Chapter 504: Chapter 106: Earth Element Spleen Temple!_2
The Blood Demon Disintegration Technique was a classic, one of the earliest. When initially used, irrespective of the adversary, the caster inevitably faced a horrific end, with both body and path destroyed.
But through continuous improvement and refinement by generations of the wise, even complete innovation, the negative aftermath of using the Blood Demon Disintegration Technique had been greatly reduced, no longer requiring the price of one’s life.
“Bone Soul Sacrificial Technique…” the manager continued to introduce.
This spell’s history could be traced back to even before the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. In that era, when neither gods, devils, nor ghosts existed, ancient people sacrificed to heaven and earth by temporarily separating their bones and souls from their bodies, assuming the form of skeletal ghosts wandering between heaven and earth.
If successful, the ancient people would return, their bones and souls immensely strengthened. If unsuccessful, their bone souls would dissolve into heaven and earth, offered as a sacrifice.
“Sacrificial Shadow Technique…”
This cultivation technique was quite new, emerging after the Night Rain Dynasty, when the concept of “monsters” was added to the world.
As deduced from the name of the spell, it involved sacrificing the practitioner’s shadow by severing his own flesh and blood, continuously enhancing the potency of the cultivator’s shadow until it was cultivated into a formidable Shadow Monster.
“Red Blood Devotion Technique…”
This cultivation technique was remarkably powerful, but the prerequisite for its use was that the cultivator must possess innate blood-related talents. The cost was also steep, generally causing a significant decline in one’s innate gifts after use. If too aggressively executed, it could result in the complete depletion of one’s talents.
Besides these, there were others like the Dead Moon Sacrificial Song, Soul Return to Heaven and Earth, Heavenly Burial Ceremony, and so forth.
Upon hearing the manager’s introduction, Ning Zhuo couldn’t help but sigh internally, “Truly worthy of Complete Book Pavilion, such an assortment of demon skills, truly a sight to behold.”
In this cultivation world, not only had the spiritual energy become richer and innate talents increasingly abundant, but all kinds of divine skills and marvelous methods were also widely disseminated, with improvements and new innovations emerging each year.
This was a golden era for cultivation, as intense as Fiery Fire searing oil, like a scene of blooming prosperity.
After some thought, Ning Zhuo chose the Blood Demon Disintegration Small Method, Dead Moon Sacrificial Song, and the Heavenly Burial Ceremony.
Seeing him pick so many, the manager’s smile grew a bit more genuine. From this sale, he stood to receive a decent division of profits.
At the same time, wariness grew in the manager’s heart.
Ning Zhuo’s purchases implied significant intent and inscrutable motives.
“You might be familiar with our Complete Book Pavilion. Currently, we offer two payment methods.”
“One is to pay with Spirit Stones.”
“The other is to exchange for Tower Gold, which can be used for purchases.”
Tower Gold was the currency exclusive to Complete Book Pavilion, non-tangible, merely a digital record.
Ning Zhuo had a small amount of Tower Gold in his possession, obtained when he sold some cultivation techniques in Fire Persimmon Immortal City.
Of course, Ning Zhuo would not use this Tower Gold, which was attached to his real identity. To use it would be to reveal himself.
“I choose to pay with Spirit Stones,” Ning Zhuo promptly responded.
The manager smiled, “My lord, using Tower Gold for transactions is actually much more economical than using Spirit Stones.”
Ning Zhuo was aware of this as well.
Complete Book Pavilion set up these two transaction methods primarily for comparison, to highlight the superiority of Tower Gold and encourage more people to use it.
As for how to acquire Tower Gold, naturally, it involved selling cultivation techniques.
Thus, Complete Book Pavilion’s foundation kept growing, the more they sold the cultivation techniques, the higher the profits.
This was Complete Book Pavilion’s clever business strategy, an overt scheme.
Ning Zhuo shook his head, “I’ll use Spirit Stones.”
He was wary of revealing his true identity and did not want to get involved with these demon skills.
Initially, when he displayed the Demon-infused Bloodline Technique in the Luminous Mirror, it was only after seizing the right moment to perform it publicly. Before that, he had never revealed it to Lin Shanshan, nor had he shown this method in the Martial Arts Arena.
Ning Zhuo understood his own ability to disguise was not outstanding; it was hardly feasible to establish a second account at Complete Book Pavilion under the pretense of this false identity.
In the end, his recently amassed wealth of Spirit Stones, obtained from the sale of treasures, was nearly exhausted.
Nevertheless, Ning Zhuo was satisfied with the price.
The cultivation techniques he opted to purchase were indeed among the best.
Following this transaction, Ning Zhuo had a new appreciation for Complete Book Pavilion, “Selling cultivation techniques is truly a profitable business!”
“As long as you have such techniques and the more often they are sold, the distributed cost of obtaining the techniques becomes increasingly low. Reaching a certain threshold, it might even approach zero cost.”
Ning Zhuo felt envious.
He had obtained a large amount of treasure from an Old Monster in Stone, enabling him to rise from poverty to wealth overnight.
However, back in Immortal City, he realized his gains were significant, but so were his expenses!
This time, the purchase of three Demon Path Blood Sacrifice Techniques was a necessity. Ning Zhuo had to do his utmost to prepare for the upcoming ambush.
“I had planned to purchase a cultivation technique suitable for Mengye Tiger’s practice.”
“Alas, my purse is light.”
The Stone Treasures remained Ning Zhuo’s most significant wealth, yet he was too occupied to even tally their total value.
But with these treasures, not only did they come with the risk of harboring Stone Cast Earth Treasure Divine Power, their high quality also made them inconvenient for Ning Zhuo to sell readily.
Now, Ning Zhuo’s reserves of Spirit Stones and Fire Essence were nearly depleted, putting him in a precarious position.
For the moment, he had no time to address this issue.
After acquiring the three Demon Path techniques, he immediately retreated into Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon and left the city.
He arrived at a secluded and deserted mountain peak where he immersed himself in studying these techniques.
In the realms of Body Cultivation and Demon Skill, his understanding was limited, unable to grasp the underlying principles.
But having purchased three books, he could cross-reference them. Just like when he learned to cultivate Spirit Hidden Willow at the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect by strictly applying techniques at an operational level, he was now barely able to master the desired methods.