Purple Qi Comes from the East

"Brother Chen, this is a Dao Technique passed down through my family.

After I joined the sect, I once went to the Treasure Pavilion and asked an elder to appraise it. Based on the Treasure Pavilion's appraisal, it was determined to be a top-tier Dao Technique.

If you're willing to help me, I'd offer this Dao Technique as thanks."

Li Junmo handed over the ancient book as he spoke.

"A top-tier Dao Technique?"

Chen Xuan was a little surprised.

What kind of background did you have, that your ancestors could pass down a top-tier Dao Technique?

"I don't know where it came from, and my family doesn't know either. They just thought it was no ordinary thing, so they kept it all this time.

It was only when I went home before condensing my Spirit Sea that I realized it might be an extraordinary Dao Technique. So I brought it to the sect and asked an elder to appraise it.

I've already sold one copy of this Dao Technique to the sect. I was only able to exchange for the Spirit-Devouring Profound Fire because selling it helped me scrape together enough Contribution Points."

Seeing Chen Xuan's surprise, Li Junmo explained.

"Brother Li, does this Dao Technique have a name? What does it do?"

Chen Xuan didn't ask any more about its origins. Instead, he asked about its effects.

A top-tier Dao Technique was certainly enough to make him willing to help.

So he was now very curious about it.

"This Dao Technique is called Purple Qi Comes from the East."

Li Junmo told him its name.

Hearing it, Chen Xuan asked curiously, "Could it have something to do with purple qi?"

Li Junmo nodded.

"Once mastered, this Dao Technique can absorb Purple Qi from the East on its own. The purple qi it absorbs can temper and strengthen the Purple Mansion.

"What's more, according to the Dao Technique's records, the purple qi absorbed by Purple Qi Comes from the East can also be used to refine the body. With long-term cultivation, one can gain a special physique and improve its quality."

Li Junmo explained the Dao Technique's remarkable properties in detail.

After hearing him out, even Chen Xuan found it hard to believe.

"This Dao Technique is really that powerful?

"It can absorb Purple Qi from the East on its own, and that's not all—it can even improve a cultivator's aptitude?"

Chen Xuan truly found it hard to believe.

To begin with, purple qi was an extremely precious resource, much like Heavenly Dao Qi.

But it wasn't as rare as Heavenly Dao Qi.

Under normal circumstances, cultivators couldn't use purple qi directly.

Only after it condensed into Purple Qi Source Crystals could cultivators use it.

The effects of Purple Qi Source Crystals were similar to those of Heavenly Dao Qi.

Heavenly Dao Qi helped cultivators achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, while Purple Qi Source Crystals helped them condense a High-Grade Purple Mansion.

A cultivator's Purple Mansion came in three grades: high, middle, and low.

Although Purple Qi Source Crystals weren't as rare as Heavenly Dao Qi, there weren't many of them either.

At a place where purple qi was thickest each day, the Cloud Sea Sect had set up a grand array to absorb it daily and slowly produce some Purple Qi Source Crystals.

So, unlike Heavenly Dao Qi, obtaining them wasn't entirely a matter of luck.

Even so, a cultivator still needed quite a few Purple Qi Source Crystals to condense a High-Grade Purple Mansion.

Even a King Body cultivator needed one Purple Qi Source Crystal.

A Spirit Body cultivator needed three, while a Mortal Body cultivator needed nine.

But back to the point: if Purple Qi Comes from the East really worked as Li Junmo said, absorbing purple qi on its own to temper the Purple Mansion, then its effects would be terrifying.

It would mean there was no need to rely on Purple Qi Source Crystals at all.

"Honestly, based on the Dao Technique's records and the Treasure Pavilion elder's appraisal, it should be genuine.

"But... this Dao Technique is extremely difficult to learn. I've been trying ever since I got it, but I still haven't succeeded.

"If the Treasure Pavilion elder hadn't vouched for it, even I would have suspected the Dao Technique was fake.

"In any case, according to the elder, this Dao Technique demands extraordinary comprehension. No one without heaven-defying comprehension can master it.

"I think someone with your comprehension and talent, Brother Chen, can definitely succeed.

"How about this... take it and try cultivating it first. If you succeed and its effects match what's written in the Dao Technique, then you can help me?"

For the sake of Heavenly Dao Qi, Li Junmo was willing to go all out.

His actions could easily mean giving away this top-tier Dao Technique for good, like tossing a meat bun to a dog.

But he felt he could trust Chen Xuan. If Chen Xuan succeeded in cultivating it and its effects proved genuine, Chen Xuan wouldn't go back on his word.

After a moment's thought, Chen Xuan nodded. "All right! Brother Li, since you trust me, I won't let you down. Wait for my news."

"Thank you, Brother Chen. I'll leave the Dao Technique with you for now. Once you've finished cultivating it, you can return it to me."

Li Junmo beamed with delight.

After they settled things, Li Junmo didn't impose any further and left.

After Li Junmo left, Chen Xuan began studying the Dao Technique.

Honestly, he was considering using the Spirit Awakening Points he'd gain after breaking through to the Dao Foundation Realm on this Dao Technique.

Li Junmo had said it was incredibly difficult to learn, which wasn't a bad thing. If it was difficult, that meant the Dao Technique's records might be true.

If it were easy to learn, then he'd have to suspect it was all nonsense.

Besides, the Dao Technique had been examined and approved by the sect. He trusted the sect's judgment.

So he planned to try cultivating it on his own first.

If he really couldn't make any progress, then he'd use the Spirit Awakening Points.

If he couldn't cultivate it himself, the Dao Technique would be different after Spirit Awakening anyway.

For the next several days,

he devoted himself to studying Purple Qi Comes from the East.

After he'd read through it once, the system had already recorded the Dao Technique.

Although he hadn't reached the entry level, he could still use Spirit Awakening on it directly.

He didn't rush to do so, studying it himself for several days.

By the end of those days, it felt as though he'd wasted every one of them. He had no clue at all.

The Dao Technique's records were perfectly clear, yet he simply couldn't cultivate it. He couldn't absorb purple qi at all.

It seemed this thing really was hard to learn.

That made it even more likely that the Dao Technique was genuine.

That day,

Chen Xuan thought it over once more and decided to use a Spirit Awakening Point.

The Dao Technique might be fake, but he had to give it a try.

He had a Mortal Body and needed nine Purple Qi Source Crystals to form a High-Grade Purple Mansion.

The Cloud Sea Sect didn't have many Purple Qi Source Crystals either, so each cultivator at the peak of the Dao Foundation Realm could only exchange Contribution Points or Spirit Stones for one.

A Mortal Body cultivator like him would have to complete special missions to get the remaining eight Purple Qi Source Crystals.

He had no idea how long it would take to gather all nine.

He could break through to the Purple Mansion Realm first and collect them later, but that would still take a lot of time and effort.

Come to think of it, the Purple Mansion Realm was different from the Spirit Sea and Dao Foundation Realms.

The quality of the Spirit Sea and Dao Foundation was fixed at the moment of breakthrough.

The Purple Mansion was different. Even if he only condensed a Low-Grade Purple Mansion when he broke through, he could still temper it with Purple Qi Source Crystals during the Purple Mansion Realm. As long as he had enough, he could keep improving it until it became high-grade.

That was all well and good, but... Purple Qi Source Crystals were hard to come by.

If he could master Purple Qi Comes from the East, and if it really was as powerful as its records claimed, then everything would be completely different.