Chapter 17 Dual Spirit and Essence Cultivation!

When Xiao An fully integrated with Bing Xian's Spirit Essence, his body was left behind without a soul to inhabit it.

"Just take as much as you can carry. A [Holy Shadow] beast is literally a being made of shadows. When we die, our bodies crystallize and explode into thousands of pieces of true essence stones. They do possess a dark attributed true essence so normal cultivators can utilize them".

Bing Xian took managed to get over 50 liters of Xiao An's blood and 10 kilograms of true essence stone before it exploded. In addition, Xiao An's body really did contain a Spirit Bone!

The left arm bone was taller than Bing Xian's body, so carrying it with the 60 kilos of Spirit Beast parts was a little bit of a hassle. But thanks to the true essence stones flying everywhere, no Spirit Beast even bothered looking at Bing Xian without his [Undying Nightmare Ghost Demon] Spirit Essence activated.

He truly did earn big today.

"Teacher... how does it feel to finally leave the Demon Grotto?".

Once they all left the ravine that was known by many as the Demon Grotto, Bing Xian and his Conscious Spirit Rings entered his Sea of Consciousness, at which the the tiny figure of the silly bird was playing with an equally tiny figure of a [Holy Shadow] Beast.

"You didn't tell me about this! Why is my body so small! What happened?".

Xiao An cried out while the Senior Crane just looked on apathetically.

'You're talking! My body was as tall as a mountain! Shrinking down to a two foot tall crane is just humiliating....'.

Bing Xian just looked at his Spirit Rings having more things in common and stopped listening to their complaining.

"I'm going to go and absorb the Spirit Bone. Don't interrupt me until I'm finished". Said Bing Xian.

He exited his Sea of Consciousness and looked down at the left arm bone that Xiao An left behind.

He was currently situated in a large hollowed out tree roughly 50 kilometers away from the Demon Grotto. It was far enough that Spirit Beasts from the Demon Grotto wouldn't come and chase him, and other Spirit Beasts would be deterred by the dark aura of the ravine and wouldn't try their luck and venture in.

The Spirit Bone was roughly 2 meters in length and despite being so large, weighed only around 10 kilos. It was completely black in color and possessed small symbols and lettering all over the bone. It had five long sharp claws and another bone sticking out the other end of the elbow like a sharp dagger ready to stab through its enemies.

"Teacher said that the bone contains some of his insights into the Laws of Darkness and Wind. That if integrating the bone is like he thinks it is, I'll obtain his affinities to those particular Laws".

Xiao An had told him that God Tier beasts like True Phoenixes and True Dragons have Laws engraved into their bones at birth! It's what allowed them to possess such tyrannical physiques and divine talents that increase their cultivation speed like crazy!

'If I can integrate a God Tier beast Spirit Bone into my own body.... doesn't that mean I'll have the same level strength and talent as them?!'.

Bing Xian drooled at the thought.

Although body cultivation wasn't as popular as essence cultivation, the fact of the matter is the two compliment each other.

Xiao An likened to to true essence being the water and the body being the bucket. The greater the cultivation of the body, the bigger the bucket! If he managed to have the same level of physique as a God Tier Spirit Beast, he might possess the same level of strength as a God, despite not being one!

He drooled some more, before slumping his shoulders in grief.

'If only it were that easy to convince a God Tier Beast to become my Spirit Ring.....'. The six year old sighed and looked down at the Black Spirit Bone instead.

Picking up the large Spirit Bone and placing it in his lap, Bing Xian placed his left arm on the bone and extended his Spirit Essence towards it.

Normally, his spirit essence would be rejected by the bone as it carried the lingering resentments from when the Spirit Beast was still alive, but this Spirit Bone carried no such thing. As Xiao An willingly gave up his Spirit Ring to Bing Xian, the body naturally didn't carry any feelings of resentments and willingly integrated with Bing Xian's left arm.

It took 8 hours to complete the whole process.

Bing Xian's body was covered in a sinister black and green aura and his brows furrowed every once in a while before smoothing out, a small understanding look on his face.

It wasn't like other Spirit Bones. The Spirit Bones on the Douluo Continent didn't possess any innate Law affinities like the ones on the Sky Spill Continent. It didn't just take a strong will and an abundant amount of spirit essence to absorb.

It took comprehension. It took understanding. It took wisdom.

The Concepts of Darkness and Wind, slowly revealed themselves to Bing Xian and after the 8 hours were completely finished....

*Bang*!

The tree that Bing Xian was cultivating in had completely shattered and a small figure with with a torrent of gushing shadowy wind around its left arm had emerged and stood tall under the setting sun.

The evening breeze started to set in and a cold chill filled the air. Yet Bing Xian continued to stand and let the wind blow over his body.

"I can't believe I used to look at the Wind this way. I was totally wrong! The wind isn't something that can be controlled! It has a life of its own! It's formless and free. Unfettered by mortal coils. It's constantly shifting and rotating and flipping and spinning and....".

Bing Xian entered a state of enlightenment as he felt another gust of air come over him.

He spent the entire night that way and never felt tired or fatigued from standing all night.

The next morning as soon as the sun rose over the horizon, a small young boy could be seen. His body constantly spun and flipped and rotated and occasionally flickered and reappeared a few meters away.

He let out a deep breath and a long stream of Qi was expelled from body.

"It seems that I've almost reached the 1st Stage of Body Transformation. My attainments in the Concept of Wind has increased as well....".

Bing Xian peered at the rising sun. Its streams of warm rays filling his body and killing the cold feeling that congregated in his body overnight.

'I've got just under two months of cultivating time before I have to head back to Green Valley Town. I've got a new Spirit Ring to cultivate to level 30 and abilities to practice and refine. My three manuals from Teacher need to be practiced as well".

He grinned inwardly.

'I can almost taste it....'