Chapter 389: Fifth Rank Psychic Master
Chapter 389: Fifth Rank Psychic Master
25th November 2024
Back at home, Jiang Cheng took out the Golden Bell Meditation Diagram and the Awakening Spirit Pills he had accumulated over the past ten days or so.
Tonight was the night he would break through to the Fifth Rank Psychic Master.
His gaze fell upon the meditation diagram, and his psychic energy in his mind rapidly depleted.
"Almost there," he thought.
Sensing that his psychic energy was nearly depleted, Jiang Cheng opened two bottles of Awakening Spirit Pills and consumed the pills within.
He dared not consume them all at once, fearing that the recovery speed would be too fast and result in waste.
In less than two hours, Jiang Cheng felt a boom in his mind, as if an explosion had occurred. At this moment, the entire world became clearer, and even time seemed to slow down.
"Finally, Fifth Rank," Jiang Cheng said with a smile.
The psychic energy of a Fourth Rank Psychic Master was a thousand to two thousand times that of an ordinary person.
The psychic energy of a Fifth Rank Psychic Master was two thousand to five thousand times that of an ordinary person! When using psychic weapons, they could unleash power comparable to machine gun bullets and perform multiple attacks, unlike Fourth Rank Psychic Masters who could only do so once.
With his psychic energy doubled, each active absorption of Essence Light Points was close to 500,000 points, and if he absorbed twice a day, it would amount to one million points.
For a Fifth Rank Force Warrior, having an additional one million Essence Light Points to refine daily was an incredible boon. After all, when Jiang Cheng was a Fifth Rank Force Warrior, his acupoints automatically absorbed only around 100,000 Essence Light Points daily.
However, the issue was that Jiang Cheng was currently not a Fifth Rank Force Warrior but a Tenth Rank Force Warrior!
Nowadays, his acupoints actively absorbed one million Essence Light Points daily, although his psychic energy level had reached Fifth Rank. Still, the time required to advance from Tenth Rank Force Warrior to Grandmaster was not significantly reduced, at most saving only a tenth, which was two to three days.
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng's smile turned into a wry one.
There was nothing he could do about it.
If his psychic energy were higher or could also reach Tenth Rank, each active absorption of Essence Light Points could reach fifteen to sixteen million points! More than what a Tenth Rank Force Warrior's acupoints absorbed daily.
This was just for one absorption; if it were twice, it would double.
Therefore, with the same rank, understanding, and cultivation resources, a Tenth Rank Psychic Master's cultivation speed was essentially two to three times that of a Tenth Rank Force Warrior.
Fortunately, even if one's psychic energy was not strong enough, a Force Warrior could still cultivate. After all, the acupoints they had unblocked absorbed Essence Energy automatically, which was also quite astonishing. Alternatively, what hindered most cultivators' progress were various bottlenecks, and many times, they couldn't even sense the location of the next acupoint.
"While my psychic energy is fully recovered, I'll continue refining Essence Energy," Jiang Cheng said to himself, focusing his mind.
After reaching the Fifth Rank in psychic energy, he no longer had to worry about the consumption of alchemy.
Even if he refined Awakening Spirit Pills from morning till night, it wouldn't be an issue. But the key point remained: alchemy was a means to an end, and the most crucial aspect was one's strength.
Only with strength would one have the confidence; otherwise, one might become a mere tool.
In the blink of an eye, several more days passed.
These days were no different from the usual.
The most notable change was getting to know Ding Lei and the others. Whenever they met, they would stop and chat for a while.
Title: The Unassuming Life
Life in the city was mundane, so mundane that Jiang Cheng felt a sense of boredom creeping in. However, he recognized an opportunity to rapidly enhance his abilities.
Take, for instance, the advancement from a Fifth-Rank Psychic Master to a Sixth-Rank; it would typically require several months of dedicated effort. Moreover, with nearly half of his psychic energy devoted to alchemy, the time required would be even longer.
Thus, he decided to stick to his previous strategy of diligently consuming pills.
The transition from Fifth-Rank to Sixth-Rank required a staggering four hundred million pills, enough to purchase a Fourth-Rank Treasure.
The thought had crossed his mind.
The issue was that he couldn't use this money openly. After all, it wouldn't make sense to approach Gao Ling with the pills he saved daily. Even a fool would find that suspicious.
There was another option, though—to seek help from Gu Changkong. Yet, even now, Jiang Cheng wasn't sure if the latter could still be trusted.
So, he could only use the pills to enhance his psychic energy.
Currently, he could only save enough herbs to craft one furnace of pills daily. In half a month to a month, as his experience increased, he would be able to save enough for two furnaces, and in about a month, his psychic energy would break through again, elevating him to a Sixth-Rank Psychic Master.
In another month or so, once the Awakening Spirit Pill technique reached perfection, he would be able to guarantee three to four furnaces daily, earning thirty to forty million per furnace. That's one billion in just three days and ten billion in a month!
Jiang Cheng couldn't think of a better place than where he was right now.
Of course, there was one prerequisite: he must never be discovered. Otherwise, while death wasn't a concern, his situation would deteriorate, eventually reducing him to a mere tool.
On this particular day, he returned to his home from the alchemy chamber as usual and chatted with his family for a while before heading to his bedroom to cultivate. Just then, the phone on his body vibrated.
Jiang Cheng was momentarily stunned.
Ever since he had put on the lightbrain a few days ago, he had primarily used it to communicate with others.
The calls he received on his phone were usually from acquaintances in the outer district.
"Could it be...?"
He took out his phone, and indeed, the screen displayed the name 'Elder Qin'.
Jiang Cheng's face showed a look of realization.
As soon as he answered, Elder Qin's cheerful voice echoed through the phone.
"Little brother, how have you been lately? I heard you moved to the inner district?"
"Yes, it's been almost half a month since I moved. Elder Qin, you're quite well-informed," Jiang Cheng replied with a smile.
"Aye."
Elder Qin let out a bitter laugh, "If our information were truly that well-informed, we wouldn't have taken half a month to learn this news. It's even harder now that you're in the inner district."
Jiang Cheng asked curiously, "Elder Qin, do you have people in the city as well?"
"We do, but they are few and far between. Those who stay are mainly here to gather intelligence on major events within the city, which pales in comparison to the other rebel factions."
"Are there multiple factions within the Rebel Army?"
Jiang Cheng asked a question that had been on his mind for a long time.
"Hahaha, you little rascal."
Elder Qin burst into laughter, "Why are you so keen on finding out? Are you considering joining us? Or do you want to gather our intelligence and trade it for favors?"
He asked, half in jest and half seriously.
To be honest, Jiang Cheng was currently torn.
(End of Chapter)
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