Chapter 44 Spell

Chapter 44 Spell

Chapter 44 Spell
The road to immortality is long and arduous.

Chen Yuan only broke through the easiest bottleneck, the real difficulty is still ahead.

His aptitude was too poor, and he absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth too slowly. The bottlenecks he faced were far more severe than those of other cultivators.

After a brief moment of excitement, he calmed down and continued to absorb spiritual energy to consolidate his realm.

Three days later, Chen Yuan opened his eyes reluctantly and stopped practicing.

Over the past three days, his speed of absorbing spiritual energy was as slow as a turtle, and he only managed to stabilize his Qi Refining level at the fourth level, without any increase in his magic power.

Accustomed to the rapid progress in martial arts training, Chen Yuan is not used to the current speed of practice.

Without opportunity, how can one break through the bottleneck of the late stage of Qi Refining?
Warriors can take pills to activate the blood and qi in their bodies. I wonder if monks also have pills that can speed up the absorption of spiritual energy from heaven and earth?
What if I never get another chance and get stuck in the Qi Refining Stage?
Chen Yuan's mind was filled with thoughts one after another, and he couldn't calm down, so he simply stopped meditating.

He stood up, walked to the cave entrance, moved the boulder away, and walked out of the cave.

It was afternoon at this time, and the forest was silent. The autumn wind blew, the dead leaves fell, and the sun poured down onto the ground, with light and shadows swaying and mottled.

Chen Yuan clenched his fists, closed his eyes, and carefully felt the changes in his body.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, let out a light exclamation, and frowned slightly.

According to the "Red Flame Art", when a cultivator absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the spiritual energy nourishes the body, greatly increases strength, makes the body light and agile, and makes the five senses sharp.

But his body has not changed much compared to before.

The spiritual nourishment seemed to have no effect on him.

Chen Yuan couldn't help but think of the cool feeling he felt when the spiritual energy entered his body. It was similar to the feeling of starlight pouring into his body, but it was much weaker.

He took out the jade pendant from his arms and looked at it carefully.

The more powerful it is, the more mysterious the jade becomes.

The effect of starlight infusion is far stronger than spiritual energy nourishment, but it cannot directly enhance the strength of the physical body and requires energy replenishment afterwards, which is not as good as spiritual energy.

What would happen if spiritual energy combined with jade?
Chen Yuan's mind moved, and he tried to infuse magic power into the jade.

The fire magic power dyed the jade awl with a light red color, and suddenly, a faint green light appeared on the surface of the jade awl.

Chen Yuan opened his eyes wide and stared at the jade pendant nervously, but the green light flashed twice and then slowly dimmed.

Chen Yuan continued to pour his magic power into the jade beads. The jade beads were like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring his magic power, but the green light never came back.

After a while, Chen Yuan stopped after most of his magic power was consumed.

Since the jade ball was glowing green, it proved that the idea of ​​infusing it with magic power was correct, but it might be that his magic power was too low to cause any further reaction from the jade ball.

Chen Yuan was excited and carefully put the jade pendant into his arms, leaving it for future exploration.

Then, he closed his eyes and carefully released his spiritual sense to sense the surrounding environment.

When a cultivator absorbs spiritual energy, his spiritual consciousness will be born. Without the use of ears or eyes, he can sense everything within a ten-foot radius around him. After mastering the art of controlling objects, he can even control objects from a distance, which is extremely magical.

If one breaks through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, the range of spiritual awareness will expand to twenty feet.

But after Chen Yuan released his spiritual sense, he was surprised to find that his spiritual sense was enough to cover an area within a radius of thirty feet, comparable to a cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage!
Feeling the falling leaves, migrating ants, flying birds and all the other things in the area of ​​thirty feet in radius, Chen Yuan thought about it and could only attribute it to the credit of the starlight infusing his body.

According to the "Red Flame Art", spiritual consciousness originates from the soul and is the embodiment of the power of the soul.

After experiencing the infusion of starlight, his thoughts became clearer and he also acquired the ability to remember everything he saw. Now it seems that all of this is related to the soul.

The range of his spiritual awareness is wider than that of cultivators of the same level, which should be due to the infusion of starlight into his body.

The secret hidden in the jade ornament may be much deeper than he imagined.

……

After exploring the changes in his physical body, Chen Yuan took out the "Red Flame Art" from his arms and studied the spells recorded on it.

There are not many spells recorded in "The Art of Red Flame", only ten.

Eight of them are low-level spells, namely, the Light Body Spell, Object Control Spell, Sky Eye Spell, Sound Transmission Spell, Dust Removal Spell, Water Gathering Spell, Quicksand Spell, and Fireball Spell, which can be practiced in the early stages of Qi Refining.

The ninth is the intermediate spell, Fire Snake Spell, which can only be practiced in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

The last one is the high-level spell, Fire Crow Spell, which can only be mastered by cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.

With Chen Yuan's cultivation level of the fourth level of Qi Refining, he can practice nine spells.

He went from easy to difficult, starting with low-level spells.

The dust removal technique is the simplest. As long as you drive the spiritual power to flow through the body surface, the dust can be removed cleanly. Chen Yuan mastered it after practicing it several times.

The art of sound transmission is not difficult. After only practicing for a quarter of an hour, Chen Yuan can transmit sound in secret within a range of ten feet.

However, the art of sound transmission has a drawback. If a cultivator has a spiritual awareness far superior to Chen Yuan, he can easily eavesdrop on the content of the secret sound transmission.

As the name suggests, the Light Body Technique infuses a trace of spiritual power into the meridians of the legs, making the body as light as a swallow. With one step, one can travel seven or eight feet, which is much better than the Shadow Step. It is most suitable for traveling and consumes very little spiritual power.

It took Chen Yuan less than half an hour to master it.

With the cultivation level of the fourth level of Qi Refining, one can maintain the light body technique for three days and three nights before the magic power is exhausted.

The fourth one is object control, which is much more difficult than the first three low-level spells.

Chen Yuan practiced dozens of times, but there was no progress until his mana was exhausted. It was already dark, and Chen Yuan had practiced for several hours, feeling a little tired, so he simply returned to the cave and meditated.

Four hours later, Chen Yuan's magic power was restored and he took out the jade pendant.

The starlight descended and dissipated after twenty breaths.

But this time, he did not feel hungry.

Chen Yuan let out a light exclamation and looked inward, discovering that the magic power that had just recovered in his dantian had completely dissipated.

He threw a punch and found that his strength was a bit greater than before. Without using the light body technique, he stomped the ground hard and rushed out more than ten feet relying on pure physical strength.

He released his spiritual sense and sensed it carefully, and found that the coverage area of ​​his spiritual sense had also expanded by an inch than before.

Chen Yuan was overjoyed. Now that the starlight was infused into his body, he no longer needed elixirs to strengthen his body. Instead, it consumed mana, which was much easier to replenish.

He returned to the cave and continued to meditate and practice.

Four hours later, Chen Yuan's magic power was restored to normal and he continued to practice the art of controlling objects.

When a monk meditates and practices, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth enters his body, nourishing his body and soul. He can restore his mental and physical strength without eating or sleeping.

From then on, Chen Yuan ate wind and drank dew, took in qi and practiced fasting, and no longer associated with ordinary people.

……

It took three days for Chen Yuan to finally master the art of controlling objects.

But he could only control things the size of his fist, and he was not yet proficient in it. He needed more practice before he could use the magic weapon against the enemy.

However, he had no magical weapon in his hand, so no matter how well he practiced the art of controlling objects, it would be useless.

After mastering the art of controlling objects, Chen Yuan began to practice the art of divine eyes.

This technique has only one effect, and that is to recognize people by observing their aura.

After mastering the art of the divine eye, one can see the concentration of spiritual energy in other cultivators and judge their level of cultivation.

The Sky Eye Technique is simpler than the Object Control Technique. Chen Yuan spent two days to master it.

This technique consumes almost no spiritual energy or mental effort and can be maintained indefinitely. Anyone who is not a cultivator at a higher realm than him can understand the general idea.

Finally, there are three low-level offensive spells left, namely Fireball, Water Gathering, and Quicksand.

Chen Yuan practiced the fire-based martial arts, so naturally he practiced the fireball technique first.

But what frustrates him greatly is that it took him four full days to barely learn the fireball technique.

Looking at the walnut-sized fireball floating in his palm and burning slowly, Chen Yuan felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

He swung his hand and a fireball shot out, hitting a felled birch tree five meters away.

laugh!
The birch tree caught fire and was reduced to ashes in an instant.

The fire spread in all directions, but the area around the birch tree was only filled with soil that Chen Yuan had prepared in advance, and there was no grass or trees.

The fire burned stubbornly for a while before slowly dying out.

Looking at the tremendous power of the fireball, Chen Yuan showed a smile, but it soon turned into a bitter smile.

Pseudo-spiritual root cultivators not only have a slow cultivation speed, but also find it more difficult to learn spells.

A cultivator with natural spiritual roots can learn the fireball technique after practicing a few times, while a cultivator with true spiritual roots will only need one day at most.

However, it takes a cultivator with fake spiritual roots four days to master the fireball technique, which is four times as long as a cultivator with real spiritual roots.

Two days later, Chen Yuan finally mastered the fireball technique and shortened the time to condense a fireball to two breaths.

However, the fireball technique is extremely powerful and consumes a lot of mana. With Chen Yuan's current level of cultivation, he can only use it six times.

After mastering the Fireball Technique, Chen Yuan turned to practicing the Quicksand Technique and the Water Gathering Technique. If his magic power was exhausted, he would meditate and practice. After his magic power was restored, he would continue practicing magic.

This cycle continued endlessly, and after thirteen days, Chen Yuan had initially mastered the quicksand technique and the water gathering technique.

The Quicksand Technique was better. Fire created earth. It took Chen Yuan five days to barely master it.

After performing the Quicksand Technique, one can create a quicksand area three feet in size and about ten feet deep on the ground within a radius of ten feet.

This technique consumes a lot of mana. Chen Yuan can only use it three times, and each time he needs at least five breaths of preparation time.

The water gathering technique is much more difficult, as water controls fire. It took Chen Yuan eight full days to barely learn it.

This technique can gather a ball of clear water, the size of which depends on the abundance of water vapor.

Monks do not need to eat, but they must drink water. If they master the art of gathering water, they can practice in seclusion without leaving their homes.

Afterwards, Chen Yuan studied the Fire Snake Technique carefully again, but he had no clue and had to give up.

However, after learning the eight low-level spells, it will be enough to protect yourself as long as you don’t encounter cultivators of the same level. The Fire Snake Spell can be saved for later and studied slowly.

He stayed in the mountains for more than forty days this time, and was completely transformed. It was time to go back.

Chen Yuan packed his luggage, pondered for a moment, blocked the entrance of the cave with a huge rock, hung vines outside, then used the light body technique to float away.

(End of this chapter)