The joint aperture absorbed the Azure Sky Flower slowly, but Chen Fei was in no hurry. He resumed cultivating the three arts.
Partway through, Chen Fei's cultivation chamber trembled briefly. Someone was waiting outside the door, and judging by the rhythm, it should have been Tong Linyun. Chen Fei did not respond, however, and continued cultivating with his eyes closed.
Three days passed before all the Azure Sky Flower's energy finally seeped into his joint aperture.
"Hum!"
As the Aperture Splitting Art circulated, a ripple spread out from Chen Fei's body. Sensing the changes in his joint aperture, he could not help smiling.
Previously, whenever Chen Fei used the Aperture Splitting Art, he could feel his joint aperture being compressed. Only his mastery of the art at the great perfection realm kept that pressure from becoming too severe.
Now, even if he relaxed his control somewhat while using the Aperture Splitting Art, the pressure on his joint aperture was less than half what it had been. If he controlled the art with all his strength, his joint aperture could barely feel any pressure at all.
In other words, after taking the Azure Sky Flower and strengthening his joint aperture, using the Aperture Splitting Art had truly become no different from using an ordinary secret art. It no longer even qualified as a forbidden art.
The power of a forbidden art, with the burden of a secret art.
It was only because Chen Fei's physique could not withstand it yet. Otherwise, with the Aperture Splitting Art's side effects gone, he could have added another forbidden art and reached the point of activating six forbidden arts.
But his body's strength was what it was. If Chen Fei truly activated six forbidden arts, his joint aperture would be fine, but his body would