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Chapter 530: The Earthen Manual
Chapter 530: The Earthen Manual
The twin-headed armadillo-like beasts before him were enticed by Lu Chen during one of his ventures into the Lunar Blessed Land of his sect. He had kept them in his cave abode for over a decade.
They were inherently third-grade magical beasts, but due to their developmental stage, they had only recently achieved their breakthrough.
Magical beasts matured at an exceedingly slow pace. Lu Chen recalled that the fourth-grade spirit herb, the Yunling Pine, which he had brought back from the same place, had matured several years ago, while these third-grade twin-headed beasts had just now reached their complete form.
These beasts, though socially anxious and usually hiding within the mountain, were affectionate towards Lu Chen. With their breakthrough, they transformed into a deep yellow radiance and rushed to Lu Chen's side, letting out continuous low growls.
"Well done. I shall reward you with a bottle of Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew."
A fervent smile appeared on Lu Chen's face as he focused his attention on the newly advanced third-grade twin-headed armadillo-like beasts.
A thought flashed through his mind.
Twin-headed Armadillo-like Beast: A third-grade magical beast that feeds on spirit iron ore. They are highly sensitive to the aura of various ores and enjoy collecting spiritual ores and soil. Possessing knowledge of numerous low-level earth-style spells, they are innately skilled in earth-style escape techniques, effortlessly maneuvering through soil and rock. Their scaly armor provides exceptional defense.
"Now that they've reached the third-grade, they can be of use in scouting for spiritual soil and ore," Lu Chen thought to himself, his gaze drawn to a white ball of light in the distance.
The ball of light flickered as if beckoning Lu Chen to approach and touch it.
A smile lifted the corners of his mouth, and he quickly stepped forward, gently reaching out to touch the surface of the light.
The light silently exploded, transforming into countless minuscule lights that surged into Lu Chen's body.
A thought flashed through his mind.
Breakthrough of the third-grade twin-headed armadillo-like beast; obtained a fourth-grade treasure, the Earthen Manual.
As soon as the thought vanished, a flood of information rushed into Lu Chen's mind.
The Earthen Manual, a fourth-grade treasure, records various earth-style escape techniques that are unaffected by terrain. Applicable to a variety of spiritual soils and ores, it also conserves spiritual energy, resulting in significantly increased speed compared to ordinary escape techniques.
Lu Chen stood motionless, absorbing and processing the influx of information.
"'The Earthen Manual' is an advanced version of earth-style escape techniques," he mused.
"Although it's only fourth-grade, one advantage is that it appeared directly in my sea of consciousness as information, making it more convenient for me to master."
Compared to ordinary cultivation techniques, the Earthen Manual resembled a secret art. It recorded earth-style escape techniques for different terrains and spiritual ores, allowing unhindered movement through soil and rock once mastered.
The cultivation technique he had been practicing, the Great Five Elements Technique, included the Five Elements Escape Art, in which he had achieved some success through diligent cultivation.
However, the Five Elements Escape Art could only be used in ordinary environments.
For example, the earth escape technique was reasonably fast in regular spiritual soil and rock, but when encountering extremely hard rock or spiritual soil and ore with peculiar attributes, its speed would be significantly reduced, and one might even have to stop and change direction.
The Earthen Manual effectively solved this problem.
After studying it, one could employ different techniques for different types of rock and soil, easily maneuvering through them according to the methods described in the manual.
Moreover, the escape techniques in the Earthen Manual consumed less spiritual energy and were faster than ordinary earth escape techniques.
"Now, this is specialization," Lu Chen couldn't help but exclaim. With the Earthen Manual, his escape abilities had improved considerably.
Previously, he had only cultivated the Five Elements Escape Art from the Great Five Elements Technique, along with the fourth-grade magical artifact, the Green-Aid Shoes, and the Floating Light Movement Technique he had learned in the Scripture Pavilion. Compared to others, his escape abilities were merely average.
The radiant light fluctuated, enveloping Lu Chen, and in an instant, he drilled into the body of the mountain.
Within the mountain, Lu Chen's spiritual sense observed his surroundings, moving as freely and swiftly as a fish in water.
The extremely hard rocks that were once difficult to pass through now held no distinction from ordinary soil in Lu Chen's eyes. His spiritual power shifted, and his speed remained unaffected as he weaved through effortlessly.
After experimenting for a while, Lu Chen returned to the cave with a hint of excitement on his face.
The two twin-headed armadillo-like beasts that he had enticed from the Lunar Blessed Land had just broken through to the third-grade, with one of them only a step away from achieving it.
Lu Chen's spiritual sense detected that the other one was on the verge of breaking through as well, and it should successfully advance to become a third-grade magical beast in the near future.
He glanced at the Wu Spirit Soil that the two socially anxious beasts had secretly scraped together and, because of the light ball, refrained from scolding them. Instead, he took out a scoop of Flame Soil from his storage bag.
"If you like the Spirit Soil, I'll leave some more for you."
"Remember to work hard and strive for an early breakthrough."
Lu Chen instructed the two twin-headed armadillos.
All four heads nodded eagerly, each scraping half of the Flame Soil for themselves.
Although the one that had just broken through was clearly more powerful than the other, perhaps because they had always been together, it did not take advantage of the situation to grab more Flame Soil.
Perhaps stimulated by its companion's breakthrough, the other twin-headed armadillo advanced at a faster pace than Lu Chen had imagined.
In less than ten days, just as Lu Chen was diligently trying to induce the Zanguan Grass spirit seed to sprout, his spiritual sense detected fluctuations in the spiritual energy within the mountain.
With practice, Lu Chen's body descended directly, swiftly maneuvering through the rocks and arriving at the twin-headed armadillos' cave in an instant.
The one that had already broken through to the third-grade called out with its two slender heads, its gray-white eyes expressing strong joy at seeing Lu Chen.
"Don't worry, your brother will be fine."
Lu Chen transmitted his thoughts to it and turned his attention to the other twin-headed armadillo that was attempting its breakthrough.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly, as it only reached the same grade as its own being, without attempting to cross the constraints of its bloodline, making the difficulty much lower.
Finally, under Lu Chen's watchful gaze, the second twin-headed armadillo also successfully broke through to the third-grade.
Lu Chen congratulated it and took out several spirit fruits from his storage bag, feeding them to the twin-headed armadillo that had just broken through and was still unstable. His gaze then turned towards the white light ball that floated in the low sky, floating and sinking.
Gently touching the surface of the light ball, countless tiny lights surged into his body.
[Third-grade twin-headed armadillo-like beast breaks through, obtaining a fourth-grade treasure, the Earthen Manual].
A thought flashed through his mind, and a large amount of information rushed into Lu Chen's sea of consciousness.
He instantly gained a deeper understanding of the different earth escape techniques recorded in the Earthen Manual for various terrain and topography, with his memory becoming more profound and his comprehension more thorough. It was as if he had already practiced these techniques countless times in different environments.
"It's actually a skill package," Lu Chen thought happily as he slowly digested the information in his mind.
"Good. This has saved me a lot of effort."
He rejoiced inwardly.
(End of Chapter)
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