Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 475: Explain the Profound in Plain Language

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Visitors to the island were all received by Qu Qingsheng, with Chen Fei only appearing once.

And this one time was enough to make the people from the surrounding factions certain that there was indeed a Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivator on Primordial Water Island, and one so young at that.

Regarding the appearance of a Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivator on Primordial Water Island, the surrounding factions had no objections whatsoever. Firstly, because objections wouldn’t serve any purpose when the strength of both sides was vastly different; objections would only invite disaster.

Secondly, the surrounding factions understood that after a period of time, the disciples of the Primordial Sword Sect and the disciples of the Sunken Water Pavilion would leave this place and go to more resource-rich locations.

This place was too barren to allow the sects to continue developing, and there were no resources for Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivation. Staying on Primordial Water Island would truly have no benefits.

Although the two sects hadn’t been here for long, the facilities built with great effort on the island would go to waste. But compared to the abundant resources they would have in the future, these were nothing at all.

Primordial Water Island, which had been peaceful in the past, became lively for many days, with people constantly coming to visit and exchange martial arts insights. However, Chen Fei didn’t appear again; these matters were entirely handled by other members of the sect.

Inside the courtyard,

Chi Shuqing lay limp on the bed, looking disoriented. After a moment, she regained some composure and glanced at Chen Fei, who sat beside her.

Chi Shuqing was draped in a light veil, snuggling into Chen Fei’s embrace. The veil couldn’t hide her graceful figure; instead, it added a different kind of beauty.

“We still have a few junior sisters in the sect who haven’t lost their Yin essence. Should I have them come and serve you together?” Chi Shuqing whispered.

If Chen Fei were still in the Aperture Tempering realm, Chi Shuqing wouldn’t have said such a thing because others in the Sunken Water Pavilion wouldn’t agree to it either.

But now, Chen Fei had become a Combined Aperture Tempering realm powerhouse, and at such a young age, his future path was uncertain.

At this moment, as long as Chen Fei agreed, there would be no shortage of people from the Sunken Water Pavilion willing to come. After all, following a Combined Aperture Tempering realm powerhouse came with many benefits, and everyone had a sense of it.

Moreover, Chen Fei’s appearance was so handsome, and in such circumstances, no one would refuse.

Upon hearing Chi Shuqing’s words, Chen Fei couldn’t help but chuckle softly. He reached out and slipped his hand under the light veil, causing Chi Shuqing to quickly plead for mercy. But in no time, the surrounding spiritual energy began to subtly ripple.

Every now and then, Chi Shuqing’s pleas for mercy could be heard, but they were soon drowned out by the fluctuations of spiritual energy.

As Primordial Water Island gradually returned to calm, Chen Fei took some time to visit the Haiyan City and raise the power level of the Primordial Sword Sect.

When Chen Fei had broken through to the pinnacle of the Aperture Tempering realm, he had registered in the Haiyan City once before. However, it had only upgraded the sect from a Level Six power to a Level Five power, which didn’t bring significant changes to the Primordial Sword Sect.

But now, with a Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivator in the Primordial Sword Sect, they could elevate their status to a Level Four power, leading to significant shifts in the rights and resources they could enjoy.

The most noticeable change was the ability to select a new territory within the Thousand Feathers Alliance to serve as the foundation for their development.

The Thousand Feathers Alliance is vast, with many strong individuals and countless factions. However, in the martial world, maintaining a peak level of power for an extended period is exceedingly challenging.

Frequently, factions experience interruptions in their strength. During such times, they voluntarily shrink their territories and lower their power levels.

Often, factions faced power gaps and voluntarily shrank their territories while lowering their power levels.

This freed up space that could be used by others in the future. It had become an unspoken rule within the Thousand Feathers Alliance over the years. When your strength was high, no one would criticize your actions.

However, when your strength was lacking, you had to submit and allocate resources that you couldn’t protect to others. This was a prudent way to safeguard oneself while avoiding unnecessary conflicts.

Chen Fei didn’t make an immediate decision in Haiyan City but instead brought back the available territory options to Primordial Water Island for Qu Qingsheng and others to evaluate.

Apart from this brief departure from Primordial Water Island, Chen Fei spent the remaining time continuing his cultivation within the sect.

Entering the Combined Aperture Tempering realm at the initial stage was seen as an unattainable goal by many. For Chen Fei, years ago, it had also seemed that way.

However, now that he had broken through to this level, Chen Fei couldn’t simply stop there. Continuing on the path of martial arts and aiming for greater heights was the inevitable choice for him.

The piece of Gengjin obtained from the Haiyue Cave had already been integrated into the Qianyuan Sword by Chen Fei. The elemental energy at the Combined Aperture Tempering realm made this kind of refinement remarkably easy.

After all, the power within the Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivator’s body could directly nurture spiritual weapons into artifacts. Of course, this method was incredibly slow, and the quickest way was still to refine spiritual weapons with various heavenly materials and treasures.

Alternatively, if the quality of the spiritual materials was high enough, they could be directly forged into artifacts.

“Crack, crack, crack!”

The Moonlight Pearl continued to emit a faint cracking sound as its spiritual essence was continuously absorbed by the nearby Qianyuan Sword. This caused the spiritual nature of the Qianyuan Sword to grow with each passing moment.

The Moonlight Pearl was actually quite good. Although it was only a prototype spiritual weapon, it already possessed some of the powers of a spiritual weapon. For those who had just entered the Combined Aperture Tempering realm and didn’t have a suitable spiritual weapon, it was a decent choice.

However, for Chen Fei, the Moonlight Pearl didn’t serve a significant purpose as it didn’t align well with his personal combat habits.

Initially, Chen Fei’s idea was to sell the Moonlight Pearl, exchange it for spirit stones, and purchase other spiritual materials to assist in the growth of the Qianyuan Sword.

However, in Haiyan City, he inquired with various shops, and their willingness to purchase the Moonlight Pearl was very low. Even when they provided prices, they didn’t match the true value of the Moonlight Pearl.

This was because a semi-finished spiritual weapon like the Moonlight Pearl was quite awkward. Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivators who could afford to buy it either already had suitable spiritual weapons or preferred to buy finished products to avoid the need for further refinement and nurturing with spiritual materials.

As for those Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivators with limited resources, they would choose to nurture their existing spiritual weapons to the level of artifacts instead of buying a semi-finished product.

After asking around, Chen Fei decided to bring the Moonlight Pearl back and let the Qianyuan Sword directly absorb its spiritual essence.

After some time of absorption, Chen Fei discovered that the Moonlight Pearl, as a spiritual weapon prototype, contained remnants of another spiritual weapon. The spiritual essence contained within these remnants was surprisingly remarkable.

Originally, directly extracting the spiritual essence from the Moonlight Pearl seemed somewhat of a loss, but now with this discovery, Chen Fei not only broke even but also made some profit.

Without the need for anything else, after the Qianyuan Sword absorbed the spiritual essence from a Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivator, a Gengjin piece, and the Moonlight Pearl, and underwent nurturing for some time, it could completely transform into a low-grade spiritual weapon, saving Chen Fei countless hours.

In addition to the Moonlight Pearl, Chen Fei also received over twenty pieces of middle-grade elemental stones, some pills, and a martial art jade scroll from Guan Hongxuan.

For Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivators, directly absorbing low-grade elemental stones was not cost-effective because the elemental energy within them was too sparse, requiring considerable effort to refine into inner energy.

Only middle-grade elemental stones could provide the corresponding quality of elemental energy, making absorption more efficient.

Of course, the best method was to consume pills, but these pills were extremely expensive, and the pills that were beneficial to Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivators had no effect on Combined Aperture Tempering realm.

From Guan Hongxuan, Chen Fei didn’t gain much, and the martial art technique from the jade scroll, known as the Azure Sky Technique, was mediocre and inferior to the Primordial Profound Art obtained from the Haiyue Cave.

Within the Azure Sky Technique, the only intriguing part was a move called Backtrack Vision, which finally revealed how Guan Hongxuan had tracked Chen Fei back then.

Although the Azure Sky Technique was mediocre, Chen Fei didn’t mind. Once he had perfected the Primordial Profound Art, he could integrate the Azure Sky Technique into his own martial arts.

The system had a fusion function, and Chen Fei’s mind had been continuously integrating his martial arts techniques.

As for the fact that Chen Fei rarely integrated Combined Aperture Tempering realm martial techniques into his own, it was because the techniques of the Primordial Sword Sect were interconnected. Moreover, he had found several other techniques from the Primordial Sword Scripture over time.

As a result, when Chen Fei came across Combined Aperture Tempering realm martial techniques elsewhere, he only selected some of the moves to practice rather than incorporating them all into the Primordial Sword Scripture.

Of course, if Chen Fei hadn’t found the Primordial Sword Scripture originally, he would have had to continually practice other techniques and fuse them together. Fortunately, this situation didn’t occur.

Now that both the Primordial Profound Art and the Azure Sky Technique were relatively ordinary, Chen Fei naturally needed to merge them to improve his cultivation efficiency and combat power.

By integrating the Primordial Profound Art into the Primordial Sword Scripture, after simplification, Chen Fei only needed to cultivate the Primordial Sword Scripture to continuously improve his proficiency in the Primordial Profound Art.

Because of the solid foundation provided by the Primordial Sword Scripture, Chen Fei’s proficiency in the Primordial Profound Art was already in the “Mastery” stage. If Chen Fei wanted to quickly advance his Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivation to the Three Expansions stage, integrating the Primordial Profound Art into the “Mastery” stage was essential.

While Chen Fei continued his daily practice and occasionally discussed profound questions with Chi Shuqing, thousands of miles away, in the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.

The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, now unable to enforce their rules as they once did in Immortal Cloud City, where resources were freely taken, found the training environment in the Boundless Sea much more favorable.

After some time, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect quickly adapted to their new surroundings, with practitioners frequently breaking through their previous boundaries, and even a few reaching the Combined Aperture Tempering realm.

The Sect Master of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, Gong Guanzhi, stood outside Tong Zhongqiu’s courtyard, wearing a complex expression.

“Your mood seems uneasy today!”

The courtyard gate opened automatically, revealing Tong Zhongqiu bent over a flower bed, diligently trimming the flowers and plants in the courtyard, each cut filled with extreme focus.

“Master, one of our disciples reported an incident involving the Primordial Sword Sect today,” Gong Guanzhi walked into the courtyard and respectfully informed Tong Zhongqiu.

“The Primordial Sword Sect? What happened?”

Tong Zhongqiu straightened up, turning to look at Gong Guanzhi. Why did Gong Guanzhi feel the need to report matters concerning the Primordial Sword Sect? They were no longer in Immortal Cloud City, and the relationship between the two sects had dwindled to a mere formality.

“The Primordial Sword Sect has produced a Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivator!”

Gong Guanzhi looked up at Tong Zhongqiu. Up to this point, Gong Guanzhi himself was still in a state of disbelief and couldn’t quite grasp the significance of this news.

Tong Zhongqiu, who had been about to pick up the teapot from the table, involuntarily froze at this moment..