Dual Cultivation God Returns

Song Minfu looked at Wu Long for some time and then sighed as he truly had no other way than to trust this young man, since they have tried every method they knew of.

"Can I ask how you will cure her?"

He asked, not betting on getting an answer since that could be a secret method but Wu Long surprisingly nodded.

"The principle of it is pretty simple, though the application of the principle is quite complex.

Since she has the bloodline of the Spiritual Beast, she needs a Neidan that can resonate with her blood to maintain her cultivation, not a Dantian, but since she is human born with a bloodline of a Spiritual Beast and not a pure Spiritual Beast, what she has is a Dantian"

He shrugged his shoulders and both father and daughter suddenly realized what he was talking about, as shock appeared on their faces yet again.

"You mean that Neidan of a Demonic Beast..."

"Yes, I will transplant it into her Dantian"

Wu Long nodded to Song Minfu's question and a scared expression appeared on Song Lingfei's face as well as a worried one on Song Minfu's.

"How dare-..."

Chu Ren started with indignation but the Crown Prince raised his hand to signal him to stop.

"Was it ever done before?"

"It has been done successfully before"

"But... will there be no repercussions? Demonic Beasts..."

"...are vastly different from Spiritual Beasts. Yes, which is why I need the help of an alchemist. We would need to cleanse the Neidan of impurities as well as the Demonic Beast's cultivation. And then artificially transform its properties.

So what Her Highness would be receiving is essentially a clean slate, completely unrelated to the Demonic Beast it came from, the reason I need a higher tier though is because in the process of refining it some mass of the Neidan would be lost and the process would also somewhat weaken its integrity, temporarily of course until it is transplanted and fuses with her cultivation. Too small and fragile of a Neidan would simply not endure this pure of a bloodline"

Wu Long chuckled as he could easily guess their concerns from their faces. Demonic Cores and Neidans of the Demonic Beasts were full of impurities as well as berserk and chaotic energies, completely incompatible with human cultivation. If Wu Long did not have the Chaos Refining Body Tempering Art he would never attempt using one for his cultivation directly without having an alchemist purify it.

Not to mention that the idea of having a Neidan of a Demonic Beast transplanted into one's body was not a pleasant one. If it was indeed transplanted without the process Wu Long described it would undoubtedly corrupt the body and mind of a cultivator.

"But is there any risk?"

"There is always risk, but it is minimal, and I am prepared for contingencies. 

I am not going to lie, there would be a backlash since her body would first reject the Neidan, and the rejection would be severe, which is why I had to get the Dew of Life for this procedure, which will temporarily make her body immune to the damage resulting from the rejection, or, more precisely she would regenerate faster than she would be hurt, in which short time she would have to fuse her cultivation with the Neidan and make it hers"

He said as Song Minfu's face grew more pale with worry.

"Will it hurt?"

Song Lingfei asked, already knowing the answer.

"It will"

Wu Long nodded, not sugarcoating it since she would have to be prepared. She would have to endure the pain of her body rejecting the Neidan while she fuses her cultivation with it.

"Then..."

"Father"

As Song Minfu worriedly raised his voice Song Lingfei, placed her hand on her father's hand to quell him down.

"How will I fuse my cultivation with the Neidan?"

Wu Long smiled at her question which showed that she was prepared to endure whatever was necessary, and took out a scroll.

"This is the method, I will answer any questions and explain what you don't understand"

Song Lingfei took the scroll and opened it, carefully reading it through.

"Can you ease the pain?"

Wu Mengqi asked as she looked at the delicate looking princess with some empathy.

"That would interfere with the fusion of her cultivation, so I cannot do that, but the process should not take long"

Wu Long shook his head as he would want to ease her pain as well, but she needed all of her nerves and pain receptors to be under her full control and fully operational to fuse her cultivation with the Neidan, which is why he could not.

"After she fuses her cultivation with the Neidan, would it be over?"

"No, she would first have to adapt, and then use another method of cultivating altogether, I can teach her a good Spiritual Beast cultivation technique, or she could use one that your ancestor of the Azure Eagle Race uses"

"Then our ancestor's..."

"Can I ask to learn the technique you spoke about?"

As Song Minfu was nodding, being sure that their ancestor's technique would be the best choice, Song Lingfei asked Wu Long, dumbfounding both him and Chu Ren as Wu Mengqi slightly giggled but quickly took it under control.

"Of course, it is a good technique"

Wu Long nodded as he chuckled as well. An uncomfortable premonition welled up in Song Minfu as he looked at his daughter. He saw that her attitude toward Wu Long was simply one of friendliness and excitement at talking with someone outside the usual circle of people she contacted with. But the strange feeling he got was like a shadow looming over without the figure producing that shadow anywhere in sight.

He then shook his head, shaking off this feeling, dismissing it as a simple imagination that was caused by worry for his daughter and went through the procedure Wu Long described in his head once more, but as he got to the Dew of Life, he remembered something and looked up from the table to Wu Long with astonishment.

"Wait... you got... the Dew of Life? Is that the ingredient you said you did not know whether you will be able to obtain on the Wood Spirit Continent?!?!"

"Yes"

Wu Long nodded with a smile as the shocked Crown Prince looked at him.

"I heard from the Great Ancestor that there indeed was such a miracle cure but it was simply impossible to obtain..."

"I will not delve into details, but I can only say I had my ways of persuading the one who made it"

Wu Long chuckled as it was indeed unthinkable for the Song Dynasty or the Great Ancestor behind them to get the Dew of Life, even if there was no factor why the Tree Spirit could not share it. Because the ones guarding the Tree Spirit were the members of a hostile Spiritual Beast race.

"But if you have the Dew of Life, would just applying it not work?"

"It would cure her health, but would not solve the fundamental problem of her cultivation being incompatible with her bloodline, so once she started cultivating again her condition would resurface"

"I see... but... didn't you say that you were unsure if you would get it?"

Song Minfu sighed with a solemn expression, as even if he did get the miracle cure when he first heard about it he would not have truly helped his daughter. But then, he remembered the way he told them about going to the Wood Spirit Continent at the end of the banquet.

"You also said that if you did not get it there is another way which is longer..."

Chu Ren also recalled that time and added as both of them looked at Wu Long with a new hope.

"Indeed there is a way without the Dew of Life, and it involves gradually growing a Neidan from scratch inside the Dantian. It is objectively safer but the whole process would take several years and would be quite uncomfortable, with a growing numb pain throughout the last year"

Wu Long nodded, and the two gulped at the thought of being in pain for an entire year. But the thought of it being a safer method still lingered in their minds.

"However, that process also requires to discard her current cultivation and start from a clean slate, which would mean that all of her current achievements would disappear"

As he supplemented his explanation the two looked at Song Lingfei.

"Lingfei... maybe..."

"When you say that that method is safer, do you mean that the probability of failure with this one is high?"

"Just higher than with the slower method, but the latter is not without risk entirely, it really depends on the skills of the one performing the procedure"

As Song Minfu paused, seemingly mulling over his words, Song Lingfei asked Wu Long who answered with a calm, confident tone.

"How sure are you to perform it?"

"Enough to go to the Wood Spirit Continent to get the Dew of Life"

Wu Long smiled.

"Can we give you an answer later?"

The Crown Prince looked at Wu Long with some hesitation, as he was inclined to pick the slower method, but had to take into consideration his daughter's wishes. So he wanted to have some time to persuade her.

"Yes, I will stay in the capital at Sui Luxiao's mansion for some time, though I do not really plan to stay here longer than a week, so I would need an answer by then"

Wu Long nodded and Song Minfu sighed with relief.

"Lingfei, do not rush, this is an important matter. Let's talk it over later"

"I understand"

Song Lingfei nodded as she did not want to undermine her father's words, and turned to Wu Long once more.

"Thank you, Mister Wu"

She smiled and Wu Long nodded with a smile as well.