Chapter 1979: Cultivating Spiritual Beasts and Spiritual Insects

After a few bites, he felt a surge of heat rise in his abdomen. His whole body became intensely hot, his blood seemed to boil, and his skin turned blood-red.

He felt as if he were inside a volcano, with an unbearable stinging pain emanating from his body, and his blood seemed as if it would burst out.

Wang Changsheng didn't dare to delay. He quickly sat down cross-legged and circulated his energy to refine the immense vital energy.

Less than half an hour later, Wang Changsheng finished, his eyes filled with joy.

He could clearly feel his whole body brimming with power, as if he had inexhaustible strength.

He had only taken a few bites, yet his physical strength had increased significantly. If he were to consume all three Blood Dragon Grains, his strength would surely increase even more.

Wang Changsheng picked up a Blood Dragon Grain and began to gnaw on it.

After eating half of a Blood Dragon Grain, a massive surge of vital energy surged wildly in Wang Changsheng's abdomen, accompanied by an intense feeling of fullness. His blood began to boil, he gasped for breath, his face flushed crimson, he was drenched in sweat, his skin turned blood-red, and he felt as if he would explode.

Wang Changsheng quickly circulated his energy to refine the immense vital energy, his body enveloped in a layer of blue radiance, his eyes tightly shut.

Three days later, the blue radiance around Wang Changsheng's body dissipated. He opened his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing within them.

A layer of dark, foul-smelling substance covered Wang Changsheng's body, emitting an unbearable stench. He performed a Dust Cleansing Art to wash away the grime.

He could clearly feel his body brimming with power.

He flicked his sleeve, and a power-testing stele flew out, landing in front of him.

A dazzling blue light emerged from Wang Changsheng's right fist as he abruptly slammed it towards the power-testing stele.

With a muffled thud, all nine markers on the power-testing stele lit up brightly, indicating it had clearly reached its limit.

Half a Blood Dragon Grain provided such a strong boost; if he were to consume all three, Wang Changsheng's physical strength could increase by at least more than half. This was merely Blood Dragon Grain; there were even better elixirs and miraculous medicines on the Xuanying Continent offering greater enhancements to the physical body.

Having just consumed half a Blood Dragon Grain, Wang Changsheng did not plan to continue taking Blood Dragon Grains. Even body-refining pills were not meant to be consumed all at once; taking them at intervals would yield better results.

Wang Changsheng stepped out of the training room and into the open.

A low roar sounded, and a large amount of blue vapor emerged in front of him as the Kirin Tortoise materialized out of thin air, letting out a series of low roars.

Wang Changsheng flipped his palm, and a delicate blue jade box appeared in his hand, from which he took out a silver jade box and two green jade boxes.

Opening the silver jade box, he found two silver spherical objects the size of pigeon eggs, their surfaces crackling with silver electric arcs. These were the inner cores of fifth-tier lightning-attributed demonic beasts. In each of the two green jade boxes was a foot-long golden grass with nine golden leaves and golden electric arcs flickering on their surfaces—three-thousand-year-old Golden Lightning Grass.

After leaving Cloud Phoenix Pavilion, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited several shops, spending over ten million spirit stones to purchase a batch of cultivation resources for artifact refining and talisman crafting, including demonic cores and high-grade spiritual herbs.

Among his many spirit beasts and spirit insects, Wang Changsheng held the highest hopes for the Kirin Tortoise.

He had obtained a Ten Thousand Beasts Pill at the auction. With two fifth-tier lightning-attributed demonic cores and two three-thousand-year-old Golden Lightning Grasses, the Kirin Tortoise might be able to advance to the fifth-tier.

The Kirin Tortoise caught the scent of the demonic cores and Golden Lightning Grass, letting out excited roars as countless blue electric arcs emerged on its body.

Wang Changsheng stroked its head and said, "I hope you can advance to the fifth-tier; that way, you can provide me with more assistance."

He fed the two demonic cores and two three-thousand-year-old Golden Lightning Grasses to the Kirin Tortoise. After consuming them, a muffled crackling sound emanated from its body, and it was engulfed in dazzling blue lightning.

The Kirin Tortoise let out a roar that echoed across the heavens and earth. Fortunately, a formation had been set up, so the sound could not escape.

The Twin-Eyed Rat crouched in a corner, not daring to approach, fearing it would be used as a punching bag by the Kirin Tortoise.

After about a quarter of an hour, the Kirin Tortoise fell into a deep sleep.

Wang Changsheng placed the Kirin Tortoise in a secret chamber, allowing it to peacefully refine the immense energy contained within the demonic cores and Golden Lightning Grass.

After settling the Kirin Tortoise, the Twin-Eyed Rat scurried towards Wang Changsheng, quickly climbing onto his hand, chirping and wagging its tail.

The Twin-Eyed Rat's bloodline was ordinary, making advancement difficult. Coincidentally, Wang Changsheng had obtained the demonic core and essence blood of a Golden-Eyed Rat, which might allow the Twin-Eyed Rat to strengthen its bloodline, greatly benefiting its advancement.

He took out the Golden-Eyed Rat's demonic core and essence blood and fed them to the Twin-Eyed Rat.

After consuming them, the Twin-Eyed Rat let out a sharp, piercing cry, and a dazzling yellow light emanated from its body. Its size rapidly expanded to that of a house, but soon, its body rapidly shrank again, repeatedly changing, growing large then small.

After a while, the Twin-Eyed Rat returned to its original size and fell into a deep sleep.

Wang Changsheng placed it in a secret chamber. A Twin-Eyed Rat would naturally not advance to a fifth-tier spirit beast by consuming one fifth-tier demonic core, but strengthening its bloodline should not be an issue.

After settling them, Wang Changsheng's mind stirred, and a dazzling golden giant ant flew towards him. It was the Gold-Devouring Ant Queen.

The Gold-Devouring Ant Queen's body was covered in profound spirit patterns, naturally formed.

The Gold-Devouring Ant Queen loved to consume five metals. After following Wang Changsheng to the Xuanyang Realm, it had devoured many high-grade metal ores; otherwise, it wouldn't have grown so quickly.

Like the Twin-Eyed Rat, its bloodline was not high, making advancement difficult.

Wang Changsheng took out a shimmering golden metallic sphere. This was the inner core of a fifth-tier Spirit-Devouring Ant. The Gold-Devouring Ant Queen wouldn't necessarily advance to the fifth-tier by consuming it, but accelerating its advancement speed should not be an issue.

Spirit ants with great abilities were rarer than spirit rats, and high-tier spirit ants were even rarer than high-tier spirit rats. It was difficult for Wang Changsheng to find a suitable inner core for the Gold-Devouring Ant Queen to consume.

Unfortunately, he had only acquired one Ten Thousand Beasts Pill, which could only allow one spirit beast to attempt to reach the fifth-tier.

After consuming the Spirit-Devouring Ant's demonic core, the Gold-Devouring Ant Queen became sluggish. It gently flapped its wings, its body swaying left and right, seeming unable to stand steadily.

Wang Changsheng also placed it in a secret chamber, allowing it to refine the demonic core's energy.

After settling the spirit insects and spirit beasts, Wang Changsheng entered the artifact refining room, took out his refining materials, and began to refine artifacts.

After selling the Profound Jade Needles, he obtained a large sum of spirit stones and purchased another batch of refining materials, preparing to refine another set of flying needle treasures. He still had Heavenly Moon Cold Crystals that could be used to refine a set of flying needle treasures.

Wang Changsheng threw a fist-sized piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Jade into mid-air and opened his mouth to emit a stream of snow-white flames, enveloping the jade.

Time passed gradually, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Jade transformed into a mass of white metallic liquid.

Under Wang Changsheng's divine sense control, the white metallic liquid separated into multiple clumps, slowly forming into delicate flying needles that emitted a bone-chilling cold.

He threw a pale golden crystal into mid-air and controlled the Profound Jade Ice Flame to envelop the golden crystal.

Soon, the golden crystal also showed signs of melting, as if it would melt into metallic liquid.

The temperature inside the room was frighteningly low, and a thin layer of ice flakes appeared on the stone walls.