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Chapter 188: Perfection in the Second Layer of the Blazing Divine Wood Art, Reward Talent
Chapter 188: Perfection in the Second Layer of the Blazing Divine Wood Art, Reward Talent
The Fiery Flame Technique had consumed quite a bit of Chu Ning's energy, but it wasn't his primary focus in cultivation.
Despite spending considerable time researching spells and puppet techniques, Chu Ning was well aware that improving his realm was the key to true progress.
Time flew by as he diligently cultivated the Blazing Divine Wood Art, the Nine-Layered Body Refining Technique, and the Spirit Refining Art.
Four years passed in the blink of an eye.
In the four and a half years since he had arrived at Yan Peak, most of the cultivators in the Thousand Lakes and Islands had forgotten about Chu Ning's existence.
Initially, there were occasional speculations about whether he would meet the same fate as Xu Yonggeng and be silenced permanently.
However, as time went on, people gradually forgot about this matter.
After all, the Thousand Lakes and Islands had not known peace in recent years.
Coupled with Chu Ning's reclusive nature, rarely appearing before others, he slowly faded from everyone's attention.
In the cultivation room within Yan Peak, Chu Ning slowly opened his eyes, checking his cultivation proficiency.
Blazing Divine Wood Art (High-Ranked Mysterious Tier), Second Layer (9977/10000)
Nine-Layered Body Refining Technique, First Volume, Undying Soul (1500/3000)
Spirit Refining Art, Third Layer (5652/8000)
Subsequently, Chu Ning slowly got up.
"In another five days, I'll have perfected the second layer of the Blazing Divine Wood Art.
I can also sense that I'm not far from the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. I should be able to break through to the middle stage soon after reaching the third layer of the Blazing Divine Wood Art."
Murmuring to himself, a slight smile appeared on Chu Ning's face.
His progress in the Blazing Divine Wood Art was steady, and his body and spirit refining cultivations were also proceeding well.
Two years ago, he had already reached a proficiency of 1500 in the first volume of the Nine-Layered Body Refining Technique, the Undying Soul stage.
As expected, he encountered a bottleneck and hadn't made any progress in the last two years.
However, his cultivation of the third layer of the Spirit Refining Art was going smoothly.
After entering the Foundation Establishment stage, he focused more on refining his spiritual sense.
After all, both the second layer of the Blazing Divine Wood Art and the Undying Soul stage of the Nine-Layered Body Refining Technique had the effect of strengthening his spiritual sense.
Now, Chu Ning's spiritual sense was so powerful that even a typical cultivator in the later stages of Foundation Establishment couldn't compare to him.
Moreover, Chu Ning didn't merely stop at strengthening his spiritual sense; he had also been cultivating the Spirit Division Technique.
At that moment, Chu Ning casually waved his hand, and five puppets appeared in the stone room.
One of them was a humanoid puppet, while the other four were beast-shaped, including the one he had made on Tiger Hill Island.
As Chu Ning's thoughts stirred, the puppets began to fight each other.
"My cultivation of the Spirit Division Technique has reached the point where I can create nine spiritual sense divisions, but the materials for making puppets are hard to come by.
I've only managed to make four puppets in the last five years."
Chu Ning shook his head slightly.
In the past four years, he had often changed his appearance and ventured out during his free time from cultivation, collecting various puppet-making materials, including spirit stones.
With those materials, he crafted these three puppets, adding to the tiger-shaped puppet he made previously and the humanoid puppet he had repaired.
What pleased Chu Ning the most was that although the number of puppets he had wasn't high, each one was as powerful as a Foundation Establishment cultivator under his control.
Among them, three puppets were even capable of reaching the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
After cultivating the Spirit Division Technique for a while, Chu Ning put away the puppets.
Then, he used a simple spell to tidy up his appearance before leaving the stone room.
It was unclear if it was due to his physical body, cultivation technique, or spiritual aura, but after years of cultivation, Chu Ning's appearance remained unchanged.
Despite being almost thirty years old, he still looked to be in his early twenties.
"Young Master, you're out of seclusion?"
A crisp voice rang out shortly after Chu Ning left the cave.
"Xin Xin, where's your grandfather?" Chu Ning asked calmly, looking at the graceful figure standing before him.
In the past few years, Cheng Xin Xin had transformed from a tomboyish girl to a young lady.
Her once round and childish face had become an oval-shaped visage, with delicate features and a pair of dimples that remained unchanged.
At that moment, she stood in front of Chu Ning, blinking her big eyes as she replied, "He's in the spirit field."
Chu Ning nodded and turned to walk towards the spirit field.
Cheng Xin Xin pouted slightly, her small nose scrunching up.
"You only care about Grandfather. You didn't even notice that I've broken through."
As soon as she finished grumbling, Chu Ning's voice reached her from up ahead.
"Let's go to the spirit field together. I want to see what your strength is like at the seventh layer of Qi Refining."
Hearing this, Cheng Xin Xin immediately brightened up and hurried to catch up with him.
When they arrived at the spirit field, they indeed found Cheng Zuyuan busy with his work.
Seeing Chu Ning and Cheng Xin Xin, he quickly came over to greet them.
"Old Cheng, have you gathered all the spirit herbs I need for pill refining?" Chu Ning asked casually.
"Yes!"
As he spoke, Cheng Zuyuan took out several jade boxes from his storage bag and handed them to Chu Ning.
Chu Ning opened them and found the desired spirit herbs, including the Primordial Yang Fruit, and nodded in satisfaction.
In the past few years, Chu Ning had focused solely on cultivation.
Aside from the Flame-Twin Birth Fruit and the Iron Soul Flower, he entrusted Cheng Zuyuan and his granddaughter to take care of the rest of the spirit herbs he needed.
Whenever he had free time, he would come and use the Mystical Spring Technique.
On occasions when he was busy, he would simply make some spell talismans and give them to Old Cheng, allowing them to cultivate the herbs using the talismans.
Thus, in the past few years, Chu Ning had a steady supply of the Primordial Yang Pills.
Unfortunately, the resources in the Thousand Lakes and Islands were still relatively scarce, and while Chu Ning had collected some auxiliary materials, he was still missing two main ingredients and one auxiliary ingredient.
Thus, he was unable to refine this pill.
With his imminent breakthroughs in the Blazing Divine Wood Art and the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, he decided to refine another batch of Green Wood Primordial Yang Dan for now.
As long as he refined their spirits and improved their grade, they would still be sufficient for his cultivation needs.
After putting away the spirit herbs, Chu Ning was about to speak to Cheng Xin Xin when Cheng Zuyuan produced another jade box.
"Young Master, this hybrid spirit fruit also matured a few days ago. I was afraid it would fall after ripening, so I picked it," Cheng Zuyuan explained as he handed the box to Chu Ning.
Chu Ning took the box and opened it to find dozens of red spirit fruits, each exuding a rich spiritual aura.
Interestingly, their shape resembled the Flame-Twin Birth Fruit.
However, unlike the Flame-Twin Birth Fruit's pure dual fire-wood attribute aura, this fruit's aura also contained traces of earth attribute spiritual energy.
Chu Ning shook his head slightly and put away the box of spirit fruits before turning to Cheng Zuyuan and saying, "Old Cheng, this hybrid spirit fruit doesn't require too much effort. Let's just let it grow naturally."
Speaking of this hybrid spirit fruit, Chu Ning couldn't help but feel a bit helpless.
After successfully crossbreeding spirit fruits and spirit herbs like the Golden Sun Fruit, Iron Sun Fruit, and Iron Prime Fruit, Chu Ning had experimented with crossbreeding various spirit herbs and spirit fruits on a whim.
To his dismay, most of these attempts ended in complete failure.
Some failed to produce flowers, while others failed to bear fruit, and there were even cases where the plants withered immediately after crossbreeding.
There were a few successful crossbreeds, but Chu Ning's repeated tests failed to detect any spiritual energy in them.
Some even turned out to be highly toxic.
This caused Chu Ning's original plan of cultivating more spirit fruits to break through his body-refining bottleneck to fail.
As a result, he eliminated most of the hybrid spirit fruits and spirit herbs.
Only the crossbreed between the Flame-Twin Birth Fruit and a spirit herb called the Stone Decision Flower remained, which Chu Ning had also brought with him from the Spirit Domain. This herb possessed earth attributes.
After giving instructions to Cheng Zuyuan, Chu Ning turned to Cheng Xin Xin.
"Let's see how your cultivation of the Kun Yuan Manual is going."
Upon hearing Chu Ning's words, Cheng Xin Xin's body trembled with spiritual power, and a yellowish-brown spiritual barrier formed around her.
Chu Ning nodded slightly. "Not bad. It seems that this technique suits you well, and your cultivation at the seventh layer of Qi Refining has stabilized."
A few years ago, he had noticed that Cheng Xin Xin seemed to have a talent for earth-attribute techniques and spells.
Recalling how he had obtained an upper-grade yellow-level earth-attribute technique called the "Kun Yuan Manual" after killing a spy from the Yin Demon Sect in the Qingxi Sect's Transmission Hall, he decided to pass this technique on to Cheng Xin Xin.
The young girl's cultivation progressed rapidly after learning this technique, and in just four years, she had reached the seventh layer of Qi Refining.
Of course, this was also largely due to the various pills and other cultivation aids that Chu Ning provided from time to time.
Hearing Chu Ning's praise, Cheng Xin Xin's face lit up with joy.
At that moment, Chu Ning took out a cone-shaped spiritual tool from his storage bag.
This item was among the many spiritual tools he had obtained from the Yin Demon Sect disciple he defeated in the Spirit Domain, and they encompassed a variety of attributes.
Aside from the dark shield that Chu Ning had used on several occasions, he had barely used any of the other spiritual tools.
As he held the cone-shaped spiritual tool and Cheng Zuyuan looked on with slight confusion, Chu Ning handed it to Cheng Xin Xin.
"This is an advanced earth-attribute spiritual tool. I want you to use it."
Cheng Xin Xin's eyes lit up at his words. "An advanced spiritual tool? For me?"
Cheng Zuyuan hesitated and said, "Young Master, Xin Xin has only reached the seventh layer of Qi Refining. Isn't it inappropriate for her to use such an advanced spiritual tool?"
Having interacted with cultivators from the outside, Cheng Zuyuan knew that even within sects, a cultivator at the seventh layer of Qi Refining would rarely be able to use such a high-level spiritual tool.
This was even more true in the Thousand Lakes and Islands.
However, Chu Ning waved his hand dismissively. "It's fine. Although Xin Xin has a lively personality, she listens to you and doesn't seek to compete or fight with others.
This spiritual tool is of no use to me, so she might as well get familiar with it."
Hearing Chu Ning's explanation, Cheng Zuyuan didn't say anything further. Cheng Xin Xin, on the other hand, beamed with delight as she accepted the gift.
"Thank you, Young Master! It's also thanks to your teachings that I don't seek to compete or fight with others.
You always tell me that cultivators should seek the grand path of immortality but do so cautiously."
Chu Ning chuckled upon hearing her words.
While he indeed sought a cautious and stable path, his time in the Thousand Lakes and Islands had been anything but peaceful. The past four and a half years had been the longest period of tranquility he had experienced since arriving here.
With the opportunity to break through in the Blazing Divine Wood Art, he considered it one of his greatest achievements.
After giving Cheng Xin Xin a few casual pointers, Chu Ning returned to the pill refining room and began refining another batch of Green Wood Primordial Yang Dan.
Then, he once again entered a brief period of seclusion.
Five days later...
In the cultivation room, Chu Ning emerged from his meditative state with a smile on his face.
At that moment, his cultivation progress appeared in his mind.
【Blazing Divine Wood Art (High-Ranked Mysterious Tier), Second Layer (10000/10000)】
【Talent Refresh, Reward Talent: "Wind Spirit Root"】
(End of Chapter)
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