Chapter 76: The Fourth Layer of the Infinite Mystic Arts

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  Inside the room, Hua Yun sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, and an invisible force was emanating from his body, forming an elemental vacuum belt around him.

  Hua Yun clasped his hands together, and beads of sweat seeped out from his forehead, as if he was enduring immense pain. At this moment, he was at the critical juncture of breaking through to the fourth layer of the Wuji Xuan Gong's third layer.

  It has been nearly half a year since Hua Yun entered the third layer of Wuji Xuan Gong in Kodo Town, and at that time when he killed Mo Qi with one sword, Hua Yun had already vaguely felt that his Wuji Xuan Gong was about to break through.

  Generally, as long as the Gong Fa is cultivated to a certain level of proficiency, the level will naturally be elevated. This is because the Great Tao is formless and only at certain critical levels or realms will there be a "breaking through" phenomenon, similar to the impact on the Ren and Du meridians in martial arts.

  But the Hua Yun ancestral transmission of Wuji Xuan Gong is different from ordinary gong methods. Wuji Xuan Gong is divided into nine layers, each layer requires a so-called "breaking through the pass". If you fail to break through the pass, you will lose some of your power at best, and at worst, all your previous achievements will be abandoned, it's extremely dangerous.

  The first three layers of Wuji Xuan Gong are at the lower level of Xuan Gong, so the previous three breakthroughs were not a big deal and the danger was not great. However, starting from the fourth layer of the middle layer, every upgrade will become extremely difficult.

  The first layer of Wuji Xuan Gong is to reach the peak of ordinary people, exerting the original physical strength of human beings to the maximum; The second layer is to generate internal force inside the body, until the internal force flows freely and also refines each organ of the body, enhancing the function of each organ; The third layer is to emit internal force externally, from initially infusing internal force into objects at hand to emitting powerful energy like Huayun's killing move against Mochi.

  At this point, the gaseous true energy stored in the body has reached its maximum value. From now on, no matter how you continue to cultivate, it is impossible to further increase the storage of true energy in the body. Therefore, this fourth layer is to compress and liquefy the true energy inside the body, which is the first major turning point in the cultivation of Wujixuanguo. Once the fourth layer is broken through, one's strength will take a leap forward, but if it cannot be broken through, then that person's achievements in this life are already at an end.

  Now Hua Yun is at the most critical moment. All the attribute true energy in his body has been squeezed into the air sea, and the crazy power is constantly compressing, the strong power inside his body is constantly colliding, consuming all of Hua Yun's energy. Hua Yun's face gradually turned bright red, he didn't even dare to take a deep breath, afraid that if he wasn't careful, he would leak out the power and lose everything he had worked for.

  The restrictive powers produced by the Inverse Technique and the power to dispel restrictions were all dispersed throughout his body by Hua Yun, these powerful forces produced by the Inverse Technique. They could be used to counter any force without falling behind, but at this time, they couldn't help in the slightest.

  Hua Yun continued to compress the power in his dantian. The more time passed, the more dangerous it became. Finally, after Hua Yun had squeezed for half a day, the most concentrated power in the center of his dantian finally transformed from gas to mist.

  As soon as the mist formed, it was like a domino effect, and all the attribute true energy in the entire air sea began to be absorbed into that mist. As the attribute true energy was absorbed, the mist in the air sea grew larger and larger, and countless true energies were gradually compressed into liquid droplets.

  Looking at the great situation in his body, Hua Yun's heart did not dare to have any slackness. This was the most critical moment, as long as Hua Yun's energy was not exhausted. The pressure in the air sea suddenly decreased, and those liquid-like auras would instantly turn back into gaseous properties of true qi, causing all previous efforts to be wasted.

  After a long time, finally, the last piece of gas attribute true energy in the air sea was refined into liquid gas mist by Hua Yun, and then slowly floated out from the air sea, dispersing to various meridians throughout the body.

  Taking a long breath, Hua Yun wiped the sweat from her forehead, and her flushed face slowly returned to normal. She couldn't help but feel refreshed and invigorated.

  Hua Yun was already able to rival a newly-promoted Seventh-Order White Gold Warrior when he reached the peak of the third layer of Wuji Xuan Gong. Now that he has reached the fourth layer, Hua Yun can defeat ordinary Seventh-Order White Gold Warriors and even slightly resist warriors who have just been promoted to Eighth-Order Great Masters.

  As soon as Huayun opened the door and was about to go out for some fresh air, a guard at the entrance immediately bowed respectfully and said: "Master Huayun, the City Master has asked me to invite you to come to him immediately after you come out."

  "Is Xina ready with the materials so soon?" Hua Yun's heart skipped a beat, and she shook her head helplessly, smiling wryly at the guard: "Alright, go tell him I'll be right there."

  That night, after Xina showed Huayun the two Holy Stair God-given seedlings, Huayun knew why Xina was so enthusiastic about treating herself. Huayun saw it at a glance that the two God-given seedlings brought out by Xina were sick.

  After careful observation of the two Sina plants, Huayun soon made a diagnosis that the two Sina plants were suffering from a kind of plant rust disease.

  This plant rust disease generally only harms the leaves. In the early stages of the disease, small light green spots appear on the back of the leaf, which later turn into dark yellowish-brown irregular protrusions, i.e., the summer spore heaps of the pathogen, with a diameter of about 1-2 mm. They often occur on both sides of the leaf veins, at the tip or base of the leaf blade, and also appear in areas where water droplets tend to condense along the edges and lateral veins of the leaves.

  Generally, a first-order divine plant after being assisted by the Plant Master's magic only needs to be watered with magical potion for a few days to make it bloom and bear fruit.

  The divine seedlings of the Holy Stair are different, generally requiring irrigation for several years, or even decades, with magical medicine water. Only after the seedling has absorbed enough attribute power will it bloom, and then it will take a long time to bear fruit after blooming. After bearing fruit, it also takes a long time to cultivate and mature before getting an effective Holy Stair divine fruit. (Refer to the peaches and ginseng fruits of Heaven's Court, which bloom once every few thousand years, bear fruit once every few thousand years, and mature once every few thousand years. Of course, the divine fruit is not that exaggerated, but the higher the level of the divine fruit, the longer the cultivation time and the absorption time of magical medicine water!)

  According to Xina's account, those two Holy Tier Divine Gifted Plants of his have been afflicted with a powerful devil curse for decades and haven't changed at all, which makes Xina extremely worried. However, Xina has also invited some plant masters before, but none of them were able to cure the devil curse on these Holy Tier Divine Gifted Plants using their plant master magic.

  Xina had even prepared to take the two divine plants to the Karton Empire and ask Master Ottom, the first plant master of the Karton Empire and an eighth-stage plant guide, to treat them. However, after hearing that a new plant master named Huayun had appeared in the kingdom and cured an evil curse that even the kingdom's first plant master, Rudolf, could not cure, Xina decided to go to the royal city first and ask Master Huayun to try instead. In any case, it was better for the news of his family owning a sacred divine plant to be known within the kingdom than by the Karton Empire.

  "Master Huayun, you've finally arrived!" Seeing Huayun walking to the door, Xina immediately went out to welcome him in.

  "Have you prepared the things I told you to prepare?" Hua Yun looked at Xi Na, lounging lazily there. On that day when Xi Na made the request, he hadn't refused her because of his past conflicts with Ka Lan. Such a good thing he wouldn't let go of.

  Plant rust disease belongs to fungal spore disease. The plant magic of the Allen continent has a certain level of law, generally speaking, the sacred rank divine gift plants obtained by the devil's curse, without the strength of the seventh rank great plant guide, you can't even think about treating it. The treatment magic below the seventh rank is completely ineffective for the sacred rank divine gift plants, and even if it is above the seventh rank, there is only a small chance of healing, which is quite low. However, for Huayun, it doesn't count as anything at all.

  In the face of Xi Na's request, Hua Yun only proposed two conditions. He didn't need any monetary reward. The first condition was that after Xi Na cured his two Holy Rank Divine Gifted Plants, he would give Hua Yun a Holy Rank Divine Gifted Fruit. The second condition was that Hua Yun needed one branch from either of the two Divine Gifted Plants. Of course, Hua Yun's treatment also required many instruments and materials, which all needed to be prepared by Xi Na.

  When facing the conditions of Hua Yun, Xi Na thought for a moment and agreed to Hua Yun's request. The Nuoqi family has these two divine plants, and over the centuries, they have also stored several sacred fruits. The old man in cyan-gray robes beside Xi Na is a 9th-level saint who was promoted with the help of the Nuoqi family's sacred fruit.

  The value of one Holy Rank Divine Fruit, He Xiuna can still afford it. Moreover, the agreement with Hua Yun is that he will only give it after the demon's curse is cured. If he sends it to be treated by Otom Plant Director of Karton Empire, the reward for one Holy Rank Divine Fruit may not even satisfy them.

  "Ready, ready!" Xina nodded repeatedly, opening a trunk in the room, which was filled with all sorts of strange objects, some made of metal, crystal, and other materials, bizarre and varied.

  Although Xina didn't know what use those things that Huayun needed to call herself to find were, Xina still mobilized the power of her family to help Huayun prepare them at the fastest speed.

  "Uh-huh, have someone move these things to my room, and I should be able to treat those two divine plants for you by tomorrow."

  Looking at the large pile of instruments in front of her that were very similar to those in her previous laboratory, Huayun smiled. In fact, treating plant rust disease didn't require so many things, but since it was cheap and convenient, Huayun had Xina make all the things she had been wanting to create for a long time.

  Hua Yun roughly calculated that just these tools, instruments and materials would have cost Xina tens of thousands of gold coins, but for the sake of the Holy Rank Divine Gift Seedling, Xina didn't even frown!