Whoosh!
Chen Qiu took a deep breath, then gripped his sharp blade and, through the gaps in the steel cage, sent these heavily wounded demon beasts off one by one, striving to kill each with a single blow.
At the same time—
As he examined his body internally, several panels shrouded in mist continuously appeared.
"Your cultivation has greatly increased. You have officially entered the Fourth Level of the Qi Refining Realm." "Please choose one of the three random traits below within ten breaths."
The three random traits were all rather ordinary. In the end, he chose—
"Trait Name": Man with a Missing Heaven. "Trait Grade": White Trait. "Trait Effect": When you tightly close your eyes, your other senses will be doubled. If you were born blind, your other senses will be enhanced tenfold. If you became blind later in life, your bodily senses will be enhanced fivefold.
People had five senses.
Hearing, smell, sight, taste, and touch.
Without sight, the other four senses could be enhanced tenfold. If this trait fell into the hands of some miserable soul born blind, it would be no less than obtaining a Blue Trait. From a certain angle, it could be considered an exclusive trait.
Of course.
If one went blind later in life—meaning one gouged out one's own eyes—one could still receive a fivefold enhancement. He only needed the doubled enhancement, though. The effect was a little worse, but the side effect was the smallest.
The butcher's blade kept rising and falling, and his cultivation continued to increase.
"Your cultivation has greatly increased. You have officially entered the Fifth Level of the Qi Refining Realm." "Please choose one of the three random traits below within ten breaths."
"Eh?"
Chen Qiu looked at the three options on the mist-shrouded panel within his body, disbelief flashing through his eyes. It seemed he had stepped in dog shit and stumbled upon a top-tier trait!—
1:
"Trait Name": Attacked from Both Sides. "Trait Grade": White Trait. "Trait Effect": When your abdomen suffers an attack, your back will be injured. When your back suffers an attack, your abdomen will be injured.
2:
"Trait Name": Seven-Foot Man. "Trait Grade": White Trait. "Trait Effect": When your height exceeds seven chi, for every additional li, your physical strength will increase by a thread.
3:
"Trait Name": Unknown. "Trait Grade": Unknown. "Trait Effect": This trait is the sole unknown trait. Only after confirming your choice will its true form be revealed, and this trait cannot be discarded by any means.
The Seven-Foot Man talent was actually somewhat useful to him. It suited body cultivation. Seven chi in this world was probably equivalent to 1.7 meters in his previous life, with one chi equal to ten cun. He was not particularly tall at 1.78 meters, but he could still gain quite a bit of enhancement from it.
But that was all.
Its effect was very limited.
He chose the third trait almost without thinking. No matter what grade or effect the third trait had, the words "unique trait" were right there. He felt that it could not possibly be weak!
Very soon.
Another mist-shrouded panel appeared within his body.
"Trait Name": Dantian Expansion (Unique). "Trait Grade": Pink Trait. "Trait Effect": For every demon beast you kill, your Dao Foundation will expand by one li in every dimension. No upper limit.
"..."
Looking at the effect before him, Chen Qiu could not help opening his mouth slightly. The shock in his eyes was impossible to conceal. Wasn't this trait effect a little too powerful?
The dantian was where spiritual energy was stored. Foundation Establishment in the future meant erecting a high platform atop the dantian, much like building a house.
For ordinary cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Dao Foundation they built was only about a hundred li wide and a hundred li high.
One cun equaled one hundred li.
Width determined how much spiritual energy could be stored within one's dantian. The wider the Dao Foundation, the more spiritual energy one's dantian could store. In other words, one would have a vast amount of spiritual energy with which to continuously unleash Dao arts and all kinds of spells.
Meanwhile, the height of the Dao Foundation determined the concentration of spiritual energy within one's dantian. The shorter the Dao Foundation, the more fiercely the spiritual energy was compressed, and the denser it became. After activating a technique, the power it could unleash would also be greater.
Many disciples of sects and children of wealthy households—
Would often prepare vast quantities of heavenly treasures and earthly treasures for their Foundation Establishment when they reached Qi Refining Realm Great Perfection, ensuring they could construct a perfect high platform and lay a flawless foundation for their path of cultivation.
And the Dantian Expansion trait meant that, so long as he killed one hundred demon beasts, the width of his future Dao Foundation would be double that of others.
If he killed one thousand demon beasts, the width of his Dao Foundation would be ten times that of others.
If he killed millions of demon beasts—
Then... the spiritual energy within his body would be nearly inexhaustible, never to be depleted. If he wished, he could even become a spell machine gun. While his enemy had only just fired a single Fireball Spell, a casual wave of his hand would unleash thousands of fireballs.
And the spiritual energy consumed would not even amount to one-thousandth of his dantian.
The power might be ordinary, but sheer quantity was enough to crush everything.
"Damn."
Chen Qiu took a deep breath and gave this trait the most impartial evaluation possible. Unfortunately, this was a trait that would only become effective after Foundation Establishment. Before Foundation Establishment, the spiritual energy in one's body had not been sealed away; it flowed throughout the body.
Only after Foundation Establishment, when all spiritual energy was sealed within the dantian, could this trait perfectly display its power.
Then, his eyes filled with fighting spirit as he looked toward the remaining demon beasts.
After several more rises and falls of his blade, the mist-shrouded panel soon appeared above his dantian once again.
"Your cultivation has greatly increased. You have officially entered the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm." "Please choose one of the three random traits below within ten breaths."
1:
"Trait Name": Sky-Piercing Giant. "Trait Grade": Pink Trait. "Trait Effect": For every demon beast you kill, your height will increase by one li.
2:
"Trait Name": Person Below the Stage. "Trait Grade": White Trait. "Trait Effect": When you are within a crowd, your sense of presence will be greatly reduced.
3:
"Trait Name": Overwhelming Spiritual Energy. "Trait Grade": White Trait. "Trait Effect": After the width of your Dao Foundation exceeds one hundred li, for every additional li, the power of your spells will increase by a thread.
"What a pity."
Chen Qiu sat on the bed in the guest room with a dazed expression. The most painful thing in this world was having to choose between two choices one could not decide between. If there was anything more painful, it was having a great stroke of fortune placed right before one's eyes, only to let it slip away.
When he had broken through to the Fifth Level of the Qi Refining Realm, there had been a White Trait.
"Seven-Foot Man"
The taller one was, the stronger one's body would become. He had not paid much attention to this plain and unremarkable White Trait at the time, but if he had chosen it then, he could now choose the Pink Trait Sky-Piercing Giant.
For every demon beast he killed, his height would increase by one li.
He hardly dared imagine it.
A top-tier body-cultivation trait combination... He hardly dared imagine that after slaughtering a million ferocious beasts, he might become like Kua Fu, with his head propping up the heavens and his feet planted upon the earth!
Who could have expected that the Pink Trait Sky-Piercing Giant would appear later?
After letting out a long sigh—
He still chose the third trait, Overwhelming Spiritual Energy. Perhaps he could gamble on drawing Overwhelming Spiritual Energy again in the future, but that was far too risky.
Although this trait was only a White Trait, when combined with Dantian Expansion, it could turn him into an extraordinarily violent spell machine gun!
Not only would his casting frequency be terrifying, but his power would be terrifying as well!
He no longer doubted in the slightest that he would one day become famous throughout the world of immortal cultivation. The only question was that these traits were all late-game traits—he had to work hard to stay alive.
At the very least, he had to reach Foundation Establishment as soon as possible!
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