20. Blood cultivation Technique
Empowered by the knowledge of Blood Flowers and the potential benefits they could bring to her cultivation, Mei Lin felt a newfound determination. This revelation inspired her to set cultivating Blood Flowers as a future goal. To ensure easy retrieval of the information, she cleverly inserted some of her hairs within the pages of the book. Now armed with this valuable knowledge, Mei Lin continued her studies and cultivation with the hope of encountering and cultivating the elusive Blood Flowers in the future.
Mei Lin attentively observed the snail's behavior, recognizing its dependence on sunlight for movement. While the journey's pace might be slower than anticipated, Mei Lin embraced the necessity of adapting and practicing patience during this unconventional mode of travel. With a clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities that awaited her on this extraordinary journey with her master, Mei Lin prepared herself for the unique experiences that lay ahead.
After observing the sun similar to the snail, Mei Lin consumed the last piece of spirit fruit in her possession. She then retrieved a book about space from her storage ring, indicating her intention to delve into the knowledge and intricacies of celestial bodies.
Immersing herself in the book on space, she unraveled the mysteries of expansive rooms, endless shelves, and storage spaces. All intricately tied to the space cultivation path. The knowledge she gained revealed that adept cultivators could craft their personalized small spaces, with the size of these spaces contingent on their skill in the craft. The revelations opened up new possibilities and insights into the realm of space manipulation.
The book enlightened Mei Lin on the process of expanding space, imbuing it with more power to facilitate growth. Importantly, once formed, the created space would persist until met with destruction. Additionally, the knowledge suggested that storage spaces could be embedded into various objects, such as bags, rings, tokens, and the like. Armed with this understanding, Mei Lin contemplated the potential applications of space manipulation in her cultivation journey.
To create a larger space requires the infusion of more power for it to grow. Once a space is created, it won't disappear unless destroyed. These storage spaces can be integrated into various objects such as bags, rings, tokens, and more. Additionally, spaces can be stacked inside one another, but the disadvantage is that the stacked spaces cannot be opened. This limitation doesn't apply to powerful spaces that can support the opening of other spaces, like small worlds.
Mei Lin refrained from attempting it, fearing that experimenting with the destruction of her storage space might lead to undesirable consequences.
As Mei Lin delved deeper into the Blood Cultivation book, she unveiled the intricacies of the Blood path. Blood cultivators, distinguished by their formidable offensive and surviving capabilities, possessed a near-immortality within the lower cultivation realms due to their ability to regenerate their own blood. However, this very uniqueness and strength made them prime targets for other cultivators, sects, and even demonic practitioners who sought to eliminate potential threats. The path Mei Lin was considering appeared both promising and perilous, requiring careful consideration of the risks involved.
The Blood Cultivation path, Mei Lin learned, often came at a heavy cost, involving large-scale bloodshed and destruction as cultivators sought to ascend to higher realms. Similar to other unique cultivation techniques, this path allowed practitioners to bypass traditional cultivation realms, resulting in a slower cultivation progress that heavily relied on the blood of others. The moral and ethical implications of such a path weighed heavily on Mei Lin as she contemplated the potential consequences of embracing this challenging and controversial cultivation technique.
As cultivators progressed to higher realms, the need for sustaining oneself without a physical body lessened. However, the advantages of blood cultivation practices still held relevance to some extent. The negative reputation associated with this path served as a deterrent for many cultivators, influencing them to steer clear of the controversial and morally challenging aspects of blood cultivation. Mei Lin found herself grappling with the ethical considerations as she delved deeper into the intricacies of this unique cultivation technique.
The Blood Path could only be awakened by special cultivators and could not be taught conventionally. Mei Lin accepted this fact and delved into the intricacies of cultivation techniques related to the Blood Path. Each blood cultivator awakened their potential through a distinct method, emphasizing the personal and unique nature of their cultivation journey. As Mei Lin navigated through the texts, she sought to understand the various methods and gain insights that would aid her in her own cultivation. Inside the book wasn't almost nothing about spells for blood cultivators unlike in Book about sword path.
Mei Lin learned that her initial step on the Blood Path was to awaken it within herself. Once awakened, she would embark on creating her Blood Sea, a unique attribute intrinsic to her cultivation similar to ordinary cultivation sea created in ascending into QI Condensation realm. The subsequent phase involved cultivating natural energy, akin to a regular BT cultivator, which would manifest as wisps of natural energy strengthening her physical form. However, this method presented a drawback, as its efficacy was comparatively lower compared to earlier stages of cultivation. Undeterred, Mei Lin absorbed this knowledge, determined to proceed with her cultivation on the Blood Path.
Mei Lin discovered an alternative approach on the Blood Path, where she could convert her own blood into wisps of natural energy and back, but this process will be ineffective in terms of ration between the exchange. However, this method came with its own challenges, primarily the need for replenishing her blood supply. The process, though possible, proved to be inefficient due to the significant amount of blood required for absorption and conversion. Luckily, Mei Lin had her Cultivation Sea awakened, a vital step for those aspiring to progress to the QI Condensation realm, providing her with additional avenues for cultivation. Thanks to Blood sea, she can absorbed natural energy from outside and also from others blood, which will solve problem of using her own blood.
Mei Lin realized that, without her awakened Cultivation Sea, she would have been restricted to cultivating only natural energy like any other cultivator. In such a scenario, she wouldn't have the ability to convert the energy from her own blood, making her cultivation journey more challenging. The awakened Cultivation Sea proved to be a crucial asset, offering Mei Lin flexibility in her approach to advancing along the Blood Path. It also help with her battle strength, because she can utilize gathered natural energy inside cultivation sea.
After closing the book, Mei Lin entered a cultivation state. Once immersed, she lost all sense of time, focusing on gathering natural energy from her surroundings into the Cultivation Sea inside her dantian. Although the process was slower compared to before, the conversion of natural energy into her own was much more effective.
After four hours of intense cultivation, Mei's second wisp of natural energy, which was at twenty percent completion when she started, now stood complete. The contrast was stark it had taken her more than ten days to reach this stage initially. However, her second wisp of natural energy, despite half a day of continuous cultivation, showed no signs of condensation.
"Shit this kind of cultivating will be extremely long. I need to find way how to cultivate faster. Li Wei will probably breakthrough at any time." After that she put out another spirit fruit and eat half of it.
After dinner, Mei Lin went outside and approached her master. It was already night, and the master hadn't moved from her chair. Mei Lin arrived and bowed down, waiting for her to make a move. When nothing happened, Mei Lin decided to initiate the conversation.
"Master, how can I expedite my cultivation? My potential is quite low, and the Blood Path is making my progress even slower." Deity slowly opening her eyes and fixing her gaze on Mei Lin.
"Your cultivation has improved slightly since yesterday. Patience is crucial. As you've read in the Blood Cultivation book, you can enhance your cultivation potential by either killing others and took their blood or discovering special herbs that boost spiritual energy and speed up you cultivation process. These approaches will expedite your progress. Moreover, absorbing natural energy from spirit stones is an option, but neither of us has any. The spirit stones are likely in Li Wei's spatial ring, but you can only access it at the second stage of Body Tempering. That's when your spiritual sense will be potent enough to enter it."
"Why don't you open it, then?" Mei Lin asked. "Because he didn't ask me to, and even if he did, I wouldn't. There are things you need to do by yourself. If you want something, you need to work hard to get it. Do you understand?" Mei Lin questioned.