Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement

Chapter 545: Chapter 264: If I Can’t Dodge, I’ll Join

During the years of reshaping her physical body, the Saintess lived in pain for a period of time, unable to do anything, so she spent her time studying the Five Elements Treasure Map.

Even without enough Spirit Stones, by using the secrets on the Five Elements Treasure Map, she could still activate the Sect Protection Array here and let it exert some of its power.

As for the Restriction Array in Mo Changlin and Celestial Calculation Divine Heir’s caves, she could easily unravel them, too.

Under the gaze of Senior Brother Junxiu, she quickly entered Mo Changlin’s cave, wandered around inside, and after finding nothing, she entered the caves of Daoist King Elder and Celestial Calculation Divine Heir as well.

These caves had not gone unscathed—many valuable things were missing—but everything inside the caves had not been touched recently; she did not find any trace of what she was looking for.

"Could it be I’m overthinking things?"

The Saintess asked herself.

"For the past hundred years, aside from cultivating, all I could think about was how to seek revenge. After finally returning from the Blood Domain, my mind was filled with thoughts of him—I’ve practically obsessed myself into madness."

The Saintess shook her head.

Telling herself not to dwell on it anymore.

"Senior Brother, let’s go back!"

She gave Senior Brother Junxiu a faint smile, then controlled her sword and flew toward the direction of the Divine Sect Mansion.

"Junior Sister... wait for me."

The Saintess smiled, and Lü Su was overjoyed, quickly chasing after her.

The two quickly flew out of the former site of the Divine Sect.

A day later.

After confirming that the Saintess and Lü Su had truly left and were not lurking in the shadows to observe movements within the ruins of the Divine Sect, Jiang Feng finally emerged from that already ruined cave.

He still kept his aura restrained.

Making sure not to make any unusual noises.

He checked his panel information.

Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 7,745,712

Cultivation Technique: Yang Technique (Perfection); Foundation Establishment Technique–Beginner (97–100)

Skills: Alchemy (Mastery+); Rune Secret Spell Basics (Mastery+); Blood God Curse (Great Perfection); Qi Condensing Pill (Proficient+)

Realm: Human Dao Foundation Establishment

Divine Power: Immortality

"Increased by more than seven million—it seems that the person beside the Saintess is indeed a threat to me. If it came to a fight, if the two of them worked together, I might not be able to hold my ground."

Before this, Jiang Feng had already used all his Fortune Points to improve his Foundation Establishment Technique, Alchemy, and the Blood God Curse.

First, Human Dao Foundation Establishment was only the beginning; no matter what, Jiang Feng had to complete Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment.

Before killing Xiao Zhan, he used the five million Fortune Points he’d accumulated to raise the Blood God Curse to Great Perfection State.

After killing Xiao Zhan and stabilizing the Great Zhou situation, he gained a huge wave of Fortune Points, most of which he used to improve his Foundation Establishment Technique, while a small portion went to upgrading Alchemy and the Qi Condensing Pill.

Now, with his Fortune Points once again reaching over seven million, Jiang Feng contemplated and then put seven million Fortune Points into the Foundation Establishment Technique.

The panel information changed.

Fortune: 745,712

Cultivation Technique: Foundation Establishment Technique–Skillful (67–100)

Realm: Foundation Establishment—(Human Dao)

Jiang Feng felt a bit disappointed—a Skillful Level Foundation Establishment Technique couldn’t raise his Foundation Establishment Base at all, still remaining at the Human Dao level; he wondered if reaching Mastery Level would finally upgrade his base to Divine Dao.

He clearly understood the four layers of Foundation Establishment.

Each layer was much higher than the last.

The stronger the base, the greater the potential, and the stronger the power. He had no Cultivation Talent; making it this far depended entirely on Fortune Points.

If the foundation was not solid, Jiang Feng feared the Fortune Points required as he progressed would become even more terrifyingly high. Even if he had endless time, each realm would require an agonizing wait—that, too, was a torment.

And the fourth Foundation Establishment Base was the key point for talent transformation—even if he could not break through in the short term, Jiang Feng was determined to lay a solid foundation and achieve Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment.

Only then could he go further in the future.

"Was she just now coming back to retrieve something?"

After confirming the surroundings were safe, Jiang Feng headed to the Saintess’s cave.

"Divine Sect Treasure Manual?"

"Is this a Divine Sect Martial Arts Technique?"

"Unfortunately, it’s only a Basic Technique—can’t break through the Divine Realm, won’t get one far."

Flipping through the bookshelf again, Jiang Feng found a cultivation manual.

A Divine Sect Martial Arts Technique—for him in the past, this would have been great joy.

But now that he had become a Foundation Establishment Powerhouse, a mere martial technique that couldn’t even break through the Divine Realm was hardly worth a glance; he was about to toss it back onto the shelf.

"If I cultivate this technique, will I be taken for a Divine Sect Disciple?"

At the moment he was about to toss it, Jiang Feng thought of this issue.

"The Saintess has returned to the Central Earth, clearly determined to cut off my escape, refusing to give up unless she finds me. If I cultivate Divine Sect Treasure Manual and become a Divine Sect Martial Sect disciple, perhaps the Saintess would never imagine I’d be hiding in the Divine Sect right under her nose, cultivating alongside her!"

"Heh, if I can’t escape, I’ll just join the Sect—who could ever guess!"

Jiang Feng suddenly hatched a bold idea.

A smile crept onto his face.

"No, if I’m discovered, that’s a road straight to death!"

Yet before the smile had fully emerged, he shuddered all over, realizing he was courting death.

"I can’t risk my life—better escape as soon as possible!"

"But this Divine Sect Treasure Manual, since it’s a Martial Arts Technique, why not cultivate it well? In case I run into trouble, maybe I can bluff my way through—and in any case, there’s no harm in learning it."

After thinking it over carefully, Jiang Feng focused on reading the Divine Sect Treasure Manual. Not until he’d finished the entire book did he realize this manual had upper, middle, and lower parts.

The one in his hands now was only the upper part of the Divine Sect Treasure Manual—if he could obtain the middle part, he might hope to break through to Divine Realm; if he could learn the lower part, perhaps he could exceed even his own imagination.

His heart was both anxious and delighted.

He worried that the upper Divine Sect Treasure Manual would not count as complete, and he’d be unable to record it in his panel.

If it couldn’t be recorded, he wouldn’t be able to cultivate it.

So he checked the panel information.

Cultivation Technique: Yang Technique (Perfection); Foundation Establishment Technique–Skillful (67–99); Divine Sect Treasure Manual–Upper Part (Beginner+)

"It’s recorded."

Jiang Feng was overjoyed. It seemed the Divine Sect Treasure Manual, even just the upper part, was enough to qualify as a legitimate cultivation manual. Seeing the plus sign, he immediately put ten thousand Fortune Points into it.