Daoist Wang's preconceived notions are quite serious.
He had previously imagined what the main body of a spirit cultivator would look like.
The information provided by Gari Nuo indicated that the spirit cultivator civilization also evolved from human civilization, so the spirit cultivators themselves should also have human-like appearances, or something close to it.
Moreover, because they have very long lifespans, Wang Jixuan would imagine them as dignified, elegant, and delicate – routes that were full of immortal aura.
He never expected this.
Spirit Cultivator Number Five was standing in front of him at this moment, wearing a simple short skirt and shirt, her ear-length short hair complementing her carefully trimmed bangs, her hair strands containing various lights, her skin between fair and wheatish, and her small face completely lacking any sense of dignity or charm; her big eyes, small mouth, and slightly upturned nose could definitely be called cute.
Although discussing the figure of such a strong person is meaningless, her bulging little shirt was indeed full of universal gravitation.
At this moment, she looked curiously at those Crane Origin Pills and stretched out her small hand: "I can eat them! My body structure is similar to yours!"
It matched.
That crisp voice completely matched her current image!
Wang Jixuan: … …
Wait, this is a spirit cultivator? The main body? A girl who is at least tens of thousands of years old?
In their cultivation world, the older the female demons, the more they like to pretend to be young to absorb human yang energy!
He had to be on guard.
"Giving you one is no problem," Daoist Wang raised his hand and guided a pill to fly out of the beaker and land in Number Five's hand.
While Number Five was studying the pill…
A palm wearing a white lace glove quietly appeared behind Spirit Cultivator Number Five, and with lightning speed, rubbed the top of Number Five's head.
Lightning flashed in Number Five's eyes.
Peony quickly jumped back, raising her hand in praise: "So cute! Are the other spirit cultivators also little dwarves?"
"Hmph," Spirit Cultivator Number Five narrowed her eyes, "Mechanical body, I've noted your offense."
Wang Jixuan: … …
She doesn't seem to mind being touched on the head?
Spirit Cultivator Number Five's attention was all on the Crane Origin Pill. She brought the pill to her nose and sniffed it gently, then swallowed it in one gulp. Just as she was about to chew it in her mouth, she discovered that the Crane Origin Pill had turned into a stream of clear and moist fluid, which in turn turned into wisps of breath, rapidly burrowing into her body.
Wait!
Spirit Cultivator Number Five's eyes widened, bursting with shimmering light, staring intently at Wang Jixuan.
Her injuries!
The near-fatal injuries she sustained from being besieged by pillar-level blade beasts!
Even after so many years, relying on the Xingdian Snow Mountain base injecting spirit energy, and constantly drawing on the spirit energy of spirit slaves to replenish herself, she had only recovered a trace of her injuries…
There was actually a noticeable alleviation!
Although the extent of this alleviation was not significant, as long as there were enough pills, her injuries could heal sooner!
"Give them all to me!"
Spirit Cultivator Number Five directly reached out to snatch them. Wu Man didn't react in time to dodge backward, but a figure had already stood in front of her.
It was inevitably the battle puppet in front of her!
Although Spirit Cultivator Number Five was fast, she still couldn't escape Wang Jixuan's spirit sense capture. Two afterimages collided in the narrow area, and everyone could only see the light and shadow left by their simple exchange, and then…
Spirit Cultivator Number Five was grabbed by the battle puppet by the collar and lifted up, her pair of small short hands and small short legs flailing back and forth.
"Give me all these pills! I'll give you the non-core circuit awakening circuit! Refine ten thousand for me, and I'll help you solve the Six Elders in the future!"
The battle puppet threw Number Five aside.
Wang Jixuan's main body, who was meditating with his eyes closed in the corner, opened his mouth and said, "There aren't that many materials to refine ten thousand for you. I know you're anxious, but please don't be."
The battle puppet stood still with its eyes closed.
Number Five didn't even look at the others and rushed directly in front of Wang Jixuan.
Peony and Wu Man moved forward nervously.
Just when they thought Number Five was about to attack, Number Five sat down cross-legged in Wang Jixuan's manner and said crisply:
"Let's form an alliance! You help me recover from my injuries, and I'll help you get rid of your enemies!
"This matter is really important, and it's also very important to you!
"The reason why the pillar-level blade beasts and their main blade beast groups are dormant is because the six of us joined forces to activate the circuit inside the pillar-level blade beasts. This circuit can only be used once every hundred years, and it was a circuit we specifically set up when we developed the pillar-level blade beasts.
"But this circuit, each time it's used, its effect weakens. The more it's used, the circuit will naturally wear away, and the pillar-level blade beasts will be completely free.
"I know you can become very strong, and the civilization behind you is not weaker than ours, but your growth takes time, and I only need to recover from my injuries!
"If I can recover 70% of my strength before the pillar-level blade beasts awaken, I can go and single-handedly destroy them one by one, destroy the Star Gate, and release the planet's defense circuit, and we can develop on this planet!
"Isn't this a win-win situation?"
Wang Jixuan chuckled inwardly.
It was as if everyone wasn't trying to recover from injuries.
Daoist Wang said solemnly, "It's not that I don't trust you, but trust should be built up gradually… Wu Man, go and invite Professor Shen and Mai Qingting over."
"Um…"
Spirit Cultivator Number Five frowned and pondered:
"Then how can I trust you? You're too slippery. You deliberately left me hanging before, wanting me to bow my head to you first. Can a young man like you outsmart me? I'm already seventeen or eighteen thousand years old!"
Wang Jixuan wondered, "Are you considered young among spirit cultivators?"
"Of course! I'm a member of the young and strong faction and the radical faction!"
Spirit Cultivator Number Five raised her head proudly:
"If it weren't for those three old guys joining forces, when we were at our peak, they couldn't beat me in a one-on-one fight. Otherwise, how could they let me out to work alone?
"That Number Four is a bum, a piece of trash, a fence-sitter, claiming to be a free faction, but in reality, he's just occupying the core circuit, indulging in pleasure, and refusing to innovate and explore the use of spirit energy – an old waste.
"So they don't understand the value of you and the civilization behind you, but I do.
"Some people like power, some people like the feeling of control, and of course, some perverts like to be controlled, but I'm different. All I pursue is power!"
Wang Jixuan nodded slowly and asked, "From my current understanding, spirit energy users control spirit energy through circuits, and the core circuit can control a certain amount of the power of rules, right?"
"Uh-huh, that's about right."
"Then what is the power of rules that you control?"
"Darkness."
"Specifically?"
"To a certain extent, it can devour the light in some areas, add a dark night domain, which can make enemies trapped in the domain be restrained everywhere, and can also extract void spirit energy."
Spirit Cultivator Number Five asked back:
"What about you?"
Equal exchange was the best condition she could offer.
Wang Jixuan organized his language and said solemnly, "We don't master rules, we only imitate rules, so that we can resonate with the rules and generate our own rules."
"Resonance?"
"Yes, in this way, we can master all kinds of rules, and when our own rules are deduced to the extreme, we can also complete our own advancement."
Rules are also the Dao.
Wang Jixuan spread out his palm, and a hint of green light appeared in his palm. The green light condensed into a willow leaf shape, exuding a shallow spiritual charm.
Azure Ripple Art.
The green light converged, and a wisp of black air surrounded it from his palm, evolving into a cloud of mist, within which a flood dragon phantom galloped.
Dragon Python Devouring Heaven Art.
Then golden light shone, as if a seated Buddha appeared in his palm, and everyone here could hear the sound of chanting scriptures.
A little insignificant Buddhism.
Number Five was silent, thinking with her head lowered.
That small face was quite serious when she was thinking seriously.
She thought for a long time.
"Your path seems to have a higher limit than ours."
Wang Jixuan said solemnly, "You keep saying how you are, but in reality, the relationship between us isn't even friendship. There's no corroboration for the information you've given, and all of this needs time to verify… I have a way to speed up your recovery, but I'm also worried that I'll push myself and humanity into a fire pit."
"Old Sophie told you a lot of bad things about me?"
"An extremely evil person. The planets you've shepherded have all ended up miserably."
"Tch," Number Five crossed her arms and snorted coldly, "That old bastard Sophie is still ruining my affairs! I really want to drag him out and beat him up!"
Wang Jixuan asked smoothly, "Can you sense his location?"
Number Five shrugged: "I can only wait for him to contact me actively."
Her demeanor, tone, and eyes… didn't look like she was faking it.
Check her memory?
Wang Jixuan didn't dare to be so rash.
He has only seen a little of the spirit cultivators' methods. As the strongest opponent currently known, he still has to give them enough respect.
Wang Jixuan also understood what it meant to give a blow and then a sweet date, suggesting: "How about this, I'll continue to refine pills next, and I'll refine a pill specifically for healing your injuries."
Number Five nodded: "Let me test the goods first? So I can feel at ease taking out the technology you want?"
"You could say that," Wang Jixuan didn't hide it.
Number Five asked: "Is there any way to speed up mutual trust?"
Wang Jixuan thought carefully: "This, in fact, there can be a certain kind of relationship that is different from friendship."
"Huh?"
Number Five raised her hand to cover her chest, staring at Wang Jixuan.
Daoist Wang spoke slowly: "Actually, based on your strength at your peak, and your current strength, you are also qualified…"
Number Five gritted her teeth and cursed: "I didn't expect you to be as perverted as Xingdian! Are you Earthlings all slaves of desire! Disgusting! Even to pursue power, I can't sacrifice my dignity! Even if you're quite handsome, I already have someone I like!"
"Ah?"
Wang Jixuan's expression showed a hint of disdain, and several black lines hung on his forehead. He said quickly in a monotonous tone:
"What I mean is, you are qualified to be my registered disciple. If your character passes the test and you perform well in the future, I can teach you some things before I leave this planet."
"Uh, does this relationship mean I'm apprenticing to you?"
Wang Jixuan shrugged: "It's not really an apprenticeship, just a little guidance."
"Pfft," Peony covered her mouth and chuckled, "Even if you're quite handsome, I already have someone I like."
"Are you a parrot?! Annoying!"
Number Five rolled her eyes, nonchalantly stood up, walked towards her own stone slab with her hands behind her back, and plunged into it!
"Call me when you've finished practicing the medicine!"
"Speaking so haltingly is really annoying!"
Wang Jixuan shook his head.
This Number Five really doesn't seem very smart.
......
The war puppet alchemy plan continued to advance, and overall it was very smooth.
He directly threw a healing elixir that nourished the divine soul into the stone slab, and Number Five let out a series of praises after eating it.
This elixir was not for nothing.
She made preparations in her spire and gave Wang Jixuan two S-level promotion spots. More spots would damage her hard-earned recovered strength, so she was temporarily unwilling to give more.
Number Five's spirit cultivator meant:
【As long as you give me enough healing elixirs, I can gradually give you enough spirit slaves.】
Wang Jixuan's meaning was:
【As long as you can help D5's existing spiritualists continue to upgrade, I can accelerate the recovery of your injuries.】
Number Five was afraid that Wang Jixuan would get something for nothing;
Wang Jixuan was afraid that Number Five's strength would recover too quickly, and then 'her true nature would be exposed' and she would do evil on this planet, then he would really be helping a tyrant to do evil.
The fastest way to gain Wang Jixuan's trust was actually to let Wang Jixuan check her memory;
But Number Five's self-esteem and strength did not allow this to happen.
Daoist Wang is not as simple as he was when he was practicing in the mountains.
He specially refined three more 'Soul Nourishing Pills' and put them into his storage magic weapon in front of Number Five.
Then, a grinding sound came from Number Five's stone slab...
Why not use the opportunity for promotion if you have it?
Ji Xiao, Ji Yale, and Ji Yale's wife, these three students of Xing Dian, are all spirit slaves of the Number Five spirit cultivator.
Although Wang Jixuan wanted to prioritize the training of Wu Man and Zheng Shiduo, giving the first batch of promotion spots to Ji Xiao and Ji Yale would maximize the gains.
Moreover...
The performance of these two brothers in the Snow Mountain battle also proved their current Taoist hearts that are wholeheartedly devoted to Buddhism.
By the way, when Wang Jixuan sent Ji Xiao and Ji Yale into Number Five's stone slab, he learned an ironic truth.
"Does an A-level promotion to S-level not require A-level materials? This question..."
The Number Five spirit cultivator appeared in front of Wang Jixuan with a murmur, pinched her chin and thought carefully for a while before saying:
"Originally, according to our spirit cultivator convention, these things cannot be said."
"But I need your help now, and the spirit cultivator civilization is about to be wiped out by the Blade Beasts, so it's okay to tell you, but please keep it a secret."
"Actually, there are three different ways to advance."
"The first method is the one commonly used in the Spirit Energy City, which is to let the same rank devour the same rank. This method has many disadvantages. For spirit slaves, they are almost all disadvantages, and only those who survive can benefit."
"But for the spirit cultivators corresponding to the spirit slaves, they are all advantages."
"The part of the power of the soul released during the process of spirit slaves devouring each other will directly nourish the spirit cultivator... As long as there are human deaths in various rituals, they can nourish the source of the ritual."
"So, spirit slaves can generally only get the first method."
"The other two methods are that the spirit slave's master uses his own power to directly bestow it; or he can plunder other spirit cultivators' spirit slaves and let his own spirit slaves devour them."
"I often use this last method, so I have become a heinous villain in their mouths."
Wang Jixuan didn't know how to evaluate this.
However, in terms of the current situation, he also hopes to use the third method.
'It's just a bit too demonic.'
Wang Jixuan took out a Soul Nourishing Pill, flicked it lightly with his finger, and the Number Five spirit cultivator opened her mouth with shining eyes to catch it, and then let out a comfortable exclamation.
"Your civilization is really advanced in the field of medicine! Thank you! Don't worry, I won't brainwash your subordinates! We want long-term cooperation!"
Number Five waved her hand and turned back to the stone slab.
Wang Jixuan smiled with narrowed eyes.
Later, when Ji Xiao and Ji Yale come back, he will search their memories. He will know what happened inside and what Ji Xiao and Ji Yale are thinking at a glance.
Number Five's cooperation request and the promotion of the two Jis can be regarded as unexpected gains;
Wang Jixuan continued to return to his own rhythm, using war puppets to refine weapons and build new array foundations, while observing the war situation in the D3 Comprehensive War Zone, and at the same time speeding up his own strength.
He originally thought that what would break his pace of improvement next would be that SS-level spiritualist.
The Daoist is used to it;
He never thought that he could advance to the Core Formation Realm in peace!
However, before Wang Jixuan waited for the SS-level spiritualist to take action, he received a special request for help from the D2 Comprehensive War Zone.
