Observe with Caution

After finishing the farm work, Wang Chen hurried home.

Yesterday, he had acquired a cultivation method and two spells, all of which required careful study and practice.

As his strength and realm rose, and the skills he mastered increased, his days ahead would only grow busier.

Instead, Wang Chen was glad he had rented only ten mu of Spirit Fields. Otherwise, spending too much time on them would inevitably affect his regular cultivation.

That would be more loss than gain.

Inside the quiet room, Wang Chen first activated the Law Seed in his Sea of Consciousness that contained the "Spirit Eye Technique."

The Spirit Eye Technique was a low Qi Condensation stage spell that could be cultivated as soon as one entered Qi Condensation.

The principle behind it was simple: condense Mana in the eyes, then use Spiritual Sense to observe the aura fluctuations emitted by a target and thereby determine its rank.

What surprised Wang Chen was that the first time he practiced the Spirit Eye Technique, he actually...

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Succeeded in one go, directly reaching Beginner level!

It had gone so smoothly that Wang Chen began to doubt whether his comprehension truly was only 3 points.

It had been so easy that it shook his confidence!

But on further thought, Wang Chen found it perfectly normal.

He was already a middle Qi Condensation stage cultivator. Learning such a basic spell was naturally simple and effortless.

Moreover, the use of the Spirit Eye Technique had something in common with the method Wang Chen had previously used to search for the Earth Rhinoceros.

It was like doing hundreds or thousands of problems of the same type—practice made perfect!

Having mastered the Spirit Eye Technique, Wang Chen decided to strike while the iron was hot and turn his hand to the "Object Manipulation Technique."

The Object Manipulation Technique was nowhere near as easy!

Its spell formula was far more complex than that of the Spirit Eye Technique. It involved as many as three Mana channels—meridians—and required the power of the Divine Soul to complete.

Drawing on the cram-for-the-college-entrance-exam spirit of his Previous Life—hanging his hair from the rafters and stabbing his thigh with an awl—Wang Chen analyzed the formula word by word, repeatedly circulating his Mana, utterly forgetting the passage of time.

Gradually, he began to grasp a little of its inner workings.

In truth, the Object Manipulation Technique was not much harder to learn than the Spirit Eye Technique.

If a teacher had been nearby to guide him and answer his questions, then even with Wang Chen's low comprehension, he could still have entered the path quickly.

But as a lowly minor cultivator at the Bottom Layer of the Yunyang Sect outer sect, unless he paid Spirit Stones to hire someone for instruction, who would be willing to spend their own time and energy helping others for nothing?

Even if such kindhearted cultivators existed, Wang Chen had no way to get to know them!

He could only rely on himself.

"Rise!"

Cradling a round Shattered Spirit in his left palm, Wang Chen formed a Sword Finger with his right hand, pointed through the air, and gave a soft shout.

The Shattered Spirit in his palm trembled, then wobbled upward half an inch.

Then it fell back down.

He had failed.

Wang Chen closed his hand around the Shattered Spirit, his Sword Finger rubbing against his chin as he sank into thought.

To manipulate an object from afar, one needed to use the power of the Divine Soul to guide Mana outward, Empower it onto the target, and then control it.

Knowing was easy; doing was hard. He had completed the first step well, but at the most crucial point, the chain snapped.

He failed again and again.

Wang Chen was certain that there was some trick to it, something he had yet to comprehend!

Letting out a long breath, he decided to stop practicing spells for the day.

Cultivating Dao cultivation and spells was not a case of the harder one worked, the better.

Continually drawing upon the Mana in his Dantian and the power of his Divine Soul would steadily accumulate fatigue in both body and mind. Without rest and recovery, it would inevitably cause serious harm over time.

A person was like an incomparably precise machine, requiring lubrication and maintenance.

Who had ever seen a machine that ran forever without stopping?

Leaving the quiet room and entering the small courtyard outside, Wang Chen realized that the sun had already slanted westward. It was nearly the Weishi hour!

Just then, an enormous shadow instantly engulfed his house.

Wang Chen's gaze sharpened at once!

High in the sky, a colossal flying warship approached from the west, blotting out the sun at that very moment.

The flying ship was several dozen zhang long, its entire body gleaming a pale gold. Countless intricate and profound runes were engraved across its hull, and it carried row after row of heavy crossbow Magic Tools that inspired fear at a glance.

At its prow, a Cloud Dragon Profound Flag snapped and billowed in the wind!

The Yunyang flying ship!

Wang Chen could not help being startled.

Flying ships were Heavy Weapons of the sect. Forging one required countless Spirit Stones and precious materials.

As the largest sect in the Tianyun Mountain Range, the Yunyang Sect possessed only a small number of flying ships.

Moreover, deploying a flying ship even once consumed an enormous amount of resources. It was the Luxgen among large Magic Treasures. The original owner had lived here for over a decade, yet the number of times he had seen a flying ship soar through the sky could be counted on one hand.

Under normal circumstances, the Yunyang Sect would only deploy flying ships when a major war broke out.

What surprised Wang Chen even more was that this Yunyang flying ship had not flown very far.

Its speed suddenly dropped, and it hovered motionlessly in midair.

What was it trying to do?

Wang Chen hurriedly opened the courtyard gate and stepped outside.

"Doggy!"

Old Sun, his neighbor, came hurrying along the path, shouting excitedly, "The Main Hall has even dispatched a flying ship! No matter how many Earth Rhinoceroses there are, they won't be able to cause trouble now. Let's hurry over and take a look!"

Why go over there to look?

Wang Chen truly could not understand this old man's way of thinking—couldn't they see it from home?

The Yunyang flying ship was only ten-odd li away from here.

And against a mere bunch of Earth Rhinoceroses, the Yunyang Sect had actually deployed a flying ship. Was such a grand display just for fun?

Wang Chen instinctively sensed that something was wrong and immediately shook his head. "I'm not going."

He had wanted to persuade Old Sun not to go either.

One had to be cautious when watching the crowd; there were risks in gawking at a spectacle!

Yet before he could say a word of warning, Grandpa Sun had already dashed past him in a blur.

Even someone rushing to be reincarnated would not move this fast!

Wang Chen was utterly speechless.

In fact, Old Sun was far from the only person leaving home and hurrying over to watch.

Wang Chen saw quite a few households joining in the excitement.

As though there were treasures to be picked up over there!

Wang Chen had no intention of following the crowd. He even felt that he was still too close to the Yunyang flying ship.

So he shut the courtyard gate, ran five li north, and climbed a small nearby hill.

Wang Chen had just found a favorable observation spot and come to a stop when the Yunyang flying ship in the distant sky stirred.

The runes on its hull lit up one after another, radiating tens of thousands of brilliant rays.

Even from over ten li away, Wang Chen could feel the violent fluctuations of magical power.

His soul was profoundly shaken!

Then, from the vast Spirit Fields beneath the flying ship, streams of clear Spiritual Light shot into the sky.

All the Formation Flags planted in the fields had been activated!

Black beetles burst from the soil one after another, spreading their wings and struggling to fly into the air.

Mixed among them were quite a few large demonized Earth Rhinoceroses!

But the moment those Earth Rhinoceroses took flight, a vast and righteous power suddenly shrouded heaven and earth, instantly crushing out their life force.

Thousands upon thousands of Insect Corpses rained down like droplets, a truly spectacular sight.

It also set the onlookers at the scene scrambling to snatch them up.

Wang Chen finally understood why Old Sun and the others had been in such a rush to watch the spectacle.

There really was something to pick up.

In merely a few moments, every last Earth Rhinoceros had been swept clean away.

Was that it?

Wang Chen did not think so.

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