Chapter 371 - 190: Facing Xiao Chen, Yet Like Falling into an Ice Cavern
Chapter 371: Chapter 190: Facing Xiao Chen, Yet Like Falling into an Ice Cavern
He quietly flew away from the Miscellaneous Peak, returning to the base of the Scripture Pavilion to think for a moment.
’Oops, I was so focused on the Yin Fire Seal that I forgot about the Yang Fire Seal!’
Xiao Chen quickly found the reason. Although the Mystic Sky Eating Secret Technique was described as increasing Fire Magic Power,
when applied specifically to Escape Techniques, that "power" naturally referred to speed.
He readjusted his direction, and this time, there were no more accidents.
Then again, thanks to his many past experiences with losing control of his speed, adapting to this new velocity felt strangely familiar to Xiao Chen.
It only took him an hour to successfully master the entry-level of Chasing Stars and Racing the Moon.
With a single thought, sparks flew, and he shot from the foot of Qi Yun Peak to its thousand-zhang-high summit.
’I can’t believe it. Just at the entry-level, I’m already four times faster than before.’
A smile flashed across Xiao Chen’s face. ’If I cultivate it to Minor Success or even the Great Success Realm in the future, I’ll be six to ten times faster.’
’At that point, I could make two round trips to Hezhou in a single day.’
What made him even happier was that this rapid cultivation progress was factual proof of the Yin Fire Seal’s bonus to practicing Fire Element Skills.
And naturally, the two Offensive and Defensive Techniques he had chosen earlier were also Fire Magic.
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In truth, the Scripture Pavilion also had Wood Element Techniques, but Xiao Chen selectively ignored them.
He no longer bothered considering his own Spirit Root Attribute; the bonus from the Evil Qi was just too good.
Unless one day he could gather both the Yin Wood Seal and the Yang Wood Seal, then perhaps he would consider switching to Wood Element Techniques.
These two Fire Techniques were relatively simple.
They were the True Yang Nine Dragon Dance and the Jade Platform Fire Lotus.
As its name suggested, the former could summon up to nine True Yang Fire Dragons, which could either swarm a single opponent or engage multiple enemies at once.
The latter could condense a jade platform beneath his feet, which would generate Fire Lotuses around him to help block an opponent’s attacks.
Under the enhancement of the Yin Fire Seal, cultivating these two Magic techniques was also twice as effective for half the effort.
In just three hours total, Xiao Chen successively mastered the entry-level of both Cultivation Techniques, filling the gap in his repertoire of Tier Three Magic.
At this point, since his Core Formation, he had successively completed the Sacrificial Spiritual Artifact, Refining True Essence, Fire Escape Cultivation, and learning Magic.
Although in terms of time, he was indeed a newly-ascended Golden Core,
in reality, he had made all the necessary preparations and had become a Golden Core True Man in the truest sense, possessing genuine Golden Core-level Combat Power.
For other Cultivators to complete these four steps, it would take two or three months at a minimum, and it wasn’t impossible for it to take one or two years.
Back in his day, not counting the time he spent waiting for a Cultivation Technique, it had taken Master Ming Yan a full four months.
But Xiao Chen had only used four days, and if one discounted the travel time, it took him less than a single day.
’Since there’s still time before dawn, I might as well learn this Swordsmanship too.’
Thanks to the Yin Fire Seal and the Augment, he had much more time than he had anticipated.
So, on the mountaintop, Xiao Chen began to cultivate the final technique, the Sharp Light Cloud Sword, as a backup measure.
There was a reason he was taking this extra step, even though he already had the True Yang Nine Dragon Dance.
It was because another method meant another ace up his sleeve.
First, it would prevent a situation where his Fire Techniques were perfectly countered by an opponent. Second, it could be considered early preparation for using the Wind and Thunder Dual Swords in the future.
Now that he had successfully formed his Core and possessed True Essence, he could next focus on collecting Wind and Thunder Spiritual Objects for the sword sacrifice, helping this set of Dual Swords formally become a Spiritual Artifact as soon as possible.
And just as Xiao Chen was cultivating, a special guest arrived at the Li Huo Sect.
It was none other than Thousand Bamboo True Man.
This time, he had come as an envoy of the Azure Flame Sect to persuade them to surrender.
During this period, the White Bone Demon Body had nearly swept through the territory of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers and was beginning to advance toward the Lingyuan Sect.
Meanwhile, the peace talks between the Lingyuan Sect and the Divine Fire Sect had made no progress whatsoever.
Demon Cultivators couldn’t care less about catastrophes for the common people or calamities that would plague the world for millennia; they only pursued benefits they could get their hands on right now.
Thus, the Lingyuan Sect had sent several waves of disciples, traveling day and night, to urge the Thousand Bamboo Wanderer to quickly mediate the internal strife in Li State.
The problem was, the Azure Flame Sect was now dead set on its course, determined to take down the Li Huo Sect in one fell swoop and swallow Li State whole.
So, there was simply no persuading them.
Thus, Thousand Bamboo True Man came to Qi Yun Peak, intending to persuade Master Ming Yan to surrender.
"Ming Yan, even if the Azure Flame Sect unifies Li State, you and I will still be Golden Core True Men, on equal footing with Jin Jian and the others. It’s not like we’ll be inferior."
"Why must we fight to the death over sectarian differences?"
"Besides, surrendering the Spiritual Fire is also for the purpose of dealing with the White Bone Demon Body, for the sake of saving all living beings."
"If this stalemate continues, countless innocent people will surely die a tragic death. Ming Yan, how can you bear to let that happen?"
Hearing this, Master Ming Yan was so angry his mouth twisted.
He had held out for so long, waiting for the Lingyuan Sect’s mediation.
He never expected this to be the result he’d end up with.
’Sectarian differences? Not be inferior?’
’Is he trying to fool a child who hasn’t even been weaned yet?’
’If the Azure Flame Sect unifies Li State, how would any future Tier Three Spiritual Objects ever fall to me, Ming Yan?’
’This is clearly an attempt to sever my path of cultivation!’
"Qianzhu, when minds don’t meet, even half a sentence is too much. Please leave!"
Master Ming Yan pointed a hand toward the hall’s entrance. If it weren’t an inopportune time to make more enemies, he would have even wanted to attack.
If this had happened yesterday, he might have considered it.
But things were different now. Even though Xiao Chen had only just reached Core Formation, he could provide powerful assistance in defending the Grand Array.
As long as he held out for a while longer, once the Lingyuan Sect got anxious, better terms would naturally present themselves.