Chapter 151: Chapter 148: The Beginning
It’s been three months.
In the spacious magic practice field in the backyard of the Half-Mountain Courtyard, Shen Changchuan’s gaze was hazy, having just cast a Cyan Wood Sword Light.
During these three months, he had spent most of his days in a repetitive cycle: consuming and refining Cyan Jade Pills, practicing various forms of Magic until his Magical Power was depleted, recovering his Magical Power, and repeating the process.
He pushed himself to the point of utter exhaustion time and time again, repeatedly forcing himself to endure mental fatigue as he meditated to refine his Magical Power and recover.
During this period, in Spirit Stones alone, he had consumed nearly a thousand!
Heaven knows how he had managed to get through these days!
Even though he considered his will to have been tempered to an extreme toughness over the years, after enduring such an arduous cultivation process, Shen Changchuan felt as if a lifetime had passed!
Fortunately, however, it was all worth it!
After three long months of brutal cultivation that an ordinary cultivator could never endure—a process akin to forging oneself a thousand times—Shen Changchuan’s efforts had paid off handsomely!
In the past three months, he had consumed and refined a total of fifteen Cyan Jade Pills.
His Cultivation Realm had steadily risen in a short period, reaching the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer Late Stage!
He was now only a single step away from the Eighth Layer Realm!
And that wasn’t all.
During this process, the four "experience-padding" forms of Magic he received as a bonus when buying the Cyan Jade Pills in Qing City, as well as the few skills he hadn’t had time to practice from the thirty-plus he’d bought earlier at the Wu Family Collection, had all been cultivated to Perfection!
With dozens of Perfection Level forms of Magic at his disposal, he integrated them all, allowing him to seamlessly transition between various spells without any pause. During his practice, they unleashed an extremely formidable power!
Even without using the Cyan Wood Sword Light, relying solely on these dozens of Perfection Level forms of Magic, Shen Changchuan could easily deal with ordinary Qi Introduction Seventh or Eighth Layer Cultivators!
Beyond that, through his efforts over these days, Shen Changchuan’s Alchemy had also appeared on his panel, its progress bar reaching 1%. He had officially reached the Entry Level.
But the good news didn’t stop there.
Among all the fruits of his labor from this period, the one that increased Shen Changchuan’s strength the most, and the one he valued above all others, was that his Cyan Wood Sword Light, through painstaking practice, had finally reached the Realm of Perfection!
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[Cyan Wood Sword Light: 100% (Perfection Traits: Minor increase in Magic power, small amount of Wood Element and Sword System Cultivation Experience. (Note: This Magic seems to be a prerequisite for a more powerful technique, and may have deeper power to be unearthed...))]
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Staring at the line of text on the panel, especially the final "100%" on the progress bar, Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief.
It was as if he was releasing all the accumulated hardship and exhaustion from the past three months.
"Finally, Perfection!"
Shen Changchuan raised his hand. With just a simple hand seal, a terrifying power began to brew between his fingers and palm.
The frightening power made the surrounding air tremble, emitting a dreadful fluctuation that could make one’s heart pound with fear!
The immense force contained within it even gave Shen Changchuan the feeling that he could split a mountain with this single move!
Of course, Shen Changchuan knew very well that this was just an illusion.
He was still a long way from being able to truly cleave mountains; he hadn’t even reached Soul Emergence, so how could he possibly possess such power?
But an illusion was just an illusion; the power was by no means weak.
Shen Changchuan was confident that if a Qi Introduction Ninth Layer Cultivator were to take this attack head-on, they would be severely injured, if not killed outright!
However, after Shen Changchuan tried it a few more times, he began to mutter to himself.
He had discovered a problem.
"What’s going on? Aren’t Perfection Level forms of Magic supposed to be instantaneous?"
"Why does this Perfected Cyan Wood Sword Light take half a breath of time to gather its power?"
Noticing this, Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but frown slightly.
He knew that among the dozens of Perfection Level forms of Magic he had mastered, every single one could be cast instantaneously!
Although half a breath might seem no different than the blink of an eye to an ordinary cultivator, in front of an expert, it could be the very reason they manage to dodge it.
This undoubtedly diminished the effectiveness of his trump card.
’Perhaps it’s because this Magic is too powerful to be cast instantaneously?’
’Or is there some other reason?’
Shen Changchuan muttered in his heart, his eyes involuntarily drifting to the note after the Perfection Traits of Cyan Wood Sword Light on his progress panel.
(Note: This Magic seems to be a prerequisite for a more powerful technique, and may have deeper power to be unearthed...)
’Could that be the reason? Is that why it can’t be cast instantaneously?’
Doubt flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind.
But unfortunately, he had too few samples, and he didn’t know much about his progress panel or where it came from.
He couldn’t make any guesses, so he could only put the matter aside for now.
"Forget it. Half a breath is half a breath."
"At least the power of this Magic isn’t diminished in the slightest. It’s already enough to threaten a Qi Introduction Ninth Layer Cultivator."
"Once I’ve finished absorbing the remaining five Cyan Jade Pills and taken the Concentration Qi Pill to advance to the Eighth Layer, I might even be able to kill a Ninth Layer Cultivator!"
Shen Changchuan clenched his fists, a look of confidence in his eyes.
As for the Cyan Wood Sword Light being a prerequisite for some powerful Technique, Shen Changchuan pushed it to the back of his mind.
This world was vast, and the variety of magical skills and methods, if not as boundless as the sea, was still incredibly numerous.
He didn’t think he’d be lucky enough to stumble upon the advanced version of this Magic through some series of coincidences.
Unless he could drag the He Mountain Three Fierce from their graves and force them to reveal the origin of this fragment, he would have only the slimmest chance of tracking down the subsequent technique.
Now that his Cultivation had reached the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer Late Stage, Shen Changchuan was eager to press on, consuming and refining Elixirs to break through to the Eighth Layer Realm in one go.
However, the three months of arduous Cultivation, with his Heart Spirit constantly strained, had left him so weary he was almost dazed.
Shen Changchuan knew clearly in his heart that if he continued like this, the effectiveness of his Cultivation would be greatly diminished!
In the Dao of Cultivation, balancing work and rest was the supreme way.
He needed to take some time to rest and readjust his state.
Only then could he use the Medicinal Power of the final five Cyan Jade Pills to reach the Seventh Layer Peak, and then take the Concentration Qi Pill to break through to the Eighth Layer Realm in one fell swoop.
It also just so happened that during this time, this season’s Spirit Grain was about to be harvested, and some turmoil seemed to be stirring in the outside world.
This led Shen Changchuan to decide to end his seclusion for the time being.
