Spirit Finger Flick

Hiss, hiss...

Beams of light, each as thick as a thumb, struck the ground. Soil sprayed into the air, the sound was incessant, and small craters appeared across the earth.

Watching those craters, which were several inches deep, Chen Changming felt a surge of excitement. In just a few breaths, his Spirit Finger Flick had crossed the one-hundred-use threshold, triggering its first enhancement!

Following the enhancement, the power of the Spirit Finger Flick increased significantly; there was no decay in power within five meters, and the attack intensity had at least tripled.

At this point, the spirit energy consumption of the Spirit Finger Flick had also increased.

Fortunately, Chen Changming's dantian was filled with abundant spirit energy, far exceeding that of ordinary disciples, so he did not face any depletion for the time being.

"Spirit Finger Flick, one thousand times!"

"Spirit Finger Flick, ten thousand times!"

After half a month of grueling practice, Chen Changming finally ushered in a period of explosive growth!

After the Spirit Finger Flick was enhanced three times, the beams of spirit light it fired were three times thicker, and the power was vastly improved. There was no decay in power within thirty meters, and the attack intensity was dozens of times greater than after the first enhancement!

Chen Changming conducted an experiment: when a mountain face twenty meters away was struck by the Spirit Finger Flick, it could penetrate ten meters into the solid rock wall!

If this were to strike steel, it would easily pierce through it as well.

"Such formidable attack power!"

Chen Changming was secretly astonished. If he continued to cultivate it, just how strong would the fourth enhancement of the Spirit Finger Flick be?

He could hardly imagine it! At the same time, his heart was filled with intense anticipation!

Now that the power of the Spirit Finger Flick was so great, Chen Changming prepared to treat it as his trump card, vowing never to reveal it unless absolutely necessary!

Over the next half year, Chen Changming's cultivation focused primarily on the Evergreen Art and the Spirit Finger Flick, while also balancing the Five Tigers Soul-Severing Blade. As for the Cloud Rain Art, he used it during his daily maintenance of the spirit fields.

In the third month, his Evergreen Art reached ten thousand uses, receiving its third enhancement.

This enhancement was incredibly timely for Chen Changming; the Evergreen Art had once again increased the capacity of his dantian to store spirit energy, at least tenfold compared to before.

This made casting the Spirit Finger Flick increasingly effortless, and he no longer had to worry about a lack of spirit energy.

By the sixth month, when the two patches of spirit rice matured, Chen Changming had finally practiced his spirit energy techniques fifty thousand times, also ushering in the fourth enhancement.

After the fourth enhancement, the finger light could be fired within a hundred meters with no decay in power, and the attack intensity had increased by at least seven or eight times.

If he wanted to launch a sneak attack to kill now, he could easily secure a one-hit kill within five hundred meters, provided the target was caught off guard!

Even if the enemy stood at the maximum distance of five hundred meters, the attack power of the Spirit Finger Flick was still comparable to the third enhancement, so the lethality remained very high.

However, the massive increase in power brought with it a terrifying consumption of spirit energy; with Chen Changming's current reserves, he could only cast the Spirit Finger Flick at full power twenty times.

"If my cultivation advances further and my spirit energy increases, I might be able to cast the Spirit Finger Flick twenty-five times..."

Chen Changming thought to himself.

The young man was becoming increasingly confident in the Spirit Finger Flick, even beginning to fantasize about the effects of the next enhancement.

The fourth enhancement required fifty thousand uses, and the fifth would require at least one hundred thousand; for the young man at his current stage, this number was becoming daunting.

After all, the Spirit Finger Flick now consumed so much energy that his daily usage had plummeted, which invisibly created a terrifying time cost.

Chen Changming was very satisfied with the current power of the Spirit Finger Flick, so he did not intend to focus on cultivating it exclusively.

His next step was to cultivate the Detoxification Art, aiming for at least two enhancements.

After finalizing his subsequent cultivation plans, Chen Changming went to the spirit fields outside the courtyard, harvested all five acres of spirit rice, and then went to find Tian Shouyi to report the situation.

"There are two Storage Bags. Go fill them yourself and deliver them to Elder Luo. Just tell him you're one of my people."

Tian Shouyi glanced lazily at Chen Changming, then swallowed a Spirit Gathering Pill and closed his eyes to cultivate.

Seeing that this fellow was busy with his own cultivation, Chen Changming was quite pleased.

Tian Shouyi was an outer sect disciple who had been at the fourth level of Qi Refining for many years, nearly reaching the fifth level, which was why he was taking the Spirit Gathering Pill in an attempt to break through.

Chen Changming took the Storage Bags back and, after studying them carefully, mastered their functions.

By injecting spirit energy into the Storage Bag and focusing his mind, he could store the spirit rice inside; it was very simple.

One Storage Bag held four thousand catties, and the remaining five thousand catties of spirit rice were loaded into the other.

Chen Changming arrived at the Logistics Hall and handed over the two Storage Bags.

"Kid, it's been half a year, and you still haven't broken through to the second level?"

As soon as they met, Elder Luo teased him with a smile.

"I'm too trashy; I haven't broken through yet."

Chen Changming shook his head, deliberately appearing very dejected.

In reality, he didn't feel the slightest bit of dejection. Although he had never formally participated in actual combat, he was confident that if he were to ambush a third-level Qi Refining chore disciple, he could successfully kill them.

This was the source of his current confidence!

However, this confidence could not be revealed in front of others; he could only continue to lie low and let himself grow stronger in silence.

Looking at the dejected youth, Elder Luo felt a sense of pity and said, "You needn't be discouraged. Just do your best in all things."

With that, he collected the spirit rice and transferred the contribution points to the youth.

"Thank you, Elder Luo."

Chen Changming expressed his gratitude and turned to leave.

He traveled a long way until he arrived at the Treasure Hall, a place where various treasures could be exchanged, including the storage bag that Chen Changming urgently needed.

He required a storage bag to carry the spirit rice down the mountain to sell.

Spending 100 points, Chen Changming exchanged for a storage bag with a capacity of about five cubic meters; this bag could hold over five thousand catties of spirit rice.

Returning to the mountains, he harvested the ten mu of spirit fields in the woods, then replanted and watered both plots. Once he finished all this, he returned to his room to practice the Detoxification Art.

He had already fully grasped the Detoxification Art over the past half-year; now, all it lacked was practical application.

This minor spell was more complex than the Cloud Rain Art, and after a night of practice, Chen Changming had not succeeded even once.

As the morning light spilled through the window lattice, casting golden rays upon the floor, the youth smiled, stood up, tucked the cloth bag away, and walked out.

There was no rush for the Detoxification Art.

He intended to make a trip to Lingyun City at the foot of the mountain today to find a way to sell the spirit rice in his possession.

It took him two hours to walk out of the Lingxiao Sect, and another three hours for Chen Changming to travel from the outskirts of the Lingxiao Sect to Lingyun City.

Standing outside Lingyun City, gazing at the tall and magnificent walls, the youth felt a surge of emotion: if he only had a spirit boat, he could probably arrive in half an hour!

Everything will come in time.

The youth thought silently to himself before entering Lingyun City.

At this moment, Chen Changming was still wearing the uniform of a Lingxiao Sect chore disciple, so none of the guards dared to inspect him as he entered the city.

"This place is different from Xiliang City..."

As soon as he entered, Chen Changming noticed the differences. This Lingyun City was a city for cultivators, and cultivators could be seen everywhere.

Many of the Qi Refining Realm cultivators he saw had cultivation levels far higher than his own.

On the streets, various towering buildings stood in rows, selling all kinds of cultivation resources; on some streets, many people set up stalls by the roadside to sell spirit herbs, pills, talismans, magic treasures, and more.

Chen Changming was overwhelmed, deeply shocked by it all.

Arriving here, he felt like a fish in water—a sensation far more intuitive and intense than anything he had felt at the Lingxiao Sect!