Chapter 521 - 44: The Return
Magic is just something akin to an active skill and doesn’t affect the body.
Two Magic Skills with conflicting attributes will cause no issues whatsoever, as long as you don’t cast them at the very same time.
But Body Refining Techniques are different.
Body Refining Techniques act directly on one’s own body!
When practicing two Body Refining Techniques with conflicting attributes, at best, the effects of your arduous cultivation will be completely nullified. At worst, it could lead to your body exploding and killing you!
This is precisely why one cannot casually practice multiple Body Refining Techniques.
These hundred-some Body Refining Techniques were the ones Shen Changchuan had selected from within the Yuqing Immortal Sect. They all had similar attributes, or at least, none of them conflicted with one another!
This had cost him quite a bit of effort.
He was fortunate that it was the Scripture Pavilion of the Yuqing Immortal Sect, with its collection as vast as a sea of smoke. Otherwise, it would have been fundamentally impossible for Shen Changchuan to have selected over a hundred non-conflicting Body Refining Techniques.
’Over a hundred Body Refining Techniques... if I can cultivate them all to Perfection, my Flesh Body and Physique will probably advance to the next level based on that alone!’
’Unfortunately, the number is still a bit low. Even if I cultivate all of them to Perfection, the accumulated Perfection Trait Experience probably won’t be that much. With such a shallow foundation, at most it will only lower the cultivation threshold for the Wood Undying Scripture a little... After I reach the Entry Level, I’ll likely have to walk the rest of the path on my own.’
Shen Changchuan sighed faintly in his heart.
In truth, he was somewhat regretful about this.
With only about a hundred Body Refining Techniques, it meant he couldn’t achieve a qualitative leap through quantitative change, as he had when cultivating Tier Two Top Level Skills.
He wouldn’t be able to cultivate thousands of Skills from the Tier One and Tier Two Correspondence System to drastically lower the cultivation threshold of a Tier Two Top Level Skill, and then use that to quickly reach Entry Level or even push on to Perfection.
As a result, his future cultivation speed for the Wood Undying Scripture would undoubtedly be much slower.
But there was nothing to be done. The path of Body Refinement was fundamentally different from the cultivation of Magic.
It was only to be expected that he couldn’t rely on the power of his progress bar panel.
However, although the matter of the Body Refining Techniques left Shen Changchuan a little disappointed, his trip to the Scripture Pavilion had also filled him with excitement and exhilaration.
Because he had made an unexpected discovery in the Scripture Pavilion!
It was a Jade Slip he found inside the Scripture Pavilion, one that recorded expositions and insights regarding the Power of Space!
That Jade Slip was very old and worn, buried amidst a pile of old records about strange tales and anecdotes in the Scripture Pavilion.
After finding the hundred-odd Body Refining Techniques, Shen Changchuan had wanted to broaden his horizons and learn more about the Immortal Cultivation World. He went to browse through the inconspicuous miscellaneous records area of the Scripture Pavilion, where he unexpectedly discovered that Jade Slip.
The author of the Jade Slip seemed to have had an ancestor who was a Profound Pill Realm master. The author had recorded their experiences traveling through space as a youth, led by their grandfather, as well as some of their grandfather’s insights regarding the Power of Space.
But because it wasn’t a cultivation Technique, it had been dismissed as a miscellaneous record of curious tales and tossed into the inconspicuous miscellaneous section, where it remained until Shen Changchuan accidentally found it.
To other Cultivators in the Soul Emergence Realm, this thing was, in all likelihood, useless, aside from a way to broaden their horizons.
But for Shen Changchuan, it was a completely different story!
Although the records concerning the Power of Space within it were not extensive, its existence could undoubtedly point Shen Changchuan in a general, albeit vague, direction—one that would keep him from straying off course.
Even more importantly, if he returned to the Tian Nan Domain, entered the ruins of the Xiangshan Sect’s Mountain Gate, and found the Blessed Secret Realm that could enhance one’s Comprehension, this item would serve as an invaluable reference for his efforts to comprehend Spatial Slash!
How could Shen Changchuan not be thrilled by such a huge, unexpected windfall?
"We lost! As expected of a Candidate Saint Son from a major Holy Land. He’s so powerful, it’s incomprehensible! They’re all at the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Peak, but our senior brothers had virtually no way to fight back against him!"
"Yeah! I heard even Senior Brother Lin made a move. As a descendant of a Profound Pill Realm ancestor, he built his foundation with Heaven-defying Heavenly and Earthly Treasures since he was a child. An Elder from the Divine Travel Realm has been guiding him ever since he was in the Qi Introduction Realm. Not long ago, he even managed to condense the Nine Yang Power while still in the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Realm... A figure like that would have been the leader of an era in the past, yet he couldn’t last a hundred moves against that Yu Changge..."
"Sigh... being born in this era is truly a tragedy for us. We’re destined to be nothing more than background characters for dazzling existences like the Daoist."
"I don’t care anymore. For me, rather than fantasizing about becoming famous and dazzling the world, I’d rather keep my feet on the ground and work hard. I’ll strive to one day break through to the Divine Travel Realm and enjoy a lifespan of several hundred years... An achievement like that would be enough for me!"
"Almost all the senior brothers and sisters from our Immortal Sect who went to fight were defeated. At this point, even if we called out the top-ranked seniors who are in death-seclusion, I’m afraid it wouldn’t change the outcome. Do you think the Daoist will fight?"
"He probably will, right? Otherwise, wouldn’t it damage the prestige of our Yuqing Immortal Sect? But I heard the Daoist is in the middle of comprehending something extremely important. Even if a huge battle does break out in the end, it won’t happen so easily..."
On the way back, Shen Changchuan overheard many conversations among the Immortal Sect disciples by the road.
The general gist was that not long ago, Yu Changge, the Candidate Saint Son from the Dongji Sacred Land in the Donghuang Domain, had publicly declared his intention to challenge the Daoist. The Daoist’s followers, along with some Inner Sect disciples who heard the news, went to meet the challenge, only to suffer a series of crushing defeats.
’So the results are in this quickly...’
After piecing together the events from the passersby’s conversations, Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but furrow his brow slightly.
Although he hadn’t witnessed the battles firsthand, he learned from their words that even Immortal Sect disciples at the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Peak couldn’t last more than a few moves against that Yu Changge.
From this, one could get a glimpse of Yu Changge’s strength.
At least, for the current Shen Changchuan, such a person was completely beyond his ability to resist!
Never mind someone like him; the current Shen Changchuan couldn’t even contend with an ordinary expert at the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Peak.
’That Yu Changge is challenging the Daoist, which means the Daoist is also on the same level as him... And this time, the Immortal Sect’s grand competition involves the Top Level powers from several major surrounding domains...’
’That means there won’t be just one or two existences like Yu Changge and the Daoist!’
The light in Shen Changchuan’s eyes flickered uncertainly.
Right now, he was still too far from those figures at the peak!
With a heavy heart, Shen Changchuan returned to the Floating Island.
Fortunately, not long after, Master Wandering Dragon arrived, and they returned to the Tian Nan Domain together.