I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 65 - 55: Yuebai’s Diary (2)
[Year of the Tiger, February 19]
Seventeen days ago, Jia Xiuchun sent three people to kill me.
After a fierce battle for half a day, the field was destroyed, and the house collapsed.
My right arm bone was broken, and I suffered thirty-six wounds, but in the end, I won!
The entrance to the mine tunnel completely collapsed, trapping me in the valley, making it difficult to get out, but fortunately, others can’t get in either.
After half a month of recuperation, the elixir can repair both internal and external injuries, but cannot heal bones. I can only see if self-studied medical skills can help reconnect them.
Reviewing the battle, the Chaotic Soul Technique, Ice Fire Thorn, talismans, spiritual energy replenishing spiritual wine, the Great Success Peak Spear Method, my self-created Cloud Thunder Break, Wolf Pattern Armor, a strong physique, keen Divine Sense hearing, and the ability to distinguish between wind and thunder were all indispensable.
These were the keys to my ability to defeat stronger opponents and take on three by myself.
Having lived in seclusion for ten months, I have learned so much, yet I am still not satisfied. I still feel a sense of impending crisis and crave more strength.
Plans for Thunder Forging Body have been arranged!
The souls of the three were devoured by Little Green, increasing my Divine Sense. Their bodies were buried in the field as fertilizer.
The spiritual grains and fruits are about to ripen, but unfortunately, they were completely destroyed. I can only capture grass and wood essence to feed the Ice Armor Beetle King, which shows signs of advancing.
Obtained three Ninth-Grade Cross Sabers, all of the same style, and a Mid-Grade Saber Technique, "Furious Wave Fast Blade Technique."
Tens of mining pickaxes, several talismans, elixirs, and Spirit Stones were collected. One of them was a Talisman Maker, and the talismanic sand on him is enough for me to use for another six months.
There is also a mine map marking various mine points and possible demon beast nests.
The injuries are now no hindrance, but single-handedly casting spells is impossible. The injured arm is the right one, so I can only try to practice spear and saber techniques with my left hand.
There is a question in my mind: Can a single hand form seals?
Consulting numerous books, I found traces of this method. In ancient times, spellcasting evolved, and for a while, Qi Cultivators wielded a Magic Sword in one hand and formed seals with the other.
Also, parts of Xie Jingshan’s books on demon cultivators mentioned that demon beasts cast spells with Divine Sense, requiring no hand techniques.
How this is achieved is not mentioned in the books.
Since my right arm cannot move, there’s nothing to lose by trying to form seals with one hand.
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[Year of the Tiger, May 20]
Reconnected the broken bone in my right arm, needs another three months of healing.
Practicing saber techniques with the left hand is gradually reaching a refined state. Once my right arm recovers, I may wield a saber, write characters, and even paint talismans with both hands—a true spectacle.
Thunder Forging Body once a month, I gradually become addicted. Now my physique is comparable to a Ninth-Grade Magical Artifact. I might increase it to twice a month.
Single-handed seal formation is nearly mastered; the difficulty lies in achieving the range and strength of spiritual energy manipulation by the left hand alone. Therefore, the power, range, and speed of finger movements need improvement.
Perhaps the method of Mortal World Martial Artists in body forging and weight-bearing practice can be referenced.
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[Year of the Tiger, October 3]
My right arm finally recovered. Starting over, training in saber techniques, and practicing writing.
My left arm’s fingers underwent weight training, stretching, and tendon pulling, day after day, suffered multiple injuries, and ached through the nights.
Now my left hand fingers are slightly longer than the right. With a pointed finger, it can crumble rocks.
Single-handed seal formation shows promise. The right arm will also begin training.
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[Year of the Rabbit, March 3]
Single-handed seal formation succeeded!
A year of hard work, even if achieved only once, shows the effort was not in vain, and the method is feasible.
With persistence, mastery is inevitable.
A curiosity arises: if each hand forms a seal and they unite at completion, what will happen?
Once proficient, I’ll try after ensuring protection is in place.
Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer has reached its peak, and the Spirit Stones are nearly depleted.
The Burning Hundred Spear Technique and Chaotic Soul Technique see no breakthrough. What is lacking to reach from Great Success Peak to Grandmaster Realm?
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[Year of the Rabbit, June 17]
Today I broke through to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer!
It’s said cultivation in the early to mid-Qi stages is easy, but later stages are like successive barriers.
Within the Heavenly Interence Sect, those who reach Foundation Establishment within ten years are considered genius. I wonder when I can achieve Foundation Establishment.
I’ve been here for two years, surprisingly staying in this Fangcun Valley for so long without growing bored, only feeling that time flies too quickly.
In two years, progressing from Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer to Sixth Layer, I am uncertain if this is fast or slow compared to Lu Nanzhi and Xie Jingshan’s current cultivation levels.
Today brings good news. If grandfather were still here, he would surely be pleased.
Five Dao Techniques of the Spiritual Cultivation Master, I have reached the Fourth Layer. If I were inside the Heavenly Interence Sect now, I would be a Spiritual Cultivation Master.
In fact, I can return now. With the Spiritual Cultivation Master Token in hand, Jia Xiuchun wouldn’t dare easily harm me.
But I am not satisfied.
Vengeance is not all there is to my cultivation.
As long as I don’t exceed five years in the mine cave, nothing will happen. I decide to stay a bit longer.
The cultivation of the Five Dao Techniques needs to continue. I want to see what changes occur when they reach their peak and if they can make my self-created Cloud Thunder Break stronger, or if they allow me to fuse new spells.
Most importantly, the numbers behind the Immortal Cultivation Panel remain unfilled, which irritates me!
As I strive day by day, watching the panel’s data grow daily, I find myself addicted to the joy of progress.
Indeed, the Immortal Cultivation Panel is a good thing, providing clear goals and allowing me to see daily progress, maintaining motivation (the above three segments have been erased).
Spirit Stones are depleted, supplies are scarce, and martial arts show little breakthrough.
Accumulated a large number of talismans, spiritual wine, and thorn seeds. It’s time to go out, search for mines, and hunt demon beasts.
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[Rabbit Year, June 30th]
Matching the mine map, Little Green and I explored the mountain walls in the valley for many days and found a way out.
The distance is too great, digging through would be time-consuming and laborious, and may expose the valley, so we decided to use the ’Earth Escape Talisman’ from the ’Five Elements Escape Talisman’ to exit.
After resting for a day, I set up a Five Elements Protection Array with talismans in various locations to guard against small beasts’ attacks while we’re away. We’ll set off to mine tomorrow.
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[Rabbit Year, July 19th]
Survived a life-and-death situation and returned safely.
An error in the Earth Escape caused a fall into an underground river, where seventeen Nine-Level Blood Tooth Crocodiles and one Eighth-Level Blood Tooth King Crocodile attacked in unison.
After a day of fierce battle, I exterminated them all, suffering over twenty injuries, narrowly escaping death.
Though perilous, there were gains.
Obtained Beast Soul, consumed beast meat, and the beast skin, bones, and teeth can all be exchanged for money.
No sign of humans in the underground river, no one had mined here before, and below the river, I discovered a vein of Mid-Grade Spiritual Ore, all Mid-Grade Water Spirit Stones.
Low-Grade Spirit Stones have mixed and indistinct Spiritual Energy, while those above Mid-Grade have pure Spiritual Energy differentiated by the Five Elements.
It’s difficult to hold my breath for long; how can the mine veins underwater be excavated?
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[Rabbit Year, October 30th]
Failed twenty-five times, but after consulting over ten books and blueprints, I finally crafted three Spiritual Bamboo Puppets for mining.
Abandoning human shape, I made them resemble Eight-Handed Spiders, child-sized, with pickaxe-like arms.
Infusing a Beast Soul inside, they mine at the riverbed autonomously, ascending to the shore to empty when their abdomen is full.
I only need to replace the Spiritual Energy-depleted Divine Mechanism Stones from the shore for continuous excavation.
Seeing this, I feel that learning puppet crafting is essential, as it can save me a lot of time.
Perhaps I can create various small puppets to handle simple tasks, like cultivating Spiritual Fields, sowing and watering, picking Spirit Fruits, etc.
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[Dragon Year, March 5th]
After half a year of excavation, the underground river mine vein is exhausted.
Obtained over three thousand Mid-Grade Water Spirit Stones, roughly counted as they are not cut to a fixed size.
Explored outward from the underground river, encountered a demon bat swarm, and slaughtered them all.
Upon exploring the bat nest, I discovered a small Low-Grade Spirit Stone mine and stayed to mine.
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[Dragon Year, May 11th]
Attacked by a mining team consisting of five Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation members.
One puppet was damaged, I was injured and at a disadvantage, so I retreated using the Earth Escape Talisman.
... 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
[Dragon Year, June 1st]
After half a month of healing and cultivating, and disguised with a change in appearance, I revisited the bat nest.
Fighting five people at once, I experienced life-and-death, gaining enlightenment on ’Thunderbolt Charge’, and entered the Grandmaster Realm of the Burning Hundred Spear Technique, exterminating all five.
It turns out my Martial Arts couldn’t progress because I lacked real-life combat experience, not hard practice or understanding.
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[Dragon Year, July 25th]
Wielding my spear in search of demon beasts, I dug into a Poison Fire Spider nest, fought fiercely for half a day, got entangled in fire poison, the enemies outnumbered me, and I temporarily retreated.
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[Dragon Year, October 9th]
In my fourth solo battle against a Poison Fire Spider swarm, after retreating three times, I slaughtered them all, killed the Spider King, and found a Mid-Grade Fire Spiritual Ore and one Earth Flame Dragon Gall Grass.
After the battle, I recovered my Cultivation by circulating Internal Energy, smoothly reaching the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer without encountering a bottleneck.
The poison from the Spider King’s poison sac aligns with the Fire Thorn’s attributes, perhaps it can be used to cultivate Poison Fire Thorn.
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[Dragon Year, December 8th]
In a mine cave encounter, I killed three opponents, one escaped, and I was too weak to pursue, so I stayed to recuperate and mine the Low-Grade Spiritual Ore.
Encountered a Mountain-Penetrating Beast attack, which was an extra meal.
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[Snake Year, January 5th]
Returned to the valley, the Spirit Fruits and Spiritual Grain were harvested by the Bamboo Puppets, some remain but others were damaged, showing that the Bamboo Puppets still need improvement.
Planted crops and brewed wine.
After three days of healing, I’m ready for another battle in the mine cave.
Neither dying nor resting!
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[Horse Year, February 2nd]
Over two years of relentless battles, over a hundred large and small fights, often fighting many alone, and facing the strong with the weak, with a seventy to thirty ratio of losses to wins, reaping great rewards.
Now having perfected the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, I face a bottleneck I cannot break through.
The five-year term is approaching.
I should return now!
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