Chapter 80: Cultivation And Testing (I)

Cultivating the Poison King Body required a gradual approach, starting with the weakest poisons and the smallest doses. After testing poisons on the body, the most crucial step was to combine them with other herbs to cleanse the system, increasing resistance to toxins while preventing poisonous buildup.

If one only tested the poisons by themselves and detoxified them, the body’s resistance to poison would not improve much. The most critical part was to use special secret formulas after poison testing and detoxification to strengthen the body’s resistance.

The cultivation of the Poison King Body was divided into five stages. The first stage granted immunity to 180 common poisons. The second stage provided immunity to 88 stronger poisons that were still not usually fatal. The third stage granted immunity to 35 deadly poisons that were lethal to fierce beasts in large doses. At this stage, one could already resist most ordinary poisons.

According to the Toxicology Codex, even the seventh-generation Medicine King, who possessed extraordinary talent in the poison path, had only reached this stage. Yet even so, his lifespan was greatly shortened, his body overwhelmed by accumulated toxins, and he died young.

The fourth and fifth stages existed only in theory, and no one had ever achieved them. In theory, reaching the fourth stage would grant immunity to 28 incredibly potent poisons. At the fifth stage, one would even become immune to the 9 legendary poisons said to kill Martial Innate Realm cultivators.

The poisons mentioned in the Toxicology Codex were gathered by generations of Medicine King Village ancestors from elsewhere, along with those developed through the village’s own research.

What an audacious idea. No wonder it led to his own death.

Lin Zheyu studied the cultivation method of the Poison King Body and could not help but marvel. The one who came up with the concept of the Poison King Body was truly a reckless genius.

The first stage of cultivation spanned a long period and required seven years. If the time was too short, the body would fail to fully expel the toxins, causing accumulation and a drastic reduction in lifespan.

Lin Zheyu went out and purchased enough medicinal herbs for three rounds of cultivation. These herbs could serve as both poison and medicine, and nearly every pharmacy sold them at very cheap prices.

"6 grams of arsenolite, ground into powder, mixed with 3 grams of mothervine, also powdered, stirred evenly, and taken with fresh water. After taking it, endure for an hour, then consume detoxifying herbs as support..."

Following the instructions in the Toxicology Codex for the first stage of the Poison King Body, he began preparing the poison. This poison was very mild. At worst, it would cause a few days of diarrhea and a short period of weakness. Those with robust health could endure it easily without treatment.

After more than two hours, Lin Zheyu had prepared the poison, the antidote, and the prescriptions to strengthen resistance. He took a deep breath, scooped the powdered poison into his mouth with cold water, and swallowed it. The toxicity was very low, so with his Blood Qi Realm strength, there was no danger to his life.

"The Poison King Body is a poison art and a special cultivation technique, divided into five realms."

"The Poison King Body is a poison art and a special cultivation technique, divided into five realms."

"The Poison King Body is a poison art and a special cultivation technique, divided into five realms."

Lin Zheyu muttered softly, hypnotizing himself, picturing the Poison King Body as a special martial art, with its five stages divided into five realms. An hour later, his stomach churned like a turbulent formation and growled loudly.

"Still no sign of anything happening."

Lin Zheyu glanced at the data within his consciousness, but there was no record of the Poison King Body. However, he was not anxious. In the past, only after he had fully cultivated a technique did the corresponding records appear in his consciousness. At this moment, he was merely poisoned, which did not yet count as cultivation.

Lin Zheyu drank the antidote he had prepared in advance. The churning in his stomach finally subsided, and the sudden urge to relieve himself also vanished. He then lifted the last bowl of medicinal decoction. The liquid was thick and purple-red in color, appearing rather strange.

This was the secret medicine used to enhance the body’s resistance to poison. Simply poisoning and detoxifying produced little improvement; the secret medicine was necessary to solidify and strengthen the resistance effect.

Gulp, gulp.

He gulped down the decoction, finding it unbearably foul. The taste was both fishy and rancid, like a mixture of durian and stinky tofu, with nauseating hints of foot odor woven in. He nearly vomited from drinking it.

"Let’s hope this works!" Lin Zheyu muttered softly, once again hypnotizing himself. "The Poison King Body is a poison art and a special cultivation technique, divided into five realms."

After repeating it more than 10 times, a trace of delight appeared on Lin Zheyu’s face.

It worked! It truly worked!

[Heaven Rewards the Diligent]

[Name: Lin Zheyu]

[Origin Force: 0]

[Skills: Barbaric Ox Fist (Perfection), Golden Goose Technique (Fifth Stage: 1%), Tortoise Breath Grand Method (Third Stage: 1%), Sixfold Saber (Competence: 88%), Poison King Body (First Stage: 0%)]

Lin Zheyu could not help but say proudly, "

Haha

, it really works. I truly am a genius!"

The Poison King Body had no initiation process; it began directly at the first stage. After only one dose of medicine, he had not even reached one percent progress.

But this technique relies on medicine to temper the body... Can that mysterious consciousness space produce poisons and antidotes?

Doubt stirred in Lin Zheyu’s heart.

In the past, whenever he advanced, it was always through tireless martial training and never through medicine. Within that space, only his spiritual form existed. The spiritual form seemed tireless, never needing medicine to remain in an energetic state.

However, this state could not last for too long. Lin Zheyu had tested it before. If he used 5 units of Origin Force at once, his spirit would become extremely fatigued and would take several days to recover.

As long as his spiritual will was elevated to the corresponding martial cultivation stage within the consciousness space, the spirit could reflect onto the physical body, causing it to grow stronger as well.

The Poison King Body appeared in the consciousness data, which proves it can be advanced using Origin Force. That means the space can likely manifest medicine as well, right?

wondered Lin Zheyu.

If poisons could manifest in that space, did it not mean that medicines aiding martial cultivation could as well? If so, then in future advancements, by imagining himself consuming medicine before cultivation, 1 unit of Origin Force might equal the effect of several units. The only drawback was that he would need to prepare a greater amount of Blood-Nourishing Bone-Fortifying Decoction.

𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

What a pity I don’t have any Origin Force right now. Otherwise, I could have tried it right away,

thought Lin Zheyu to himself.

After confirming that the Poison King Body could indeed be advanced using Origin Force, Lin Zheyu did not continue taking poison to cultivate this technique. Each time poison was ingested, he had to rest for a while, or else his body would not be able to withstand it.

He began reading the Toxicology Codex from the beginning, studying the knowledge of the poison path. He spent the entire afternoon immersed in the Toxicology Codex, giving him a rare feeling of returning to his student days in his past life. The poison path, like medicine, required years of immersion, study, research, and experimentation before mastery could be achieved.

Dusk gradually fell. The 1st and 15th of every month were the days Ning Hui had mentioned the black market would open. Even on the first day of the new year, the black market still operated as usual.

After tidying himself up, Lin Zheyu set out while the inner city gates were still open and slipped into the Pingnan District of the outer city under the cover of darkness.

Songyi City was divided into an inner city and an outer city. The inner city was the main city, while the outer city was more like a surrounding settlement. The poor lived in the outer city, while those with some wealth moved into the inner city. Previously, Lin Zheyu had also lived in the outer city for a time, and his life had been utterly miserable.