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Chapter 562: Secret Art's Completion, Revealing the Spirit Mountain
Chapter 562: Secret Art's Completion, Revealing the Spirit Mountain
The five elemental energies of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth swirled together, occasionally interspersed with varying strengths of wind, ice, and thunder attributes.
Chu Ning could clearly sense each type of attribute energy, seemingly converging as one.
Chu Ning didn't attempt to absorb them; instead, he carefully observed the various attribute energies wandering through the heavens and earth.
After experiencing this for a while, Chu Ning didn't gain much insight.
Opening his eyes after a moment of thought, Chu Ning began trying to focus on a specific attribute energy, sensing its veins and trajectories.
"Perhaps it's because I'm near the ocean, and this island also has earthfire. Water and fire attribute energies are more abundant and vibrant, but other attributes aren't affected.
The interdependence of the five elements creates an extremely natural cycle."
At this moment, Chu Ning subconsciously applied his understanding of the Five Elements Chaos Art, which emphasized the interdependence of the five elements and allowed for the cultivation of multiple attributes.
However, it was evident that the interdependence in the Five Elements Chaos Art wasn't in its most perfect state.
Chu Ning carefully felt the harmony and naturalness of this interdependence.
After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes again.
"To comprehend a better cultivation method, I don't necessarily have to discard everything I know.
Based on the Five Elements Chaos Art, I can improve by strengthening the interdependence of attributes.
Alternatively, I can try to cultivate by absorbing various attribute energies like wind, ice, and thunder, truly embodying the word 'chaos.'
Or, I could research how to merge with the power of Primordial Power, cultivating and controlling essence energy. If I can achieve this, it will undoubtedly bring significant improvement."
Thoughts flashed through Chu Ning's mind.
He knew that he had to keep trying to find the answers himself.
Then, he communicated with the Golden Thunder Eagle on the island.
Upon inquiring, he learned that what he thought was a short period of sensing and comprehension had actually been over half a month.
"Cultivation knows no time!" Chu Ning sighed, glancing at the map of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain, which still showed no abnormalities.
Chu Ning then took a petal of the Purple Golden Fire Lotus and began refining the Ziyang Spirit Flame.
In the following days, Chu Ning remained on Purple Light Island.
While refining the Purple Golden Fire Lotus, he constantly tried to comprehend cultivation methods and continued to cultivate the Fetus Deity Technique.
Time passed, and two years went by in a blink.
Sitting cross-legged on the Seven Immortals Cliff of Purple Light Island, Chu Ning gazed calmly at the White Spirit in front of him.
"If I have time, I can try cultivating the Beast Spirit Secret Art.
I wonder if this art can be combined with the Fetus Deity Technique. If so, it would be like adding a main body to the Primordial Spirit."
As Chu Ning spoke, his mind stirred, and a Primordial Spirit about a foot and four inches tall emerged from his head.
The Primordial Spirit held a grayish-brown shield in its left hand and floated seven black spirit drills in its right hand.
The White Spirit, seeing Chu Ning's detached Primordial Spirit, curiously asked, "Master, can this Primordial Spirit wield two magic treasures and use your other abilities?"
Hearing the White Spirit's question, Chu Ning's Primordial Spirit smiled slightly, and with a flip of his hand, the Seven Spirit Drills and the Mystic Turtle Shield disappeared.
At the same time, his hands, as delicate as an infant's, extended. The left hand held a green flame, and the right hand held a blue and white lotus.
"Dark Yin Blue Flame, Primordial Fire Lotus. Master, if you give these spirit flames to the Primordial Spirit to control, what about your main body...?"
Before the White Spirit could finish, Chu Ning stretched out his hand, and on it, a deep purple flame danced.
Seeing this, the White Spirit exclaimed with delight.
"Master, have you completely refined the Ziyang Spirit Flame?"
Chu Ning nodded slightly. After two years of seclusion, his harvest was indeed significant.
First, he successfully cultivated the Fetus Deity Technique, allowing his Primordial Spirit to launch attacks simultaneously with his secret art, and their power wasn't significantly different.
This was equivalent to doubling Chu Ning's strength.
Additionally, the Ziyang Spirit Flame was completely refined within two years.
This was slightly slower than Chu Ning had anticipated.
The main reason was that he had also spent a lot of time cultivating the Fetus Deity Technique and comprehending cultivation methods.
Thinking about cultivation methods, Chu Ning couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.
All other cultivations were smooth, except for the progress in comprehending cultivation methods, which was average.
After determining several directions, Chu Ning started with the most straightforward task of further improving the Five Elements Chaos Art.
He wanted to combine his perception of spirit energy and his understanding of the five elemental energies to adjust the flow of magical power, making the interdependence of the five elements more harmonious with nature.
However, while the idea was good, the actual execution was far from simple.
In two years, although he had some thoughts, he was still far from achieving this goal.
Nevertheless, Chu Ning wasn't too discouraged. The Five Elements Chaos Art was already a mid-grade Immortal Rank Technique.
Discovering problems and knowing the direction for improvement was already a rare achievement.
Creating his own cultivation method wasn't something that could be done overnight.
After all, he was still young, with a long life ahead.
Moreover, cultivating the Five Elements Chaos Art still allowed for the advancement of magical power.
He had plenty of time to try.
The profound mystery of this realization was that spending time didn't necessarily guarantee results.
So, Chu Ning also wanted to take this opportunity to try the Beast Spirit Secret Art.
After answering Bai Ling, Chu Ning unconsciously took out the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain map from his Spirit Bag.
Over the past two years, Chu Ning would occasionally take out the map to examine it, but he hadn't made any discoveries.
This made him doubt the authenticity of the information he had received from Jian Qingshan and Jian Man.
However, a few days ago, Chu Ning went out for several days to inquire, but he didn't hear any news about the appearance of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain.
That's why he would take out the map to examine it every now and then.
At this moment, Chu Ning took out the map purely out of habit, just to glance at it.
But the next moment, as Chu Ning unfurled the map of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain, he was slightly taken aback.
The next instant, he stood up.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Bai Ling, seeing Chu Ning's actions, immediately asked.
"The Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain has appeared!"
As Chu Ning spoke, he put down the map of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain.
The map, which was originally empty except for four words, now displayed numerous white dots.
One of the dots was glowing with white light.
In the lower right corner of the map, there was a large white dot.
"This largest dot should be the location of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain. The one glowing with light is probably my current position, and the other dots are likely other cultivators holding the map."
Chu Ning had a vague guess at this moment, and the next instant, he silently marveled to himself.
"So many!"
At a glance, he saw over thirty to forty white dots.
This meant that there were at least thirty-four copies of the map.
And in reality, apart from him, a solitary wandering cultivator, the other cultivators heading towards the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain would probably not be traveling alone.
"I wonder if this map of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain will still show up on others' maps if I don't take it out."
Chu Ning thought to himself, and then he silently cursed his luck.
Although the map didn't have obvious markings, it did provide a general direction.
If someone with ill intentions carefully observed it, they might quickly pinpoint his location.
Especially those nearby, with some attention to detail, it wouldn't be difficult to locate the approximate position of Purple Light Island.
Chu Ning had chosen Purple Light Island as a temporary resting place, and he naturally didn't want to expose himself at this moment.
So, he quickly put the map of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain back into his Spirit Bag.
Then, he quickly packed up his belongings, activated some arrays, and flew away with Bai Ling and the Golden Lightning Falcon.
The Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain was one of Chu Ning's objectives for coming to the Skylid Continent.
Even though he had been contemplating and searching for a suitable cultivation path for the past two years, it was still a very long process.
Before that, obtaining the third volume of the Nine Transformations Body Refining Art was still very important to Chu Ning.
Chu Ning also wanted to search within the Nine Transformations Body Refining Art to see if he could find the secrets that allowed ancient cultivators to advance to Divine Transformation and ascend, which modern cultivators couldn't achieve.
So, at this moment, Chu Ning didn't want to waste any time and directly headed southeast at full speed.
Even in terms of appearance, Chu Ning didn't make any illusory changes.
Chu Ning was well aware that cultivators from the Starfeather Sect would likely also be heading towards the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain.
However, without a doubt, this trip would be filled with intense competition.
If Chu Ning appeared with a completely unfamiliar face, not only would the Starfeather Sect cultivators be on guard, but all other cultivators would also be suspicious and reject him.
But if he appeared in his original form, whether it was recognized by the Starfeather Sect cultivators or other cultivators who had seen his appearance before, at least they would know he was an overseas cultivator, and they might not be as cautious.
Moreover, Chu Ning believed that in such a situation, he wouldn't be the most concerning target for the Starfeather Sect cultivators.
Not to mention the Sky Vault Palace cultivators, the enmity between the two rival sects would likely surpass any concerns about him.
And in a fight, his various treasures would inevitably be used, making it highly likely that he would be recognized.
Undoubtedly, possessing the Mystic Turtle Shield, mastering the Fetus Deity Technique, and refining the Ziyang Spirit Flame had given Chu Ning tremendous confidence.
Even if he encountered two more Late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Starfeather Sect, Chu Ning was confident in his chances.
With these thoughts, Chu Ning continued to fly southeast.
As for the map of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain, he held it in his hand the entire time.
During this period, Chu Ning noticed that apart from a few white dots, the other dots were also moving towards the large dot.
And the number of these dots remained largely unchanged.
"In just a few days, some cultivators would have put the map into their Spirit Bags, but these white dots appeared and moved.
This shows that the location of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain can be revealed whether the map is taken out or not."
With this realization, Chu Ning no longer put the map of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain back into his Spirit Bag.
After flying at full speed towards the location of the Nine Transformations Spirit Mountain for eighteen days, Chu Ning's flying figure paused slightly, as his divine sense sensed something four hundred miles ahead.
In the sky, a massive spirit mountain was suspended.
(End of Chapter)
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