Spirit Blast Technique!

Xu Chunniang was dumbfounded. This violent Wood Spiritual Qi had actually produced a certain degree of destructive power. It could no longer be called the "Spring Growth Technique."

"Can I use this spiritual power against enemies?"

A sudden thought struck Xu Chunniang. Since this violent Wood Spiritual Qi could damage shrubs, that meant it possessed some destructive capability.

It was only because the shrub itself was exceedingly fragile that it had been so easily damaged by the violent spiritual qi. If the target were a cultivator instead, they likely would not fear such a degree of violent spiritual qi at all.

Xu Chunniang had always been a woman of action. She used the Spring Growth Technique again, split the spiritual qi and made it violent, then controlled one portion and shoved it straight onto herself!

Her brows rose slightly before quickly returning to normal.

Just as expected, the violent Wood Spiritual Qi that could directly destroy shrubs was nothing more than a light drizzle to a cultivator like her at the second level of Qi Condensation. It only made her uncomfortable for a brief instant.

But Xu Chunniang was not disappointed. Instead, her eyes shone brilliantly.

"What if this Wood Spiritual Qi's violence could reach ten times, a hundred times?"

She secretly calculated that if she were struck by Wood Spiritual Qi ten times as violent, she would at least feel uncomfortable for a while. If she were struck by Wood Spiritual Qi a hundred times as violent, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable!

It might even... destroy her directly, just like the shrub!

Xu Chunniang's heart thumped wildly. So the Spring Growth Technique had a hidden use as well! The month she had spent before had not been entirely wasted after all.

Xu Chunniang took a sip of spiritual dew, sat down cross-legged, and absorbed it, quickly replenishing the more than half of her spiritual qi that had been depleted.

She wanted to see just how violent she could make this Wood Spiritual Qi at most!

After replenishing her spiritual qi, Xu Chunniang stood up again and gently cast the Spring Growth Technique.

A stream of pure Wood Spiritual Qi split into two portions, then became four smaller portions. With every split, the Wood Spiritual Qi grew another degree more violent!

Xu Chunniang controlled the four portions of violent Wood Spiritual Qi. Though these four portions were smaller, they possessed even more astonishing explosive power, nearly twice that of before!

In other words, each of these four portions of Wood Spiritual Qi was twice as violent as the initial spiritual qi. Though their quantity had only doubled, when combined, their violence had increased eightfold!

Xu Chunniang controlled the spiritual qi and pushed it toward a small tree nearby. With a "crack," the little tree was blown apart!

"This destructive power is truly astonishing!"

Xu Chunniang's eyes gleamed, and an eager look appeared in their depths. "I only split the Wood Spiritual Qi into four portions, and it already has such power. If I go a step further and split it into eight portions, and the violence doubles once more..."

As her voice fell, a stream of pure Wood Spiritual Qi condensed from within her body. It first became two portions, then four, and finally split into eight!

As the qi clusters were divided into smaller and smaller portions, their violence doubled accordingly, becoming increasingly difficult to control. Xu Chunniang exhausted all her concentration before she managed to control these spiritual power clusters and direct them toward the ground ahead.

With a thunderous boom, sand and stones flew everywhere. When the dust settled, a hole more than a zhang wide had been blasted into the ground!

Xu Chunniang licked her lips, unable to conceal the excitement in her eyes.

After splitting it into eight portions, each stream of spiritual qi was four times as violent. If she controlled all eight portions and made them erupt together, their violence could reach an astonishing thirty-two times!

However, splitting it into eight portions was already the limit. If she continued splitting them, the qi clusters would directly explode from being unable to withstand the agitation.

Eightfold violent spiritual qi could destroy a small tree, while qi clusters thirty-two times as violent could blast a huge deep pit into the ground. They could absolutely pose a threat to cultivators.

And this was not the end. Xu Chunniang quickly thought of the fact that she could condense three streams of Wood Spiritual Qi from within her body at the same time.

If she split all three streams of Wood Spiritual Qi at once, she would ultimately obtain twenty-four violent qi clusters. If she could control all those qi clusters to explode together, their power could reach a terrifying ninety-six times!

Xu Chunniang did not even dare imagine what sort of destruction would result from hurling so many qi clusters out at once.

Yet controlling eight qi clusters simultaneously already took all her strength. Trying to control twenty-four violent qi clusters would be anything but easy.

Xu Chunniang was in no hurry. She could simply take it slowly. For now, qi clusters thirty-two times as violent should be enough.

Who could have imagined that the mild Wood Spiritual Qi condensed through the Spring Growth Technique would possess such power after being split apart?

This could no longer be called the Spring Growth Technique. After thinking it over, Xu Chunniang gave it a new name: the Spirit Blast Technique, to distinguish it from the Spring Growth Technique.

Xu Chunniang had been busy practicing techniques during this period and had hardly cultivated at all. Her cultivation remained the same, though it had become more solid than when she had first entered the second level of Qi Condensation.

Xu Chunniang silently calculated that once she had stabilized the Spirit Blast Technique, she needed to hurry up and cultivate.

As for the Earth Moistening Technique, it would not be too late to practice it later.

After spending ten days stabilizing the Spirit Blast Technique, Xu Chunniang could still only split one stream of Wood Spirit Power at a time. However, her control over this Explosive Spirit Power had risen another level, and she could skillfully manipulate eight qi clusters, striking wherever she pointed.

Under her control, the eight small qi clusters shot out like Spiritual Qi Bullets and exploded in eight different directions!

Seeing the results of her training, Xu Chunniang nodded in satisfaction and patted away dust that did not exist on her clothes.

It was time to collect Grain Abstinence Pills again. Over the past two months, she had been practicing techniques, and her cultivation had not advanced at all, so there was no need to circulate the Hidden Spirit Art to conceal her cultivation.

With a thought from Xu Chunniang, the spiritual pressure around her suddenly changed, continuously rising from Qi Introduction until it barely stopped at the second level of Qi Condensation.

She had not given up cultivating the Hidden Spirit Art these days. Her mastery of it had increased again, and she could now successfully conceal two levels of cultivation even while using techniques.

"Once I can conceal three levels of cultivation when I make a move, I can try compressing spiritual qi."

Xu Chunniang blinked, anticipation flashing through her eyes. She had not forgotten that her spiritual pressure had once reached the third level of Qi Condensation.

After collecting two bottles of Grain Abstinence Pills from the Dining Hall, Xu Chunniang recalled what Steward Zhao had just said on her way back.

In another four months would come the year-end assessment for this batch of new disciples after one year of entry. Any disciple who failed the assessment would be directly expelled from the Carefree Sect.

The sect's annual expenditure on new disciples was no small sum, so naturally it did not welcome those who merely filled the ranks.

Xu Chunniang had been busy cultivating and had nearly forgotten about this matter. She only remembered when Steward Zhao asked whether she was confident about the assessment.

Since it was an assessment for new disciples, it was not difficult and tested only two things: cultivation and techniques.

Among all newly admitted disciples, anyone whose cultivation had not reached the first level of Qi Condensation would have all sect resources confiscated and be sent down the mountain.

Thanks to Fellow Daoist Qianxi for the reward, and thanks to all Fellow Daoists for following along and voting!