No hope for eternal life

Chapter 319 Talisman Conference

After obtaining the top-grade spirit core, Mu Changsheng left the mission peak, but did not rush back to Duzhao Peak, but went to Zangjing Peak.

Mu Changsheng had the idea of ​​practicing the secret art of refining strength a long time ago, but he had been putting it off again and again due to time constraints. Now that his goal of breaking through to the Tribulation Realm within ten years is a foregone conclusion, he also has free time to practice the secret art of refining strength.

Mu Changsheng entered the Sutra Library and went straight to the third floor. His goal was the sect’s only ninth-grade secret technique for refining power - Nine Thousand Dragon Elephant Power.

Mu Changsheng directly gave You Po Ling 5,000 contribution points and said, "Big Brother, I want to cultivate 9,000 Dragon Elephant Power."

After You Po Ling asked about the source of contribution points as usual, he passed the secret technique to Mu Changsheng and warned him: "Although the secret technique is good, it consumes a lot of resources. I advise you not to practice this secret technique with your two clones, but only with your original body. Otherwise, the level of cultivation of your clones in the later stage will not be able to keep up, and the training in the early stage will be wasted."

"I understand." Mu Changsheng nodded. After he inherited the power of the Nine Thousand Dragon Elephants, he was also shocked by the extent of its consumption, which was not inferior to the resources consumed by body refining.

Moreover, You Poling was in charge of the Sutra Repository, so naturally he had an extraordinary understanding of the sect's secret techniques. Mu Changsheng was more receptive to advice and immediately gave up the idea of ​​letting his white-clothed clone practice the Nine Thousand Dragon Elephant Power.

After bidding farewell to You Po Ling, Mu Changsheng went to Lingzang Peak again. The main purpose of this trip was to purchase the resources needed to cultivate the Nine Thousand Dragon Elephant Power. He also purchased dozens of thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood.

Mu Changsheng now has the Fallen Blood Pearls to forge his body, so his demand for ten thousand year old lightning-struck wood is not high. It is enough for him to only need some thousand year old lightning-struck wood to absorb the power of lightning.

This time, Mu Changsheng spent tens of thousands of contribution points. He spent money like water, leaving his originally abundant contribution points with less than 20,000.

"The resources on hand are enough for me to cultivate my body, strength and power to the Tribulation Realm. As for the resource issue, I'll have to worry about it after I reach the Tribulation Realm." Mu Changsheng thought optimistically.

Finally, Mu Changsheng returned to Duzhao Peak. The white-clothed clone had delayed a lot of cultivation progress because of the fallen ruins. Mu Changsheng immediately arranged for the white-clothed clone to use the best spirit core to practice, while he himself began to practice the Nine Thousand Dragon Elephant Power.

The idea of ​​the secret art of Nine Thousand Dragon Elephant Power is very interesting. First, a dragon-elephant spiritual root is cultivated on the cultivator's back, and then the dragon-elephant spiritual root is used to continuously condense the cultivator's magic power, thus achieving the effect of refining power.

Mu Changsheng spent three days to complete the introduction to the secret art and constructed a primary dragon elephant spiritual root, but this level of dragon elephant spiritual root was of little help in refining strength, so he needed to continue to improve.

The dragon elephant spiritual root is the essence of the nine thousand dragon elephant power secret art. Analogous to the nine realms of practice, it can also be divided into nine levels, namely: one dragon elephant realm, five dragon elephant realms, ten dragon elephant realms, one hundred dragon elephant realms, five hundred dragon elephant realms, one thousand dragon elephant realms, three thousand dragon elephant realms, six thousand dragon elephant realms and the final nine thousand dragon elephant realm.

With Mu Changsheng's cultivation level at the Spiritual Transformation Realm, it would be of some help if he cultivated his Dragon Elephant Spiritual Root to the Hundred Dragon Elephants Realm. Only when he cultivated it to the Five Hundred Dragon Elephants Realm could it be considered to truly correspond to the Spiritual Transformation Realm.

So, Mu Changsheng continued to cultivate the Dragon Elephant Spiritual Root. At this time, the large number of spiritual objects he bought came in handy and could help him quickly grow the Dragon Elephant Spiritual Root.

Another year passed, and Mu Changsheng finally upgraded his dragon elephant spiritual roots to the level of five hundred dragon elephants.

Mu Changsheng stretched his back and suddenly felt his back was filled with strength. The Dragon Elephant Spiritual Root continuously absorbed and exhaled the divine power in his body. The power of the divine power more than doubled compared to before he practiced the Dragon Elephant Spiritual Root.

In other words, even if one finds a late-stage Jinhua cultivator whose foundation is not weaker than Mu Changsheng's, unless the other party has also practiced the secret technique of refining strength, he will be weaker than Mu Changsheng in terms of divine power alone, which is equivalent to raising Mu Changsheng by an additional small realm.

In addition, the benefits of the secret art of refining power are far more than that. For Mu Changsheng, the improvement of the quality of divine power is also of great help in refining talismans and formations.

Mu Changsheng stopped cultivating the Dragon Elephant Spiritual Root after it had cultivated to the 500th Dragon Elephant Realm. Because it would be more time-consuming to break through the realm after the Dragon Elephant Spiritual Root had reached this level, he still had to focus on cultivation to break through the realm, as cultivation was the foundation of everything.

During the year that Mu Changsheng cultivated the Dragon Elephant Spirit Root, his white-clothed clone also successfully broke through to the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng arranged for his original body and his clone in white to continue practicing together, intending to break through to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation first.

One day half a year later, Mu Changsheng's original body and his clone in white were still in seclusion when Ji Leyao suddenly came to visit. Mu Changsheng arranged for his clone in black to receive them.

"Junior Sister Ji, long time no see." Mu Changsheng greeted her warmly.

"It has been four years since Senior Brother Mu killed Yu Hualong, and his cultivation has become more and more advanced." Ji Leyao said with a smile, thinking back then, both of them were only at the peak of the Golden Core stage, but now Mu Changsheng has surpassed her by one major realm.

Then, Ji Leyao directly stated the purpose of her visit: "Our Ji clan is going to hold a talisman conference in the Sub-Saint Realm to select the talisman geniuses. The higher the ranking, the richer the reward. Senior brother's talent in talisman is known to all the Nine Realms. I would like to invite you to go, which can also be regarded as helping our Ji clan to improve its reputation."

"Junior sister Ji, you are really embarrassing me. How can my limited talent in the art of talismans compare to the hundreds of thousands of years of talisman inheritance of your Ji clan?" Mu Changsheng said modestly: "Since Junior sister personally invited me, there is no reason for me not to go. I just don't know what the rules of the talisman conference are?"

Ji Leyao immediately explained to Mu Changsheng, "This talisman conference is divided into sixteen branches, each branch represents a realm, from the early stage of the golden elixir to the peak of the cross-tribulation, the cultivators of the same realm will compete with each other to select the strongest in each realm, and the sixteen strongest will be qualified to enter our Ji clan's talisman library and freely choose a talisman inheritance. In addition, the top-ranked cultivators in each realm can also become guest officials of our Ji clan and receive a sum of resources every year. Even you, brother, can become a guest official. Our sect does not prohibit this."

Mu Changsheng nodded slightly, having understood the meaning behind it. The Ji clan should be trying to recruit a wave of talents in advance before the world changes drastically, so they held this talisman conference.

Mu Changsheng was not disgusted by this, but was full of expectations. His contribution points had almost been spent, so wasn't this an opportunity to increase revenue?

Moreover, Mu Changsheng has already tasted the sweetness of the Pure Spirit Talisman and knows that the Ji clan has a profound foundation. He still has to strive for the first place this time, hoping to obtain another talisman inheritance that can help him.

Finally, Mu Changsheng felt that there was no need to dispatch his original body and the white-clothed clone, and it would be enough to let the black-clothed clone go to participate in the talisman competition in the early stage of the transformation of the spirit.

"When does the talisman conference begin?" Mu Changsheng asked again.

“After one month, there will be enough time for cultivators from all walks of life to travel. If you have nothing to do, you can follow me to the Sub-Saint Realm first. My clan will also be able to show our hospitality.” Ji Leyao invited.

"Okay, I've heard that the Ji clan is the holy land of talismans, and I've been fascinated by it for a long time." Mu Changsheng gladly accepted Ji Leyao's invitation. Apart from anything else, there must be many artistic conceptions left by the masters of talismans on the Ji clan's eternal monument. Any casual perception of it would benefit him a lot in the art of talismans.

So, Mu Changsheng's black-clothed clone followed Ji Leyao and boarded the ferry to the Sub-Saint Realm.

During the time when Mu Changsheng was heading to the Sub-Saint Realm, the news that the Ji Clan was going to hold a Talisman Conference quickly spread throughout the Nine Realms, attracting considerable attention.