Chapter 67: Spell Testing

Half a month later.

In the Luo Feng Mountains, below the Dao Discussion Platform.

Apart from the Red Pillar Prison and the Beast Cage, there is another place called the Spell Testing Palace.

It was not called this before; it was known as the Spell Duel Platform.

However, with the opening of the Dao Discussion Platform, the Spell Duel Platform was expanded, and spacious rooms were added, collectively known as the Spell Testing Palace.

These small palaces are rented out to the public.

They provide a place for residents of the inner city to test their spells and hone their protective techniques.

The rent is not expensive, starting at one spirit stone, with no upper limit, and the price is calculated based on time.

If one wants to hire a Jade Tripod Sword Sect disciple from the Sword Pavilion as a sparring partner, the price starts at a hundred spirit stones.

Recently, the Seventh Spell Testing Palace has been almost exclusively booked.

Every morning, for a few hours, there is always someone inside.

And it's not just one person, but two.

At this moment, if someone were to enter the Seventh Small Palace, they would hear various shouts coming from inside.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Emerald green light flowed and swirled, like fish swimming freely.

Upon closer inspection, it was one large and six small wooden flying knives, a total of seven.

Luo Chen stared solemnly at the person opposite him and made a hand gesture.

"Combine!"

The seven knives instantly formed an array, like a storm, slicing through the air.

"Come on!"

The person opposite roared, and a dazzling golden light burst forth.

The two collided, and the emerald green storm of knives resisted for three breaths before shattering suddenly.

The seven knives, like birds drenched in a heavy rain, wobbled and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Luo Chen was not anxious.

In fact, for a mere mid-grade magical tool, being able to resist a high-grade magical tool for three breaths was already a significant success.

This was under the premise that he could quickly form the knife array with his Master-level Attraction Technique.

For an ordinary person, they would be defeated by the golden light before they could even form the knife array.

"Brother Qin, watch out!"

He slapped the ground, and large patches of green vines sprang up.

Like snakes climbing, they flexibly reached out toward Qin Liangchen.

Once entangled, the opponent would face extreme crushing force.

Qin Liangchen laughed loudly, retreated, and simultaneously threw a large amount of golden light.

The green vines were continuously crushed by the golden light.

Not only that, a stream of golden light broke away and rapidly flew toward Luo Chen.

Luo Chen maintained a steady breath, calmly watching the golden light. Upon closer inspection, it was a series of golden needles.

The golden needles moved extremely fast and soon reached Luo Chen.

However, he showed no sign of panic. He lightly tapped the ground and retreated like a great roc.

The golden needle rain pursued, and he fled.

It pursued again, and he fled again!

The speed of the golden needles could not even touch the hem of his clothes.

Qin Liangchen laughed and scolded, "Your movement technique is too agile, even surpassing the leaping tiger that died."

As he spoke, he directly retracted the golden flying needles.

Luo Chen floated in the air, his hands loosely clasped.

Suddenly, ten small sparks appeared, like fireflies, glowing brightly.

Seeing this, Qin Liangchen's expression became slightly serious, and he threw out a large yellow earth shield.

"Come on, let me see how much your Flying Fire Glow has improved!"

Luo Chen said nothing, and his hands pushed out flatly.

The ten sparks suddenly flew out.

As they flew, their size continuously increased, and by the time they reached the giant shield, they were as large as washbasins.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Continuous explosions, the massive counterforce, forced Qin Liangchen to retreat continuously.

Suddenly, Qin Liangchen's eyes narrowed.

In his pupils, a spark had bypassed the shield's defense and attacked from his side.

"Good kid, so devious!"

Cursing, he instantly activated a talisman.

A blue water arrow suddenly flew out, colliding head-on with the spark.

Sizzle

Water and fire interacting, a violent high temperature erupted.

Scalding steam spread out.

Qin Liangchen retreated, feeling a burning pain on his face, scorched by the high-temperature steam at close range.

Grimacing, he noticed that Luo Chen had another ten sparks in his hand, and he shuddered.

"Enough, enough, that's it for today!"

Luo Chen instantly withdrew the Flying Fire Glow, handling it with ease, displaying a certain grace.

"Phew!"

He exhaled, his expression no longer so serious, and he smiled.

"Brother Qin, I win today, right?"

"You win, you little brat, you scalded me." Qin Liangchen, while casting a healing spell on himself, grumbled, "I noticed you're getting more devious. You never revealed that your Flying Fire Glow could turn before."

Generally, low-level spells are merely external manifestations of internal spiritual energy.

Without spiritual awareness, low-level cultivators often cast spells in a straight line.

Like Fireball, Water Arrow, and Golden Spear.

Only a few spells like Mud Swamp and Entanglement can change, but they are limited to a certain area.

However, among the ten fireballs Luo Chen cast, one did not increase in size but instead broke through Qin Liangchen's defense from the side, hidden by the other nine fireballs.

If not for his rich combat experience and the instant activation of a water attribute talisman, he would have been seriously injured.

Being forced to use a talisman, this time he lost.

Of course, this was definitely not Qin Liangchen's full strength.

Luo Chen smiled, "It's not that I'm devious, but Brother Qin, you're suppressing your realm to the Seventh Level of Qi Condensation and are not yet accustomed to this low-level spiritual energy combat."

Qin Liangchen shook his head, "It's not that I'm suppressing my realm, but my new hand can only handle this level of combat."

He shook his right hand, which had a fleshy and metallic sheen, giving it an odd feeling.

This was the new hand the Jade Tripod Sword Sect had promised to attach for him.

For this, he had paid the due war spoils, a sword pill, and Bai Qi's storage bag.

Since his arm was attached ten days ago, after a brief period of rest, he was eager to return to his peak state.

So he booked the Seventh Spell Testing Palace and practiced with Luo Chen, who also needed to practice spells, every morning.

At first, he could completely suppress Luo Chen.

But gradually, he felt a sense of powerlessness.

Today, he even used two magical tools and a Water Arrow talisman to avoid defeat.

Luo Chen, on the other hand, used only a set of mid-grade flying knives.

Luo Chen's progress was truly too fast.

"You're too talented to be a wandering cultivator."

Qin Liangchen rubbed his face, confirming that it was fully healed.

"Fireball and Entanglement, you can use them effortlessly, and their power is already enough to threaten a Seventh Level Qi Condensation cultivator."

"Your talent for spells should make you join the Five Elements Divine Sect!"

The Five Elements Divine Sect, a major sect with a Yuan Ying True Person, dominates a region.

The sect is renowned in the Eastern Wasteland's Thirty-Six Regions for its mastery of the five elements spells.

Luo Chen smiled slightly, perhaps.

But the Five Elements Region is too far from the Jade Tripod Region.

He couldn't even find a way to join a sect as a disciple.

Some might try to join through the Five Elements Divine Sect's subordinate business, the Spirit Source Shop, but unfortunately, the Spirit Source Shop does not offer this service.

The Five Elements Divine Sect is a family-inherited major sect that only recruits internally.

Even if they recruit externally, it is limited to the Five Elements Region.

It is said that this is due to the few great magical techniques and secret transmissions within the sect. The externally recruited disciples often marry into or become part of the major families.

Luo Chen extended his hand, and with the Master-level Attraction Technique, the seven emerald knives scattered on the ground returned to his hand like swallows returning to their nest.

Playing with the small wooden knives, Luo Chen frowned, "Brother Qin, the new magical tools you bought don't seem to suit you!"

Qin Liangchen said helplessly, "I used to be accustomed to large-scale combat, using large hammers and Jade-Breaking Gloves. But in the battle at the Dao Discussion Platform, they were all destroyed. Good high-grade magical tools are expensive, and now having this set of如意金针 and earth shield is already quite good."

如意金针, a total of seventy-two, are peculiar magical tools.

They are extremely powerful and fast.

It was only because Luo Chen's movement technique was so fast that ordinary people couldn't block the如意金针.

But this did not match Qin Liangchen's combat style at all.

Luo Chen couldn't help but ask, "Doesn't the sect have a few high-grade magical tools specifically for rewarding meritorious members? Doesn't Sect Leader Mi want to give them to you?"

Qin Liangchen's expression turned serious, "Don't speak rashly. The merit I have, the Foundation Establishment Pill is enough."

"But the Foundation Establishment Pill hasn't even reached your hands!" Luo Chen rolled his eyes.

"Old Mi keeping it for me is also good. With my current strength, I can't protect that Foundation Establishment Pill. And!"

Qin Liangchen smiled smugly, "My son is a disciple of the Falling Cloud Sect. Do you think he would dare to cheat me?"

Alright, as long as you know.

Luo Chen shrugged and put the emerald knives into his storage bag.

The two of them laughed and chatted as they walked out.

But after a few steps, someone rushed up from behind.

"Qin Liangchen, pay five more spirit stones!"

Qin Liangchen's eyes widened, "What did you say?"

The person, dressed in the uniform of a Sword Pavilion disciple, snorted, "You two caused so much damage to the Seventh Spell Testing Palace today, exceeding the usual standards. So, you need to pay more spirit stones!"

"Damn merchants!" Qin Liangchen cursed and handed over five spirit stones.

Luo Chen also felt a bit pained.

Qin Brother had already paid dozens of spirit stones for the few hours this morning, and now he had to pay more.

The Jade Tripod Sword Sect's money-grabbing was too shameless.

As they walked out, they discussed the major sects' money-making methods and cursed their shamelessness.

Arriving outside the Sword Pavilion, they saw the jade wall.

Qin Liangchen poked Luo Chen's back.

"Are you really not going to participate in the mid-Qi Condensation battle?"

(End of Chapter)