Chapter 94

Chen Xun held the eighteen green flame beads in his hand, thinking: Could the previous owner have strung the eighteen green flame beads together merely to store eighteen spells of Fiery Impact?

Chen Xun thought that for the previous owner to have accumulated eighteen green flame beads, he might have been a powerful cultivator who had entered the Rebirth Realm, with pure blood and qi, capable of continuously casting Fiery Impact using just one green flame bead. Why would he need so many green flame beads to store spells?

Thinking of the two layers of Vajra Mystic Symbols inscribed on the Black Python's Mystic Armor, Chen Xun wondered: Could multiple green flame beads be used to simultaneously cast Fiery Impact?

If two green flame beads were activated at the same time, releasing Fiery Impact, how would the叠加的威力 manifest?

This idea was easy to conceive but difficult to execute.

Chen Xun first used his spiritual sense to lock onto one green flame bead, maintaining a single spiritual thread. When he tried to lock onto a second green flame bead, the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul Image in his soul sea instantly collapsed, and his spiritual sense dissipated.

When the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul Image, at its peak, suddenly collapsed, his blood, qi, and divine essence formed a chaotic flow, like a thousand knives cutting through his internal organs.

Chen Xun spat out a large mouthful of blood, staining the desk, and hurriedly took a True Yang Essence Pill to barely suppress his injuries. He thought: Without cultivating in a sect, everything has to be figured out on my own, which is really not fun.

However, once his curiosity was piqued, it was hard to suppress.

In the future, he would have to rely more on his own exploration and experimentation. Having a new idea, he was unwilling to give up easily.

Before Su Tang went into seclusion, he treated Chen Xun like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child. Some things were not explicitly stated, but he earnestly instructed Chen Xun to diligently practice the Dragon Binding Technique, which must have had a deeper meaning.

Chen Xun thought that during the nine months of refining the Void Essence Bead, he had already perfected the first level of the Dragon Binding Technique. Now, it seemed that it was still far from enough.

He fussed until dawn. Since there was nothing to worry about in the courtyard, Chen Xun continued to sit in meditation, visualizing the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul Image in his soul sea, and then using the Dragon Binding Technique to generate the Mystic Bell Chant, stabilizing his spiritual sense before attempting again.

Although this attempt also resulted in the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul Image collapsing when his spiritual sense was about to lock onto the second green flame bead, the situation was much better. Under the suppression of the Mystic Bell Chant, the chaotic flow of blood, qi, and divine essence did not strongly impact his internal organs but instead gently dispersed into his limbs as usual.

Feeling that this method was feasible, Chen Xun was very excited.

Whether the Mystic Armor was inscribed with one or two layers of Vajra Mystic Symbols made a world of difference in the protective magical power it generated.

If he could control more than two green flame beads simultaneously and stack the Fiery Impact spells, the power would increase exponentially.

Chen Xun spent several days in his study, working tirelessly, before he could勉强 use his spiritual sense to lock onto two green flame beads at the same time. He immediately felt the urge to test the combined power of two Fiery Impacts outside the city.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Chen Xun called Cai'er to close the doors and windows. He changed into a green robe, jumped over the courtyard wall, and was about to leave the city.

Unexpectedly, Qing followed him, clinging to his legs and refusing to let go.

Chen Xun thought that Qing, being a spirit beast from the wilderness, was confined in a small courtyard, which was against its nature. So, he took her with him, leaving the city before the gates were locked.

Canglan City was located in a basin spanning several hundred miles. Outside the city, there were low hills stretching for two to three hundred miles, where grains were grown and livestock were raised.

Seeing the herds of white-tailed cattle grazing on the slopes, numbering in the thousands, Chen Xun realized that maintaining the survival of the city's million inhabitants was no simple task.

Further out were the towering mountains and deep valleys of Tushan. Fortified watchtowers were built at the key passes leading to the city.

Chen Xun did not take the main road but climbed over the mountains with the Mystic Leopard, which was quite convenient. Standing on a high cliff, he looked down into the valley, where the watchtowers guarding the passes seemed small but emitted a faint spiritual light in the twilight, indicating a large amount of spiritual energy gathered, and the entire watchtower was likely inscribed with defensive arrays.

Chen Xun thought that the Su family had truly put a lot of effort into managing Canglan City.

Canglan City, built a thousand years ago, always faced the greatest threat from the wild beasts in the depths of Tushan.

The city walls of Canglan, over a hundred meters high, and the various arrays and restrictions on Mount Dragon Binding within the city, along with the powerful cultivators from the Canglan Academy, could resist the attacks of powerful wild beasts.

Wild beasts and demons at the Spirit Core stage were rare, and most of them had intelligence and would not easily provoke Canglan City.

The greatest threat to the agricultural and pastoral production around Canglan City came from herds of beasts that, while not individually powerful, numbered in the thousands or even tens of thousands.

The grasslands and wilderness gathered herds of green wolves numbering in the tens of thousands, and the northern and southern ridges of Tushan, spanning several thousand miles, were home to millions or even tens of millions of wild beasts.

If the agricultural and pastoral production around Canglan City were destroyed, the city's million inhabitants would be far from self-sufficient, and the Canglan City established by the Su family over a thousand years would collapse.

The Left and Right Guard Cavalry, responsible for defending Canglan City, built watchtowers at the key passes leading to Tushan, primarily to monitor and defend against approaching herds of beasts.

For small-scale attacks, the Left and Right Guard Cavalry and the various mansions would urgently mobilize guest cultivators, academy students, and scattered cultivators from the city to eliminate the threat.

Everyone was willing to accept such tasks, not only for the rewards offered by the mansions but also for the resources obtained from hunting, which were essential for cultivation.

For large-scale attacks, the Left and Right Guard Cavalry would evacuate the farmers and herders, as well as the livestock, to the city in advance.

The once-in-a-decade cold wave would also bring attacks from herds of beasts, but with the various defensive systems and the many powerful cultivators in Canglan City, the losses were minimal.

Even if there were losses, the hunted wild beasts would make up for them.

This was one of the attractions of Canglan City for thousands or even tens of thousands of scattered cultivators.

Only after passing the watchtowers could one truly enter the depths of Tushan.

With the full moon in the sky, Chen Xun crossed mountains and valleys, and ahead, he saw a female martial cultivator running towards him.

The stone gorge was narrow, and the female martial cultivator did not expect to encounter anyone here.

She carried a large green wooden bow, wore leather armor, and looked to be in her thirties, tall and strong, with bright eyes in the twilight.

Anyone who could venture two to three hundred miles into Tushan from Canglan City would not be weak.

Chen Xun was about to greet her, but she warily glanced at him and Qing, then turned and walked deeper into the gorge without a word.

Chen Xun smiled awkwardly, thinking that in Canglan City, everyone was somewhat restrained, but outside the city, the identities of academy students and guest cultivators were meaningless, and killings and robberies often occurred, with no one knowing who was responsible.

Although the female martial cultivator had no intention of being hostile, her vigilance towards outsiders was high.

Chen Xun thought that he should also be more cautious when leaving the city in the future. He patted the Mystic Leopard's head, and the two of them leaped to the other side of the mountain.

After confirming that there was no one within several miles, Chen Xun stopped in a mountain hollow, took out two green flame beads, locked onto them with his spiritual sense, and recited the incantation to activate the Fiery Mystic Qi within the beads.

Two streams of Fiery Mystic Qi shot out from the green flame beads, initially appearing as Mystic Symbol shadows, but then merged into a single stream several meters away, transforming into a demonic flame that seemed to have been released from the Nine Abyss Hell, impacting the solid cliff.

Before Chen Xun could fully observe the power of the double Fiery Impact, the ground shook, and countless boulders loosened and fell.

"Damn!" Seeing Qing still staring at the falling rocks, Chen Xun darted out like the wind, carrying the over two-hundred-pound Qing and fleeing.

Turning back, he saw a pile of boulders below. If they had not escaped in time, he and Qing would have been buried under the rocks.

The place hit by the double Fiery Impact revealed a cave over ten meters deep in the cliff, with the surrounding trees and vines charred black, as if burned to charcoal by the flames.

Chen Xun was momentarily stunned, thinking that even if he used his full strength to cast the Inverse Scale Strike, the power would not be much greater.

However, the Inverse Scale Strike, though extremely powerful, left Chen Xun half-dead and paralyzed each time he used it.

Over the past year, Chen Xun's cultivation had stagnated at the seventh level of Blood Change, and his progress was limited, so the power of the Inverse Scale Strike had not increased much. But with eighteen green flame beads, he could cast the double Fiery Impact nine times in a row.

What did this mean?

Chen Xun, with his Mystic Cold Body, would suffer some loss when converting his Mystic Cold Essence into Fiery Mystic Qi. If a cultivator who had practiced Fiery Mystic Techniques from a young age used the beads, the power would likely be even greater.

Chen Xun was now certain that Yue Lun could not control two green flame beads simultaneously. Otherwise, he would not have let Chen Xun leave the Immortal Stay Pavilion alive that day.

Even knowing that Chen Xun was a guest cultivator of the Martial Wei Mansion, Yue Lun could have killed him and then fled the city.

A single green flame bead was just a low-level talisman, but eighteen green flame beads together were worth far more than a talisman, perhaps even slightly less than an ordinary Rank 1 magical weapon.

However, Chen Xun also realized that controlling two green flame beads simultaneously was not easy, or the city's Qingyang Realm scattered cultivators would have gone crazy trying to acquire such talismans.

Chen Xun wondered if it was because his soul sea, formed from the blood of the Six-Armed Giant Demon, was powerful enough, or if the Dragon Binding Technique of the Su family was mysterious enough, that he could control two green flame beads simultaneously.

Chen Xun thought that both reasons might be true. In that case, to keep the secret of Su Tang teaching him the Dragon Binding Technique, he must not easily use the double Fiery Impact in front of others unless his life was in danger.

If he had to use it, he would have to kill anyone who witnessed it. (To be continued...)