Chapter 584: Chapter 366: Primordial Spirit Martial Technique
"The Demon Hunter Organization wouldn’t stoop so low. These factions have all fallen before; their cultivation techniques were scattered and later collected by the Demon Hunter Organization. Furthermore, some factions didn’t create their martial arts themselves."
Zhou Shen shook his head. Even though many sects impose restrictions deep in the hearts of their disciples, the leakage of cultivation techniques is unavoidable. Once someone acquires them and exchanges them for merit points at the Demon Hunter Organization, they get recorded.
In the exchange catalog, there are many cultivation techniques. The lowest are all at the Saint-level martial arts, and there are hundreds of them. They include both martial techniques and heart methods, with some being an integration of both. There are even a few ancient martial arts, but all are body refining martial arts.
He carefully looked through them, but even within the internal martial arts of the Demon Hunter Organization, there was no Golden Bell Shield.
Recalling this, he couldn’t help but feel a bit moved. Feng Hua had reminded him before that if he wanted to collect the complete Golden Bell Shield, he could post a bounty with the Demon Hunter Organization. Some ancient sects might have the complete Golden Bell Shield in their records.
He immediately informed Zhou Shen about this.
"Why do you want to post a bounty for this?" Zhou Shen asked, puzzled.
Wei Fan posted a high bounty, as much as one hundred thousand spirit crystals, even indicating that if the spirit crystals were not satisfactory, negotiations were possible. As for merit points, the Demon Hunters’ merit points could only be used by oneself and could not be used for bounties.
"Please just help me post the bounty!" Wei Fan shook his head, not explaining further.
The complete Golden Bell Shield might not resolve the doubts in his heart. After all, if this martial art had any miraculous aspects, it wouldn’t remain obscure.
However, until it was in his hands for study, the doubt would linger in his heart.
"Elder Zhou, I want to exchange for the Mountain and River Seal!"
Wei Fan first chose a martial technique called the Mountain and River Seal. The note indicated it required eighty thousand merit points, which was the discounted rate for a Territory Guardian War General, meaning if he wasn’t a Territory Guardian War General, exchanging the Mountain and River Seal would require over a hundred thousand merit points.
Of course, if he weren’t a Territory Guardian War General, he wouldn’t even have access to the Mountain and River Seal, as it’s a martial art only exchangeable by internal members of the Demon Hunter Organization.
A martial art requiring over a hundred thousand merit points is absolutely top-level among Saint-level martial arts. It’s worth noting that even killing a Ninth-Layer Demon King only grants nine thousand merit points.
Despite Wei Fan easily slaying ten demon kings in Yun Jin City, most Demon Hunters may not have the luck to kill even one Ninth-Layer Demon King in decades.
The Mountain and River Seal was also chosen because it’s not the exclusive martial art of any current Holy Sect, so using it won’t cause trouble.
"This Mountain and River Seal is an ancient martial art, not easy to cultivate. It’s said to be a technique of ancient divine cultivators; if your primordial spirit isn’t strong, you won’t unleash its true power!
It’s generally necessary to reach the Martial Saint Realm to fully grasp it; you’d better choose something else."
Divine cultivators are that group among those cultivating ancient martial arts, specializing in tempering the divine soul, and they’re known as divine cultivators.
In essence, the Mountain and River Seal isn’t considered a martial technique, or rather it should be classified as a primordial spirit martial technique. It involves the use of a Martial King’s power but not much, as even ancient divine cultivators started with True Qi, only then did they delve into divine souls.
They primarily cultivated the divine soul, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t cultivate True Qi.
Zhou Shen reminded Wei Fan that a Martial King’s primordial spirit realm wasn’t enough to unleash the potential of the Mountain and River Seal. Right now, if he exchanges for it, he’d have to wait until reaching the Martial Saint Realm to genuinely harness its power.
"Not cultivating now, I can’t wait until I’m a Martial Saint to start cultivating, can I? It’s good to comprehend it in advance."
Wei Fan replied offhandedly.
He cultivated the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations and, in a sense, could be considered a divine cultivator, although he hadn’t yet mastered primordial spirit martial techniques.
Ordinary Martial Kings can’t exert the power of the Mountain and River Seal, but that doesn’t mean he is an ordinary Martial King. Once he accumulated enough power, he’d undertake the third transformation of his primordial spirit, hopefully able to exhibit some power of the Mountain and River Seal then.
Hearing this, Zhou Shen didn’t persuade further. He wasn’t Wei Fan and didn’t know Wei Fan’s situation in detail. Having explained the pros and cons, Wei Fan would naturally make his own choice, for those who have cultivated to this level are already well aware of their circumstances.
Wei Fan continued selecting, although plenty of martial arts intrigued him, ultimately he only exchanged for a step technique called Cyan Nether Travel and a saber technique called Four Symbols Heaven-Sundering Slash, concluding his exchange.
Even with these three martial techniques, he’d used up the twenty thousand-plus merit points he had painstakingly accumulated.
That’s even with the discount afforded by his status as a Territory Guardian War General; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to choose three techniques.
"The rest will have to wait for next time!"
The insights on the Martial Saint and arrays were not exchanged this time.
He returned the booklet to Zhou Shen after memorizing the three martial arts over one day.
After exiting the Demon Hunter Sub-Hall, Wei Fan learned that matters with the Vajra Sect were far from over; they had intensified even more over the past ten days.
Rumor had it that aside from the initial Zilan Sect and Yunxiao City, other Holy Sects of the Beiding Continent were also stepping in, seeking to split the Spirit Crystal Ore.
"It’s said that the Spirit Crystal Ore is massive, capable of yielding a million spirit crystals!" Feng Hua said.
This news sent by them, in fact, Feng Hua hadn’t anticipated the Spirit Crystal Ore would have such a colossal reserve.
A million spirit crystals is a massive number even for a Holy Sect, no wonder all the Holy Sects of Beiding Continent were eager to step in.
While Wei Fan showed a fleeting pain of regret, he knew they lacked the ability to occupy it.
He could be fearless as a lone warrior, but once he claimed territory, he couldn’t act recklessly. So, he had to give up on any number of spirit crystals.
"Has the Vajra Sect not been eradicated yet?" Wei Fan asked.
The initial aim of releasing the information was to leverage the Holy Sect’s greed for spirit crystals to wipe out the Vajra Sect.
Feng Hua shook his head: "It’s not that simple. The Vajra Sect has produced a Martial Saint before. Without a Martial Saint present, even one or two Holy Sects trying to annihilate the Vajra Sect will surely pay a painful price.
However, it should be soon. It’s said that masters from several Holy Sects have already surrounded the Vajra Sect, and holy soldiers have clashed twice already."
Nowadays in Celestial Star City, the most talked-about thing is this matter. Some Martial Kings have even run to the vicinity of the Vajra Sect to watch the spectacle.
Wei Fan isn’t interested in going to watch the spectacle. He wants to retreat into seclusion, elevate his cultivation to the Eighth Level of Martial King, and then cultivate Martial Techniques like the Mountain and River Seal, before going to eliminate demons and accumulate power.
[Mountain and River Seal (Uninitiated)]
[Cyan Nether Travel (Uninitiated)]
[Four Symbols Heaven-Sundering Slash (Uninitiated)]
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[Ordinary Power: 200,000 years]
[Martial King’s Power: 11,600 years]
Now, there’s a lot of Martial King’s Power, enough for him to finish cultivating the Martial King Realm, whereas Ordinary Power is insufficient.
Spending a thousand years of Martial King’s Power, the Scripture of the Three Emperors was elevated to the Eighth Level of Martial King Realm.
In the room, the aura fluctuating around Wei Fan gradually subsided as the heat from his fleshly shell brought a feeling of comfort.
"This time, the increase in power is much greater than before!"
In addition to body refining, this also has a complementary effect on the cultivation of True Essence. If he hadn’t cultivated the Nine-Nine True Skill, the improvement wouldn’t have been so significant.
Simultaneously cultivating the flesh body, Primordial Spirit, and True Essence is the best method of practice, but generally, people don’t have enough time to cultivate just one system, let alone all three.
Modern martial arts actually try to cultivate these three systems simultaneously, which has ushered in the most prosperous and dazzling era for martial arts.
Settling his mind, Wei Fan began to integrate the Mountain and River Seal, this ancient era divine cultivation Primordial Spirit Martial Technique.
"At most, I can only cultivate it to the Entry Level or Minor Success Realm!"
This is Saint-level Martial Arts, only a Martial Saint can cultivate it to perfection. Regardless of aptitude, if your realm isn’t there, you cannot grasp the methods that only Martial Saints can master while in the Martial King Realm.
Saint-level Martial Techniques are beyond the simple definition of techniques; they should be called methods or Dao. The power of Saint-level Martial Techniques isn’t just about the wielder’s strength, it also concerns understanding of Dao, etc.
[One year of power, you acquire the ancient martial arts Mountain and River Seal from the Demon Hunter Organization, eagerly starting to comprehend it. However, ancient martial arts are enigmatically incomprehensible, and this is your first time dealing with Primordial Spirit Martial Technique, so the Mountain and River Seal remains uninitiated]
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Wei Fan had already mentally prepared himself. From the moment he saw the contents of the Mountain and River Seal, he understood that cultivating this martial art would be extremely challenging.
Apart from some hand gestures and seal techniques, the Mountain and River Seal features a heap of obscure heart method mantras. Zhou Shen’s warning about the difficulty to cultivate was not alarmist talk.
Even though Zhou Shen knew many of his capabilities, he still isn’t optimistic about Wei Fan’s cultivation result for the Mountain and River Seal.
Immersing his consciousness within the Primordial Spirit, Wei Fan disregarded the consumption of power, dedicating himself wholly to cultivation.
[Ten thousand years of power, you cultivate the Mountain and River Seal day and night, and finally, your method resonates somewhat with your Primordial Spirit, and you are ecstatic]
[Twenty thousand years of power, your Primordial Spirit and body simultaneously form the Mountain and River Seal, activating will power, but it doesn’t erupt with much power. You’re not discouraged, knowing that Primordial Spirit Martial Techniques aren’t easy to master]
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In his heart spirit, the heart method for the Mountain and River Seal resounded, as his body and Primordial Spirit repeated the seal formation actions a thousand times over. From initial clumsiness, to fluid movements, then to the point where the actions began to emit a mysterious aura as they formed.
However, the Mountain and River Seal still hadn’t reached the Entry Level. Wei Fan focused wholeheartedly, his body and hands aligned, his hands and heart aligned. Finally, he felt his arms sink, and a shadowy landscape appeared behind him, instantly releasing a magnificent momentum from his body.
"It’s achieved!"
With a thought, the phenomena on Wei Fan’s body vanished, and he hurriedly looked up at the panel.
[Thirty thousand years of power, you’ve evolved a shadowy landscape, and the Mountain and River Seal reaches the Entry Level]
Indeed, it had reached the Entry Level.
"It’s said that in ancient times, divine cultivators with top-level prowess could even create objects in the void with a single thought. Could I eventually evolve a real landscape?"
Many insights regarding the Mountain and River Seal surged forth. After reaching Entry Level, everything became simpler, and it only took a few thousand years of power to reach the Minor Success Realm, and the evolved landscape became more realistic.
However, as he surmised, after reaching Minor Success he added a few thousand years of power but couldn’t further cultivate the Mountain and River Seal, halting at the Minor Success Realm.
[Forty thousand years of power, Mountain and River Seal reaches Minor Success]
[Mountain and River Seal (Minor Success)]
[Ordinary Power: 160,000 years]
[Martial King’s Power: 10,600 years]
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