AWB Chapter 29 Qi Refining Cultivator, Level 2 Concealment
Chapter 29 Qi Refining Cultivator, Level 2 Concealment
Chapter 29 Qi Refining Cultivator, Second-Tier Breath Concealment
After returning to his residence, Chen Yi carefully examined the complete version of "Turtle Breathing Water and Wood Technique".
He sat cross-legged, placed the jade pendant between his eyebrows, and slowly probed it with his spiritual sense.
In an instant, a refreshing scent, like morning dew, flooded into his mind, and the contents of the cultivation technique slowly unfolded like a scroll.
The operating route of the "Turtle Breathing Water and Wood Technique" seems simple, but it contains a sense of returning to simplicity.
Its magical power is mainly based on water and wood elements. Water-based spiritual power is as long and flexible as a stream, while wood-based spiritual power is as vibrant as spring buds. The two intertwine and flow, forming a unique cyclical rhythm in the meridians.
Chen Yi tried to circulate his innate true qi according to the cultivation method, and immediately felt a cool sensation rising from his dantian, like sweet dew nourishing a dried-up riverbed. Wherever it passed, the hidden injuries in his meridians were quietly repaired, and the vitality of his flesh and blood was also enhanced.
"This cultivation technique... while not as domineering and fierce as fire or metal-based techniques, has excellent health benefits!"
What surprised Chen Yi even more was that the cultivation technique's inherent ability to conceal one's aura far exceeded his expectations—
Ordinary breathing techniques forcibly suppress fluctuations in one's aura, while the "Turtle Breathing Water and Wood Technique" allows one's spiritual power to naturally blend with the surrounding environment, just like the breathing of plants and the silent flow of water, perfectly natural and without any obstruction.
If combined with his self-created [Concealing Breath Technique], his ability to conceal his aura could be further enhanced!
Chen Yi was secretly delighted; this technique was practically tailor-made for him!
What surprised him even more was the tortoise shell.
The tortoise shell is only the size of a palm, its surface covered with mysterious patterns. It feels cool to the touch, like jade, yet it is incredibly hard.
Chen Yi tried to squeeze it with the power of the first level of body refinement, but the tortoise shell did not move at all, and there was not even the slightest deformation.
"This material... is at least the carapace of a second-tier or higher demonic beast!"
He cautiously probed with his spiritual sense, and in an instant—
"laugh!"
A sharp, needle-like divine sense suddenly burst forth from the tortoise shell, piercing straight into Chen Yi's sea of consciousness!
Chen Yi was shocked and was about to retreat when a system notification suddenly appeared:
[Invasive spiritual attack detected]
[Devouring...10%...30%...]
[Absorbed, Mental Power +1]
As the stinging sensation subsided, Chen Yi's spiritual sense actually grew stronger.
"This tortoise shell... can actually hone one's spiritual sense?!"
He immediately understood why the pale-faced cultivator looked so haggard—this guy was probably practicing a self-torturing tortoise-shell style of cultivation every day!
After withstanding the spiritual needles, Chen Yi's spiritual sense probed into the tortoise shell again and vaguely sensed... the location of the jade tablet from the previous transaction!
"So that's how it is! The tortoise shell and the jade plaque were originally one piece, both originating from some ancient ruin!"
Chen Yi examined the tortoise shell carefully again, and the system prompted him once more:
[Special bloodline power detected]
[Currently consuming 1%]
[Absorption progress: 2%, reaching the host's body limit]
"Bloodline power, another entirely new thing that can be devoured. And yet, in my current state, I can only absorb 2%? Hiss—"
Chen Yi gasped in shock. This was just a small piece of tortoise shell!
Based on this, it's highly likely that this tortoise shell is at least at the second tier!
This two percent of special spirituality made Chen Yi's Turtle Breathing Water and Wood Technique suddenly clear. For a time, many insights surrounded Chen Yi's mind, and he needed to spend time sorting them out and digesting them.
And this is only 2% of the bloodline power.
As his body grows stronger and stronger, and he absorbs all the bloodline power within him, who knows what will happen then.
Leaving aside the special spirituality within,
Just the fact that it can temper one's divine sense is a treasure in the world of cultivation!
Especially during the Qi Refining stage, it's almost impossible to see one!
If this tortoise shell were put up for auction, it would be worth at least a thousand spirit stones!
"This is truly a stroke of luck..."
Chen Yi was overjoyed, but quickly calmed down.
"A horse won't get fat without night grass, and a person won't get rich without unexpected wealth."
"But nothing in this world is foolproof. Although murder and robbery are extremely profitable, if you walk by the river long enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet."
"If one day I were to encounter a Foundation Establishment expert disguised as a Qi Refining cultivator fishing... just once, and I would be dead!"
"Those who frequently walk the path of tribulation and cultivation, until the moment of life and death, who can know in advance who is the prey and who is the hunter?"
He took a deep breath and suppressed his greed.
"I have a system at my disposal. I can steadily improve by simply consuming spiritual objects and extracting their spiritual essence every day."
"Steady cultivation is the true path to longevity; one must never take the path of killing and plundering to accumulate cultivation resources!"
Chen Yi sat cross-legged in the simple stone chamber, holding the tortoise shell that gleamed with a bluish light in his palm.
When he activated the "Turtle Breathing Water and Wood Technique," the patterns on the surface of the tortoise shell flowed like water ripples, and strands of profound spiritual energy were slowly absorbed by the system.
[Absorption progress: 2%] - This tiny percentage caused Chen Yi's sea of consciousness to tremble, as if he were glimpsing a giant black tortoise lurking in the deep sea, its breath resonating with the heavens and earth.
He had a sudden inspiration and incorporated this spiritual energy into his own cultivation technique. The spiritual energy of the original "Turtle Breath Water and Wood Technique" flowed like a stream nourishing wood, but now it had become more profound.
After the special spirituality on the tortoise shell was devoured by the system, it transformed into strands of profound insights that merged into Chen Yi's sea of consciousness, giving him a deeper understanding of the concealment characteristics of the "Tortoise Breath Water and Wood Technique".
When the magical power circulates in the meridians, it spontaneously simulates the rhythm of tortoise shell patterns, making the fluctuations of spiritual power blend seamlessly with the surrounding vegetation and water vapor.
His original self-created Breath Concealing Technique was to forcibly suppress the fluctuations of his aura and prevent his spiritual power from leaking out. However, the concealment method of the Turtle Breathing Water and Wood Technique was even more ingenious—it allowed his spiritual power to blend naturally with the surrounding environment, just like the breathing of grass and trees and the silent flow of water, perfectly natural and without any obstruction.
Chen Yi combined the two techniques and created a brand new second-tier concealment technique!
This secret technique not only perfectly conceals one's own magical power fluctuations, but also allows one to adjust one's aura according to the external environment. If one is in a mountain forest, one becomes as silent as an ancient tree; if one is near water, one becomes as stealthy as a fish. Even Foundation Establishment cultivators would find it difficult to detect anything unusual without deliberately probing.
Simultaneously,
Every day at midnight, Chen Yi would touch the tortoise shell with his spiritual sense, enduring the needle-like stinging pain in his mind.
The system transformed the alien energy attacking his consciousness into pure spiritual power. Initially, his spiritual consciousness flickered like a candle flame, but after half a month, it solidified into a lamp, capable of extending three zhang (approximately 10 meters) to investigate details.
When he closes his eyes, he can "see" the trails of mosquitoes' wings inside the house.
In half a month,
The "Turtle Breathing Water and Wood Technique" slowly circulated, and Chen Yi transformed his innate true energy into water and wood magic power bit by bit.
After all his innate true energy was converted into mana, he was at the peak of the third level of Qi Refining. His mana accumulation was almost complete; he only needed a breakthrough in his Qi Refining technique to enter the middle stage of Qi Refining.
Chen Yi's current spiritual awareness level is equivalent to that of a Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator.
This state of spiritual awareness exceeding cultivation level will continue to widen as he absorbs the energy of the alien spiritual spikes within the tortoise shell daily.
This is a good thing. If he can develop divine consciousness ahead of time, it means that his entry into the late stage of Qi Refining is a certainty.
In the world of cultivation, the power of divine sense far surpasses that of magical power.
However, even with Chen Yi's current level of spiritual awareness, he couldn't perceive that whenever he absorbed the bloodline power of the tortoise shell to cultivate,
At the bottom of the lake not far away, there would be more than a dozen turtle-snake beasts of varying cultivation levels opening their eyes and bowing in his direction.
They were suppressed by the bloodline of the tortoise-snake beast.
One of the second-tier tortoise-snake beasts, after sensing the fluctuations of its own bloodline for several days, quietly and quickly departed from the bottom of the lake towards a certain place in the deep sea.
(End of this chapter)