I'm Just a Beast Tamer

Chapter 128: Chapter 125: Secrets of the Innate

"Blood Spirit? Does that mean you control this entire Blood Mist?"

Jiang Zuo looked at the Blood Spirit, sensing no malice from it.

"I wouldn’t say ’control.’ In truth, I know very little, and can do even less. Usually, a part of my subconscious is responsible for activating the Inheritance Stele for you Trial Takers and distributing rewards based on your performance."

"Even then, I have no authority to interfere with the part my subconscious handles. The circumstances under which I can appear are exceedingly rare. In all these long ages, I have only manifested before Trial Takers three times."

"However, perhaps it’s for this very reason that I, a Blood Spirit, have been able to exist for so long."

The Blood Spirit shook its head.

’So this Blood Spirit has been doing everything all along,’ Jiang Zuo thought. ’And here I was, thinking it was remarkable that the Bu Family’s Blood Mist Forest, in the Mortal Territory, could be so intelligent without a Spirit Stone Array.’

"In that case, is there something special about the method to Promote to Innate?"

Jiang Zuo’s spirits lifted.

"Of course. Based on your performance in the previous trial, once you cultivated to Grandmaster Great Perfection, you could have obtained the method to Promote to Innate here, along with a Blood Crystal."

"When using the Blood God Skill to Promote to the Innate realm, fusing with this Blood Crystal would give you a high probability of awakening a Spirit Root with a dominant Fire Attribute."

"But your situation is very special. You’ve cultivated two elemental Cultivation Techniques to the realm of Grandmaster Great Perfection simultaneously."

The Blood Spirit explained, but Jiang Zuo interrupted it. "I’ve opened one hundred and thirty-two acupoints. Shouldn’t that count as having cultivated three techniques?"

"That is correct. However, Spirit Roots are categorized into the five basic attributes: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Only by cultivating a corresponding elemental Cultivation Technique to Grandmaster Great Perfection can one possibly awaken a Spirit Root of that attribute."

"Most Cultivation Techniques in the world are considered non-elemental. Even if you cultivate them to Grandmaster Great Perfection, they won’t be of much help in awakening a Spirit Root."

"If you cultivate a non-elemental technique and are lucky enough to awaken a Spirit Root, its attribute will also be a matter of luck."

The Blood Spirit shook its head, having answered Jiang Zuo’s question.

Seeing that Jiang Zuo had nothing more to say, it continued.

"When a mortal breaks through to the Innate realm and receives the Innate Baptism, they are given a kind of mark. Even if they cultivate another technique to break through to Innate, or undergo Scattering and Reincarnation, they will never receive another Innate Baptism."

"However, during the breakthrough to the Innate realm, if you have simultaneously cultivated two Cultivation Techniques to the point where they are ready to break through at any moment..."

"Take you, for instance. The other technique you cultivate should be a Wood Attribute one. First, you use the Blood God Skill to Promote to Innate, receive the Innate Baptism, and awaken a Fire Attribute Spirit Root."

"Before the Innate Baptism ends, immediately use the Wood Attribute technique to break through again. At that moment, you will be able to receive a second Innate Baptism."

"If your luck isn’t too bad, or if you can find an item that helps awaken it, you might successfully awaken a Wood Attribute Spirit Root."

"Wood feeds fire. Because of this, the grade of your Fire Attribute Spirit Root Talent will rise by one level."

"This is because when a Mortal Martial Artist breaks through to the Innate realm, even if they awaken a Spirit Root, the Spirit Root’s talent will be very poor. This is one of the few ways a Mortal Martial Artist can awaken a high-quality Spirit Root."

"It’s just that the conditions to achieve this are far too demanding for a Mortal Martial Artist."

"When promoting to the Innate realm, age is a major factor in whether one can awaken a Spirit Root. Intentionally trying to cultivate two techniques to Great Perfection and then break through with both simultaneously will most likely result in gaining nothing at all."

The Blood Spirit sighed.

The rule of this world—that a mortal can only receive the baptism of heaven and earth once—essentially sealed off the path to advancement for the vast majority of mortals.

The only way to circumvent it was to use a different elemental Cultivation Technique to break through to the Innate realm before the baptism of heaven and earth concluded.

For a mortal to defy the heavens and alter their fate, the best method was to cultivate multiple techniques to Grandmaster Great Perfection and then break through with all of them simultaneously.

However, the baptism from heaven and earth that a mortal received when promoting to the Innate realm would be different even for the same person at a different age, and the effects would vary greatly.

The younger one was, the more potent the baptism of heaven and earth, the better its cleansing effect on the body, and the higher the chance of awakening a Spirit Root.

Combined with an item to help awaken a Spirit Root, a young Innate Martial Artist’s chances of awakening one would increase dramatically.

But as one grew older, the chances of awakening a Spirit Root would decrease exponentially.

For someone cultivating the Blood God Skill, if their talent wasn’t exceptional enough to reach Grandmaster Great Perfection at an early age and come before the Blood-colored Stele, they would only be able to obtain the method to Promote to Innate.

If they were even slightly older, they would lose their qualification to obtain the Blood Crystal.

This was because at an older age, even with an item to awaken a Spirit Root, the chances of actually doing so were greatly reduced.

Items that could awaken a Spirit Root were exceptionally rare. Even one like the Blood Crystal, which could regenerate slowly over time, would not be given away lightly.

Thus, delaying one’s breakthrough to the Innate realm in order to cultivate multiple techniques was, in fact, the more inadvisable choice.

It was far better to break through to the Innate realm early, while one was still young.

This was why the Blood Spirit would only appear for someone like Jiang Zuo, who had cultivated two or more techniques to Great Perfection at a young age, to reveal the inner mysteries of promoting to the Innate realm.

Because he was so young, if he promoted to the Innate realm with the Blood God Skill and then immediately promoted again with another technique, there was a chance he could awaken a second Spirit Root even without an awakening item.

And even if he failed to awaken a second Spirit Root, an additional round of the Innate Baptism would still be highly beneficial for the newly formed Fire Spirit Root.

Listening to the Blood Spirit’s words, Jiang Zuo finally gained a deeper understanding of what it meant to Promote to Innate and awaken a Spirit Root.

’So there’s a workaround like this for promoting to the Innate realm.’

’Thinking about it, this method is actually more reliable than the solution I came up with on my own.’

’As long as one’s talent is sufficiently astounding, it’s possible to execute.’

’It’s not like my own idea, which seemed like something only I could possibly accomplish.’

"I’d like to ask, what would happen if someone broke through to the Innate realm with five different elemental Cultivation Techniques at the same time and awakened a Spirit Root for each one?"

Jiang Zuo asked curiously after a moment’s thought.

The Cultivation Techniques he currently practiced were the Blood God Skill, the Life Essence Returning Skill, and the Blood Sea Creation Skill while in his Ten Thousand Beasts Armor form.

If he was willing to spend some time, he could also cultivate the Nine Revolutions Returning Essence Skill to Great Perfection.

The Blood God Skill was Fire Attribute, the Life Essence Returning Skill was Wood Attribute, the Blood Sea Creation Skill was Water Attribute, and the Nine Revolutions Returning Essence Skill was Earth Attribute.

In other words, Jiang Zuo only needed to acquire a Metal Attribute Cultivation Technique to have a complete set of all five elements.

"I don’t know. There’s no such record in my memories. It’s likely that no Martial Artist has ever managed to do it."

The Blood Spirit immediately shook its head.

"I have told you what I was meant to. The rest is your own choice. However, items that awaken Spirit Roots are extremely rare. I advise you not to be greedy. Promote to the Innate realm with the Blood God Skill as soon as possible, lest you waste the Blood Crystal."

As the Blood Spirit spoke, its form gradually dissolved into mist, leaving behind an egg-sized, blood-colored crystal on the ground.

The blood mist behind the Blood-colored Stele also dissipated, revealing a large patch of Blood Mist Flowers.

Jiang Zuo did a quick count—there were about fifty of them.

Jiang Zuo hadn’t expected the Blood Spirit to leave so abruptly. He still had plenty of questions to ask it.

’But it’s already gone. Calling out for it probably won’t bring it back.’

’This Blood Spirit is just like it said. Though it’s the spirit in charge of this place, its authority is strictly limited.’

’According to Bu Qiyang, these were the most important steles for promoting to the Innate realm. The rest are just some moves and techniques related to the Blood God Skill.’

’But it seems the technique from the next stele might be a significant help for promoting to the Innate realm.’

With that in mind, Jiang Zuo returned to the small path outside and continued forward.

Before long, he came to a gray stele.

When he touched the stele with his Blood God Skill, a cultivation method surfaced in his mind.

’A Blood Sac?’

’Once successfully cultivated, it can form a Blood Sac inside the body to store Blood Qi. When necessary, detonating the Blood Sac can provide the cultivator with a massive amount of Blood Qi.’

’A truly ingenious Blood Qi technique.’

’However, unless one’s Cultivation has hit a wall, practicing this technique would severely hinder one’s overall progress.’

’The most suitable people to cultivate this would be those who have reached Innate Great Perfection and have no other means of improving their stats.’

’Storing cultivated Blood Qi in the Blood Sac at that point would indeed be somewhat helpful when promoting to the Innate realm.’

Jiang Zuo skimmed the Cultivation Technique and got a general understanding of it.

The technique was somewhat useful to him, as it could slightly increase his burst power.

The mist behind the stele then dissipated, revealing a dozen or so Blood Mist Flowers.

Jiang Zuo then proceeded to several other steles, where he respectively learned various Blood Qi moves and techniques like Blood Escape, Qi and Blood Blade, Qi Blood Armor, and Qi Burst.

Blood Escape was a technique for erupting Blood Qi at the feet. It consumed Blood Qi but allowed for a massive increase in speed.

Qi and Blood Blade and Qi Blood Armor were both techniques for using Blood Qi to manifest weapons and protective gear.

Jiang Zuo had already experimented with this on his own. Now that he had a proper Cultivation Technique for it, the effectiveness of his manifested weapons and armor was greatly enhanced.

Qi Burst was a technique for detonating Blood Qi outside the body. By releasing a large amount of Blood Qi in a short time and then igniting it, one could cause immense damage over a wide area.

Jiang Zuo gave it a brief try. With this technique, he was now a walking, humanoid stick of TNT.

After learning these moves and techniques, Jiang Zuo’s understanding of Blood Qi had become extremely profound.

Although the Blood Mist Forest hadn’t provided a technique for manifesting Blood Wings, after learning all this, the Blood Wings Jiang Zuo now manifested were virtually indistinguishable from real ones.

His flight speed had also skyrocketed.

Jiang Zuo continued on, learning every Blood Qi technique available to him. At each location, he also obtained more than ten Blood Mist Flowers.

It seemed simple, but Jiang Zuo knew that not everyone who came here would be able to learn these things.

These techniques seemed useful, but in practice, if one’s cultivation wasn’t sufficient, learning them was simply asking for death.

The Blood Spirit wouldn’t have imparted these moves and techniques to anyone who hadn’t cultivated to a certain level.

"Another tombstone?"

Jiang Zuo had thought he had already explored the entire Blood Mist Forest, but as he reached its very end, he was surprised by what he saw.

At the end of the path stood a solitary tombstone.

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