I Can Merge Techniques

Chapter 438: Chapter 149: Hunting the Acupoint Realm

Dusk settled over the land.

A solitary peak, like a sword, pierced the clouds.

Atop the cliff, a figure sat cross-legged, so integrated with the rock that he seemed to have existed there since time immemorial.

This person was none other than Chu Fan.

His eyes were shut tight, but an invisible current of air surged and churned around him. He was cultivating the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture.

As the Cultivation Technique circulated, a tangible Wind Seed within his Dantian Qi Sea emitted a faint cyan light. Like the heart of a living creature, it pulsed faintly with a mysterious rhythm.

WHOOSH—!

The wild winds on the cliff suddenly intensified.

The wind no longer gusted aimlessly. Instead, as if drawn by an unseen force, it transformed into countless cyan threads of air that scrambled to converge on Chu Fan’s body.

This cyan air was none other than the ubiquitous wind-elemental Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth.

’Devour!’

With a thought from Chu Fan, the Dantian Wind Seed instantly erupted with a powerful suction.

The surrounding Wind Spirits, normally invisible to the naked eye, now converged like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, all of them swallowed whole by the Wind Seed.

After this Refinement, the Wind Spirits became pure Primordial Energy that nourished his body.

At the same time, the thirty-six illusory Wind Veins within him, constantly scoured and nourished by these Wind Spirits, grew tougher and more solid, gleaming with a faint cyan light.

The gale swept in, forming a massive cyan vortex with Chu Fan at its center.

The vortex spun rapidly, its whistling roar deafening as it tore at the surrounding clouds and mist. The sight was truly terrifying.

[Experience Points for "Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture" +2]

[Experience Points for "Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture" +3]

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’Though the progress is slow, being able to watch my own Martial Arts grow bit by bit is a feeling as intoxicating as the finest wine, one that’s hard to pull away from.’

Not far away, at the mouth of a crude cave, Mo Yunzi sat cross-legged, regulating her breath, but she couldn’t calm her mind no matter what.

Her beautiful eyes were wide with disbelief as she stared at the extraordinary sight of the cultivation on the cliff’s edge.

"What... What in the world is this Cultivation Technique?" Mo Yunzi murmured to herself, a storm already raging in her heart.

As a True Disciple of the Yin Demon Sect, she had seen her fair share of the top-tier Wind Element Techniques from the major sects and Noble Families of Qing Province.

But none of them could produce such an earth-shattering phenomenon!

’What’s more, it looks like this is just the Entry-Level stage of the technique, merely absorbing the Wind Spirits of heaven and earth.’

’And yet, the commotion it’s causing seems as if it’s trying to plunder every last Wind Spirit between heaven and earth for its own use!’

’Even when titans of the Demon Dao like her master and martial uncles breathed in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism, it was never this exaggerated.’

She then recalled her battle with the young master during the day...

’He was clearly only at the Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm, yet his Body Technique was so fast, like a ghost or a phantom, that he completely suppressed her, a master at the Fifth Level of the Divine Power Realm.’

She secretly mused, ’Even an ordinary Cultivator at the Second Heaven of the Acupoint Realm might not be able to best him in terms of Body Technique.’

’A person like the Young Master... if he were to break through again, the speed of his Body Technique would reach an inconceivable level...’

Her heart still pounding with lingering fear, Mo Yunzi took a blood-red Elixir from her storage pouch and, without a second thought, popped it into her mouth.

The Elixir dissolved instantly, becoming a warm current that began to mend the injuries inside her.

She had first been severely wounded by Chu Fan, then bound by the spiky Demon-locking Chain. Now, her clothes were in tatters, and her body was covered in fine, bloody scratches. She was in an utterly wretched state; it seemed she wouldn’t be recovering anytime soon.

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By the time a Blood Moon hung high in the sky, the stormy vortex on the cliff’s edge had finally, slowly subsided.

Chu Fan slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of undeniable fatigue in their depths.

He used Introspection to look at the panel deep within his consciousness.

[Skill: Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture (Entry-Level) | Progress: 256/800 | Trait: None]

’It really is a Divine Secret Skill.’

Chu Fan sighed to himself.

He had cultivated this Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture from dawn until deep into the night. Not only was the consumption of Primordial Qi immense, but the mental toll was also exceptionally heavy.

A profound wave of exhaustion washed over him, making him want to just collapse and sleep.

’Forcing myself to practice such a Secret Technique with my Spirit Awakening Realm Cultivation is indeed pushing it too far.’

The Mortal Transformation comprises nine realms, the second of which is called the "Divine Power Realm."

What are Divine Techniques?

It is said that only Cultivators who have opened their "Sea of Consciousness" can truly command the Power of Heaven and Earth and execute all sorts of incredible Divine Secret Skills.

The Primordial Qi Shield or the large hand of Primordial Qi condensed in the Spirit Awakening Realm are merely preliminary applications of Primordial Qi; they cannot be considered Divine Secret Skills.

The Divine Power Realm does not mean a Cultivator already possesses vast divine powers, but rather that they have established the foundation to use Divine Secret Skills.

Chu Fan was currently at the Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm, and using the "Demon-locking Technique" to activate the Spirit Soldier, the "Demon-locking Chain," was still a great strain for him.

Not only was the Primordial Qi consumption enormous, but the chain’s speed and power were also far from what they should be.

Back in Cyan Yang Ancient City, he had taken the time to practice the "Demon-locking Technique" to deal with that Resentful Spirit. He had intended to use it to turn the tide at a critical moment, but it turned out he never needed it.

’Thinking back now, it was a good thing I didn’t have to use it.’

’I hadn’t even opened my Sea of Consciousness. Given the strength of my Divine Sense at the time, if I had forced myself to use the Demon-locking Chain on a spiritual being like that Resentful Spirit, I would have suffered a backlash. My Divine Soul would have been instantly, grievously wounded, with no hope of recovery.’

Lost in thought, Chu Fan got up and walked slowly to the mouth of the cave where Mo Yunzi was.

Mo Yunzi sensed him approaching and was startled out of her meditation, scrambling to her feet nervously.

She bowed with utmost reverence and said, "Young Master, are you finished with your cultivation? You must be tired. I... I can give you a massage..."

Without waiting for Chu Fan’s reply, she moved behind him and began kneading his shoulders with her slender, fair hands.

A soft, warm touch spread from his shoulders, but Chu Fan spoke calmly, "Although there is a master-servant contract between us, I have no intention of treating you like a true slave. You don’t need to act like this."

Mo Yunzi’s hands froze, and she stood there, stunned.