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Chapter 1042: Chapter 990: Captured Alive
"Jiu, please copy all your insights and realizations regarding the ’Earth Spirit Tao Record’ for me."
Da Qing pondered for a moment, then added, "Right, and also your insights after cultivating it."
He planned to begin the experiment now, hoping to prove within a hundred years whether the idea was feasible, and, if there were no issues, to then alter his cultivation technique.
Li Zhirui directly handed the original Jade Slip to Da Qing, instructing him, "Once your experiment is successful, remember to tell me. Only after I have reviewed it and found no problems can you start cultivating!"
He was worried Da Qing was too anxious and might overlook some potential risks, and he did not feel entirely at ease.
"Got it." Da Qing casually replied and then hurried away.
He had captured many Robbing Cultivators and evil cultivators this time, naturally he couldn’t bring them into Mount Wanxian, nor was it convenient to experiment within the clan, so he specifically found a hidden cavern in the outside world to serve as his own experimental site.
Li Zhirui frowned as he saw Da Qing’s urgency, but he couldn’t always be by Da Qing’s side. He could only hope that his admonishments would be remembered.
Quickly, Da Qing arrived at the experimental site, his eyes brimming with excitement and anticipation as he looked at the cultivators, not resembling a proper cultivator at all.
The crowd trembled uncontrollably upon his return, as if they had seen something terrifying.
All this was thanks to the torture Da Qing had inflicted on them on the way back to Mount Wanxian, leaving them without the slightest thought of rebellion!
"You’d better behave obediently, otherwise I’ll let you know what it means to neither live nor die!"
Da Qing issued a fierce warning, declaring, "Now, all of you ponder on this Cultivation Technique. You have three years; when the time is up, you must alter your cultivation or else you’ll have no need to stay alive."
"Understand?"
"Yes!"
The cultivators shakily tucked away the Jade Slip and immediately threw themselves into comprehension, afraid that any delay would cost them their lives.
Da Qing was very pleased with their performance, he closed the Formation, allowing them to contemplate thoroughly inside while he himself cultivated in the temporary Cave Mansion he had created outside.
Three years passed in a flash.
Da Qing appeared punctually in front of the group of cultivators, placing a third-tier Spirit Seed before each person, saying, "You’ve had so much time, now it’s time to see your performance." 𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝒸𝓸𝓶
Three years was indeed too short for altering one’s Cultivation Technique. Most cultivators had not thoroughly understood it, and it was very easy for issues to arise.
But Da Qing didn’t care about that, he just wanted to complete the experiment as quickly as possible!
Though the cultivators were worried, none dared to defy Da Qing’s will, some seemed even prepared to face death.
As they were altering their techniques, Da Qing controlled his Divine Sense to deeply observe the entire process without affecting them.
And soon, he withdrew from several of them, as they had already failed!
They were not cautious enough during the dispersal of the cultivation, causing several meridians to shatter; even if they survived by luck, they would be cripples unable to cultivate.
Luckily, this was only the case with a minority, otherwise, the dozens of cultivators Da Qing had captured might not be enough for his experimental needs.
As time went by, Da Qing also summarized several common problems during their cultivation dispersal and figured out how to solve them.
About half a month later, they all completed the dispersal step and began to cultivate the "Earth Spirit Tao Record"!
Da Qing took out three types of Spirit Seeds. Most abundant were those that grew within the flesh, followed by spatial Spirit Plants, and finally, those that rooted in the Sea of Consciousness.
Of course, since the latter two were rarer, Da Qing only experimented with three Spirit Seeds.
Thus, these six cultivators were carefully selected and were his primary subjects of observation.
Fortunately, all six of them succeeded!
The Spirit Seeds were fully integrated by their Spiritual Souls, and all that was left was for them to restore their cultivation to see what differences there were between these special Spirit Seeds and ordinary ones.
To obtain the experimental results quickly, Da Qing exchanged for a large number of Pills from his clan, and regardless of their physical conditions, as long as they were not going to die, he forced them to refine the Pills.
And after just a few years, they had restored their Nascent Soul Realm cultivation!
Under Da Qing’s insistent demands, the cultivators with flesh-growth Spirit Seeds didn’t separate the Spirit Seeds from their bodies but instead planted them on their chests!
Of course, when the Cultivation Technique was given to them, it was in this way, so they were unaware of the original method of cultivating the "Earth Spirit Tao Record."
That portion of cultivators, after the Spirit Seeds took root, began to madly absorb their flesh and blood. As the Spirit Seeds grew, the cultivators’ Qi-Blood was continuously drained, quickly leaving them gasping for breath, on the verge of death!
However, after Da Qing provided them with an abundance of Precious Pills for Qi-Blood recovery, their bodies began to slowly heal.
"It seems there isn’t a problem but it’s just so strange!"
Having a Spirit Plant growing on one’s chest, moreover as a fundamental part of one’s cultivation—if one were to be embroiled in combat, it would be too easy to exploit as a weakness.
If nothing unexpected happened, this method would likely be discarded.
Of course, Da Qing had also considered letting the flesh-growth Spirit Seeds’ roots merge with the meridians, with the main stems and branches as the body and limbs, so as not to have such a big weakness.
However, judging by the cultivators’ situation, they probably could not realize his idea, for there was an error from the start: the Spirit Seeds should have been planted in the heart, and moreover, by cultivators with exceedingly abundant and vigorous Qi-Blood.
