Chapter 381: Chapter 141: Slaying a Beauty in the Gangfeng Forbidden Land, Initial Success with the True Scripture to Ride the Wind, Pursuit, and a Desperate Escape
He could cultivate it anywhere else.
However, the Wind Spirits in the Gangfeng Forbidden Land were clearly more numerous and violent than anywhere else.
Before the Innate Wind Seed entered his body, even when Chu Fan circulated the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture, he couldn’t sense the existence of the so-called "Wandering Wind Spirits" at all, assuming they were just a fictional concept from the scripture.
But now, as he once again recited the Mantra for the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture and mobilized the power of his Dantian Wind Eye, the entire world took on a completely different appearance in his "eyes"!
The endlessly howling Gangfeng was no longer just a violent force that destroyed everything...
It was now interspersed with countless tiny, nimble, light-blue specks of light.
These specks of light flickered erratically, carrying a pure Spiritual Qi of wind. They were precisely the Wandering Wind Spirits mentioned in the scripture!
Chu Fan’s heart leaped with joy. He immediately tried to guide these Wandering Wind Spirits, letting them seep into his body through the pores all over his skin, flow along his Wind Veins, and finally converge in the Dantian Wind Eye.
HISS!
On his first attempt at Devouring Wind Spirits, Chu Fan couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath, a hint of surprise on his face.
The amount of Primordial Qi and Divine Sense consumed by Devouring Wind Spirits was far greater than he had anticipated!
Just by absorbing a few dozen specks of Wind Spirit light, he felt a wave of dizziness. Nearly thirty percent of the Primordial Qi in his Dantian Qi Sea had been depleted, and the feeling of exhaustion came on with startling speed.
’Is it because the Wind Spirits here are stronger than elsewhere?’
Chu Fan didn’t dare to push himself any further. He quickly retreated to a spot farther from the cliff where the Gangfeng was slightly weaker, sat down cross-legged, and began to regulate his breathing to recover.
Only after recovering most of his Primordial Qi and Divine Sense did he get up and resume his attempts at Devouring Wind Spirits.
He rested when he was tired and continued once he recovered, repeating the cycle endlessly without a moment’s rest.
And amidst such arduous cultivation, the fruits of his labor gradually began to show...
Although he had only mastered the initial stage of the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture, by relying on the Innate Wind Seed and the thirty-six Wind Veins in his body, he could already control the airflow around him to a small degree.
With a subtle thought, a gentle whirlwind coiled around his fingertip. It swirled and danced there, and though it had no killing power, it was exceptionally nimble, as if it had a life of its own.
One day in the future, perhaps with a single thought, he would be able to condense the wind into sharp Wind Blades!
Chu Fan then tried using his Running Technique...
The effect of his already formidable Wave Riding and Wind Chasing Trait surged dramatically under the enhancement of his Wind Veins!
As he ran, even when facing the Gangfeng head-on, the airflow around him was no longer an obstacle. Instead, it spontaneously transformed into a propulsive force, pushing his body forward and abruptly increasing his speed by more than thirty percent!
If he ran with the wind, his current speed was more than double what it was before!
Wherever his figure passed, the sound of the wind he generated grew much sharper, and from a distance, it even carried a hint of the sound of breaking through the air.
This initial control over the wind, though still nascent and limited in range and power, created a sense of freedom, of a close connection with the ubiquitous wind between heaven and earth. It made Chu Fan’s heart surge with excitement, making it difficult for him to calm down.
To have such a significant improvement just from crossing the threshold of the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture—how could such a Divine Skill Method not bring him joy?
As far as he knew, besides the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture, only the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture could bring about such a huge improvement in such a short time.
Chu Fan stood up. Poised on the mountain peak, he gazed down at the strangely shaped mountains below, carved over the years by the Gangfeng. He felt the ceaselessly spinning energy in his Dantian Wind Eye and the swifter, more nimble Primordial Qi surging through his thirty-six Wind Veins.
An unprecedented sense of accomplishment and power welled up from the depths of his heart, spreading throughout his entire body.
This was not just a simple increase in speed.
It was the preliminary metamorphosis of his life’s very essence, a clear sign that he had truly touched the threshold of the Power of Heaven and Earth!
The great door to the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture had swung wide open before him, revealing the vast, boundless Cultivation Dao within!
However, Chu Fan did not become lost in the novel sense of control brought by the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture.
His mind was clear, and he could distinguish between primary and secondary priorities—although this Cultivation Technique was divinely skillful and had immense future potential, it still couldn’t compare to the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture, no matter what.
The path of his future cultivation was already becoming clear in his mind—
He would use the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture as his foundation, his body, and his core to establish the bedrock of his cultivation;
Other Martial Arts, such as the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture and the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand, would serve as support, as tools, and as extensions to enrich his combat power and compensate for his shortcomings.
Therefore, during his days in the Gangfeng Forbidden Land, whenever he felt mentally exhausted from practicing the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture, had over-consumed his Primordial Qi, and could no longer concentrate, Chu Fan would take the initiative to retreat to an area farther from the cliff where the Gangfeng’s influence was weaker. He would then switch his focus to cultivating the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture, concentrating on tempering the mysterious and powerful Spirit Array Map within his body.
Although he spent the majority of his time practicing the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture, leaving comparatively little time for honing the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture and the Spirit Array Map, the results after several days of hard cultivation were still remarkably significant—
The duration for which he could now maintain the Spirit Array Map’s active state had increased from a maximum of fifteen breaths to a solid twenty-five!
An increase of a full ten breaths!
Those seemingly brief ten breaths could mean the difference between life and death in the fleeting moments of a mortal struggle!
