Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San

The boiling and refining bloodline, nourished by the life force, was gradually growing stronger, and it was clear that the concentration of the bloodline had increased. It had at least advanced a level, allowing Red One to continue her cultivation and climb at least one more rank. It was worth noting that this was only due to the close influence of the Fox Tail Relic.

Tang San refrained from rashly purifying her bloodline further – it wouldn\'t necessarily be beneficial for Red One to have too high a purity all at once. Such steady progress was the safest. Otherwise, a large drain on her life force, even if supported by the external life energy, would be troublesome if it consumed the origin of life, which could affect her lifespan.

Only after confirming that Red One\'s condition had stabilized did Tang San allow her to leave his side and called Red Two over.

Taking out the Fox Tail Relic again, he let Red Two also experience its influence for her bloodline purification. This time, right beside the evolved Golden Tree, the process was even smoother than with Red One. Before long, Red Two\'s bloodline had evolved as well.

In this manner, Tang San let each of the eighteen Red Fox girls undergo bloodline purification in front of him one by one. He also took this opportunity to carefully observe their current state of cultivation and their levels.

He discovered that the lower the cultivation base of the girls, the better the purification effect. Red Sixteen, who was the least advanced and not even at the Fourth Stage, had the thinnest Red Fox lineage. But stimulated by the Fox Tail Relic, her bloodline purity soared, allowing her to reach the capacity for level 6 cultivation, leaping over two major states. This was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.

With this round of bloodline improvement, the Red Fox girls should encounter no problems with their cultivation for a while. Possessing the Fox Tail Relic, conservatively estimated, they would likely not be troubled by bloodline issues before reaching the Ninth Stage. Furthermore, with such rich life energy here, it was certainly the best place for their cultivation.

After Red Eighteen\'s bloodline had also been improved, Tang San asked them all to return to the cave to continue their cultivation and stabilize their levels. By this time, a whole day had passed, and it was evening.

The girls went back to the cave, while Tang San himself carefully observed the three Fox Tail Relics he held.

Among the three relics, the longest was over five inches, the next was roughly four and a half inches, and the shortest was three and a half inches. They each emitted different auras; the longest one had the strongest aura with its seven-colored radiance being the most intense. The other two were relatively weaker.

From these three Fox Tail Relics, Tang San was able to roughly deduce that the shortest one must have come from a Demon King of the Red Fox lineage, in other words, a rank 10 strong. The next longest must be from the peak of the Demon King Realm, and only the one over five inches long could come from a strong individual of the Great Demon King Realm. Therefore, it seemed the Red Fox tribe had once produced a Great Demon King.

Through a day of use and observation, Tang San could now confirm that the effect of the Fox Tail Relics was far greater than that of blood essence, incomparable in fact. The downside, however, was the burning of life force.

While contemplating, Tang San kept the shortest Fox Tail Relic and stored the other two. Then he slowly inserted the shortest of the Fox Tail Relics into the tip of his left index finger.

The Fox Tail Relic was sharp like a needle, and when it pricked Tang San\'s finger, he didn\'t feel pain, but a numbness at the fingertip. Immediately afterward, he clearly felt a gentle breeze of energy flow into him, swiftly spreading throughout his entire body, finally pouring into his Sea of Spirit.

It was a consciousness-less energy, yet it made his own spirit extraordinarily lucid, even his divine consciousness was stirred to some extent. In that moment, Tang San distinctly felt his spiritual power accelerating in its transformation into divine consciousness.

Calming the mind and soothing the spirit?

He didn\'t bear the Bloodline Brand of the Red Fox lineage, so it wasn\'t his bloodline that was affected, but instead the effect mentioned during the auction, which now seemed to be quite remarkable! He couldn\'t immediately grasp the underlying principle, but cultivating his spiritual power with the Fox Tail Relic was evidently beneficial for enhancing his divine consciousness. Even this alone was immensely valuable to Tang San. However, Tang San also vaguely sensed that, as his spiritual power was elevating his divine consciousness, some of his life force was being absorbed by the Fox Tail Relic.

Upon experimenting again, he became even more certain of his previous sensation. The Fox Tail Relic was indeed absorbing his life force. This must be the foundation for its ability to maintain its miraculous nature—by absorbing life force, it stabilized the spiritual energy.

If external life force was insufficient, then its effect would merely be calming; but when there was an abundance of life force, and the user wasn\'t resistant to having their life force absorbed, it wouldn\'t just calm the spirit, but also invigorate it.

Moreover, such an effect would be rather limited for the Monster Clan and Spirit Clan. Considering the expense of precious materials, the cost-effectiveness of enhancing divine consciousness wasn\'t high. Otherwise, the Red Fox Tribe wouldn\'t have put this relic up for auction simply to raise money.

But for Tang San, or rather for humans, it was different. Over three lifetimes as a human, he brought not only the Mysterious Heaven Method, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hands, and the experiences from his previous life, but also his learning from his first life.

In his first life, he was a disciple of the Tang Sect. Among the Tang Sect\'s cultivation practices, which included the Mysterious Heaven Method, knowledge of acupoints was also encompassed. Every person\'s body had thirty-six vital acupoints and one hundred and eight minor acupoints. Acupoints were essentially critical parts of the body, where nerves converged or where blood and energy gathered. Most vital acupoints could be fatal; for example, the Baihui Acupoint at the top center of the head, the Lingtai Acupoint in the exact center of the back, the Zhongcen Acupoint in the chest—striking these spots forcefully could be lethal.

However, in the process of cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Method, understanding how to better channel blood and energy through these spots—or the cultivation pathways—was essential. Ensuring these acupoints were unobstructed was a crucial step in advancing cultivation. The Mysterious Heaven Method\'s practice involved continually penetrating these acupoints to generate one\'s own energy within the body.

When Tang San absorbed the spirituality of heaven and earth, he would control his acupoints to open fully with his spiritual power, which made the absorption doubly effective.

Therefore, with three Fox Tail Relics in Tang San\'s hands and his understanding of acupoints, using the relics like golden needles to stimulate acupoints would naturally yield better results. And the main target would definitely be the acupoints on the head. Of course, this required time to experiment and should start with the minor acupoints, as the risk with the vital acupoints was still quite substantial. That\'s also why Tang San initially used the worst of the three relics for experimentation. What if he went all out and ended up disorienting his divine consciousness?

Moreover, for now, this kind of cultivation could only take place beside the Golden Tree. In other locations, insufficient life force would result in a loss of vitality and life force in himself, which would be counterproductive.

After a night of experimenting, Tang San had basically mastered the subtleties. At least he could now use the Fox Tail Relic to stimulate the minor acupoints on his head, thus speeding up the conversion of his spiritual power into divine consciousness, and the results were quite notable. Already at the threshold of Ninth Stage spiritual power that was nearing saturation, using the relics to consume and convert spiritual power into divine consciousness was purely beneficial. The consumed spiritual power could be slowly recovered, and this proved much faster than cultivating divine consciousness.