Chapter 176: Chapter 118 Cultivation Before Entering the Secret Realm 2
Translator: 549690339
He had initially hoped, before the opening of the Dan God Secret Realm, to be able to improve his alchemy skills to the level of Grandmaster or Great Perfect Level. Who would have thought that after understanding the ‘Creation Method’, he would evolve to the Qi Refining Tenth Layer.
Otherwise, he would have probably had two or three years left after breaking directly from the ninth layer to Foundation Establishment. He would have had ample time to focus solely on Alchemy and upgrade this skill to the Grandmaster or Great Perfect Level.
However, even though his alchemy skills were only at the Great Achievement Level, they would probably be enough in the Dan God Secret Realm. After all, his main goal is to enter the Cave Mansion. As for the alchemy room, he could check it out if he had the opportunity.
It was during his subsequent practice that Lin Yi realized the fundamental differences between the difficulty of practicing the Sword Control Technique and the Object Manipulation Spell. The Object Manipulation Spell was just a spell, whereas the Sword Control Technique was essentially a basic swordsmanship.
The significance of the Sword Control Technique was not just being able to control a sword flying through the sky, but also learning swordsmanship from it.
Sword moves, sword momentum, Sword Qi, sword intent, etc. are all included in it. As the level of the Sword Control Technique increases, this knowledge slowly emerges in your mind.
This made Lin Yi understand why it is a must-learn spell for a Foundation Building cultivator. Only by practicing the Sword Control Technique and learning the basics of all forms of swordsmanship can one practice more advanced swordsmanship. This is the foundation of all swordsmanship.
If you try to learn swordsmanship without mastering the Sword Control Technique, you will end up learning nothing in the end.
The consumption of Spiritual Power during the practice of the Sword Control
Technique is substantial. No wonder one can only learn it after reaching Foundation Establishment. If learned during Qi refinement, you’ll probably deplete all your Spiritual Power before you can even use your sword skills.
Using the Object Manipulation Spell once can increase experience by one point. In contrast, the Sword Control Technique requires one to execute basic sword moves to increase experience.
Lin Yi began diligent practice, spending each day in his Cave Mansion, cutting fruits with the Sword Control Technique. Previously, his Sword Control Technique had already been upgraded to the proficiency level, and when he used [Grain Wisdom from One’s Mistakes] to break through bottlenecks, he gained many insights.
However, [Grain Wisdom from One’s Mistakes] only provides an opportunity for Enlightenment when met with setbacks. Normal practice does not provide any Enlightenment opportunities.
Therefore, he started to increase the difficulty level. He first started by cutting fruits with his Sword Control Technique, then he began to carve on fruits with the same technique.
Each time he failed in carving, he gained a chance for Enlightenment. This was essentially a legitimate way to take better advantage of the Title Effect.
With the multiple opportunities for Enlightenment, his mastery of basic sword moves improved, and the speed of his Sword Control Technique improvement also accelerated.
Especially with the next stage title, [Training Expert], which not only increased the speed of his advancement but also provided a certain chance of entering the Flow State, doubling his results.
On the tenth day after receiving the Secret Realm quota, Lin Yi unexpectedly triggered the Flow State while practicing the Sword Control Technique. He felt as if time was slowing down a bit.
After entering this state, he felt more focused, and his sensitivity to sword moves seemed to have increased.
This made him realize that the Flow State not only doubled all effects, but it also had a more magical function.
During his subsequent practice, Lin Yi found out that although the probability of triggering the Flow State had reached 10%, triggering it was not that easy.
However, he did not have a strong sense of gain or loss. He practiced in his own rhythm, upped the difficulty, and used [Grain Wisdom from One’s Mistakes] to get a better understanding of his sword moves.
The greatest function of the Sword Control Technique was not letting cultivators stand on swords and fly. That was just the most basic function. The most significant part was control over the sword. The legendary union between a man and his sword is the ultimate control over the sword.
The better you control it, the more stable you would be during Sword Control flying. No matter how you fly, you won’t be moved.
Two months later, Lin Yi’s Sword Control Technique reached the Proficiency Level. The entire cave house was filled with objects carved out with various sword moves using the Sword Control Technique.
Apart from fruits, he also used wood and stones for carving. Of course, carving on fruits was more difficult than on other materials. It required a delicate and detailed control of the flying sword, which he could only achieve reluctantly at the moment, resulting in some rather rough carvings.
His primary alchemy skills had also reached the Great Achievement Level, and he became quite adept at pill refining. Taking the Title Effect into account, his current success rate was roughly around 60%.
Although his realm had broken through to Foundation Establishment, meeting the cultivation requirements for advancing his apprentice title to the next stage, he couldn’t achieve the next title as his primary alchemy skills had not yet reached the Great Perfection Level.
However, his talisman-making skills had reached the Great Perfection Level. In the future, he would try to create some talismans to see if he could advance to the next stage of the title.
If he can’t, it implies a problem, that it’s only by learning intermediate-level talismans could possibly activate the next level of the title.
During this time, Li Yuan Qing had also repurchased some Great Perfect Level Exorcism Charms and Rebirth Charms, which he assumed were likely to be distributed to the disciples entering the secret realm.
After all, among the Ten Major Sects, the Xuan Yin Sect and some Path of Demonic Sects existed. It was known that the Xuan Yin Sect had achieved third place in the battle for a spot in the secret realm, which meant that ten disciples of the Xuan Yin Sect would be entering the secret realm.
The Liu Yun Sect was in a life-and-death struggle with the Xuan Yin Sect, so it was likely that a severe conflict would erupt upon meeting in the secret realm. They had to be prepared.
Finally, when there was one month left before the opening of the secret realm, Lin Yi received a Communication Talisman from Zhou Yun Feng, rendezvoused with the other four disciples at the Golden Sword Peak, and entered the Golden Sword Hall together.
Gold Sword Zen Ren sat on high, waving his big hand, and five storage bags flew to Lin Yi and the others. “These bags contain items that will assist you in the secret realm. They include talismans, magic artifacts, and pills.”
“In addition, there is a Golden Sword Jade Pendant in the bag. Wear it on your body, and when you encounter danger, throw it directly to release dozens of fierce Sword Qi.”
“Due to the rules of the secret realm, all objects you carry, including those in your storage bags, can only possess the power of large completion of Qi refining. Otherwise, you will be unable to enter the secret realm. Hence, all these Sword Qi, even when fully unleashed, can barely approach the power of Foundation Establishment.”
“Thank you, Master of Golden Sword Faction…” The five of them took the storage bags, and bowed with their fists in respect.
Hearing the words of Gold Sword Zen Ren, Lin Yi smiled. The secret realm rules limit not only the cultivator’s cultivation levels but also the power of outside objects. This was something he had enquired about beforehand.
Otherwise, if those talented disciples from various factions each brought a bag filled with items of Foundation Building or Golden Core power, the game would be out of balance, and his Foundation Establishment Stage would be in vain.
If there were no restrictions on external objects, he wouldn’t have entered the secret realm so easily. Complete domination was absolutely essential.
“Now, you all go back and look carefully at the Secret Realm Manual. Due to Zhang Dao Xuan’s formations throughout the entire secret realm, some places are fixed, while others change unpredictably.”
“The manual only records the past positions, and you can see the specifics for yourselves.”
“As tor the locations of the cave mansions, even the past positions are not recorded, so you’ll have to depend on your own luck once you’re in the secret realm.”
The five disciples bowed to Gold Sword Zen Ren and then left Golden Sword Peak one after another.
In this last month, Lin Yi didn’t do any more cultivation, but instead carefully studied the contents of the Secret Realm Manual.
The manual was very detailed, accumulated bit by bit by the seniors who had entered the secret realm before.
He read it carefully, completely memorizing all the contents. In the secret realm, the more dangerous the place, the more Spirit Grass treasures it held.
If one wanted to stay safe, they could only pick some cheap Spirit Grass and Spirit Medicine on the outer edges of the realm, hardly receiving any opportunities. The whole secret realm was a trial ground set up by Dan God
Zhang Dao Xuan..
