Chapter 17: Choosing the Heavenly Sword

  (I don't understand design, so I made a temporary cover myself... Don't laugh, guys...)

  Tempering the body and soul, it is to use special medicinal substances in conjunction with great strength to fortify one's body and consolidate one's soul. The actual strength does not have any substantial improvement, but for cultivation, it has a pretty good auxiliary effect!

  All this was already done while Wang Tao was unconscious, and he had no idea what the young man in red did. When he woke up, the young man in red was gone, leaving only him quietly lying in the grand hall of the temple.

  "The soul has indeed been slightly enhanced, and the physical strength has also been consolidated and strengthened. Although it's not much, it's several times stronger than before! Wang Tao was overjoyed to feel the changes in his body, at least now his body had recovered to the strength of his previous life's body, which was worth rejoicing! He was someone who had experienced the feeling of powerlessness at death, so he would rejoice at every increase in strength, but that didn't mean he would stop there. Instead, he would work even harder under the premise of joy!"

  "The Bloody Shirt Boy is gone, but his words remain in my ocean of knowledge."

  "In the vast ocean of knowledge, the young man in blood-stained clothes said: 'My legacy is only a part of it, most of it is not here, but this part is the most precious! Firstly, the immortal cultivation method, the demon realm cultivation method, and my own created cultivation method are also the most valuable treasures in the legacy! Secondly, I have fought countless battles, slain millions of corpses, and naturally accumulated many resources for cultivating immortality. However, these things are of little use to you now, and may even be endless trouble for you. Only when your cultivation reaches a certain level can you obtain them! The cultivation methods, spells, and immortal resources are all recorded and stored in the Butcher Heaven's Gate. You can choose to cultivate them according to your own strength. Be cautious, the early stages of cultivating immortality have thin life force, do not be greedy! After waking up, imprinting soul power on the Soul Seal at the front door will allow you to control entry and exit at will. The other effects of Butcher Heaven's Gate require you to slowly comprehend them!"

  Wang Tao's gaze shifted to the tiny, countless times smaller stone gate illusion in front of him, and he suddenly understood: "It seems that I wasn't actually present in the void at all, but rather just projected my soul through that door-shaped treasure!"

  The soul power branding is extremely simple, especially for something that has been accepted without any resistance. Wang Tao slightly released the condensed soul power onto the virtual shadow gate and successfully obtained its ability at the initial stage. With this point, Wang Tao can now freely enter and exit this world! However, this is only the initial branding, to exert its true function, it can only be slowly tempered in the future, and with persistence, it won't take long to truly gain control over it!

  Since he no longer had any worries, Wang Tao didn't plan on going out immediately. He wanted to cultivate immortality, and naturally, he needed to choose a cultivation method!

  Wang Tao slightly closed his eyes, raised one hand horizontally and placed it in the void. A ripple spread from his palm, and when he opened his eyes again, dozens of martial arts techniques emitting various colors of light had appeared before him, including knife and sword skills!

  These techniques flew and rotated in front of Wang Tao like living things, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, extremely agile. When Wang Tao slightly focused his attention on one of them, the technique he was looking at would suddenly stop and float quietly in front of him. It was a jade slip emitting a faint golden light, a cultivation method called "Embracing Jade Technique", a purely spiritual cultivation technique. After scanning it briefly, Wang Tao gave up. The Embracing Jade Technique required holding precious jade for daily cultivation, which was too luxurious for Wang Tao, who was still poor and white-collar, and he didn't like this technique either!

  After a long time, all the techniques were observed by Wang Tao, and those that were more important were put aside, while the useless ones were scattered away. At this moment, there were only five techniques left in front of Wang Tao, and all five techniques were emitting a faint purple glow, obviously none of them were simple!

  "Tempering Soul Refining Body Technique 'Body and Soul Scripture', a treasure that can cultivate both body and soul together, and also has the effect of secretly strengthening physical condition and intensity, as well as accelerating the recovery speed of physical and spiritual injuries. It is absolutely a supreme treasure!"

  The pure Xian Gong method "Yan Xian Lu", the most ordinary Xian method, but its positioning is higher than other Xian methods. It can be used to cultivate directly to the Yuan Ying period! Although it's incomplete, it doesn't affect the overall quality. This is the only method that Wang Tao found among many others that can cultivate to the Yuan Ying period! Although Wang Tao knows there must be better methods in this temple, he can't get them now. A distant water cannot quench a nearby thirst, Wang Tao won't wait to death, this method is already not bad.

  The Blood Clothes self-created knife technique "Mandate of Heaven Knife" has a total of nine knife techniques, and just the first move requires understanding the intent of the knife, which can be said to be the highest requirement Wang Tao has ever seen for a technique! But this also explains that this knife technique is absolutely powerful! Fortunately, there are also methods for tempering the intent of the knife, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

  The Heavenly Sword Technique, "Heavenly Sword", is one of the ultimate techniques of the Tian Dao Men sect that Xue Ying once belonged to. The technique allows the user to wield a sword with unparalleled mastery, making it no less effective than the Swordsmanship of the Xian Xing Sect! It also has an extremely powerful enhancing effect on sword wielding, and is one of the auxiliary combat techniques that Wang Tao values the most!

  Nameless Fist Technique, a fist technique without a name, its breadth and depth are beyond Wang Tao's comprehension. But the youth in red clothes holds it in high esteem, and it's purple, so it shouldn't be too bad! Everything else is already acquired, but Wang Tao only lacks techniques like this fist technique, so he chose this Nameless Fist Technique as a supplement.

  "I remember that among the substances I can currently use, there is a precious elixir. Every ordinary person who starts practicing for the first time can take it once before cultivating immortality, and it can greatly improve their cultivation without any side effects!" Wang Tao stretched out his hand and shook it slightly, and a small jade bottle appeared in his hand. He carefully opened it and poured out the elixir inside. In his hand was an additional pill that emitted a faint red glow and a captivating medicinal fragrance. This pill was called 'Auxiliary Qi Pill'!

  "It's not the best time to take it yet, there's something else that must be done now!" Looking at the dan medicine in his hand, Wang Tao's expression was slightly contemplative, and he carefully put the dan medicine back into the jade bottle and stored it away again, waving his hand once more.

  As Wang Tao waved his hand, the colorful lights in the hall flickered and became unstable!

  "Cultivators have their own innate spiritual roots, which can strengthen with the improvement of their master's strength. Although I don't have that kind of power yet, since I'm cultivating the Blood Clothed Youth's Knife Immortal Path, I naturally need to choose a knife as my weapon; otherwise, what's the point of practicing knife fighting?"

  Wang Tao's body was surrounded by countless bizarrely-shaped knives that floated and danced in the air. They were either majestic and domineering, or bloodthirsty and violent, or calm and upright, with not a single one being the same. But among them, even the worst of these knives was still an unparalleled, top-grade treasured sword!

  In the cultivation of immortals, magic treasures are divided into five levels: ordinary objects, law objects, spiritual objects, treasure objects, and law treasures (divided into false law treasures and law treasures). And each level is also divided into lower grade, middle grade, upper grade, extreme grade, and ultimate grade!

  "Although my current cultivation is not enough to bring out the power of a divine artifact-level weapon, this knife is just right for me to practice the Destiny Heaven Knife! I didn't choose those high-grade weapons, and chose something that's not useless, after all, being overly proud can lead to trouble, and worrying about being targeted by other cultivators when I don't have the power yet is definitely not a good thing! Moreover, even divine artifacts require at least 10 layers of Qi refinement to be used, and now Wang Tao is just using it as an ordinary weapon!"

  Wang Tao now knows that the cultivation of immortals is divided into nine major realms, which are: Qi Refining Stage (12 layers), Foundation Building Stage (four stages of preliminary, intermediate, advanced and completion), Golden Elixir Stage (four stages of preliminary, intermediate, advanced and completion), Yuan Ying Stage (four stages of preliminary, intermediate, advanced and completion), Exit from the Body Stage (four stages of preliminary, intermediate, advanced and completion), Separation of Spirit Stage (four stages of preliminary, intermediate, advanced and completion), Union of Body Stage (four stages of preliminary, intermediate, advanced and completion), Tribulation Crossing Stage (four stages of preliminary, intermediate, advanced and completion), and Mahayana Stage (ascension to heaven).

  The knife chosen by Wang Tao was a slightly rough-looking knife, as if it had not been forged yet, with a kind of rough but majestic aura. The law enforcement knife emitted a breath that made Wang Tao's heart palpitate, which was a deterrent force brought about by the law array after carving! The knife was dark and uneven, with pits and bumps on its surface, but when holding the simple handle, Wang Tao still felt his combat power increase!

  "After a while, you will be fighting alongside me. Since you have no name, let's just call you 'No Name'!" Wang Tao was extremely fond of this sword and couldn't help but caress its blade, muttering to himself. Wang Tao didn't know that this sword would become his lifelong companion in battle, but all that is for later...

  A appraisal was thrown out, and the basic attributes of the knife appeared before Wang Tao's eyes!

  Unnamed Blade (Red, Synthesizable): Type: Common Weapon

  Solidity: 7

  Sharpness: 5

  Evaluation: Exquisite Magic Weapon

  "Appraisal has changed, it seems that each type of thing appraised is different. I don't know what the reason is, but this knife can only be considered as a red synthetic, which is the same as a second-rate medicinal material. However, this is more than enough, and it can still be strengthened later! As for its sharpness and durability... it seems that I must find an opportunity to try it out! Looking at the appraised properties, I couldn't help but think deeply, but due to my limited understanding of the synthesis system, I couldn't get any useful information. It's just as the saying goes: everything needs to be discovered by oneself."

  "Now that the sword is obtained, let's go! After taking the auxiliary energy pill, I should be able to barely deal with that Soul Devouring Leopard...!" Wang Tao's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness, and with a wave of his large hand, his figure vanished into the temple!

  At the same time, in the tree hole, I don't know how much time passed, that huge stone gate suddenly made a noise!

  The stone gate suddenly shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and under the stunned gaze of the Xiang Shou beast rolling on the ground nearby, it directly transformed into a small stone gate the size of a palm and floated in front of Wang Tao, then disappeared into his body!

  At this time, Wang Tao's eyes also suddenly opened, and for an instant, a sharp light flashed in his eyes...

  PS: Found one less Jin Dan period, corrected it, sorry!

  PS1: Is there a tree with three thousand big chapters? This chapter is a bit long, so I won't split it to avoid making everyone uncomfortable. (Can I still enter your eyes? If you can barely tolerate me, please vote for the Synthesis Xianxia Transmission and thank you!)