Holding these two jade slips, Chu Ning, who had just finished all his tasks for the day, immediately returned to his room and began to examine them.
The jade slip is an object commonly used by cultivation sects to store various written records.
Typically, the original texts are kept by the sect, and if any disciple needs to take related books outside, they are inscribed on jade slips.
Of course, these jade slips are naturally registered within the sect, so Zhuang Yunde specifically reminded Chu Ning not to lose them.
Even though Chu Ning initially wanted to learn about the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit.
But seeing that the content on body refining technique in the jade slip was less detailed.
Chu Ning chose to read this aspect first.
After reading for a while, Chu Ning's expression became somewhat complex.
The content of the jade slip not only provided a detailed introduction to the path of body refining, but also a comprehensive explanation of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.
The rise and fall of the path of body refining, just as Zhuang Yunde mentioned yesterday.
And this Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique is indeed known as the greatest body refining technique of all time.
According to the jade slip, this Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique consists of three volumes, each divided into different records.
The five records of the first volume are precisely the Immortal Hide, Undying Bone, Unbreakable Tendons, Immortal Soul, and Undying Golden Body that Chu Ning saw earlier.
And according to ancient records, each record of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique possesses an innate divine power secret technique.
For example, if the Immortal Hide is cultivated to perfection, one can easily learn a divine power secret technique called "Celestial Spirit Fist," converting it into an innate divine power.
The reason for Chu Ning's complicated expression is that although the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique he holds has the cultivation methods for the five records of the first volume.
None of the records mention the divine power secret techniques.
"It seems that these divine power secret techniques may have been lost in transmission."
Chu Ning sighed, feeling a bit regretful.
"I wonder if there's a chance to recover these divine power secret techniques."
Chu Ning shook his head and continued reading.
What caught Chu Ning's interest was that the following content in the jade slip introduced several realms, comparing them with the current cultivator realms.
The Immortal Hide, when cultivated, can physically withstand spells from cultivators below the peak of the Qi Refining Middle Stage.
And if one can cultivate to the Undying Golden Body, with the circulation of magical power, they can even withstand spells from Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators.
However, progressing in this Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique is much slower than cultivating normal techniques.
To achieve the level of the Undying Golden Body, the time required is often more than twice that needed to reach the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
Moreover, between each layer, there are significant bottlenecks.
Unless one can obtain heavenly materials and earthly treasures to strengthen the body, breaking through is difficult.
In ancient times, heavenly materials and earthly treasures were abundant, and without the alchemy technique, they were easier to find.
Nowadays, as more cultivators emerge, strong body-enhancing heavenly materials and earthly treasures often serve as excellent ingredients for refining high-grade elixirs, making them much harder to find.
After all, when such heavenly materials and earthly treasures are combined with other ingredients for alchemy, they greatly benefit cultivators who follow the Qi Cultivation Path.
Even if someone acquires them, they're often reluctant to consume them directly.
Hence, gradually, fewer and fewer people practice the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.
This jade slip also records some heavenly materials and earthly treasures from ancient times that are helpful for breaking through bottlenecks in the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.
To Chu Ning's great surprise, one of them was something he was familiar with.
The Seven-Star Spirit Fruit!
Moreover, the effect of this Seven-Star Spirit Fruit was indeed remarkable.
According to the jade slip, even for breaking through the realms like Unbreakable Tendons and Immortal Soul, the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit has some effect.
After reading the entire jade slip, Chu Ning's emotions were undoubtedly complex.
Firstly, he hadn't expected the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique to include divine power secret techniques.
Also, based on this jade slip introduction, the body refining technique is astonishingly difficult to cultivate.
Even cultivating the Immortal Hide in the first record of the first volume is comparable to the peak of the Qi Refining Middle Stage.
However, with the Yin Wood Spirit Body and the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique enhancing his cultivation of the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique, the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique currently doesn't have any known enhancements.
The second unexpected revelation for Chu Ning was that the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit turned out to be an excellent object for strengthening the body.
Even aiding in breaking through the bottlenecks of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.
With this thought, Chu Ning subconsciously wondered if that bearded man knew something as well.
Might he also be seeking to cultivate the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, knowing the purpose of the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit?
And then, because he knew that he helped Old Man Sun cultivate the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit, he decided to target him for his plans.
Only then did Chu Ning coincidentally obtain the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique and the seeds of the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit.
Soon, Chu Ning stopped considering this issue.
For him, the original motives of that person are no longer important; what matters is that he now possesses both of these important items.
Although the fragmented version of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique he currently has only includes the first volume and lacks the divine power secret techniques.
Upon realizing that the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique can generate proficiency prompts within his Golden Finger, Chu Ning decided not to abandon his plan to cultivate it.
Then, Chu Ning immersed his mind into another jade slip.
The content of this jade slip was much more extensive than the previous one, and it took Chu Ning over an hour to finish reading it all.
After completing it, a hint of a smile appeared on Chu Ning's face.
"This introduces not only various rare spirit medicines and spirit plants, but some even include cultivation methods; what a valuable item this is."
What made Chu Ning even happier was finding the cultivation method for the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit included!
The growth characteristics of the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit are quite unique; while other spirit medicines generally accumulate more spiritual qi and effects over time.
The entire growth cycle of the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit is very short, requiring only a few months.
In these few months, it's crucial to help the fruit absorb more spiritual qi while ensuring its survival, determining its final quality.
This book details one of the best cultivation methods for the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit.
Although this method might be challenging for people like Old Man Sun, Chu Ning doesn't see it as a major issue.
Normally cultivating the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit would require many strict conditions, imposing a high cost.
However, for people in the Cyan Creek Sect, there is a shortcut—the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill.
Achieving proficiency in instant casting with the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill is crucial.
After planting the sapling of the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit, casting the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill on it for one hundred consecutive days will ensure its survival.
Thereafter, the fruit's quality can be gradually improved using the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill.
For Chu Ning, the only task now is to refine the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill to the level of instant casting.
Given that he has already mastered instant casting for the Accelerating Technique and the Clearing Technique, two wood element spells.
He faintly feels that he is not far from achieving that step.