Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Transitioning to a new cultivation technique was no easy task, especially when the new technique was the top-tier "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique."

Typically, Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage who transitioned to a technique that could swiftly enhance their cultivation level would need to invest one or two months to complete the process.

For those switching to a Combat Technique, it wouldn’t be strange if it took a year and a half.

This time, Zhou Chun had made it known in advance that his closed-door meditation might take one or two years. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Therefore, unless the Zhou Family faced a catastrophe that could lead to its annihilation, no one should disturb him.

The site he chose for his closed-door meditation was right next to the stone chamber used for storing the collected Golden Qi.

He sat cross-legged inside the chamber, first concentrating and calming his breath, adjusting his state.

After feeling that he had adjusted himself to the best condition, Zhou Chun then absorbed a trace of Golden Qi into his body to conduct the final check before transitioning to the new technique.

It was like a new pipeline about to be tested for waterflow, checking whether it was tight enough and had no leaks.

Once the trace of Golden Qi had circulated through the meridians involved in the technique without causing much discomfort, Zhou Chun nodded slightly, determination shining in his eyes.

Thereupon, he patted his Storage Pouch at his waist and took out the Protection Pulse Pill, Nourishing Pulse Pill, and the Golden Spirit Qi Balming Powder he had purchased earlier.

Then he took out the Protection Pulse Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

Upon entering his stomach, the pill’s warm and soothing medicinal power spread rapidly.

Zhou Chun, however, did not let it disperse freely but used his Divine Sense and Mana to direct it towards the meridians that would be utilized by the "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique," specifically reinforcing these pathways.

In this way, once the medicinal power was fully released, his meridians were already coated with a durable protective film, illustrating the special effect of the Protection Pulse Pill.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Chun opened the bottle containing the Golden Spirit Qi Balming Powder.

This Elixir was granular, with a bizarre taste—bitter, astringent, and dry.

But Zhou Chun did not dare to waste any of it and swallowed the entire bottle of granules in one breath.

Then, without waiting for the drug to start taking effect, he raised his palm and blasted the stone door of the adjacent room with his Mana, allowing the sealed Golden Qi from the next chamber to surge into this one.

Boom!

The rich Golden Qi hit him full in the face; the air Zhou Chun breathed felt as though mixed with knives, painfully scraping his nostrils and windpipe.

At this moment, however, he was not rejecting the incoming Golden Qi but was channeling it into his body to be absorbed into his Dantian Qi Sea.

Once in his Dantian Qi Sea, the originally formless Golden Qi quickly accumulated and condensed, forming a golden cloud that floated above the pool of Golden, Blue, and Green Power Essence in his Dantian.

After absorbing who knows how much Golden Qi, Zhou Chun finally stopped his assimilation of Golden Qi.

Then he focused his attention, with all his mind descending into the Dantian Qi Sea within him.

He strictly followed the instructions found in the "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique," visualizing in his mind a profound and ancient Four-Sided Cauldron, its shape strongly resembling the Dao Carrying Artifact he had seen before.

In fact, over the past few years, he had entered the secret chamber numerous times to observe the Golden Cauldron and had even learned the ancient texts inscribed on it from the lexicons left behind in the Book Collection Pavilion by his family’s ancestors.

Unlike the actual Cauldron, the one he was now envisioning on each face of the Four-Sided Cauldron had different designs.

One side depicted a golden divine being, armed and driving a chariot, representing the killing power of Gold.

Another side showed extensive golden mountains, symbolizing Gold’s defense.

A third side bore a river of flowing golden water, signifying Gold’s transformation.

And on the fourth side was a peculiar beast with a One-Horned head, a tiger’s body, an ox’s tail, and wings on its ribs, said to be a mighty spiritual creature known as Qiongqi, an existence on par with the True Dragon—it represented the Golden Great Path!

As he visualized the Four-Sided Cauldron, the golden cloud within his Dantian started to descend slowly towards the pool of Golden, Blue, and Green Power Essence below, seemingly drawn by some mysterious force.

Before long, the two merged together.

At first, the golden cloud and the Power Essence had difficulty fully integrating.

But just then, the Golden Spirit Qi Balming Powder Zhou Chun had taken began to act like a catalyst, slowly merging in and causing the two to blend into a single entity.

Soon, the once liquid form of the Power Essence in Zhou Chun’s Dantian began to thicken like flour mixed into water, reaching a consistency that could be taken out and worked with by hand.

And at that moment, his Divine Sense became like a pair of invisible skillful hands, grasping the now malleable substance and beginning to knead.

Gradually, the shaped object soon showed a rough outline.

It was a Four-Sided Cauldron, identical to the one he was visualizing, down to the smallest detail.

However, at this stage, the Four-Sided Cauldron could only be considered a crude prototype; it hadn’t been fired or cooled with water.

Whether such a prototype could indeed become a precious Cauldron was something no one could predict.

So, Zhou Chun’s next task was to heat it, to quench it with water, to let it undergo the tempering of fire and water and become a genuine treasure!

The fire came from Zhou Chun himself; it was the Foundation Establishment True Fire that he had mastered after Foundation Establishment.

A fierce blaze spontaneously burst into life beneath the Four-Sided Cauldron and soon engulfed it completely.