Chapter 296: Medicine Spirit, Spirit Manipulation, Spirit Control.

Meng Zhou spent several days consuming 6,000 kilograms of Taishui's flesh and blood, refining 120 Taishui bodies, and gaining 60,000 experience points.
The skill of Taishui's body has accumulated enough to reach the level of the Grand Master.
"Master of Great-Year Physique 0/120,000"
More skilled techniques, deeper understanding, refining the Great-Year Physique, further reducing the consumption of Great-Year flesh and blood.
Only thirty kilograms of Zeta's flesh and blood are needed to obtain a Zeta body.
The finished Zeta body has also transformed from a "child" resembling a seven or eight-year-old to a toddler under the age of three or four.
When the hundred and fifty-seventh "child prodigy" was born from his hands, Tai Sui acquired over 70,000 experience points, completing more than half of the accumulation for the Grand Master realm.
"Tai Sui Grand Master 78,500/120,000".
Meng Zhou looked at the remaining twenty pounds of mutated advanced Tai Sui flesh in the Linghu Space, and then looked at the one thousand drops of Qinglian Sword Marrow.
With his current progress, he only needs to consume about four hundred drops of Qinglian Sword Marrow to complete the accumulation at the master level and advance to the grandmaster level.
There will also be about 600 drops of Qinglian Sword Marrow in stock.
However, Meng Zhou just considered it briefly in his heart and gave up.
This will undoubtedly enable him to further upgrade his crafting skills and comprehension of the Tai Sui Body, but ultimately he will still be limited to the martial grandmaster realm.
Even if he uses up all these Qinglian Sword Marrow, he still cannot fully master this technique.
In that case, whether he takes this step or not is not that important.
Anyway, as long as he has the Qinglian Sword Marrow in hand and enough reserves, he can take this step at any time.
As a result, Mengzhou once again paused the progress of the technique of the Taishui Body.
Take out a Taishui Body and use the essence of the heart's blood to complete its transformation.
The originally blurry appearance and childlike figure of the Taishui Body gradually developed muscles and bones, with all five internal organs fully formed, and it also transformed from a childlike appearance into a miniature "Mengzhou".
With a flicker of thought in Meng Zhou's mind, this shrunken body emitted a faint burst of sound.
Then, the blood and qi surged through his body, and the overwhelming mana rushed like a torrent.
Aside from being as small as a dwarf, everything else perfectly reached the qualities that a peak third-grade medium quality should possess.
This body has achieved a level of peak excellence in both physical and qi cultivation, reaching the third stage of the middle-grade quality.
By using a drop of blood from the heart, not only has it perfectly replicated his true physical state, but it has also replicated around 80% of his true physical abilities.
Not only did the physical cultivation and qi cultivation reach the level they should have, but the characteristics exhibited by each of them also closely matched their true identity.
After a thorough examination, Meng Zhou was convinced that with just this body, without any additional assistance, it would be nearly impossible for cultivators who haven't reached the late stage of Foundation Building or for high-grade three-tiered demons whose bloodline hasn't undergone transformation to overcome them.
In order to compete evenly with "him" and have a back-and-forth, the overall performance of the Five Domains Foundation Building would probably require a cultivation level of at least the eighth stage of Foundation Building.
With this in mind, Meng Zhou couldn't help but inhale a breath of cold air.

In his hands, there are a total of three hundred and nine bodies of the Lifeforged Tai Sui refined with mutated evolution to the third-order medium-grade peak level.
As long as he wants, he can turn them into three hundred and nine powerful forces almost on par with Xuanlin, Xuanyu, and others.

As long as he is willing, the originally fabricated and illusory "Qihuang Gate" can be turned into reality at any time.
Not to mention easily engulfing the entire Qingxuan Sect, Meng Zhou doesn't believe that it would be too difficult to take away the whole Five Realms in one go.
After careful verification, Meng Zhou's mind moved, and the armor of the soul was taken out by him from the spiritual gourd space and entered the forehead of the shrunken version of "Meng Zhou" in front of him.
In an instant, the eyes of "Meng Zhou" opened slightly, and he no longer needed to control it, so it began to move autonomously.
After some attempts, Meng Zhou realized the differences between himself and the Lotus body.
After a long time, Meng Zhou stopped the experiment with satisfaction and a slight regret, and put the Soul Armor back into the Spiritual Gourd space.
The satisfaction was because the results of this experiment were basically in line with his expectations.
Disappointment is due to the fact that this flesh and blood body is limited by the constraints of the origin material's Triple Step Peak level, failing to meet his true aspirations and expectations.
However, this direction can only go so far for now.
In order to advance further, we have to wait until his cultivation reaches the late foundation-building stage and the quality of the Qinglian Sword Marrow improves again.
Now, there's no other choice.
I have completed the "puzzle-like cleaning" of the Divine Soul Armor, and in the process, the skill of the Heavenly Year's Body has also made further progress and improvement.
These things have all temporarily come to an end, and Meng Zhou begins to ponder his next direction.
Before that, he took stock of his own situation.
First is the completeness of the three bodily processes, which are mostly in the final stage.
【Physical Body: Transparent Dao Body 97%, Five Elements Manifestation Body 92%, Blue Lotus Sword Body 99%】
Before he comprehended the secret technique "Zhu Tai Xi Ling", the completeness of the Five Elements Manifestation Body was 88%, while the completeness of the Transparent Dao Body was 95%.
With his successful comprehension and cultivation of the secret technique of "Purifying the Spirit through the Pearl Fetus", the completeness of the Five Elements and Myriad Phenomena Body increased by four percentage points, while the completeness of the Transparent Dao Body increased by two points throughout the entire process.
This is also considered a significant improvement, as the increase is much smaller compared to previous gains of five or six, or even more than ten points.
However, the further we go, the more difficult it becomes to make such progress.
【Skill:
Master of Soul Healing: 105,000/240,000, Grandmaster of the Tai Sui Body: 78,500/120,000】
【Occupation:
Rope Knot Master Tier Three 10,000/10,000
Spirit Tamer Tier Three 9,800/10,000
Pharmacist Tier 3: 9300/10,000
Chi Manipulator Tier 3: 9400/10,000
The two professions, Spirit Master and Pharmacist, benefit from the secret technique of Pearl Womb Cleansing and the progress in the Heavenly Origin Body. Their progress has also been improved to varying degrees, getting closer and closer to the limit of Tier 3.
In the absence of urgent needs, Meng Zhou believes that the focus can be placed on these three aspects.
According to past experience, the progress of the Dao body relies on his advancement in skills and profession, or on insights gained through enlightenment.
These aspects have gained something, and the incomplete Tao body has naturally been compensated and perfected accordingly.
With this in mind, Meng Zhou’s gaze scanned back and forth between the options of "Soul Healing Technique," "Pharmacist Spirit Master," "Blue Lotus Sword Body," and "Pharmacist Spirit Master," "Spirit Tamer," "Spirit Manipulator."
The former, connected by a long line, the integrity of the Qinglian Sword Body has already reached 99%, just one step away from being completely perfect.
Meng Zhou was certain that with the completion of the Yuhun Technique, the remaining step could be easily taken.
Moreover, the mastery of Healing Soul Technique will undoubtedly contribute to the improvement of the profession of "Pharmaceutical Spiritualist".
With half the effort and twice the result, it's a win-win situation.
An impeccable Healing Soul Technique can bring him far more benefits than the technique itself.
This was originally a route that he had already imagined in his mind.
But now, he has a second choice in his mind.
Benefiting from the advancement of the "Yuzhu Washes Spirit Secret Method" and the "Body of the Heavenly God," the profession of "Pharmaceutical Spiritualist" has been promoted to "Over 9,000/10,000 of the Third Order," surpassing both the Soul Manipulator and the Spirit Tamer, all entering the "9,000" level.
Various experiences and insights about these three professions in his mind triggered a wondrous reaction in his heart.
It is also possible that it is the effect of "clear understanding of the Tao" and "clear understanding of the mind".
They resonate with each other, causing him to have a vague and fuzzy inspiration whenever he focuses his attention on these three things at the same time.
Under such almost "obvious" reminders, Meng Zhou can be sure that as long as he is willing to invest time and effort in this aspect, there will be results.
Moreover, in such exploration, not only the achievements themselves, but also "Tongming Daoti" will benefit.
It seems that the appeal is no worse than the route he originally envisioned such as "Rejuvenation Art", "Medicine Spirit Master", "Qinglian Sword Body".
And psychologically, Meng Zhou is also more inclined towards this newly emerging inspiration that combines three professions.
Because the gains from the "soul healing technique" route are fixed and will not be influenced by any previous or subsequent points.
However, the birth of this inspiration is somewhat unreasonable, and he dare not guarantee whether this inspiration will continue to exist after temporarily shelving it and completing the route of "regeneration technique".
Moreover, in order to walk the path of "Healing Soul Technique", it requires both his own willingness and others' cooperation.
Initiating visits is not only troublesome but also difficult to gather enough individuals with damaged souls for leveling up in a short period of time.
Of course, there is another way, which is to find some unlucky guys and have them replicate the methods he used on Song Yang.
Make them go through it hundreds of times, and they will accumulate enough experience.
Thinking of this, Meng Zhou shook his head.
"Forget it."
Since breaking through to the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment, the time he spent rushing about outside was almost as much as before.
As for the distance covered, it was many times more than before.
First, it is to clean up the many hidden dangers left by previous activities and, in the process, solve the identity problem of "Qihuangzi". Then, it is to thoroughly clean up the hidden dangers of the Soul Armor that has been carried around for many years by visiting the three major evil veins.
There have been numerous footprints left in Wumonghai and Heizeyuan.
Now, finally, it's possible to have some peace.
Mengzhou also thought that he will have to attend the centennial celebration of the Qingxuan Sect next April, but who knows what kind of unexpected situation may arise.
With this in mind, Meng Zhou made up his mind.
He chose the direction of three professions as the goal for the next stage.
In the following days, Meng Zhou quietly practiced in the Aurora Cave and made every effort to capture and comprehend the faint and vague inspiration, which gradually became more concrete and clear.
Meng Zhou gradually gained enlightenment in his heart.
"This is quite similar to when I comprehended the position of Medicine Spiritualist from the professions of Pharmacist and Spirit Plant Master."
"It also shares similarities with the process of refining a new position, Soul Caller, based on my foundation in professions like Spirit Wine Master and Spirit Chef."
"Could it be that there is a profession that combines these three roles - Spirit Master, Medicine Master, and Spirit Manipulator?"
"...Hmm, it's also possible that it's not limited to just these three, just like the birth of the Spirit Manipulator. Although it is rooted in the Spirit Wine Master and Spirit Food Master, it is not limited to them."
As Mengzhou further comprehended, he gradually recalled the little gains he had once made about these three professions.
Moreover, from the current perspective, he now has a brand-new, higher, and more comprehensive understanding of the previous imaginative ideas that may have been just a flash of inspiration.
"Originally, the reason why I was able to connect the pharmacist and the spiritual plant master when I was in the foundation realm and successfully comprehend the profession of medicine and spirit was because of some habitual thinking from my previous life."
"It wasn't that my understanding of pharmacists and spiritual plant masters exceeded those of other pharmacists and spiritual plant masters in this realm, but rather due to some habitual thinking from my previous life."
"Many pharmacists, due to their inner convictions and dignity, are only willing to apply their abilities to fellow practitioners of the human kind."
"However, in reality, the methods of pharmacists are equally effective on monstrous beasts."
A pharmacist can not only treat humans, but also animals.
Taking it all together, whether humans or animals, they are all animals.
"And the professional scope of a herbalist is also clear, which is to treat plants."
"... Well, not only treatment, but also improvements and optimizations can be incorporated."
"And animals and plants can be integrated into the larger framework of 'life', which is the main psychological context for me to reproduce the profession of a Pharmalchemist."
"From humans to animals, from animals to plants, to life, this is almost a logical train of thought for me."
"At that time, on the basis of being a pharmacist, I had further thinking."
Since the transition from humans to animals, from animals to plants has already been established, can we also transition from living organisms to non-living objects?
"From small mountains and rivers to large deadly veins, and even to a more vast world."
"In theory, this direction can be feasible."
"The role of a spiritual cultivator involves many aspects that are not directly related to the plants themselves, but rather to their growth environment."
Organizing the spiritual energy properties of the growth areas for spiritual plants, including humidity and heat, and so on...
If we delve deeper into these contents, they can actually be separated from "spiritual plants" and classified under non-living elements such as land and environment.
"But for me at that time, this topic was too lofty, too far-fetched, too abstract, it was all floating in the sky and there was almost no possibility of landing on solid ground."
"Looking back, the leap from 'life' to 'non-life' itself was a bit too big."
"In terms of 'life' alone, it is not limited to just animals and plants."
"The toxic substance derived from the Red Blood Element, as long as we slightly broaden the definition of 'life forms', can be included within the scope of life forms."
"In addition, there is a collective intelligence that transcends individual entities, such as the true culprit behind the massive beast tide, the sinister pulse ecosystem."
For example, extraordinary beings like the Goddess of Separation and Sorrow can also be classified within the category of 'living beings' with a slightly expanded definition.
The previous line of thinking might not be wrong in terms of the general direction, but to take a leap from living beings to non-living beings and encompass the entire universe, tsk... That's like trying to fly before even learning how to walk."