Chapter 27: Spirit Ring, Spirit Stone, Secret Manual
How strong is Xuanwu? No one can tell.
Some say it's ranked in the top five, some say it's weaker than the Evil Dragon King, some say it's second only to the Void Emperor, and others say it's the number one under heaven, unpredictable by gods and ghosts, having already touched the edge of the Heavenly Way.
Of course, these are just speculations, but it is undeniable that Xuan Hou has indeed reached an unimaginable realm. He once killed the three great evil sect masters across a hundred miles with a single move, struck through the earth's veins, triggered a volcanic eruption, changed the geographical environment, and moved his own mountain gate to tens of thousands of miles away. Even Ye Chen, this unknown little boy, has heard about these deeds in detail.
Carefully observing the portrait, Ye Chen found that no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't see the face of Xuan Hou clearly. It seemed that the painter was unable to describe Xuan Hou's appearance, and could only blur it, creating a hazy distance beauty.
After a long time, Ye Chen withdrew his gaze and doubts arose in his heart.
Who lives here? Surprisingly, they have a portrait of Empress Wu. To know that Empress Wu ruled the world for over ten years, and there are only a handful of people who qualify to see her. This painting, judging from the ink marks, has been around for no more than ten years. Moreover, where did the owner of this stone room go? He hung this well-preserved painting on the wall, obviously very treasured, and should have taken it with him when he went out.
What's this?
Ye Chen's gaze was fixed on the center of the stone room, where there was a patch of scorch marks. Upon closer inspection, a ring that didn't draw attention to itself could be found among the light gray ashes.
She picked it up with her hand and wiped it with her sleeve. On the back of the ring, which was a pale blue color, were engraved two ancient characters - "Zhong Pin".
Ye Chen was first stunned, then overjoyed. This unassuming ring turned out to be a Storage Spirit Ring, and it was a mid-grade one that was worth a city.
If a low-grade Storage Spirit Ring can bankrupt an ordinary middle-class family, then a mid-grade Storage Spirit Ring is enough to make the Ye family bleed profusely. It's estimated that only large sects have one or two of them, and they are exclusively owned by the Sect Master. Ordinary people shouldn't even think about it.
Take a deep breath, Ye Chen turns his inner energy over and slowly injects it into the Storage Spirit Ring.
Buzz!
The Storage Ring trembled slightly, a faint wave of ripples spreading out, caught by Ye Chen's soul force.
The next moment, Ye Chen saw the space in the Storage Spirit Ring.
It is a standard cube, with each side being two zhang long, the entire body is bright and slightly transparent, as if cut out from thin air, bigger than an ordinary living room.
Inside were placed two secret books, a long knife with scabbard, and a pile of jade stones emitting faint white light, the size of chicken eggs, with edges and corners.
"It can't be, this is a spiritual stone." His attention focused on the jade stone, Ye Chen's originally calm emotions began to fluctuate.
As soon as he made up his mind, Ye Chen directly took out a jade stone, closed his eyes and urged the internal energy to enter it.
Boom!
Like a burst dam, the majestic yuanqi in the Ling Stone burst out violently and surged into Ye Chen's meridians, unstoppable.
"Not good, warriors below the realm of Cong Zhen don't even have the qualifications to cultivate with spirit stones." Ye Chen's face turned pale, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he hastily circulated his Pure Yuan Technique, forcibly cutting off his connection with the spirit stone.
Hoo hoo hoo hoo......
Heaving a few heavy breaths, Ye Chen's heart still had lingering fear, unexpectedly forgetting the taboo of martial artists in his excitement, almost collapsing his meridians, extreme joy begets sorrow.
Fortunately, the pure yuan skill is extremely pure and refined, and has been cultivated to the highest level of six harmonies as one. With great difficulty, it can cut off the connection; otherwise, if it were another person, even if their meridians were not damaged, they would still be knocked unconscious by the yuan qi.
Although his arm was aching slightly, Ye Chen couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Ling stones and storage spirit rings are both necessities for high-level warriors, the latter is used to store objects, while the former provides cultivation yuanqi, only heavenly spiritual veins can produce it, which can be divided into four grades: lower grade, middle grade, upper grade, and extreme grade according to quality and quantity.
It takes more than five years for ordinary people to cultivate from the first layer of Qi Refining Realm to the tenth layer, ten or twenty years from the early stage of Condensing Reality Realm to the later stage, and at least twenty or thirty years from the early stage of Embracing Yuan Realm to the later stage. In total, it takes forty or fifty years.
For most people, forty or fifty years is too long a time, it's frighteningly long.
But with the spirit stone, it's different. Except for the foundation-building stage that requires actual cultivation, once you reach the condensation stage, you can absorb the yuanqi from within the spirit stone. According to some calculations by those who have studied it, the quality of the yuanqi inside the spirit stone is equivalent to five times that of the heavenly yuanqi. In other words, excluding the issue of breaking through stages, it's four times faster than normal cultivation speed. Even if you take a step back and consider the difficulty of advancing stages, it can still provide around one-fold increase in cultivation speed.
It can be said that without the Ling Stone, a genius's value cannot be realized.
After all, a genius has an extraordinary understanding and breaks through the boundaries quickly, making the most of the spiritual stone's value. On the other hand, people with poor qualifications, even with the help of spiritual stones, still need to work hard to comprehend when they reach the critical point, otherwise, they may be stuck there for their whole life.
Ye Chen estimated that there were at least 10,000 pieces of spirit stones in the Storage Spirit Ring, each worth over 1,000 taels of silver, totaling 10 million taels of silver.
One million two silver coins is a concept that can support a middle-class family's expenses for one to two years, it is absolutely a huge fortune.
"Wealth should not be revealed outside; this secret must be hidden. Before having enough power, it's better to suffocate it in your heart."
Ye Cen secretly warned himself.
With difficulty, Ye Chen shifted his gaze away from the Ling Stone and took out two secret manuals.
The first book is a boxing manual -
Bá quán, a low-level martial art that requires the practitioner to have extremely strong self-confidence, not be discouraged, and not give up, otherwise it is difficult to bring out the essence of Bá quán.
The Baquan has four forms.
The first move, Overbearing Tyrant!
The second style, dominating one side!
The third move, claiming king and overlord!
The fourth move, majestic for all eternity!
Be extremely cautious, the power of the Overbearing Fist is enormous. Before cultivating the True Qi, one's physical quality must be exceptionally strong; otherwise, it will cause self-inflicted injury and not be worth the gain.
The fourth form is majestic and infinite in its subtlety, requiring excellent physical quality and true energy to push it to the limit.
It's a low-level martial art of the Earth level, Ye Chen said it's not exciting, that's false. Generally speaking, only core disciples have the qualifications to practice low-level martial arts, and inner door disciples who can learn earth-level martial arts are rare, let alone outer door disciples. Then he looked at the second book.
The second book is a secret recipe for strengthening one's body —
"Tempering Jade and Strengthening the Body, a low-level Earth-grade technique that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Those who have successfully cultivated it will greatly increase their capacity to contain Yuan Qi. If a cultivator of the Qi Refining stage practices this technique, they can directly absorb the Yuan Qi from spirit stones using their robust body, without worrying about safety concerns."
Tempering Jade and Strengthening the Body has five methods.
The first trick is to cultivate one's body and practice one's strength!
The second key is: Rigidity and Softness, Spiritual Power!
The third trick is to temper jade and strengthen the body!
The fourth trick, shattered jade reborn!
The fifth trick, Diamond Body!
Note that the first and second moves focus on physical training, those with exceptional innate abilities can directly practice the third move. If one can reach the highest level of the fifth move, they will be unbeatable among martial artists of the same rank.
Another local low-level secret book!
