I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

This technique involves meditating on the image of the ancient god from legends, who is said to be unbearable to look at, speak the name of, or describe. This practice closely observes the tiny particles inside the body, eliminates impurities, remodels the flesh, strengthens the blood, tempers the body, and eventually brings about changes to the physical form.

The most precious element in this technique is a meditation diagram. It is because of this diagram that the valuable Hangyuan Ancient Jade, a type of spirit jade, is required as a carrier.

At this moment.

Han Yi closed his eyes and completely absorbed himself in deep thought. Within this contemplation, he visualized an ancient god who towered over everything, sitting in the midst of chaos. From his perspective, he could only see a vague silhouette. However, the shock he felt was even more powerful than the first time he saw the Daqian Immortal City.

In the midst of this shock, a sense of awe and reverence spontaneously emerged, prompting him to want to pay his respects. This feeling quickly subsided, and the seated Han Yi paused for a moment before continuing his meditation.

As he continued to meditate on the image of this ancient god in his mind, after a quarter of an hour, his body lightly trembled. It felt as if some particles within his flesh had established a faint connection with the ancient god in the meditation diagram. This connection was so faint that it could be easily overlooked, but for Han Yi at this moment, it represented a huge breakthrough.

In front of him, a new line appeared on the Proficiency Panel.

[Ancient God Visualization Method (Beginner Practice 1/100)].

Han Yi closed his eyes again and continued his meditation.

At the moment, all of Han Yi’s spirit was focused on meditating on this body cultivation technique. He did not notice that when a certain tiny particle within him connected with the meditation diagram, within the Sea of Consciousness Space, a black orb that hung highest suddenly paused. After three breaths, as if confirming something, it resumed its course, continuously attracting the gray and white energy.

Han Yi had not noticed any of this. He just kept meditating, took a detoxification pill every hour, or pasted a healing spiritual talisman to alleviate his body’s poison, then continued to meditate again.

Half a day later, Han Yi felt that his current location was still not secure. Getting up with difficulty, he continued to ascend along the northwest mountain ranges. After another half a day, his strength was completely drained, he fell and hid in a mountain cave to continue meditating.

Fortunately, on his way, Han Yi did not encounter any real demon cultivators, and managed to avoid the few evil beasts early on.

In the cave.

“Cough, cough…”

Han Yi coughed blood, took out a jade bottle and found that all the detoxification pills inside had been consumed. Then, he took out another therapeutic spiritual talisman, pasted it on himself, and felt slightly relieved.

He continued to meditate.

Three days later.

Han Yi had used up his last healing spiritual talisman. However, after a quarter of an hour, he had broken through the body cultivation technique he had been practicing.

[Ancient God Visualization Method (Peering into the Doorway 1/100)].

With the breakthrough of the Ancient God Visualization Method, every tiny particle that made up his body began to tremble with such a minute intensity that it was impossible to see with the naked eye.

This type of trembling has a corresponding term in body cultivation: Awakening.

The body was beginning to awaken.

As the microscopic particles of his body vibrated, his body began to awaken. Han Yi felt a hunger, not for food or drink, but a thirst for Spirit Energy.

Fortune favors the prepared mind. He took out a Spirit Stone, a mid-level one. In just a quarter of an hour, it shattered completely. The Spirit Energy within was entirely absorbed by his ravenous body, not a trace left behind.

Han Yi wasn’t alarmed but overjoyed instead.

Because as his body absorbed the Spirit Energy of the Spirit Stone, a small droplet of black substance was expelled from his skin surface. This droplet, equivalent to a sweat bead, fell to the ground, corroding a hole half a metre deep with a foul smell emanating from it.

Poison, lethal poison.

This was the poison that had been smeared on the sword that struck Han Yi’s forehead earlier.

Although only an insignificant droplet of poison was expelled from his body at this time, it pointed Han Yi in the correct direction to purge the poison.

“It’s working.”

Han Yi took out another Spirit Stone. This time, he only used one for fear of causing too great a surge in Spirit Energy and alerting passing demon cultivators. The consequences of that would be unpredictable.

Three days later.

Han Yi opened his eyes, his body now able to move independently without the aid of consciousness. He contemplates briefly, then decided not to continue up the mountain range but instead heads in the northeastern direction. He walked for a day before finding another cave, in which he stopped to continue his cultivation.

This time.

He diligently cultivated for a whole month, elevating his physical cultivation method to a new level before stopping.

[Ancient God Visualization Method (Enter the Hall 1/100)].

The breakthrough to the Enter the Hall level in the Ancient God Visualization Method had eliminated most of the poison from his body, but the poison within his Spirit Sea was stubbornly persistent. Unable to mobilize the Spirit Energy in his Spirit Sea, Han Yi’s power suffered greatly.

He continued to move in the northeastern direction for some distance, took a break to cultivate, then continued on after a few days.

Repeat.

Han Yi was advancing slowly and cautiously, always maintaining his Disguise Technique. This extended practice over these few months was also a form of cultivation. Unconsciously, the unnoticed Disguise Technique had also been broken through, making Han Yi’s aura increasingly distant from ordinary cultivators, and faintly carrying a touch of low-level Evil Beast aura.

A year later, since Han Yi was poisoned and escaped into the Evil Mountain Range.

Just like before, he kept shifting his position while moving forward. Suddenly, he noticed that the path ahead, beyond the sparse tree leaves, was clear. He moved on for another two hundred meters and the space in front of him suddenly opened up.

Dozens of kilometers ahead, a city twice the size of Jinyun Immortal City stood tall on this ancient land.

“Daqin, Tian Nan Immortal City.” Han Yi murmured to himself.

He had been walking for a whole year, unknowingly crossing the entire Evil Mountain Range, arriving at the territory on the other side.

Actually, this was also Han Yi’s deliberate intention.

After he had walked upstream for some distance, he realized that continuing upstream would only increase the danger; the probability of encountering Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators and Golden Core Demon Cultivators would be high.

If he went southeast to return to the Daqian Region, there was a risk of being trapped by others; if his poison was not healed by then, he would find himself in a desperate situation.

Obviously, the best course of action was to traverse through the Evil Mountain Range to the other side. The cultivators that sought to kill him, no matter how powerful their forces were, would never manage to set up surveillance at the borders of Daqin.

He intended to escape possible traps and reemerge elsewhere before finding another way to return.

This was the plan that Han Yi formed as he moved upstream into the Evil Mountain Range.

Instead of continuing forward, Han Yi moved back a few kilometers. This area was in the periphery of the Evil Mountain Range. Here, he found a low-level Evil Beast, killed it and occupied its cave.

Inside the cave.

Han Yi continued practicing his physical cultivation method.

However, his cultivation method had stepped into a new level over the past year.

[Ancient God Visualization Method (Mastering 19/100)].

The breakthrough to the Mastery level of Ancient God Visualization Method caused a faint Spirit Light to emit from Han Yi’s body. From afar, he appeared to be bathed in divine light.

At this moment, at the center of Han Yi’s Spirit Sea, there was a dark, irregularly shaped stone that floated in the Spirit Sea. This was the residual poison left from the originally occupying poison in his Spirit Sea, compacted by his body’s strength.

Unfortunately, the residual poison was difficult to eliminate. Han Yi tried a myriad of ways but could not effectively remove it.

Han Yi theorized that he needed to elevate his Ancient God Visualization Method to the next level before he could potentially cleanse this residual poison.

Apart from that, the Spirit Energy in Han Yi’s body had almost fully recovered. Even with the stubborn residual poison, his Spirit Energy had advanced further during this year of cultivation, coupled with his physical cultivation method, his powers had not decreased, but instead increased.

However, due to the limited time, despite having almost fully recovered from his injuries and with his increased power, Han Yi calculated that he still stood no chance against the Middle Golden Core Stage and his only option was still to escape.

This was why he did not turn back but firmly moved towards the other side of the Evil Mountain Range that belonged to Daqin Immortal Country.

A month later.

Han Yi suddenly opened his eyes. Not because he had made a breakthrough, but because someone was rapidly approaching..