon beast."
Luo Qing was not disappointed upon hearing this, because he already lacked sufficient resources and couldn't repair it even if he wanted to.