### **Chapter 80: Demonic Secret Arts to Improve Aptitude**
More complex methods involved **[Comprehension]**—using calligraphy, painting, music, chess, sword dancing... and other hobbies to perceive nature. When the time was right, one could experience an epiphany-like effect, causing a significant surge in spiritual sense.
In summary, the book *"Secrets of the Three Barriers to Foundation Establishment"* provided Wang Yu with a practical basis and guidance for his future path, benefiting him immensely.
Those who met the standards for all three barriers would find breaking through to Foundation Establishment to be a natural progression, without any difficulty.
The role played by the Foundation Establishment Pill within this framework was also closely linked to the three barriers.
For example, the low-grade Reverse Blood Pill was a Foundation Establishment spirit pill that only affected the physical body. It could replenish a cultivator's vitality and blood, temporarily strengthen the physique, and make the meridians more resilient and unobstructed.
The mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill simultaneously affected both the Vitality and Blood Barrier and the Spiritual Power Barrier. While replenishing vitality and blood, its medicinal power made spiritual power easier to condense and compress.
The high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill was a miraculous medicine that worked on all three barriers simultaneously, increasing a cultivator's chances by fifty to sixty percent. Combined with one's own accumulation, as long as one wasn't too unlucky, success was almost guaranteed.
This also involved the issue of utilization efficiency.
The Three Spiritual Roots were the standard, able to normally absorb the medicinal power of any spirit pill.
Four Spiritual Roots were half as efficient, at only 50%.
Five Spiritual Roots were even worse, at less than 10%. Only the gentle medicinal power of a top-grade spirit pill could be fully absorbed.
This was the real reason Wang Yu felt a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill couldn't help him. But if he followed the standards of the three barriers, even without a Foundation Establishment Pill, he could break through on his own.
After all, his basic conditions weren't poor.
Regarding the **Spiritual Power Barrier**, the Profound Essence Flowers had already helped him achieve semi-liquefaction. He was halfway across this barrier. It was foreseeable that by the time he could attempt the breakthrough, his cultivation technique would definitely have been placed and advanced to the second grade.
With the mastery of a perfected Foundation Establishment level technique controlling the spiritual power amount of the Qi Refining perfection stage, it shouldn't be a struggle but rather smooth sailing.
Compressing and fine-manipulating spiritual power would definitely not be a problem.
Regarding the **Spiritual Sense Barrier**, the Lunar Nether Essence channeled by the [Lunar Nether Pupils] happened to cleanse the soul and increase spiritual sense. It was a relatively rare secret art that could boost spiritual sense even during the Qi Refining stage.
He was also proficient in alchemy, so mastering the vast spiritual sense wouldn't be an issue.
Only the **Vitality and Blood Barrier** was the most critical.
First, he lacked an arm, so his total vitality and blood was inherently lower than normal, and he was missing the corresponding meridians. The lifespan burned during his initiation into the Dao also greatly affected his total vitality and blood.
Coupled with the inherently weak meridians of a Waste Spiritual Root, it could be said that all his disadvantages were concentrated on the Vitality and Blood Barrier.
It was a pity that the low-grade Reverse Blood Pill had no top-grade version. Otherwise, refining a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill himself would be the perfect solution.
Looking at it now, he either needed to address his aptitude or attempt to cultivate a technique or secret art that enhanced his physique.
The "Coldblood Art" had a tiny bit of this effect, but it was truly just a tiny bit—not a sliver more. It was better than nothing but far inferior to the might of the Divine Strength Corpse Arm.
"This might also be a solution."
In short, during his days studying texts in the Scripture Narration Hall, Wang Yu's understanding of cultivation aspects grew increasingly profound. Even ancient texts thicker than a human head and full of obscure language,
he could thoroughly comprehend using the placement slot. His gains were truly substantial.
Currently, Slot 4 was primarily dedicated to the Mysterious Yin Hand, but it often served as a flexible slot, ready to be squeezed at any time.
These fulfilling and highly motivated days lasted for nearly three months.
Until the 9th month of Wang Yu's 8th year as an outer disciple.
He finally found content related to improving aptitude. There weren't many texts, only three, and they were small stories interspersed within the biographical records of notable figures of the Reverse Spirit Blood sect.
Among the five Nascent Soul demonic sects of the Crimson Kite Demon Domain, he focused on the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect's portion, as one should first reach for the nearest fruit. Understanding the relevant information from other demonic sects was sufficient.
A widely circulated secret art in the Demonic Path.
Was named—**[Foundation Seizing Art]!**
It was suitable for those with Mixed Spiritual Roots or Waste Spiritual Roots who had difficulty establishing their foundation.
Simply put, capture a Foundation Establishment cultivator alive, empty their Dantian sea, and sever their spiritual sense.
Then, use the Foundation Seizing Art to completely devour everything of that cultivator. This secret art could be used in the late Qi Refining stage. Upon success, one would become a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
However, it could not fundamentally change one's spiritual root aptitude. Whatever one was like before seizing the foundation, they remained the same afterward.
It seized the Foundation Establishment cultivation, not the foundational core or spiritual roots—the essential. Its dissemination was very wide; the Nascent Soul demonic sects of the Crimson Kite Demon Domain all had corresponding transmissions.
Even the righteous path had collections of it.
This method also had side effects. The Foundation Seizing Art could only be used once in a lifetime. After using it, breaking through to the Golden Core stage in this life would be extremely difficult. For those with low innate aptitude, this side effect was utterly insignificant.
After all, if they couldn't even break through to Foundation Establishment originally, who would care about the Golden Core realm?
The text merely mentioned it and provided a routine introduction. This secret art didn't meet Wang Yu's requirements but could serve as a cover.
If he were to continue mixing within the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect in the future, the Foundation Seizing Art could well explain the issue of his Waste Spiritual Root achieving Foundation Establishment.
After all, his cultivation speed was already very fast, which could be attributed to burning lifespan. But breaking through to Foundation Establishment in the future would carry a completely different significance.
He committed this term to memory. The second demonic secret art for improving aptitude came into view.
Its name was—**[Blood Spring Malignant Art]!**
This secret art was a core inheritance of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect, accessible only to True Disciples. The description was roughly divided into three parts.
Blood Sacrifice, Cocoon Transformation, Rebirth.
The so-called Blood Sacrifice: if a Qi Refining cultivator performed this malignant art, they required one hundred Qi Refining cultivators of the same age and realm. The closer the birth dates and elements, the better the effect. Perfectly matching birth dates and elements would achieve a perfect blood sacrifice.
By analogy, if a Foundation Establishment cultivator performed this malignant art, they required one hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, under the same conditions.
Drawing blood to form a spring created the Blood Spring.
Then, using souls as fuel to make the Blood Spring boil, enter it and transform into a cocoon. After waiting for seven times seven days (forty-nine days), the blood exchange was completed.
One could then obtain a **[Blood Spiritual Root]** comparable to the aptitude of a Heavenly Spiritual Root.
Transcending the ordinary and changing the bones, as if reborn!
The steps were detailed, supported by historical examples, and logically linked, making them convincing. It was a pity that whenever it involved the specific content of the secret art, not a single word was mentioned.
Wang Yu looked at it over and over, reluctantly putting it down.
This kind of core inheritance was only for True Disciples; he was far from qualifying. Furthermore, the lower one's cultivation level, the easier it was to meet the conditions.
The described perfect Heavenly Spiritual Root state likely required one hundred cultivators whose birth dates and elements perfectly matched one's own, of the same age and realm. This condition was also quite difficult to fulfill.
Acquiring it was hard; practicing it was even harder.
It wasn't something a minor figure like him could accomplish—truly a pity.
When it came to the last demonic secret art with a known clue, Wang Yu's eyes suddenly brightened. A suitable candidate quickly emerged in his mind.
This third secret art was named—**[Demonic Embryo Profound Origin Secret Curse]**
This art had no cultivation level requirement; any cultivator could practice it. Its core lay in chanting the secret curse daily, transforming oneself into a 〈Profound Origin Demonic Embryo〉!
**(End of Chapter)**