With a sigh of helplessness, after perfunctorily dealing with her mother for a while, Ding Yun returned to her room to ponder her next plan.
There wasn't much to hesitate about in this regard.
Ding Yun's plan was simple: cultivate first. Only after possessing sufficient power would she be capable of doing other things and gaining significant influence.
In the cultivation world, strength was paramount. Without strength, no one would listen to you, let alone discuss influence.
Considering these factors, Ding Yun decided against trying to acquire the Liu family's Foundation Establishment technique. Instead, she delved into her memories to find a suitable cultivation method, intending to quickly cultivate enough power.
This way, she would feel more at ease and secure.
Having too little cultivation left her feeling insecure.
A sense of crisis, inexplicable yet present.
However, considering the differences between worlds, Ding Yun was quite cautious when selecting her cultivation method. She specifically referenced the cultivation principles of the basic techniques from the original body's memories, choosing a spirit root-based technique that was compatible with this world and her own spirit root.
In reality, there were many types of cultivation techniques.
Some absolutely required spirit roots to cultivate, some did not need them at all, some relied on acupoints, and others were based on bloodlines. Although these techniques were theoretically universal, in practice, due to differing worlds,
Cultivation speeds could vary greatly.
Under world and law restrictions, some worlds' fundamental laws might dictate that those without spirit roots could not cultivate or sense spiritual energy. In such cases, only spirit root-based techniques would be most applicable in that world, while cultivating other types would be twice as difficult,
Or perhaps even impossible.
As far as Ding Yun currently knew, the world she was in was undoubtedly quite standard, a world where only those with spirit roots could cultivate. There was no possibility of entering the Dao through martial arts. Even if one broke through to the Xiantian realm through martial arts and could sense spiritual energy, they could not retain it. At best, they could use spiritual energy to cleanse their bodies and improve physical fitness, but they could not achieve immortality.
The two martial arts families in this region served as examples. Of course, it was also possible that the original body lacked experience and had not encountered any martial arts grandmasters who could enter the Dao through martial arts. But for now, choosing a spirit root-based technique was undoubtedly the best option.
Furthermore, considering that her golden finger required the expenditure of life force, Ding Yun specifically chose a wood-element technique, the "Zao Hua Yuan Hui Gong" (Creation Epoch Skill), which was relatively weaker in other aspects but unparalleled in extending lifespan.
This technique cultivated creation and lifespan.
The technique had a total of nine layers.
The first layer increased lifespan by one day, the second by one month, the third by one year, the fourth by thirty years of a lifetime, the fifth by three hundred and sixty years of an epoch, the sixth by ten thousand eight hundred years of an epoch, the seventh by one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years of a Yuan, the eighth by twenty-two million five hundred thousand years of a Jie, and the ninth layer increased lifespan by one Liang Jie, six hundred and forty-eight million years.
The first three layers of this technique were easy, the middle three were difficult, and the last three were as difficult as climbing to heaven.
Ding Yun didn't know if she could cultivate it successfully, as she had never heard of anyone succeeding. Currently, the highest recorded achievement for this technique was reaching the seventh layer.
However, Ding Yun never expected to cultivate this technique to the ninth layer. Reaching the sixth or seventh layer would already be quite rewarding.
After all, in this world, Golden Core cultivators had a lifespan of five hundred years, Nascent Soul cultivators had a lifespan of a thousand years, and God Transformation ancestors had a lifespan of three thousand years.
If she could cultivate it to the sixth layer, she could easily outlive three or four God Transformation ancestors. What more could she ask for?
However, after selecting this technique, Ding Yun also chose a water-element technique to cultivate in parallel. This was because the original body had water and wood spirit roots, and cultivating only wood spirit roots could easily burden the body, leading to problems with the spirit roots. For the water-element technique, Ding Yun did not choose one primarily focused on extending lifespan. She specifically selected a technique that was particularly suitable for use with the "Ning Shui Jue" (Water Condensing Art), the "Bei Ming Wu Liang Zhen Jing" (North Sea Boundless True Scripture), which had the characteristic of being as vast as the North Sea and boundless, with magical power that could exceed that of peers by a thousand times.
The normal cultivation speed would be relatively slow, but if one could cultivate in the ocean, the speed would immediately increase.
Moreover, water generates wood, and with this scripture in conjunction,
It could also speed up the cultivation of the "Zao Hua Yuan Hui Gong."
With the cultivation techniques chosen, Ding Yun instructed someone outside and returned to the closed-door cultivation room in her courtyard. She began by switching to cultivating the "Bei Ming Wu Liang Zhen Jing," replacing the original "Shui Mu Jue" (Water Wood Art). Due to Ding Yun's extremely high cultivation realm, the conversion process was smooth. In a short while, the true essence of the twelfth level of Qi Refining from the "Shui Mu Jue" within Ding Yun's body rapidly decreased to just one percent of its original amount, transforming into the true essence of the Bei Ming Wu Liang Zhen Jing.
This demonstrated the low grade of the "Shui Mu Jue"
And the high level of the "Bei Ming Wu Liang Zhen Jing."
The condensation of the true essence alone differed by a hundredfold.
Host: Liu Yan (Ding Yun)
Lifespan: 69 (Qi Deviation, Origin Damaged)
Cultivation Techniques: Bei Ming Wu Liang Zhen Jing Qi Refining Stage (+), Zao Hua Yuan Hui Gong Not Yet Initiated (+)
Skills: Spring Wind Turns Rain Technique Minor Accomplishment (+)
Water Condensing Art Twelfth Level (+)
Considering that the "Bei Ming Wu Liang Zhen Jing" absorbed spiritual energy at an extremely terrifying rate during cultivation, and even more terrifyingly during breakthroughs, coupled with the fact that this technique cultivated faster in water, Ding Yun stopped further cultivation after completing the true essence conversion.
She then immediately packed up and left,
Preparing to head to the largest lake in the area,碧水湖 (Bi Shui Lake), for cultivation.
To be safe, upon arriving at Bi Shui Lake, Ding Yun waited for over an hour until it was completely dark before sinking to the bottom of the lake to cultivate.
As she circulated her technique with all her might, the water spiritual energy within Bi Shui Lake and the spiritual energy from the surrounding heavens and earth rapidly surged into her body, evolving into the North Sea Boundless Sea within her Dantian. As more and more spiritual energy was absorbed, the North Sea Boundless Sea and the space of her Dantian expanded rapidly.
Fortunately, due to the immense commotion, the Foundation Establishment experts in the area sensed it but assumed it was a Golden Core True Monarch doing something and no one dared to investigate.
Therefore, Ding Yun continued to cultivate smoothly.
After absorbing spiritual energy for two full hours, she finally perfected the Qi Refining stage of the "Bei Ming Wu Liang Zhen Jing." Even without considering quality, the sheer quantity of true essence in her body far surpassed her original amount by a thousandfold.
Including quality, it could even be a hundred thousand times greater.
Truly worthy of its name, Boundless.
After completing the Qi Refining stage, Ding Yun did not rush to Foundation Establishment, as she still had a wood-element technique to cultivate. Moreover, the area near Bi Shui Lake was a forest, which was quite suitable for cultivating wood-element techniques.
Therefore, she seized the opportunity.
She continued to cultivate the "Zao Hua Yuan Hui Gong."