Chapter 72: The Black Water System

Inside the wooden cabin.

Chen Mobai looked at the black water on the table, which he had bought with all his savings, and couldn't help but feel a myriad of emotions.

If it weren't for the urgent need, he would never have spent so many spirit stones.

He hoped the effect would be satisfactory.

He opened the bottle, and a cool mist rose up. Looking inside, although it was called "black water," it was very clear and had a faint medicinal fragrance. The Divine Wood Sect, after all, was a major sect in the Eastern Wasteland, and the quality of their products was at least guaranteed.

Chen Mobai used the "Water Control Technique," and the black water in the bottle began to form a thin line, like a necklace falling into the air above his palm.

After talking with Lu Mu, he understood the origin of the Black Water Technique. It was one of the seven qi cultivation techniques of the Water Line of the Five Elements Sect, and it could be cultivated up to the Core Formation stage. Although it wasn't the most powerful technique of the Water Line, it was still one of the well-known water techniques in the Eastern Wasteland.

The core of this technique lay in the refinement of the "black water." Subsequent spell advancements and even the creation of one's life-bound magical treasure were all based on the continuous refinement of this "black water."

Chen Mobai had no intention of switching to this technique, but he found the construction of its spell system very interesting.

In the Tianhe Realm, due to the collapse of rites and music, and the chaotic order, cultivators often engaged in magical duels. Therefore, the techniques here focused most on breaking through cultivation realms and all kinds of spells and magical tools that could enhance combat abilities.

The Black Water Technique was a typical technique of the Tianhe Realm, with the "Water Control Technique" as its foundation, followed by the core "black water." After the black water was refined, there was the defensive "Water Essence Shield," then the offensive "Ice Spell," and finally the "Water Lightning Spell," which could be advanced to the third stage.

All the spells were based on the black water.

Chen Mobai began to use the "Water Essence Shield." The black water in his palm dispersed and, following his will, floated up to the middle of the room, forming a thin, translucent water wall.

Compared to the spirit shield, a basic spell of the Immortal Sect, the Water Essence Shield was more flexible.

The spirit shield released all one's spirit energy at once, forming a protective shield around the body without any blind spots. However, the drawback of this spell was that after use, all the spirit energy was depleted, which was very wasteful.

This was a defensive spell that the Immortal Sect required everyone to cultivate, to save lives in case of accidents like car crashes.

The spirit shield had both advantages and disadvantages.

The Water Essence Shield, on the other hand, was different. It harnessed the black water, and as long as one's thoughts flowed, one could predict the opponent's attack and place all the defensive power in the path of the attack in advance.

If the "spirit shield" was a full-body defense, the "Water Essence Shield" was a preemptive defense. The spirit energy consumption of the latter was only one percent of the former.

In other words, to use the "Water Essence Shield" well, Chen Mobai still needed to improve his combat skills.

He took out the needle box to test the defensive power of the Water Essence Shield.

Fortunately, he had cultivated his divine sense, and multitasking was easy for him.

With a "swoosh," the yellow flying needles, repelled by the magnetic force of the needle box, shot out like bullets, piercing the Water Essence Shield that Chen Mobai had set up in front of a wooden pillar.

The faint, translucent water wall, when pierced by the sharp flying needles, seemed to be a flexible gel, taking on the shape of the needles. However, with the continuous infusion of his spirit energy, it never broke and even trapped the flying needles within the water wall.

Ding!

After the magnetic force on the flying needles was depleted, they fell to the ground with a clear sound.

Chen Mobai looked at the intact water wall, which had only deformed into a needle shape, and nodded in satisfaction.

Now, with the needle box for offense and the Water Essence Shield for defense, he should be able to move around the edge of the Yunmeng Marsh without much danger.

With this thought, he tested the defensive limits of the Water Essence Shield and the offensive limits of the needle box.

After the late Qi Cultivation stage, this magical tool was easy for him to control.

After half an hour, Chen Mobai, who had a good grasp of the power of the needle box and the Water Essence Shield, put both away.

The twelve flying needles scattered around the cabin, like swallows returning to their nests, were drawn back into the needle box by its magnetic force. The black water, controlled by the Water Control Technique, fell back into the jade bottle like a string of water beads.

According to Liu Lingpei's cultivation notes, the "black water" also had usage limits. After using the Water Essence Shield about a hundred times, the medicinal spirit energy infused in it would be depleted and need to be refined and adjusted again, or it would become unreliable.

After resting for a while and restoring his depleted spirit energy, Chen Mobai began to cultivate the "Ice Spell."

This spell also required black water. Using the Water Control Technique, he shaped the black water into any form he needed, then condensed his spirit energy into a cold breath, freezing the black water. It could form an ice wall for defense, an ice blade for attack, or ice arrows for shooting, making it very versatile.

However, this spell was more wasteful of "black water" compared to the Water Essence Shield. After freezing and melting about twenty times, the black water needed to be readjusted.

Chen Mobai's bottle of black water was newly bought, and using it to practice the Ice Spell made him a bit hesitant, but to improve his combat skills, he had to master this spell. If necessary, he would work harder and sell some spirit talismans to earn more money.

Following Liu Lingpei's cultivation notes, he raised the spirit energy in his dantian and began to exhale at the twelve-story building. With a "huff," a stream of air spewed from his mouth, landing on the black water shaped into a stick by the Water Control Technique.

Then, there was no reaction!

He failed.

Sighing, Chen Mobai felt that he really had no talent for spells. He had been practicing this cold breath since breaking through to the seventh layer of Qi Cultivation, but had never succeeded.

Not to mention freezing water, he hadn't even seen a hint of frost.

He also blamed the Tianhe Realm for not having detailed enough spell records. If the teachers on Earth explained spells with diagrams, meridian lines for spirit energy flow, and even detailed video tutorials, would he have failed to master the Ice Spell?

At this moment, the alarm on his phone rang.

It reminded Chen Mobai that it was time to go home.

He turned off the alarm and, in the wooden cabin on Green Light Island in the Yunmeng Marsh, clicked on [Return to City].

"Talismans still need to be bought in larger quantities. Fortunately, I have some money now, but it's a pity that I didn't get the 'Mystic Yang Purple Fire Talisman' last time. The Pure Yang Academy is too stingy, only releasing a hundred."

Back in his room, Chen Mobai muttered to himself while washing and changing clothes.

Today was the farewell dinner with his classmates.