Chapter 68: One's own counter

  Yang Tong is only fifteen years old, and his parents are under forty. Yang Tong plans to use these ten years to hone his skills and steadily improve his cultivation.

  Yang Tong's cultivation speed was very rapid when he had sufficient resources. However, the foundation-building period was a crucial phase, and this stage of cultivation was used to consolidate his foundation. Blindly increasing his cultivation speed would only stifle his own potential, which is why Yang Tong deliberately kept his cultivation at the third level of the Earth Realm.

  This time, after obtaining the spiritual tool master qualification certificate, Yang Tong had at least a decade of buffer period. During this stage, Yang Tong planned to cultivate the "Nine Turns Primordial Merit".

  "Jiuzhuan Yuangong" is a simplified foundation-building method of "Jiuzhuan Xuan Gong", a spiritual body-refining technique that can only be practiced after achieving immortality, as recorded in the "Yuqing Secret Records". The effect of this technique is to repeatedly compress and refine the true yuan nine times, resulting in the most pure true yuan, which is then used to temper the physical body.

  This kung fu is the most difficult and also the most effective top-level kung fu among several auxiliary kung fu in "Yu Qing Secret Records". The foundation period can practice the first turn and the second turn.

  In "Yu Qing Secret Records", apart from the main practice of "Yu Qing Wu Liang Xin Jing", there are many auxiliary practices. The role of these practices is to strengthen the focus of the main practice, such as "Jiu Zhuan Yuan Gong" which strengthens the purity and density of the true yuan, laying the foundation for subsequent practice of "Jiu Zhuan Xuan Gong". Another example is "Tai Shang Guan Xiang Jing", where one visualizes infinite gods in their mind, with a clear and pure energy outside, this is an auxiliary practice to cultivate the spirit.

  Yang Tong is now in the foundation-building period and can start cultivating the first two turns of "Jiuzhuan Yuangong". After successful practice, the success rate of forming a dan will increase by 20% based on the original basis.

  Yang Tong's inheritance is completely different from the relics picked up by others. His inheritance is more systematic, with clear guidance for cultivation, including main and auxiliary aspects, as well as the Pan of All Things.

  However, to cultivate the "Nine Turns of Primordial Energy", a large amount of true energy is required, and even more time is needed.

  Yang Tong obtained the qualification certificate and directly applied for his own counter. He then accepted the commission of the long gun and transmitted the commissioned object through the school's transmission array.

  Yang Tong brought more than a hundred medium-grade crystal stones into the practice room and stayed inside for two months. Two months later, Yang Tong came out of it with a refreshed spirit.

  "The First Turn of the Nine Turns Primordial Merit" has been successfully cultivated, and from now on, every 100 units of true yuan cultivated will automatically convert into one unit of first-turn true yuan. Yang Tong's two months of bitter cultivation have directly consumed over a hundred mid-grade crystal stones. This is truly a grand gesture; if he were to normally increase his cultivation level, the over a hundred mid-grade crystal stones would likely be able to raise Yang Tong's cultivation level to above the fifth level of the Earth Realm.

  Yang Tong has seen the power of ancient martial arts, this nine-turn first turn is one hundred times stronger than the original, and the second turn is another one hundred times stronger than the first turn.

  If Yang Tong successfully cultivates the second turn, the resource consumption will increase by at least 10,000 times on the basis of the original! Of course, this is based on Yang Tong's own resource consumption. In fact, due to his qualifications and skills, Yang Tong's resource consumption has already been reduced by at least 800 times compared to others!

  Similarly, Yang Tong only used a few medium-grade crystal stones to advance from Earth Level 1 to Earth Level 2, while others who were at the first grade of concentration had used over a thousand medium-grade crystal stones and still might not be able to advance to Earth Level 2.

  So overall, although the 10,000-fold increase seems terrifying at first glance, it actually only increases the gap between Yang Tong's resource consumption and that of an ordinary Earth-level Awakened by about tenfold. Yang Tong's cultivation speed is too fast, his resource consumption is more than 800 times lower than normal people, and when he cultivates to a higher level later on, it will inevitably lead to some unnecessary trouble.

  But for now, a million times resource supply itself is unsustainable, so it's better to just maintain it at the first turn.

  Yang Tong understood that even if he maintained his current cultivation speed, which was already at a genius level, it was still much better than his original demonic level.

  Yang Tong is a person with great talent and extraordinary inheritance, it's not good to be too high-profile.

  To maintain enough resources, one needs to have the ability to make money. After Yang Tong had achieved the first transformation, he no longer practiced closed-door meditation for a long time, but instead practiced for two hours each at dawn and dusk every day. The rest of the time, except for eating, was spent on researching alchemy.

  Whether refining spiritual tools or refining magical treasures, it is necessary to consume the refiner's true yuan and mental power. At the same time, it also tests the refiner's precise control over true yuan and fire timing.

  If it is not controlled well enough, it will result in failure or inferior products.

  Yang Tong's divine sense was stronger than his cultivation because he had a treasure guarding his soul. Therefore, in terms of controlling precision, it was quite advantageous. And now Yang Tong's true yuan was a hundred times more refined than before, and he was even more adept at controlling and allocating his true yuan.

  Yang Tong devoted himself to his alchemy, while the city of Luoxing was in turmoil. The four major families of Luoxing had been engaged in a fierce struggle for two years, and no one knew what had triggered it.

  For ordinary people and scattered cultivators living in Luoxing City, these struggles have no impact on their normal lives. However, for most of the medium and small forces within the city that rely on the interests of the four major families, life is getting tough.

  In the city, due to the presence of the government and several major neutral forces, such struggles are limited to industrial and commercial struggles. At night, there may be some gang fights similar to those of the underworld, but the impact is not great. However, outside the city, especially in the wilderness and many rural areas, such struggles have developed into a fierce and intense battle.

  However, the four major families standing in Luoxing City also have a history of over a thousand years, with a strong foundation and great power. Such a struggle seems to have lost not much, but it is still far from hurting the bones. Such a struggle should last for a decade or two, and finally both sides will compromise due to some factors.

  However, for Yang Tong, these struggles were too far away from him, and he didn't need to pay attention to them at all. Even when he occasionally chatted with his family over the phone, it was just like listening to gossip.

  Time flies and more than a year has passed, Yang Tong's cultivation is still at the peak of the third level of the earth, but the progress in spiritual tool refining is extremely great.

  For more than a year, Yang Tong accepted dozens of refining commissions, from losing money to keeping costs down. After more than a year, Yang Tong's spiritual tool refining experience was also trained out.

  This past year or so, Yang Tong felt that he had been living too fulfilling a life. In terms of his cultivation, it seemed like there hadn't been much progress, but in reality, he had made quite a bit of progress. When it came to moving and allocating True Essence, Yang Tong was able to do so with ease, his mind, intentions, and True Essence all working together seamlessly.

  Like controlling fire and water magic, Yang Tong can make it like a toy. A fireball is released, and Yang Tong can make it flat if he wants it to be flat, square if he wants it to be square, and turn it into a dog that will absolutely not become a cat.

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  The first watch has arrived.