Chapter 10

Yao Long often leaves Biquan Immortal Mountain to wander around, so his disappearance won't be noticed for a while. Even if it is discovered, given Chu Chen's reputation as a waste in others' eyes, he probably won't be suspected right away.

However, Chu Chen is well aware that Yao Jinghai will eventually find him. He has already prepared to face off against this outer sect genius. Before that, he must train, train continuously, and train intensely, to maximize his chances of resistance.

Chu Chen glanced at the more than twenty low-quality first-grade pills he bought with all his savings, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

These pills can greatly strengthen the physical body, enough to withstand several months of intense physical training.

Chu Chen estimated that with the help of these pills, he should be able to temporarily stabilize his slightly unstable spirit energy and steadily break through to the peak of the tenth level of the Spirit Energy Realm.

With his mind set, Chu Chen tidied up his things and carefully sat on the bed. He looked at the small pile of pills, nodded, picked up a "Skin Tempering Pill," and swallowed it.

The spirit pill dissolved as soon as it entered his mouth, instantly turning into a surging hot current that spread throughout his body. In that instant, Chu Chen felt as if his body was on fire. His skin turned bright red, like a piece of red-hot iron, emitting a thick heat.

A powerful force surged and refined beneath his skin, as if an invisible large hammer was continuously hammering and forging his skin.

In a short while, Chu Chen's body was drenched in sweat, as if he had been exercising intensely for several hours.

Training the physical body involves strengthening the skin, muscles, tendons, blood, bones, and bone marrow, from the outside in, step by step, making the physical body tough and strong.

Each pill has its unique effects and functions. Chu Chen had trained hard for three years, but his cultivation realm had stagnated, and without spirit energy to help attract and digest, eating more pills was basically useless.

This time, Chu Chen found that after taking the pills, his body almost instantly absorbed them, and the effects were unusually obvious.

Logically, he only had a powerful soul, but now his physical body seemed to have changed. Could it be related to the fusion with the strange small eagle?

It seemed to have an invincible super physique. Did he also benefit from this misfortune?

Chu Chen discovered that his body absorbed the pill's power at an astonishing rate, often completely absorbing the power of a first-grade pill in less than half an hour.

Thus, as he swallowed pill after pill, Chu Chen's entire body felt like a piece of steel, continuously hammered and forged.

After a day and a night, when all the pills were almost used up, a deep, resonant sound suddenly erupted from deep within his body. He clenched his fist slightly and felt an endless surge of power within him.

Finally, he had made some progress in training his body! Next, he should try to break through to the peak of the tenth level of the Spirit Energy Realm!

Right, that jade slip emitting a black spiritual light should be a treasure from the Black Mist Valley. What cultivation technique does it record? Now he should be able to take a look.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen quickly picked up the unremarkable-looking jade pendant, closed his eyes, and slowly extended his spiritual sense into it.

Hmm?

Chu Chen frowned, his spiritual sense scanning the jade slip but finding nothing. There were no cultivation techniques or secrets as expected. What was going on?

He clearly sensed the black spiritual light here. If there was nothing, how could there be spiritual light?

Perhaps just opening his spiritual sense wasn't enough. Only a more powerful and refined "spiritual perception" could detect it?

This thought flashed through Chu Chen's mind, and he immediately closed his breath and focused, quickly opening his "spiritual perception."

As soon as his spiritual perception opened, he saw a black light like a dragon shooting up into the sky, smooth and glossy. The originally ordinary jade pendant turned deep and mysterious, like a rare piece of black jade.

When his spiritual perception thoroughly explored the black jade slip, Chu Chen's body trembled slightly!

The world around him turned into nothingness, and he felt as if he had entered a new space. In the grayish sky, several large characters emitting brilliant divine light floated in the void, extremely eye-catching.

"Great virtue is like water, water benefits all things without contention!"

Above these characters, there were a few faint, indistinct large characters. He could only vaguely see the last three characters "Creation Spirit Chapter," but the first few characters were unclear.

As soon as he saw these large characters, a sudden enlightenment arose in Chu Chen's heart, and a cultivation technique naturally appeared in his mind. This technique was not overly obscure or difficult to understand, just a few hundred simple and straightforward words.

The essence of the technique, upon closer inspection, was surprisingly similar to the "Spirit Attraction Technique" passed down by Biquan Immortal Sect.

It mainly taught how to quickly enter a meditative state, how to sense spirit energy, and how to guide and refine it to cleanse the physical body and purify the true spirit. Apart from this, there was nothing particularly special.

Upon seeing this, Chu Chen was dumbfounded. This technique was no different from Biquan Immortal Sect's "Spirit Attraction Technique." What was the point?

Chu Chen had already reached the realms of meditation, sensing spirit energy, and purifying the true spirit. This technique was truly a chicken rib to him, tasteless to eat but a pity to discard.

But this was a treasure imbued with the aura of the Black Mist Valley's divine beings. If he didn't try to cultivate it, wouldn't he be wasting a great opportunity?

With this thought, Chu Chen carefully entered a meditative state, with his five points facing the sky, and began to cultivate the "Creation Spirit Technique" recorded in the black jade slip.

This unnamed "Creation Spirit Technique" was about 70-80% similar to Biquan Immortal Sect's orthodox "Spirit Attraction Technique." There were only slight differences in certain key areas of circulation and refinement, making it easy to understand.

With Chu Chen's talent, it only took a short moment to fully master the circulation method of this technique.

However, when he started to cultivate normally, Chu Chen couldn't help but frown. Although it was the same technique for guiding spirit energy to cleanse the physical body, the "Creation Spirit Technique" was abnormally slow.

When he usually cultivated the "Spirit Attraction Technique," the vast and refined spirit energy would quickly enter his dantian and be refined into true spirit, circulating through his limbs and meridians, repeating the cycle.

But when cultivating the "Creation Spirit Technique," the amount of spirit energy entering the dantian was only about 20% of the usual amount. The cultivation speed was five times slower than the "Spirit Attraction Technique"!

What was going on?

Chu Chen frowned, determined to review the "Creation Spirit Technique" again. He made sure he thoroughly understood the essence of the technique and then cultivated it again according to the instructions.

Unconsciously, half a day passed. When Chu Chen woke up from his deep meditation, he was surprised to find that after half a day of hard cultivation, he had only refined half the amount of spirit energy he usually did!

Half! What did that mean? It was twenty times slower! Was he getting slower the more he cultivated?

"This damned technique!"

Chu Chen was frustrated and temporarily gave up the idea of continuing to cultivate. At this rate, how long would it take to truly succeed?