Beast Taming: Sharing Pets' Abilities-Chapter 280 - 279: Refining the Dragon Blood Fruit
For someone like Gu Yuan who has mastered four top-grade Divine Techniques, perhaps only Li Changsheng, from before he formed his Golden Core, could compare among the younger generation of Medicine King Mountain.
Of course, achieving a First Grade or Second Grade Golden Core isn’t just about top-grade Divine Techniques, it also requires the perfect alignment of time and place.
As for Gu Yuan, now having mastered four top-grade Divine Techniques and possessing such profound foundation, even if his luck is poor when he undergoes Core Formation, he would likely still achieve the success of a Second Grade Golden Core!
If he’s slightly luckier, there’s a great chance of achieving a First Grade Golden Core!
Then, Gu Yuan took out the Dragon Blood Fruit from his Storage Pouch.
He had obtained this item a few days ago but hadn’t consumed and refined it before, as it contained too much spiritual essence, making it truly difficult to refine.
Moreover, it’s not something that can be done overnight; Gu Yuan was busy exploring and searching for opportunities within the Red Dragon Small World, and had no time to refine such Spirit Fruit.
After all, once he obtained it, it wouldn’t grow legs and run away, so naturally, he used this precious time to seek out other opportunities.
Otherwise, if he missed such a good opportunity, the three months would pass quickly, and it would be hard to enter next time.
But now it’s different; Gu Yuan has already acquired the Heaven and Earth Devouring Divine Techniques, greatly enhancing his ability to devour and digest, so naturally, he no longer concerns himself with such matters.
Gu Yuan sat cross-legged, not choosing to bite into the Dragon Blood Fruit, but instead, his Primordial True Qi spread out, interspersed with strands of black brilliance, wrapping the Dragon Blood Fruit, and then began slowly refining it.
As the black brilliance seeped into the Dragon Blood Fruit and extracted its essence and medicinal power, Gu Yuan quickly felt waves of hot Power surging into his body.
His True Qi quickly circulated, rapidly swallowing this medicinal power.
Gu Yuan clearly felt that his Cultivation hadn’t advanced because this Dragon Blood Fruit was Pure Yang, which is in opposition to his Primordial True Qi attribute.
But his Physique strength, his fundamental bones, and his internal organs began undergoing tempering, receiving enhancements.
Gu Yuan’s flesh appeared crystalline, tendons resilient, bones like jade, emitting a faint purple-golden glow, but with the medicinal power washing over him, his bones also gained a faint, barely noticeable red glow.
Gu Yuan could sense a special perception of the fire attribute Spiritual Qi in the universe, even a queer sense of familiarity.
This feeling was somewhat akin to his perception of water attribute, metal attribute, and thunder attribute Spiritual Qi in the universe.
As time passed, this feeling became increasingly intense.
It seemed like with just a thought, the fire attribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around him could continuously gather, which was impossibility before.
After about half an hour, Gu Yuan exhaled a long breath, a faint red glow flashed in his eyes.
The Dragon Blood Fruit wrapped in his True Qi had also vanished, refined completely by Gu Yuan.
Getting up, his entire being seemed to have grown more robust, even his height increased by more than two inches, making him appear more stately and handsome, with added masculinity.
"The medicinal power of this Dragon Blood Fruit is indeed potent, just one has allowed me to undergo a rebirth and gain a Fire Spirit Body, which is truly plenty..."
Gu Yuan, sensing the distinct perception of the dense fire attribute Spiritual Qi around him, couldn’t help but sigh:
"Not only that, but it’s also strengthened my Physique, making me comparable to a body cultivator of the same level. It seems the accumulated medicinal power of this Dragon Blood Fruit must be over ten thousand years!"
Speaking of which, Gu Yuan now possesses numerous Talents.
But strictly speaking, there are differences among these Talents.
For instance, the Heaven and Earth Devouring Talent he just acquired is called a Talent but is actually a Divine Technique.
In contrast, the "Sword Heart" Talent, and water attribute Talent which Gu Yuan previously gained through Xiao Qing, are not really Divine Techniques, but different types of physical Talents.
As for Gu Yuan refining the Dragon Blood Fruit earlier, normally, even if he succeeded, he could only digest about sixty to seventy percent of the benefits.
The remaining thirty to forty percent would inevitably be wasted.
It’s not his fault; this is true for anyone.
Whether it’s Spirit Pills or Spirit Medicine, cultivators tend to waste some medicinal power during the refining process.
But now, with the Heaven and Earth Devouring Innate Divine Techniques, Gu Yuan does not face such issues, every bit of the Dragon Blood Fruit was completely absorbed without waste.
This also enabled Gu Yuan to gain a fire attribute Physique.
Now, Gu Yuan can not only cultivate water, metal, and thunder attribute Divine Techniques but can also cultivate fire attribute Divine Techniques without any impact.
His Water Spirit Body Talent and now the Fire Spirit Body Talent, although the attributes seem conflicting, there’s actually no real conflict.
This indeed made Gu Yuan ponder deeply, and an initial idea formed in his mind.
Water and fire are normally incompatible, but these two elements are part of the Yin Yang Dao.
If he were to hone various Divine Techniques based on these water and fire Spirit Body Talents, reaching Golden Core, would he then forge the world’s most top-grade First Grade Golden Core?
After thinking it over, Gu Yuan temporarily set aside this thought.
Although he currently has Water Spirit Body Talent and Fire Spirit Body Talent, Gu Yuan also possesses Gold Spirit Body Talent.
Plus Sword Heart Talent, Purple Sky Divine Thunder Divine Techniques, and the newly acquired Heaven and Earth Devouring Talent.
With so many Talents, merely cultivating the Water and Fire Dao might not seem quite fitting, and conflicts might arise in the future.
Instead, the Water Dao, with its grand capacity to embrace all, might, later on, use the Water Spirit Body Talent as the main focus, accommodating various other Talents, which is also a good path.
Of course, accomplishing this is evidently not easy.
Needless to say, Gu Yuan’s gains upon entering the Red Dragon Small World this time are considerable.
Before discussing the Thunder Tribulation Vine and the Creation Cyan Lotus Seed, the key is now refining and absorbing a Dragon Blood Fruit to gain such a Fire Spirit Body Talent.
Furthermore, the medicinal fields and Spirit Fields inside the Red Dragon Cave were evidently just the beginning.
Surely, there will be more benefits later on.
With that thought, Gu Yuan circulated his True Qi, causing his internal bones to produce a series of cracking sounds, much like popping beans.
After that, his entire body reduced back to the original size.
...
After exiting the cave, he saw Ji Yuefei and Yan Xiaoling sitting cross-legged on a large rock practicing their breath regulation.
Seeing Gu Yuan come out, Yan Xiaoling was somewhat surprised, "Brother Gu, it hasn’t been long, and your speed is quite impressive?"
Gu Yuan’s face stiffened, not knowing what to say; he quickly changed the subject, "Thank you, junior sisters. I wonder how your regulation practice is going now? Shall we continue our journey?"
"We can."
The two girls naturally had no objections, and the three of them immediately set off again.
