Minor Success in Jade Sea

Experience: 3977 points

Chen Xian stared at the Experience Points on the panel, his heart surging with excitement.

He had slaughtered demons so desperately precisely for these Experience Points.

Ding Chen and the others might have killed one or two demons each, but he alone had slain thirty-one, directly gaining 3977 Experience Points.

He looked at the demon corpses strewn haphazardly outside the valley.

Cao Fang and Xue Qishan, the two Minor Cook Leaders, along with the cook soldiers under their command, were all shocked by this Chief Medic's strength.

One man had matched an entire squad.

Next.

Ding Chen instructed everyone to first pile the demon corpses to one side, then discussed battle strategy with Chen Xian, Wang Yan, and Qin Fei.

In the end, Chen Xian led his thirty-two subordinates to guard the entrance to Black Wind Valley.

Wang Yan guarded the middle section of Black Wind Valley.

Ding Chen and Qin Fei guarded Black Wind Valley's exit and the peaks on both sides, preventing the demon army from crossing the mountains.

Chen Xian led Cao Fang, Xue Qishan, and the cook soldiers through Black Wind Valley.

A bitter black wind blew through Black Wind Valley, but it had no effect on them.

A moment later.

Chen Xian led the men through the thousand-meter-long Black Wind Valley and arrived at its entrance.

He activated his eyes and looked ahead. Baleful black qi rolled outside Black Wind Valley as well, though it was still some distance away.

"Brother Xian, judging by this, there are more than five hundred demons!" Xue Qishan frowned.

He was even a year older than Chen Xian, but calling him brother was merely a sign of respect.

Cao Fang was two years older than Chen Xian and likewise called him Brother Xian. "Liao Zipeng is a goddamn trap. We can't trust everything he says!"

Chen Xian said nothing. If the incoming demons were only lesser demons, he had nothing to fear.

But great demons were terrifying.

On the way to Black Wind Valley, Chen Xian had asked Ding Chen about the strength of great demons. They were equivalent to Surging Origin Realm cultivators, perhaps even slightly stronger.

After all, demons and humans had different cultivation systems. Though both had classifications, there were still disparities.

Above great demons were spirit demons, which were even more terrifying. Not only did they possess Jade Sea Realm strength, they had also begun to take human form.

So long as there was someone in the demon army who looked human, there was no need to think further. First, that being might not be human. Second, it possessed at least Jade Sea Realm strength.

If he encountered a spirit-level demon, Chen Xian definitely could not defeat it with his current strength.

However, while Black Wind Valley could accommodate a demon army, traveling through it was troublesome.

First, demons were huge. Second, with so many crammed together, it was difficult to pass through.

Thus, only small groups of demons usually launched surprise attacks.

Chen Xian glanced back. "Send one person three hundred meters ahead to observe the situation. If you see demons, don't fight them. Report back immediately."

Xue Qishan nodded and ordered one of his subordinates to go.

Though the man was somewhat unwilling, he still obeyed and rode away.

The Demon Suppression Army's first military rule: obey orders.

The second rule: obey orders.

The third rule was still: obey orders.

Chen Xian sat upright on horseback, holding his spear in one hand as he closed his eyes and raised the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique.

He was now at the Entry Realm of Jade Sea. If he could raise the technique to the Great Accomplishment Realm, perhaps his cultivation realm would also reach Great Accomplishment.

After twelve months of diligent training, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Entry.

A panel notification appeared before him, but Chen Xian was not surprised.

Though the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique was only at Entry, the Origin Qi he had just exhausted in his Jade Sea instantly replenished itself. Not only that, the amount of Origin Qi had clearly increased, while his meridians, muscles, bones, and flesh underwent another tempering.

Even the space within his condensed acupoints seemed slightly larger.

After thirty-six months of arduous cultivation, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Entry.

"...??"

Chen Xian was slightly stunned. Why was it still stuck at the Entry Realm?

Back when he was in Surging Origin, he had continually raised the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique, consuming 700 Experience Points.

Now it had consumed another forty-eight Experience Points—equivalent to sixty years of cultivation—and it was still only at Entry?

After pondering for a moment, Chen Xian continued adding Experience Points.

After sixty-six months of day-and-night training, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Minor Success.

Experience: 3683 points

Realm: Jade Sea Entry

Only after consuming 294 Experience Points did the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique finally reach Minor Success.

Yet what surprised Chen Xian was that his Jade Sea Realm still displayed Entry.

Clearly, this differed from before, when his realm rose alongside his technique.

In other words, raising a technique would indeed passively raise his realm, but they were not completely synchronized.

This might not have been obvious from Body Tempering and Blood Moving through Surging Origin, but it became apparent upon reaching Jade Sea Realm.

Having understood this, Chen Xian closed his eyes and felt the scorching Origin Qi churning within his Jade Sea. By feeling alone, his Jade Sea seemed to have expanded by a full circle.

In other words, though his realm had not changed, his strength was steadily growing.

"Keep raising it!"

With so many Experience Points, Chen Xian did not care about spending them now.

Before the next wave of demons arrived, every bit of improvement counted.

After one hundred months of diligent tempering, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Minor Success.

After two hundred months of day-and-night cultivation, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Minor Success.

After five hundred months of arduous cultivation, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Great Accomplishment.

Experience: 683 points

Realm: Minor Success in Jade Sea

Lifespan: 185 years

Boom!

A powerful aura erupted from Chen Xian's body. Origin Qi automatically projected three meters outward, directly blasting Xue Qishan and Cao Fang behind him into the air.

The two crashed onto the ground, staring blankly at Chen Xian's back.

Holy shit!

He was still practicing at a time like this?

Did he have to go this hard?

Chen Xian was unaware of the situation around him. With his eyes closed, he was sensing the changes to his Jade Sea Realm, as well as the changes to his muscles, bones, flesh, and skin.

He could not see his own Jade Sea, but through the translucent three-dimensional human figure flickering in his mind, he discovered that his Jade Sea had grown threefold, and the Origin Qi stored within it had also tripled.

Beyond that were the changes to his physical body, which now possessed an even stronger texture of gold and jade.

His pure physical strength alone had reached the force of twelve tripods.

Seeing that his lifespan had reached one hundred and eighty-five years, Chen Xian was especially thrilled.

If he kept cultivating like this, was immortality still far away?

The only thing that displeased him was that it had taken a full 3000 Experience Points to reach this stage.

Looking at his remaining Experience Points, Chen Xian did not save them either, directly raising the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique.

The scenes in his mind flickered again. The dark golden flames around him faintly formed a three-meter-tall Ox Demon Phantom, which let out a roaring bellow.

It left Xue Qishan, Cao Fang, and the others utterly shocked.

"What kind of monstrous talent is Brother Xian?"

Cao Fang was filled with envy and jealousy. He was still trying to reach Blood Moving, while Chen Xian had already become terrifying to such an extent.

Of course, the stronger Chen Xian was, the happier he was.

Their chances of surviving an encounter with demons would be greater.

Xue Qishan secretly shook his head. "As the saying goes, comparing people can make one die of rage. Talent is not something you can envy your way into!"

Even after all 683 Experience Points had been added, the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique was still at the Great Accomplishment Realm.

His cultivation realm had not changed either.

But his Jade Sea and Origin Qi had changed, growing larger and more abundant.

Even his meridians had thickened and widened, and his acupoints condensed Origin Qi faster.

"Hoo!"

Chen Xian slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

When he opened his eyes, he found a layer of black impurities on the back of his hand, carrying an unpleasant stench.

He did not care. His body was already covered in foul-smelling demon blood anyway.

"What are you two doing?"

Chen Xian glanced back and saw Xue Qishan and Cao Fang standing on the ground, staring at him with strange expressions.

"Shouldn't we be asking you that?" Cao Fang rolled his eyes.

He had been five or six meters away from Chen Xian just now, yet even so, the shockwave had sent his blood and qi roiling.

"...!!"

Chen Xian understood. It was likely that his Origin Qi had leaked out while he cultivated, affecting the two of them.

It seemed that if he raised his cultivation again later, he would need to find a safe place.

Unless it was a special circumstance.

Otherwise, he should not raise it in public.

At that moment, a shout came from ahead:

"Report! Demon army!"