Chapter 63: A Turn of the Crimson Cauldron

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  "Not bad, this is the Qi Refining stage, drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to infuse into the body, circulating within the body to form a complete whole, that's the Qi Refining stage. Now you can be considered to have initially stepped into the Cultivation Realm." Xiang Tian transmitted his voice.

  "Master, can I now practice the Nine Revolutions Soul Cauldron?" Zhang Cheng asked eagerly.

  "Of course, wait a moment and I'll come out to give you some soul power. Then, I will pass on the Nine Revolutions Soul Cauldron, the Heaven Burning Technique, the Spiritual Wood Technique, as well as a specially selected Celestial-grade Fifth-rank technique, the Earth Emperor True Manual, to you." Xiang Tian replied.

  "Good!" Zhang Cheng responded with a sound, and then saw a strand of gray power floating out from the storage ring and stopping in front of him.

  It has been over a year since he last infused some of his soul power into Xiang Tian, so at this moment, Xiang Tian's spirit appears somewhat listless.

  Having seen this, Zhang Cheng felt somewhat guilty. During this period of time, he had only been concerned with his own cultivation and had forgotten to input some soul power into Xiang Tian, which made him feel a bit sorry for Xiang Tian.

  He secretly vowed in his heart that no matter what, he would give Xiang Tian some spiritual power every month from now on. Although it couldn't guarantee that Xiang Tian would be "full", at least it wouldn't let him be in a state of "hunger".

  "Come on, I'm ready." Xiang Tian sat cross-legged in front of Zhang Cheng and said.

  "Uh-huh!" Zhang Cheng responded with a grunt, then withdrew a large amount of spiritual energy and injected it into Xiang Tian's body. Although the withdrawal was painful, he thought about what Xiang Tian had sacrificed for him, and these pains didn't count as anything.

  "Disciple, why are you giving me so much spiritual energy? A small amount would have been enough, there was no need to give me that much!" Xiang Tian hastily stopped him.

  "It's nothing, relatively speaking, the power of the soul is easy for me to obtain, so I'll give more to Master and let Master live a better life." Zhang Tian said sincerely.

  "Foolish child, the power of the soul is not to be wasted so carelessly, especially when you're just starting out on your cultivation path. The power of the soul is even more crucial at this stage. And now, I don't need to do anything, giving me that much soul power is simply a waste." Although Xiang Tian said this with his mouth, he was deeply moved in his heart.

  "Master, don't worry, these spiritual powers, I can recover in just a few days, it's nothing!" Zhang Cheng said firmly.

  "Suit yourself, kid." With that, Xiang Tian saw Zhang Cheng's persistence and was moved to the point of not saying anything else. He then closed his eyes and began to refine the soul power.

  After about ten or so minutes, Xiang Tian's complexion improved, and he became even more spirited than before. He looked at Zhang Cheng and said: "Alright, don't resist, I will imprint all these techniques into your mind."

  After finishing, Xiang Tian's fingers lightly touched Zhang Cheng's Yintang, a golden light flashed and disappeared into Zhang Cheng's brow, then Xiang Tian's face turned ugly again, but it was slightly better than when he first came out.

  After the golden light passed, Zhang Cheng's mind had several more kung fu techniques.

  First is the "Nine Turns Soul Cauldron", this cultivation method only has the first six layers, just like what Xiang Tian said earlier. Then comes the "Burning Heaven Technique", the "Spirit Wood Cultivation" and another one called the "Earth Emperor True Method".

  As for those three exercises, since Zhang Cheng had not yet reached the foundation-building period, and the temptation of the "Nine Revolutions Soul Cauldron" to Zhang Cheng far exceeded that of the three exercises, he was not in a hurry to study them, so he put them aside.

  At this moment, all his attention was focused on the Nine Turns Soul Cauldron. After re-inputting some soul power into Xiang Tian and sending it back to the storage ring, he began to comprehend it with all his might.

  Because Xiang Tian had already marked many of his own insights on the "Nine Turns Soul Cauldron", he quickly understood the cultivation method of the first turn.

  This first turn is divided into two parts: one is Cheng Ding and the other is Yi Zhuan.

  In fact, in a certain sense, this first part should be independent, after all, it has nothing much to do with the second part.

  So Zhang Cheng guessed that perhaps the person who created this gongfa was trying to simplify things and combined the practice methods of Cheng Ding and the first turn together.

  Of course, these were not things Zhang Cheng was concerned about.

  Concentrating his mind, Zhang Cheng began to carefully peruse the method of creating a Ding tripod. The text above detailed the refining process for an ordinary Dan Ding tripod. If taken out, it could be used with materials to refine a physical Dan Ding tripod.

  However, the method of refining the Dan Ding that appears here is not to let the restorer refine the physical Dan Ding, but to let him learn from it and understand that the steps for refining the soul Ding are actually the same as those for refining the physical Dan Ding.

  However, it also emphasizes how to use the soul to replace the material method of refining the physical Dan Ding, plus Xiang Tian's experience, so every step is very clear in Zhang Cheng's eyes.

  Then Zhang Cheng looked at the explanation above and started building his own Dan Ding.

  He first controlled his own soul to build a rough model of Dan Ding according to the above narration, and then built out all the specific details and functions that can be achieved.

  For Zhang Cheng, who had no experience with alchemy, the whole process seemed a bit difficult, after all, everything needed to be imagined from scratch.

  Fortunately, he had seen many beautiful dan ding online before, so he chose the shape of a dan ding that he thought was the most beautiful.

  As for the internal structure, he was on one side asking Xiang Tian for advice, and on the other hand relying on the images and concise notes that Xiang Tian had specially added to his technique, plus his own understanding, it took him a whole ten days to successfully build the Soul Cauldron.

  However, the Soul Cauldron at this moment is composed of some individual parts and not a complete whole. Therefore, Zhang Cheng began to operate the first turn of his technique, continuously extracting soul power and injecting it into the Soul Cauldron, acting as a bonding agent, sticking them together to form a whole.

  The whole process lasted for five days, and suddenly the tripod shook violently. The color changed from dark gray to light red, which was exactly what was recorded in the classics as a sign of transformation.

  According to the records, one turn of the tripod furnace is red, two turns are orange, three turns are golden, that is, yellow, four turns are green, five turns are cyan, six turns are blue, and the next three turns should be inferred as purple, black, and white.

  After all, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple are the spectral colors contained in sunlight, which everyone on this planet knows, so it's not hard to infer that only black and white are also guessed by Zhang Cheng.

  "Master, I've succeeded." Zhang Chen exclaimed excitedly.

  "Heh heh, don't be too happy yet, this cultivation method is like that, easy to enter but hard to improve, just like me, after cultivating for hundreds of years I've only just broken through the third turn. So, you still have a very long way to go!" Xiang Tian said this to prevent Zhang Cheng from becoming complacent.

  However, he felt that Zhang Cheng's situation was much better than his own. After all, the strength of his soul had not been high to begin with, and it had taken him a full ten years of effort to barely meet the requirements during his first transformation.

  Zhang Cheng's soul was originally far beyond that of others, so he could condense the Soul Cauldron so quickly and complete the first transformation. Moreover, with his cultivation method for refining the soul, it is believed that reaching his original state should not take more than a hundred years.

  At the same time, he also guessed that within five hundred years, Zhang Cheng should be able to complete the entire Fa cultivation and reach the sixth turn of the realm.

  Of course, this guess is the most conservative guess. He didn't count on Zhang Cheng's strange encounters in between, which couldn't be predicted anyway.

  However, if a material or something else can be found to increase the soul, then there is still room for shortening this time.

  So he still thinks that the only person who can cultivate the Nine Revolutions Soul Cauldron to six revolutions is Zhang Cheng, and others simply don't have that possibility.