MF-novel #224 - Qigong Great Perfection
#224 - Qigong Great Perfection
Of course, the Seven Great Talismans—Invisibility Talisman, Immobilization Talisman, Suppression Talisman, Wind-Fixing Talisman, Fire-Repelling Talisman, Water-Fixing Talisman, and Earth-Hardening Talisman—don't require many points.
However, the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation is currently a Tier 2 talisman formation, capable of covering 360 meters. If upgraded, it could cover 3,600 meters, which is equivalent to covering a small hilltop. It wouldn't be easy for outsiders to destroy the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.
But since the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation is at Tier 2, upgrading it to Tier 3 would require a full one million points, so Zhang Chen needs to consider it carefully.
After some calculations, Zhang Chen suddenly realized that his skill points seemed a bit insufficient.
Zhang Chen's gaze turned to the Qi Refining Technique. For him, the most important thing was the Qi Refining Technique, as it was the foundation of cultivation. He decided to upgrade the Qi Refining Technique first.
Currently, Zhang Chen's Qi Refining Technique was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, requiring 32,000 points.
[7. Skill (Entry): Qi Refining Sixth Heaven (0/32000)]
“Upgrade!” Zhang Chen didn't hesitate and clicked directly. He currently had five million points, making him very wealthy.
[7. Skill (Entry): Qi Refining Seventh Heaven (0/64000)]
One petal of the lotus flower within Zhang Chen's body solidified from illusion to reality.
[7. Skill (Entry): Qi Refining Eighth Heaven (0/128000)]
A bit of the flower stem solidified.
…
[7. Skill (Entry): Qi Refining Eleventh Heaven (0/1024000)]
The flower bud solidified into reality.
…
[7. Skill (Entry): Qi Refining Twelfth Heaven (Perfected)]
[Points: 3112000]
At this moment, half of Zhang Chen's five million points evaporated instantly, leaving only three million one hundred and twelve thousand points.
“It’s being used up quickly.”
Zhang Chen's eyes looked towards the Golden Finger interface. At this moment, the Qi Refining Technique had reached the Twelfth Heaven, already perfected and unable to be upgraded further.
The cyan lotus within Zhang Chen's ancestral aperture now had its petals completely solidified into reality. It seemed to be a true cyan lotus, verdant and dripping, quietly standing within his ancestral aperture. The lotus flower seemed real, the entire flower as green as pure jade, surrounded by a hazy chaos, with the energy of chaos constantly flowing. Within the flower bud, golden scissors were constantly tumbling and flying.
“Once the Qi Refining Technique is perfected, it can no longer be upgraded? I thought all skills could be upgraded indefinitely.” Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the Qi Refining skill, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes: “I previously thought that perhaps I could take a shortcut, ignoring the manual and directly using points to upgrade the Qi Refining Technique to a higher level. But now my plan has failed. If I want to upgrade to a higher level, I still need to find the manual.”
Zhang Chen pondered in his heart: “I don’t know what the cultivation incantation for the higher levels of the Qi Refining Technique is. It shouldn’t be continuing to refine Qi. If it were still continuing to refine Qi, I should be able to directly add points to it without needing a manual.”
Zhang Chen could determine that the next stage of cultivation would definitely be a different world.
With the Qi Refining Technique perfected, Zhang Chen's mana was vast and boundless, many times greater than before.
Zhang Chen's gaze swept over all of his skills. He currently had over three million points left. He had to make good use of these skill points and couldn't waste any of them.
Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the Second Skill, Blood Control Technique. He had wanted to upgrade this skill for a long time, but he had never had enough points before. Now that he had enough points, he would of course choose to upgrade it. After all, this skill was related to his ability to protect his life.
[3. Skill (Tier 1): Transformation Blood Bat (0/1000000)]
Zhang Chen looked at the Third Skill, which required a full one million points, and immediately clicked upgrade without hesitation.
As one million points were deducted, the Blood Absorption Technique on the Golden Finger interface twisted and transformed:
[3. Skill (Tier 2): Limb Regeneration (0/10000000)]
[Note 1: Severed limbs can be regrown.]
[Note 2: Does not include the head.]
Zhang Chen looked at his Blood Control Technique, his gaze falling on Limb Regeneration, a hint of disappointment appearing in his eyes: “Unfortunately, it's not the Blood Rebirth I wanted. But Limb Regeneration is already quite remarkable. At least when I'm wandering around in the future, my survival rate will greatly increase.”
At this moment, the crystal core within Zhang Chen's body vibrated. Zhang Chen only felt that his crystal core was flashing with mysterious light, and many blood-red runes had appeared on the crystal core. The blood-red runes were linked together, forming chains of order, engraved within the crystal core. Then, a strange thought arose in Zhang Chen's heart, which was that apart from his head, no matter where he was injured, he could quickly regrow the damaged part.
Zhang Chen swept over his Golden Finger interface, and finally landed on the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation. After thinking for a moment, he abandoned the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, because even if the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation was upgraded, it wouldn't greatly increase his combat power.
Even if the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation could cover 3,600 meters, so what?
For those who could be hooked into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, the difference between 360 meters and 3,600 meters wasn't significant.
And when facing those old fellows whose souls couldn't be hooked, setting up a 3,600-meter Nine Bends Yellow River Formation was still too fragile for those old fellows who controlled the energy of heaven and earth.
Zhang Chen's gaze swept over the talismans he had obtained later. He felt that the Invisibility Talisman, Immobilization Talisman, etc., were what would allow him to turn the tables at critical moments and were his best means of dealing with enemies.
The Tier 5 Invisibility Talisman required 800,000 points, and Zhang Chen added it directly without thinking.
The Invisibility Talisman was a good thing!
[11. Skill (Tier 5): Invisibility Talisman (0/800000)] —\u003e [11. Skill (Tier 6): Invisibility Talisman (0/1600000)]
Upgrading the Invisibility Talisman to Tier 6 required 1.6 million experience points, but Zhang Chen only had 1.312 million experience points left at this time. Obviously, the points were no longer enough for further upgrades.
[11. Skill (Tier 6): Invisibility Talisman (0/1600000)]
[Note 1: You will gain Tier 6 Law of Causality power. As long as you cast invisibility, Tier 6 cultivators cannot detect your form.]
[Note 2: When you are still, you will not be touched by Tier 6 and below mysterious forces.]
[Note 3: You will not create air currents when you walk.]
Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger interface in front of him, a look of joy appearing in his eyes. Another flaw in his Golden Finger had been filled. No longer creating air currents when walking definitely reduced a fatal flaw.
At this time, Zhang Chen only had 1.312 million skill points left. He still needed to make good use of these points.
Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the Suppression Talisman, only to see that the Suppression Talisman actually required two million points. So his gaze could only move away from the Suppression Talisman and then fall on the Immobilization Talisman. The Immobilization Talisman was currently only Tier 4, requiring 800,000 skill points.
Without thinking, Zhang Chen directly added the experience points to the Immobilization Talisman:
【8 Skill (Fourth Tier): Body Immobilization Talisman (0/800000)】——\u003e【8 Skill (Fifth Tier): Body Immobilization Talisman (0/1600000)】
【Note 1: You can immobilize Fifth Tier mystics who are completely unguarded. As long as the talisman touches their body, they can be immobilized by you.】
At this moment, Zhang Chen only had 512,000 skill points left.
Zhang Chen's gaze swept across all the skills, and finally landed on Divine Mist Transformation, Visualization, Fire Aversion Talisman, Wind Control Talisman, Hard Earth Talisman, Dragon Qi, and Water Control Technique.
Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, but in the end, he did not choose to add points. Instead, he chose to hold back, as he would need to add points for entry when he obtained higher-level formulas for Qi Refining Technique in the future.
Moreover, the other skills did not greatly increase his combat power, and he still needed to reserve skill points for emergencies at critical moments.
Zhang Chen had a windfall this time, especially the perfection of the Qi Refining Technique, which greatly increased the power of the Five-Colored Divine Light, increasing it by a full twelve meters. Although twelve meters was not a long distance, it gave Zhang Chen more reaction time.
"One day, my Five-Colored Divine Light will shine brightly," Zhang Chen muttered. Only then did he have time to carefully examine the entire bottom of the pool. He saw that the bottom of the pool was empty, just a simple pit dug out of stone. Countless runes were engraved on the pit, used to seal the Curse Demon God.
"Where did the Curse Demon God go? It should have taken the opportunity to slip away with all the previous treasures. Considering that the Curse Demon God was severely injured by the Emperor, and then experienced the great changes in the world, how much strength could it still have? It must have seized the opportunity and slipped away when it saw the situation was not good," Zhang Chen wandered around the pit, and after finding nothing, he raised his head and looked higher, a burning look in his eyes: "Great-niece, I wonder if you have any treasures left behind. Here I come."
Zhang Chen transformed into mist and flew up, landing on the platform. His eyes looked at the green light罩 supported by the branches, wanting to get up and approach the green light罩, but he saw that the green light罩 was like a wall, blocking Zhang Chen.
"Hmm?" Zhang Chen looked up and down at the green light罩 in front of him, and a thought flashed in his mind: "My Five-Colored Divine Light can刷 everything mystical belonging to the five elements…"
In the next moment, five-colored light flashed behind Zhang Chen,刷ing towards the tree coffin in front of him. However, he saw that the five-colored light划过 the tree coffin, and the tree coffin was actually without any waves.
"Impossible! How can my Five-Colored Divine Light have no reaction to the Tree of Life?" Zhang Chen's eyes were full of disbelief.
"Who said the Tree of Life belongs to the five elements? Don't be confused by the outside world's name for it. The Tree of Life is just a name given to it by others. Its real name should be called the Heart of Life. It is not condensed from the essence of wood attribute, but is the essence of life force gathered together. It is a strange object born from the gathering and nurturing of the life essence of countless gods and demons after their fall in the past. The tree body is just its form," the Great自在天魔 jumped out from nowhere and replied with a smile.
Zhang Chen's face darkened when he heard this: "Then what should I do? How can I collect this tree coffin and the corpse of the god and demon?"
He could not break this light罩 at all.
"You?" The Great自在天魔 looked up and down at Zhang Chen: "Relying on your own strength is just掰扯. Can you, an ant, also break the ancient divine restriction?"
"We cannot break this forbidden technique, but don't panic, because the imperial court has a way. The imperial court has a Twelfth Tier mystic, which can definitely break this light罩." Speaking of this, the Great自在天魔 said: "Perhaps Pingbian Wangfu also has a way."
"This is the corpse of an ancient god and demon, and this Tree of Life is a priceless treasure. Are we just leaving it to the imperial court and Pingbian Wangfu?" Zhang Chen's heart was full of unwillingness.
"There is another way, which is the box that fell from the corpse before. There may be surprises inside that can help you break the tomb," said the Great自在天魔.
Thinking of the box he夺 from Chai Chuanxin, Zhang Chen's eyes lit up, and he quickly took out the box. At this time, looking closely at the box, he saw that the box was only the size of a palm. He could not see its material. The box was一体 and could not see any way to open it.
"How should I open the box?" Zhang Chen asked.
"A special forbidden technique笼罩 the box. Perhaps Chen Xu's two刷 can刷 it open," said the Great自在天魔.
Zhang Chen glanced at the Great自在天魔, directly收 the Great自在天魔 back, and then looked at the coffin with a face full of unwillingness, especially the female corpse in the coffin: "Great-niece, it's not that I, your uncle, am unwilling to save you, but I really have no way to break your defense. I can only wait until my strength is stronger in the future before coming to save you from the sea of suffering."
Speaking of this, Zhang Chen walked around the Tree of Life and couldn't help but shake his head secretly: "It's really stingy, not even a single skill dropped."
Zhang Chen looked at the Tree of Life in front of him. If he didn't薅 something from the other party, he would feel a little unwilling.
But after walking around for half a circle, it was really like a dog biting a hedgehog with no way to start, so he could only helplessly turn around and leave.
Zhang Chen transformed into mist and disappeared into the passage. He couldn't take this coffin away. As for leaving it to Pingbian Wangfu? That was even more impossible! Zhang Chen made up his mind to go back and tell Xie Lingyun to ask the Inspection Department to take action. Maybe he could浑水摸鱼 and take the opportunity to分润 a share.
Zhang Chen left reluctantly, while撫 the box in his arms. He felt that the way to break the tree coffin was in the box.
The imperial court and the Inspection Department may not have the means to break the defense of the tree coffin.
Zhang Chen穿梭 quickly through the collapsing passage all the way. As he left the core of the Feng Shui formation, the passage collapsed less severely, but was preserved. The passage only dropped some碎石 and had more一道道裂缝.
But when穿梭 halfway, suddenly a burst of chattering laughter came from the distant stone洞: "Hahaha! Hahaha! I didn't expect that I, Chai Chuanxin, would have such luck today. I randomly drilled into a stone洞 to avoid the earthquake collapse, and I actually had a great fortune sent to my door."
Echoes kept波荡 back and forth in the stone洞, and Zhang Chen's movement of transforming into water flow couldn't help but stop: "Is that fox妖精 Tu Shanqing?"
"This fox妖精 hasn't run out yet? Fox仙囡囡 said that Tu Shanqing is only a Second Tier cultivator?" Zhang Chen recalled Tu Shanqing's information, and in the next moment he現露原身, and then施展 the invisibility talisman.
His current invisibility talisman is a Sixth Tier existence. Only a Seventh Tier existence can堪破 his skills. That Tu Shanqing is only a mere Second Tier,凭什么堪破 his invisibility technique?
"That fox妖精 discovered fortune, could it be that I can get another unexpected harvest?" Zhang Chen muttered secretly.