Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 147 - 111: Mutation 3

This Iron Blue Orchid Fruit for Body Tempering can’t be used in large amounts in a water bath.

Instead, it must be diluted with a small amount of water before being applied to the skin for absorption.

Chu Ning took an Iron Blue Orchid Fruit from the jade box, squeezed it, and the Iron Blue Orchid Fruit had no reaction at all.

This surprised Chu Ning a bit.

With his current Unbreakable Tendons cultivation, he could easily crush even the hardest stone.

It’s no exaggeration to say that if it weren’t for body cultivators, cultivators of the same level would probably have their bones broken by his grasp.

However, this Iron Blue Orchid Fruit couldn’t even be squeezed open.

"No wonder Xiaobai made a crunching sound when eating it; this little guy’s teeth are really hard."

While amazed, Chu Ning applied more force and squeezed hard.

"Crunch!"

With a cracking sound, the Iron Blue Orchid Fruit was crushed by Chu Ning.

The thick juice inside flowed into the basin.

As the juice was diluted,

the small basin of water turned the color of molten iron, filling the room with a medicinal aroma.

After a simple stir, Chu Ning began to apply the mixture onto his body.

Wherever it was applied, the skin turned a faint brown color.

Chu Ning quickly applied the small basin of juice onto his body.

A heat sensation from outside to inside began to emerge.

After carefully feeling it, Chu Ning immediately started cultivating the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.

As Chu Ning cultivated, the brown liquid began to seep into his body.

Gradually, the surface of Chu Ning’s body returned to normal.

Chu Ning stopped and immediately checked his progress in Body Refinement.

[Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique (Yellow Tier Lower Grade), Third Layer (263/2100)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Unbreakable Tendons 133/1500]

[Refining Spirit Technique, First Layer 565/1000]

The proficiency in Unbreakable Tendons increased by 1 point, which is consistent with the effect of the Meridian Passage Body Tempering Pill, although the absorption speed of Body Tempering is faster.

"Something’s not right!"

Chu Ning carefully sensed that the effect of this Iron Blue Orchid Fruit seemed better than the Meridian Passage Body Tempering Pill.

With this thought, Chu Ning took out another Iron Blue Orchid Fruit.

Then, as before, he crushed and diluted it, applying it once again.

He cultivated the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique once more.

At this point, Chu Ning checked his proficiency again.

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Unbreakable Tendons 135/1500]

"Two Iron Blue Orchid Fruits can increase the proficiency of Unbreakable Tendons by 3 points."

At this moment, Chu Ning roughly understood the effects of the Iron Blue Orchid Fruit.

Actually, one Body Tempering session can increase proficiency by 1.5 points.

"Considering the cultivation time of Iron Blue Orchid Fruit, it’s not very cost-effective.

However, there are advantages to using this Iron Blue Orchid Fruit."

Chu Ning thought to himself.

Firstly, whether it is the Meridian Passage Body Tempering Pill or Pure Yang Stone Powder, the effect diminishes with increased usage.

There was a clear indication of this in the previous purchase description.

Based on Chu Ning’s usage experience,

after 30 consecutive days of using the Meridian Passage Body Tempering Pill, the effect diminished to needing 6 pills to increase proficiency by 5 points.

Chu Ning hasn’t tried Pure Yang Stone Powder yet, but he assumes the effect is similar.

Of course, this is also related to Chu Ning’s high frequency of use.

After all, most body cultivators cannot afford to use such high-grade spirit medicine for daily body tempering.

As for the Iron Blue Orchid Fruit, in the materials Chu Ning had read and those provided by Jade Sea Pavilion,

there was no mention of a reduced Body Tempering effect.

This suggests that either the tempering effect of the Iron Blue Orchid Fruit doesn’t diminish,

or the reduction magnitude is small.

Plus, the application absorption of the Iron Blue Orchid Fruit is much faster than the soaking of the Meridian Passage Body Tempering Pill, making the Iron Blue Orchid Fruit appealing for Chu Ning.

After all, besides body refinement, Chu Ning has other cultivation needs to synchronize.

He decided to finish using the Meridian Passage Spirit Pill and Pure Yang Ancient Stone Powder bought from Cloud Sea Pavilion, and then start using the Iron Blue Orchid Fruit for Body Tempering.

At Cloud Sea Pavilion back then, Chu Ning bought a 45-day supply of each, which can still last for a month and a half.

Additionally, with over forty Iron Blue Orchid Fruits, they can last for more than two months.

With these three months, the newly planted Iron Blue Orchid Fruits will have about five months, and should be ready for harvesting.

Of course, this presumes Chu Ning and Ling Xiaobai need to continuously accelerate the maturity of the Iron Stem Orchids.

In fact, for this month and a half, Chu Ning has basically been doing that.

Chu Ning casts the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill once a day on the Golden Essence Fruit, but several times a day on the Iron Stem Orchids.

Meanwhile, Ling Xiaobai also spends time with Chu Ning in the spirit field, fertilizing the Iron Stem Orchids daily.

Judging by the growth of the Iron Stem Orchid, it might not take a month for it to flower.

Indeed, as Chu Ning expected, with continuous intensive acceleration,

the Iron Stem Orchid started flowering in just half a month.

This timing was earlier than Chu Ning anticipated.

The Golden Essence Fruit on the other side had already blossomed and set fruit, but the Golden Essence Fruit flowers only fade when the spirit fruits mature, so they were still blooming, and now the Iron Stem Orchids also flowered.

The spirit field turned into a sea of flowers, pleasing to the eye.

What delighted Chu Ning even more was that, just like the ones in his courtyard before, these Iron Stem Orchids all bloomed.

This means all these Iron Stem Orchids can bear fruit.

Chu Ning was especially happy to discover that the number of flowers on each stem was quite higher compared to those previously planted in the courtyard, possibly due to sparser planting.

Aside from a few that only bloomed one flower, the rest of the ninety-odd stems had at least two flowers each.

Many had three flowers, and surprisingly, the largest one had five flowers.

Each flower on the Iron Stem Orchid represents a fruit, and with just a slight count of flowers, Chu Ning was overjoyed.

Once these Iron Blue Orchid Fruits ripen and are harvested, he won’t have to worry about body tempering for the entire year.

About half a month later, the Iron Stem Orchids began to bear fruit, and the flowers started to wither.

However, when Chu Ning visited the spirit field that day, he noticed something peculiar.

The 20 Iron Stem Orchid plants near the Golden Essence Fruit seemed different from the other Iron Blue Orchid Fruits.

These Iron Blue Orchid Fruits, which should be iron-brown, had some golden yellow on their skins.

Recalling the time when both spirit fruits were in bloom simultaneously, Chu Ning suddenly had a hunch.

"Could it be that these two types of spirit fruits have cross-pollinated and mutated?"