The Strongest Dandy in the City Chapter 2213 - 2202: Mastering the Cultivation Technique

This technique, ’Absorbing All Rivers’, relies on absorbing the energy from deceased cultivators in order to enhance one’s own power.

To put it bluntly, this ’Absorbing All Rivers’ belongs to the dark arts, which surely makes it despised by those on the Righteous Path. In fact, such methods don’t even exist in the current Demonic Path. If Ye Chenfeng were to perform it publicly, he would likely become everyone’s enemy immediately.

After all, this ’Absorbing All Rivers’ is considered defying the heavens, coveted by both the Righteous and Demonic paths. The Righteous Path folks would seek to apprehend Ye Chenfeng in the name of eradicating evil.

But now that Ye Chenfeng is at odds with Xiao Yao Palace, he no longer cares about such things. As long as one harbors a heart of righteousness, what one cultivates is not the most important. The path to Eternal Life inherently goes against the heavens; so what if the whole Tian Xuan Realm opposes him? Does challenging the entire Tian Xuan Realm prove harder than achieving eternal life?

Ye Chenfeng maintains his own principles. Even though he cultivates ’Absorbing All Rivers’, he wouldn’t do so to enhance his power by killing those who hold no grudge against him. This ’Absorbing All Rivers’ is intended to draw energy from his enemies.

It’s essentially making use of waste, right? If dead enemies can rapidly boost his power, then why not?

Ye Chenfeng pondered internally, "Old Bai, Old Hei, does ’Absorbing All Rivers’ count as a Cultivation Technique, Secret Technique, or secret technique?"

Old Bai, Wu Fengxian, shook his head and said, "Young one, ’Absorbing All Rivers’ was created by the original owner of the Chaos Ring. It’s neither a Cultivation Technique nor a Secret Technique or secret technique. Just focus on cultivating it."

Ye Chenfeng resumed his careful study of the cultivation methods inscribed on the stone wall. The wall mentioned that to successfully cultivate ’Absorbing All Rivers’, one must immerse both hands in this black pool until the black color in the pool disappears completely.

Ye Chenfeng crouched by the pool and slowly extended his hands into it, allowing the black water to engulf his hands.

However.

Once Ye Chenfeng’s hands were engulfed by the black water, his face immediately changed drastically. His palms began to corrode slowly, and the excruciating pain made him gasp for air.

According to the stone wall, once one’s hands are placed in the pool, they cannot be withdrawn prematurely, or else one would never be able to cultivate ’Absorbing All Rivers’ in this lifetime.

Ye Chenfeng could only clench his teeth tightly, his gaze fixed on the pool. He noticed that after a section of his palm was corroded, the black skin on his hand started to wriggle rapidly, and the corroded flesh quickly regenerated.

This revelation struck Ye Chenfeng like a revelation: the earlier torment of climbing the mountain wall must have been preparation by the Chaos Ring’s original owner for him to cultivate ’Absorbing All Rivers’.

The black spikes that had pierced his palms earlier held an energy that counteracted the black water, allowing his corroded flesh to regenerate immediately.

But this feeling was still agonizing, like someone repeatedly killing and reviving him.

However, Ye Chenfeng’s perseverance was commendable; no matter how much pain, he had to endure it.

After two hours.

The pain from Ye Chenfeng’s palms slowly subsided, and the water in the pool gradually turned white.

Once the pool was completely devoid of black color, Ye Chenfeng withdrew his hands, which were now deeply blackened.

However, the blackness concentrated towards the back of his hands, forming a black vortex pattern that slowly rotated before permeating beneath his skin entirely. Once the vortices on his hand backs vanished, his palms regained their original color.

According to the stone wall, the formation of these black vortex patterns on the back of one’s hands signifies that ’Absorbing All Rivers’ can now be cultivated.

Ye Chenfeng had already committed the cultivation method of ’Absorbing All Rivers’ to memory and began circulating it within his body. Yet, the operation of ’Absorbing All Rivers’ was exceedingly complex, frequently stalling the flow of Spiritual Energy within him, ultimately halting further progress.

Moreover, every time the operation stalled, a sensation of rising blood energy would surge within Ye Chenfeng, and after five consecutive stalls, blood even trickled from the corners of his mouth.

Still, Ye Chenfeng possessed an indomitable spirit, making this an inconsequential challenge for him!

He relentlessly tried to circulate the ’Absorbing All Rivers’ method.

After another five hours.

At last, the method smoothly circulated within Ye Chenfeng’s body. As the method operated successfully, two black vortex patterns appeared on the backs of Ye Chenfeng’s hands, rotating at a measured pace.

Ye Chenfeng felt a peculiar pull emanating from his palms, drawing a smile to his lips, leading him to believe he had successfully cultivated ’Absorbing All Rivers’.

Lacking a place to test it, Ye Chenfeng exited the cave, spotting several worthless Spirit Grass plants growing at the entrance. Could these ’Absorbing All Rivers’ drain energy from various Spirit Grass?

Ye Chenfeng uprooted a Spirit Grass plant, even destroying its roots, leaving it effectively dead.

Immediately, Ye Chenfeng circulated the method, prompting two black vortices to appear on his hand backs. Holding the Spirit Grass, the vortices accelerated, drawing trace amounts of energy into him.

However, the energy flow ceased rapidly; if one Spirit Grass yielded minimal energy, despite its worthlessness, surely it contained more than this?

Ultimately, Ye Chenfeng concluded that while ’Absorbing All Rivers’ could draw energy from Spirit Grass, most energy dissipated, effectively wasting the Spirit Grass. ’Absorbing All Rivers’ was evidently designed to target cultivators.

Following this conclusion, Ye Chenfeng ceased his senseless experimentation, knowing he had successfully cultivated ’Absorbing All Rivers’.

Ye Chenfeng then discarded the withered Spirit Grass aside.

Just then.

A red spider, the size of an adult’s palm, crawled on the right side of the cave, eyeing Ye Chenfeng menacingly. This red spider must be a product of the Small World, a reasonable creature, as its aura was around the Nirvana Realm.

Since absorbing Spirit Grass energy was unsatisfactory, what about absorbing energy from a creature?

For Ye Chenfeng, at the Initial Stage of Heavenly God Realm, defeating such a spider was a breeze; with a wave of his hand, he dispatched it.

Pressing his palms on the red spider, Ye Chenfeng’s internal method circulated, and the black vortices materialized once more on his hand backs. This time, energy flowed into him, far exceeding that from the Spirit Grass.

All the absorbable energy within the red spider streamed decisively into Ye Chenfeng, leaving the spider’s body shriveled.

It seemed ’Absorbing All Rivers’ could absorb energy from dead creatures as it did from cultivators.

After conducting these two experiments, Ye Chenfeng grasped ’Absorbing All Rivers’ thoroughly.

If he absorbed energies from several Heavenly God or Divine King realm experts, would he not soon ascend to the Divine King Realm? Now Ye Chenfeng eagerly hoped for someone reckless to challenge him, confident with his possession of three Initial Stage Divine King Puppets.

"Young one, don’t get too overconfident. Based on your two recent absorptions, ’Absorbing All Rivers’ doesn’t assimilate all opposed energy directly into your body. It absorbs a part that can quickly merge into your body. Otherwise, vacating a Divine King expert’s energy would instantly elevate you to Divine King Realm, so achieving it requires multiple energy absorptions from strong experts," Old Bai, Wu Fengxian warned.

Reflecting meticulously, Ye Chenfeng recognized the truth in Old Bai’s words. If ’Absorbing All Rivers’ allowed one to absorb all opposing energy at once, it would indeed become excessively heaven-defying. As it stands, Ye Chenfeng felt content with ’Absorbing All Rivers’.

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