No hope for eternal life

Chapter 309 The best spiritual core

Upon hearing this, Mu Changsheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Although he already had clones, both clones were still in the early stage of Spirit Transformation just like his original body. Even the physical bodies of the two clones were just ordinary ones with almost no physical refinement level. If he wanted to push the physical refinement level of the clones to the same Thunder God level as his original body, it would be a considerable expense.

After thinking for a long time, Mu Changsheng did not think of a good solution, so he turned to ask Taoist Master: "Sister, do you have any suggestions?"

Taoist Master An had already had this idea, so she came here and said immediately: "Two clones, one clone will be the main combat clone and be trained like the original body. The other clone does not need to be trained deliberately. Let him absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth normally to break through the realm, but the speed of breaking through the realm will be slower. You can also let the clone help you deal with some daily chores. Xia Rong, Wang Tianhua and others have arranged it this way, and it is also the choice of most people. If both clones are trained with all their strength, too many resources will be consumed, and they may even become more and more unable to be supported in the future. Instead, it will affect the original body's cultivation, which is not worth the loss."

Mu Changsheng nodded repeatedly after hearing this. In order to speed up his breakthrough, he used top-grade spirit stones in his daily practice. If his two clones also used top-grade spirit stones for practice, no matter how much his contribution value was, it would not be able to withstand such consumption.

"I'll listen to my sister." Mu Changsheng replied. He adopted Taoist Master's suggestion. He decided to let the white-clothed clone practice body training like the original body and use top-grade spirit stones for cultivation. As for the black-clothed clone, he would place it on Duzhao Peak to absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth for cultivation. Although its cultivation speed is destined to be inferior to that of the original body and the white-clothed clone, the sect's spiritual power is abundant, and there is a spirit gathering formation on the peak to gather the surrounding spiritual power. The spiritual power is almost inexhaustible and can be used endlessly, which is more practical.

Taoist Master smiled slightly, then reached out and took out a spiritual armor, introducing it to Mu Changsheng, saying: "I named this armor Mingguang Armor. It has a defensive formation engraved on it, which can actively protect your whole body when you are attacked. It is enough to withstand the full force of an Eighth Realm Divine Ability Realm cultivator. You wear it on me, so that you won't be too late to react when attacked by someone. It is just right to use with your black bead."

Mu Changsheng's black bead seems to have a strong ability to save his life, but it also depends on his reaction. If he doesn't have time to activate the black bead to escape, he will still die. Taoist Master Xi also saw this weakness, so she specially refined spiritual armor for Mu Changsheng to protect himself.

Mu Changsheng was silent for a moment. The combination of this spiritual armor and the black bead was indeed excellent, so good that he could not refuse it. However, he also knew how precious this spiritual armor was. It was equivalent to half of an eighth-grade defensive artifact. He could not afford it even if he used up all his contribution points.

Taoist Master An saw that Mu Changsheng was a little hesitant, so she took the initiative to say: "The spiritual materials for refining this spiritual armor were all grown by me on my own mountain. I can give it to whoever I want, and no one can find fault with it."

Mu Changsheng stopped nagging after hearing this, and accepted the armor. He clasped his fists and promised, "I will repay you for your kindness today someday."

Taoist Shi'an's eyebrows curved, and she said expectantly: "Okay, I'll wait for you to repay me in the future."

Afterwards, Taoist Master An stopped disturbing Mu Changsheng's practice and left immediately.

After Taoist Master Xi left, Mu Changsheng summoned two clones and directed the black-clothed clone to practice at the top of Duzhao Peak according to the plan. The spiritual energy there was the most concentrated and the practice speed was relatively faster. Then he gave the remaining half of the ten thousand year old lightning-struck wood to the white-clothed clone to practice the Five Thunders Body Tempering.

Mu Changsheng himself used top-grade spirit stones for cultivation. He wanted to see how fast he could cultivate with top-grade spirit stones after breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and how long it would take to break through.

After practicing for several days, Mu Changsheng frowned. Although he had expected this, he still didn't expect the speed of practice after the Spirit Transformation Realm to be so slow.

According to Mu Changsheng's estimation, even if he continued to use top-grade spirit stones for cultivation, it would take at least three years to break through a small realm. You should know that when Mu Changsheng was in the Nascent Soul stage, it only took him less than a year to break through a small realm.

At this rate, it would take Mu Changsheng nine years just to break through to the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm, but Mu Changsheng's goal was to break through to the Tribulation Realm within the remaining eight years.

Therefore, Mu Changsheng had to find a way to speed up his cultivation.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng summoned his black-clothed clone, gave him some contribution points, and then commanded him to go to the mission peak.

When they arrived at the mission peak, Mu Changsheng met Wang Tianhua. After exchanging pleasantries, Mu Changsheng got down to business: "Brother, I want to issue a mission to exchange contribution points for a top-grade spirit core. What do you think is the appropriate amount of contribution points to exchange for a top-grade spirit core?"

"Top-grade spiritual core?" Wang Tianhua said in surprise: "Junior brother, you should not need a top-grade spiritual core now."

"If I want to speed up my cultivation, I can only use the best quality spirit core." Mu Changsheng replied helplessly.

The top-grade spirit core is a special spirit stone that is one level higher than the top-grade spirit stone. It can only be produced in very small quantities in large spirit stone mines where a large number of top-grade spirit stones are gathered.

Mu Changsheng's goal was to use top-grade spirit cores instead of top-grade spirit stones for cultivation, so as to increase his cultivation speed to a higher level.

However, there is no doubt that the top-grade spirit cores are precious. They cannot be purchased even with contribution points. The sect will only occasionally use top-grade spirit cores to reward disciples who have made outstanding contributions. Therefore, Mu Changsheng can only use the method of issuing tasks to exchange with some senior brothers and sisters who have top-grade spirit cores.

After hearing Mu Changsheng's explanation, Wang Tianhua couldn't help but dissuade him, saying, "Using top-grade spirit cores to cultivate can indeed make the cultivation speed faster, but it is not cost-effective. For example, if you use top-grade spirit stones to cultivate, it will take one thousand top-grade spirit stones to break through a small realm. Then, if you use top-grade spirit cores to cultivate, you will need to consume twenty to thirty top-grade spirit cores, which is equivalent to two to three thousand top-grade spirit stones, which is more than double the consumption. To be honest, using top-grade spirit stones to cultivate at your level is already extremely luxurious, because the exchange rate between top-grade spirit stones and high-grade spirit stones is much higher. Normally, using high-grade spirit stones to cultivate is the best choice."

Mu Changsheng gave a bitter smile. How could he not understand what Wang Tianhua said? But he really couldn't wait that long to practice slowly. Fortunately, he currently had enough contribution points to support his luxury.

"I understand your good intentions, but the situation is changing so fast that I have to speed up my practice. I hope you can understand me," said Mu Changsheng, clasping his fists.

Wang Tianhua was silent for a moment. He naturally understood what Mu Changsheng meant by the imminent collapse of the situation. Sect Master Feng was about to die, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the future situation in the Nine Realms was not optimistic.

So, Wang Tianhua stopped trying to stop Mu Changsheng. Instead, he took out a storage bag and handed it to Mu Changsheng, saying, "No need to issue a task. I have two hundred top-grade spirit cores. I'll give you eighty contribution points for each, for a total of sixteen thousand contribution points. If your contribution points are not enough, you can owe them first."

Mu Changsheng was shocked when he heard this. Besides being pleasantly surprised, he was also surprised that Wang Tianhua's price was too cheap. The exchange ratio of top-grade spirit stones to top-grade spirit cores is generally about one to one hundred, and one often has to pay a little more to exchange low-grade spirit stones for high-grade spirit stones before others are willing to exchange. However, Wang Tianhua gave him a 20% discount.

Mu Changsheng immediately took out 20,000 contribution points, handed them over and said, "I appreciate your kindness, but you are the mainstay of the sect, how can I let you suffer, especially when I am not short of contribution points. These contribution points were earned by selling a treasure at Lingzang Peak of Tianling Sect."