After that, he combined the ten mid-grade pills together.
Finally, he successfully created a high-grade Life Rejuvenation Pill.
He examined it carefully, then with a hint of unease, he swallowed this pill that even Golden Core cultivators could normally afford to use.
The high-grade Life Rejuvenation Pill melted the moment it entered his mouth.
After swallowing it, Xiao Shou felt a stream of warmth spreading from his abdomen throughout his entire body.
The faint pain that had lingered from his injuries was completely erased wherever the warmth passed.
The scars left by the injuries he had suffered in the secret realm healed instantly, the old skin peeling away to reveal smooth, unmarked flesh beneath.
Feeling his body in such excellent condition, Xiao Shou could not help but praise, "As expected of a high-grade Life Rejuvenation Pill. The effects are truly remarkable."
With his body fully recovered, it was time to begin cultivating.
He wanted to experience what Qi Refining felt like.
Just as Xiao Shou sat cross-legged and took out a low-grade spirit stone to absorb the spiritual energy within it, a sudden thought flashed through his mind.
His ability can fused ten into one to advance a grade.
If he combined ten low-grade spirit stones, would it become one mid-grade spirit stone?
If that were the case, then he would truly be wealthy and would never lack spirit stones again.
There were also cultivation techniques to consider.
The techniques the original owner had practiced were three of the most common ones purchased by Xiao Yi and Xiao Ran from the marketplace.
It was True Water Art, Wood Refining Art, and Earth Path Art.
In the original story, the original owner believed that water and wood had weak offensive power and chose to specialize in the Earth Path Art.
However, Xiao Shou remembered that in many cultivation novels he had read, it was often said that although having more spiritual roots slowed down cultivation speed, it greatly increased offensive power.
Cultivators with multiple spiritual roots were often able to challenge opponents of higher realms.
The problem was that most of them could not obtain suitable techniques.
So could his Absolute Fusion ability combine these three techniques into one and creating a method that balanced all three elements and suited him perfectly?
Thinking of this, Xiao Shou quickly took out the three jade slips containing the techniques and attempted to fuse them.
However, his fusion ability could not envelop all three jade slips.
Xiao Shou understood that this was due to his ability not being at a high enough level.
It seemed he would first need to fuse other items to gain experience and raise the level of his ability before trying again.
While suppressing his impatience, he took out all the low-grade spirit stones and began fusing them ten at a time.
He continued until night had completely fallen and his stomach growled with hunger.
He hastily swallowed a fasting pill and continued working.
Only after his Absolute Fusion ability advanced by one level and reaching the third level did he finally stop.
Looking at the ten high-grade spirit stones and three hundred mid-grade spirit stones on the table, an overwhelming sense of satisfaction filled his heart.
His confidence surged.
His fusion ability was far more than just useful.
Xiao Shou could not help but mutter to himself, "This fusion ability is incredibly useful. Three hundred mid-grade spirit stones and ten high-grade spirit stones are equivalent to four hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones. If techniques can also be fused, then it would be… there would be nothing left to fear. Spirit stones can be fused, pills can be fused, and artifacts and formations should be possible as well. It may be difficult to find ten identical artifacts, but as long as suitable formulas are discovered, it should still work. Let me try with the techniques first."
After saying this, Xiao Shou once again picked up the three jade slips containing the cultivation techniques and activated his fusion ability.
A flash of golden light passes and the three jade slips merged into one.
A brand new emerald-green jade slip immediately appeared in his hand.
He could not wait to press it against his forehead.
Instantly, a stream of information surged into his mind.
After fully receiving it, Xiao Shou could not help but smile.
The fused cultivation method was called the Three Body Art.
It was a technique designed for cultivating three spiritual roots simultaneously.
It absorbed water, wood, and earth spiritual energy.
Through the tempering of these three energies, they could be converted into one another and used interchangeably, allowing the simultaneous use of spells from all three elements.
Compared to the original techniques the former owner had practiced, it was naturally superior.
However, compared to the techniques learned by sect disciples, it was still lacking.
It needed further improvement.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Shou took out all the blank jade slips and copied the Three Body Art ten times.
Then he used the ten-into-one fusion method to raise the technique by one grade.
After receiving the new information, the name of the technique had changed to the Three Body Problem Art.
Through its special method, it refined the three types of spiritual energy within the body into true spiritual power.
The difference between true spiritual power and ordinary spiritual power was significant.
Using the same technique with the same level of power, ordinary cultivation methods would consume ninety percent of spiritual energy, while true spiritual power would only require sixty percent.
This was indeed a great improvement, but there was still room for further enhancement.
The technique could still be upgraded one more level.
His fusion ability in the apocalypse had been at the first stage, allowing him to fuse all things once.
After arriving in this world, he advanced it to the second stage by fusing low-grade Qi Gathering Pills into mid-grade ones.
Just now, after fusing all the spirit stones, it had finally reached the third stage.