Spirit Controlling Slash
After returning to his wooden house, Chen Mobai immediately took out a Mid-grade Spirit Stone from his storage bag.
Unlike Che Yucheng's Immortal Sect Spirit Stone, which had been repeatedly recharged and used, resulting in a spiritual energy content of only 60-70%, his Spirit Stone, obtained from the Divine Wood Sect, was unused and brimming with spiritual energy.
Chen Mobai has a total of six such Mid-grade Spirit Stone.
All of this was the result of my hard work in the Divine Wood Sect over the past four years.
Two of the pieces were his own Spiritual Plant Department's benefits, one was given by Sun Gaochang for buying Spirit Wine, and the other three were the rewards that Sun Gaochang gave to the logistics department after he surpassed all the true disciples and ranked first.
If you think about it that way, the Spiritual Plant Department is really good. As long as you focus on farming, not only will no one cause you trouble, but you'll also never lack any benefits or rewards.
After inserting a Mid-grade Spirit Stone into the energy slot of the Formless Puppet, Chen Mobai, following the control technique taught by Che Yucheng, linked his Spiritual Sense with the Chip controller of the Puppetry's core.
In an instant, Chen Mobai felt as if he had been given a different body.
Through the visual capture of the Formless Puppet, he saw himself sitting upright on the futon with his eyes closed after his Spiritual Sense Projection.
He reached out and touched his cheek through the Puppetry's palm, experiencing a very strange sensation.
This is the most profound method of Puppetry Technique manipulation, known as "the Spirit Descending Technique".
As the name suggests, it involves merging one's own Spiritual Sense into the Puppetry, thereby gaining perfect control over its operation for performing Puppetry, fighting, and other tasks.
The only drawback is that after using the "Spirit Descending Technique," one loses control of their own body.
However, there are ways to solve this.
All you need to do is "Splitting Spirit Manifesting Thought".
The "Spirit Controlling Technique" that Qing Nü gave him contained methods for cultivating these Spiritual Sense techniques.
This method of Spiritual Sense has four levels. Qing Nü Nu put a lot of thought into choosing this technique, as it was most suitable for Chen Mobai at that time.
When asked, Che Yucheng also said that this technique is very helpful for practicing Puppetry Technique.
The first level of the Spirit Controlling Technique is called "Spiritual Sense Projection." Once mastered, it is equivalent to the strength of Spiritual Sense at the Foundation Establishment Realm. Chen Mobai was able to easily complete the final step of Foundation Establishment thanks to this.
The second level is called "Splitting Spirit Manifesting Thought," which requires splitting Spiritual Sense into two parts. After splitting, both parts of Spiritual Sense can improve and progress simultaneously, which is equivalent to doubling the efficiency.
The third level, "Melding Spirit Returning to One," involves waiting until the separated Spiritual Sense becomes as powerful as the main Spiritual Sense before re-merging the two Spiritual Sense, thus doubling the Spiritual Sense.
The steps of the second and third levels can continue until the Spiritual Sense is strong enough to fill the entire Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness, which is the completion of the Spirit Controlling Technique.
The final, fourth level is called "Wandering Spirit Commanding Qi".
With just the power of his Spiritual Sense, he could ascend to the heavens and descend to the earth, unleashing a powerful spell called "Spirit Controlling Slash".
It is said that in the blink of an eye, it can kill enemies within ten miles.
This "Spirit Controlling Slash" can completely overwhelm opponents whose Spiritual Sense realm is lower than one's own, making it a powerful killing technique that suppresses one's spiritual realm.
Chen Mobai is a staunch supporter of the "realm suppression theory," and he feels it is essential for him to master the "Spirit Controlling Slash."
However, the main focus now is on mastering the "Splitting Spirit Manifesting Thought".
In this way, he can simultaneously manipulate the Formless Puppet to launch a pincer attack while he is fighting his opponent.
After he Foundation Establishment, he had already perfected the first level of the Spirit Controlling Technique.
Now, the second level of "Splitting Spirit Manifesting Thought" can be performed at any time.
However, the Spirit Controlling Technique specifically states that there will be intense pain and discomfort when splitting one's Spiritual Sense. If one's will is not firm, it is best not to practice this step. Instead, one can switch to other, gentler techniques to enhance one's Spiritual Sense.
This reminded Chen Mobai of the "Nurturing Thought God Forging Technique" and the "Spirit-Stirring Heaven-Wandering Technique," the former being gentle and the latter intense.
At the time, he was actually looking forward to trying the faster "Spirit-Stirring Heaven-Wandering Technique" for the College Entrance Exam, but unfortunately he couldn't afford or buy the Second Grade Incense of Thought, so he could only choose the slower "Nurturing Thought God Forging Technique".
Now that they have Foundation Establishment, they are considered mid-level members of the Immortal Sect. They are now qualified to purchase some spiritual pills and medicines that stabilize the Spiritual Sense and nourish the mind, so they can give them a try.
He logged out of his Immortal Sect Network account, "If I Were the Azure Emperor," and logged back in.
Upon refreshing, two halos appeared, signifying that he had upgraded from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, and could now unlock the purchase of all Second Grade spiritual items on the Immortal Sect Network.
Compared to the fact that first-tier items were snapped up by 300 million cultivators and were often in short supply, Second Grade items were much easier to buy.
Chen Mobai checked the official website of the Immortal Sect and found that there were still 34 boxes of Second Grade Incense of Thought in stock.
It's a bit pricey, though, costing 120,000 Merit Points per box.
But there was nothing I could do; it was a necessity, so I had no choice but to buy it.
After buying the Incense of Thought, Chen Mobai took another look at the Spirit Brush for drawing talismans.
He needed Second Grade Talisman Brush, but found that the cheapest one cost 390,000 Merit Points. He could only shake his head and decide to go to the Divine Wood Sect to find some raw materials and ask someone to help him order one.
Ming Yihua had inquired about the crafting fee for the Second Grade Talisman Brush; it only required 20,000 Merit Points, which was very cheap.
He's thought it all out.
The pen holder is made from the Second Grade Gold-edged Jade Bamboo from the Water Mansion. Now that he Foundation Establishment, this thing is not very useful to him anymore. Moreover, after taking out the Formation Disk inlaid with High-grade Spirit Stone, the spiritual energy in that place can only become weaker and weaker, and growing bamboo there will only make it wither more and more.
He had also inquired about Bifeng. The Divine Wood Sect Sect's Spirit Beast Department was raising six Second Grade Mystic Spirit Rabbit. After he returned from Foundation Establishment, he would be considered an elder-level figure, so getting a couple of tufts of rabbit fur shouldn't be a problem.
Since it would take two more days for the Incense of Thought to arrive, Chen Mobai started fiddling with the Formless Puppet again.
After he Foundation Establishment, both of his cultivation techniques needed to be updated.
The Pure Yang Scroll is fine, as it is one of the two major inherited cultivation methods of the Wuqi Dao Academy. The Library contains five chapters from Qi Cultivation Chapter to Spirit Transformation, but they all require the corresponding permissions to exchange for, in order to prevent students from being too ambitious.
After leaving Che Yucheng, Chen Mobai went straight to the Library and obtained the Pure Yang Foundation Establishment Chapter.
But in reality, this is of little use to him now.
Because he Foundation Establishment with the Longevity Sutra, he has focused on this Wood Attribute cultivation method for the past few years. He has basically not practiced the Pure Yang Scroll. He only broke through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer naturally as his Pure Yang Dharma Body improved.
Speaking of which, the Pure Yang Dharma Body has been using Spirit Stone to advance its progress over the past few years. At an efficiency of one Spirit Stone every three days, the Second Yang Body has already been successfully cultivated.
The only downside is that the Three Yang Body takes a while to develop; it requires 2700 days, or more than seven years, to acquire 900 Spirit Stone.
He has now progressed to less than half of the Three Yang Body.
Fortunately, he listened to Che Yucheng's advice and used the Longevity Sutra to Foundation Establishment first. Otherwise, he might not have been able to cultivate the Three Yang Body and take this step until the eighth grade.
However, after reaching the Foundation Establishment, Chen Mobai also discovered that he could transform Spiritual Root using Spirit Stone much faster.