The Half-Saint’s Light was actually the Half-Saint’s Holy Soul.
When a half-saint was alive, he could control the holy soul through his physical body. After a Half-Saint died, it was naturally possible to use the blood of a Half-Saint to retrieve the Half-Saint’s Light.
Of course, even if Zhang Ruochen obtained the blood of the Golden Cloud Demi-Saint, it would not be easy to collect the Demi-Saint’s Light from Lu Han’s body, and some special secret techniques would have to be used.
Generally speaking, only a strong person of the Heavenly Extremity Realm would be able to forcibly collect the Half-Saint’s Light with the help of the Half-Saint’s blood. This was because, the process of casting the secret method required borrowing the power of the martial soul.
Only a strong person whose Martial Dao cultivation had reached the Heavenly Extreme Realm could cultivate a Martial Soul.
Because Zhang Ruochen had opened up his soul vein, he was also able to communicate with his martial soul and utilise the power of his martial soul, therefore, he was also able to perform that type of secret method.
Zhang Ruochen placed the fire-attribute spirit crystal on the surface of the cold ice.
Injecting his True Qi into the Spirit Crystal, the Spirit Crystal immediately burst into flames, transforming into a huge fireball. Under the hot flames, the cold ice continued to melt.
After about an hour passed, only a thin layer of ice crystals remained on the surface of that one old man’s bones.
Zhang Ruochen put away the spirit crystal and struck down with a palm strike, and the surface of the ice crystal cracked out with a fine line.
“Boom!”
The ice crystal shattered.
A very surging Saint Force came out from the corpse of that one old man, sending Zhang Ruochen flying backwards from the impact, landing more than ten feet away.
Thick blood qi surged out from the old man’s corpse, forming a blood cloud. Each strand of blood qi was like a scaly snake, surging through the air and emitting a whimpering sound.
The half-saint’s bloodline was powerful, with holy power fused in his blood, and even after five hundred years had passed, it still hadn’t completely lost its activity.
“That must be the corpse bones of the Golden Cloud Half-Saint without a doubt.” Zhang Ruochen looked at the blood qi flying in the air and was finally certain that the owner of that corpse bone was the human Half-Saint who died five hundred years ago.
Zhang Ruochen took out a jade bottle and placed it on the ground.
At the same time, he unleashed his Spatial Domain, covering the space around him for eighty metres, wrapping all the blood qi and condensing it into a drop of blood.
A strand of blood qi, condensed into a drop of Half Saint blood.
Spending three whole days, Zhang Ruochen condensed all the blood qi, all of it, into sixty-four drops of Half-Saint blood, which was stored in a jade bottle.
The value of a drop of Half Saint blood was tens of times more expensive than the value of a drop of Half Saint True Liquid.
Sixty-four drops of Half-Saint blood was definitely a huge fortune.
If outsiders were to know that Zhang Ruochen had so much Half-Saint blood, it would definitely bring him a killing curse, and even Heavenly Extremity Realm powerhouses would kill him without a second thought.
“Five hundred years have passed, and the vast majority of the blood in the Golden Cloud Half-Saint’s body has already necrotic, with only sixty-four drops remaining that are still powerfully active. If another few decades pass, it is estimated that the last sixty-four drops will also be completely necrotic.”
After collecting the Half-Saint’s blood, Zhang Ruochen made a deep obeisance to the bones of the Golden Cloud Half-Saint in the large pit.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen buried the bones of the Golden Cloud Half-Saint, and using a huge stone, he made a stone monument, and carved six words on the monument, “Tomb of the Golden Cloud Half-Saint.”
Zhang Ruochen did not intend to leave now, deciding to stay here for the time being, and raise his Martial Cultivation to the Xuanji Realm Grand Circle before going out again.
Earlier, Zhang Ruochen had taken eight Three-Leaf Sacred Qi Grasses and ten jin of Spirit Flesh, and even now, he had only been able to refine one-fifth of the Sacred Power and Spirit Power in them.
If he wanted to impact the Great Perfection of the Xuanji Realm, he had to first thoroughly refine the residual Saint Force and Spirit Force in his body and integrate it into his body, so that his fleshly strength would become stronger.
Cultivating the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.
“When one cultivates the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, one will mobilise the strength of every muscle and bone in the body. Only in the midst of constant and intense movement will the fleshly body’s absorption of holy power and spiritual power reach its fastest speed.”
The first four palms of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, Zhang Ruochen had already cultivated to the realm of great accomplishment, and now he could start cultivating the fifth palm, the Nine Stacks of Elephant Power.
The Nine Stacks of Elephant Power was even more subtle and powerful.
Right now, the power of Zhang Ruochen’s full power palm was comparable to the full power strike of an ordinary mid Earth Extreme Realm martial artist.
If one cultivated the Nine Stacks of Elephant Power to its grand completion and struck out nine palms in a row, one could superimpose the power of the nine palms together and erupt with nine times the attack power.
When this palm technique was cultivated to its great completion, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm could be promoted to a Spirit Grade Middle Grade martial art, and the power that erupted from the palm technique was comparable to that of a Spirit Grade Upper Grade martial art.
Of course, the Elephant Power Nine Stacks was also extremely difficult to cultivate, and it was not something that could be successfully cultivated in an instant.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the bottom of the pitch-black ground, his whole body’s true qi revolving at a rapid speed, the power of every meridian, every blood vein, every inch of muscle, every bone, all of it surging towards his arm.
The power of his entire body all gathered together, causing his arm to be completely covered in true qi, transforming into a white arm.
“Elephant Power Nine Stacks!”
Zhang Ruochen struck out nine palm imprints in a row, his arm always remaining at the same level.
The nine palm imprints, connected in a string, flew out at the same time, impacting on top of the hard stone wall.
“Boom! Boom ……”
The sound of nine palm prints in a row rang out, leaving a nine-inch deep palm print crater on the stone wall.
The power of the nine palm prints were completely separate, not superimposed on each other at all, which was why nine sounds rang out. If they were truly superimposed on each other, only one sound would have resounded.
“Trying to superimpose the power of nine palm prints together at the same time to form a single palm print is just too difficult! One cannot cultivate like this. It’s simply impossible to successfully cultivate the Nine Stacks of Elephant Power if you continue cultivating like this.”
“Let’s first try to stack two palm seals, into one.”
Zhang Ruochen mobilised his true qi once again and struck two palms in succession at an extremely fast speed.
“Boom! Boom!”
The sound of two palm imprints rang out, leaving a two-inch deep palm imprint pit on the stone wall.
Although the two palm imprints were still separated from each other, the gap time between the two palm imprints was quite short, and if one did not listen carefully, it was almost like a sound.
Continue.
Zhang Ruochen knew that he had found the correct cultivation method, and as long as he kept cultivating, he would definitely be able to successfully cultivate the Nine Stacks of Elephant Power.
On the first day, Zhang Ruochen struck out twelve thousand palm seals in a row, exhausting the true qi in his body six times.
Every time he ran out of true qi, Zhang Ruochen immediately entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone to restore his true qi in the shortest possible time and then continued to practise his palms.
On the second day, Zhang Ruochen struck out thirteen thousand palm seals, and the true qi in his body was also exhausted six times.
On the third day, Zhang Ruochen struck out fourteen thousand palm prints, and the true qi in his body was still depleted six times.
The amount of true qi in the qi lake had not increased, it was just that the true qi in Zhang Ruochen’s body had become more condensed, purer and denser. That was why it was possible to strike more palm prints with the same amount of true qi.
At the end of every cultivation, Zhang Ruochen would feel pain all over his body, and his arms felt like they were broken.
Using the Jade Pure True Qi, after a night of cultivation, that wave of pain would completely disappear and he would once again return to his fullest state of mind.
According to Zhang Ruochen’s guess, it should be the Saint Force and Spiritual Force latent within his body that repaired the damaged flesh. Coupled with the Jade Pure True Qi’s nourishment, the next day, the body would naturally return to its full state.
Cultivating for seven days in a row, Zhang Ruochen struck out 100,000 palm seals and finally cultivated the Elephant Force Nine Stacks to the introductory level.
“Elephant Power Nine Stacks!”
Standing ten metres away from the stone wall, Zhang Ruochen struck two palms lightning fast.
The two palm imprints overlapped and simultaneously blasted on top of the stone wall with a loud bang, creating a nine-inch deep palm imprint crater in the stone wall.
One must know that the power of Zhang Ruochen striking a palm alone could only leave a one inch deep palm print pit on the stone wall. It took nine slaps in a row to leave a nine inch deep palm print pit on the stone wall.
Right now, Zhang Ruochen had only cultivated the Nine Stacks of Elephant Power to the introductory level, and with two palms stacked on top of each other, he erupted with twice the power to strike a nine inch deep palm print pit.
The power of this palm was comparable to the power of nine palms.
“Bursting out twice as much power is introductory, bursting out three times as much power is the only way to reach minor accomplishment.”
To burst out with three times the power, one had to make three palm prints overlap.
“Striking out a hundred thousand palm prints is only cultivating to the introductory level. To strike a million palm seals, it is estimated that one would only be able to cultivate to a minor accomplishment.”
After seven gruelling days of cultivation, Zhang Ruochen had completely stimulated the Saint Force and Spiritual Force latent within his body, absorbing roughly a quarter of it, and his physical body strength had increased by a large margin.
As long as he continued to cultivate the Palm Technique, he would definitely be able to completely absorb the remaining three quarters of the Saint Force and Spiritual Force.
After cultivating the Nine Stacks of Elephant Power to the introductory level, Zhang Ruochen entered the Space-Time Crystal Stone to cultivate.
In the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, Zhang Ruochen still had to strike at least fifteen thousand palm seals every day.
After three months of cultivation, Zhang Ruochen had struck more than a million and seven hundred thousand palm seals, and had finally cultivated the Elephant Power Nine Stacks to a minor level. The Saint Force and Spirit Force latent within his body was almost completely absorbed into his flesh and blood, transforming it into a power of his own.
At the same time, the Jade Pure True Qi in Zhang Ruochen’s body became more condensed and twice as pure as before.
The current Zhang Ruochen could strike up to 20,000 palm seals a day.
“Elephant Power Nine Stacks.”
Still standing ten metres away from the stone wall, Zhang Ruochen’s arm hitched straight and struck out three palm seals in a row.
The three palms overlapped together, erupting with three times the power.
“Boom!”
The stone wall shook slightly, forming a large pit of palm prints three times larger than Zhang Ruochen’s palms and twenty-seven inches deep.
“Is this the palm with three times my current power? I’m afraid that this palm of mine is enough to seriously injure a martial artist in the middle stage of the Earth Extreme Realm.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was quite elated, his efforts in recent months had finally borne fruit.
Although Zhang Ruochen had been cultivating in the Space-Time Crystal Stone for three months, in reality, only one month had passed outside.
The Intermediate Ruins Exploration Examination was three months long, and only one month and ten days had passed, so Zhang Ruochen still had a great deal of time to use to impact the Xuanji Realm Grand Circle.
“Let’s start impacting the Xuanji Realm Great Perfection now.”
Zhang Ruochen entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone and sat on the ground, taking out the jade bottle containing the Half-Saint’s blood and resting it in his hand.
“Just by refining a single drop of Half-Saint blood, I should be able to break through to the Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle.”
Opening the lid of the jade bottle, Zhang Ruochen’s palm waved, and a drop of Crimson Half-Saint Blood flew out from the jade bottle, emitting a crimson light, like a small red sun hovering in Zhang Ruochen’s palm.
