Chapter 233: The Differences in Cultivation Between Beasts and Humans!
Inside the cave, a flash of joy passed through Jiang Lin's dazzling red-gold eyes. After conducting the experiment, he realized that a 'virtual magic core' does not equate to an actual magic core.
This meant that even though Jiang Lin had a virtual magic core for absorbing fire gold Dou Qi within his body, this thing, which dissipates automatically without active cultivation, couldn't bear the pressure under the Fire Forging Technique system. This allowed Jiang Lin to use both the fire-element and metal-element crystal cores!
"Next, the remaining experiment is to test whether wind, lightning, and ice elements can also be considered separate Dou Qi elements." A hint of contemplation passed through Jiang Lin's red-gold eyes. If Dou Qi energy follows the concept of the five elements, then wind, lightning, and ice would lose their uniqueness because Jiang Lin could directly merge wind, lightning, and ice using his own five-element Dou Qi. For example, now that Jiang Lin had the wood-element crystal core, the effects of the wind and lightning crystal cores would likely be significantly reduced.
"If that's the case, then with the seven types of crystal cores—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, dark, and possibly light—I can only have seven crystal cores to support me up to the Dou Zun level. That's already enough. Without the crystal cores, I honestly can't imagine what the jump from Dou Zun to Dou Sheng would be like. Dou Sheng to Dou Di is 2 to the power of -10, and that's something no human could imagine."
"Now, optimistically speaking, if I can reach Dou Sheng, then the cultivation penalty I'll face will only be 2 to the power of -3, or one-eighth, which is still acceptable."
Jiang Lin felt a little more settled as he understood his future path. The Fire Forging Technique only affected his Dou Qi realm but didn't hinder his combat power growth. Each crystal core subtly enhanced Jiang Lin's resistance to various elements in his physique. Perhaps one day, he would reach a state where no law could harm him, and he would be invulnerable to all calamities?
Though Jiang Lin's cultivation appeared stuck at the peak of a One-Star Great Dou Master, his body had already reached the Dou Ling realm under the nourishment of the water-element and wood-element crystal cores. His physical realm had started to catch up with the strength of his meridians. Next, Jiang Lin needed to work hard to let his Dou Qi cultivation catch up with his physique. He wanted to close the gap between his Dou Qi and physical realms during the Dou Ling stage.
With the support of the Eight Extremes Burst, which constantly enhanced the power of his body cultivation techniques, Jiang Lin's 'combat power' seemed to still be at the One-Star Great Dou Master level. But in reality, a careless low-star Dou Ling could be directly shattered by his Eight Extremes Burst through their Dou Qi armor, with their heart crushed! In a way, Jiang Lin's 'combat power' shouldn't be judged by Dou Qi alone. In the traditional understanding of the Dou Qi Continent, Dou Qi cultivation equals combat strength.
Still, the Eight Extremes Burst technique was a huge bargain for Jiang Lin.
"Hmm, thank you. This clears up a doubt in my mind." In the cave, Jiang Lin opened his mouth slightly, and a wine-red, translucent crystal core flew out, floating in his palm.
"Lin Ge, what was your doubt?" Xiao Yan, sitting cross-legged on the ground, glanced at the wine-red crystal core in Jiang Lin's hand and then looked at Jiang Lin with curiosity. After successfully absorbing the strange fire, Xiao Yan's mentality had greatly shifted. He was no longer as reckless as before and had become more mature and steady. He no longer spoke thoughtlessly about rejecting the fire-element crystal core that Jiang Lin had swallowed.
The crystal core, a special Dou Qi weapon, was as effective as a seventh-tier life-devouring pill without side effects, and its effect was even more terrifying. The Life-Devouring Pill could only help a person break through to Dou Wang, while the Fifth-Grade Crystal Core made from a Sixth-Grade Magic Core could be used all the way to Dou Huang. Fifth-Grade meant it could only store the amount of Dou Qi of a Dou Wang but could reach the quality of a Sixth-Grade Dou Qi.
This super cultivation boost... Jiang Lin didn't even need to spit it out, Xiao Yan thought that even if it came from below, with the strange fire's burn, it could still be used.
"I've always been puzzled. Whether it's magical beasts or half-beasts, all of them have magic cores, but humans don't. So I've been wondering, where is the magic core of humans?" Jiang Lin voiced his inner question, causing both Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to glance at him in surprise.
It was yet another blind spot of knowledge, a question that neither Yao Chen nor Xiao Yan had ever thought about before.
"So, have you figured it out now?" Yao Chen instinctively wanted to laugh and scold Jiang Lin, but then he realized that this was actually a serious issue. His expression became serious, and his gaze toward Jiang Lin grew more focused. In that moment, Yao Chen understood how childish he had been, thinking of Jiang Lin as just a child. The Jiang Lin before him was a complete being, a giant of thought capable of changing the world.
"Mm, I guess I've figured out half of it. Magical beasts and half-beasts pursue their bloodline because a strong bloodline allows them to absorb more Dou Qi and condense purer magic cores. But humans are more advanced. They've transformed the magic core into various levels and attributes of Dou Qi techniques. The path of the Dou Qi technique forms a false magic core within the human body. That's why ordinary Dou Masters without special bloodlines can only cultivate when running Dou Qi techniques, while magical beasts and half-beasts can cultivate anytime."
The advantages and disadvantages of magic cores and techniques are somewhat complementary. For the immortal species of magical beasts, the magic core cultivation system is much more comfortable than cultivation techniques. They can upgrade while sleeping. However, for short-lived species, high-level Dou Qi techniques with the speed of advanced magic cores are their first choice.
As for whether magical beasts can cultivate techniques?
Hmm... Could it be possible that a magic core of a magical beast is actually a 'cultivation technique'? It's just that, compared to human cultivation techniques, the magic core cultivation has the added ability of passive cultivation. Magical beasts can cultivate both actively and passively. However, a First-Grade magical beast can only have the cultivation speed of a First-Grade, while a First-Grade human can directly cultivate Profound-Class techniques and reach the speed of cultivation only found at the Third or Fourth Grade!
Should magical beasts switch to another cultivation method? What would happen to their original magic cores?
Yes, the magic core itself can be seen as an automatically running cultivation technique! Humans have yet to achieve the feat of cultivating two types of Dou Qi techniques simultaneously. Instead of changing the cultivation method for magical beasts, it would be more reliable for them to find an energy-rich environment.
Even Jiang Lin only used the crystal core as a 'focal point' to gather additional energy, and the technique he cultivated was still the Fire Forging Technique. He had simply added several different elemental energy crystal cores to his Fire Forging Technique.
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