Breakthrough Opportunity for the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art

Han Yuan tried the Spirit Rain Technique once more.

The effect of a single Spirit Script was indeed rather ordinary.

However, he had already cultivated his Spirit Rain Technique for a full year. It was the spell he had practiced the most before, and it had not been far from the Minor Accomplishment Realm to begin with. With the Spirit Script's boost, it would soon reach the Minor Accomplishment Realm as well.

By the time he had watered every Spirit Field with the Spirit Rain Technique, the night had grown deep.

Within the Spirit Fields, clusters of spiritual flames released by the Constant Temperature Technique faithfully gave off their fiery power, keeping the fields at a constant temperature.

Han Yuan had already returned to the Cultivation Room.

Three Pulse Protecting Pills appeared in his hand. After thinking it over, he put them away again.

Chang Chun was right to remind me earlier. There really is no need to use Pulse Protecting Pills during ordinary cultivation. This isn't a matter of whether I'll develop drug resistance—it's that I can save them for breaking through! Others can only take one at a time, but I can take several in succession. When I'm breaking through, I can attempt it multiple times without worrying that a failed breakthrough will damage my meridians!

He recalled how, after failing his previous breakthrough attempt, he had needed ten days of recuperation before he could try again.

But if he had Pulse Protecting Pills and prepared several of them, could he not attempt consecutive breakthroughs?

When breaking through, the effects of a Pulse Protecting Pill would be rapidly consumed. Others could only take one Pulse Protecting Pill within a short period. Though it could protect their meridians after a failure, they could not continue by swallowing a second one. They had to spend time refining away the Pill Toxin, and the first Pulse Protecting Pill had the best effect. Taking a second one was less effective because of drug resistance.

But he was different!

The Random Buff Multiplier greatly enhanced the Pulse Protecting Pills' effects while drastically reducing their Pill Toxin!

Even if he took several in succession, the amount of Pill Toxin would only equal that of a single pill taken by someone else!

Moreover, taking them continuously would not produce drug resistance. Their effects would remain unchanged!

He could attempt multiple breakthroughs at the same time. If once was not enough, what about three times? Five times?

Therefore, using Pulse Protecting Pills for ordinary cultivation was somewhat wasteful. It was better to save them for breakthroughs.

I still need to farm. Once a batch of Yellow Millet Rice ripens, I'll have plenty of Spirit Stones!

The output of this cave abode was meant to cover a Foundation Establishment Elder's expenses. Using it on a Qi Condensation cultivator like him would be more than enough.

After putting away the Pulse Protecting Pills,

he turned his attention to the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art.

The Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art was a Yellow Grade High-Rank Cultivation Method. He had already cultivated it to the Major Accomplishment Realm, but reaching the Perfection Level would not be easy.

Every spell cultivated to the Perfection Level possessed special effects. Moreover, according to Du Yuanhe, perfected spells could become true seeds, which could be used after Foundation Establishment to accelerate the cultivation of inherited Mystic Grade Spells.

Put plainly, a perfected Yellow-grade High-rank spell could allow a Mysterious Grade Upper Rank spell to directly reach Entry Level or even the Minor Accomplishment Realm.

It was worth noting that Yellow-grade High-rank spells were absolutely less difficult to cultivate than Mysterious Grade Upper Rank spells. The conversion would save a great deal of time.

Cultivators could also try cultivating Yellow Grade Spells from matching inheritances to determine which Mystic Grade Spell suited them. These inherited Yellow Grade Spells could likewise be used to sift out disciples talented in cultivating Mystic Grade Spells, avoiding wasted resources...

Wait!

At that moment, Han Yuan suddenly recalled the message Qin Feng had brought him. The old man at the Scripture Repository had said that once he cultivated the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art to the Perfection Level, he could obtain all the matching spells of the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art for free. So that was the reason.

So Ancestor Ziyun had had his eye on me from the very beginning. Or rather, all disciples were under his observation.

Han Yuan shook his head and began cultivating the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art.

The moment he started cultivating, he noticed changes in his Sea of Consciousness.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the three Spirit Scripts—"Hide," "Wood," and "Forest"—lit up, lending aid to his cultivation.

The enhancement from each Spirit Script should have been sixfold!

With all three Spirit Scripts stacked together, the effect ought to have been 216 times. Adding the Wood Spirit Heart in his liver and the boost from the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art in his Dantian, the effect should have been even more terrifying.

Han Yuan estimated that the overall effect should have reached three hundredfold, yet it was actually only 150 times.

It seems these so-called boosts have limits. Still, a 150-fold effect is truly terrifying. Without any boosts, given my own comprehension, breaking through from Major Accomplishment to Perfection would probably take thirty years. At 150 times the speed, I'd only need two and a half months.

These were merely estimates. The actual cultivation time might be longer, or it might be shorter.

Suddenly, a phantom flashed before his eyes.

A die appeared unexpectedly.

He had also received Spirit Script enhancement effects while cultivating other spells before, but the die had never appeared. Yet now, when the enhancement effects were already so excellent, the die had actually appeared...

The die spun rapidly before finally stopping on the number 9.

Random Buff Multiplier: 9

Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art cultivation enhancement effect *900%

Han Yuan sucked in a sharp breath.

This was far too powerful.

At this rate, he could cultivate the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art to the Perfection Level in a single week!

The buffs are really stacked to the brim.

Even Han Yuan felt his scalp go numb.

The Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art now seemed as simple as a Yellow Grade Low-Rank Spell.

The Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art does not lie in concealment, but in blending in. Transform oneself into a part of the forest, merge into one with it until neither can be distinguished from the other, and only then can one conceal oneself. Sense the aura of trees, experience their changes, blend into the atmosphere of the woods. When man and tree become one, that is perfection.

Han Yuan's comprehension seemed to have temporarily increased by more than a hundredfold. At once, he corrected the greatest mistake he had made when cultivating the art to the Major Accomplishment Realm. The Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art did not emphasize hiding—it emphasized blending!

If this mistake had not been corrected, reaching the Perfection Level would have been nearly impossible!

His previous estimate of the time needed to master it had been completely meaningless. Spell cultivation was not something that could be achieved through calculation. If the direction was wrong, what use was more effort?

Han Yuan truly felt as though he had attained great enlightenment.

He suddenly realized just how foolish and shallow he had been before!

His calculations of cultivation time had been utterly laughable. Estimating the time needed to master an advanced level with such a shallow realm of understanding? That had been far too confident!

It was like a child who took half a day to learn that one plus one equaled two, then began estimating that learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within one hundred would take only a hundred days.

Now that he cultivated with his buffs stacked to the brim, he did not need seven or eight days at all. Half a day would be enough!

The reason it was so fast was still the Wood Spirit Heart!

He had never uncovered the Wood Spirit Heart's true effects before.

With the Wood Spirit Heart, he could be said to be a humanoid spirit tree!

Cultivating the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art was as simple as eating and drinking.

Needed to imitate the aura of trees?

He already possessed it!

Man and tree becoming one?

He already was!

He began to suspect that his former self had been an idiot. Such a simple spell, yet he had actually spent three months reaching the Minor Accomplishment Realm!

He could not understand it!

How could he have made the mistake of getting the very focus of the spell wrong?

Was this not something one could see at a glance?

He directly discarded the cultivation results of the past three months, dispersing the Spell Imprint in his Dantian before condensing a brand-new Spell Imprint. This imprint appeared identical to the previous one, but its essence had changed!

The effect was still the same, but the underlying principle that produced the spell's effect was now different!

Following this new path of insight, Han Yuan gradually advanced toward the Perfection Level of the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art.

When dawn broke at the horizon, the aura around Han Yuan gradually settled. His disposition became gentle and natural.

Han Yuan walked out of Cangming Tower and came beneath the Great Banyan Tree. Without even activating the skill, his aura naturally blended among the trees.

Wangcai passed by the Great Banyan Tree. Its gaze swept over Han Yuan's body, then it seemed to see nothing but a tree and passed straight by.

But after walking a short distance, it turned its head back in confusion.

Tilting its head, it gave a puzzled "Woof."

Then it shook its head and took another two steps forward.

Han Yuan could not help but smile.

Even Wangcai could not see through his concealment. Wangcai was a dog, and a spirit hound with the potential to become a king beast at that. If not for the contract connection between them giving Wangcai a faint sense of recognition, it would certainly have walked away.

Sure enough, because of their contract connection, Wangcai turned back again. It circled Han Yuan several times and seemed to finally determine the true identity of this "tree" from the direction of that connection!

"Woof!" (Master!)

Wangcai leaped straight at him.

Han Yuan laughed and caught it, lifting it into his arms.

"Woof! Woof!" (It really is Master!)

Wangcai felt as though its vision blurred for a moment, and it finally saw Han Yuan's appearance. Great confusion appeared in its little eyes. Why had its master become a tree? Could its master be a tree demon?

"You're the tree demon."

Han Yuan patted Wangcai on the head. What a fool!

Now I can go ask Ancestor Ziyun what benefits a Secret Legacy Disciple actually has, Han Yuan thought.