Hybrid Spiritual Plant Cultivation

Chapter 20 Practice
There are two spells, one is sword-controlling, which focuses on killing, and the other is illusion, which focuses on defense.

As a person who dreams of becoming a sword immortal, Chen Jing chose the Dou Zhuan Xing Yin Shu without hesitation.

This spell requires remote sensing of the stars and the evolution of their trajectories. Once the sword is out, it is like the movement of stars. Although the trajectory seems slow, it is actually as fast as lightning and is highly operational.

It took three days to figure out some remote sensing of the stars and some inexplicable star tracks.

Totally confused.

Chen Jing had to give up with regret and chose the Cloud and Smoke Illusion Technique. He learned this illusion technique very quickly and following the instructions, he condensed a "phantom turtle".

As the spell was released, light and shadows flickered, and white mist swirled and gathered. A five-meter-tall turtle appeared in front of him, raising its head and roaring.

This is not finished.

With a thought, the phantom turtle split into three, and three heads stood in front of him, all emitting powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.

However, he knew that only the front one was real, with the power to strike hard in the early stage of enlightenment. The other two were just for show and would break at the slightest touch.

"Teacher Xia's magic is much more sophisticated than the Chen family's water control."

After about ten minutes, the three phantom turtles disappeared one by one.

Chen Jing felt the spiritual power in his body, and there was only about half left. In other words, he could condense two real phantom turtles and four fake phantom turtles at a time.

If a cultivator who doesn't know much about this sees the six-headed phantom turtle at first glance, he would really be scared.

He didn't wait until seven days later.

He went to find Hua Qingxia excitedly.

"Teacher Xia, I have made great progress in my magic practice and I hope for your guidance." Chen Jing said.

"Oh? So fast."

Hua Qingxia took out a grass seed from her storage bag, threw it forward, and it sprouted and grew out of thin air. When it landed on the ground, it had become a green humanoid puppet.

"Why don't we fight somewhere else? What if something gets broken?" Chen Jing didn't want his hut to be destroyed.

"Then go to your backyard."

When they arrived at the place, Hua Qingxia's eyes flashed with a gleam, and she said: "My straw puppet can only perform a Taoist method called the Small Five Elements Interpretation. Most cultivators' fighting spells are derived from this Taoist method. Let me show you my fists and feet first!"

The little straw man bent his knees and jumped, twisting and turning, and quickly rushed in front of Chen Jing like a martial arts master. He raised his leg and gave a side kick, and then the whole leg flew into the air and was cut off by the flying sword.

Chen Jing seized the moment when the straw man launched an attack and also launched an attack, cutting off its thigh. He then controlled the flying sword to turn around and cut across the straw man's neck.

"You react quickly, but remember, the bodies of demon cultivators and devil cultivators are not only like magic weapons, but also renewable!" Hua Qingxia's divine thoughts came, and all the information was transmitted within a breath.

At the same time, the severed leg of the straw man was surrounded by fluorescent light, and at an astonishing speed it turned into a muscular thigh and kicked over.

At the same time, the straw man tilted his head back and dodged the flying sword at the critical moment.

Chen Jing had never seen such a scene before and was kicked away.

The flying sword also lost control and flew deep into the forest.

"Failed?" Hua Qingxia yawned and said with a smile.

"Come again." Chen Jing got up, summoned the flying sword, and said seriously.

"it is good."

This time.

Facing the straw puppet running towards him, Chen Jing cast a cloud and smoke illusion technique. In the white mist, a huge shadow was swaying, but the figure was not revealed.

Chen Jing also took the opportunity to hide in the smoke bomb created by the illusion, stood on the giant turtle's shell, and used his height and vision advantage to lock onto the straw man puppet.

However, the straw puppet did not step into the smoke.

Hua Qingxia's voice sounded again.

"Not bad. Spiritual practitioners should avoid close combat with demonic practitioners or devilic practitioners. Keeping a distance or creating obstacles are both feasible methods. I'm surprised that you were able to force the grass puppet to its second form so quickly. But next, you're going to suffer a little bit, okay?"

"Use wood to make fire!"

I saw a raging fire burning on the straw puppet. When he raised his hand, four or five trails of fireworks fell into the smoke with a bang.

Boom boom boom~~
Chen Jing only had time to hide behind the phantom turtle before it was blown to pieces. The surrounding trees were also killed, blown up and burned, and the illusion smoke bomb was broken.

When he looked up again, a huge fireball landed on his forehead.

Chen Jing was silent for a while: "Do it again!"

Still the same.

The little grass man starts out with wood-attributed melee combat, but when Chen Jing distances himself or creates an illusion, he switches to fire-attributed, transforming into a ranged mage and bombarding the map.

The explosion lasted for a whole day.

He continued the challenge until the next day.

Chen Jing was no longer stingy with his magic power. He used the Cloud and Smoke Illusion Technique to create five giant turtles, one real and four fake, to disperse the bombing area of ​​the fire-attributed straw man. Then he found an opportunity to attack. The flying sword swept past and went straight to the straw man.

puff!

The little straw man was pierced through the forehead again.

However, after the flames went out, the straw man still stood there, and huge rocks solidified on his body, turning into solid armor.

Chen Jing was stunned: "You are not dead yet, you are cheating!"

"When the fire burns all the wood, it turns into ashes. How can you be sure that those who enter the soil are dead?" Hua Qingxia said confidently.

But Mr. Chen had no time to reply.

The five-meter-tall earth and stone giant came to Chen Jing at an incredible speed, slapped him lightly, and the whole person flew out.

boom……

Chen Jing struggled to get up, looked at the smiling Hua Qingxia, and said with a twitch of his lips, "Come again."

"You have one last day left to challenge." Hua Qingxia shook her head and said, "You have never used the Dou Zhuan Xing Yin technique, so it seems that you haven't learned it. But if you don't learn this spell, you won't be able to break through the earth giant's defense just by flying the sword. Moreover, the earth giant can escape underground naturally, so you can't run away and can only be killed with one blow."

"..." Chen Jing said: "Are all the disciples of Qingnang Sect so strong?"

"Of course, this is just the basics. All Qing Nang Sect disciples have this test and can pass it. I am not targeting you on purpose."

Hua Qingxia said seriously.

She added in her heart, however, it takes three months for a sect disciple to pass the test of the grass puppet. Just practicing combat spells takes at least a month, and the combat test only begins when the nine orifices are opened...

However, this person is a saint, so what's wrong with adding a little difficulty? It makes sense!
After hearing what Teacher Xia said, Chen Jing did not doubt it. He just felt that his fighting talent was indeed not good enough. He had not been able to kill even a rabbit when he went into the mountains before. The current results also confirmed his guess.

"Forget it, I'll just owe you 2,000 Spiritual Stones. I don't have any Spiritual Stones anyway, so getting two spells for free is the key."

This is how Mr. Chen comforted himself.

However, I have indeed benefited a lot from the high-intensity combat during this period. Not only did Teacher Xia give me some combat common sense from time to time, but my control and proficiency in spiritual power have also improved a lot. Overall, it has not been a loss.

"How about this? After all, you come from a very humble background, so it's not good to expect too much from you." Hua Qingxia thought for a moment and said, "From now on, I will keep the grass puppet in the state of a stone giant and will not actively attack. As long as you can completely destroy it with a single blow from your flying sword, I will count it as a success. How do you think?"

"Thank you, Teacher Xia." "By the way, why do you call me Teacher Xia? Is it a local custom?"

"...No, it's just that I personally prefer this word."

Chen Jing said.

Calling her Teacher Hua is too formal and not suitable for building a good relationship. Calling her Teacher Xia is more like a friend and can also show some respect. As for why we have to call her teacher...what should we call her if not teacher? According to local customs, should we call her girl?

Given the difference in strength between the two, it would be better if there was some respect involved.

Besides, her last name is Hua, and Miss Hua is too slutty.

Or call her "senior sister"? People of this level probably have a proper master, so you can't just call them brothers and sisters.

Calling him Master is even worse.

With this in mind, Chen Jing called Teacher Xia.

"Oh?" Hua Qingxia tilted her head to think, and lifted the hair that fell in front of her eyes. A smile appeared on her face, and she said, "I also like the word Xia in my name, because I was born in summer."

"What a simple and unpretentious reason."

"What about you? Why do you like this word?"

"I met Teacher Xia on this unusual summer day, so I like this word more."

This is how lies are born.

In order to make the logic complete, some legitimate and appropriate reasons will be added later.

Chen Jing himself believed it, as if it were really the case.

Hua Qingxia was stunned for a moment, and looked him up and down with an odd look in her eyes. She said, "That's right, you are still young after all, and it is normal for you to fall in love with a beautiful sister. I can understand!"

"If you can spare me two thousand spirit stones, I can love you a little more." Chen Jing's tone was calm.

"That's not right. The fellow disciples in the sect are not like this. When I see a senior brother pursuing a senior sister or a junior sister, he will give them a lot of spirit stones, treasures, secret techniques, and all kinds of good things!" Hua Qingxia's eyes lit up when she said this.

Yes, isn’t this much better than letting him be in debt?

If I make him fall in love with me, everything will be mine!
"Maybe it's because of different customs. Here, the woman has to give at least half of the spiritual stones and half of the property to the man." Chen Jing talked nonsense seriously.

"what?!"

Hua Qingxia's beautiful dream was shattered in an instant. She immediately shook her head and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. You, you go and break the stone giant. If you can't break it by tomorrow, you will owe me two thousand spirit stones."

"I don't need so much, Teacher Xia, Teacher Xia, hey, don't leave..."

Chen Jing stretched out his hand, as if watching the two thousand spirit stones grow wings and fly away.

Ugh.

Shortcut failed!

In the end, you still have to rely on yourself!

Holding the flying sword, he sat cross-legged in front of the stone giant. He took out the magic jade tube again, repeatedly pondering the meaning of every word and sentence, trying to find the trick.

"Remote sensing of stars, star trajectories, what the hell is this..."

Chen Jing thought that he would have some profound insights.

But even if he stared at the sky with his eyes wide open, or closed his eyes until he almost fell asleep, he still couldn't figure out what the abstract words like "like a rainbow" and "like a wave" meant.

This is completely different from the Yunyan Huankong Technique. The Yunyan Huankong Technique is based on the visualization method, uses spiritual power as its material, and uses the pathways recorded in the spell as its structure. If you follow the instructions, you will be able to learn it quickly.

It is similar to modeling in the previous life.

Wait, previous life.

"Is it because I learned too much physics in my previous life that my metaphysical spirituality was eroded? This shouldn't be the case. I have been cultivating immortals through science for so many years and it has always been like this."

hiss.

Chen Jing suddenly had an epiphany.

Since metaphysical perception doesn't work, why not continue to deconstruct and understand magic with the scientific perspective of the past?

"What is remote sensing of stars and star tracks? To put it simply, it is the orbits formed by the gravity between the planets. When a rocket is launched into space or flies around the moon, it either has to contend with the force of the orbit or use the force of the orbit as thrust..."

Could it be that something similar to the orbit of stars and capable of operating in an atmospheric environment is an electromagnetic cannon?
Electromagnetic flying sword...it is much faster than ordinary flying sword!

"One is electromagnetic force, the other is gravitational force. They seem to be different. Anyway, let's try both."

Chen Jing's attention was no longer on specific stars.

As a cultivator, he possesses a spiritual perspective that ordinary people do not possess. Although with his background in metaphysics, many phenomena he sees from a spiritual perspective cannot be fully and specifically explained.

But in the case of shooting arrows at targets, it is still possible to use this new means of observation to explore and grasp the power of the unknown orbit.

Control the flying sword.

call out!
With a ding sound, it bounced off the stone giant's chest.

Chen Jing was not discouraged. He adjusted his posture, kept observing, and another sword flew out.

……

"This is horrible! Country folks' customs are horrible. I was just after your interest, but you actually wanted my principal!"

Hua Qingxia, who had escaped, was still feeling frightened.

A single thought caused me to almost lose all my wealth. Fortunately, I ran fast and was not caught.

She sent out her spiritual sense to go back and see if Chen Jing had caught up with her.

But he found that Chen Jing had already sat in front of the stone giant and began to split the stone with concentration.

"Does he really want to learn the art of attracting stars? I am using this flying sword magic to disrupt him. He has not yet achieved spiritual consciousness and does not understand the five elements and yin and yang. How can he sense the rituals of the stars? Even if he is a saint, it is impossible."

Hua Qingxia specifically recalled what her master had said about the appearance of a saint.

The ancient saints and wise men often had immeasurable merits in some place.

Some tasted hundreds of herbs, some made tools, some repaired canals... There were not many saints, but there were quite a few. The one recorded in the Qingnang Sect's scriptures was the saint who tasted hundreds of herbs.

If there are people in later generations who have some similarities with the ancient saints in terms of the characteristics of herbs, elixirs, etc., they will also show the appearance of saints.

The saint who tasted hundreds of herbs was not proficient in flying swords or fighting techniques. Logically speaking, Chen Jing would not have any additional blessings in this regard.

"Ding!!!"

suddenly.

A sharp sound of metal and stone rang out.

Hua Qingxia, who was in a daze, suddenly came back to her senses, recalled what had just happened, and her pupils dilated slightly.

Flying sword, getting faster!

(End of this chapter)